Capricornia Rise K9 Training & Behaviour

13/09/2021

13/09/2021

Meet the most beautiful girl alive, Maggie! She is a golden retriever with a gorgeous soul, and a cheeky free spirit! She likes to go on adventures and explore the beautiful world around her and in her excitement, her free spirit needs some work on recall! Lol

She also has a touch of anxiety in certain high stimulation situations. We have started doing 2x sessions a week, starting with engagement in her excitable state to begin with, working on recall (come command) and urgent recall (come home now) methods, working her under distraction in general, and her focus on recall and urgent recall home with the high number of neighbourhood dogs also.

*have included a video of some difficulties and our triumph with uncontained/off leash interference from other dogs.* This is a much more high stakes, reactive situation with most other dogs I work with, so I am also highly passionate about training around keeping dogs contained to your own yard if you should need help there 😀

Maggie, you're doing wonderful things for me you little superstar!

10/09/2021

Shadow
* following on from video chat session*

Gorgeous Shadow (a husky x kelpie x border collie mix) is a highly anxious, very reactive boy with some pretty evident behaviours as a result..

After some in depth insight into what we can do to help manage him presently and minimise how affected he is by his condition, the psychology behind it and training tools/methods to implement, his lovely owner is starting to notice some changes underway this week! 😊

He is currently medicated for his condition, but his owner is noting a calmer dog beginning to show improvements after our first session, and has had some success with his behaviours when taking him out this week also!

You guys are both doing amazing! Cannot wait to see what the future brings this pair with all their efforts already showing great things in short spaces!

07/09/2021

I have a few training plans to send through to clients, sorry for the delay. I will have those written up and sent throuhg tomorrow guys! So if anyone is still waiting, I will be in touch very shortly.. Thanks for your patience 🖤

01/09/2021

*video session update*

Meet Preston and Hunter 🤩
Reactivity issues as a result of anxiety. Working through fine tuning some techniques, behavioural cues and touching into some behavioural remodification, these gorgeous boys showed an instant response to our approach during our session, and their owner has been working hard with them since and seeing improvements!

An absolute dream to work with both these boys and their beautiful owner via our video session, and I must say they're a couple of sweethearts!

28/08/2021

Absolutely love what I do 🖤

23/08/2021

23/08/2021

Training options offered to those in lockdown in Melbourne areas or unwilling to travel. Don't let lockdown stop your problems, and what better time to fix them in your own home via video chat.
Text Sam 0419870776

23/08/2021

Making my own life easier,
QR code for client check ins!

22/08/2021

Bendigo area
Home sessions 1hr- $50
Working with reactivity, anxiety, big dogs, specialise in german shepherds and large dominant dogs but welcome all breeds! 😍
Sammy 0419870766

21/04/2021

Imagine going on a long-anticipated walk, through beautiful scenery, after you have been cooped up all day in the same place, but you have been fitted with a blind fold and are being dragged along at a fast pace. I imagine that this is how dogs feel when we don’t allow them time to stop and sniff the environment. Dogs largely perceive their world through smell and it’s how they collect and process information and make sense of their world. Taking away an opportunity for sniffing on a walk is not in their best interests and as much as physical exercise is important, the mental stimulation that sniffing provides is equally, if not more important.
Studies have shown that allowing dogs to spend time sniffing provides so many benefits – promoting calmness, lowering stress and anxiety levels, lowering pulse rates, preventing cognitive decline and providing mental stimulation and enrichment are just some examples.
Make time for a slow “sniffing walk”, where your dog is allowed to decide which direction to go and allowed to simply follow their nose to their noses content! It may take more patience as we wait for them to finish smelling that blade of grass, but the benefits are well worth it.