The Pet Teacher

24/04/2025

Two for two today
We love happy customer feedback.
Had a great day with cute barkers.
Both dogs had barking behaviour but one was for attention and the other was more fear based.
Not all dogs bark for the same reason so getting help sooner rather than later is best :)

01/04/2025

Just want to introduce Stormy
Great little pup that I got to work with her owner and her on Recall.
Stormy's owner isn't working at the moment but he was committed to helping Stormy and getting her trained up. Please reach out for our budget friendly training help

04/03/2025

3 for 3 this week so far :)
All clients have reported back positive changes and are feeling super happy about going forward with working with their pets needs.

23/02/2025

I talk regularly with people about the fact that many dogs don't get to do "Dog" things living in modern urban worlds.

One of those things is getting a chance to use their nose more and investigate the world fulfilling their genetic needs.

Dogs were designed to use their amazing noses and do awesome things like hunting prey.

Dogs can detect a scent trail variance of 0.3mm between each nostril.

We think that scent tracking work is restricted to Bloodhounds and Police dogs but I'd like to introduce you to the wonderful Ralph the Dachshund - owned by an impressive trainer friend of mine.

Ralph has been trained to scent track people.

Please look at these attached images to watch just how close a dog can stick to a scent track of a human.

The human he tracks walks their path around 30 minutes before Ralph is released and he is asked to find them.

He never gets to visually see them leave the area. His owner never 100% knows where the trail laying person is hiding so they can't influence Ralph's nose.

Look how amazingly close Ralph's path (in red) and the human he is hunting (in blue) overlap.

It's just so cool to me how interesting dogs can be.

31/01/2025

We've had some cool cases already this year, and the client feedback has been wonderful.
Please feel free to send in your cute pics of you and your pets doing their homework :)

Send a message to learn more

04/01/2025

Where off to a good start.

Current patting total is 10 dogs.

But more clients and more pups are always welcome :)

22/12/2024

Just a reminder with people mixing pets, food and booze this year.

When introducing family pets it's important to make sure that you try to take all the pets for a relaxing walk in a neutral location like a park before just bringing a strange dog into your dogs territory.

Make sure the dogs are secured when food is being dished up, and kept seperated to prevent resource guarding around crowded dinner tables.

Don't put food related Christmas gifts under the tree as dogs will find them with their great sense of smell.

Christmas ham and other high fat foods aren't good for your pets and can cause illness so just stick to their regular meals :)

If your leaving pets with pet sitters also leave your vets details, a consent for treatment letter and brief medical history for your pet and give pet sitters an estimate on what vet fees you can afford - just incase their is an emergency while your away.

Stay safe everyone :)

22/12/2024

Wrapped up the year with a fun training session with a little escaping french bull dog.
We are available for help in the event of emergencies but would like to wish all our loyal customers and supporters a wonderful holiday season.

We will be back on deck 3rd of January and ready to take on bookings for puppy and adolescent school at Around the Clock Dog Care.

29/11/2024

This is utter rubbish.

I'm always surprised by the number of people who feed their dogs frozen or super cold food without letting it warm to room temperature (68°F or 20°C) first. Feeding frozen food or cold food is a detriment in so many ways. Here are the main reasons. As far as frozen treats, yes, they are fun, trendy and joyous but keep them to a minimum, away from main meals, and small. So many dogs have issues with their digestive health, food sensitivities, and organ function. Be mindful of cold and how it contributes to disease. Feed frozen treats seasonally in the heat of the Summer.

18/11/2024

Independent assessments for adoption dogs can be so important.

Please contact us to help assess any dogs you are considering rescuing to make sure you are not taking on an animal with unreasonable medical issues.

Many rescues and councils do only very minor medical exams on dogs and may have less than 5 minutes per dog to decide if it's healthy enough to be rehomed.

Their lack of funding and the capacity of animals being dumped makes this really hard on these organisations.

There are many many healthy animals looking for homes but many staff in these venues are under skilled and not aware of what to look for when noticing health issues.

I've recently been involved in a case where my local council rehomed a dog with clear evidence of severe locamotory and hallucinatory obsessive compulsive disorder.

This is a life long condition that requires both multiple medications and strict behavioural management to help treat but can never be cured.

This condition is more difficult than most normal families can provide and many professionals would also struggle to manage this case.

It takes time to develop and is not something that is not noticeable in dogs in shelter environments.

The family trusted the council and their staff to rehome a healthy animal and that's not what has occured.

It's always best to have someone to accompany you to these venues to make sure your heart doesn't get taken advantage of and you don't end up with the wrong type of pet for your lifestyle and budget constraints

We also help you be set up for success when introducing a new pet into your home.

We are not anti adoption. We love adopted dogs and love collaborating with rescues but we also want the best for our clients too.

03/11/2024

Really interesting new study on leash pulling and stress indicators in dogs using a prong collar, a front clip harness, martingale and flat collars.

Essentially the prong collar reduced on leash pulling the most BUT the harnessed dogs showed more stress signals and agitation.

This is the crazy stuff going on with dog training world atm everyone has ideas about what dogs like and don't like and how methods can be "mean or punitive" there for they aren't to be used.

But then the "kind" option showed dogs got stressed by them and didn't reduce pulling.

Dogs know what feels best for them and the positive alternative is generally the human notion of what makes dogs happy not the reality.

Leash pulling is a commonly reported problem behavior for dog owners, as a result, a variety of leash equipment types are offered to mitigate pulling force. We were particularly interested in prong collars as their inherently aversive design has ...

26/10/2024

Hello all
Well I'm officially over the hill and have hit 40 years old.
I'm taking the week off to feel OLD lol
But if anyone needs me feel free to reach out.
Going to have some quality time with the family and relax.
Thanks again for all your continued support of my business
Warm regards,
Alicia xx

09/10/2024

Highschool classes for dogs from 6 months to 2 years starting at Around the Clock Dog Care on Friday nights !!!

6pm to 7pm

If anyone is interested please contact us to make a booking.

$200 for 5 week course with
The Pet Teacher.

11/09/2024

Did you miss out on Puppy class !!!

Did you do what your vet said and decide to wait till over 12 weeks and now can't find somewhere to take your older Pups

This is your chance !!!!!!

Due to a last minute cancellation

We have a spot left for Puppy class starting TONIGHT

6pm - 7pm at 76 swan st Wollongong

Contact either The Pet Teacher or Around the Clock dog daycare today to book in now.

We have a beautiful Kelpie X, golden retriever and 2 mixed breeds looking for friends to learn with tonight.

All clients get educational video content for the sessions and hand outs for each week of class.

You'll be trained by a qualified trainer with 20 years experience more than 2 days training experience unlike your average pet store sessions.

31/08/2024

We just love getting these beautiful reviews. Makes our day.

29/08/2024

Principal Investigators: Dr Rebekah Scotney, PhD, School of Veterinary Science, The University of Queensland, G*tton. Phone: 0422706076, Email: [email protected] Dr Liam Lee Clay, PhD, Director Future Proof Training Academy, and School of Veterinary Science, The University of Queensland, G*t...

29/08/2024

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Rocky the lab X has just turned 3 years old but is looking for a new home. He's still very young but without that puppy ditsy brain.
Rocky has been tested with a large female dog and showed nice play behaviours. He is interested in other dogs but doesn't seem to be offensive in his nature.
He is happy to hang out at home but thrives with daily exercise.
He likes humans of all sizes and enjoys engaging with them and participating in training and has shown great progress on lead walks and with recall training.
He's available for adoption and meet and greets.
Would make a lovely addition to any ones home but would prefer a large yard with secure fencing and inside outside access.

29/08/2024

Dog social skills
Not all dogs play well together.

It's pretty rare to have a truly social dog who blends his play style to the dog they are with. Wally is that boy

He met Teddy today and within a few minutes they became fast friends.