Colourful Canines New Zealand

05/08/2026

⭐️ Hey Waikato! ⭐️

We are putting the call out to find a new rental for a 12 month fixed term to run our dog homestay from! A tall order for sure! But you miss 100% of the shots you don’t throw!!

We are selling Nana Lyn’s accomodation business + property package in Rotorua fairwaycottagesrotorua and then can look at buying our own house & land to run Colourful Canines from.

But until then, we are wanting a rental with a tenancy agent or landlord willing to allow us to have our doggy homestay on site.

Requirements:
✅ 3 Bedrooms+
✅ Double garage+
✅ Semi-Rural+
✅ Pet friendly
✅ Paddocks or large yard
✅ Ideally close to Cambridge, but can be Waikato

We can accommodate a large bond + pet bond + high weekly rent price for someone willing to hear more about our business proposition.

We currently rent in Hamilton, have paused our homestay & operate our daily pack walks on lease land in Maungatautari.

We run a small, boutique, structured, professional but cozy overnight homestay designed to accommodate dogs who aren’t suited for noisy, crowded traditional kennels & have owners who prefer a more balanced, calm, training-style homestay instead.

If you know anyone who wants to buy Fairway Cottages or of anyone who has a semi-rural rental on the market - please get in touch! Many references available 👍

- Mel & Leights 🐾

⭐️Mel & Leighton
⭐️Structured Offlead PackWalks
⭐️Dog Training
⭐️Cambridge NZ

www.colourfulcaninesnz.com

31/07/2026

⭐️ Pack Walks: 27th-31st July ✌️ ❄️ ☀️

24/07/2026

⭐️ Pack Walks: 20th-24th July 🐾🥰

21/07/2026

⭐️ Owner Coaching: Flash ⚡️

Second session with Flash & his awesome owner, this time at the Training Arena !

Today we worked on:
🥎 On leash dog & vehicle reactivity
🥎 Being able to watch moving targets and not herd/control movement
🥎 Utilising the E Collar rather than leash pressure
🥎 Loose lead walking
🥎 Incentivising Flash to make good choices
🥎 Setting up drills & scenarios that mirror real world
🥎 Implementing go-to framework for reactivity that Flash’s owner can use when needed
🥎 Making a plan to proof Flash’s neutrality and get many many reps in!

Go forth and practice lads! 👍

✅ Walk around the lake next!

18/07/2026

⭐️ Owner Coaching: SunSun ☀️

Today’s walk and train around Hamilton Lake was all about reducing SunSun’s anxiety around busy spaces, people, dogs, kids, cars, ducks, bikes & scooters. Teaching him to trust his owners & teaching his owners to take a more confident position so SunSun can sit in the passenger seat and kick back & enjoy his walkies & sniffies without worrying about things in his environment.

Today’s laundry list included:
✅ Changing from a harness & short lead combo to a limited slip collar & 10m long line combo
✅ Teaching SunSun to give in to leash pressure rather than pull against it
✅ Teaching SunSun both a close heel & a long loose sniffy lead walk
✅ Building neutrality from afar via distance, letting him look and look away, letting him watch “DogTV”
✅ Then leading him right through busy areas of people, dogs, ducks, kids, scooters & bikes & correcting his dramatic overreactions then rewarding his neutral & good choices
✅ Building up his parents confidence to not panic and stay calm during a reactive outburst
✅ Clear commands, clear verbal markers, firm but fair corrections and regular rewards

With enough practice, SunSun will be out there enjoying long walks with his parents & worrying less and less about the world around him as time goes on 👌🩵

16/07/2026

⭐️ Owner Coaching: Pip 🩷

How cute is this little lady 🥹😍

Pip is a 5mnth old Springer Spaniel X Cavalier King Charles Spaniel X Toy Poodle

Today we covered:
🐾 Jumping up on people & neutrality
🐾 Leave it & impulse control
🐾 Name recognition & eye contact
🐾 Crate training & separation anxiety
🐾 Toilet training
🐾 Breed fulfilment & training games
🐾 House lines & management
🐾 Clip stations & relaxing
🐾 Correction & rewards

A great family dog in the making 🥰

13/07/2026