In-home coaching
$250 / session
I come to the house. Sessions usually last a couple of hours — we don’t watch the clock
I show you how to work with your dog
Fix reactivity and obedience issues
Weekday dog training
$100 / hour
I train the dog — reactivity and obedience
Minimum 3 days / week, 4 weeks
Includes handover sessions so you can maintain the training
Money back if there's no improvement after 4 weeks
Dog walking
$30 / 30 mins
$50 / 1 hr
No pack walks, to ensure your dog has our undivided attention
Option to have a dog friend join
Fine with difficult dogs, or dogs that need extra care
Rescue dogs: 10% off all services
I come to you. House, street, park. Brunswick and surrounding suburbs.
In-home coaching, some daily training with a pro, or regular walks for your dog — whatever you need.
If the walk's a struggle, they're barking at the door, not coming when called or they're a menace around other dogs.
We'll sort it out where it happens. I will help you set the rules you want to live by, then you can keep them going.
Those who want a good dog more than they want a happy dog, usually get both… and those who want a happy dog more than they want a good dog, usually get neither.
Sean O'Shea
If you think “happiness” is never having to endure anything hard or uncomfortable, never facing any challenges, or never being told ‘no’, you won’t get a happy dog. And you’ll get a dog that falls apart the first time life says no. You’ve left them in charge of a life they can’t run. Dogs need a job, give them work. Obedience is the job: wait at the door, walk at your side, sit and stay, return the ball, leave rubbish alone. Aim at a good dog. The happy one tends to show up with it.
Be the pack leader.
Cesar Millan
Looking after a dog’s physical health isn’t the whole job. We must give them guidance and protection. Dogs look for someone to follow. If nobody’s around being a leader, they try to fill that role, and that’s when issues can arise. Affection is important too — but after they’re with you, not instead of guidance. Show them how to walk. Show them how to live in the house, and how to be around people.
Train the dog in front of you.
Robert Cabral
How does this dog think? How does this dog respond to certain situations? What does this dog actually understand? Some dogs work for food. Some need a correction they’ll feel. Some need you to slow down and show them. Don’t get married to one tool or one ideology. Every idea we have should be allowed to be questioned. Use what’s useful, discard what isn’t. Change when the dog isn’t getting it.
