Tag Archives: dog behaviour

Thirty years ago I remember being told that if you wanted a good guard dog, you don’t let anyone near it, you start with a territorial dog, don’t socialize it and it will be a fierce guard dog. If you looked at that dog as an adult, it would be …

The road to recovery can be long and an uphill climb, tiring, de motivating and depressing, so those that you see who have worked wonders with their dog; they really have put in the work! I see people coming to me with their dog, they love this dog and they …

The Behaviour Interrupter This can be a great little asset to train into any dog, it is easy to train, you really can’t go wrong with it and it has many uses whilst living life with your dog. When I get a puppy I want to train something into all …

  We get a lot of people caught up in the laws surrounding our dogs in the community; one in particular is the Dangerous Dog Declaration. There are a number of problems within the Declaration but one of the greatest sticking points I find is the name. Most people who …

Steve’s report on a serious case that was custom made to turn out bad. I thought I would give an account of a dog that I worked with over the last couple of months, to give a bit of an insight as to some of the cases we get here …

Barking dogs are the number one reason in Australia for dog related neighbour complaints! Dogs bark for a variety of reasons. Some are inspired by their drives, some out of fear, some to communicate, boredom etc and the list goes on. Either way, out of control barking dogs are quite …