Tag Archives: Training in drive

Steve Courtney – Dog Trainer – Behaviourist… Sitting down to write this article was more difficult than I first thought it would be. Some people who read things I write or train with me think that my ideas or focus has changed, some think it hasn’t changed, in reality it …

I chose to travel interstate with my dog Reilly to see Steve with some problems we had been having with Reilly’s bolting and general disinterest in working with me. I had taken a look at some of the other behaviourists and trainers in our state but found most of them …

When I first contacted Steve I had no idea what I was going to be in for. Training In Drive (TID), I thought, I’ll give it a go, it will be some quickie course in how to convert my dog from the insecure quiet runt of the litter to a …

What you will and won’t get with us… Steve won’t be talking about your aura, your energy or anything that isn’t based on reality, results or science.  A Dog Behaviourist is someone who can understand the thought process of your dog. Steve will only using evidence based results to develop and …

I’m really only going to touch on the basics of this style of training, it can be very simple but also very in depth so this article is a very basic premise of what training in drive is. If you would like to find out if your dog would be …

Obedience training is simple, anyone can do it, but there are so many methods, how do you choose?  I believe training the handler at least as much as you train the dog. I am not not going to try to fool anyone here into thinking every dog I work with …