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 …
Read More »The High Intensity Experience
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 …
Read More »Henna and Jaime
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 …
Read More »Do I need to see a Dog Behaviourist?
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 …
Read More »Training in DRIVE!
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 …
Read More »Obedience Training – The K9 Pro Way!
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 …
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