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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 …

In Dog Training, many times I see dogs that are trained well, they can complete the task on cue and are reasonably reliable, but when you attempt to train them a new exercise, they return a blank look? Many people when training their dogs take on the responsibility of leading …

I have well known that our laws in Australia regarding dog bites and dog management could really do with an overhaul, when late last year we added a “Breed Type” legislation, it was clear we were taking a turn for the worst. I was sent an article today that shows …

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 …

Some people think it will be a good idea to get their puppy a playmate and bringing home one from the same litter seems to be the most common decision, but I recommend against it. Ideally dogs need to be separated from their littermates between 53 and 65 days, for …

As most people know, we run many Behaviour Consults and Training Lessons both here at Kurrajong NSW, all over Australia and we also run Distance Learning Packages (correspondence courses) on various disciplines and this article is to cover the importance of momentum or continuous forward movement in training. First to …

A baby coming home will be a huge disruption to the social structure of your home, not handled correctly, the dog/s can protest and make it impossible to coexist, meaning they get re homed or euthanized. Bringing a baby home to your household when you have a dog or dogs …

If you’re looking for a list, you won’t find it here; there is no dog that gets turned away from K9 Pro. There are some trainers and Behaviourists that won’t provide training to some breeds as they deem them troublesome, aggressive or hard to train, in my opinion why turn …

Many people have different ideas on what drives dogs have, some describe actions as one type of drive and other trainers call it something else, often these people are talking about the same thing, just have a different name for it. When I talk about drives, I use the word …

This is a neat trick that I have taught some dogs that live indoors permanently. I am assuming that the reader has already house trained the dog in this article. In house training, the dog gets a verbal reward or maybe even a food treat for going relieving himself outside. …