Manners & Foundation Skills are designed to introduce your dog (or puppy) to skills for life that all dogs should know - great for dogs with little or no formal training experience or where there may be some areas that you would like to improve.
Does your dog do things you'd prefer they didnt? Is your dog doing 'bad' things when your'e not home? Jumping up, over excited, digging up the garden, chewing the reticulation or pulling on the lead, scared or wary of strange people or anxious and nervous? Have you stopped taking your dog out due to their behaviour or putting them away when people visit?
Body Balance - Fitness for Fun is wonderful addition to enrich your dog's life, improving their overall health and fitness, developing body awareness, stamina, strength, co-ordination and balance
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What is reactivity? Simply, it is when a dog over reacts to certain things (stimuli) in his or her environment. This can be anything and commonly includes the sight of other dogs, people, kids, loud noises, bicycles, cars and unfamiliar situations. Dog reactivity is complex and there is no 'quick fix' as we are dealing with the dogs emotional response. Time, patience and commitment are essential in helping a dog with reactivity.
Puppy 'training' starts the moment you bring home your beautiful new pup, as guardians there are many things that are your responsibility to help your pup develop into a wonderful social confident dog and timing is critical for their development.
Welcome to 123Paw Dog Training & Behaviour - helping dogs and their people live a happy life!
We are focused on helping companion (pet) dogs & their families, applying science based force free methods (science with kindness) to make learning fun, interactive and build better relationships through communication and understanding for both the dogs & their people.
For many of us, dogs (and other animals) share our lives and sometimes its not always easy, especially if our dogs are doing things we'd prefer they didnt.
All behaviour matters, regardless or whether we label it 'good or bad' - to our dogs its just behaviour & they are responding in the way that they know how, even if we dont like it.
Dogs, just like us, are sentient beings, with feelings and emotions and these impact on their external behaviour (the things we see and may not like, or want to change) and just like us, every dog is different (regardless of breed or age).
Our goal is to provide advice an education tailored to you and your dog's specific needs (yes , you do get 'homework' to practice) including:
understanding your goals and setting realistic expectations
management strategies
Implementing your training/behaviour modification plan (including detailed behaviour report).
As we work together we will continue to review, revise and adjust as necessary as we work towards achieving your goals and objectives.
We work with all types of problematic behaviours from puppies to seniors with a special interest in anxiety related behaviours (including fear and aggression).
In some situations we may also recommend additional professional assistance (such as Veterinary behaviourist, physiotherapists etc) & with access to a wonderful network of Qualified Professionals, we can help to set you and your dog up for success.
If you would like to know more, or you're unsure about your dog's (or puppies) behaviours please reach out.
