Category Archives: Training Tools

About this time last year Nemo joined our family as part of the Vision Australia seeing eye dog puppy carer program. Nemo was ten months old when he came to us and had limited off lead training with other dogs, … Continue reading →

The Working Dog Group are renowned for their intelligence and drive to work and include such breeds as Kelpies, Border Collies, German Shepherd, Corgi’s and Cattle Dogs. They make up a huge proportion of dogs in Australia mainly due to our farming … Continue reading →

Dogs are very good at associating rewards with certain behaviours, this is the basis of all motivational training. In order to get the most out of your training sessions you must have good timing. When it comes to associations between … Continue reading →

When you train your dog they learn by associating the correct behaviour with a reward, this reward however must come in a timely manner otherwise you will end up rewarding the wrong behaviour. There is a tool that you can … Continue reading →

The hound group is broken in to two sub groups, scent hounds and sight hounds. These dogs were primarily used to hunt and hold or ‘bay’ quarry in large packs independently of their humans who would often arrive after the … Continue reading →