What Collar Is Best to Stop a Dog Pulling? None. Collars do not teach dogs to stop pulling. Training does. That answer may sound too simple, especially when pet shops and social media are full of equipment promising miracles. A collar, harness or head halter can change how pressure is applied, usually via a leash. If that pressure is unpleasant …
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Your Dog Is Difficult. That Does Not Mean You Have Failed.
Some dog owners worry about barking at the front fence. Others are planning every part of their life around a dog they are frightened may bite someone, or them. They walk before the sun is up to avoid other dogs. They stop inviting people to their home. They cannot go away because nobody can safely care for their dog. They …
Read More »Need dog training?
These days, it’s hard to find! and one reason is that you’re flooded with information. Jump on social media and you will see dogs like the below. Now as much as we love seeing and training the high end, exact precision, super-fast responses and let’s not forget the bite work, this is not what 99.9% of dog owners need, actually …
Read More »Can my dog’s aggression be fixed? No!
So, it’s the terminology that is wrong in the above question. All dogs have the ability to display aggression; it is a function of self-defense. The level of aggression, the threshold it sits behind, and the trigger are where you probably are having the problem. Dogs displaying aggression are not broken, therefore they can’t be fixed. That does not mean …
Read More »Your dog is killing you…
Often, I sit across from a person in my consult room, this day was a lady with her dog. As much as they love each other, it isn’t working. I can see that, they both know it. She is plagued with a thousand negative thoughts; they span the past and she fears the future. They are trying, everything they know, …
Read More »My dogs, my teachers
Written by Henna Kuusisto In loving memory of Herzhund Agent (17/12/2013 – 13/02/2026) “Boo Boo” “Every decision, every choice I made for 12 years of my life was shaped by Agent. He was my one true love. He was the dog that changed my life.” I will never forget the first day I played with …
Read More »To the dog who made me a dog trainer
Fourteen years ago when I was offered a full time job at K9 Pro, I made the decision to uproot my life, change careers and move from Brisbane to Sydney to become a dog trainer. The evil beagle Daisy came with me, and at the time, I was on a waiting list for my next puppy – a field line …
Read More »Rewarding dogs isn’t about food or a toy
Or is it? Over the past three plus decades, I have been developing my own Training in Drive System, a system that deep dives into maximising the reward value in training. Read on to help understand how I supercharge reward value and get the very best performance the dogs genetics can deliver! High Value Food. I don’t use this phrase …
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