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People these days are learning a lot about their dog’s health, such as the alternatives to yearly vaccinations, flea and tick prevention and better raw diets, which is a good thing BUT This may mean that you do not see your vet often or at all, which may not be a good thing. Let me explain First, vaccinations used to …

Firstly, the “anxiety” diagnosis is never proven, there are no medical tests that draw blood or other from your dog, it is simply someone’s opinion.Now you are asking “Why is my dog anxious”. Very often this opinion is given by a vet that has no experience teaching, training and or modifying behaviour in dogs. Therefore, this opinion really has no …

The news has shown us again how someone’s pet dogs have attacked a lady with her baby. The baby was unharmed thankfully but the lady required medical treatment. (link) Now I don’t have any detailed info on this yet but that may change.  But I did want to try and help by sharing some of my experiences, which hopefully will …

This past weekend, was the Team K9 Pro annual Team Weekend Extravaganza! This is where, many of the team members from all over Australia come to K9 Pro for 3 days of workshops, training, demonstrations, fun, friends, support and good times. I started Team K9 Pro around 2009 or 2010 from memory, to form a group of people I was …

I guess the first thing I would have to say is that most people grossly underestimate how much work it is, to get a puppy and raise that puppy to be a well behaved, well mannered dog in social settings. Many get a puppy and will jump right into toilet training, maybe go to puppy school and then education seems …

I was at the vet recently with a dog and waiting our turn, as I sat there, I watched dog after dog come in and of course I watched how people and their dogs interacted and behaved. I was waiting for blood test results, so I was there about an hour and I counted 15 dogs that came in to …

There is a huge misunderstanding when it comes to having dogs meet each other for the first time. It’s believed that if a dog sees a dog and rushes up to them, they are confident and well socialised. That is incorrect. Dogs that do this see all dogs as a reward and rush up to get their reward. They lack …

I was out with one of my dogs, at the vet actually as she was pregnant and there for a health check. There were many dogs there that day, I wrote about that here. Anyway, this one guy gets his own blog article. Chances are you have met him, or at least someone like him. Let’s call him Entitled Eddie. …