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I quite often hear people describe their dogs as having “too much drive”. In fact I just recently read an article by a dog handler who described a problem they had with their dog. In the example given the dog was trained to work for food but wasn’t able to maintain focus if there was food on offer elsewhere. The …

Dog Aggression, can it really be cured? Some say yes, some say no I say It Depends… There are so many variables to take into consideration there are no cut and dry answers, but my answer

One really big POSITIVE change that is happening with new puppy owners over the last year or two is that, many new puppy owners are coming to see me when they first get their puppy so they can get the puppy on the right track from the start, and if you distraction proof your pup through neustralisation, a lot of …

Just recently I ran “The day with Bite” workshop where I covered topics like the drives needed Bite Work and used for protection or IPO, the biting styles I teach, the mechanics and targeting exercises, grip and chase, handling a dog in bite work and much more.

Many people bring me their dog to solve dog behaviour problems, some dog behaviour problems are simply just naughty (but annoying) behaviours that the dog is running often for its own self satisfaction or amusement. It is also common that the dog totally disregards the owners best attempts to stop these behaviours… On observation of the relationship it fast becomes …

We announced on our Facebook Page a couple of weeks ago that some big changes were happening at K9 Pro HQ, and we’re going to let you in on one of the biggest ones… K9 Pro is MOVING and will be opening a brand new TRAINING SUPER CENTRE!

We have an article called “Is a Belgian Malinois right for me?” because there seems to be a lot of confusion about this breed being uncontrollable by the mere human. I wanted to write this article “Choosing your next Puppy”, to explain how I think you need to proceed when looking at getting a pup.

This post has been a long time coming, many people when then have a problem with their dog – ANY problem, will consult their vet. I have no problem with this, vets should be a great resource for pet owners to go to for advice.

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Dogs or at least most dogs will have some value for balls, some higher than other of course, but there is a real advantage to knowing

I see a lot of dogs that come to me for behaviour problems, whilst some of these are genetic problems and things outside of the owners or current owners control, a large percentage are related to the way the dog is raised and trained.

It’s been a while since we’ve talked about our K9 Angels Pets for Therapy program, if you haven’t heard about this great program you can read about it in a previous blog post here. We designed the K9 Angels pets for therapy program in partnership with the charity Boystown to help

When I was first starting to learn how to train dogs, one common thread was that we let them be puppies until they are 6 months old and then training starts!

We get asked all the time “When are you bringing back your Distance Learning Packages?” We ran hundreds of Distance Learning Packages / Online Courses from 2007

We get many emails asking us to help people decide if a Belgian Malinois is right for them, here are some of the questions and answers.