Are we Racist towards certain dog breeds?
Racism and dogs We often talk about humans showing racism against other races of humans. Sadly racism is alive and well in Australia, being especially directed towards our indigenous population, Asians…
Does our emotional state affect our ability to train our dogs?
I have spent my day off reading an interesting book from Ben Angel called “Sleeping your Way to the Top in Business”. I applied what I was reading to training…
My dog is too young to train – How young is too young to start training your puppy?
As a professional dog trainer I am regularly approached by puppy owners who understand it is important to train their dogs but have been told that they should not start…
Do no harm as a pet care professional
As a groomer and trainer I have been called up twice in the last month to provide solutions to pet owners whose dogs have been adversely affected by another pet care…
Relocating puppies helped by using BAT
Readers of my blog may have seen posts recently about a litter of miniature poodle puppies I have been involved with.Sadly the time had come when these lovely puppies had…
Confessions of a cross-over trainer
I first started training dogs 50+ years ago with a very patient black Labrador named Lisa and a check chain. Poor Lisa she was drilled every walk and I used…
Training the rarest of the rare- a Tibetan Mastiff
Last week in Australia the media was full of the story of a Tibetan Mastiff puppy that sold for the incredible figure of over $100 k US. In one of those strange six…
