Changing chaotic walks into calm walks
Let me walk and train your dog Southern Highlands
Is your dog’s pulling, lunging and barking on walks wearing you down?
Have you tried everything, but your walks remain chaotic and you are at a loss of what to do?
If your goal is to be able to walk your dog but you don’t want to get into the nitty gritty of dog training, this package is for you!
I transition your dog from chaotic to calm and then I support you to walk your sensitive dog.
Be confident that your dog will be working with a professional, with years of experience, knowledge and a priority for the welfare of your dog and flip your unruly walks to calm and enjoyable adventures.
How it works
💛 You will receive a practical guide to measurements you can take at home to provide a holistic approach.
💛 Once your dog is calmer and gaining confidence, you will begin walking with us and transitioning to walking your dog.
Together we will help your dog, but I do the early stages of the training!
For this training to be effective it requires a commitment of three training sessions a week over three months.
What you get
The confidence that your dog is in experienced hands providing positive reinforcement training.
Quality time for your dog, with a focus on their wellbeing.
Photo and video updates of training sessions.
E-book with guidelines and resources.
Three months program including 18 hours of training for your dog and a minimum of 3.5 hours of support for you.
Amazing things that will happen when you work with me
I use a communicative form of training, from Leslie McDevitts Control Unleashed method.
It establishes a system of communication and will give your dog agency, choice and control. Control is a primary reinforcer and the games are often used for dog’s that are not confident, and display this with barking, lunging and pulling behaviours.
Your dog will learn to self-regulate and some pattern games. The repetition and predictability provide a secure support for your dog.
They can be used in environments that your dog is trying to process, and amazingly the games will allow your dog to begin to normalize the new environment. The environment includes anything or anywhere that your dog is uncomfortable. This could be the street, a park, another dog, a cat, a person, a vacuum cleaner. YOUR DOG WILL TELL YOU.
Your dog won’t need to be chaotic on your walks. They can tap into their new ability to be calm, trust in the magic of the games and you can get on with enjoying your walks together.
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A total life changer!
“The Walk and Train service has been life-changing for us and our dog, Max! His pulling, barking, and lunging made walks so stressful, but the trainer worked wonders. Shona handled the early stages of training, kept us updated with photos and videos, and supported us when it was our turn to take the lead.
Now Max is calm, confident, and a joy to walk. We can finally enjoy our time together without the stress. Highly recommend this service to anyone struggling with their dog on walks!”
– Sarah & Max 🐾
FAQs
What happens in a discovery call?
More specifically, in this call, I’ll ask lots of questions. I want to find out about you, what is happening for you, what you have tried and what your goals are when working with me. We will discuss your dog’s details, life and learning history, and why you have specifically reached out. This call will not provide any training advice.
If we decide to work together, we’ll book in our first training session and organise payment. I’ll then send you a welcome email, receipt, agreement and I will send you details about our first session.
Why are there no prices on your website?
Why do you have to find out if I am a good fit for your training?
Why is the program 3 months?
There’s a number of reasons.
That’s how long it takes. If you want to change how you are feeling and how your dog is feeling, it doesn’t happen overnight. For a long-term real solution, this is not a quick fix.
Change takes time. This may be completely new ground for you and there are two of you that are learning, understanding new concepts, building trust and gaining confidence.
When you’ve had a history of bad experiences with your dog, transitioning to real world situations can be scary. I’ll be with you in person.
For the program to be successful, we train in different environments and your dog needs time to progress to a variety of distractions.
FIND US
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We are your local dog and puppy training service in the Southern Highlands covering
Bowral, Moss Vale, Mittagong, Bundanoon, Robertson & Berrima
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Completely different dog compared to when you first met him!
“Just thought I would let you know we took Louie for a walk yesterday.
He loose-lead walks, stops at roads, waits until he is told he can go and can now see other walking dogs without getting carried away.
He’s a completely different dog compared to when you first met him, thank you so much Shona!”
