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🐾 Helping dog owners create more inclusive and abundant lives for their dogs.
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20/10/2026

These might seem simple, but each one meets a real need.

Play isn’t just a way to burn energy. It’s how your dog learns to read you, and how you build trust and motivation together.

Good food does more than fill the bowl. A diet that suits your dog’s age, health, and lifestyle supports their energy, mood, and digestion.

Letting your dog be a dog means making room for sniffing, chewing, running, rolling, and exploring. They’re natural behaviours, and they’re also calming and help their emotional regulation.

Rest matters just as much as activity. A well-rested dog is calmer, safer, and better able to learn.

You don’t have to fill every moment or get everything perfect. A great life with your dog is built by noticing what they need and making space for it each day.

17/10/2026

One thing I wish more owners knew is that play doesn’t have to sit outside of training. A game your dog enjoys can help build motivation and strengthen the connection between you.

Play can also give you a fun way to practise useful skills. A game of tug can include letting go and starting again. A chase game can give your dog a reason to come back to you. Even a short game can teach them that checking in with you is rewarding.

For many dogs, play is where we begin building the trust, motivation and confidence that help create change. The key is finding what your dog enjoys and using it thoughtfully.

What’s your dog’s favourite game?

14/10/2026

We often have up to 10 dogs in our home at any one time, 5 of them being our own plus whatever fosters, Board & Trains, and Stay & Plays we have temporarily.

Some people might hear that and think it must be a nightmare managing so many dogs at once, but the truth is I don’t try to control every single thing the dogs do, all day, every day, that’s exhausting for me and confusing for them.

Instead, I give each moment a clear signal, so they always know what’s being asked of them right now.

Often the easiest way to create calm isn’t through exercising more control, but just being clear with your expectations.

10/10/2026

If your dog’s favourite toy is a tennis ball, you may want to find them a new obsession before it’s too late…

Save your dog (and your wallet!) from pain and swap those fuzzy balls for something easier on their teeth 🦷

06/10/2026

There’s a stereotype that Malinois are a lot. Always on, never able to switch off, too intense for a normal home, needing someone with them every second of the day and doing something all the time.

I recently had a man say “don’t you need to be home 24/7 to have one of those” while Cora and I were going for a nice beach walk. While we were doing so, I had two more Malinois (Cora’s own pups) at home, by themselves, completely fine.

Cora often comes to consults with me and sometimes won’t even leave the car (if weather permits). And even on those occasions where she doesn’t ‘work’ at all, she’ll still sleep in the car the whole way home. Same goes for her pups, even as adolescents.

Funnily enough, the dogs most likely to ‘misbehave’ in our house are Keetah and Ralph, who I didn’t have the opportunity to raise from puppies. It’s not the breed that makes them ‘hard’, but the way they live and were raised.

To be clear, this isn’t because Malinois are secretly easy dogs. Mine are easy for me because of good breeding, the right genetics, my lifestyle, and years of knowledge that go into raising and managing them. For someone without that foundation, a Malinois could absolutely be a handful, and absolutely are not a breed for a first time owner without the right knowledge and support.

Has anyone else experienced these kinds of misconceptions with their Malinois or other working breed?

04/10/2026

Your dog could be spending the day swimming, exploring somewhere new, or building real-world skills, instead of waiting at home for your return.

That’s exactly what Epic Escapes and Adventure & Training Days are for.

These are our final spots for the year, and once they’re gone, that’s it until 2027.

Head to our website to book your dog’s best day out.

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Adelaide, SA

Opening Hours

Monday	7am - 5pm
Tuesday	7am - 5pm
Wednesday	7am - 5pm
Thursday	7am - 5pm
Friday	7am - 5pm
Saturday	9am - 3pm

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http://www.epicdog.com.au/

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