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Helping everyday people with training & behavioural issues with what their everyday dog.
🇦🇺 Australian Certified Trainer
🐶 Special Interest in training Puppies & Dachshund Specialist

22/10/2026

Food rewards are great for training, but they shouldn’t have to be a forever thing in the same way we use them when teaching a new skill.

The tricky part is knowing when and how to fade them out.

We don’t want to fade food rewards too early, especially with puppies, because we need to build strong associations and make sure our dogs genuinely understand what we’re asking.

However, as our dogs get older and become more confident with their training, we should gradually transition away from showing them the food before asking for a behaviour.

Your dog should respond to the verbal cue because they understand what the word means, not simply because they can see a treat in your hand.

Start by using food to teach the behaviour, then gradually remove the visible lure, continue rewarding the correct response, and begin varying how often you deliver food rewards.

Remember, fading the lure doesn’t mean fading the rewards altogether. We still want to reinforce good behaviour, but our dogs shouldn’t need to see the food first to know what we’re asking.

The goal is to build a dog who understands the behaviour, responds to your cues, and can work without needing a treat waved in front of their nose every time. Happy training. ✌🏼

22/10/2026

Another TUTORIAL ✅ Let’s teach your dog how to weave in and out of your legs!
This is a fun skill to teach and only requires a few basic prerequisites, including a marker word and an understanding of how to follow a food lure.

As with all our training, start in a low-distraction environment where your dog can focus and succeed. Build up repetitions until your dog understands the movement before introducing your verbal cue.

Once your dog is confidently weaving through your legs, you can gradually fade out the hand signals so they can perform the behaviour with less guidance.

Remember, we want to build the behaviour first, name it second, and fade the lure and hand signals over time. Keep your sessions short, reward generously, and have fun with it! Happy training ✌🏼

19/10/2026

How to teach your dog or puppy to go to Middle with baby Echo.

Middle is a great position to teach your dog, but if you have a really large breed and this position isn’t practical, I previously shared a tutorial on teaching Scooch a reverse middle where your dog parks their bum in front of you as an alternative.

Like all our training sessions, we start in a low-distraction environment with high-value food rewards.

The first step is teaching your dog to follow the lure and move into position. Don’t rush this part! It may take a few short training sessions before your dog understands the movement and can comfortably follow your hand into position.

Once your dog is confidently following your hand, the final piece of the puzzle is to add the verbal cue “Middle”.

Remember, just because your dog can perform a behaviour at home doesn’t mean they’ll automatically understand it everywhere else. When you take your training outside, you need to go back a few steps and rebuild the behaviour in that new environment.

Set your dog up for success, keep your sessions short and have fun!

If you’d like to learn more and see my full end to end tutorials across many different skills that go for a total of 25 to 65 minutes per skill my new essentials puppy course is on my website and this is suitable for dogs of all ages. All dogs used in the filming of my course were completely untrained so we get to live through the challenges along the way together.

Happy training! ✌🏼

18/10/2026

Retrieving in ONE EASY step 😂 just keeping it real …. happy training ✌🏼

18/10/2026

What if I told you that you’re not the problem… but maybe you’re part of the problem?

I don’t want to make you feel bad, but the reality is that our dogs are shaped by the culture, environment and experiences we provide for them.

Those easygoing dogs that you can take almost anywhere don’t just happen by accident. They’re built through consistency, reinforcement of desirable behaviours and teaching our dogs how to navigate the world we live in.

And here’s something every puppy parent needs to understand: finishing puppy school does not mean your dog is trained for life.

Puppy school is just the beginning. The real work happens in your everyday life, through the habits you build, the behaviours you reinforce and the consistency you maintain.

Adolescence is where things can get challenging. Your once-perfect puppy might suddenly seem to forget everything they’ve learned, become more easily distracted or start testing boundaries. This is exactly when you need to keep showing up and reinforcing those foundations.

Your dog doesn’t need you to be perfect. They need you to be consistent.

Because the goal isn’t just to have a puppy who listens in class. It’s to raise an adult dog who understands what’s expected of them in a variety of everyday environments.

Puppy school is the starting point, not the finish line.

Happy training!

16/10/2026

When your dog is already blowing up, telling them to “leave it” can actually be counterproductive.
Your dog is reacting for an emotional reason. They’re already over threshold, and expecting them to simply switch those emotions off and respond to a cue isn’t realistic.
You can’t just tell a dog to stop feeling what they’re feeling.
And if you repeatedly say “leave it” while your dog is reacting, you could end up doing the opposite of what you intended. Instead of teaching your dog to disengage, you risk pairing that cue with the very thing that triggers their reaction.
Before long, “leave it” can become another predictor of frustration and conflict rather than a cue that helps your dog disengage.
The goal isn’t to interrupt the explosion. It’s to teach your dog what to do before they reach that point.
That means working at a distance where your dog can still think, learn and respond, building positive associations and teaching alternative behaviours that become reliable over time.

Because you can’t expect a dog to learn emotional regulation when they’re already overwhelmed.
Happy Training ✌🏼

16/10/2026

Is your dog being disobedient… or is something else going on?
There’s nothing worse than proudly showing your guests a new trick you’ve spent hours teaching your dog, only for them to suddenly develop selective hearing and look at you like you’re speaking a foreign language! 😂
But here’s the thing… your dog might not be ignoring you. They might simply not understand what you’re asking in that environment.
Dogs don’t automatically understand that a skill learned in your living room also applies at the park, at a café or when you have guests over.
This is called generalisation, and it’s a crucial part of training that many dog owners overlook.
Your dog might have mastered a skill in one environment, but that doesn’t mean they understand how to perform it everywhere.
The solution? Go back a few steps, lower the difficulty and practise in different environments, gradually introducing new distractions as your dog becomes more confident.
You may need to repeat this process dozens, if not hundreds, of times before your dog truly understands that the same skill applies in different situations.
So, before you label your dog as stubborn or disobedient, ask yourself: Have I actually taught them how to do this here?
Be patient, build those foundations and celebrate the little wins. ❤️

Happy training! ✌🏼



Save this post for your next training session and share it with someone who needs this reminder!

14/10/2026

🚨 PUPPY PARENTS… WHY DID NOBODY WARN US?!
The puppy blues are REAL. And if you’ve ever looked at your adorable puppy and wondered what on earth you’ve gotten yourself into… THIS IS FOR YOU. 👇
Meet Echo. And no, she didn’t come pre-programmed! 😂
Bringing a puppy home can be an absolute SHOCK TO THE SYSTEM. The biting, the chaos, the constant supervision, the lack of sleep… sometimes you wonder if your entire life will ever feel normal again!
But here’s what I want you to know: IT WON’T BE LIKE THIS FOREVER. ❤️
You don’t need a perfect puppy. You need the right foundations, a little structure, a consistent routine and a better understanding of how your puppy learns.
And trust me, once those things start falling into place, life with your puppy can get SO much easier!
That’s exactly why I created my Complete Online Puppy Course.
With over 9 HOURS of video tutorials and practical, easy-to-follow training, I’ll help guide you through the challenges of puppyhood, step by step, so you’re not left trying to figure it all out alone.

Because raising a puppy shouldn’t feel like surviving a natural disaster. 😂

🎓 Find the course at www.everydaydogtrainer.com.au

Tell me honestly… what’s been the HARDEST part of puppyhood for you? The biting? The toilet training? The witching hour? Or literally EVERYTHING? 😂

Save this for the days you need a reminder that it gets easier, and send it to a puppy parent who needs to hear this today!

13/10/2026

Let’s teach your dog the TOUCH command! 🐶
This is personally one of my favourite skills to teach, and it’s something I teach all dogs that stay with me because it’s such a functional behaviour that you can use in so many different situations!
The touch command teaches your dog to target your hand with their nose, and once they understand the concept, you can use it for so much more than just touching your hand.

It can be used for:
✅ Redirection – helping your dog disengage from something and refocus on you.
✅ Recall foundations – encouraging your dog to come towards you and make contact with your hand.
✅ Positioning – helping guide your dog into a particular position without physically moving them.
Confidence building – giving your dog a simple, clear behaviour they can perform when navigating new environments.
✅ Practical life skills – once your dog understands targeting, you can build on the concept to teach them to close doors, push buttons and even turn lights on! I’ve got a different reel on how to teach that too.

The best part? It’s a simple skill to teach, and you don’t need anything fancy to get started. Just some treats, your hand and a few short training sessions.
As always, start in a low-distraction environment and focus on teaching the behaviour before adding your verbal cue. Once your dog understands what you’re asking, you can gradually build up the difficulty and start using the skill in different environments.
Remember, we’re not just teaching tricks. We’re building behaviours that can be used in everyday life! Happy Training ✌🏼

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