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23/10/2026

🐶 What healthy dog play ACTUALLY looks like 👇

Healthy play isn’t about dogs running around at full speed until they’re exhausted. It’s about an interaction where BOTH dogs feel comfortable, have choices, and can take breaks.

Here are some things to look for when dogs play together:

🐾 Plenty of pauses — play naturally stops and starts, giving both dogs a chance to take a breath.

🐾 Freezes and check-ins — brief pauses allow dogs to assess the interaction before deciding whether to continue.

🐾 Back-and-forth chasing — rather than one dog always chasing while the other is constantly trying to escape, both dogs get opportunities to participate.

🐾 Give and take — play isn’t always perfectly balanced, but both dogs should have opportunities to influence the interaction.

🐾 The freedom to walk away — either dog should be able to disengage without being repeatedly chased or pestered.

🐾 Choosing to re-engage — after a break, both dogs willingly return to the interaction.

And remember, just because dogs are playing doesn’t mean we should leave them to it indefinitely. Puppies, in particular, can struggle to regulate their excitement, and adult dogs shouldn’t have to put up with endless pestering.

Our job is to supervise, recognise when the interaction needs a break, and make sure both dogs are comfortable.

The goal isn’t to keep dogs playing. It’s to make sure the play remains enjoyable for BOTH of them. ❤️

20/10/2026

Congratulations to our Alexandria teen and puppy students, including the ones that couldn’t make it to graduation!🍾🥂

16/10/2026

Congratulations to our Marrickville puppy class, including the ones that couldn’t make it to graduation!🍾🥂

12/10/2026

The BIGGEST puppy training mistake? Letting your puppy meet every dog they see.

I know it seems like the right thing to do. You want your puppy to be friendly, confident and well-socialised.

But here’s the problem: socialisation doesn’t mean saying hello to every dog!

When you allow your puppy to approach every dog on a walk, they can quickly learn that seeing another dog means they get to interact with them.

And what happens when they can’t?

🐾 Pulling towards other dogs
🐾 Whining, barking or getting frustrated on the lead
🐾 Struggling to walk calmly past other dogs
🐾 Becoming overly excited whenever they spot a dog

Over time, your puppy may start expecting to greet every dog they see. This can make walks increasingly difficult as they grow up.

🐕 So, what should you do instead?

✅ Teach your puppy that seeing another dog is no big deal.

✅ Reward them for calmly noticing other dogs and checking back in with you.

✅ Practise walking past dogs without greeting them.

✅ Choose appropriate, carefully managed social interactions rather than random on-leash greetings.

✅ Let your puppy learn that they can have a great walk without interacting with every dog they encounter.

Remember: a well-socialised dog isn’t a dog who wants to meet everyone. It’s a dog who can feel comfortable and behave calmly around other dogs, even when there’s no interaction. 🙌

Your puppy doesn’t need more greetings. They need to learn how to navigate the world confidently.

💬 Does your puppy try to say hello to every dog on your walks?

Save this post for your next walk and share it with someone raising a puppy!

11/10/2026

Congratulations to our Marrickville teen dogs, including the ones that couldn’t make it to graduation!🍾🥂

07/10/2026

If your dog can’t ignore other dogs off leash, they’re not ready to be off leash. 🐕

Being off leash isn’t just about whether your dog will come when you call them.

They also need to be able to disengage from distractions and make good choices around other dogs.

A dog who runs up to every dog they see can:

🐾 Interrupt dogs that don’t want to interact
🐾 Create conflict with nervous or reactive dogs
🐾 Ignore their owner when something more exciting appears
🐾 Put themselves in unsafe situations

Your dog doesn’t need to completely ignore every dog — but they should be able to notice another dog, respond to you and move away when asked.

Before giving your dog more freedom, practise these skills on a long line:

See dog → disengage → return to you → reward.

Build reliability around distractions before removing the leash.

Off-leash freedom is earned through skills, not just confidence. 🐾

05/10/2026

Real-life sound training every dog owner needs to do. 🔊🐶

When your dog hears something scary or potentially exciting — like a group of dogs barking behind a fence — don’t just wait and see what they do.

Make something good happen.

Use real-life sounds as a cue to initiate something positive:

🐾 Hear barking → scatter some treats
🐾 Hear a loud truck → play a quick game
🐾 Hear a siren → reward calm engagement
🐾 Hear an unfamiliar noise → investigate together, if your dog is comfortable

The goal is to build a positive association with the sounds your dog will encounter in everyday life.

In this video, the barking dogs become the background to a fun treat scatter, giving this dog something positive to focus on while hearing the barking.

You’re not trying to distract your dog from every sound.

You’re teaching them that unexpected sounds can predict good things happening. ❤️

And you don’t need to wait for your dog to become worried. Start this when they’re calm and comfortable, so those positive associations are built before you actually need them.

Real-life socialisation is about more than meeting dogs and people — it’s about creating positive experiences around the world your dog lives in. 🐶

03/10/2026

Your puppy isn’t walking badly — they’re learning about the world. 🐶

This Great Dane puppy goes from stopping on the leash → pulling forward.

It might be tempting to focus on leash manners: “Don’t pull. Walk beside me. Keep moving.”

But with a young puppy, I’m much more interested in early exposure and building confidence than getting perfect walking.

Look closely at this puppy. She’s licking her lips and showing signs that she’s feeling a little unsure. She’s processing a new environment and working out what’s going on.

That’s why early outings shouldn’t just be about teaching a puppy how to walk nicely.

They’re an opportunity to teach puppies:

🐾 New environments are safe
🐾 Strange sights and sounds are nothing to worry about
🐾 They can take their time to investigate
🐾 Their owner is there to support them
🐾 Exploring new places can be a positive experience

Of course, we do want to teach good leash skills — but young puppies don’t need to be perfect little walkers from day one.

There is plenty of time to work on manners.

Early exposure is about building the confident dog who will be able to learn those manners later. ❤️

So before you ask, “Why is my puppy pulling?”

Ask yourself:

“How is my puppy feeling right now?”

01/10/2026

A reactive dog doesn’t need to get closer to “get over it.”

They need distance to be able to learn. 🐶

When a reactive dog is too close to their trigger, their emotions can take over. They’re no longer in a state where they can calmly observe, respond to you and learn something new.

That’s why we work at a distance where the dog can:

🐾 Notice the trigger
🐾 Stay under threshold
🐾 Look at the trigger
🐾 Choose to disengage
🐾 Get rewarded for that calm response

This is the foundation of Look At That (LAT) training.

The distance isn’t us avoiding the problem. The distance is what makes the training possible.

Over time, with repeated successful experiences, we can gradually work closer — but only when the dog is ready.

Don’t measure progress by how close your dog can get. Measure it by how calmly they can respond. ❤️

29/09/2026

Want your dog to greet other dogs calmly? Start here. 🐶

If every interaction with another dog means FREE PLAY!, your dog can quickly learn that seeing another dog = excitement, rushing over and getting access to play.

Instead, we want to teach the opposite behaviour.

In our Obedience class, dogs practise:

🐾 Seeing another dog and staying calm
🐾 Sitting and waiting before saying hello
🐾 A brief, structured 2-second greeting
🐾 Moving away from the other dog
🐾 Being rewarded for disengaging and returning to their owner

We’re not teaching dogs that they can never interact with other dogs.

We’re teaching them that calm behaviour comes before social interaction — and that greeting another dog doesn’t automatically mean free play.

Because if you repeatedly reinforce excitement, you shouldn’t be surprised when your dog gets excited around other dogs.

Calm manners are a skill, and they need to be practised. ❤️

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