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Pawsome Manners Dog Walking and Training 🐾 Solo Training Walks
🐕‍🦺 Owner Coaching
🏞 Small Group Adventure Walks
🏡 Housesitting
📍 Hamilton and Te Awamutu, NZ

Walking, training and sitting services tailored specifically to your dog's individual needs with a commitment to using positive, ethical, reward based methods.

20/10/2026

Dog owners often get told that less is more when it comes to talking to your dog. However, I disagree.

When you are actively engaging with your dog, and that includes talking to them, they are much more likely to engage with you back, leading to more focus and a better connection overall.

The one time I agree that less is actually more, is when you are asking your dog to perform a specific cue. In that context, more words can lead to confusion and a lack of understanding. Short, concise cues are more easily recognised and a lot clearer for your dog.

Next walk you go on try having a chit chat with your dog and see if it helps their engagement with you.

Something slightly different than dogs 🐕 Believe it or not, my life doesn't always revolve around dogs, well maybe only ...
17/10/2026

Something slightly different than dogs 🐕

Believe it or not, my life doesn't always revolve around dogs, well maybe only 95% of it does!

When I'm not walking dogs, training dogs, or hanging out with dogs, my other most favourite things involve horses 🐎, live music 🎸, anything country 🤠, and going to rugby games 🏉

This weekend included a lot of those things, going to Equifest on Friday night for the festival of speed, getting my cowgirl boots out to see Kaylee Bell live, and watching the black ferns beat France 81-12!

Fun fact, before working with dogs, I worked with horses professionally for 12 years, doing a bit of everything - racing, equine therapy, polo, showjumping, instructing, and pony club.

Working with horses taught me the value of building strong relationships with animals, treating them with respect, care and kindness and how to stay calm in the most testing of situations. After all, if you make a mistake with a horse, the consequences can be pretty serious!

My first full day of the week 🙌🏼 So glad to be seeing the backside of this cold! Koda had a great walk past multiple bar...
16/10/2026

My first full day of the week 🙌🏼

So glad to be seeing the backside of this cold!

Koda had a great walk past multiple barking dogs on different properties without any reactions. He is back at his original property in a different part of town which poses it's own challenges (more noise, more vehicles, more foot traffic and more dogs than where he was previously) but he is adjusting amazingly.

Bailey had a mostly cruisey walk but this week we have been focusing on desensitisation to cars as he had an unfortunate experience with a car last week and it has made him very cautious and aware when cars are around, especially coming up behind him. I am giving him space and time to assess, watch and figure things out, but also not hiding from them so that he understands it's not a big deal.

Rocco had a great river walk, passing many dogs, joggers and bikes. We had a small off lead dog approach and whilst he was initially tense, I was able to easily redirect his focus back to me and we passed it with no trouble.

Poppy was working on her calm heel walking and did a stunning job despite this being the hardest skill for her. We have been clearning up her cues so that she knows exactly what is expected of her as this will help to decrease frustration. We even got a comment on how well behaved and cute she was (she knows it too!).

Lastly we had Piglet who had a cruise around the university playing fields. Piglet always gets smiles and attention from walkers as she is so happy and friendly. She managed to walk past all the ducks and birds by the water and ignore them completely.

16/10/2026

Tip of the day 👌🏼

Next time you pass someone on your walk that you would usually get annoyed at, try smiling at saying hello in stead.

I get why we sometimes start yelling, it's human nature - when I first started practicing emotional regulation myself, it was quite hard at times. Our emotions get the better of us and tell us to get worked up and frustrated, especially at someone if they are doing something they shouldn't that may put our dog at risk.

But at the end of the day, if we start yelling, getting frustrated, tense and annoyed, then we are actually making the situation much harder for our dog, rather than being helpful. If we smile, say hi and carry on our way, our dog will pick up on that calmness and it can help ease any tension.

Of course, there are always exceptions. If it's a possible dangerous situation, I will 100% shout at someone to leash their dog, but I've come to realise that getting into an argument for argument sake really is pointless and leaves us feeling worse off (not to mention fueling a reaction from our dog!).

If we can't regulate our own emotions, then we sure as hell can't expect our dogs to!

Do you use marker words in your dog training? If not, try implementing them to create clarity for your dog, you will pro...
15/10/2026

Do you use marker words in your dog training?

If not, try implementing them to create clarity for your dog, you will probably find that they start picking things up a lot quicker if they understand what you want, when you want it, and what is available to them/expected of them if they hear that particular word.

Here are the marker words that I use when training dogs... When starting out, I would prioritise teaching "yes", "ok", "find it", and "let's go", as they are the ones I personally find most important for daily use.

Are there any you would add or take away?

It's been a steady few days for me, slowly getting back into the swing of things after 10 days off and catching a nasty ...
14/10/2026

It's been a steady few days for me, slowly getting back into the swing of things after 10 days off and catching a nasty cold on the way back from Australia.

These lucky lot still got to go on their Training Walks and despite it being hard going physically at times, it's been really nice to be back at it, out in nature and going on strolls around Kirikiriroa 🐾

Despite being Aotearoa's 4th most populous city, we are really lucky to have some really wonderful and beautiful walks in the local area. You don't have to go far to find tranquility, peace and nature, especially at this time of year with the cherry blossoms in bloom 🌸 and being right on the banks of the mighty Waikato river 🏞

95% of my Training Walks are held in peaceful, green and open spaces - where the dogs thrive and are most at ease. Yes, we do also do urban street walks as and when needed, but I find most dogs do not get what they need to be fulfilled on street walks, instead, the best learning tends to happen when we are out in nature 🌿

What's your dog's favourite walk?

13/10/2026

It's been a slow start to the week so far 😷😩

Thanks everyone for your understanding and patience whilst I take things a little slower this week to make sure I'm good to go next week and can get back to doing what I love 👌🏼🐾

Last day of Training Walks before going away tomorrow 🏖🐾 Bailey 🐾 Walt & Charlie 🐾 Kenzie 🐾 Max 🐾 Jeff & Buddy 🐾Now to p...
01/10/2026

Last day of Training Walks before going away tomorrow 🏖

🐾 Bailey 🐾 Walt & Charlie 🐾 Kenzie 🐾 Max 🐾 Jeff & Buddy 🐾

Now to prepare for a 2am wake up call in the morning 😴

See you all in 10 days ✈️

George had his first proper Training Walk at a new location today and he was great. We had to drive a little longer to g...
30/09/2026

George had his first proper Training Walk at a new location today and he was great. We had to drive a little longer to get there and he coped really well with the longer car trip. He has been working on his lead walking and today was able to pass numerous dogs on the pathway and kept calm and stayed by my side 👏🏼

Peppa had a great walk at the lake. As it is school holidays it was quite busy with distractions, other dogs, children, people, bikes etc and she did not react once. She loved the smells of all the ducks and pukekos and did such a great job at ignoring everything going on around her 👏🏼

On Yuki's walk we focused on remaining calm and collected as well as on his loose lead walking. We had a small dog run up to us, and even though it was very friendly, it meant that we had to work hard on Yuki staying calm and not getting too frustrated. He did such a great job at resetting and refocusing on our walk 👏🏼

Brodie is back!! Poor Brodie needed surgery on his other cruciate so these past couple of months he has been out of action recovering but it was so good to see him again. He did so well walking at the lake and focusing around so many dogs that walked past. He was able to focus and listen and we are going to go back to rebuilding our bond after a bit of time away 👏🏼

Lastly we had Skye who had her first walk away from home. She did such a good job and is so calm traveling in the car. She enjoyed being out and didn't once stop/freeze or pull back towards the car (as she would normally do). I am looking forward to taking her out to more places now that I know she trusts me enough to have fun together 👏🏼

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