My goal as a Canine Wellness Coach is to empower owners to create wellness opportunities for their dogs. One very important aspect of wellness is mental health.

This 5 week course is the culmination of 20+ years of experience training dogs and their owners. I have weeded out the stuff you don’t really need to know and just included the juiciest, handiest behaviours to train.

This course will give you the basic recipe to train your dogs to perform some behaviours that will enable them to share more time with you. When a dog knows a few core behaviours such as settle on a mat or come when called, they will be able to experience more outings and more opportunities with you, their people. A well mannered dog is welcome just about anywhere 😊

This course is ideal for dogs who are comfortable training and learning in close proximity to other dogs and people. My main focus for the course is for owners and their dogs to enjoy themselves! This course is not suitable for dogs with behaviour problems such as aggression, reactivity or anxiety. Contact us for 1-1 assistance if your dog is experiencing these issues.

I will coach you how to effectively train the following behaviours: connection (so your dog chooses you over distractions), lie down, be calm when having your collar held, return when called, lie quietly on a mat. Owners will learn how to identify dog body language and the subtle signals that dogs are communicating most of the time. Owner education is a big part of this course.

I will be available for email assistance throughout the week, in between our training sessions. Previous participants have found this support very helpful and found that it accelerated their progress.

This course is currently being offered in a 1-1 format. Here is some feedback from a client who recently completed the course:

We loved the course – we really appreciated how tailored it was for us. Because of this, we thought that all the tips and advice that you gave us was/is so handy. We were talking about it, and on reflection, we thought that the course had a great balance of practical tips, owner education, education about the ‘process’ and how to build the connection between you and your dog. We really appreciated that your tips are all about fostering a better relationship between you and your dog so that they become partners rather than ‘a pet’ so to speak. To help them learn to choose you, over other distractions. It’s all in the process and it takes time to develop but working in partnership will create opportunities for desired behaviours that are long lasting.

Janice and Ben with Hungarian Vizsla puppy, Ruda

The Canine Connections course is 5 personalized training sessions plus email support and is only $800. contact us for more information.

*Bookings available Tuesday to Saturday during business hours. Saturday bookings are very popular and are usually booked 2 months in advance.