Training Services
Dog Training That Prepares Your Dog For Real Life Situations
Is your dog owning journey a little bit different to what you expected? Is it difficult to take them to a cafe? Is your life being impacted by your dogs behaviour? You are not failing, you just need the right support. I provide professional, force-free dog training that helps you understand your dog, stop unwanted behaviours and build skills that you and your dog can use in everyday situations. I help you understand what is happening and help you to speak dog!
Positive Reiforcement / Real-world solutions / Clear guidance for both you and your dog
How does a one-on-one home consult work and what is included?
Home consults are great for dogs with any issues or you might have a new puppy and want to set them up for success with strong behaviour foundations. It isn’t just for new dog owners, experienced dog owners will also benefit, dog training approaches and behaviour understanding continues to evolve as we learn more
There is an initial phone discussion where I gather a detailed history about your dog along with an understanding your concerns or struggles. I develop a detailed behaviour and concept based training plan (click here for information about concept training) using positive reinforcement, clear structure and practical training strategies.
I visit your home, we work through the training plan with demonstrations and hands on training, covering the ‘why are we doing this’ and the ‘how we do this’, along with what success will look like to help you identify positive change and any other information you may need based on your dog ownership experience.
We keep things practical, I show you how a lot of training can just be incorporated in your everyday life and the way you interact with your dog. I set achievable goals that require a couple of 3 minute sessions a day to train - you can do a training session while you wait for the kettle to boil for a cup of tea!
Consults are an hour, you should allow a little longer for the very first visit. I provide follow up support to see how you are going, answer any questions, help you over hurdles and tweak the training plan if needed.
Foxy Dogs Dog Training isn’t just about teaching dogs new skills. My approach of “coaching humans, training dogs” perfectly encapsulates my aim of helping owners understand, communicate and build a solid relationship with their dog based on trust and understanding. Once this is achieved, both yours and your dogs lives will be more enriched and enjoyable. Dogs are the most amazing, intelligent and loving creatures and there is so much we can do to give them choice and make their lives more fulfilling.
The key to successful training is a strong connection and relationship with your dog, we want your dog to see you as fun and someone they want to hang out with. I can guide and support you and get you on the path towards that relationship, it takes time, you need to be willing and able to put some work in from your end but you are going to love the journey.
Book a home consult or group training session today and build a fun and rewarding relationship with your dog
One-on-One Training - Home consults
$180
Training general manners and skills training at your home including:
Recall
Loose lead walking
Calm (mat)
Polite greetings
Lunging
Barking
Crate and muzzle training
Assistance Dog Public Access Test (PAT) preparation training
Behavioural issues
Concept training
I provide training for every day behaviour issues for every day situations. As well as training behaviours, I incorporate concept training which strengthens emotional stability and the emotional coping abilities of dogs. Concept training teaches your dog a wide array of life skills or ‘building blocks’ that build confidence, resilience and their decision making skills, they are able to apply these skills in different and unfamiliar situations and make better choices by themselves.
There may be a few issues that need to be addressed and these can sometimes be quite complex. Learning happens in stages, we can’t expect your dog to jump from A to Z in one visit and I also don’t want to overwhelm you! We start by teaching your dog some key foundation skills that will start to help with issues you are having. As you start seeing the results, you may feel that this is all you need and that is perfectly okay, however you might want to challenge and continue improving the skills of your dog where I develop new, broader and more challenging training exercises that continue to build on those foundation skills, further strengthening your dogs skills and understanding.
Puppy consults
$180
Prior to puppy’s arrival consult
Are you ready for your puppy’s arrival? Have you thought of everything? I can help you get your home ready, talk to you about your puppy’s basic needs, assess your house set up, recommend equipment, provide advice about how to manage that first week and beyond, educate the family about do’s and don’ts and prepare you for issues to look out for and their solutions.
After puppy’s arrival consult
Once your puppy arrives, it can be a whirlwind! You might be wondering if you are doing the right thing, you might be having some initial struggles, you might be unsure about socialisation and what that actually is (as a tip, it is not socialising with other dogs!). I provide you information, solutions, games to play and basic training (behaviour and concept training) to help you start building your relationship and bond with your newest family member
Group Training Classes
$300 - 6 sessions over 6 weeks
Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced group dog training lessons(6 week terms) in City Beach and West Leederville. These will be held on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Saturdays. More classes will be added in other locations soon. Go to Registration for Group Training tab or select the “Registration” button below to see upcoming class dates, times and locations.
Maximum 6 participants, no minimum numbers. The first session is a dog free session so we can go through lots of information.
These group classes are unique and will incorporate both behaviour training and concept training! So along with loose lead, recall etc. I will be finding out what challenges your dog is experiencing and will incorporate bespoke training solutions into the curriculum just for you that will specifically help you and your dog. I am not aware of anyone else in Perth that runs group training classes like this. These are not cookie cutter classes that repeat every term! Classes are tailored specifically to the participants attending.
BEGINNER: Dogs from 3 months old onward, fully vaccinated, this will be their first formal group training session after Puppy PreSchool or training at home. You will learn reflex to name, owner focus, bed/mat suction, collar grab, release, sit with duration, loose lead walking, down with duration, stand, recall, pivot, beginning of friendly greetings, husbandry/body handling, beginning of middle plus the addition of concept training developed specifically to meet participants individual needs
INTERMEDIATE: Dogs that have attended some kind of formal beginner group training sessions. You will learn distance loose lead walking with distractions, sit with distractions and duration, down with distractions and duration, small jumps, bow/spin/twist, distance recall, friendly greeting a person without jumping, middle and walking middle, dog/dog greetings and understanding the chain of events plus the addition of concept training elements developed specifically to meet participants individual needs.
ADVANCED: Any age of dog that has attended formal Beginner and Intermediate group training sessions. Your dog will have strong behaviour foundations around loose lead walking with distractions, sit/down with distractions, recall, middle, body handling (ears, eyes, paws, nose) and foundations in friendly greetings. You will learn recall with cued distractions, search/retrieve, introduction to emergency stop, friendly greeting a person and dog without jumping or interfering with strangers dog, clear jump, bow/spin/twist cued from distance, down with owner out of sight, boomerang, send-away, general canine knowledge, behaviour sequencing, directions from a distance
Walk and Train
$130 - 45 minutes , package rates available
Life gets busy, everybody has something they need to do or somewhere to be, work, kids, elderly parents, you might currently have an injury or have other personal circumstances or commitments. There just aren’t enough hours in the day, let me help you. I can come when you are not there if I am able to get access to your yard, or come when you are there and will spend 45 minutes with your dog.
I will work on any behaviour struggles you are having and may do half of the session as foundation training in the back yard without distractions and half of it walking and training. Focus is on general manners, loose leash walking, recall (training on long lead) and making walks fun and engaging. If the opportunity presents itself we can work on dog/dog or dog/person reactivity, building on confidence, optimism and disengagement. If the preference is just for a 45 minute sniff/enrichment/exercise walk with no specific training requirements to break up your dogs day, we can do that as well. Tell me what you need.
We walk around your suburb so your dog becomes familiar with distractions and local challenges they may experience and if we can find a park, we’ll do some training there as well. No written training plan is provided for this service, but tell me what needs work and I’ll focus on that. I will keep you updated with your dogs progress and hand over the skills you need to carry on the training when you head out on a walk with your furry family member. We can do this by me walking with you once your dogs skills have been built or demonstrating the training at your home.
Walks are one-on-one, your dog has my full attention. All walks are on lead.
