Wellington people - do you want some free in-house help with your misbehaving dog ?
- Wont come, but you've been through obedience ?
- Gets possessive over things, and growls when you try to take them away ?
- Scared you'll get your hand bitten off if you try to take their dog bowl away ?
- Barks/shows teeth at strangers ?
- Aggressive towards other dogs ?
Or any other behaviour you really don't think your dog should be doing, I'm keen to help Hey all, I've been around dogs all my life, I've often found a bond with almost all dogs that I've met and my love for dogs has caused me to really want to understand them.
I've been studying dog behaviour/psychology for over a year, and am by nature a self-taught person. I've read most books on the subject and have taken a point of view of different approaches and it's really a dog-by-dog assessment on what's the best approach.
I took on a very special case SPCA dog (Border Collie mix called Sassy) who has some very severe trust/anxiety issues and am progressing very well with her.
- What I'm keen on now, is to give myself eth other dogs that are not through family contacts.
- Here's a summary of what I'll offer (usually will take 30min-1hr):
- I will not hurt your dog, I will use little to no physical contact.
- I can offer clicker training, but prefer an alternative method. It just depends how well you can control the emotion in your voice so we'll take it as it comes.
- I will not offer help on person-aggressive and attacking dog cases, sorry (ask me in a few years). This is beyond my experience.
- I will provide education to the owner(s) and a summary of the assessment in an email/pdf afterwards for you to take away and work with.
- I am especially keen on working with post-adoption SPCA dogs.
Your dogs confidence is paramount, if your dog is feeling uneasy, I will not push them. I don't work with suppression or flooding techniques, I work by modification of behavior.
If you're interested, please email drew@broadley.org.nz or reply here with the following details:
Dogs Name:
Dogs Breed:
Dogs Age:
Where you got the dog:
If you're not the original owner, how long have you owned it:
Describe the problem:
