Our Dog Training Team | Pet Professor

2018 – Certificate IV in Companion Animals Services, Delta Institute
2018-19 – Pro Dog Trainer, AbsoluteDogs
2019 – Living and Learning with Animals, Behaviour Works
2021 – Master Course in Aggression, Aggression in Dogs
2021 – Separation Anxiety Training Course, Dr Moira Hechenleitner, Vet Behaviour
2022- Enrichment Framework for Behaviour Modification, Pet Harmony

The frameworks behind your plan come from Karen Pryor (Don’t Shoot the Dog, 1984), Susan Garrett (relationship-first training, Canada), Lauren Langman and Dr Tom Mitchell at Absolute Dogs (concept-based, games-based training), Leslie McDevitt (Control Unleashed, where reactivity work lives), Dr Kim Brophey (the LEGS framework from Meet Your Dog), and the enrichment work out of Pet Harmony. When your case needs more than training, my referral network includes Dr Joanna McLachlan and her team at Pet Behaviour Vet, Dr Emily Lucas from The Whole Hound, and Dr Vanessa Reid from Positive Pets Behaviour Vet, just to name a few.

What this means for you

Health-first

Pain, undiagnosed medical issues, and sleep deprivation cause more 'behaviour problems' than training ever can. We start with your vet.

No aversives

No prong, e-collar, choke chain, or 'correction' on your dog. Ever. No exceptions. Science is clear on this.

Honest referrals

When I'm not the right person, I refer. Vet behaviourists, GP vets, separation anxiety specialists. I have the network and I use it.

no such thing as a problem pet

You're bringing us a canine or feline challenge that we work out together. Sometimes that's a behaviour you've been managing for years, sometimes that's a puppy you want to get right from the start. Either way, we don't pathologise the pet.

The M.E.T. pillars

Management

what we do first

We change the setup so the problem behaviour stops getting another rep. If the delivery driver keeps triggering the barking, we don’t train the bark away. We change the setup while the training works underneath. Most of the “miracle” results you see in the first two weeks come from Management alone.

Enrichment

what your dog is probably missing

Your dog has biological, cognitive, and social needs that don’t get met by a 20-minute walk and a chew toy. A Border Collie who eats the couch isn’t naughty. She’s a working dog with a TikTok scroll for a life. Enrichment is the single most under-used tool in behaviour modification, and it’s usually where the real shift happens.

Training

last, not first

Once Management has stopped the rehearsal and Enrichment has taken the pressure off, we build the specific skills your dog needs to navigate the world. Force-free, reward-based, and built for how your dog actually learns (which isn’t always what the textbook says).

See it in action