THE APPROACH

In the wild, a dog’s very survival depends on a strong, stable, and organised pack, where every member knows its place and follows the rules established by the pack leader. The pack instinct is perhaps the strongest natural motivator for a dog.

In order to properly fulfil both our dogs and ourselves, we each need to become our canine’s calm-assertive pack leader. A dog that doesn’t trust its human to be a good pack leader becomes unbalanced and often exhibits unwanted or anti-social behaviours.

I don't “train” dogs in the sense of teaching them commands like “sit,” “stay,” “come,” and “heel” - rather I aim to rehabilitate unbalanced dogs and help “re-train” their owners to better understand how to see the world through a dog’s eyes.

I counsel people to calmly, assertively, and consistently, give their dogs rules, boundaries, and limitations to establish themselves as solid pack leaders and to help correct and control unwanted behaviour. I don’t believe in “quick fixes" although changing some behaviours can appear to happen in a relatively short period of time, none of those changes will “stick” unless the owner acts consistently with his or her dog every day to keep unwanted behaviours from returning. No-one should ever hit or yell at a dog to correct unwanted behaviour.