Every dog starts with an assessment, so the plan fits the dog in front of him. These are the pieces most owners come for.
Sit, down, place and a genuine settle. Not tricks for the kitchen, but positions your dog will hold while the doorbell goes, while you eat, and while a stranger walks past.
Loose lead walking, turns, and attention on you rather than on every other dog in the park. The walk stops being a wrestle and starts being the best part of the day.
Off lead reliability built properly in open ground, with distance and distraction added only once the dog is honest at each stage. The recall you can actually trust.
Waiting at doors and kerbs, leaving food, ignoring bikes and birds. A dog that can think while it is excited is a dog you can take anywhere.
Working breeds were built to work. Structured exercise and drive work give that engine somewhere to go, which quietly solves a lot of what looks like bad behaviour.
Careful exposure for the nervous or under socialised dog, built at the dog's pace. Confidence is trained the same way strength is: small honest loads, repeated.
No packages to pick through before you have even spoken to him. It starts with a conversation about your dog.
Puppies can begin foundations as soon as they are settled at home and cleared by your vet. Adolescents and adults are welcome, and older dogs learn perfectly well. The work is matched to the dog, not to a number.
Around Melbourne, outdoors and in the real places you walk, plus at home where the habits actually live. Training only in a quiet room produces a dog that behaves only in a quiet room.
Yes. The handling is coached to you as much as to the dog, because the dog goes home with you. Expect to be given clear homework and to be held to it.
Those two are the most common reasons people call, and both are trainable. It takes clear standards and honest repetition in the environments where your dog currently fails.
Say so when you enquire. Those cases are assessed in person before any plan is made and are not always the right fit. Being upfront keeps everyone safe, your dog included.
Places are by application. Send an enquiry with the breed, the age and what you are struggling with, and he will come back to you to organise an assessment.
Tell Sotir about your dog and what you are trying to fix. If it is a fit, he will be in touch to organise an assessment.
Thanks for getting in touch about your dog. Sotir will review the details and reach out to organise an assessment. Keep an eye on your phone and inbox.
