Ivar · Husky x Border Collie
One on one dog training across Penrith and Western Sydney. Reactivity, obedience, recall and puppy foundations, worked in your own home and on your own street.
Because five is when everyone else is out with their dogs. So now he goes at ten at night, or down the quiet end of the street, or not at all. And the problem gets quietly worse while you work around it.
None of that makes him a bad dog. It means nobody has shown him what to do instead.
Eight to twenty four weeks is the cheapest training you will ever buy. Get this window right and you skip most of what the other two packages exist to undo.
Ask about a start dateSit, place, wait, heel, and a recall that works the first time you say it. Built properly on a long line long before the lead ever comes off.
Ask about a start dateLunging, barking, growling, and everything you have quietly stopped taking him near. We work under threshold and build up, instead of flooding him and hoping he copes.
Ask about a start dateTravel is $1 per kilometre from Penrith, there and back. You get the figure before you book.
Board and train is for the dogs where an hour a week is never going to get there. He comes and lives with me for four weeks, and the training happens the way training actually works. Every day, several times a day, in real situations, with someone doing the repetitions properly instead of fitting them around a job.
The session packages put the repetitions on you, in between visits, around work and everything else. That works for plenty of dogs. For a serious case it is usually the thing that stalls the progress, and board and train takes it off you completely.
It also costs more than a commercial boarding facility, and that is on purpose. Three dogs is the maximum here at any one time. A big facility can have up to a hundred in at once, a different trainer handling your dog depending on the day, and a kennel run to sit in between sessions.
Here he lives in a house. The program is built around your dog instead of run off a standard timetable, and the same trainer works him every single day, so he builds one relationship rather than learning to cope with five.
That is also what makes the handover work. A dog who has spent four weeks in a home goes straight back into yours without having to relearn how to live in one. He is not another number on a run sheet. He is one of three.
Food is included. He eats Black Hawk kibble, or send his own and he stays on it. If you want a meal plan put together by a nutritionist that can be arranged at an extra cost.
Ask about a spotThe first session is spent watching him in the place he actually plays up, because that is the only place the real behaviour shows. By the end of it you know what is driving it, which package suits, and roughly how long it takes to shift.
Short daily reps you can fit around work. Ten minutes twice a day beats an hour on a Sunday every single time. Between sessions you send me photos, video and updates, and I tell you what to change before a bad habit sets.
Then we take it outside and break it on purpose. Footpath, park, other dogs, the front door at dinner time. A dog who only listens in the lounge room has not learned anything yet.
I fought Muay Thai professionally. What that actually taught me was not how to be hard on anything. It taught me that results come from repetition, timing, and staying calm when the thing in front of you is not going your way. Which is most of dog training.
Snoopy was the family Staffy. He passed in November 2023. In January 2024 I got Ivar, a Husky crossed with a Border Collie, which anyone who knows either breed will tell you is an ambitious first dog to take on alone. Working him out properly is what turned this from a dog I loved into a job I do.
I am not going to tell you your dog is broken so I can sell you a package. If three sessions sorts it, you get three sessions and I will say so on day one.
"From the beginning, Cody was calm, knowledgeable, and clearly passionate about what he does."
Once a package is finished you can book one off sessions whenever you want a tune up. No new package, no minimum, just the session.
Every package includes follow up. Send photos, video and updates between sessions and you get told what to fix while it is still easy to fix.
Tools get discussed after I have met the dog, never before. Most of what fixes everyday problems is timing, management and being clear about what you want, and plenty of dogs never need more than a flat collar and a long line. If I think something else is worth using I will explain exactly why, show you how it works, and you decide.
It improves in most cases, often a lot. Whether he ends up walking past other dogs without caring depends on the dog, how long it has been going on, and what you do in the days between sessions. You will get a straight read early rather than a sales pitch.
If you have the time to put in ten minutes of practice twice a day, the session packages work and they cost a lot less. If the problem is serious, or you have tried before and it slipped, or life is genuinely too busy to be consistent, board and train gets it done because the repetitions stop depending on your week. I will tell you honestly which one your dog needs.
Black Hawk kibble is included in the price. If he is on something already, send it with him and he stays on it, no discount and no surcharge. If you want a proper meal plan built by a nutritionist that can be arranged at an extra cost.
Single sessions are $200 whenever you want one. You do not have to buy another package to get back in. Most people use one every few months if something starts slipping.
No. Puppies are easier because there is nothing to undo, but older dogs learn perfectly well. It just takes more repetitions to beat a habit that has had a few years of practice behind it.
A hungry dog, some decent food he does not normally get, a flat collar or harness and a normal lead. Bring a long line if you own one. If you do not, I will have one in the car.
Based in Penrith. If your suburb is not on that list, call anyway. I travel further for the right job.
Tell me the breed, the age and what he is doing. I work seven days, so times depend on the day, and I will tell you straight whether I am the right person for it.