Aggression in Dogs

No. Growling is your dog communicating discomfort before anything more serious happens. Telling off a growl does not remove the discomfort. It teaches your dog to skip the warning instead.

Often, yes, if the triggers are identified early and managed consistently. Resource guarding and territorial behaviour at the door tend to respond well to the steps in this guide. Fear based reactivity on walks and anything involving a bite history usually needs in person support.

It varies by dog and history, and most owners notice a change in how their dog handles known triggers within a few weeks of consistent management. A dog with a longer history of practising the behaviour typically takes longer than one caught early.

It is guarding a resource, and in this case the resource is you. Treat it like the couch rule. Up only when invited, and a calm immediate removal for guarding.

That is the early warning stage before a growl or a bark. Step in at the stiffening rather than waiting for the noise, because by the time it is audible your dog has already made the decision.

It feels like love and it is stress. Your dog has taken on a job that is too big for them and cannot put it down. Taking that job away from him is the kindest thing you can do.

There are four levels and the current prices are all on the puppy school booking page, along with exactly what each one includes.

The four weeks of class are identical at every level. What you are choosing between is how much one to one time you get in your own home, how long you keep the online course, and how directly you can reach us afterwards. Most families land on the second level, which is where a session at home and the full course access switch on.

Yes. On puppy school, home sessions start from the second level up. On the seventeen to thirty two week and thirty two weeks and over programs, a session at your address is included at every level. A trainer comes to your address and works on your setup, your routine and the behaviour that is actually happening where you live, which is almost never the same as what happens in a training room.

We cover Sydney within roughly a forty five minute drive of the Harbour Bridge. That takes in the eastern suburbs, inner west, lower and upper north shore, northern beaches and south Sydney. Only the group class brings you to a venue.

Yes, and we would rather you did. The meet and greet is fifteen minutes, free, and there is nothing to sign at the end of it.

Bring the questions you feel silly asking. Most of what people are worried about at eight weeks is completely normal and takes about ninety seconds to answer, and knowing that before you spend anything is worth more to us than a booking made by someone who is not sure.

Yes. The entry level is the four weeks of class with community support and Public-level Ask Luke. It does not include the online course, and plenty of people start there.

Worth knowing what you are trading off. Class is one hour a week in a room. Everything that actually goes wrong happens at your front door, in your hallway and on your street, and that is what the session at home is for. If budget is the reason, start where you can and step up later rather than not starting.