Owning a dog should be enjoyable!
Let Mark help you change your dog’s behaviour, while improving your relationship at the same time.
Mark provides individual advice based on your unique situation,
using exclusively positive reinforcement techniques.
Raising a puppy gives you a unique opportunity to prevent nuisance behaviours from developing into major problems. Learn how at puppy school.
Attending a professionally run puppy school is critical to having a well behaved dog joining your family. As we learn more about dog behaviour and development, there has become an increased emphasis on early, thorough, positive socialisation of young puppies. Research has shown that it is vital that this occurs during the Critical Socialisation Period […]
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Mark offers private, personal dog training sessions to help with most behaviour issues. Why Hire a Professional? It is quite normal to try and fix your dog’s behavioural issues by speaking to friends and family, searching Google, reading books, and watching videos on the internet. Often times this advice can contradict itself, and it can […]
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Mark Ehrman of Canine Counselling by Mark is the first Victoria Stilwell Positively Dog Trainer (VSPDT) in Australia. After completing a certificate in dog training and behaviour in 2006, Mark continued to study and learn about dogs and dog training. As a result of his continuing education, Mark changed the way he trains, adopting the […]
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There are so many ways to train a dog, how you know who to trust and which methods to use?
Umm, a big clue is by asking yourself: do you feel comfortable doing it to your dog or your child? If not, then DON'T DO IT!
The image below is from a competitor's web site. Hint: if the training methods seem cruel to you, then guess what? THEY ARE CRUEL TO YOUR DOG.
Whatever "positivity-only" is, I won't be subjecting my dog to it!!
As an ethical dog trainer I never resort to pain, force, fear or intimidation to achieve behaviour change. I will NEVER ask you to do something that you are uncomfortable with, or hesitate to implement.
If someone tells you to do something that you are uncomfortable with, it's time to find a new dog trainer!
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