Every post, newest first. The methodology, the reactive dog series, guides, and real case work. For the curated version organised by topic, see Resources.
Moving
1 Sep 2026
The flight is the part your dog sleeps through. The crate six weeks out, the new toilet before you leave, the city rehearsed here, and the three rules for whoever has the lead.
Moving
1 Sep 2026
Six to eight weeks, in the actual airline crate, in the busiest room, uncovered. The last fortnight is for moving the crate and playing the airport, not for the box.
Moving
1 Sep 2026
No. What the AVA and Qantas Freight actually say, why a tablet can get your dog refused at the terminal, and what gets a dog through fourteen hours instead.
Moving
1 Sep 2026
A cue, a turf square that shrinks, the garden closed two weeks out, and the marking habit that stops a dog emptying its bladder.
Moving
1 Sep 2026
Ten days at Mickleham with no visitors, then a house it has never seen. Collection day, days two to seven, and the three things to watch for.
Therapy dogs
31 Aug 2026
No. What the law says, what a school, clinic or insurer will actually ask for, and the job the dog has to do when nobody can tell it what to do.
The method
22 Sep 2026
A dog that sits when told needs to be told. The kerb, the mat, the assistance-dog ceiling, and the 2022 talk where I first said it out loud.
Behaviour
15 Sep 2026
Because the telling-off is the reward. Six behaviours owners pay for without noticing, and what to do instead of saying no.
Walking
31 Aug 2026
Your dog knows the word. Its arousal is too high to use it. Why drilling recall fails, and why a dog walked right barely needs calling at all.
Fees
26 Aug 2026
$150 to $400 a session, $600 to $900 for a behaviourist, $2,000 for my PACE Program. Why the hourly rate is the wrong number, and what an unmanageable dog costs every year.
Puppies
8 Sep 2026
Judge a breeder by what happens before eight weeks. The questions to ask, the answers that matter, and the red flags to walk away from.
Puppies
1 Sep 2026
At five weeks old, before your puppy comes home. The first eight weeks install the foundational software, and most families spend them buying beds.
Puppies
22 Jul 2026
You can, if you raise them as two separate dogs, and almost nobody does. Separate cycles, solo outings, separate crates, and what the tethered dog is actually learning.
Family
19 Jul 2026
Start months before the due date, not when the baby comes home. The potato window, the toy audit, and why the crying is none of your dog's business.
Walking
13 Jul 2026
Pulling is not strength or stubbornness. The walk has never been clearly defined, and the dog is too aroused to process it. The two-mode fix that lasts.
Behaviour
9 Jul 2026
The growl is a request for space, not an attack. What drives it, what to do in the moment, and why punishing it builds a dog that skips the warning.
Barking
1 Jul 2026
Why dogs patrol the glass, how it quietly raises their baseline all day, and how to settle the house without shouting over the barking.
Nutrition
21 Jun 2026
Why diet shows up in behaviour, not just health, and how to start fresh feeding with a simple base mix and a slow switch from kibble.
Breed
16 Jun 2026
Why Australia's favourite designer dog gets separation anxiety and demand barking, and why a small dog needs the same structure as a big one.
Methodology
11 Jun 2026
The waterline model of baseline arousal: what raises it, and how to bring it down.
Breed
1 Jun 2026
Why a food-obsessed gun dog stays a puppy in the head for years, why food alone is a weak lever, and what a Lab needs to settle.
Methodology
28 May 2026
How the PACE framework organises a dog's day, and why mode confusion causes most problems.
Breed
23 May 2026
Why a sensitive gun dog needs clarity rather than correction, and how nagging turns a soft dog anxious.
Breed
16 May 2026
Why two working breeds in one fluffy dog need more than cuddles, and how to train the poodle brain behind the coat.
Methodology
13 May 2026
Why structured daily cycles replace walks for reactive dogs while they learn to regulate.
Aggression
8 May 2026
Most aggression is fear or frustration wearing a loud coat. How to read offensive versus fearful, and why suppressing a growl makes a dog less safe.
Breed
1 May 2026
Why a nose-driven spaniel needs a job, the truth about spaniel rage, and the one way gun dogs read differently under stress.
Methodology
26 Apr 2026
What dogs say before the bark, and the signals owners miss.
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