Seti and Beau Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 Hi everyone! I am new to this forum :D My partner and dogs have moved to our home town, Bairnsdale in East Gippsland, Victoria. I am going to join them in a few weeks. One of our dogs 'Beau' was a rescue from ACT Rescue & Foster, adopted at approx six months old. He has some issues with not having been socialised enough (we believe) as a young puppy. He is reactive to strangers and other dogs (if not introduced correctly). It is based on fear, so if he feels threatened he might lunge, he doesn't tend to growl and has nipped strangers twice before. We have done Beginners training at Canberra Obedience club and then when his behaviour escalated after we moved to Melbourne he was seen by a behaviourist and then we began training with the K9 company in Melbourne. They are NDTF accredited and were really fantastic, but unfortunately we can't take them with us :p We want to continue his training and socialisation in Bairnsdale or the surrounding area. I know there is a volunteer run obedience club there but they have told me they are not specifically trained on dealing with dogs like him. We can take him there, I just am hesitant about making other people uncomfortable if he were to lunge. I was just wondering if anyone knows of any trainers or groups in the area that are good at helping with reactive dogs? Thanks, Yvette Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitka Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 (edited) There is also an obedience club in Sale and Morwell, maybe give them a ring. Edited October 9, 2012 by whitka Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bianca.a Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 I have recently moved to Bairnsdale too and also have a highly dog reactive dog. I haven't found anywhere other than the one you mentioned. I took my boy there and I wasn't that comfortable, too many people and dogs and nowhere near enough space between dogs for my liking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitka Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 Could be worth a shot, its been a few years since I was there but they had a couple of good instructors when I was there. Good luck. http://www.egdoc.org.au/html/contact_us.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue & Waldo Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 Do K9 know of any trainers down your way? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seti and Beau Posted October 12, 2012 Author Share Posted October 12, 2012 Thanks everyone for the suggestions! K9 Company didn't know of anyone and there aren't any NDTF accredited trainers in the area. I have recently been provided with a flyer for a trainer in Bairnsdale that seems to have some Behavioural training. I'm going to call her today so will let you know how that goes :D Bianca - I hope we can both get help for our dogs. At the moment we manage Beau's introductions to people and dogs and its fine but obviously the more training and socialisation we can do with him the better! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorna Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 To Yvette and Bianca. Hello I am from the Bairnsdale dog obedience club, I am not sure who you spoke to from the club Yvette but - we like to see the dog and keep it outside its reactive zone and then desensitize. Would love to talk to you about your dog. There are two NDTF trainers at the club, people should contact us and ask lol. One is myself and another is also available. Please look at our website bairnsdaledogobedience.yolasite.com or contact me by text on 0413109921 - reception is bad so calling is not always possible. I would also like to speak to Bianca about her problems, what class were you in and did you let the committee know about your difficulties? Sometimes you need to do some work outside club times but we can't arrange this if you don't let us know. We are always upset when someone leaves or can't get the help they want/need. So girls please contact me so that I can talk one on one with you. Thanks Lorna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorna Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 I have recently moved to Bairnsdale too and also have a highly dog reactive dog. I haven't found anywhere other than the one you mentioned. I took my boy there and I wasn't that comfortable, too many people and dogs and nowhere near enough space between dogs for my liking. This is a worrying comment to find - I don't understand why there wasn't enough space and why there were too many people - We have an enormous oval and there would be plenty of space. In fact we generally encourage space between dogs that aren't comfortable with other dogs. We don't have a large membership so I am not sure where the people came from either We are at Lucknow Recreation Ground - is this the place you went to? Please contact me Lorna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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