Trish Mitchell “The Dog Magician”
Book an Appointment
Please allow a minimum of 2-3 hours for your session and, if possible, every family member to attend. Children under seven must not be allowed to be disruptive. If you have adorable but excitable children, please have them looked after for the duration of the session.
My Services
- I offer in-your-home consultations. (To understand your issues, I need to feel your dog’s environment and their relationship to you and your family.)
- If you are looking for a new family member, I help you select the right puppy. (Not every puppy is perfect for every family, no matter how adorable they are.) I show you how to introduce your puppy to the new home and family. Once you have the basics right, everything else falls into place.
- I offer outdoor dog/puppy walking classes—maximum of five participants, because of coronavirus. I teach you how to walk your dog calmly in a pack, even if your dog is highly reactive or even dog aggressive.
*Please note I do NOT offer puppy school. Puppies need to be around responsible adults and older dogs. Puppy schools tend to make puppies over-excited and more difficult to train.
Puppy schools usually recommend “positive-only force-free” training, which in the real world does not work. It can even make your dog less manageable.
What is Balanced Training?
Balanced training is wholistic. I teach you how to develop a strong, loving, pack leader relationship with your dog. Love, praise and treats have their place, but love is not enough. Balanced training means you correct the behaviour you don’t agree with and praise the behaviour you do agree with. Correction is as important as praise.
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Blog
When Rescuers Just Shouldn’t Rescue
A couple of years ago I had a deaf and half-blind Bull Arab rescue charge me and try to rip my throat out, after it yanked it’s big bloke foster off his feet and the bloke let go of the leash. I was pressed up against the dining table, so I couldn’t get out of the...
How to know what you’re worth
When I first met my former business coach, the very first thing she said to me is “you are not charging enough“. I said “you don’t know what I charge!“ And she said “whatever it is, it’s not enough.” It’s a bit of a long story but she pointed out the less you charge,...
How to make telepathic communication with your dog (or any non-human).
With any being you want to communicate with, do this: Sit somewhere quiet, cool and comfortable, close your eyes, breathe gently and calmly for a minute or two. When you're ready, imagine a fine golden thread linking your heart and the heart of the being you wish to...
Mummy, could we please rescue a Staffy from the pound?
And why you should say “no, sweetie, that wouldn’t be a good idea.” There was a very interesting report recently from rent.com.au - a list of the most common dog breeds included on applications for pet-friendly rental properties....
“My dog would never bite anyone.”
That statement is not true, and this is why. by The Terrierman ©️ All dogs, no matter the size, are capable of doing serious damage to people under the right circumstances. The President of France was once hospitalized after he was attacked by his Maltese! Does...
How to make telepathic communication with your dog (or any non-human).
With any being you want to communicate with, do this: Sit somewhere quiet, cool and comfortable, close your eyes, breathe gently and calmly for a minute or two. When you're ready, imagine a fine golden thread linking your heart and the heart of the being you wish to...
Morning musing…
The RSPCA has a lot to answer for in promoting "positive only" training. Nothing but treats, clicks praise and distraction is psychologically damaging to a dog and can cause serious behavioural problems. 30 or 40 years ago there was no such profession as “dog...
Little Dog Syndrome
I recently experienced a highly educational moment thanks to Mother Nature—a lesson in how dangerous a dog-aggressive "little dog" can be. I was walking my small dog and stopped to chat to an older man with a Jack Russell called Jaffa. She's the sweetest little thing...
Contact Us
Trish Mitchell
0414 311 939
Available 7 days a week
7am-2pm
Covering Gold Coast and Brisbane.