Hi Alan,

Thanks so much for your help with the puppies they are going great! I have attached a picture of them also. Hope your having a great new year!

We first met Alan back in September. We where in desperate need of help with our two puppies. Lily a 38kg Ridgeback X and Tonna a 30kg Bull Mastif. They where a night mare to take outside the home. Now since Alan has shown us The K9 Centre  Calm Smart Method our skills in keeping our puppies calm and under control outside the house is vastly improving!

We found Alan to be very knowledgable and professional in what his dog training. If we had a question he had the answer. If we where having trouble with any stage in our training he is always there to help and give advice.

We highly recommend to anyone that is having trouble with their dogs to trust on Alan to get te answer.

Thanks Jem + Kris

Hi everyone,

Just a bit of news and a few “thank yous” to dish out after a very eventful week. As some of you may know we are lucky enough to be providing training for Sunshine Coast locals (and their dogs) on the beach at The Town of Seaside. This has been to assist the community with the control and behavior of their dogs after part of the beach became an off leash area.

I’d like to say thanks to everyone that has participated in the first two sessions and I’ve really enjoyed the enthusiasm. We have had a great time on the beach and it has been rewarding seeing such a variety of dogs responding well to our techniques. All of the owners have been a pleasure to work with and are making great progress. One thing that stands out for me is the mix of ages who have been attending, everyone from primary age kids through to retirees have been involved!

So far we have covered techniques to help relax the dogs under a variety of stimulus and are working towards calm and gaining more control. As the lessons progress so will the level of training and we are aiming to up skill the owners so they are able to take our techniques home and apply them to different situations.

I’m looking forward to our next sessions and can’t wait to see how everyone is progressing getting on. Just quickly I’d like to thank all of those who have participated again, as well as the council and staff for helping organize the responsible dog ownership initiative.

All the best and I’ll see you down the

Regards,

Blair Rawlins

Hi Paul,
We would like to thank you for your wisdom in helping us train our dog, Wolf.  When I first called, Wolf had a number of behavioral issues including; pulling on the lead, escaping the yard, growling and biting, jumping on visitors and the inability to relax.  Thanks to your advice, and your calm pressure techniques, we are glad to say that Wolf is now a much calmer dog, who is more enjoyable to have in the home and around our friends.  Wolf still has a little way to go but we endeavor to continue the training you have helped us with and he is definitely on the way.
Thanks Jasmine

Our sincere thanks to Paul and the K9 Centre for the training, advice and support given to us and our boxer Elliot.

Paul’s service was efficient and professional and we highly recommend his services.

Paul was, and still is, available at any time via phone or email, to answer and advise on any concerns we may have with Elliot’s training.

He is a person that loves what he does and this shows in his dealings with dogs and owners.

Thank you very much Paul.

Crazy, Erratic and Hyper!
This is how we used to describe our 2 year old Border Collie (Cleo) before Karhl came into our lives. Shadow chasing, pulling on the lead and jumping up on people were Cleo’s specialities. According to Cleo anything that moved needed to be pounced on.
We exercised Cleo twice a day in a bid to tire her out but she was like the energizer bunny…she just kept going and going. I called Karhl to explain our dilemma and he advised that we were physically tiring her out but not mentally. Karhl advised he had worked with many Border Collies with great results and we booked in our first lesson straight away. Within minutes of arriving at our house Karhl had managed to capture Cleo’s attention and we noticed a change in her demeanour almost instantly. After one week of using Karhl’s techniques Cleo became a different dog. Taking her for a walk actually became a pleasure rather than a chore. I never thought I would be able to say this but Cleo does not even need a lead anymore.
She now sits, drops, and stays on voice command alone. Karhl was a pleasure to work with. He was calm and answered every question we ever had. We often say we wish we knew what we know now when Cleo was a puppy. If we now had to describe Cleo in the 3 words they would be: obedient, calm and playful (she is a Border Collie after all). Thank you Karhl for all your help! We cannot thank you enough!

Kate, Jeremy & Cleo

My husband and I adopted an 8 year old stafy cross bull terrier from the pound in March 2011.  He was a lovely dog, however he needed some help when it came to going on walks and listening at the dog park (caused from
abuse growing up).  We also have a Jack Russel for a few months as we are doggy sitting and he was in need of some training as well.  We thought it would be best to have Karhl from The K9 Centre  do the home training with us.  We decided on this so that we could learn how to do the training when the sessions were over and have the confidence in our training abilities.

Right from the beginning we appreciated Karhl’s form of training, without treats as the Jack Russel needed to lose some weight!  During the weeks of training we learned how it was more about training us first and then the dogs.  We were able to use the techniques Karhl taught us to assist the dogs in wanting to obey us, listening to us, and responding to us.

Karhl is a very friendly and patient trainer.  We found that the lessons were practical, fun and encouraging.  The dogs responded well to him and he was most helpful by calling to see how the training was going between lessons.
During the lessons Karhl used his dogs to assist with training and he had many other tools with him to make the training more effective.  He also told us that we could call him if we had any further questions once our training was finished.

We have had many people comment on how much both of the dogs have changed in their behaviour and how well they listen.  We would definitely recommend The K9 Centre  and Karhl to anyone, as we can now take the dogs for afternoon walks instead of them walking us!  Plus, we now have this training knowledge to use in the future as we would love to have more dogs around!

Michael and Jill Hooke

Hi Karhl … below is some feedback and a photo of muttley for the website. Thanks : )

You can take the dog out of the street …But can you take the street out of the dog?

It seems so after our training sessions with Karhl. Sybil, the kelpie-cross and I have had an ‘on and off’ relationship for eight years. ‘On’ being when she’s giving me doe-eyes in the living room being a sweet-heart, ‘off’ being every time we went for a walk. Sybil and I got together one day at the RSPCA over $185 and a face I couldn’t say no to. She was a stray and on getting her home I found she had the stray traits of eating everything and anything without chewing or stopping to breath and being an absolute menace to take for a walk. Pulling, jumping at other dogs, lunging at tall men with boots?

After eight years and several failed attempts to train the ‘black devil’ I tried The K9 Center and Karhl arrived with no treats, no chokers just some excellent training techniques. After the first lesson we saw results and the second lesson we had her walking past another dog without blinking an eye. Karhl is fantastic, Sybil stopped and ‘listened’ to him like some kind of wonder dog from a Chum commercial.

We’re still making progress … it won’t happen overnight, but each walk we’re getting better as it’s not just Sybil who needs reconditioning after eight harrowing years of ‘walking nightmares’. If you have a problem dog who you think is beyond help give these guys a go. Having a dog who you can just take on a walk without a huge drama is
so great … it’s a pity I didn’t find The K9 Centre the day I took that RSPCA special home!

Hayley Lees & Sybil

Paul…thank you so much for the training you recently did with our HUGE dog Bentley, he was quite a handful!! He was jumping up, chewing everything and a little hard to manage, couldnt even take him to the park at one stage. When Bentley came back from a 10 day training course we couldnt believe it was the same dog We felt so comfortable with him in your hands. The time you gave Bentley and the attention to detail was second to none. We are now looking forward to training Bentley in our own home and equally looking forward to the K9 Home Smart Programme. Thank you also for your ongoing support and advice. We are truly thankful…AMAZING Paul!!

Naughty BIG Bentley!

Hi Karhl
I just wanted to give you an update on Shelby my chocolate lab. When you first met her she was over excited, unruly and definitely thought she was the leader of the pack. She used to jump and pull on the lead. Taking her for a walk was a nightmare. I could only make it to the top of the street before getting frustrated and taking her home.

Thanks to your calm and patient manner and simple techniques, Shelby today is the total opposite. Calm pressure is a lifesaver and works instantly. I also recommend crate training to anyone with an over excited dog. Thank you for convincing me to try it. Shelby has a safe place to sleep and a place to chill during the day. As a result she is a lot calmer. She  no longer jumps and I can take her for a walk without worrying about her lunging at other dogs. I
was even confident enough to take her on a dog-a-thon with a hundred other dogs.

Thanks again Karhl you are not only a dog trainer but a people trainer tooThanks for remaining calm and patient even when I didn’t. I now have a dog that  respects me and is a joy to be around. While we still have a ways to go you
have given me the tools I need for a well trained dog. I will not hesitate in recommending you and The K9 Centre to everyone I know.

Thank you!

Ashlea and Shelby.