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Here are three very good options. :) 

 

Kaye Hargreaves

Wagging School

 

Dr Kate Mournement BSc(Hons)PhD Applied animal behaviourist

Pets Behaving Badly

 

Amanda Murcutt

Pawsitively Great Pets

 

and some general advice about picking a dog trainer as the industry is unregulated:

 

https://www.companionanimalpsychology.com/2016/12/how-to-choose-dog-trainer.html?m=1

 

http://thedogspov.com/how-to-spot-a-trainer-that-uses-aversive-training-methods/

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I have a topical post for once!

 

The dog park near us has this amazing mini obstacle course that looks so much fun! However, very crowded dog park - I am pretty sure I could go at 2am and still find someone in it. So, solution? Can't take dog to the park, I'll bring the park to home!

(and really, my yard is bigger than this "dog park", even with half of it fenced off because of landscaping)

 

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Panorama shot but we have:

 

the pole cavalettis from scent works (you hide scent in them)

the yellow cavalettis from the small child exercise kit you buy at target or kmart or something

the fold up toddler slide from bunnings but with some rubberpour for grip

partially made - a beam to walk along

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this is the clear favourite by the dogs, some kind of tunnel tent thing I bought from bunnings discount box:

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can't see it in the pic, but a ladder positioned to crawl under, then a hoop to jump through and another slide but this time for going down

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I need more aldi yoga balls, as my dogs are too big to stand on one easily (although they have done so!) 

also some tyres for walking over or jumping over - they're positioned so nightly fetch requires them to jump over the tyres

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back to the clear winner tent:

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they really like the tent! I pack it away when I'm not there as I think they'd likely destroy it.

 

I also have two home alone toys for each dog to jump at/bark at:

(but I have the toys removed when I'm not present because they don't like sharing and they both prefer the nectarine tree one of the shed one so to prevent conflict, toy bit removed)

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the flirt pole is always fun - mine is just a bunnings tomato trainer with a puppy toy on the end

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and the yoga ball and fetch, cant go wrong with those

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( i need more of these, come on aldi!!! the aldi ones are super tough, this ones been outside for like a year and going strong)

PS. home grown eco friendly snuffle mat ;)
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(aka there's a 3m x 2m square of yard i dont mow for dogs and bunnies. i might put a little fence around it to make it look neater, idk)

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