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Founder and Senior Facilitator, Marra Apgar, has been an animal enthusiast since childhood. In her first business, Raptor Presentations, she trained birds of prey as educational ambassadors.
Her first "own" dog challenged her to deepen her training knowledge, and she found herself running training classes - after a few years of mentoring and learning!
Having worked with and trained wild birds, and having a science background, reward-based, fear-free training systems were Marra's choice. Marra has owned and operated Dog Training Help since 2016.
Our focus is in supporting those people in our community who aspire to have brilliant companion dogs. To support them as they educate their dream dogs, using fear free training.
We offer manners training and socialisation classes for all ages and breeds of dogs.
We pride ourselves on Puppy and Canine Hoopers classes that are fun and informative.
Dog Training Help has created a unique, full featured fear-free snake avoidance training program. Our emphasis is on quality training that does not compromise your dog's psychological well-being.
I teach and use "clicker training" and focus on Positive Reinforcement as the driver of all training. If you want to reward your dog into being good, this is the best training method to adopt.
I do not allow the use of pinch, prong or electric collars, shouting or striking during my training. I have found these to cause more problems than they solve in the hands of most pet owners! If you've used these tools, feel free to get in touch to transition to something else. I won't shame you or be angry with you.
My training is inspired by and compatible with these well known trainers (in no particular order):
Karen Pryor, Ken Ramirez, Ian Dunbar, Leslie McDevitt, Grisha Stewart, Emily Larlham (Kikopup), Zak George, Susan Garrett, Terry Ryan, Shirley M. Chong, Bob Bailey.. and so many more!
Dog Training Help is a Registered Business Name. It is a Sole Trader Business, that is not registered for GST.
Our ABN is:41202286336.