Thread: Reputable Trainers

Hi Craig,

It depends what you are training for as to the credibility of the trainer and what the trainer has achieved in a particular field. A trainer who excells in drug detection may not be the right trainer for protection or a good agility trainer may not be the right trainer for reshaping the reactive behaviour of an over sharp GSD.

What I will recommend is to avoid any commercial trainers who are anti prong, Ecollar and aversive training. These tree hugging purely positive's in the dog training industry in my opinion are the scum of the earth ruining more dogs and their handlers than I care to think about.

Cheers
Nev

No particular order. I put myself firts as I feel I am special lol. I put the other Craig Murray first as with a name like that he can't be all bad

I will vote for you as a reputable trainer

Intersting thread and one which given my limited experience out of state I have a hard time commenting on. What I will say is anybody reading should evaluate a trainer thouroughly before commiting...there are far too many NDTF newbies claiming great experience and even more sec hero's that want to play behaviourist lol. I will say the problem is severe in my breed the Rottweiler. All I can add is with Glenn Cooke's departure beyond John MacDonald, Kris, Sidney Aarons, Laurie Boutzitisis and Brad Griggs, the only trainer in Vic I would trust if I had significant issue here in Vic is myself.

On this subject has anybody had any experience with Aus Dog in Vic?

Is Aus Dog Australian Dog Training (ADT) Chris or a different org?

Nope different companies, just plain "Aus Dog", Also hasn't ADT been history for a while now?

Probably, been about 8yrs or more since I trained with them when living in Vic.