Taking a Mindful Approach to Dog Training
If you’re having issues with your dog and are looking for Dog Training in Hamilton and Cambridge, then Mindfulness4dogs can help.
We simply take the mystery out of communicating with your dog. We offer puppy preschool classes, general obedience class as well as private training and behavioural consultations. We also cover the rest of New Zealand with our online consultations and online dog training courses.
Papia and Darran Rowe
“It’s all about communication and connection.”
Darran Rowe, Bsc (Hons), PGCE – Clinical Animal Behaviourist
“It’s all about relationships and communication.”
Darran Rowe, Bsc (Hons), PGCE – Clinic Animal Behaviourist
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Our Services
Puppy Preschool Classes
Mindful Manners Obedience Classes
Online Solutions
Private 1-1 Training
Behavioural Consults
Canine First Aid
Our Services
Puppy Preschool Classes
Mindful Manners Obedience Classes
Online Solutions
Private 1-1 Training
Behavioural Consults
Canine First Aid
Our Training Ethos
Since the dawn of human history, man has engineered their perfect companion – the domesticated dog. We have made them small and fluffy to big and ferociously protective – as well as big and fluffy to small and ferociously protective. Yet, dogs have still remained dogs – and we all still need to learn to understand them as well as learn how to help them to understand us – so that they can comfortably live with us in our homes.
Gaining this understanding is just like learning a new language. However, just as with humans, 80-90% of how a dog communicates is non-verbal (i.e. body language). What is more, since we can’t teach them to speak, and they cannot understand our words, we need to learn how to communicate with them via their peculiar doggy body language. Obviously, this is not a natural form of communication: we need help to learn it and it takes practice to master it.
The good news is, we can all learn this language, we call it Bowlingo®, and if we work with our dog when it is just a puppy, we can both quickly learn together to understand each other – no problem. So now you need a great teacher. Not just someone who understands the language, but someone who understands how to teach this language to you. They also need to be a linguist and a behaviourist skilled in the body language and gestures used by your dog.
Our Training Ethos
Since the dawn of human history, man has engineered their perfect companion – the domesticated dog. We have made them small and fluffy to big and ferociously protective – as well as big and fluffy to small and ferociously protective. Yet, dogs have still remained dogs – and we all still need to learn to understand them as well as learn how to help them to understand us – so that they can comfortably live with us in our homes.
Gaining this understanding is just like learning a new language. However, just as with humans, 80-90% of how a dog communicates is non-verbal (i.e. body language). What is more, since we can’t teach them to speak, and they cannot understand our words, we need to learn how to communicate with them via their peculiar doggy body language. Obviously, this is not a natural form of communication: we need help to learn it and it takes practice to master it.
The good news is, we can all learn this language, we call it Bowlingo®, and if we work with our dog when it is just a puppy, we can both quickly learn together to understand each other – no problem. So now you need a great teacher. Not just someone who understands the language, but someone who understands how to teach this language to you. They also need to be a linguist and a behaviourist skilled in the body language and gestures used by your dog.
Meet the Team
Darran Rowe
Canine Behaviourist
Papia Rowe
Dog Trainer
Tonka Watson
Dog Trainer
Meet the Team
Darran Rowe
Canine Behaviourist
Papia Rowe
Dog Trainer
Tonka Watson
Dog Trainer
