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.

“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

Private 1-1 Dog Training

Puppy Preschool Classes

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Mindful Manners Obedience Classes

Mindful Manners Classes - Basic Obedience

Online Solutions

Canine First Aid Courses

Private 1-1 Training

Workshops - Lead Walking, Recall, Clicker Training

Behavioural Consults

Online Dog Training

Canine First Aid

Our Services

Private 1-1 Dog Training

Puppy Preschool Classes

Basic Obedience - Dog Training - Mindful Manners - Mindfulness4dogs

Mindful Manners Obedience Classes

Mindful Manners Classes - Basic Obedience

Online Solutions

Canine First Aid Courses

Private 1-1 Training

Workshops - Lead Walking, Recall, Clicker Training

Behavioural Consults

Online Dog Training

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

Darran Rowe - Mindfulness4dogs - Canine Behaviourist - Dog Trainer

Papia Rowe

Dog Trainer

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Tonka Watson

Dog Trainer

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Meet the Team

 

Darran Rowe

Canine Behaviourist

Darran Rowe - Mindfulness4dogs - Canine Behaviourist - Dog Trainer

Papia Rowe

Dog Trainer

Papia and Star - Mindfulness4dogs - KPA - CTP

Tonka Watson

Dog Trainer

Papia and Star - Mindfulness4dogs - KPA - CTP

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What Clients are saying about us…

We took in an 18 month old leonberger, without much knowledge of his past. A leonberger being rehomed, you know there will be some challenges! Initially we were wanting help with loose lead walking as our efforts were getting us nowhere! Darran came recommended through the Leonberger club, and I particularly liked his positive reinforcement training approach. Darran’s vast knowledge of dog behaviour was evident in the first few minutes of our first assessment, and it was clear we needed help with more than just loose lead walking! We looked forward to our sessions and the connection that grew with our dog using techniques that he responded well to. We have a much calmer dog now, and some great tools to help manage potentially stressful situations.
Liz and Mayor

For anyone looking to improve their dogs behavior, then Darran is definitely the man to see. This guy is amazing.
His understanding of dogs and his mindfulness approach to training definitely works. Darran is a pleasure to work with and he calmly teaches you how to build communication and a stronger relationship with your dog. Our daughters dogs name is Mr Leo, a 4 yr old Labrador. He is an awesome dog and we have all made so much progress since our sessions with Darran and continue on the work ahead.
We highly recommended him.
Mike and Mr Leo

What Clients are saying about us…

We took in an 18 month old leonberger, without much knowledge of his past. A leonberger being rehomed, you know there will be some challenges! Initially we were wanting help with loose lead walking as our efforts were getting us nowhere! Darran came recommended through the Leonberger club, and I particularly liked his positive reinforcement training approach. Darran’s vast knowledge of dog behaviour was evident in the first few minutes of our first assessment, and it was clear we needed help with more than just loose lead walking! We looked forward to our sessions and the connection that grew with our dog using techniques that he responded well to. We have a much calmer dog now, and some great tools to help manage potentially stressful situations.
Liz and Mayor

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