Basic Manners Dog Training

Calm, Practical Dog Training for Real Life

At Paws & Reward, we help dogs and their humans build practical everyday skills using positive, reward-based training methods.

Whether your dog pulls on walks, jumps on guests, struggles to settle, or ignores you outdoors — we’re here to help.

We focus on real-world training that helps dogs feel calmer, more focused, and easier to live with day-to-day.

Skills We Can Help You Build:

  • Calm lead walking

  • Reliable recall and coming when called

  • Better focus outdoors around distractions

  • Polite greetings with visitors

  • Improved calmness and settling at home

  • Sit, drop, stay, and everyday manners

  • Leaving and dropping things that don’t belong to them

  • Improved engagement and responsiveness

  • Confidence and practical life skills for real-world situations

Assistance Dog Skill Support
Trainer Bre can also support selected assistance dog foundation skills, including retrieves, item pick-up, deep pressure/compression, and interruption behaviours for owner-trained assistance dogs.

These skills can be incorporated into either One-Off Training Sessions or the Basic Manners Training Package.

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Training Options

  • One-Off Dog Training Sessions

    Practical support for everyday training goals without committing to a full package.

    What’s included?

    ✔ 1-hour private training session
    ✔ Personalised guidance tailored to your dog
    ✔ Detailed follow-up email summary
    ✔ Relevant training handouts and videos
    ✔ Practical exercises to continue at home

    Training goals we can work on:

    • Loose lead walking

    • Heel foundations

    • Polite greetings with people

    • No jumping

    • Settling on a mat / place training

    • Leave it

    • Drop it / give

    • Crate training

    • Sit, drop & stay foundations

    • Hand target

    • Trick training

    • Recall foundations (minimum two sessions must be booked)

    • Muzzle training (Blackwood only)

    Available at:

    • Blackwood Uniting Church

    • Thalassa Park in Aberfoyle Park

    Investment: $140

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  • Basic Manners Training Package

    Personalised support for owners wanting help with multiple training goals or more ongoing guidance.

    Your training begins with a comprehensive 90-minute consultation where we assess your dog, discuss your goals, and begin practical training straight away. Follow-up sessions help you continue building calm behaviour, engagement, confidence, and real-world skills using positive, reward-based training methods.

    Package Includes:

    ✔ 1 x 90-minute initial consultation
    ✔ 2 x 60-minute revisits
    ✔ Tailored training plan
    ✔ Detailed follow-up support
    ✔ Relevant training handouts and videos
    ✔ Practical, real-world training strategies

    Common goals include:

    • Loose lead walking

    • Recall

    • Calm behaviour around guests

    • Focus and engagement outdoors

    • Settling calmly at home

    • Impulse control

    • Confidence building

    • General household manners

    Investment: $530

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  • Walk & Train Sessions

    Extra support for busy owners wanting help building practical real-world skills between training sessions.

    During these sessions, one of our trainers works directly with your dog to continue building skills such as loose lead walking, calm behaviour outdoors, engagement, and everyday walking manners.

    Important Information
    Walk & Train sessions are available for dogs who have either:

    ✔ Completed a Paws & Reward group course OR
    ✔ Had at least one private training session with us

    This helps ensure your dog is already familiar with our training methods and allows us to provide safe, effective, and consistent support.

    Investment: $70/hour

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Real Results From Dog Owners

“Nina is now walking with a loose lead, has awesome recall at the park, and doesn't jump up on guests when they arrive.”

— Lara and Nina

“I love their positive style of training which is practical and effective. We've seen great results with Pepper so far.”

— Millie and Pepper

“Sophie addressed all the concerns we had with very realistic training methods that have really worked.”

— James and Luna

Basic Manners vs. Hyper to Harmony

Basic Manners
Best suited for dogs needing help with everyday life skills such as:

  • pulling on lead

  • jumping up

  • recall

  • settling calmly

  • focus outdoors

These dogs may become excited or distracted, but they are still generally able to think, take food, and re-engage with their owner.

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Hyper to Harmony
Designed for dogs who become emotionally overwhelmed around exciting triggers.

These dogs may:

  • bark, lunge, spin, scream, or rear up

  • struggle to disengage

  • become frantic around dogs, people, or movement

  • remain highly aroused for long periods

If your dog experiences much bigger feelings or struggles to regulate themselves around excitement, our Hyper to Harmony Program may be a better fit.

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Still unsure?
Please contact us before booking and we’ll help guide you toward the right support for your dog.

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Ready to Enjoy Life With Your Dog More?

Whether you want calmer walks, better manners around guests, improved focus outdoors, or more confidence training your dog, we’re here to help.

Let’s make everyday life with your dog easier, calmer, and more enjoyable.

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