Understanding “Service” Animals

At Pawsonality we are often asked about people training their pets to become Service Animals. There can be a lot...

Lessons from Roxy: the power of choice

Roxy was a foster fail, though we say she forced herself upon us. Her lessons are in contrast to Winston’s,...

Lessons from Roxy: Trust

The loss of Roxy has taken a little longer to recover from. For a number of different reasons, not the...

Lessons from Winston: Cues & Context

Winston was a rescue bullmastiff mix from the Animal Welfare League Hawkesbury Valley Branch. My inspiration to learn how to...

The burden of experience

A number of weeks ago, someone I consider a friend was in an horrific car accident. They nearly died. I...

Should I get a second dog?

Oooh this is such a good question! I’ve definitely seen it both be challenging and go better than expected when...

Training tools and legislative process

I’ve spent the last couple of weeks immersed in legislation and submission writing. It’s my excuse for not catching up with admin,...

Goodbye 2021…

So that’s it for 2021. Pawsonality is taking a short break and will be back from the 5th January 2022!...

Services Update: Sydney Lockdown August 2021

Yeah, lockdown for Greater Sydney got extended to the end of September (NSW Health Facebook announcement). I haven’t been operating...

What is this Socialisation thing anyway?

Especially in this pandemic there has been lots of talk about socialisation. It is thought that it cannot be done...