About Happy Dog Project

Happy Dog Project strongly advocates for a Force-Free, Fear-Free and science-based approach to dog training. Dog training has come a long way since the days of punishment training and the dominance theory. We now approach dog training in a holistic manner to ensure dogs’ needs are met with healthy, safe and non-problematic outlets. We approach training a dog by showing the dog what to do and making it more reinforcing than what we don’t want them to do.

We stand by the Pets Professional Guild of Australia position statements against shock collars, choke chains and punishment based training. You can read more here.

We work to the Hierarchy of Dogs Needs, as seen in the infographic.

More can be read about this from the creator here.

Most people are relieved when they hear they don’t need to punish their dog and training can be done in a humane, positive way. Dogs are our families, at Happy Dog Project we believe in creating a bond with our dogs, strengthening our relationships and training in a fair, ethical way.