Format
Online Coaching for Dog Behaviour
Because for most behaviour work, you are the variable — and that's what we coach.
In short
Online dog behaviour coaching works because most behaviour change happens in the owner, not the dog. Video sessions let me see your environment and your habits, written plans give you something to execute, and async support keeps progress on track between calls.
Sound familiar?
- You're on the Eyre Peninsula or further and in-person isn't practical
- You're ready to do the work and want expert direction
- You want flexibility — sessions that fit around your life
- Your dog's issue is more about habits than physical handling
Why this works where other methods do not
- Pre-recorded courses with no feedback loop
- YouTube DIY with no accountability
- Phone-only "behaviour consultations" — I want to see the dog
- Trainers who don't offer between-session support
- Live video so I see your real environment
- Written plan after every session
- Async clip review between calls
- Same method, same accreditation, same care as in-home — just delivered differently
How it works
- 1
Free Behaviour Test
Confirm online is the right format for your case.
- 2
Video discovery call
I get the picture, you get a sense of working with me, we confirm fit.
- 3
Structured video sessions
60–90 minute consults with you, your dog, your environment visible on camera.
- 4
Ongoing async support
Video clips you send, written feedback, plan adjustments between sessions.
What changes
- Expert behaviourist support without the drive
- Written, executable plans you keep
- Async check-ins between sessions
- Often as fast or faster than in-person for habit-based issues
Who this is for
- Eyre Peninsula, Far North, interstate owners
- Owners outside drive radius
- Habit-based issues (separation anxiety, demand behaviour, owner inconsistency)
- Anyone who learns well from structured async work
Honestly — not for
- Severe aggression cases that need in-home environmental work first
- Owners who won't put the phone on the floor and show me the real environment
Real owners. Real change.
Owners who’ve worked with Pauline on online coaching
“[REAL TESTIMONIAL TO REPLACE] In one session Pauline changed our entire household. Our dog went from constant lunging to walking past the postie like he didn't exist. We'd tried three other trainers — none of them came close.”
“[REAL TESTIMONIAL TO REPLACE] After our rescue bit my husband, we thought we'd have to put him down. Pauline walked us through everything — calmly. Eighteen months on, he's a different dog and we still use her plan every day.”
“[REAL TESTIMONIAL TO REPLACE] We adopted a kelpie pup and within two weeks he was the boss of the house. Pauline turned that around in one in-home visit — and gave us the tools to keep it that way. Worth every cent.”
Where I work
Online Coaching across regional SA
Pauline travels in-home across these regions — and works online with owners anywhere in Australia.
Upper Spencer Gulf
Spanning Port Pirie, Port Augusta and Whyalla, the Upper Spencer Gulf is home to working families, working dogs, and the long open spaces that both help and hurt dog behaviour. I work in-home across the entire USG from my Crystal Brook base.
Dog training in USG
Eyre Peninsula
The Eyre Peninsula is vast — Port Lincoln is roughly 5 hours from Crystal Brook, Ceduna closer to 8. For most Eyre Peninsula families, I work via online coaching, with periodic in-person intensives when I travel through the region.
Dog training in EyreIron Triangle
The Iron Triangle — Port Pirie, Port Augusta and Whyalla — is one of the densest regional dog populations in South Australia. Heart of the Pack is based 25 minutes south of Port Pirie at Crystal Brook and travels in-home across all three towns.
Dog training in Iron TriangleMid North
The Mid North is home base. Crystal Brook sits squarely in the middle of it, and most of my in-home consults happen within an hour's drive from my front door — Jamestown, Peterborough, Burra, Gladstone, Snowtown, Laura, Wirrabara, Quorn.
Dog training in Mid North
Clare Valley
Clare Valley wine-country dog life is its own thing. Tourists, dog-friendly cellar doors, dog-dense events, and a population mix of long-time locals and tree-changers from Adelaide. I work in-home across the Clare Valley from my Crystal Brook base — about 50 minutes south.
Dog training in Clare ValleyYorke Peninsula
The Yorke Peninsula is beach country — fishing trips, tourist holidays, working sheep properties, and family dogs that range from spoilt town dogs to long-line drivers on the harvest. From Crystal Brook the drive is about 90 minutes to the top of the peninsula and around 2 hours to Yorketown.
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