Pat Stuart - operant canine

HOw did we get here!?!?!

My introduction to dog training was a baptism by fire when I brought an adult dog into my home that required way more skill to own and train than I had ever expected, and so began my obsession with dog training and behaviour.

In 2015, I took the plunge and began training dogs full time after a more than 12-year career in Army Special Forces. 

I have been lucky enough to be mentored and coached by some of Australia and the world’s best dog trainers. Most notably Michael and Bart Bellon who I have been studying under for several years. 

I’ve studied everything from hands-off force free training to old school compulsion and have yet to find a better and more well thought out system than NePoPo®. Where behaviours come on command every time and with heart and soul. It’s a system that prepares the dog for the rigours of life and creates an active free thinking dog ready to engage with his environment. It also prepares a dog to receive a correction (which will inevitably come) without ever dropping in motivation. 

I am a certified NePoPo® instructor as well as an active competitor in PSA, a certified decoy and the PSA Assistant Regional Director for Australia. 

I’m quite good with dogs, but my greatest strength comes in educating people, and I have a passion for passing on my knowledge in a way people can go out and implement immediately. 

I co-host a podcast named The Canine Paradigm where I love to share my knowledge and interact with the broader dog training community.

If you want to learn the NePoPo® system, privately or even host a seminar or workshop please get in touch. It’s always my great pleasure to teach it.