Welcome to SitDropStay
Dog Training Thomastown 3074
Training your dog is essential to enable them to understand what behaviours are acceptable. With appropriate training, your dog can participate in more everyday activities, and you can enjoy more interaction with them. If you’re looking for a dog training business in Thomastown, SitDropStay Dog Training is a specialist in canine behaviour and training. Our training methods are proven to strengthen the bond between you and your dog, transforming them into well-mannered, canine citizens.
At SitDropStay Dog Training, we use a simple and highly effective lifestyle based approach. Our training teaches dog owners how to communicate gently and intelligently with their pets. We encourage dog owners to think in a canine way for more successful interaction and problem-solving.
Behaviour-Focused Training That Works
True behaviour change comes from clarity, calm, and consistency. In Thomastown, our training teaches owners how to:
Recognise and respond to their dog’s emotional state
Communicate calmly and clearly, so the dog knows what’s expected
Reduce over-arousal and stress rather than amplify it
Create structure that dogs can relax into
When the human side changes, the dog naturally follows.
In-Home Training for Real-Life Behaviour
All our sessions in Thomastown are private and delivered in your home, where behaviour naturally occurs. This allows us to:
Address real-world triggers and situations
Involve every family member in maintaining progress
Offer strategies that integrate seamlessly into your lifestyle
We focus on training the owner as much as the dog, ensuring lasting improvements.
Behaviour Challenges We Help Families With
Thomastown families often seek support for:
Anxiety, fear, or stress-driven behaviour
Reactivity to people, dogs, or other stimuli
Pulling, jumping, and poor impulse control
Over-excitement or inability to settle
Socialisation and confidence building
On-lead and off-lead manners
Rather than simply suppressing behaviour, we work to change the mindset driving it.
Experienced Behaviour Specialists
Led by highly trained experts, SitDropStay teaches owners how to lead dogs calmly and clearly. Our approach eliminates the need for treats or gimmicks — your calm, consistent energy is what drives willing cooperation.
Thomastown is Part of Our Melbourne-Wide Service
Thomastown is included in our broader Dog Training Melbourne service area. This ensures every client benefits from proven methodology, deep experience, and specialist behaviour support across Melbourne’s northern suburbs.
Start Building a Calmer, Happier Relationship Today
If you’re ready to move past frustration and help your dog settle into their best self, contact SitDropStay today.
Our in-home, personalised sessions show you exactly how to communicate naturally with your dog, creating long-term cooperation and connection.
Our Dog Training Process
We start out with an introductory phone consultation with our Cairns-based dog trainers, who will ask you some preliminary questions to find out what your individual needs are.
Our trainer will come out to your home, or other place of your choosing, to conduct an initial one on one session with you and your dog that is tailored to your specific needs. Taking into consideration your current lifestyle, who else is in the family, your dog’s temperament and the outcome that you want to achieve they will put together a formula that’s right just for you.
If further consultations are required we will come back and address any continuing issues and ensure that you have all the tools you need for a rewarding relationship with your dog based on loving leadership and true connection.
Your Dog Trainer in Thomastown
Rod Sinclair
My parents would never let me have a dog, despite me asking again and again. Then one day, at 10 years of age, I came home with a puppy, determined to care for him myself, and the rest is history. In a strange twist of fate, my father became a senior officer of the Victorian Police Dog Squad; time spent with these animals nurtured what would become a lifelong passion and affinity for dogs.
Life has taken me on many adventures and career paths both in Australia and internationally, including several years working as a massage therapist in conjunction with a renowned doctor of natural therapies, when I found a natural ability for communicating with a wide variety of people on intellectual, emotional and spiritual levels. I’ve always felt that you need to have faith in your journey. Fortunately, my journey bought me to George, who has given me the opportunity to do what I love everyday – help people and their dogs.
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