With her intense interest in animal behaviour and training, owner-operator Ros Walker CPDT-KA and the Animal Care Crew of local animal lovers Tess, Yon, Lilja and Jordan offer a caring, enriching environment for dogs. As soon as you arrive, you’ll see that it is all about meeting your pet’s needs. When they arrive for boarding or playdays, your dog won’t see you walk away from them when you leave. Instead, we entice dogs away from their humans and encourage them to focus on their other new friends and all the other enriching stimuli on our property.
You will rarely see dogs walking on leads here. Instead, dogs us follow us because they know they will always be rewarded with a game of tug or a tasty, nutritious treat.
In the carefully sanitised, vet-approved Puppy Square, Ros and Tess hold Puppy Playschool classes for dogs who start aged 8 to 10 weeks of age.
Dogs who have gone through this socialisation programme are comfortable boarding at the Pet Motel. When they arrive they don’t look back!
About Ros
- Former Editor Dog’s Life magazine (DogsLife – Dog Breeds and Pet Care – Dogslife. Dog Breeds Magazine), Sydney, Australia & journalist on National Dog & Cat magazines, Sydney
- Coordinator and trainer of volunteers at Peninsula Animal Aid Shelter, Queensland
- After three decades working with the often heartbreaking situations of rescue dogs, Ros is now passionate about reducing the large number of surrendered dogs by encouraging early puppy socialisation and owner education and training and Covid enabled her to further her studies (see below).
- In her spare moments, she enjoys clicker training and dance routines with her canine guests — and sometimes they end up in television ads like this Boris the Hungarian Vizsla shoots a commercial | Manning River Times | Taree, NSW
Professional development
Ros is a certified behavioural dog trainer and holds the internationally recognised certification for top-tier trainers CPDT-KA . She is the the 17th Australian to gain this qualification.