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At Brisbane Canine Coaching, we empower you to give your dog their best life.

Who we are

At Brisbane Canine Coaching, we specialise in personalised dog training that strengthens the bond between dogs and their owners. With over a decade of experience, we provide expert obedience, behaviour modification, and engagement training for all breeds. Whether you’re dealing with reactivity, aggression, or basic manners, we create tailored solutions to help you and your dog thrive.

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Explore Our Dog Training Services in Brisbane

Unlock your dog’s full potential with our expert training packages, designed to suit their unique personality and learning style. Our training programs focus on:

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Boutique Board & Train Program

Brisbane Canine Coaching offers a Boutique Board and Train Program for clients seeking an intensive, highly personalised training experience. This is a deliberately small-scale service. Only one dog is accepted at a time, ensuring complete focus, consistency, and carefully managed learning conditions.

During the board and train period, your dog lives and trains under the direct supervision of head trainer Josh Edwards. Significant time is dedicated each day to structured training, behavioural development, and skill progression. This level of individual attention allows learning to be optimised, training to be adjusted in real time, and progress to occur without the compromises common in high-volume board and train models.

Training is tailored to the dog’s specific needs and may include obedience, behaviour modification, engagement, impulse control, and foundational skills appropriate to the dog’s age, temperament, and goals. Equal emphasis is placed on mindset, clarity, and emotional stability—not just command execution.

This program is priced accordingly. The cost reflects the exclusivity of taking only one dog at a time, the depth of daily training involved, and the professional responsibility of managing a dog in a residential training environment. It is not designed to be a budget option, nor is it intended for owners seeking quick or superficial results. It is suited to those who value quality, structure, and long-term outcomes.

A critical component of the program is owner education and transition. Board and train services do not end when your dog returns home. Each placement includes three structured follow-up sessions with the owner or handler, designed to:

- Transfer skills effectively from trainer to owner
- Bridge learning from the training environment to the home
- Establish clarity, consistency, and confidence for long-term success

This ensures the work completed during the board and train period is reinforced, understood, and maintained.

Due to the personalised nature of the service and the responsibility involved, all board and train placements are subject to assessment and availability.

To discuss whether the Boutique Board and Train Program is suitable for your dog, contact Brisbane Canine Coaching to arrange a consultation.

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Give your puppy the best possible start with Brisbane Canine Coaching’s Puppy Foundations Training, delivered by head trainer Josh Edwards. Designed for puppies from 8 weeks to 6 months of age, these programs focus on building confidence, clarity, and healthy learning habits that set the foundation for a lifetime of success.

Early training is about far more than basic commands. It’s about shaping behaviour, emotional resilience, and communication during a critical developmental window. Each program is carefully tailored to support your puppy’s growth while educating owners on how to guide and reinforce learning at home.

Services include:

Obedience Foundations
Introduction to essential skills such as sit, stay, recall, and loose leash walking, taught in a clear and age-appropriate manner.
Socialisation & Environmental Exposure
Structured and safe exposure to people, dogs, and everyday environments, helping puppies develop confidence without overwhelming them.
Toilet Training & Crate Conditioning
Practical guidance to establish consistent routines and prevent common household issues before they develop.
Confidence Building & Emotional Development
Purposeful exercises designed to reduce anxiety and minimise the risk of future fear-based or reactive behaviours.

With over a decade of experience working with dogs across a wide range of breeds and temperaments, Josh applies structured, ethical training principles that support healthy development while respecting the puppy’s stage of learning. The focus is on calm, reliable behaviour that carries through adolescence and into adulthood.

Every puppy and household is different, which is why training begins with an assessment and ongoing guidance tailored to your dog’s needs, your environment, and your long-term goals.

To give your puppy the strongest possible foundation, contact Brisbane Canine Coaching to arrange your Puppy Foundations Training.

Puppy Training & Development

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Achieve clarity, control, and lasting behavioural change with Brisbane Canine Coaching’s Obedience and Behaviour Modification programs, delivered by head trainer Josh Edwards. These services are designed for dog owners seeking practical, ethical solutions to behavioural challenges—grounded in real-world application rather than quick fixes.

Whether your dog is struggling with reactivity, aggression, poor leash manners, unreliable recall, or anxiety-driven behaviours, each program is tailored to address the underlying causes of the behaviour, not just the symptoms. The focus is on developing confident, engaged dogs and capable, informed handlers.

Services include:

Obedience Training

Development of clear, reliable obedience to improve everyday control and communication between dog and handler.
Reactivity & Aggression Management
Structured behaviour modification aimed at reducing reactivity and aggression toward people or other dogs, with safety and long-term stability as the priority.
Loose Leash Walking & Reliable Recall
Practical solutions to improve walk manners and off-leash responsiveness in real-world environments.
Confidence Building & Anxiety Reduction
Purposeful training designed to improve confidence, resilience, and trust, helping dogs better navigate everyday situations.

With over a decade of experience working with dogs across a wide range of breeds, drives, and temperaments, Josh delivers results-driven training that stands up outside of controlled training settings. Every program is built around realistic expectations, clear communication, and measurable progress.

Behaviour modification is never approached as a one-size-fits-all solution. All training begins with a thorough assessment to ensure the right strategy is applied for both the dog and the household environment.

To discuss your dog’s behaviour and determine the most appropriate training pathway, contact Brisbane Canine Coaching to arrange a consultation.

Obedience & Behaviour Modification

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Scent Work for Every Dog

Brisbane Canine Coaching offers Scent Work, Detection, Tracking, and Trailing Training delivered by head trainer Josh Edwards. These programs are suitable for dogs of all breeds, ages, and experience levels, and are designed to develop focus, confidence, and purpose through structured scent-based work.

Scent work taps into a dog’s most powerful natural ability. When trained correctly, it provides exceptional mental enrichment, strengthens the dog–handler relationship, and builds calm, methodical problem-solving skills. Programs can be tailored for enrichment, sport, or practical application depending on the goals of the handler.

Services include:

Scent Detection Training
Teaching dogs to recognise, locate, and indicate specific target odours through clear, systematic training.
Tracking & Trailing
Development of the dog’s ability to follow human scent trails across a variety of environments and surfaces.
Sport & Competition Preparation
Structured training for nose work trials and scent-based dog sports, with an emphasis on precision and handler skills.
Confidence & Engagement Development
Purposeful scent work for high-drive, under-stimulated, or anxious dogs requiring structured mental outlets.

Josh brings extensive experience training scent detection dogs for law enforcement and specialist working roles, applying the same foundational principles to pet and sport dogs in an accessible, ethical, and results-driven manner. Training focuses on clarity, consistency, and progression—building reliable skills rather than rushed outcomes.

Each program is individually tailored to the dog’s temperament, motivation, and learning stage, as well as the handler’s goals and environment.

To discuss whether scent work training is right for you and your dog, contact Brisbane Canine Coaching to arrange a consultation.

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Protection & Home Guardian Dog Training

Protect what matters most with Brisbane Canine Coaching’s Protection and Home Guardian Dog Training, delivered by head trainer Josh Edwards. These programs are designed to develop confident, stable, and reliable dogs capable of protecting people and property—without compromising control, clarity, or temperament.

With a professional background training and assessing working dogs for Australia’s most elite counter-terrorism and policing units, Josh brings experience forged in high-risk, high-consequence environments into carefully structured, ethical training programs for private clients. This is not about creating aggression or unpredictability—it is about producing dogs that are clear-headed, obedient under pressure, and capable of making appropriate decisions when it matters most.

Services include:

Personal Protection & Home Guardian Training
Development of dogs suitable for protecting individuals, families, and property, with a strong emphasis on stability, discrimination, and handler control.
Advanced Obedience & Control Under Pressure
Reliable obedience in everyday life and elevated situations, ensuring the dog remains responsive and manageable at all times.
Drive Development & Scenario-Based Training
Structured development of confidence, focus, and threat recognition through controlled, realistic scenarios designed to build capability without compromising safety.
Dog Selection & Sourcing
Guidance and assessment for clients seeking a suitable puppy or adult dog for protection or guardian roles, ensuring the right dog is matched to the right environment and expectations.

Every program is individually tailored—taking into account the dog, the handler, the living environment, and the specific risks or requirements involved. Whether you are a private individual, family, or rural property owner, the focus is on developing a capable guardian that is safe, reliable, and appropriate for your lifestyle.

Protection and guardian training carries significant responsibility and is only undertaken where suitable for both the dog and the owner. All programs begin with a detailed assessment to ensure ethical suitability and realistic outcomes.

To discuss whether protection or home guardian training is appropriate for your situation, contact Brisbane Canine Coaching to arrange a confidential consultation.