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DOWNUNDER WORKING DOGS

TONY MULVIHILL

For more than 30 years our head trainer, Tony Mulvihill (pictured top right), has been breeding and training working dogs – kelpies, border collies, koolies and blends of all kinds. More than 2,000 working dogs, many living in towns and cities, have gone through the Downunder Working Dogs workshops at our purpose built locations.

Tony’s philosophy around dog training has been shaped by his experiences and mentorships under the late US horse whisperer, Tom Dorrance,  the late Australian champion herding dog trainer and breeder, Greg Prince and the legendary Mick Hudson.

While, like many of us, Tony used to become frustrated with his working dogs and couldn’t understand why they couldn’t understand English, his training program has now become one focused on drastically improving his relationship with his dogs, looking at life through their lens, helping them to discover and explore their natural herding instincts.

No rakes, no yelling, no threats or aggression are used in the workshops. You will find Tony’s methods of training dogs – whether it is to take their sheep herding skills to a new level or manage unwanted behaviour – to be gentle, persuasive and successful.

He has been featured on the Living Room, where he worked with celebrity vet, Dr Chris Brown and his rescue dog, Buzz, and on the ABC Landline, along with numerous media and press coverage during his career.

Many of his proteges have gone on to success in herding and sheep dog trials but his primary motivation is to share his knowledge and experience with everyone who wants learn more about their working dogs, regardless of where they live.

You can read more about Tony’s work as a dog whisperer through the ABC Landline story, Dog Whisperer: A gentle approach to training working dogs.