Better lives for animals. Better relationships with the humans who love them.

Better lives for animals. Better relationships with the humans who love them.

Animal Training • Behaviour • Pet Care • Working Animals • Wildlife • Education • Plus Much More

From much-loved family pets and working animals to wildlife and the wonderfully weird ones, Human Paws provides evidence-informed, welfare-centred animal training, behaviour, care, education and professional services.

Proudly Australian • Supporting Humans & Animals Worldwide

Our online consultations, education and professional services mean you can access Human Paws wherever you and your animals call home.

For pets. For working animals. For wildlife. For the wonderfully weird ones too.

HOW WE CAN HELP

Animal services for every kind of relationship.

Whether they share your sofa, work beside you, live on a farm, support conservation or have considerably more legs than expected, Human Paws provides practical, evidence-informed services across the human–animal relationship.

Choose the area that best describes your animal — or get in touch if you're not quite sure where they fit.

COMPANION ANIMALS (PETS)

Training • Behaviour • Pet Care • Health & Husbandry

Practical support for the animals who share our homes. We provide dog training, pet behaviour support, enrichment, nutrition, exercise, grooming, pet sitting, microchipping, husbandry advice and care for medically or behaviourally complex animals.

We work with dogs, cats, birds, reptiles, fish, amphibians, invertebrates and other companion species.

WORKING ANIMALS

Assistance • Therapy • Detection • Animal Actors

Specialist training and support for animals with a job to do.

Human Paws provides 1:1 assistance animal, therapy animal and detection animal training, alongside preparation for working roles and access to trained animal actors for film, television, theatre, advertising and photography.

WILD ANIMALS

Wildlife • Native Animals • Captive Wildlife • Conservation

Support for animals beyond the traditional pet world, including wildlife husbandry, animal welfare, education and selected wildlife services.

Our services include areas such as snake and possum catching, wombat mange support, captive wildlife husbandry and wildlife education, with referral to appropriately authorised professionals where required.

FARM ANIMALS

Horses • Livestock • Farm Pets • Training • Welfare & Husbandry

From horses and ponies to cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, poultry and other farm animals, Human Paws provides practical support to help animals and their humans live and work together successfully.

Services can include animal training and handling, behaviour support, enrichment, welfare, husbandry, nutrition and management advice, tailored to the individual animal, environment and purpose.

Whether they're a working animal, much-loved paddock companion, hobby-farm resident or somewhere in between, good welfare and a positive human–animal relationship come first.

OTHER SERVICES

Education • CPD • Professional Development • Breeding & More

Some things simply don't fit neatly into a box.

Human Paws also offers animal-industry education, online CPD, professional development, trainer pathways, invertebrate breeding, feeder insects and specialist animal services.

Education is available online, allowing animal owners and professionals to learn with us across Australia and internationally.

What Our Clients Say

Human Paws helped us understand our dog rather than simply telling us how to control him. The changes were practical, kind and actually worked in our household. We finally feel like we're speaking the same language.

Companion Animal Client

New York, USA

The support we received with our working animal was incredibly thorough. Training considered not only the tasks we needed, but welfare, suitability and whether our animal was genuinely comfortable doing the work. That whole-animal approach made such a difference

Working Animal Client

London, UK

We contacted Human Paws for advice about a wildlife situation we had absolutely no idea how to handle. Everything was explained clearly, including what we could safely do ourselves and when specialist help was needed. Knowledgeable, calm and genuinely focused on the animal's welfare

Wildlife Services Client

Auckland, NZ

We'd been struggling with handling one of our horses and had started dreading routine care. Human Paws helped us look at the behaviour from the horse's perspective and gave us practical steps to rebuild confidence on both sides. The difference has been remarkable

Farm Animal Client

Sydney, Australia

I've completed plenty of professional development that felt like ticking a box. This was completely different. The content was evidence-informed, easy to understand and immediately useful in my work with animals. I came away with things I could actually put into practice.

Other Services Client

Singapore

Experience You Can Trust

At Human Paws, our services are backed by decades of practical animal experience, extensive university education and specialist industry training.

Our team has experience across animal behaviour and training, veterinary nursing, animal care, animal science, wildlife, conservation, agriculture, working animals, disability, education, research and animal welfare — working with everything from family pets and medically complex animals to horses, wildlife, assistance animals and unusual species.

Across our team, qualifications are only part of the picture. We believe excellent animal services require:

Education + Practical Experience + Continuing Professional Development + Respect for the Individual Animal

Our approach is evidence-informed, welfare-centred, fear-free, trauma-informed, neuroaffirming and individualised.

Whether we're working with a puppy learning their first skills, a medically complex pet, an assistance animal, a horse, wildlife or an animal with considerably more legs than most people are comfortable counting, the goal remains the same:

Better understanding. Better welfare. Better relationships between humans and animals.

Qualifications & Education

Qualifications and higher education held across our team include:

  • PhD Candidate (Animal Behaviour)

  • Master of Science in Agriculture (Canine Studies)

  • Master of Environmental Management (Ornithology)

  • Certificate IV in Animal Behaviour and Training

  • Certificate IV of Local Government (Animal Regulatory Services)

  • Certificate IV of Veterinary Nursing

  • Certificate IV of Companion Animal Services

  • Certificate IV of Captive Animals

  • Certificate IV of Animal Control & Regulation

  • Certificate IV of Pet Styling

  • Certificate III Dog Training & Behaviour

Professional Credentials & Continuing Education

Our team maintains extensive continuing professional development across animal behaviour, training, welfare, veterinary and animal care, enrichment, working animals, wildlife and husbandry.

Professional certifications, specialist training and assessor credentials held across our team include:

  • Elite Fear Free Certified Professional

  • Delta Institute

  • Certified Dog Trainer – Absolute Dogs

  • Certified Wildlife Rehabilitator – International Wildlife Rehabilitation Council

  • Certified Trick, Conditioning/Fitness, Actor & Stunt Dog Instructor – Do More With Your Dog!

  • Pet Dog Ambassador

  • American Kennel Club Canine Good Citizen (CGC) Evaluator and Fit Dog Evaluator

  • NSW Accredited Greenhound Assessor

  • NSW Accredited Microchip Implanter

Additional specialist education includes feline behaviour, advanced feline behaviour, canine behaviour, advanced canine behaviour, canine behaviour assessment, behavioural modification and rehabilitation, animal behaviour management, animal enrichment, behavioural management strategies and animal first aid.

Professional Memberships & Academic Awards

Our professional and academic affiliations include:

Mensa • Golden Key International Honour Society

Our team has also participated in professional organisations and networks spanning animal behaviour and training, wildlife rehabilitation, companion animals, veterinary and animal care, working animals and applied animal welfare.

Recognition & Awards

Our team's academic and professional achievements include recognition such as:

  • MENSA

  • Golden Key Society

  • MIT Meritus Scholar

  • John and Dilys Memorial Prize

  • S.G. “Bill” Lane Award for Ornithology

  • UNE Award

  • UOWx Award

  • Duke of Edinburgh's International Award – Gold

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