Leading positive change in the dog world: raising the bar for care,
connection & community.
Meet the dedicated team at Paws & Peaks Adventures, a small, friend/family-owned business where passion & expertise come together to provide
exceptional care for your dog. With over 14 years of combined professional experience, each member of our staff brings a wealth of knowledge, skill,
& a genuine love for animals. From our professional trainers to our skilled dog walkers, we’re all committed to creating a safe, positive, & enjoyable
experience for your pup. In addition, we’re proud to have an upcoming professional animal nutritionist on our team!
Ensuring your dog’s dietary needs are met with the best guidance for their health & well-being. As a small, family-owned business, we take pride in
fostering a warm, nurturing environment where every dog receives the individual attention they deserve. With us, your dog is in great hands! Let’s
work together to help them thrive!
Co-Owner
Co-Owner
With over seven years of hands-on experience in the animal care industry, I’m not just a trainer. I’m dedicated to helping people understand & work with misunderstood dogs. Anxiety? Fear? Reactivity? Overconfidence? I’ve worked through it all. Specialising in dog behaviour, training & modification I help dogs & their owners understand each other better, bridging the communication gap between dogs & their people. Whether it’s helping an anxious dog build confidence or guiding an over-the-top pup toward balance, my goal is to make a real difference, transforming behaviour, strengthening bonds, & helping dogs & their humans thrive together. Every dog deserves a chance to succeed.
While I’ve not always been a local, I’ve lived in the area since 2015. Growing up in Far North Queensland, I made the move to Tasmania to follow my dreams & eventually relocated to Nowra & made a career change, to follow my heart. I wouldn’t change a thing about my journey. My strong dedication to continual improvement means I’m always up for a challenge! Whether it’s travelling the world to learn, work, or study, I’m committed to growing & sharing my knowledge. I’ve travelled throughout Australia & across the world, working with dogs & chasing knowledge to learn & grow. I don’t just train dogs, I build working partnerships. With a strong background in training detection dogs, I’ve successfully trained numerous now-operational detection dogs across different specialties.
Dogs have always been an integral part of my life, shaping my personal growth in ways I could never have imagined. They weren’t just pets, they were best friends, support systems, & the ones there at the end of every hard day. Growing up surrounded by a variety of incredible dogs, including Tipper (a Dingo x Koolie), Eli (a Border Collie), Streex (a Wolfhound x Mastiff), & Oscar (a Maltese Shih Tzu), I developed a deep understanding of dogs’ unique personalities & challenges. I’ve also spent time with other dogs throughout my life, including poodles, Chihuahuas, mastiff mixes, boxers, Beagles & more, all of which have helped fuel my passion for working with dogs.
But my expertise goes beyond training alone! I believe in enriching dogs’ lives through movement & adventure. Whether it’s structured training walks for behaviour improvement, confidence-building excursions, or simply providing dogs with the exercise they crave, a well-enriched dog is a happier, more balanced dog. I ensure that every walk, whether with high-energy working breeds, reactive dogs, or those needing extra guidance, becomes an opportunity for learning & enrichment.
When I’m not working with dogs, I’m out embracing life’s adventures! Bush walks, beach days shamelessly building sandcastles between sunbaking sessions., paddleboarding, swimming, & camping. I’m always on the move, keeping up with my ever-active mind. I’m a big kid at heart. When I’m not out exploring, I’m gaming on my PC or PlayStation.
Music is a passion, so you’ll often find me at concerts & festivals. I also have a bit of a shoe obsession! One for every occasion! Above all, my friends & family mean the world to me, & I’m deeply passionate about mental health, personal growth, & continuous learning. I’m engaged to my incredibly supportive fiancé, Dominic. Together, we make a dynamic team, facing life’s challenges & triumphs hand-in-hand, always lifting each other up & growing together.
I’m the baby of the team but don’t mistake that for inexperience! With 5 years of working with dogs under my belt & a lifetime to come, I know my stuff. From dog grooming to detection training to behaviour modification, I have a massive range of experience with dogs.
Family & friends play a massive role in my life & I wouldn’t be anywhere without them. From my incredibly supportive parents, who host pack dinner for all of us weekly, where they fill us (& all 5 dogs) with good food & impart us with invaluable knowledge from their 30 years of business ownership. To my partner Jack who has always had my back & has encouraged me to jump at my dreams & grab them with both hands.
At 19 I started working with dogs & jumped straight into dog grooming where I learned incredible skills in relation to animal care & health. Immediately after completing my dog grooming certification I wanted to try out a different avenue of dog care, knowing grooming wasn’t for me, but dogs definitely were! I moved into a dog training role, doing as many courses as I could get my hands on. I soon started taking on a working dog who I learned so much from & helped him move into the job he is in today. I also partook in a program, turning over multiple assistance dogs. Now I have three dogs of my own, each of which has come with their own challenges, but none that I haven’t been able to learn from & overcome.
I have a zest for the outdoors & love to partake in anything from bushwalks, to camping, to sandcastle building, to running, to swimming. Anyone that knows me will tell you I am a fish, once I’m in the water it is hard to get me out. While everyone else is on the shore throwing balls for the dogs or sunbaking, I’m racing to get to the ball the fastest or floating downstream without a care in the world.
I am our social media guru, most of our social media posts will come from me & 95% of the time I am the one replying to your DMs. I love the world of social media & the community it unlocks, & I love that it gives us the opportunity to connect with people outside of our area & help dogs & owners all over the world.
As the Head Dog Nutritionist at Paws & Peaks, I’m deeply passionate about dog health, care & the impact of proper nutrition. Whether I’m weighing & preparing my own dogs’ meals for the week or supporting others in meeting their dogs’ nutritional needs, I genuinely love seeing the transformation it brings. Watching fit, healthy dogs thrive truly makes my day. It’s my personal mission to raise the standard of dog ownership & increase awareness about how feeding your dog the right way can enhance both their quality of life & yours.
I am also very in tune with my emotions (this is code for I cry a lot). I care deeply about everything I do & I don’t do anything in halves. I have loved animals since I could open my eyes & I was always naturally drawn to dogs. While I didn’t have a dog of my own until I was 11, I was always making an effort to be around them. From the time I could crawl, at any family function you could always find me snuggled up with my aunt’s dog Puku. She was my first love & I think what fueled my love for labradors. Finally at the age of 11 my parents broke & decided it was finally time for me to get a dog. After many years of giving all my love to the ducks, chickens & guinea pigs we finally were able to adopt Ruby. She was a pomeranian, jack russell mix with a spice for life. She knew what she liked & what she didn’t & she wasn’t afraid to say it, she taught me the most of any dog I have owned so far & I am forever grateful to her.
When I’m not out with my dogs or training yours, I am at home snuggled up in the lounge with Bumi & my kindle or I’m on my PlayStation gaming. I love music & audiobooks & I will almost always have something playing in the background while I am reading or gaming to keep up with my busy brain. I have lots of experience with mental health struggles & I am no stranger to depression & anxiety, but these are things that I have learned to work with & I am passionate about raising awareness & also normalising having mental health struggles.
My 7-year-old working-line English Springer Spaniel, who came into my life as a tiny ball of energy at 8 weeks of age & grew into an experienced detection dog & loving pet. I trained Suki with a clear goal in mind, & together, we worked hard to achieve it. We became an operational team, working across Australia in various roles.Before being desexed, Suki had two litters of puppies through a registered breeder. Together, we successfully raised the pups, helping them grow into confident, bold dogs. Some now serve in operational roles with various agencies, while others live their best lives as loving family pets. Now retired, Suki enjoys the good life with couch privileges, outdoor adventures, & mentoring the next generation of dogs.
She is my 3-year-old English Springer Spaniel & our resident crackhead. She is Suki’s daughter & I took her on at just 8 weeks of age. She is trained to a nearly operational detection level, but never quite made it to being a working dog (she can blame her human mum for that). But that doesn’t stop her from acting like a working dog. Hiccup always keeps me on my toes with a brain that goes a million miles an hour & an affinity to try to find the highest thing she can jump off (or on). I am constantly having to find new & interesting ways to train her. Because of her working dog genetics, she craves things new & exciting, & repetition is the bane of her existence. She has taught me ways to keep things fun & fresh that I never would have thought of, including letting her run on a slippery dip as a reward for holding a down for a minute. Hiccup is a dog of many names & is mainly known by family & friends as “Bob” or “Mino.” I don’t know where those names come from either. She also has a ball addiction just like her fur mum & would happily play fetch until she dropped. And just like her human mum, she is also a fish, content to swim for hours. We are a dream team.
South Coast, from Wollongong to Sussex Inlet
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