About & Contact

Yolanda

It cant be helped....marvellous friendships are formed!

Contact Happy Dog

Home
03 382 4437
Email
info@happydog.co.nz
Dennis
027 293 9220
Yolanda
021 066 3286
The work floor

   Happy Dog

Yara, our Saarloos Wolfdog.

(1993 - 2007) The only half wolf to cruise the streets of Christchurch for many years.

Yara

Zazu, our German Shepherd.

(1998 - 2010) Our beautiful sable who showed us the magic that is this wonderful breed

Zazu

Happy Dog Ltd is proudly run by Yolanda and Dennis Nuberg.

As the nucleus to our business we operate Happy Dog Walking, a professional Dog Walking service. On a daily basis we cater to the needs of many enjoyable canines entrusted into our care by owners around our city.

Started in 2001, as a trial, by Yolanda to see if such a business could operate in New Zealand, after having run the same business in The Netherlands (NL), we quickly realised that there was a demand for such a service and officially began a year later.To date we have catered to over 160 dogs and weekly enjoy the company of over 50 dogs.

Although Dog Walking is a large and very enjoyable part of our business, we also cater for various other needs and the service we provide is continually growing. We are both qualified and together have a combined experience of over 30 years with dogs.

Our qualifications, some of which have had extensive work experience prior to arriving in New Zealand.
Yolanda
- Bio technician dipl' (NL)
- Advanced Vet Nursing (NL)
- CPIT Dog Training (NZ)
Dennis
-Trade Cert' Estate management and animal care (NL)
- Massey Uni 'Principles in Canine behaviour'
Apdt - Founding member APDT NZ (2008)
- Committee Member APDT NZ
- attendee Dr Ian Dunbar Dog Training seminar. 2008, 2010
- attendee Dr S.Friedman Phd, Applied Behaviour Course, 2010
- attendee Dr Patricia McConnell, Applied Behaviour and Training Seminar, 2010
- attendee APDTNZ inaugural conference, featuring Prof K.Stafford, Debra Millikan and Karin Bridges (2010)
- attendee APDTNZ 2011 annual conference, featuring Dr Gabrielle Carter, Teresa Crich and Jean Donaldson via video link

Happy Dog is the place to call for the following areas of canine expertise:

  • Dog Walking
  • Domestic Training
  • Behavioural Consultations
  • Obedience
  • Agility
  • Heelwork to Music
  • Tracking
  • Food Delivery
  • Boarding Kennel advice
  • Quality dog product advice and sales

We pride ourselves on having a caring, professional pet care company. Our European influenced modern training techniques and approach to our canine friends make no use of the 'old school' dominance based ideologies.Dogs are DOGS...not wolves!

Our Dogs

Rev

Rev

Sophie

Sophie

Jessie

Jessie

Our newest addition, a young Fox (x) Collie who was found after the recent quakes, ended up at the shelter and now has a home here.

There is something comforting about being in a house where dog hairs are on the sofa and bedspreads

— Anonymous