About Wee Boon
Meet Wee Boon, the trainer behind The Positive Academy.
I help dogs and owners in Singapore work through puppy struggles, fear, reactivity, overarousal, barking, biting, and everyday behaviour problems with clear, humane training plans.
Owners get a clear plan, useful boundaries, and practical steps instead of vague advice.
Dogs are guided with consequences, setup, reinforcement, and skills without making fear the teacher.
The plan has to work in real Singapore homes, with real routines, visitors, lifts, corridors, and family life.
What this means for you
A clearer plan for real life.
Training here is not about letting dogs do whatever they want. It is also not about making dogs afraid to get it wrong.
My work sits in the space between those two extremes: practical structure, clear consequences, careful setup, and skills your dog can actually use in daily life.
Many owners come to me after trying advice that sounds simple but falls apart in daily life. "Ignore the biting." "Just reward calm." "Correct the barking." "Do not let the dog win."
Real behaviour change is usually more detailed than that. In a session, we look at what happens before the behaviour, what your dog is trying to access or avoid, what the environment is teaching them, and what skills are missing.
How training feels here
Kind training still needs clarity.
Humane training does not mean your dog gets unlimited choices or no boundaries.
Your plan may include management, access control, pauses, distance, leash handling, decompression, food reinforcement, toy reinforcement, predictable routines, and replacement behaviours. If a puppy bites too hard, play may pause. If a dog jumps, greeting access may wait. If a dog rushes forward, forward movement may stop.
Those are consequences. The important difference is that I do not want fear to be the main reason your dog listens.
Training background
Modern training, grounded in learning science.
My training background helps me turn behaviour science into owner-friendly plans.
I trained with The Academy for Dog Trainers, often known as the Harvard for Dog Trainers, and was mentored through a programme shaped by Jean Donaldson, one of the leading names in modern dog training and author of The Culture Clash.
That background matters because dog training is not just about techniques. It is about understanding how animals learn, how fear changes behaviour, how reinforcement works, how the environment shapes choices, and how to teach owners in a way that is realistic for their homes.
I continue to study behaviour, welfare, learning, body language, fear, reactivity, and practical training systems so the work stays current and useful.
I am a founding member of the Singapore chapter of the Pet Professional Guild, an international association for pet professionals committed to humane, force-free practice.
I was an adjunct lecturer at Temasek Polytechnic for a Behavioural Modification course for one year. Teaching people clearly is a major part of my work.
Credentials and experience
Qualified, practical, and still learning.
Credentials are useful only if they help you and your dog make better progress.
I am AVS Accredited, IAABC-Certified, and a Karen Pryor Puppy Start Right Instructor graduate.
These credentials are important, but they are not the whole story. Owners do not only need someone who knows theory. They need someone who can translate behaviour science into a plan that works in a Singapore home, with real families, real routines, narrow walkways, visitors, lifts, children, and dogs who may already be overwhelmed.
- AVS Accredited trainer
- IAABC-Certified
- Karen Pryor Puppy Start Right Instructor graduate
- Academy for Dog Trainers graduate
- Founding member of PPG Singapore
- Former adjunct lecturer at Temasek Polytechnic
Beyond the classroom
Training is also something I live with my own dog.
My own dog Precious has shaped a lot of how I think about training. Agility, performance work, fear, reactivity, recovery and daily life have all taught me that behaviour change is not only about getting a dog to stop.
It is about helping the dog understand, cope, and recover.
I compete in agility with Precious and have won competitions and attained titles along the way.
In my free time, I explore tricks and other forms of dog performance training because good training should build communication, confidence and joy.
My work is strongly shaped by the impact of humane training for dogs struggling with fear, reactivity and emotional overwhelm.
Values behind the work
Structure without fear.
The same broad values that matter in good teaching and caregiving also shape how I train: calm structure, safe mistakes, clear boundaries, repair, emotional safety, and practical guidance.
Dogs are not children, and dog training is not parenting advice. But I do believe learning works better when mistakes do not feel dangerous.
My goal is not to remove all consequences. My goal is to avoid making fear the teacher.
Ready for a clearer plan?
Tell me about your dog.
If your dog is struggling with puppy biting, barking, reactivity, fear, overarousal, jumping, visitors, settling, or daily behaviour challenges, send me a short message.
- your dog's age
- breed or mix
- the main concern
- where it happens
- what you have tried so far
- any safety concerns