Why the classroom 'recall' doesn't always work in the park

Conversation about dog’s suffering with mental health issues such as stress, anxiety or depression.

Using the Learning Cycle to build confidence in your anxious dog

Which issues when resolved will make the biggest difference to your life. Which changes will be most beneficial to your dog?

Teaching sensitive and reactive dogs the skills they need to cope away from the stressors

Confident dogs and Confident people can create magic together, confidence is the spark for the relationship we dreamed of with our dog.

These are all key skills that dogs need to be able to walk on a lead without pulling, barking, spinning or biting, making life easy and safe

Growling is information that the environment needs to change

The presence of appeasing pheromones may decrease the effects of a dog's anxiety.

Understanding how Dopamine works in a dog brain to help anxious, aggressive and reactive dogs

From my experience once dogs learn that you understand these subtle signs, they become more co-operative, less reactive, quicker to approach

Communicating with a Sensitive Dog. A conversation of a few whispers is how it felt...

For a strong, connected relationship with our dogs, let’s focus on teaching dogs what we want them to do

The bulk of my work is with dogs that are showing behaviours known as reactive or aggressive. Often these dogs are anxious and sensitive....

Trying to get training just right is understandable, but can lead to procrastination. It is ok to take the messy first step and get started.