📺 New replay is up. Grab 30 minutes for this one. Ever noticed the dog sitting next to someone sleeping rough? Off-leash on a packed footpath, totally chilled, ignoring the traffic, the crowds, the other dogs. No clicker, no e-collar, no obedience class. Some of the best-behaved dogs you'll ever see. So why does that dog have rock-solid neutrality when your dog loses it at a fence? That's where this session goes. We get into: → Why your dog's pushy, "naughty" behaviour is actually drive. It's bred-in, a sign of health and brains, and the good stuff we want to channel, not crush. → Why we start with the off-switch, teaching the dog to switch off and start from neutral, instead of drilling the problem behaviour itself. → How everyday structure and routine quietly build the relationship that makes your dog choose YOU over the trigger. This is the street-dog secret. → The reactivity bit everyone wants: why the work you do at home is what lets us stand closer to the trigger, see faster progress, and use little to no correction. If you've ever wondered why we don't just "fix the behaviour" on day one, this is the why. Watch it, then drop your dog's breed and the behaviour you're working on in the comments, and I'll point you to the foundation that's missing. 🐾

Thank you so much to @Nath Morrison & Eliza & Sian & whole walkies school! May not look like much but I have never been able to walk Bear without the pulling, especially on the way back towards our house when she would try to drag me there🥴 I know I need to remember to relax a bit more & I still have a lot to learn but this is sooo encouraging 😁

This one was a massive deep dive into teaching REAL calmness in the car. Not just “quiet”… not just “stop barking”… but actual nervous system regulation and impulse control. We covered: 🐾 What the car currently means to your dog 🐾 Why so many dogs become over-aroused before they even arrive somewhere 🐾 The adrenaline/reward loop most owners accidentally build 🐾 How to completely reset your dog’s emotional response to the car 🐾 Teaching a proper down-stay in the car like place training 🐾 How to train calm behaviour when you’re the only person in the vehicle 🐾 Vet anxiety, excitement, pacing, whining, barking and anticipation 🐾 The difference between suppression vs genuine calmness One of the biggest takeaways:The car is one of the BEST places to teach emotional regulation because it’s structured, repeatable and predictable. Calm is a skill.And skills can be trained 👊🏼 Drop your questions, biggest takeaways or your dog’s current car struggles below and let’s keep helping each other level up 🐾🔥 as promised link to further information - https://www.notion.so/Teaching-Calm-in-the-Car-36b3fa98cc5f8006af8eef57335523d4?source=copy_link

Hi All, our Bear has been scared of riding in the car since we got her. She does not want to get in & when we do get her in she trembles and pants and dribbles the whole way. She has started to sit up more and look outside whereas at first she would just stay down the whole time so we think that’s an improvement. Any help much appreciated! 😊

I think I need to purchase a slip lead to use with Bear after seeing your work & going through the online training. How would I go about this ( I think at our assessment interview you had some at Unanderra?)