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Play with Purpose - The Lab

27 members • $129

Karate4Dogs Learning Hub

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Quick Announcement 🚨
🤩 First of all - Welcome New Members! I'm super happy our community is growing! 🎾 Just quick reminder - you can still join PWP Challenge and get benefits of community, live Q&A's and my mentorship on play formula that builds motivation, confidence, relationship and emotional regulation. I'm really loving this this challenge and the community there is absolutely amazing! link here: https://www.skool.com/play-with-purpose-the-lab/about 🤓 Couple of you asked when there will be free webinar- it is coming and will be on 'Can play help your reactive dog?' is that something you would be interested in? let me know in the comments! 🥋 we have now belt system to reward the most active members! Skool is measuring your activity- the more you post/comment, like the higher score you get. You can see it on Leaderboards tab. the most active members will get free/discounted memberships, merch, mentorship/private calls etc.
Quick Announcement 🚨
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@Alex Lato you should have a black belt already! 🥋💪🏻 As for the webinar, yes, I’m definitely interested 🙂
Need your opinion?
What is the most important skill in dog training? If over the next 30 days you could acquire one dog-training skill as a superpower, which one would you choose? ps. If you think I missed one, comment it.
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Other = insight in the dogs’ world of smells, as it has such a big influence on emotion, motivation and concentration 🙂
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@Alex Lato Haha, yes! for me it is a bit of a no-brainer in dog training 😊 Dogs experience the world primarily through scent, and that has a huge impact on how they feel, what motivates them, and how well they can stay engaged. If I had a “superpower”, it wouldn’t be to smell like a dog 🤢, but to see and understand what scent information is doing to them in real time. What just spiked arousal, what created uncertainty, what pulled focus away. That kind of insight would make timing, setup and training choices so much sharper.
Play with Purpose- 5 Week Implementation Lab🐕🧪 Starts 25.10
Hey Team, I’m opening the second edition of Play with Purpose — this time as The Lab. This is a live, coached environment where we break down play and motivation and remove the guesswork. 📦 What’s included - 🧩 Core course – Play With Purpose: Step-by-step framework to build engagement, confidence, motivation, relationship and focus in high arousal - 👥 Community: learn with other like minded dog owners and trainers - 🎯 5 week of my direct coaching - 📲 Weekly live Q&A (your questions answered) - 🎁 Bonuses (Luring Mastery, Powering Recall with Play, Retrieve Anything Guide) - Ps. Grads of PWP will have priority for Heelwork Hackers once is up. 🐕 Who This Is For - 🧠 Dog trainers - 🏆 Sport & working dog handlers - 🔥 Ambitious dog owners and all of us that are using rewards in training :) 💰 Pricing (clear and honest) Most “challenges” charge around £100 for one week. This is five weeks, live, with coaching. Early access price: £97 total (129 USD) • Now only available inside this community • Limited to first cohort • Price will go up later If you’re in, don’t wait. Click here: https://www.skool.com/play-with-purpose-the-lab/about?ref=7f1c744ba01a4ce68aae9b8cda9235c6 I will see you inside!
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I’m sorry if I offended you with my earlier comment Alex. I’m confused about you first deciding to answer (I got a mail) and then delete the whole post … I am seriously interested in the course, but this is affecting my decision
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@Alex Lato thanks for DM. All clear now.
Welcome!
Welcome to the Karate4Dogs Learning Hub. This space will serve as the central platform for all my training content: - courses - workshops - challenges - updates - training breakdowns - upcoming projects Everything I teach will live here in an organised and structured way. More materials will be added soon. Feel free to introduce yourself and your dog, and tell me what you’re currently working on. – Alex
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Hi Alex, I’m Petra, based in the Netherlands, and I work as a reward-based dog trainer. I’m active mainly in the sport-dog world, alongside my work with pet dogs and behaviour cases. At the moment I’m training for IGP with my young Dobermann Uzmir (d.o.b. 11 March 2025). While Uzmir is still very much at the beginning of her journey, I’m not new to the sport and we’re focusing on solid foundations, clarity, engagement, and building skills that will hold up later under pressure. I would love to get into Mondioring, but there’s no knowledgeable Mondio group anywhere near me, so I’m working within the options I do have. That said, I’m very drawn to Mondio techniques and the way they challenge both dog and handler: problem-solving, adaptability, pressure without rigidity,beyond fixed pictures. Even without a local Mondio group, I’m keen to implement those principles where I can and translate them into my current training. I’m here mainly to learn, exchange ideas, and keep questioning my own mechanics and choices. Always happy to nerd out about training details and thoughtful application across sports. Looking forward to learning!
I need your help! (2 minutes)
I’m finishing Play with Purpose – Second Edition, which builds on the original challenge and goes deeper based on real implementation and the questions that came up from you. Because you’re inside this community, you’ll get free access to the Second Edition when it’s released. Here’s where I need your help. If you’ve already been through Play with Purpose and it changed how you use play, motivation, or structure in training, I’d appreciate a short, honest review. Nothing polished. Just: - where you were before - what shifted - what you do differently now You can leave it here: https://g.page/r/CeTWEis3qMEnEAE/review or in the comments or by email. If you’re also waiting for Heelwork Hackers, community members will get priority access and a loyalty discount when it opens! Thanks to everyone who’s been in this early group — your feedback directly shapes what I build next. — Alex
I need your help! (2 minutes)
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I have not been a part of Play with purpose, but I followed your Fusion course with SoCS. Really happy with it 🙂
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Petra Oltheten
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