⁉️ Can you just move in?

Published 3 months ago • 1 min read

I hear it all the time.

"Can you just move in with us? My dog is so good when you're here."

"I wish I could text you every time something weird happens."

"It's the little stuff I second-guess—like, was that the right call? Should I have done something different?"

No, I can't move in 🤣 But I can be in your pocket.

Dream Dog is my small-group program for people with reactive, anxious, or over-the-top dogs—and it's built around exactly what you're asking for: daily access to me.

Ask as many questions as you'd like - no limit! Post a videos and get feedback. Share a win (or a disaster) and get support from people who actually get it. Ask the tiny questions that feel silly but matter - I'm here for you.

Doors are open now and close July 29th.

If you've been wishing you had me right there to help troubleshoot —not once a week, not once a month, but when things are actually happening—this is it.

If you are thinking about Dream Dog, but have questions or aren't sure if it is for you, please book a call to discuss what your plan inside the program could look like.

Dream Dog

A 6 month program to unlock
a fuller, happier life with your dog.

⏰ Registration is open!

Struggling with your dog’s big feelings and reactivity?
You aren't alone.

Join Dream Dog

2738 Holden Corso Rd, Nanaimo, BC v9x 1n5
Unsubscribe · Preferences

🤓 Nuance in dog training

The most important part of dog training is the stuff that's easy to miss. Pulling on the leash, barking at the door, lunging at a passing dog, melting down over a kid on a skateboard: dogs can do the exact same thing for completely different reasons. One dog is overexcited. One is unsure. One dog has low frustration tolerance. One is terrified. One dog needs instruction about what to do. One dog needs to learn how to ask for help. Another dog needs to learn to walk away. If we treat all dogs...

about 1 hour ago • 1 min read

❓ "Aren't we reinforcing the wrong thing?"

I'm very often asked if we are reinforcing a dog for being afraid, for barking, for being aggressive. And yes, it is absolutely possible to make all of those things worse if we use food or toys or praise incorrectly. Cue/mark/reinforce right? Ask our dog to do something, say 'yes' and feed a treat. That is how we build behaviours. Training emotions is different. We use food or toys or praise to CREATE a better emotional state, THEN we think about behaviours. It gets complicated though as the...

1 day ago • 2 min read

😂I wondered if Runa was a bit ...ummm... slow

Can you even see the puppy way back there??? Did you know that at first I wondered if Runa was a bit ...ummm... slow? Or maybe I really wasn't as good of a trainer as I thought I was. I wasn't having any success teaching her regular puppy things: down, stay, hand touch. In a session, we wouldn't progress at all. Maybe I was used to border collie puppies and they really are just that much smarter than other dogs? I was confused. Let it all go for a bit - just play with the puppy. Enjoy her....

6 days ago • 1 min read

Positive Dog