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School for Professional Dog Listeners Jan 01, 2025

As I write this, it's just before Hogmanay 2024 and I want so share the magic that has been created in our online School for Professional Dog Listeners.

This school has been created out of tragic circumstances. Our good friend, colleague and mentor Tony Knight was killed by a falling tree branch in...

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What dogs and elephants have in common Apr 19, 2024

My family and I were lucky enough to spend a week on safari enjoying the peace and quiet of nature and being surrounded by wild animals. My time spent in the bush really got me thinking about just how whizzed up my brain gets and how has a culture we are running around busy a lot of the time. In man...

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Are you exhausted scanning the horizon to prevent your dog's reactive behaviour ? Dec 06, 2023

Scanning the horizon while out on your dog walk is a subject that came up recently in my Peaceful Paws Course & Community and I thought it might be something that could help every dog owner no matter where they are on their Dog Listening journey. It's so simple yet can make such a difference to how ...

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Accidental Attention stresses your dog out. Jul 20, 2023

When it comes to  Dog Listening we know that our dogs are total experts at feeling like they need to look after us. Even when the consequence of that, is that they feel worried, fearful and anxious. 

One of the ways they like to prove to us they are at the top of their game and make all the decisio...

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Dog Listening - Trust the process Jun 07, 2023

Trust in the process.  Why is this so much easier said than done?!

We get halfway through a process we know will help and then our attention drifts and we look for something, quicker, easier, new and shinier. 

The majority of my work in my Peaceful Paws Community & Course is pointing people back t...

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You can't change your dog, but you can change you! Feb 21, 2023

You can't change your dog, You can only change you. 

Pretty obvious when you think about it, I have known this on some level for many years, however recently that thought jumped into my head and I really really heard it, no actually I felt it to be true. 

If this is something that makes sense for ...

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