As I write this I have just published my first book - Barking Mad to Calm and Quiet: Beyond Dog Training. This means I am working with lots of people just getting to know what Dog Listening is and how my Peaceful Paws Framework can help them enjoy a calm and quiet dog more of the time. 

Everyone (i...

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...

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...

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 ...

YOU KNOW YOUR DOG BETTER THAN ANYONE ELSE, am I right?

Of course it's true, but this knowledge is often drowned out by the noise in your head, telling you otherwise.

it goes something like this:

• this dog's behaviour is not acceptable
• every walk is really stressful, I must get this sorted
• othe
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Since 2006 I have been helping dog owners improve their dog's behaviour using an approach known as Dog Listening. 

Many clients have said to me " but this is the opposite of everything I have been told to do, yet it's working! " in a surprised voice...

There are are so many theories and so much ad...

What do you think to the idea that no dogs are intentionally naughty? How does it make you feel?

Oooft when it was first suggested to me, I was like Whaaaat! of course they are and I can give you lots of examples!

• Pulling on the lead
• Charging up to other dogs 
• Not listening on a walk 
• Excessi
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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...

Controversial I know. Let me explain.

Walking your dog really is optional. You have choices! 

I am unsure as to why it has become mandatory in most of the Western world over the last 50 years or so. When you actually think about it, there are so many reasons why you might not want to walk your dog...

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...

Today I am going to talk about dog breeds in relation to your dog's behaviour. 

The fact we even have "Breed specific legislation" drives me actually bonkers, even thinking about it! I am not going to get into the details of all that. It just makes me cross.  

However, I would love for you to get ...

"You get the dog you need, not the dog you want"

I was reminded of this saying recently and it got me to thinking is this true or false? 

For me personally, this is most certainly true and when I think of all  the clients I have worked with over the last 15 years, oh my gosh yes it's true.

Wha...