Senior Dogs - Life, Love and Leaving
August 14, 2025
Living with senior dogs is a vast array of clunky chaos. You might wake up one day in a puddle of piddle. Or you might...
Sally Gutteridge
The Canine Seeking System: Scentwork For Reactive Dogs
August 11, 2025
Pankseep's work on the canine seeking system along with further studies has taught us that we can activate this system to help fearful and reactive...
From Reactive to Resilient: The Science Behind the Seeking System
August 5, 2025
Activating the seeking system with skill and understanding can turn a pessimistic reactive dog into a resilient curious optimist. ...
Running into the Flames – Reactive, Obnoxious Dogs
July 13, 2025
The alpha theory is still going strong, despite being disproven a long time ago - here's why it's not true. ...
Comfort Your Scared Dog - They Need You!
Disproving Dominance Between Dogs and People
How A Prong Collar Works!
June 12, 2025
I’m seeing prong collars used in the UK much more than I have ever seen before, along with a perpetuated idea that if we oppose...
Building Resilience In Reactive Dogs
May 22, 2025
Resilience is the opposite of reactivity and building it is straightforward. ...
Why A Reactive Dog Might Look Like They're Having Fun!
May 16, 2025
A dog can be very scared but excellent at the behaviour they use to cope with their fear. ...
Creating a Resilience Routine for Reactive Dogs: Daily Practices That Work
May 14, 2025
For our dogs, resilience means they are able to cope in a world they can’t understand and often can’t control. ...
Fighting To Survive - The Sad Reality Of Dog Reactivity
May 11, 2025
This blog post is going to explain canine reactive behaviour from the dog's point of view, while also providing helpful tips if you're living or...
