When things go wrong despite doing everything by the book. At Canine Reactive I offer ongoing support for my clients. This means that I check in with them regularly to see how things are going, and am also available throughout their behaviour packages to provide support in-between our coaching sessions. Recently I had a check-in with one of my lovely clients who found it hard to understand why her dog changed over night, and I have been thinking about it ever since. You see s

I had never heard of negative bias until a few months ago, during a conversation with my own therapist. In one of our sessions, I was talking through a particular situation and found myself saying things like:“I bet that person thinks X.” “If I say or do X, the worst is going to happen.” My therapist gently stopped me and asked me to go back over what I had just said. She asked a simple but powerful question: “How much of what you’ve just said is fact — and how much is a sto

If you’ve ever come back from a walk feeling tense, embarrassed, or close to tears because your dog barked, lunged, or shut down again — this is for you. You might be asking yourself: Why is this still happening? I’ve done the training… so what am I missing? Am I failing my dog? Let me say this clearly, right from the start: You are not doing it wrong. And your dog is not being difficult. When You’ve Tried “Everything” — But Nothing Sticks Many of the owners I work with are t