How You and Your Dog Can Become Resilient Partners
Are you and your dog resilient? Building resilience is so important to create a strong partnership with your dog. Yet, not many people talk about the power of resilience within the dog community. Being resilient gives you the ability to adapt quickly and come back stronger when things donât go as planned. However, itâs important […]
Top Tips to Help Dog Moms Reframe Their Thoughts
Donât you hate it when other people get involved with you and your dogâs way of life? Or worse, when disrespectful dog people donât follow the rules and cause a dramatic event to happen with your dog? Itâs so frustrating when things happen that are out of your control. But, the one thing that you […]
How to Build a Dogâs Trust in You to Keep Them Safe
If your dog has experienced a traumatic event or has PTSD from such an event, supporting and making your dog feel safe is so important. As dog moms (and human beings), we hate to see a dog in any pain or emotional distress. If we could protect all of the dogs in the world […]
What Does it Mean to be an Advocate for Your Puppy or Young Dog?
What does it mean to be an advocate for your puppy or young dog? Dogs donât have a voice to speak up when something is wrong. They may try to alert you by barking, howling, or whining, but they canât say actual words. Dogs use behavior to communicate. When dogs are young, they are very […]
Strategies to Turn a Reactive Dog into a Trusting Partner
Stella’s wild child Henna was a special puppy who endured serious illness, affecting her brain and their relationship. Henna’s lunging and barking at everything embarrassed Stella, who became stressed about the effect this out of control dog was having on the family. Resonating with the BPA focus on heart, connection and understanding, Stella joined the […]
How BPA Helped Calm Two Fearful & Reactive Dogs
Ros adapted to life with her two beautiful but reactive Vizsla girls by avoiding encounters with other dogs and becoming hyper-vigilant. But this was not a sustainable way to live and Ros soon found herself filled with anxiety about the possibility that anything would suddenly appear. People, dogs, cyclists, joggers, wildlife all caused panic, and […]
How a First-Time Dog Mom Learned to Listen to her Reactive Dog
Paulina is a first-time dog mom who found herself with a reactive dog that she just didn’t understand. Barking at other dogs, and barking at things outside the window in their city home caused Paulina to judge herself and to compare her dog with others … creating more frustration for both of them. Now? Paulina […]
How a Troubled Rescue Dog Became a Brilliant Partner
Sue is a professional dog trainer, so she has a lot of experience dealing with and training difficult dogs. However, nothing could have prepared her for the battle that Charlie would bring to her and her family. Sue rescued Charlie and it wasnât long before she suspected that he was very different from other dogs […]
Why Dog Moms are Natural Mothers
In its purest form, unconditional love is not contingent upon your dogâs behavior. Yes, you might get frustrated or even angry when your dog misbehaves, but you donât stop loving them because of it. Thereâs a reason why I call myself and you guys âdog momsâ, itâs because you are, in a sense, your dogâs […]
Why Your Dog âForgetsâ their Training During Walks
Walking your dog around the house or garden is one thing. Transitioning those skills to places outside of those areas is an entirely different story and often, the perfect recipe for disaster. After weeks or even months of practicing with your dog, it can be really disappointing when everything youâve been training for goes out […]
How to Be Ready For Anything While Walking Your Dog
We all have a âperfect visionâ of what walking our dog should look like. Usually, it involves you and your dog walking side by side in harmony. Your dog isnât pulling on the leash or lunging towards everyone who passes by. Itâs a peaceful walk and something that you look forward to every day. However, […]
Fun Exercises to Improve Your Partnership with Your Dog
Do you want to leverage your best self and become the person you always wanted to be? Not only that, but become the person that your dog needs you to be? I want that for you too! I believe that by working on yourself, you can simultaneously build your partnership with your dog. To help […]
