What to do When Your Dog Wonât Listen
What should you do when your dog won’t listen? You tell them to come to you, they run in the opposite direction. You ask them to stop barking, and they bark louder. You ask them to get off the couch, and they snuggle into it some more. You get the idea. Sometimes, it feels like […]
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 […]
How 3 Reactive Dogs Learned to Live in Harmony
Bettina’s life was turned upside down when they decided to adopt Murphy, a deaf dog with OCD, after seeing his handsome face on a rescue website. It quickly became apparent that Murphy had a LOT more going on than a hearing impairment… Bettina says… “We adopted Murphy knowing his deafness meant special needs, but quickly […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Biggest Myth in Dog Training
Is training really the best solution for a misbehaving dog? Or, is it the one thing thatâs making the problem worse? There is a huge myth surrounding dog training. If you ask me, believing in this myth and assuming that training is the solution for a naughty dog or a dog who just wonât listen, […]
How To Make Your Dog Listen To You
When your dog refuses to listen to you, it can be really frustrating. Sometimes, it can even feel like your dog isnât listening to you on purpose, which makes you even more frustrated. However, dogs are not spiteful beings and they definitely donât do things to âget back at you.â Thankfully, I know just what […]
