BTS Day 3 – Planning Your Lesson

Every exercise you teach your dog has three dials on it: Distance, Distraction, and Duration. Push all three up at once and most dogs fall apart — not because they’re…

BTS Day 2 – Building Your Training Timetable

Your dog has two fuel tanks. One for physical energy, one for brain energy, and the brain tank empties far faster than the body one. Which means the session that…

BTS Day 1 – Clean Slate

Morning. First day of term. Before you open today’s worksheet, there’s assembly. Emma, our mindset coach, has recorded about ten minutes, and I’d put it on with your first coffee….

BTS Welcome Party!

Leaving Wildlife- Walks You Can Actually Enjoy

LWDG Training Essentials The tools our members use to plan, track and get more from every training session. Magic Month Planner Quick-Plan Pad The Thoughtful Dog Trainer

Hunting and Sweeping- Walks You Can Actually Enjoy

LWDG Training Essentials The tools our members use to plan, track and get more from every training session. Magic Month Planner Quick-Plan Pad The Thoughtful Dog Trainer

Check-Ins – Walks You Can Actually Enjoy

LWDG Training Essentials The tools our members use to plan, track and get more from every training session. Magic Month Planner Quick-Plan Pad The Thoughtful Dog Trainer

Walk 3: Track Retrieves – Walks You Can Actually Enjoy

Module 8 LWDG Training Essentials The tools our members use to plan, track and get more from every training session. Magic Month Planner Quick-Plan Pad The Thoughtful Dog Trainer

Adrenaline Waves – Walks You Can Actually Enjoy

Heel work and stop whistle, drip fed between the exciting stuff so that excitement goes up and comes back down again across the session. Sam explains what this is actually…

Close Work and Stillness – Walks You Can Actually Enjoy

Once your dogs are loosened off, you can start asking for thought. Sam uses the bank alongside the track to send Bella up and in, dropping items so that going…

Walk 2 – Picking Battles – Walks You Can Actually Enjoy

Sam takes an exuberant spaniel somewhere she’s never been, on purpose, knowing it will send her sky high. This is management running alongside training, and it isn’t polished. The quartering…

Zoomies and Warm Down – Walks You Can Actually Enjoy

Bella hits the overwhelm button and has a proper set of zoomies, and Sam has deliberately left it in the footage. You’ll see a dog go up, come back down,…

Platforms and Obstacles – Walks You Can Actually Enjoy

Back into woodland, and there’s an enormous stone that’s been there longer than anyone can account for. Sam uses it as a platform for sit stays, and admits mid-masterclass that…

Open Ground – Walks You Can Actually Enjoy

Open field, rough grass, well trodden paths. Sam works hunting and quartering in the rough, gets retrieves in on the paths, then allows free hunting and shows you why it…

Starting the Walk – Walks You Can Actually Enjoy

How you leave the house sets everything that follows. Sam takes Bella up a road , showing lead length, where your dogs should sit in relation to traffic, and how…

Stop The Pull Webinar – Full Video

You’ve got the replay. Here’s the part that makes it stick. The replay shows you the stages. The Society helps you apply them to the dog in front of you,…

Stop The Pull Study Guide

Download your study guide and BONUS  PDF below and start with the first small step. This guide will help you understand why your dog pulls, what to change first, and…

8. Training More Than One Dog and Bringing It All Together

Covers: Why dogs should be trained separately at first Building up to walking dogs together Consistency as the main takeaway Ending with encouragement LWDG Training Essentials The tools our members…

Adding Challenge Without Making Heelwork Boring

Covers: Pivots on the spot Slow and fast pace changes Auto sits Down stays Recalls into heel Stop whistle Leaving distractions Walking past dummies, toys, food pots, and other dogs…

Teaching the Finish: From Front to Heel Position

Covers: Teaching the dog to return to heel position from in front Using place boards to guide the movement Adding the cue once the pattern is understood Removing the boards…

Using Place Boards to Strengthen Heel Position

Covers: Place boards as heelwork targets Walking from one board to another Auto sits when you stop Pivoting beside you Warning that some dogs may rush to the board Prompt:Set…