Hey Dog Lover 🐾
Does your dog have an amazing walk one day... only to completely lose it over what seems like the exact same thing the next?
Find yourself wondering how your dog could handle something beautifully yesterday but struggle with it today?
Does the unpredictability leave you questioning whether you’re actually making progress at all?
In this episode, we’re talking about why your dog can be fine one day and reactive the next — and why that doesn’t necessarily mean anything has gone wrong.
Because what looks like the same situation to us may not be the same situation to our dogs at all.
Something smells different. Something sounds different. The other dog is moving differently. Your dog feels different. You feel different. And sometimes there are things affecting the interaction that we will never even know about.
We’ll talk about why a great day doesn’t guarantee tomorrow will look the same, why a difficult day doesn’t erase the progress you’ve made, and how to stop turning every reaction into a story about what you did wrong.
Because the good days give us information.
And the hard days give us information too.
Instead of immediately thinking, “We’re back at square one,” we can get curious.
How interesting. What’s different today?
Maybe you’ll figure it out.
Maybe you won’t.
Either way, you can stop comparing the dog standing in front of you today to the dog you had yesterday...
and ask the dog again.
Hope you enjoy this one!
Tracy xoxox
RESOURCES
🐾 Join me for the FREE CALM DOWN, DOG! Bootcamp!
October 20th, 21st & 22nd
https://beyondobedience.ca/bootcamp
🐾 Take the Dogonality Quiz!
https://www.beyondobedience.ca/quiz
🐾 Read the Beyond Obedience Blog!
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CONNECT WITH ME!
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🐾 NEXT STEPS 👣
Step 1: Join the free Living Beyond Obedience community and connect with other dog lovers who want to understand their dogs, build better partnerships, and enjoy more of life together.
https://facebook.com/groups/LivingBeyondObedience
Step 2: Take the Dogonality Quiz to discover how your dog’s unique personality shapes the way they learn, communicate, and experience the world.
https://www.beyondobedience.ca/quiz
Step 3: Ready to stop guessing what to do when your dog is struggling? Join me for the completely FREE CALM DOWN, DOG! Bootcamp, happening October 20th, 21st & 22nd.
https://beyondobedience.ca/bootcamp
Music Credit 🎶: Shawn Trotter
http://www.shawntrotter.com
