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01/06/2026

The force free trainers, manipulate, lie and distort reality to push an ideological agenda that is based on no more than a word salad and butterflies and rainbows.

01/06/2026

We’re always working with 3–5 dogs at a time, and honestly, I probably don’t post enough of what goes on behind the scenes.

I’m trying to share more of the journey, but only if people actually find it interesting and valuable.

Every dog has its own story, challenges, setbacks, and breakthroughs. What you see on social media is usually just a tiny snapshot of the process.

Leo is one of several dogs we’re currently working with, and have just started the process with him this week. The foundation is being built, the relationship is growing.

Next up, we’re going to start working on this… the resource guarding. Where would you start?

Stay tuned. is not real is the only real dog training

29/05/2026

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29/05/2026

Here’s a question…

Why do you think barking was the very first thing I worked on with Lucky? It’s still not there where I want it, but…

Before we focused on play.
Before we focused on obedience.
Before we worried about most of the things people would expect.

Why barking?

There was a very specific reason we chose that behaviour as a priority, and it has very little to do with the barking itself.

See if you can figure out what made barking such an important place to start for this particular dog?

isn’t real dog training is the only real dog training.

27/05/2026

When you have real control of a dog, you can finally allow the dog to actually be a dog.

If things start heading in the wrong direction, I can simply tell her to knock it off and because we’ve built a relationship based on trust, cooperation, clarity, and respect, she just knocks it off.

Equally, because I have genuine control and authority when needed, I can stop her from getting herself into trouble before things escalate. Like with the dachshund in this video, I simply called her away.

This is where my training starts to separate itself from a lot of what you see online.

The goal isn’t robotic obedience or micromanaging every second of the dog’s life. The goal is to develop enough leverage, communication, and control that you can safely open up freedom the dog previously couldn’t handle.

And once that happens, the dog can start navigating the world properly, making choices, processing consequences, and figuring some things out for themselves while still having guidance when they need it.

You’ll also see in this video that I bumped into a client and their dogs. You can’t fake this stuff. They clocked me from ages away and didn’t want to go back to their day because the relationships I build with dogs are deep, very deep.

dog training is a con.

Thank you! Love your dogs and it has been a joy, you’re so dedicated and not easy working two dogs. So you’re smashing i...
27/05/2026

Thank you! Love your dogs and it has been a joy, you’re so dedicated and not easy working two dogs. So you’re smashing it 👊👊

In an industry of swindlers, these kind words mean a lot and go a long way to helping other owners. So thank you 🙏
27/05/2026

In an industry of swindlers, these kind words mean a lot and go a long way to helping other owners. So thank you 🙏

26/05/2026

Dogs aren’t as dumb or weak as force free trainers need you to think.

A mother dog doesn’t teach her puppies to stop suckling through positive reinforcement. When she’s had enough, she corrects with negative reinforcement or straight up punishment — often at an intensity that makes puppies yelp from the surprise or discomfort.

That’s nature.

And guess what? Puppies raised by a good mother aren’t traumatised by this. They don’t become fearful of her. They learn boundaries, social pressure, frustration tolerance, and how to function appropriately.

Dogs understand consequences far better than modern ideology gives them credit for.

The idea that all discomfort is harmful, or that behaviour can only ever be shaped through rewards, is simply disconnected from how dogs naturally communicate with each other.

Good training isn’t abuse.
Good training is clarity.
And clarity creates calmer dogs, safer dogs, and owners who can actually live with them.

Is not real dog training

25/05/2026

The dog training industry needs a shake up, owners need to see real dog training. That means the muddy moments not just the butterflies and rainbows moments.

Put up or shut up!! dog training isn’t real dog training. is the only real dog training.

24/05/2026

Yes, punishment and corrections are part of the picture. But this right here is the goal. This is why we apply punishment in the first place: to take certain behaviours off the table, break old patterns, create clarity, and open the brain up to new options.

Without that clarity, many dogs stay trapped rehearsing the same behaviours over and over again. With correctly applied punishment, you start to see moments like this curiosity replacing avoidance, thought replacing reaction, and the dog beginning to choose something different.

First owner coaching session today with

This is huge. Simply allowing her to move into a completely new space and choose interaction is a massive step forward. She was unsure, uncomfortable, conflicted… but she still wanted it.

This was her first real social interaction with a complete stranger, and honestly, it was interesting watching how many moments the “body language experts” would have interrupted or pulled her out of. I’m glad we caught some of it on video Luckys mum also had to navigate her own anxiety which is why these coaching sessions are so important.

The key now is not to panic and shut the experience down, but to let her sit in this new space and work through it and keep building

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