Janna's Pack

09/18/2026

A past client reminded me, so I figured to post here

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09/12/2026

This is Goose, a severely reactive 4yo German Shepherd / Pyrenees mix

Mom hasn't been able to walk him past a dog safely or comfortably since he was a puppy!

I took this clip during the leadership handoff part of our first session, after I worked with him directly for 45 minutes

In that 45 minutes, I focus on illiciting and addressing any major behavior issues, right off the bat, so we can deconstruct the dog's current perception of the world, their bratty inappropriate attitudes, and patterns of behavior.

I correct them immediately for misbehaving and set a new standard for how they need to act, especially on-leash. Layering punishment over their behavior and poor choices, to get to the root of the problem.

Then I spend the rest of that 45 min focusing on their Follower mindset - leveraging dog psychology and neuroscience principles to start rebuilding their behavioral programming for calmness.

When I do leadership handoff, first I just give the dog back, having owners do basic leash work, and I hold the e-collar remote so I can address any immediate regression that happens as a result of the leadership gap and the dog's old perception of their human

Then after a few minutes, I hand off the e-collar and start having the owners do low-level ecollar work on top of the leash work... coaching them on how to punish at higher levels

This gives a nice, solid foundation for them to build on back at home over the next week!

If you need help training and rehabilitating a reactive, aggressive, or anxious dog

I still have 3 spots open in my calendar for 2026, for October and November, to reserve your DIY Board & Train – my 4 week in-person private training package in Raleigh, NC

Email me [email protected] for a quick consultation and to book yours before spots fill up

07/15/2026

I don't often share other trainers on my page, but The Good Dog Training And Rehabilitation is one every dog owner should be following.

Over the years I’ve shared countless examples of healthy vs unhealthy relationship dynamics, and have tried to explain the impact these dynamics have on your dog’s behavior.

I’ve tried to point out the value of healthy leadership, authority, and clearly conveyed hierarchy between humans and dogs… and what happens when these elements are absent.

But unfortunately, modern culture, and by extension modern dog training has vilified anything having to do with leadership, authority, hierarchy. It’s all been placed in the “old school”, “heavy handed”, “unscientific”, “unsophisticated”, “unnecessary”, “unhealthy”, “damaging”, and often “patriarchal oppressive” training s**t box.

Instead we celebrate the hyper-intellectual, the complex protocols, the fancy scientific terminology—and of course the emotional fragility and thus necessary bubble wrapping of our dogs to shield them from all things unpleasant… aka damaging and traumatic.

But it doesn’t take a training genius to see that owners are struggling at levels that are absolutely absurd. Of course we’ll offer all manner of justifications for this explosive upsurge in behavior issues… all manner of justifications except the obvious.

The list I shared in the primary post all have something in common. They all have humans who create order, respect, and healthy behavior via a very simple mechanism—they are able to leverage and wield healthy fear. Not terror, not incapacitating anxiety, not anything debilitating—just the awareness that they can and will levy valuable consequences for poor choices.

Of course almost everyone will bristle at this. It’s antiquated, anti-intellectual, old school nonsense.

And yet, like it or not, fear of consequences are THE behavioral guardrails for both human society, and canine alike. And as we’ve become disconnected from the simple, obvious, primal aspects of nature, we unsurprisingly find ourselves struggling with our kids, with crime, and of course with our dogs.

Current society despises leadership, authority, and hierarchy, and so it’s no surprise that current society, and our dogs are a mess.

My point here is a simple one. Over the years I’ve tried to share tangible, obvious, commonly experienced (and known) versions of healthy fear in action, in the hopes it will help reconnect owners to elements of reality that they know and understand, so that they can repair their broken relationships with their dogs.

Because here’s the simple truth: when I watch owners struggling, often after having great training and tools onboard, the reason is wildly obvious. Their dogs don’t have a healthy fear of them—or if it feels better for you, a healthy respect (which is the same, just with easier language)—and thus all decisions and behaviors they see from their dogs are filtered through this dysfunctional lens and dynamic.

Said even more plainly—if your dog doesn’t believe you can, and will share valuable consequences for poor choices and behavior, you better get used to a whole lot of s**tty choices and behavior.

Sorry for the blunt convo, but most of you guys are lost, and this is the stuff almost no one can or will explain to you.

07/12/2026

Permissive and gentle parenting principles have no business in dog training and behavior rehabilitation

The reason so many dog owners are struggling is because they haven't properly punished behavior and set the tone for their pack

They haven't established any non-negotiable boundaries, and they have zero way to hold their dog accountable for crossing those boundaries

When we remove high-value rewards and positive reinforcement for good choices, and focus instead on true leadership, structure, boundaries, and accountability reactive, aggressive, and anxious dogs stop having behavior issues and start deferring to their pack leader

But you have to make serious lifestyle and relationship changes with your dog, if you want them to believe you as a leader they should follow

07/12/2026

30 seconds after recording this a 90lb black lab came barreling out of their backyard at us...

Way more forward than the little dog

But still, put my dogs in a downstay, dropped my leashes, and walked towards the dog with a firm "NO" and pointing back to its yard while the owner came running out apologizing to try and recall the dog (which obviously it did not)

Black lab decided it didn't want a piece of me and retreated, as I expected... But I was fully prepared to get bit in this case

I'll always put myself in between a reactive/aggressive off-leash dogand my pack

If a dog tries to rearrange my face or take a chunk out of my limb, I understand. I can go to the hospital and get meds and stitched up... and I'd do it gladly to protect my dogs

But your dog loses confidence in your ability to lead when you don't take control and defend your pack

Always be prepared and I encourage clients to spend time visualizing how to handle this, so you're ready, in the moment when it matters most

Free YT videos 🔗 in my bio

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07/10/2026

Just published a few more videos on my YT

These videos are pulled straight out of my DIY Board & Train program ($2K USD) and have helped over 100+ dog owners take control and rehabilitate their reactive, aggressive, anxious dogs into calm and relaxed companions, right from home

No email needed - Enjoy

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06/23/2026

I am so fed up with people not having high-quality, comprehensive, accessible training resources for addressing basic dog behavioral challenges...

To solve this problem, I am going to build a FREE playlist of a handful of my training videos from my private training program that can help most of you get on the right track if only you invest in the tools, time and apply some elbow grease (AKA practice)

Only requirement will be that you have to be on email list to access it all in one place, so I can reach you to let you know when my next group training seminar is being scheduled.

DM me your email address to get on the waitlist and ill send you the link to the playlist once it's ready!

05/05/2026

Place training won't help your reactive, aggressive, or anxious dog.

But addressing the over-arousal and creating structure / boundaries / accountability will!

In my program, we use a crate for the first 3 weeks, daytime and night, and then "Graduate" to Place training during the daytime, when your dog is ready

The reason: you are an average dog owner. you're not a pro dog trainer and you're not going to have the skill level or time needed for your dog to pattern true calm and relaxation on Place.

To properly enable you, we must pattern it in a crate and on a leash - then we simply transfer that skill to a place cot.

All of my clients are provided instructions for Place training their dogs but many are not quite ready for that level of responsibility when training ends.

And to all my clients I say, "dont rush it"!

​​Place training isn't any more beneficial for your dog than being in their crate, but Place training prematurely can cause regression - setting their behavior back quite a bit.

Remember everytime they react or break place to react, it works against you and erodes progress because dogs are opportunitists that learn from pattern recognition.

So rather than rush to Place training, all my clients are encouraged to wait until they'll have zero behavior, attitude, and mindset issues before "graduating" to Place training (which only takes like 15 minutes total because it's been layered in effectively)

***Continued in comments***

04/30/2026

I just found out that mini Aussiedoodles are also known as "pocket rockets"

I will never be the same 🤣