30/08/2026
Did you know that working with dog reactive dogs is kind of seasonal for behaviourists and trainers?
It sounds weird right??
In dark evenings and wet weather it’s actually quite tricky to work out training plans and to help dog reactive dogs.
If training in the dark, they are much more on edge and startled more easily.
There are less dogs out to practice around when it’s raining so although my clients are keen to walk and train in the rain, I have a tough time convincing some that actually we won’t see any dogs if we venture out, and then my clients are just paying for an hours walk in the rain as there’s no dogs to practice around 🤷♀️🤷♀️
That’s why I postpone working with reactive dogs on days with heavy rain.
But what about my own dogs??
I could use them instead to work with reactive dogs and the answer is yes! I definitely use all 4 dogs to help me with dog reactive dogs BUT my dogs HATE the rain and it’s a very miserable experience for them to do this 4 times a day with up to 4 different dogs😳
Of course I can work with dog reactive dogs during the autumn/winter months but it’s in daylight hours only.
So if you have a dog reactive dog, now is the BEST time to get started working with them around other dogs, don’t wait until the dark winter months when it’s so much harder!!
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