Kit The Dog Trainer

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05/06/2026

If your dog nails every cue at home but won't engage with you the second you step outside, here is the change you need to make...
A little known fact is that dogs are context-specific learners. So what does that mean for you?

It means if you only ever practise a sit in front of the fireplace in your lounge, your dog learns "sit" as a thing that happens in front of the fireplace in your lounge. Take them to the park and you get a blank stare, because to them this is a brand new puzzle.

So we need to teach the behaviours you want in lots of different places. The most effective way to do that is by using my zones system.

Green Zones: Kitchen | Hallway | Lounge | Garden
Start in low distraction, familiar environments until the new skill is rock solid.

Amber Zones: Quiet Walk | Car Park | Secure Field
Then add some moderate distractions, but make sure it is still manageable.

Red Zones: Park | Town Centre | Busy Walk
Once your reactive dog has successfully mastered the skill in the green and amber zones, move to environments with the most distractions.

Work through the zones in order and "my dog can't do it anywhere new" slowly turns into a dog who can hear you wherever you are.

Tell me in the comments which zone your training keeps falling apart in, and I'll help you troubleshoot in time for next week šŸ‘‡šŸ»

If Ezra was a superhero, he would without a doubt be…Star-Lord šŸ¦øšŸ¼ā€ā™‚ļøEzra is fully convinced he is the main character of ...
05/06/2026

If Ezra was a superhero, he would without a doubt be…

Star-Lord šŸ¦øšŸ¼ā€ā™‚ļø

Ezra is fully convinced he is the main character of every story and that strangers are only best friends he hasn’t met yet.

His confidence is unrivaled; in fact I have only ever seen him scared once in over 8 years.

He is an absolute chaos demon, charms every human in the room and leaves a trail of beautiful destruction behind him. Yet somehow you manage to forgive him (almost) instantly.

And here’s the thing nobody tells you about the chaos agents: underneath all the swagger is the biggest heart.

Now it’s your turn. Cast your dog as a superhero and tell me who they are in the comments. I can’t wait to read them all…

04/06/2026

Not everyone is going to like this but…

The goal should be a dog who clocks dogs, people, prey and... ignores them!

You do not need your reactive dog to be best buddies with every dog in the park; you just want them calm, and able to ignore their triggers.

But the 'My-Dog-Is-Friendly' Brigade has a way of making you feel guilty that yours isn't being "sociable," so you start to wonder if you're getting it all wrong.

You're not. Your success as a guardian has nothing to do with how many friends your dog collects, and the goal was never for them to bound into the local park and greet every dog in the neighbourhood.

The goal is neutrality.

The word neutrality gets a lot of hate from other dog trainers, so let me explain what I mean.

Neutrality is when your dog clocks a trigger, acknowledges them, and carries on walking without losing their s**t and yanking your arm out of its socket. And if they happen to have a couple of dogs and people they genuinely love, brilliant. They can adore those two and blank the rest.

When you walk down the street, do you run up to every single person and jump on them? Would you be okay raising your child to? Or do you ignore the vast majority of people, acknowledge a few in passing, and have a close knit group of friends and family you enjoy spending time with? Thought so.

I’m going to say this proudly and loudly: a dog who has to greet every single person and dog is abnormal. That shouldn’t be anyone’s goal.

You do not need your dog to love every dog they meet. You just need them not to be stressed on every walk.
It might not feel like it right now, but that is a very achievable goal for you and your reactive dog.

If this resonated, tell me in the comments about the time a "friendly" dog came bombing across the park at yours and you wanted the ground to open up. I've been there, lead in one hand and dignity in the other, so there's zero judgement here. Share yours and we'll all feel a bit less alone in it.

The first time someone paid me for Reactive Dog Training, I nearly cried…And now, over 230 of you have joined me for my ...
04/06/2026

The first time someone paid me for Reactive Dog Training, I nearly cried…

And now, over 230 of you have joined me for my amazing new Online Touch Challenge, where I will teach you the foundations of communication with your reactive dog through a banging sustained hand touch.

I’m so grateful that so many of you have put your trust in me and I’m really excited to see the difference this challenge will make to you and your reactive dog over the next 5 weeks.

If you missed out this time but would like to hear all about my next challenge, join up to my FREE Online Community to hear about it first.

It is also where you will find my Marker Timing training that dropped earlier this week. It is worth over £75 and I am giving it to you completely FREE.

Comment COMMUNITY and I’ll send you everything you need to get involved.

Right, one hour. That’s it.At midnight tonight (GMT), the doors on the Touch Challenge close and that’s the lot. If you’...
03/06/2026

Right, one hour. That’s it.

At midnight tonight (GMT), the doors on the Touch Challenge close and that’s the lot. If you’ve spent this week telling yourself you’ll sort the walks ā€œsoon,ā€ soon is now, and it costs you fifteen quid.

Here’s why I teach a hand touch to every reactive dog guardian before almost anything else: it gives you a way to redirect, refocus and reconnect with your dog before they lose their s**t. And the best part is that I will train you how to make sure that your touch gets even better when they are having big feelings.

Over 5 weeks we take your dog from zero to a touch that looks and feels absolutely banging. You can use it to move them out of a situation, recall them back to you, interrupt a hyper-fixation before it boils over, support handling and grooming, and so much more.

I am giving you so much more than I should be, but that’s part of my commitment to help as many reactive dogs guardians as I can without you breaking the bank.

You will get:
šŸŽ¬ Pre-recorded training videos, every Wednesday
šŸ”„ Weekly live Q&A, every Friday
šŸ“¹ Weekly video feedback, every Sunday
šŸ’¬ Community access on Circle
šŸ† Your first exclusive iron-on patch
šŸ… Prizes and a certificate of completion
ā™¾ļø Lifetime access to all videos

That’s over Ā£800 of training for just Ā£15. Oh, and you’ll get to keep it forever.

If you’re sick of bracing for the next big feeling and you just want a dog who can be calm and content next to you, this is the one. Comment BOOP and I’ll take care of the rest.

03/06/2026

Our community has been going CRAZY for this šŸ‘‡šŸ»

By the end of my 5 Week Touch Challenge you and your dog will be able to do a sustained hand touch, and you will have loads of tips and tricks in your back pocket for how to manage your dog’s reactivity.

Did I mention that you even get an iron on patch at the end of the challenge, and everyone that takes part will get a cheeky bonus when signing up to my affordable online reactivity training when it launches later in the year.

This is your last chance to join. Don’t wake up tomorrow with FOMO!

Comment BOOP and I’ll send you everything you need to get involved.

See you on the inside!

02/06/2026

I’ll let the comments speak for themselves…

ā€˜Is online training with Kit really worth it? One word: YES!
My dog has gone from the dog that I was contemplating having euthanised to the dog I couldn’t imagine living without.
If I could sing Kit’s praises from the rooftops I would. Without them, the dog I now wholeheartedly adore simply wouldn’t be alive. I had spent literally thousands of pounds, hours upon hours of my time, the previous trainer and made no positive changes to her mental wellbeing or stress levels. Nothing made her behaviour better - I’ve spent a fraction of that with Kit and honestly, it is THE BEST decision I have ever made.’

ā€˜Kit has been so kind and compassionate when I have spoken to them. Kit is experienced, knowledgeable and so supportive. This support is not only to help your dog, but genuine consideration for me too made the world of difference. Thank you Kit for your thoughtful and non-judgemental approach ā¤ļøā€™

ā€˜Working with Kit improved our lives 1000%. We reached out to Kit and immediately things started to get better. They helped us to understand our dog, her breed and why she was behaving the way she was. We loved working with Kit, the daily check-ins, keeping us accountable and making sure we’re training in the right way. We couldn’t recommend Kit enough.’

If you want a way to work with me without breaking the bank, or maybe you just want to dip a toe before you fully commit, then my incredible Touch Challenge for Reactive Dogs is for you.

Over 5 weeks I will be teaching you how to get a sustained hand touch with your dog. And because I really care about you too, all of my training focuses on the things you need to succeed at both ends of the lead.

Inside the challenge, you get:
šŸŽ¬ Pre-recorded training videos, every Wednesday
šŸ”„ Weekly live Q&A, every Friday
šŸ“¹ Weekly video feedback, every Sunday
šŸ’¬ Community access on Circle
šŸ† Your first exclusive iron-on patch
šŸ… Prizes and a certificate of completion
ā™¾ļø Lifetime access to all videos

Your investment for all of that? Just £15.
Comment BOOP to get involved.

02/06/2026

I’m going to call bu****it on the ā€œyour anxiety is making your dog’s reactivity worseā€ brigade…

You know the moment when a well meaning bystander tells you that ā€œthe lead is a telephoneā€ and your tension is the thing driving your dog’s reactivity. They tell you to ā€œcalm downā€, and just like that, your panic ramps up a notch and now you feel self-conscious too.

Your daily walks have become a full performance of pretending that you’re calm whilst feeling jittery with your head on a swivel looking for the next trigger. You are exhausted from the pretense, and just want people to see the dog that you know and love instead of a screaming banshee on the end of a lead.

And so, you’re caught in a seemingly endless loop: your dog reacts, you get more tense, your dog picks up on the tension, and now your dog is primed before the trigger even arrives. You have started to believe that you are the primary obstacle and have no idea how to solve the problem.

The isolation of being a reactive dog guardian compounds it all and you wonder if you will ever get the walks and coffee stops that you dreamed of when you first brought your dog home.

I am here to tell you that you are not failing your dog and you’re not making your dog worse because you’re not calm enough. You’re struggling because you don’t have a plan yet.

If this resonated with you, stick around, because I give out free reactivity advice every single day. I am here to help and we have absolutely got this. Hit follow so you never miss a post from me again.

02/06/2026

Here’s somethingI haven’t shared before. Fair warning, I’m being salty…

I nearly gave up being a dog trainer last year. I was sick of the constant in-fighting between dog trainers, with the loudest voices hardly ever being the ones trying to help dogs and their guardians. So I started applying for jobs.

Then someone pi**ed me off.

A dog trainer I knew started lying to reactive dog guardians They used to train without pain, fear, or intimidation. Then they switched to using aversive methods liberally with dog after dog. Do you know what really drove me insane about it? They were telling people that without corrections, their training would always have a ceiling.

Want the truth? They aren’t a very skilled dog trainer.

Ooop. Here I go…

I’ve seen them train dogs and their timing is poor, their luring is weak, and their ability to read their dog’s body language was worrying at best.

Now I am not saying I’m perfect. Quite the opposite actually. I’m a natural when it comes to my relationship with dogs, but my mechanical skills as a trainer take hard graft on my part and there’s room for improvement. And it’s one of the many hundreds of reasons why I wouldn’t use corrections in dog training - I’d much rather a badly timed marker than a badly timed e-collar stim when working with a dog who has complex emotions and needs (like this trainer does).

Nothing motivates me more than being pi**ed off at the poor treatment of reactive dogs. So I didn’t leave dog training. I learnt how to hone my messaging and share the truth with you all.

The truth is that reactive dogs don’t need a heavier hand. They need clarity of communication!

That’s why my first ever online course isn’t about counter-conditioning or desensitisation. Nope. I’m going to use training a duration hand touch to teach you and your reactive dog how to speak (and listen) to each other.

Doors close 3rd June at midnight. We already have over 150 amazing guardians on board and I’d love you to be one of them. And it’s only Ā£15 for 5 weeks of training. Comment BOOP and I’ll send you what you need to join.

Here is the key to unlock all of your training…Playing these two games can make a radical difference in your marker timi...
01/06/2026

Here is the key to unlock all of your training…

Playing these two games can make a radical difference in your marker timing, making sure that you reward your dog at the exact moment it matters.

Throw a ball in the air and make the exact moment that it reaches the highest point. The more repetitions you do, the more accurate you will become.

Track one character in a TV show and mark every time that they blink. Your aim is to mark the exact moment they blink, not just before or after.

Want to learn the part where your dog has a really clear response to their marker every time? I’m running some completely free marker training inside of my FREE community where I will teach you to do just that.

All you have to do to join in is comment COMMUNITY and I’ll send you everything you need to get involved.

Ps - ⁠⁠🤫 This is the sort of thing we’ll be learning in my new Touch Challenge for Reactive Dogs because clarity in communication makes a big difference to how successfully we rehabilitate your reactive dog.

If you’re on the fence about my new Touch Challenge, this is a great opportunity to try before you buy. The secret to why you can’t get your dog to do a duration hand touch is probably in your timing, and that’s what I’m teaching week one

If you enjoy this training, you will be able to upgrade to my Touch Challenge for just £15. Zero pressure though- you get the free bit either way!

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