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14/06/2026

𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐃𝐨𝐠 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐠 𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧.

This week we are talking about something that sneaks up on almost every dog owner every single summer without them seeing it coming.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬.

School finishes. Work schedules change. People come to stay. Walks happen at different times.

The structure that has been holding your dog together all year quietly falls apart over six weeks and nobody notices until the dog starts telling you about it.

This week is about why routine matters so much to dogs, what disruption actually does to them neurologically, and how to protect enough structure through summer to keep your dog settled without it ruling your life.

𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐫 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲? 𝐓𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐮𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐝𝐨𝐠'𝐬 𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞.

Use

We read every single one.

Starting tomorrow.

13/06/2026

𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭. 𝐖𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐲𝐨𝐮...

We are going on holiday.

𝐁𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐮𝐬. 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐲. 𝟒𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝟏𝟐𝐭𝐡 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐲.

𝐍𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭.

We have been working hard since our Christmas & New Year break we do LOVE it here but we are not going to pretend we are not absolutely buzzing about it.

More details to follow about what happens to The Summer Dog Series while we are away. But for now we just wanted to say it out loud because it feels brilliant that it is just now on the horizon!

12/06/2026

𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐲.

It is just a season that asks something different of you and your dog.

A season that rewards the owner who pays attention and adjusts rather than the one who pushes through regardless.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬.

They are doing exactly what any animal does when the conditions change. They are adapting.
And the most useful thing you can do is adapt alongside them.

𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞.
𝐀𝐬𝐤 𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬.
𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲.
𝐆𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧.
𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬.

And if you come out of summer feeling like the foundations need work, like the things you thought were solid are not quite holding the way you hoped, do not be discouraged.

That is summer doing what summer does.
𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐝.

Before we close week one of The Summer Dog Series we want to do something we have been doing all week.

𝐖𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐲𝐨𝐮.

What was your biggest takeaway from this week?
What are you going to do differently with your dog this summer because of something you read here?

𝐓𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐮𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬.

We read every single one and we are genuinely grateful for every person who takes the time to engage with what we share.

See you next week for week two.

11/06/2026

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐏𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫

We see the same ones every year.

𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞.

The Monday Wednesday Friday routine that works beautifully in spring continuing unchanged through July and August. The sessions getting harder and harder and the owner getting more and more frustrated without making the connection between the heat and the dog's reduced capacity. Training is not a fixed prescription. It needs to flex with the season.

𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞.

The dog that is slower to respond, quicker to shut down, less able to sustain focus in summer being labelled as stubborn or regressed or going backwards. The additional pressure applied to push through what is actually a physiological response to heat making things worse not better. This is one of the most common and most damaging summer mistakes we see.

𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐱𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐞.

The belief that a dog needs the same amount of physical output in summer as it does in winter. The long runs and the ball launching and the high intensity sessions continuing through the hottest months and producing a dog that is not tired and settled but aroused and dysregulated and struggling to come down. We talked about this in our myth busting series earlier this year. A tired dog is not always a fulfilled dog. In summer a physically hammered dog is often an overwhelmed one.

𝐓𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐠 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫
The beach. The park. The pub garden. The BBQ. The festival. The market. All of it brilliant in theory. All of it adding up to a dog that is being asked to navigate a relentlessly stimulating social environment for weeks on end with no decompression built in.

𝐃𝐨𝐠𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐞𝐭. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦.
Summer is often the season where that gets forgotten entirely.

Be honest with us in the comments.

Which of these have you been guilty of in summer?

No judgment here. We have all done at least one of them including with our own dogs.

𝐔𝐬𝐞 #𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐃𝐨𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐮𝐬 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰

10/06/2026

𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐀𝐝𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫

Right. Let us get practical.

𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐝𝐨𝐠'𝐬 𝐛𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐭.

𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲.
The coolest parts of the day are the most productive parts for training. Early morning before the heat builds. Evening once it has dropped. Midday training in summer is working against your dog before you have even started. The heat alone will reduce what they are able to give you and what you ask of an overheated dog is rarely what you will get from a comfortable one.

𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠.
A training session that would last twenty minutes in October should last ten in July.
The capacity for sustained focus is genuinely reduced in heat.
Ten minutes of good quality engaged work in the cool of the morning is worth more than thirty minutes of diminishing returns in the afternoon sun. Watch your dog not your watch.
When the responses start slowing, when the eyes start glazing, when the enthusiasm starts dropping, that is the session telling you it is done.

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭.
If your usual training spot is exposed and sunny find somewhere shaded.
This sounds obvious and it is but the number of people who continue training in the same spot regardless of temperature is significant.
A shaded environment is not just more comfortable. It is cognitively easier. Your dog can actually think there.

𝐋𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐝𝐨𝐠 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡.
Slower responses than usual. Yawning repeatedly during work. Sniffing the ground when asked to focus.
Turning away from you. Lying down mid session.

These are not disobedience. These are communication. Your dog is telling you the cup is full. Listen.

𝐒𝐰𝐚𝐩 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐠.
A twenty minute sniff walk in a quiet shaded environment does more for a dog's mental wellbeing in summer than almost any structured training session. The nose is the most cognitively engaging tool your dog has.

Using it properly provides mental stimulation without the physiological cost of high arousal training.

Save the recalls and the loose lead work for the cooler parts of the day. Give the nose the summer mornings.

𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐠𝐚𝐩𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐝𝐨𝐠'𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.

Now we want to hear from you.

Which of these are you going to try when the heat hits?

Or which one do you already do that has made the biggest difference?

𝐓𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐮𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐬𝐞 #𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐃𝐨𝐠.

09/06/2026

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐃𝐨𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫

If you have a dog that finds the world challenging at the best of times, summer asks more of them than any other season.

𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐜 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐭, 𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐝𝐨𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐧𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞.

The reactive dog in summer is not a reactive dog having a bad patch.
They are a reactive dog dealing with a genuine physiological disadvantage on top of an already demanding emotional landscape.

🌞Their window of tolerance is narrower.
🌞Their recovery time after something goes wrong is longer.
🌞The things that would not have triggered them in March are triggering them now and it feels like going backwards when it is actually just the season.

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐭.

The instinct when a dog seems to be getting worse is to train more. To practice more. To push through.

And in summer that instinct, while completely understandable, often makes things harder rather than better.

𝐀𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐝𝐨𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞. 𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐮𝐩.

What actually helps is less and slower. Shorter sessions. Quieter environments. More decompression. More sniffing and less performing.

𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐛𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐝𝐨𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐩𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐞.

We will talk about exactly what that looks like in practice tomorrow.

But for today we just want you to sit with this. If your dog is finding summer hard it is not your fault and it is not their fault. It is the season. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞.

If this is your dog right now we want you to know you are not alone.

𝐃𝐫𝐨𝐩 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐮𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐠. 𝐔𝐬𝐞 #𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐃𝐨𝐠.

The responses to this post are always the ones that remind us why we do this work.

08/06/2026

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐃𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐨𝐠 𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧❓

Let us start with something that does not get talked about nearly enough.

Heat is not just uncomfortable for dogs. It is cognitively demanding.

𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐚 𝐝𝐨𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐝𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞.

The thermoregulation process, the panting, the seeking of shade, the constant monitoring of core temperature, uses cognitive and physiological resources that would otherwise be available for learning, processing, and responding to you.

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞.

The processing power is there but it is being shared between more tasks than usual.

The result is a dog that is slower to respond, quicker to become overwhelmed, and less able to sustain focus than the same dog in cooler conditions.

This is not laziness. This is not regression.

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐜 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐬, 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐭.

Which means the threshold at which your dog tips from coping to overwhelmed is genuinely lower in summer than it is in cooler months.

The dog that walks past another dog without reacting in February might struggle with that same situation in July.

Not because the training has disappeared. Because the resources available to access it have been temporarily reduced.

𝐋𝐮𝐧𝐚 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐝𝐨𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫.
What she can navigate in cooler months requires more careful management in July.
Not because anything has changed in her training. Because the heat changes what is available to her in that moment.

𝐔𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐝𝐨𝐠.

Does this explain something you have been seeing in your dog when it's been hot?

𝐓𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐮𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬. 𝐔𝐬𝐞 #𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐨𝐠

Tomorrow we go deeper into what this means for the reactive or anxious dog specifically.

07/06/2026

𝐖𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮.

Our stories. Where we came from. What our own dogs taught us. What it took to build the Academy and why it exists. It has been one of the most meaningful things we have done on here and the response from so many of you has reminded us exactly why we do this.

𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐟𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬.

Because summer is here(apparently).

And summer does things to dogs that almost nobody talks about properly.

𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐛𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐟𝐟. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐟𝐟.

The stuff that explains why your dog is not quite the same dog in July that they were in March and what you can actually do about it.

🌞𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐃𝐨𝐠 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬🌞

Six weeks of content built specifically around the season your dog is living in right now.

😎𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠.

😎𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐝𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞.

😎𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐝𝐨𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐬 𝐚𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝.

We are going to cover a lot of ground.

And by the end of it we want summer to feel less like something you and your dog are getting through and more like something you are both genuinely enjoying.

Every week we will be asking you to join the conversation.

To share what you are seeing in your own dog.

To tell us what is hard and what is working and what summer is doing to the relationship you have been building all year.

𝐔𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐭𝐚𝐠 #𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐃𝐨𝐠

This series is for you and your dog.

06/06/2026

📢FULLY BOOKED 📢

𝐁𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐮𝐬 𝐰𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞.

Lou with Callie on an empty street at three in the morning. With Luna and the ball launcher and the pain diagnosis and the years of figuring out what she actually needed.

Ciara alone during Covid with Sunny and a phone full of tutorials that were not quite answering the question she was actually asking.

𝐖𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧

We came from the inside.
From the struggle and the heartbreak and the slow painful process of learning what it actually takes to help a dog thrive.

𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐨𝐠𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐠𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠

The adolescent that hit the wall.

The adult dog whose foundations were almost there but not quite solid enough to hold in the real world.

The recall that disappeared. The lead that never stopped pulling.

The owner who had tried everything and was running out of belief that anything was going to work.

We have seen enough of this now, in our own dogs and in the thousands of dogs and humans who have come through our doors, to know what helps and what does not.

To know the difference between a dog that is being managed and a dog that is genuinely thriving.

To know what the right support at the right stage can do for a dog and the person on the other end of their lead.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐃𝐨𝐠 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭.

𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐡𝐚𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐝.
𝐑𝐞𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝.
𝐃𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧.

𝐒𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐬𝐨 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐝𝐨𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.

𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬, 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥, 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝, 𝐟𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬, 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭.

𝐀 𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐠 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭.

𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐠𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐚 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐧𝐞.

We know we are in a good position to help.

Not because we hve the qualifications or the experience on paper.

Because we have lived it. Both of us. In ways that shaped everything about

If this week has resonated with you, if you recognised your dog in any of it, if you have been wondering whether there is something that actually goes deeper than what you have tried before, we would love to hear from you.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐖𝐞𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝟓𝐭𝐡 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐭 𝟔:𝟑𝟎𝐩𝐦.
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𝐖𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐰.

And one of the things that never gets old, not after all the years and all the dogs and all the hard days in between, is the updates.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐨.

The photo of a dog on a beach that used to be terrified of letting their dog off lead, running free.

The owner who tells us they just did something with their dog they never thought would be possible.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐚 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐮𝐬 𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐰𝐞 𝐝𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬.

We have watched so many dogs thrive.

Not just in the weeks after a class but genuinely, lastingly thrive.

Dogs that came to us having hit a wall and left with something that held in real life, not just in the training environment.

Dogs that went on to have bigger, fuller, braver lives because something shifted at exactly the right moment.

𝐖𝐞 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐟𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞. 𝐖𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐭 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠.

The moment a recall clicks in a way it never has before.

The walk where the lead finally goes slack and stays slack.
The dog that turns back to its owner in the middle of the biggest distraction it has ever faced and chooses them anyway.
𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐝𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐥𝐝.

And we know that somewhere in the people reading this week there is a dog who is capable of exactly that.

A dog that has been hitting the same wall and an owner who has almost stopped believing the other side exists.

𝐈𝐭 𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬. 𝐖𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭.

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