Catalyst Canine

Catalyst Canine Online behavior coaching for complex cases. Specialist in Separation Anxiety, Fear and Aggression.

20/07/2026

Reading ‘Tell Me Where It Hurts’ by Rachel Zoffness as a part of ’s mentorship has reaffirmed to me once more how important our work as behavior consultants is in helping painful dogs live their best lives.

For a long time, I felt stuck if a client was having trouble getting their dog adequate medical support. These days I feel more confident in my medical liaison skills - helping clients navigate veterinary care. But I am also more empowered than ever to support them in building a life for their dog which improves their quality of life and alters their dogs experience of pain.

13/07/2026

Piglet’s feelings about horses are shifting! From his first fright as a puppy in which he needed to be gently escorted away, to settling around horses like a champ!

If at any time he had shown me that his thinking brain was offline I could have helped him more with distance or suggesting alternative behaviors to regulate himself.

Overall I’m super pleased especially because it was beginning to heat up!

27/06/2026

There are no guarantees but you can stack the odds in your favour when bringing a second dog into your home!

25/06/2026

Play with your dogs. That’s the whole message.

23/06/2026

Team Zoey has officially graduated coaching. 🎓❤️

When we first started working together, Zoey’s world had become very small. But so had her guardian’s.

Every walk carried worry. Every encounter felt like something that needed to be managed. Every decision came with the weight of trying to prevent things from going wrong.

Today, the biggest change isn’t just that Zoey is hiking again, navigating unfamiliar dogs, meeting strangers, and exploring the world with more confidence.

It’s that her guardian is trusting again.

Trusting Zoey to make good choices.

Trusting herself to support Zoey through difficult moments.

Trusting that one hard day doesn’t undo months of progress.

Because behavior change isn’t just about changing the dog. It’s about rebuilding a relationship where both dog and human feel safe enough to live a bigger life.

Congratulations Team Zoey. Your world is bigger, your partnership is stronger, and you both worked incredibly hard to get here. ❤️

16/06/2026

When people hear “loopy training” they often think about dog sports or advanced clicker skills.

But I think it’s just as valuable in behaviour work.

A training loop is the entire cycle that occurs around a behaviour:

Cue → Behaviour → Reinforcement

In this clip, the hand touch isn’t the whole exercise.

Bo collects a thrown cookie, turns back towards me, touches my hand, earns reinforcement, and then is cued to collect the next cookie before the cycle begins again.

The goal is to create a loop that is smooth, predictable, and easy for the dog to understand.

Why?

Because once the dog understands the pattern, changes in behavior become meaningful information beyond whether he understands the cue to touch my hand.

If the dog suddenly struggles, disengages, hesitates, or finds the exercise more difficult, we can be more confident we’re seeing something about the environment, the level of challenge, or the dog’s current state—not just confusion created by our training.

Clean loops don’t just help dogs learn.

They help us become better observers.

Have you ever used loopy training in your own training sessions?

11/06/2026

Facts.

It’s getting hot out. Heatstroke is a big deal. Sadly I’ve witnessed a couple of dogs be seriously affected by it. But I...
25/05/2026

It’s getting hot out. Heatstroke is a big deal. Sadly I’ve witnessed a couple of dogs be seriously affected by it. But I’ve also seen the effects of heat in behavior in ways that I don’t see talked about enough!

23/05/2026

Piggy has been my greatest teacher for all things sensory seeking. He is very skilled in regulating himself if the environment is rich in tactile, vestibular, olfactory and proprioceptive inputs. When we lived in London it was a much harder job to fulfill him but being creative and intentional made it possible! If you are working on helping your dog with big feelings have you considered sensory integration?

18/05/2026

Some cases stay with you for a long time and Team Pretzel will absolutely be one of them.

When Pretzel first came to me she was struggling with severe dog aggression, longstanding pain from a broken hip, skin issues, and a nervous system that never really seemed able to switch off. Even relaxing at home felt difficult for her.

What has made this journey so special hasn’t just been Pretzel’s progress, but the consistency, compassion and hard work from her guardian. Day after day they showed up for her. Through the setbacks, the management, the vet visits, the muzzle training, the tiny wins that probably didn’t feel tiny at the time.

There’s this idea that behaviour change comes from finding the “right technique”, but so often the real transformation comes from somebody being willing to truly listen to the dog in front of them and build safety from the ground up.

Today Pretzel has trusted dog friends. She has playdates. She has more softness in her body, more ability to rest, more capacity to enjoy her life.

It happened because her guardian cared enough to meet her where she was at and support the whole dog.

Really proud of this team ❤️

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