You’re here because you’re looking for answers for your reactive, anxious, aggressive, hyper - Growly! - dog, am I right?
✅ You are in absolutely THE RIGHT PLACE for authentic help. For force-free help. For help in making lasting change.
❌ You’re in THE WRONG PLACE if you’re looking for a quick fix, if you think that your dog is to blame, if you think a gadget or medical intervention will solve everything, without you having to bother.
I need this in a hurry!
These days we are all in a hurry all the time! We want everything now, or better yet - yesterday. And we don’t want to have to work for it! “Just drop it in my lap, please,” we are taught to expect.
It comes as a genuine shock to some folk that their life will not change by “fixing what’s wrong with the dog”.
That’s why it’s no use handing your problem dog over to a trainer to do the work for you! It’s what’s happening in your home, between you and your dog, that needs fixing. It’s not the dog - it’s both of you!
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People are forever asking me,
“How do I stop my dog doing xyz?”
“How can I control my dog?”
“What’s the quickest way to get my dog to …. ?”
And the perplexing “Why doesn’t my dog know …. ?”
“Errr, because you haven’t taught him?” would be the quick answer to that last one!
But this all presupposes that there’s some recipe to follow, which the questioner just hasn’t found yet.
People come to my Workshops expecting to be told, “Do this, then do that, and your dog will comply.” But they find that I don’t do that!
Instead they are asked searching questions about their relationship with their dog, and discover that changing their life with their dog requires them to change what they’re doing with their dog, AND who they’re being with their dog.
Of course, some say, “Where are the instructions? How can I fix my dog-problems if you don’t give me the answers?” And they leave, looking for someone else to do the work for them.
Those who stay, who tussle with those difficult questions, are the ones who actually transform their lives with their once-difficult dog. Now, I’m not saying their dog is now perfect! Any more than my dogs are perfect, or I’m perfect!
What I’m saying is that these enlightened owners come to a higher level of understanding which means they can enjoy a new life with their dog whether or not their dog changes. (But they usually do change, dramatically.)
Change will come - but in its own time
Elle told me - in fact she told everyone in our private supportive Community of Growlies - that she had reached a whole new level of understanding with her dog.
I never dreamed that we would have been able to come as far as we have. I am thrilled.
Bella still has some issues, but the difference is that I understand her issues, and I know what to do to help her and to make things manageable.
Elle had the all-too-common experience of trying various trainers, some of whom made the dog worse, and some who had no clue what to do so they just said “Your dog is untrainable. She’ll never change.”
Perhaps this is what’s happened for you?
So along with many others - maybe you - she was “desperate” when she found me.
Now Elle didn’t just ask for a recipe, and POOF! dog transformed. (Oh that it were so easy!)
No.
She read what I wrote, and she listened to what I said. She acted on it. When things didn’t immediately improve, she persisted. She took her dog’s reactions as information rather than evidence of failure. She worked with that information, and … gradually, very gradually … she reached the stage of calm and acceptance that removes friction and enhances - LOVE.
And it’s not only Elle who has enjoyed this transformation! I am thrilled to get emails every single day from people who have quietly followed what I’ve suggested to them and found it works!
Alexia told us,
I never thought it would be possible - but after 18 months of determination - it's paying off. I'm so glad I didn't give up - although several times have felt like it. The learning and structure of the course and this Community has reassured me I'm doing the right thing and kept going - thank you everyone :) particularly Beverley Courtney.
Emma started a huge thread of praise and thanks in our amazing Community with this thought of hers:
I thought how kind it was that people give so much of their time to this group to help people. So I wanted to thank Beverley for starting this Community and for being so responsive to our questions and concerns. And thank you for the effort that goes into it.
Dawn said “I agree!” She told us she’s so happy there’s a place where she can go to talk with other people who know exactly what it's like living with a growly dog. Then Judy added,
Yes me too. I can't thank Beverley Courtney and this group enough. Your support is priceless x
Support is critically important!
So you can see from this that having a safe place where you can talk about your dog problems (and where it affects this relationship, your own problems too) is SO important in getting the change you desire with your dog!
It’s not about finding methods, techniques, tricks, games . . . (though those will be given to you and are useful). It’s about finding out how to change the way you look at things so you can make the change you so fervently desire!
And yes - it takes work.
More importantly, it takes commitment. Flipping all over the internet in the hope of finding the one last game or pill that will transform your dog for ever . . . is futile! It’s destined for failure.
It really is about understanding just what’s going on, and getting the support you need to change it!
Want to know what you can do?
Head over to this page and add yourself to our waiting list. There’s something brewing that anyone with a reactive dog will NOT want to miss! And Waitlist peeps will get first dibs . . .
Go and put your name down right away and drum your fingers for a week or so till all is revealed. [If your dog likes it, drum your fingers up and down his back when he’s relaxing with you - lots of nice squirming from your dog, and laughter from you!]
