Dogs

Why your dog barks at some people and not others

Victoria Sambleson

Published on: 27/08/2026

Your dog barks at some people and not others and everyone blames the hat. Here's what she's actually reading off you, and the fix that takes one sentence.

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Your dog isn't being stubborn. She's telling you which direction to go

Victoria Sambleson

Published on: 10/08/2026

Your dog stops dead on the sidewalk and won't turn around. Everyone calls it stubborn. But watch what she'll accept — cross the street and she walks, loop around the block and she walks. She's not refusing to move. She's refusing to retrace her steps

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Your Animals Doesn't Need You To Be Calm. They Need You To Be Honest.

Victoria Sambleson

Published on: 30/07/2026

Everyone in the reactive dog world is chasing the same outcome: a calm dog. Calm on walks, calm in the car, calm when the thunder starts. This post argues that's the wrong target, and that chasing it is a big part of why people stay stuck. The actual

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Why Your Reactive Dog Won't Settle Unless You're Managing Him.

Victoria Sambleson

Published on: 29/07/2026

If your dog only holds it together when you're actively managing him, the thing to look at isn't his focus. I sat down with a woman whose dog scans constantly and won't settle unless she prompts him, and then asked her a question that had nothing to

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