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03 · Behaviour

what your dog is telling you.

Dog psychology, signal-reading, and the body language most owners overlook. The room for understanding what your dog is saying that the leash won't fix and the treat won't solve.

From the journal

Six things dogs say without barking.

Body Language

Five signals your dog is telling you you're missing

The patterns most owners overlook — whale eye, lip lick, head turn, paw lift, freeze — and what each one is asking for.

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Stress

What dogs understand about stress that humans forget

How dogs metabolise pressure — and what we can borrow from their nervous system today.

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Reactivity

The 30-day reactive-dog reset

The plan we used to get a noise-reactive Charlie through spring storm season. Slow, structured, force-free.

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Separation

The slow art of leaving your dog

Why most separation-anxiety advice makes the problem worse — and the gradual approach that actually works.

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Arousal

The calm that follows arousal

Why high-arousal play isn't the same as exhaustion — and how to read the difference before bedtime.

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Trust

How dogs decide who to trust

The slow accrual of small reliable moments. How Charlie chose, and what changes in the relationship after he does.

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Free Download

Read the body before the bark.

The walk planner includes a body-language quick reference — five signals worth memorising, in your pocket on every walk.

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The Charlie Walk Planner

A one-page rhythm.


Maya & Charlie · PDF + Notion

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