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Author: Claire Lawrence

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Welcome to Reactive Dog Training: the podcast for reactive dog owners who are exhausted, overwhelmed, and tired of feeling alone.


Hosted by professional rehabilitation specialist Claire Lawrence, this podcast explores the emotional reality behind living with reactive, sensitive, fearful, frustrated, or behaviourally complex dogs.


These are honest conversations about:


  • reactivity
  • aggression
  • emotional overwhelm
  • nervous systems
  • behaviour science
  • realistic rehabilitation
  • responsible ownership
  • and the emotional toll reactive dog ownership can take on people too


This is not a podcast about creating perfect dogs.


It’s about understanding behaviour more deeply, building emotional safety, creating realistic progress, and helping owners feel seen, supported, and understood along the way.


Through real stories, practical education, behavioural insight, and compassionate conversations, Claire breaks down the truth about reactive dogs in a way that is calm, honest, and easy to understand, and all without shame, gimmicks, or unrealistic promises.


Because, sometimes the dog isn’t the problem.

Sometimes the advice is.


And, often progress starts the moment we stop trying to force dogs into impossible expectations and start understanding the dog in front of us instead.


If you’ve ever cried because of your dog’s behaviour…you’re in the right place.


To learn more about Claire and her work with reactive dogs, use this link to sign up (for free) to her email list and receive up to date training advice and information on upcoming training challenges, programs and training retreats: https://preview.mailerlite.io/forms/2231914/192881005088999066/share

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Welcome to the first episode of my Camping With Reactive Dogs series! For our first trip, we headed to Vicks Place near Kendal for a couple of days of camping, exploring and, most importantly, helping the dogs learn how to settle in a completely new environment. In this episode, I take you around Vicks Place and share my thoughts on the site, introduce you to Dot, Logan and Digger, show you how I set up my TentBox when travelling with multiple dogs, and talk through some of the management d...
Did your dog really react out of nowhere... or did you just miss these signs? It's one of the most common things I hear from reactive dog owners: "He just exploded." "She reacted out of nowhere." "There weren't any warning signs." "they're so unpredictable!" But, what if your dog had actually been communicating long before the barking, lunging or growling began? In this episode, we're diving into one of the biggest misconceptions in dog training: the belief that reactive behaviour happens wit...
Have you ever looked at another dog and wondered why everything seems so much easier for everyone else? If you live with a reactive dog, chances are you've questioned yourself more times than you can count. In this episode, we're exploring the guilt that so many reactive dog owners carry every day. From comparing yourself to other owners on social media to replaying every difficult walk in your head, we'll talk about why these feelings are so common—and why they don't mean you're failing. We'...
Living with a reactive dog is exhausting in ways most people never see. People see the barking, lunging or growling on a walk. What they don't see is everything that happens before and after those few moments. The route planning. The constant scanning. The judgement from strangers. The cancelled plans. The guilt. The tears after a difficult walk. The mental load of always being on alert. If you've ever finished a walk feeling completely drained, this episode is for you. In this episode, I'...
Behavioural euthanasia is one of the most difficult and emotionally charged topics in the dog world. It is a subject many people avoid discussing, often because of the stigma, judgment, and misunderstanding that surround it. In this episode, I sit down with Sarah Roper to discuss the journey she experienced with one of her first dogs and the heartbreaking decision that ultimately led to behavioural euthanasia. Together, we explore the realities of living with a dog whose behaviour presented s...
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