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Help for anxious, reactive, overwhelmed dogs using a kind, ethical, ‘outside-the-box’ approach to dog behaviour and training.

The word “senior” is a broad label. Two dogs of the same age can be in very different senior phases and have completely ...
25/09/2025

The word “senior” is a broad label.

Two dogs of the same age can be in very different senior phases and have completely different needs which is why I’ve found it more helpful to look at seniorhood in phases, not just birthdays.

Seniorhood isn’t one big cliff but a developmental journey and when you learn this, you’ll never look at senior dogs the same way again.

Ready to give your senior dog more good days?

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📅 Wednesday 22nd October 2025
⏰ 6.30pm AEST / 7.30pm AEDT
🖥️ 60 minutes
💰FREE

As dogs grow older (like humans) their brains naturally reduce in size and ability.
But, we can slow down this process b...
22/09/2025

As dogs grow older (like humans) their brains naturally reduce in size and ability.

But, we can slow down this process by actively adding novelty (positive new experiences) to their days to help keep their brain healthy by activating dopamine, boosting new fun learning, and building new neural connections.

One simple way to add novelty to your dogs day is through thoughtful puzzle play.

Puzzles like this one in the slides above can easily cause frustration, but there are ways to use them to prevent this.

Three Golden Rules for Puzzle Play;
1. Make it very easy at first and set them up to succeed
2. Prevent frustration by resetting or simplifying before they get stuck
3. Increase difficulty slowly over weeks, months or not at all, this depends on your dog!

For this kind of puzzle let your dog investigate and practice one layer at a time and tape the other layers together so they stay still. Practice each layer separately before adding two layers, then eventually all layers.

Make it fun and easy for them to win, and switch it up in ways that work for your dog.

Small changes = big comfort. ❤️
20/09/2025

Small changes = big comfort.

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This is my lane, my focus, my offering.
I’m here for you, and for them. 💛
👉 Services now open — link in bio for support ...
19/09/2025

This is my lane, my focus, my offering.

I’m here for you, and for them. 💛

👉 Services now open — link in bio for support options.

👂Read the full post now on my Substack (link is in the comments section below) and subscribe (its free) to learn more ab...
15/09/2025

👂Read the full post now on my Substack (link is in the comments section below) and subscribe (its free) to learn more about ways to better support your dog throughout seniorhood.

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