14/09/2025
Had a few messages yesterday regarding the tabard and asking where to get one!
These are so useful for so many reasons!
You can get them to say pretty much anything you want, whether people take the time to read and act on it is another story, but at least you are being proactive instead of firefighting and reacting - meaning more time to focus on your dog.
You will feel more confident because you have been proactive - and confidence is transferable to your canine partner and grows
You don’t need to engage in dialogue with anyone and everyone to explain the reason for this or that = more focus and more time watching the dog!
You’re able to focus more on your dog - rather than constantly focusing on the environment and what ‘will’ go wrong (the tabard doesn’t mean you can just carry on regardless though - it’s not magic - it just provides a heads up!)
They are useful and I recommend them a lot for over friendly dogs, as well as anxious dogs who worry about people or other dogs.
Tabards are a message giver; you and your dog can focus more on training than engaging with passers by - and they do help.
The majority of people are respectful (and can read!) and will help you by ignoring or engaging (on invitation to do so) depending on what you want to work on
Happy to help if you want some more information
