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05/01/2026

When routines change, dogs feel it too.

After holidays, visitors, quieter days at home, or simply having you around more often, the shift back into “everyday life” can feel big for a dog who finds separations hard.

If your dog seems clingier, quicker to worry, or slower to settle right now — it isn’t misbehaviour.
And it isn’t regression.

It’s adjustment.

Routine changes take time to make sense of.
Your dog isn’t being difficult — they’re trying to find their footing again in a world that suddenly feels different.

This isn’t you falling behind, and it isn’t your dog losing trust or forgetting what they’ve learned.
It’s simply both of you adjusting to a routine that suddenly feels different again.

02/01/2026

Some days in separation anxiety training feel steady and structured.
And some days — especially around the holidays — don’t.

If the last couple of weeks were busy, emotional, loud, or simply different, it’s okay.
You and your dog can settle back in at your own pace.

Needing rest doesn’t undo progress.
A pause doesn’t erase learning.
Your dog can ease back in.
You can go gently.

Safety isn’t built by pushing.
It’s built by honouring the pace you both have on that day.

30/12/2025

You’ve carried your dog through every day of this year.

Not because every day was easy.
Not because every day was calm.
But because your dog feels safe with you.

And safety — real, deep safety — is built in the ordinary moments where you show up again and again, even when life is full, even when you’re tired, even when routines fall apart.

Your dog doesn’t need perfection.
They’ve needed you.
And you were there.
You are the constant that helps their world make sense.

As this year comes to a close, I hope you can see what your dog has known all along:
you’ve already made their life safer, simply by being you.

27/12/2025

The days around Christmas can feel loud, busy, and different — and for dogs who rely on predictability, that can be a lot to navigate.

If your dog has been staying close, seeking reassurance, or watching you more than usual, it’s okay.

They’re not being “needy.”
They’re not slipping backwards.
They’re simply trying to feel grounded in a week that looks and feels unfamiliar.

You don’t need perfect routines right now.
You don’t need perfect training days.
Your presence is what helps them feel safe.

Safety doesn’t disappear during the holidays.
And neither does the trust you’ve been building together.

23/12/2025

To the dog who tries every day:
You’re learning that the world is safe again.
Not through big leaps —
but through the quiet moments where nothing frightening happens.

The courage you show isn’t loud.
It isn’t dramatic.
It’s in the way you pause,
the way you stay,
the way you let a little trust begin to grow.

Progress doesn’t always look big from the outside.
But it feels like courage.
And I see it.

20/12/2025

Sometimes it’s easy to look at what a dog does when they struggle with separation anxiety and wonder if they’re being difficult, demanding, or ‘misbehaving.’
They’re not.

Your dog isn’t being stubborn.
They’re not ignoring you.
They’re not choosing to panic.
They’re not trying to control the household.
They’re not doing something “wrong.”

They’re scared.
And scared dogs show fear in the only ways they can.

Training isn’t about controlling behaviour.
It starts with understanding the emotion.
And when fear is met with safety and compassion, dogs begin to heal.

17/12/2025

Many people are told that bark collars, sprays, loud noises, or “quick fixes” will stop separation anxiety.
And while they may stop the barking, they don’t stop the fear behind it.
They make it worse.

Aversives silence the symptom by adding something the dog finds frightening.
They introduce a scary experience into a moment the dog already finds overwhelming.
The fear doesn’t resolve — it deepens.

Aversives don’t teach calmness.
They don’t build trust.
They don’t reduce anxiety.
They add fear to fear.
They suppress a dog’s ability to communicate distress, while the emotion underneath becomes stronger.

Dogs learn and heal when they feel safe.
When nothing frightening happens as someone leaves.
When their world becomes predictable again.
Distress heals through safety, not suppression.

And there’s something important to remember:
Aversives aren’t appropriate for any training problem.
Not for barking, not for reactivity, not for pulling, not for separation anxiety — not for anything.

14/12/2025

You’re not falling behind.
You’re moving at your dog’s pace — and that’s the only pace that works.

Separation anxiety doesn’t change because someone pushes harder or goes faster.
It changes when a dog feels safe enough to take the next step… and then the next.

And every calm, steady moment you give your dog — even the ones that feel small — is part of that.

You’re not behind.
You’re building safety.
And safety always takes the time it takes.

11/12/2025

A lot of people are told that their dog “just needs to learn independence.”

Teach them to settle in another room.
Scatter toys around the house.
Make them wait for attention.
Ignore them when they follow you.

And when none of that changes the panic they feel when you leave, it can start to feel like you’ve failed — or that your dog is somehow getting it “wrong.”

But separation anxiety isn’t a lack of independence.
It isn’t about a dog wanting attention or choosing to stay close.

And none of this has anything to do with how much you love your dog.
Cuddling them, letting them sleep close, reassuring them, or having them on the sofa or the bed does not cause separation anxiety.
A secure attachment is actually a protective factor — a buffer against fear, not the cause of it.

Separation anxiety is fear.
Fear of being alone.
Fear of being separated from their safe person.
And fear doesn’t change through independence exercises, because fear needs safety — not distance.

Dogs with separation anxiety improve when the experience of being left alone stays within their emotional comfort.
Not through being pushed away, or asked to cope with bigger gaps than they can manage.

If you’ve tried to “teach independence” and nothing has changed, there’s nothing wrong with you — or your dog.
You were given advice that doesn’t address the fear your dog is feeling.

Separation anxiety isn’t about independence.
It’s about safety.
And safety grows at your dog’s pace.

08/12/2025

You’ve probably already tried the things everyone suggests.
A stuffed Kong, a chew, puzzle toys, leaving treats around the house…
And if your dog has separation anxiety, you may have noticed a familiar pattern:

They don’t touch any of it.
Or they stop as soon as you leave.
Or they eat, but they’re still stressed — and often the panic resurfaces the moment the food is gone.

I want you to know this isn’t a sign you’ve done anything wrong.

When a dog feels panicked or unsafe, their digestive system can slow right down.
Food becomes hard to focus on, even if they usually love it.
And for some dogs, food only helps for a moment — the fear returns as soon as it’s gone.

None of this means you’ve failed.
It simply means that food can’t reach the fear underneath.
Enrichment is incredibly important for wellbeing — but it doesn’t change how a dog feels when they’re left alone.

Separation anxiety changes when the experience itself feels safe.
And that safety grows through calm, structured moments that stay comfortably within your dog’s limits — not through tools that try to distract them from how they feel.

If you’ve tried all the usual things and nothing has shifted, it doesn’t say anything about you or your dog.
It just means the fear needs a different kind of support — one that meets the emotion itself, not the symptoms.

05/12/2025

Separation anxiety work isn’t just a journey for the dog.
It’s a journey for you too.

It asks you to slow down when everything in you wants to move forward.
It asks you to trust a process that can feel almost invisible at times.
It asks you to celebrate tiny moments that others might never notice.

And you do it.
Day after day.

Your dog feels that.
And it helps trust take root.

02/12/2025

One of my favourite moments in separation anxiety work is when a dog realises the routine is safe.

There’s no big behaviour to point to.
It’s often just a small change in how they settle, or the way their body feels a little softer.
A tiny shift that’s almost invisible — but deeply meaningful to witness.

These quiet moments stay with me.
Not because they look dramatic, but because they show a dog beginning to trust what will happen next.

Underneath the training plan and the exercises, this work is really about helping a dog feel safe.
And watching that sense of safety grow, little by little, is one of the most special parts of what I do.

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