Workshop description
Cheat Codes for Your Growing Dog's Brain
From puppy drama to teenage tantrums, get stage-by-stage strategies for raising your dog the way nature intended
Cut through the noise, stop holding yourself to impossible standards, and focus on what actually matters if you want to raise a well-rounded dog.
This is a walkthrough of what’s happening in your dog’s brain at every stage of development – and how to work with nature’s plan instead of struggling against it.
We’ll break down what your puppy needs to know now, and what can (and should!) wait until later.
It’s all meant to make your life easier and your training smoother.
On-demand workshop replay | Duration: approximately three hours, broken into three parts | Available in video and audio formats
Watch now with a monthly or annual membership
Who this workshop is for
Helpful if you have:
A puppy, and you want to overcome training challenges and build a foundation for an amazing life together
A teenage puppy, and you want to know what to focus on now that they’re not a baby
An adult dog, and you’re curious about how their puppyhood could explain lingering quirks or challenges
It's ESPECIALLY helpful for puppy parents who are:
- Exhausted from trying to do everything right while still feeling like you’re falling behind
- Not seeing training results fast enough
- Sick of getting emotionally thrashed around with every high and low on your puppy’s behavioral rollercoaster
- Worried that every new behavior is a red flag (“Is this aggression? Am I creating a monster?!”)
- Doomspiraling about separation anxiety
- So “in your head” you can’t enjoy your puppy
After this workshop, you'll:
- Have an easier time training, because you’ll be working WITH your puppy’s brain, not against it
- Have a clear sense of what to focus on now, and what can wait until later
- Stop wasting time on fixing things that aren’t broken
- Stop unnecessary stress and drama (like trying to train specific skills in a phase where it won’t stick)
- Feel less overwhelmed and more like the capable, confident puppy parent you want to be
We’ll talk about the way nature intended puppies to be raised... and how that often clashes with what’s practical for humans
This isn’t to make you feel bad for not being able to raise your pup in “ideal” conditions, or anything.
It’s partly to give you the heads-up on what you might need to make up for, or find creative solutions for.
But more than that – puppy chaos makes a lot more sense when you know what your pup was built to expect from the world.
Instead of worrying that you’ve got an untrainable dog, you’ll see their meltdowns for what they are: an understandable struggle to adapt to human life – and something you can help them through with a little patience.
Just a few of the things you'll learn:
- What to focus on if you want your puppy to grow up into a well-adjusted dog
- How to survive the rebellious teenage phase
- How to handle reactivity in a teenage dog (our answer might surprise you)
- What to do about puppyhood separation anxiety
- What behavior changes are coming around the bend, so you can properly prepare instead of getting blindsided
- What wolves and free-roaming street dogs can teach us about puppy-raising
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This workshop is included with an Academy membership
Here's what you get when you join the Academy:
- Instant access to this workshop in both video and audio formats
- Instant access to all of our other courses and workshops, including...
- Puppy Survival School
- Help from trainers Erin and Jake in our private forums
- Twice-monthly live Q&A sessions with the trainers on Zoom
- The ability to send us clips of your dog's behavior to get our insight and advice
- All special events and bonus content
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