The Positive Belgian
The Positive Belgian Podcast is your go-to place for understanding, training, and living harmoniously with the brilliant, sensitive, occasionally dramatic Belgian Shepherd. Hosted by Belgian Shepherd Specialist and behaviour consultant Natasja Lewis, this podcast blends expert training advice with real-life stories, practical guidance, and plenty of breed-specific insight.
Whether you share your life with a Malinois, Tervueren, Groenendael, or Laekenois, you’ll learn how to build focus, confidence, engagement, and calm using positive, reward-based training methods that actually work for high-drive, high-sensitivity dogs.
Each episode dives into topics like raising a Belgian puppy, navigating the teenage tornado phase, preventing reactivity, managing high arousal, building brilliant recalls, and understanding what makes Belgians tick. It’s equal parts education, empathy, humour, and “oh thank goodness, it’s not just my dog!”
New episodes every two weeks, with the occasional guest from the dog training world.
If you love your Belgian but sometimes feel overwhelmed, confused, or just want to do right by them, you’re in the right place.
The Positive Belgian
Episode 5: The Live One - Surviving Teenage Belgians
To celebrate the launch of the Positive Belgian Podcast I brought you a YouTube Live which was a recording of the podcast with three very special guests to discuss the Teenage Belgian and share with you our tips for surviving this stage of the Belgian Shepherd's development.
Your host Natasja Lewis was joined by Eric Brad, Belgian owner of 32 years & Canine Nation Podcast Host, Jo-Rosie Haffenden of the School of Canine Science who shares her life with 4 Malinois and Kerry Ward from the FairyDogMother in Leeds who shares her life with rescue Mali Bruce.
You can check out the video on our brand new YouTube Channel The Positive Belgian or skip ahead to the video podcast here
So let's pull up a chair, grab a hot cuppa and let's get stuck in.
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