Reactive Dog Training
Welcome to Reactive Dog Training: the podcast for reactive dog owners who are exhausted, overwhelmed, and tired of feeling alone.
Hosted by professional rehabilitation specialist Claire Lawrence, this podcast explores the emotional reality behind living with reactive, sensitive, fearful, frustrated, or behaviourally complex dogs.
These are honest conversations about:
- reactivity
- aggression
- emotional overwhelm
- nervous systems
- behaviour science
- realistic rehabilitation
- responsible ownership
- and the emotional toll reactive dog ownership can take on people too
This is not a podcast about creating perfect dogs.
It’s about understanding behaviour more deeply, building emotional safety, creating realistic progress, and helping owners feel seen, supported, and understood along the way.
Through real stories, practical education, behavioural insight, and compassionate conversations, Claire breaks down the truth about reactive dogs in a way that is calm, honest, and easy to understand, and all without shame, gimmicks, or unrealistic promises.
Because, sometimes the dog isn’t the problem.
Sometimes the advice is.
And, often progress starts the moment we stop trying to force dogs into impossible expectations and start understanding the dog in front of us instead.
If you’ve ever cried because of your dog’s behaviour…you’re in the right place.
To learn more about Claire and her work with reactive dogs, use this link to sign up (for free) to her email list and receive up to date training advice and information on upcoming training challenges, programs and training retreats: https://preview.mailerlite.io/forms/2231914/192881005088999066/share
Reactive Dog Training
Latest Episodes
Did your dog really react out of nowhere... or did you just miss this?
Did your dog really react out of nowhere... or did you just miss these signs?It's one of the most common things I hear from reactive dog owners:"He just exploded.""She reacted out of nowhere.""...
Why You Feel Like You're Failing Your Dog
Have you ever looked at another dog and wondered why everything seems so much easier for everyone else?If you live with a reactive dog, chances are you've questioned yourself more times than you can count.In this episode, we're ex...
The Exhaustion Nobody Talks About | The Hidden Reality of Living with a Reactive Dog
Living with a reactive dog is exhausting in ways most people never see.People see the barking, lunging or growling on a walk. What they don't see is everything that happens before and after those few moments.The route planning.T...
The Dog I Couldn't Save: Sarah Roper's Story
Behavioural euthanasia is one of the most difficult and emotionally charged topics in the dog world.It is a subject many people avoid discussing, often because of the stigma, judgment, and misunderstanding that surround it.In this...
Your Dog Doesn't Need Fixing: A Different Conversation About Reactivity with Kate Gallagher
If you've ever felt exhausted, embarrassed, frustrated, guilty, or completely alone because of your dog's behaviour, this episode is for you.When people talk about reactive dogs, the conversation usually focuses on training techniques, b...