Join the Confident Mutts 14-Day Reactivity Challenge

How the Challenge Works:

Watch, listen to, or read each day's 5-10 minute lesson

Download the daily workbook for training handouts and bonus exercises

Practice with your dog! Just 2-3 minutes a day is all you need.

Here's What You'll Learn:

Welcome! Start Here
2 Lessons
- Getting Ready
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- Finding Course Material
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Day 1: Understanding Big Feelings
2 Lessons
- Video: How to Understand Your Dog's Behavior and Emotions
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- Homework Challenge
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Day 2: The Importance of Body Language
2 Lessons
- Video: How to Read Your Dog's Body Language
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- Homework Challenge
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Day 3: Your Dog's Reaction Threshold
2 Lessons
- Video: Introduction to Reaction Thresholds
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- Homework Challenge
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Day 4: Preventing Reactions Before They Happen
3 Lessons
- Video: Management for Reactive Dogs
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- Real Life: Em Uses Management Strategies with Remi
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- Homework Challenge
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Day 5: Meeting Your Reactive Dog's Needs
2 Lessons
- Video: Enrichment for Reactive Dogs
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- Homework Challenge
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Day 6: Capturing and Reinforcing Desirable Behavior
3 Lessons
- Video: Introduction to Capturing Behavior
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- How-To: Use SMARTx50 During the Day
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- Homework Challenge
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Day 7: Reinforcing Engagement
4 Lessons
- Video: Teaching Your Dog to Engage With You
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- How-To: Up Down Pattern Game
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- Real Life: Logan helps JJ recover from a reaction with the Up-Down Game
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- Homework Challenge:
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Day 8: Reinforcing More Engagement
3 Lessons
- Video: Teaching Your Dog to Turn to You
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- How-To: Ping Pong Pattern Game
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- Homework Challenge
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Day 9: Introducing Predictability for Reactive Dogs
4 Lessons
- Video: Introduction to Pattern Games
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- How-To: 123 Pattern Game
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- Real Life: Em Plays the 123 Game with Remi
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- Homework Challenge
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Day 10: Increasing Difficulty
2 Lessons
- Video: Increasing Difficulty with Training
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- Homework Challenge
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Day 11: Teaching Your Dog to Choose "Flight" over "Fight"
3 Lessons
- Video: Introduction to Teaching a Flight Cue
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- How-To: Add a Flight Cue
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- Homework Challenge
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Day 12: More on Choosing "Flight"
5 Lessons
- Video: Teaching a U-Turn Behavior
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- How-To: U-Turn Level 1
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- How-To: U-Turn Level 2
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- How-To: U-Turn Level 3
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- Homework Challenge
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Day 13: Teaching Your Dog to Feel Comfy Noticing Their Triggers
5 Lessons
- Video: The "Look at That" Pattern Game
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- How-To: Play "Look at That"
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- Real Life: JJ plays LAT while strangers walk by
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- Real Life: Remi plays LAT with a dog across the street
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- Homework Challenge
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Day 14: Taking Your Games Out Into the Real World
3 Lessons
- Intro: Using Your Games In Real Life
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- Real Life: Em and Remi combine LAT and Ping Pong with trigger nearby
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- Homework Challenge
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Bonus Tutorials
6 Lessons
- How-To: Load a Clicker
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- How-To: Treat Magnet
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- How-To: Rapid-Fire Feeding
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- How-To: Squeeze Tube Treats
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- How-To: Teach "Touch"
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- How-To: Capture a Default Behavior
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Wrap-Up and Next Steps for You
1 Lesson
- Provide Feedback!
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