Beyond Obedience | Dog Training, Dog Behaviour Training, Scared Dogs, Reactive Dogs
Apr 9, 2026 · 28 min · 11 segments
Hey Dog Lover🐾 Feeling frustrated that your dog training just isn’t working? Do you feel like you’re constantly correcting, reminding, or repeating yourself? Wondering why your dog behaves one way…
Most dog lovers out there that have a reactive dog probably are thinking that their dog just isn't listening, you know? But what if the real problem is your dog doesn't actually know what you want? If I were to ask you right now, whatever you do, whatever you do, do not picture a purple elephant standing in a field of sunflowers.
Don't picture that purple elephant standing in a field of sunflowers.
What did you just picture? That's right.
You thought about a purple elephant standing in a field of sunflowers, didn't you? Of course you did, because that's what we all do.
That's exactly what most of us are doing.
We're walking around and we're thinking about all the things we don't want.
We don't want the barking.
We don't want the pulling.
We don't want the chaos.
And today on the podcast, on the podcast, on the podcast.
Today on the podcast, we are on our fourth and final episode of the series, Conversations with Your Dog.
And we're going to be talking about why you might unintentionally be creating more of what you don't want and how getting clear and then getting out of the way might be the right missing piece.
If you constantly feel like you're correcting your dog, constantly reminding them, or you have to micromanage every little thing they do, then this episode is for you, my friend.
Let's get into it.
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Most dog lovers out there that have a reactive dog probably are thinking that their dog just isn't listening, you know? But what if the real problem is your dog doesn't actually know what you want? If I were to ask you right now, whatever you do, whatever you do, do not picture a purple elephant standing in a field of sunflowers.
Don't picture that purple elephant standing in a field of sunflowers.
What did you just picture? That's right.
You thought about a purple elephant standing in a field of sunflowers, didn't you? Of course you did, because that's what we all do.
That's exactly what most of us are doing.
We're walking around and we're thinking about all the things we don't want.
We don't want the barking.
We don't want the pulling.
We don't want the chaos.
And today on the podcast, on the podcast, on the podcast.
Today on the podcast, we are on our fourth and final episode of the series, Conversations with Your Dog.
And we're going to be talking about why you might unintentionally be creating more of what you don't want and how getting clear and then getting out of the way might be the right missing piece.
If you constantly feel like you're correcting your dog, constantly reminding them, or you have to micromanage every little thing they do, then this episode is for you, my friend.
Let's get into it.
