Oct 6, 2026 · 1 hr 25 min · 15 segments
In this episode of Dog Trainers UnPACT, Steve sits down with fellow trainer Steve Bligh-Williams, founder of The Proud Dog. Steve shares his transition from a 14-year career in the media industry to…
Steve GoodallHostSteve Bligh-WilliamsGuest
Was there, um, any moments where you kind of hesitated off that, off the back of that big change at all?
Like August, I think every day I was like, "I-- is this sustainable?" I, I don't know.
And obviously I know you're supposed to be quiet, but people are away on holiday, you know, the heatwave restricted the hours that you could work, all this kind of stuff.
I, I d- I must admit, this, this summer, obviously I'm, I'm not on the ground dog training anymore, um, as such.
Uh, because of my work with Impact, sort of like helping train trainers more than train dogs-
Um, but I remember thinking this year, I was like, "Oof." I remember like what it was like when this how-- I had one big heatwave, I think, when I was, but this one was particularly bad this year.
And, um, I, I'm obviously I'm in, uh, correspondence with loads and loads of trainers and, you know, I could see people were struggling.
And that kind of idea about how you can make yourself resilient, you know, because these th- I'm guessing this, this is only getting worse.
Was there, um, any moments where you kind of hesitated off that, off the back of that big change at all?
Like August, I think every day I was like, "I-- is this sustainable?" I, I don't know.
And obviously I know you're supposed to be quiet, but people are away on holiday, you know, the heatwave restricted the hours that you could work, all this kind of stuff.
I, I d- I must admit, this, this summer, obviously I'm, I'm not on the ground dog training anymore, um, as such.
Uh, because of my work with Impact, sort of like helping train trainers more than train dogs-
Um, but I remember thinking this year, I was like, "Oof." I remember like what it was like when this how-- I had one big heatwave, I think, when I was, but this one was particularly bad this year.
And, um, I, I'm obviously I'm in, uh, correspondence with loads and loads of trainers and, you know, I could see people were struggling.
And that kind of idea about how you can make yourself resilient, you know, because these th- I'm guessing this, this is only getting worse.
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