Catie on working with Joel
A client video about working together.
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Meet Joel Harrison
Your first dog or your dog's last chance.
I'm Joel Harrison. I help people understand their dogs and make training useful in the life they actually live.
What do you want life with your dog to look like? That's where we start. Your goals and what works for your life come before an arbitrary list of rules or commands. The plan has to work for you and your dog.
That might mean calmer walks, easier visitors, or learning what to do when you never thought it could get this bad. I work locally in Sharpsburg, Georgia, and virtually with owners around the world.
How I workWalks used to end in tears.
Jazz's owner described lunging, pulling, fixating and barking. Later, they described more sniffing, checking in and choosing to walk together.
Jazz's owner“Our walks used to end in tears”
“Now it’s so chill”
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Training has to work in real life. But it doesn't start in the hardest part of it.
Trying to solve the problem while it's happening, before you've built a few necessary skills, makes things too hard for you and your dog. We build those skills in situations you can both handle, then bring them into the moments that matter.
01
Stop
Stop rehearsing the pattern that keeps the problem alive.
02
Play
Build confidence, motivation, emotional control, and connection.
03
Train
Teach the skills your dog needs for the situations you face.
04
Live
Bring those skills into walks, visitors, public places, and real life.
Watch training live.
Come watch me work with dogs on TikTok Live. See the practice, the decisions and the explanations as they happen.
Let's find your next step.
Tell me about the dog you live with and the life you want together.