Mindful Living and Our Dogs® Course

The way we’re feeling really matters to our dogs. They’re always going to soak up our feelings, even when we think we’re not showing them. That means that if we try to solve any problems our dogs may be having, we’ll only be doing half the job if we don’t also know how to feel calm and self-confident ourselves.

In this self-paced course, our in-house Certified Animal Behaviourist, Caroline Wilkinson, is joined by Clinical Psychologist, Dr. Linda Blair, to teach you ways in which you can live more mindfully alongside your canine companion.

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“You learn to look at your canine companion and yourself in a different way.”

The course is provided in 6 easy-to-digest modules, allowing you to work through the content at your own pace.

We cover everything from the basics of mindfulness – breathing and refraining from judgement – to how you and your dog can better eat, rest, communicate and connect.

Mindfulness and Our Dogs
The Secrets of Good Sleep for the Human End of the Lead
Calm Connections for Better Communication
The Right Kind of Exercise and Rest for a Calm Dog
Eating the Right Foods for Health and Mental Wellbeing
Moving Forward Mindfully

“I absolutely loved this course and would recommend it to anyone who works with dogs, owns a dog or is thinking of getting a dog.”

We aim to ensure that once you’ve worked with us, you’ll find the atmosphere at home more relaxing and enjoyable, and both you and your dog will be feeling much calmer and happier.

Your Instructors

Caroline Wilkinson

Caroline Wilkinson is a Certified Animal Behaviourist (ICAN). She is a Full (assessed) Member of the APDT and INTODogs as well as a Registered Training Instructor (ABTC). As the Founder of digital pet coaching service Barket Place, Caroline has a passion for improving connections between human and hound, with a focus on relationships and reduction of stress for canines living in a human world.

Linda Blair

Dr. Linda Blair studied psychology at Wellesley College and Harvard University in America, then trained as a clinical psychologist at the Maudsley Hospital (University of London). She’s worked in the NHS, for the Medical Research Council and at the Universities of Cambridge and Bath, and she had a private clinical psychology practice for 35 years.

Supporting Both Ends of the Lead

Let us help you create the most relaxed, calm and productive atmosphere - so that you and your dog/s can thrive.

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Course Reviews

tracy.brind

I absolutely loved this course and would recommend it to anyone.

The course is clearly delivered by Caroline and Linda who take you step by step along a journey of many ‘a-ha’ moments. You learn to look at your canine companion and yourself in a different way.

The 6 week course is fun and doesn’t take a lot of time each week. I learned so much from this course and as a result of using Linda’s breathing techniques managed (as a complete side line) to reduce my blood pressure enough to keep my Doctor happy!!

wonder8art

This course was so useful to me. I can suffer anxiety & from the time my dog was a puppy, he was over friendly and pulled towards other dogs. This made me anxious and even 2 years on, when I did this course, my walks weren’t what I imagined them to be when I became a dog owner.

Mindfulness helped me understand how my anxiety was making the situation worse.

This course, is so useful and through Caroline & Linda’s gentle teaching, I learned to reassess myself, be calmer and my life journey with him now is totally different and so much more relaxed.