I swear if I spend five minutes on social media, I'll see: "STOP doing this with your reactive dog!" "Why every trainer is wrong about reactivity." "The one thing your trainer doesn't want you to know." By video number twelve, I'm half convinced every dog in Britain is a snarling, lunging, spinning tornado attached to a lead. Apparently there are only two things in dog training now: reactivity and telling everyone else they're doing reactivity wrong. I get it. Reactivity is h

This might upset a few people, but here goes… Your dog does not need two walks a day simply because someone on Facebook said so. Before anyone reaches for their pitchfork, I'm not saying dogs should never be walked. Walks can be fantastic. New places, opportunities to sniff, explore and spend time together all have value. What I'm saying is that walking isn't the be-all and end-all of dog ownership, and for some dogs, more walks aren't necessarily the answer. Somewhere along