Walking Together
starting 30 Oct 2025
This is a 6 week course suitable for:
Dogs of all ages, learners of mixed experience: we all travel the road together, side-by-side. Highly recommended for puppies and those who teach others.
Focus on the learning, the skills; not on the lead “loose” or otherwise. The emphasis is on together, not in conflict or competition.
Learn the Art of Standing with Stillness
➤ Give both yourself and the dog time to assess and evaluate the environment and re-connect before moving onwards.
Analyse your dog’s gait
➤ Learn to match your stride length to give your dog the best opportunity to move in comfort. When we walk with friends that connect we naturally adjust to synchronise.
Teach your dog what the lead or line is saying
➤ The reach of the line, the balance and the end of line as a cue.
Closing in for Side-by-Side
➤ For safety, for crossing the road, for passing by: the skills of closing into your side.
Parking
➤ Time to breathe, take a break, converse with strangers, drink coffee, pay the bill and be busy.
Escape fire-drills
➤ When events need a fast walk away or simply a MYOB moment (Mind Your Own Business)
Purposefully Wandering
➤ Where you can browse without an agenda to learn the foundation skills.
Ideal environments to learn the foundations include spacious, empty car parks, such as the local superstore on a quiet weekday morning where you can wander around without meeting wildlife, fast cars, cyclists, joggers, people or other dogs.
Progress can then graduate to busier areas and even streets ! ? ! so often mine fields ⚠️ with hidden ambushes.
You will need a 6ft or 2m lead and a flat collar or suitable harness. The lead in the video is a Wolters Professional Comfort, 2m.
£192.00
course FAQs
Format of the Course
✦ Practical Activities: selected to develop the foundation skills with an option to work on individual progress and the elements requiring our attention.
✦ Weekly Live Sessions: recorded held on Thursday at 8pm UK (2000 GMT/UTC), for discussions, focus on specific topics and your questions.
✦ Individual Feedback: upload up to 6 minutes of video per week available for one dog per person. This is through your videos (hosted on YouTube etc) that you share to the forums.
✦ Course Material: available for four weeks after the course.
✦ Participants only: no auditors or spectators.
✦ Attendance Certificates: available for active participants: joining the live sessions, questions, contribution to forum discussions etc.
” Thank you so much for a really fabulous course. I learned so much my head is still buzzing with it all.
“This class gave me the new perspective that we needed. It is such a great reminder that it’s the journey and not the finish line that we all really should enjoy.“
“Learning parking and silent circuits is so helpful it gives us both confidence. I am a much more relaxed walker and a lot more atuned to our conversation.”
“My main learning from the course is to slow down and allow both of us to take it all in.”.
“I thoroughly enjoyed the course, and I love the active participation, as with all your courses. The more I contribute, the more I learn. “
What I learned to think about:
- the power and magic of Parking.
- the speed that I walk, what I want from the walk, what I think I’m supposed to give them (exercise and all the sniffs).
- the position they’re in.
- that connection begets connection. This one is hitting home. Take the food out, have a moment of connection instead and those moments go up. Wonderful.
Learning is Not for Spectators
Are you an Active Learner? Are you getting your money’s worth for online courses?
Cooking, shopping, playing golf or training your dog if you are not working at getting better then you are getting worse. Cruising without paying attention is a sure way to let your skills slip.