242 | Is Your Dog’s Training Actually Making Things Worse?

Beyond Obedience | Dog Training, Dog Body Language, Anxious Dogs, Scared Dogs, Reactive Dogs · Sep 24, 2026 · 21m

Hey Dog Lover 🐾

Your dog sees something they’re worried about.

Their body gets tense.

Maybe they want to move away.

Maybe they start barking.

Maybe everything about their body is telling you:

I’m not comfortable here.

So you ask them to sit.

And they do.

Success... right?

Maybe.

Because your dog may be sitting quietly beside you, but that doesn’t necessarily mean anything has changed about how they’re actually feeling.

Sometimes we get so focused on changing what our dogs are doing that we forget to ask what’s happening to the dog underneath the behaviour.

Sit.

Stay.

Heel.

Place.

Look at me…