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Online Field-Based Regulation Training

Your dog is not failing online training.
The training is usually starting too late.

If your dog can listen in the living room but unravels outside, the answer isn't louder commands or another obedience checklist. The real behavior begins before the bark — and that's exactly what these programs teach you to see.

Audio Walks from $39 Self-Paced Courses The Field Lessons Trilogy Start at Your Own Pace
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Where should I start?

There is no wrong door. But there is a shorter path — and it depends less on how much you already know than on what your dog is actually doing.

Find the sentence below that sounds most like your life right now.

Step OneStart free, whoever you are

Before you buy anything, three things cost nothing and change how you see every walk from here on.

The K9 Stress Bubble Audit

Three minutes. Find out what's actually filling your dog's stress bubble: distance, pressure, movement, sound, recovery, or your own handling rhythm.

Take the Audit →

The 26 Signal Cards

The quiet language your dog speaks long before the bark. One card per walk.

Open the Cards →

The Orientation Walk

A perception-first audio walk. No drills, no pressure. Just walking, listening, and letting your dog's nervous system tell the truth.

Begin the Walk →

Work through those and you'll already know more about your dog than most handlers learn in a year of obedience class.

Step TwoThen choose the path that matches your dog
“My dog comes apart outside.”

Barking, lunging, scanning, pulling. Fine in the living room, gone on the sidewalk.

Start with The K-9 Space Factor — $39. Distance is the most underused tool in reactivity work. This teaches you how space, distance, and movement change the entire emotional temperature of a walk — so you're working before the reaction instead of managing after it.

Then go deeper with the Peaceful Dog Whisperer Bundle$149, which teaches the full emotional language underneath the behavior.

“My dog is frightened of things.”

Freezing, hiding, shutting down, refusing food. A rescue still finding their feet.

Start with the Peaceful Dog Whisperer Bundle — $149. Three experiential audiobooks that move as one journey: reading emotion beneath behavior, turning fear into movement, and finally settling into calm. Fear needs understanding before it needs technique, and this is where that understanding lives.

If the fear lives closer to freeze and shutdown — or follows your dog home in scent and memory — The Scent of Safety$179 works that deeper layer through ritual listening and co-regulation.

Watch for Embodied Canine Connections — coming soon — if you want to add consent-based touch and bodywork to the picture.

“My dog falls apart when I leave.”

Shaking at the keys, crying at the door, chewing the frame, waiting at the window until you're home.

Start with The Scent of Safety — $179. Three ritual listening journeys built for exactly this — rewiring the emotional cue stack of leaving and returning, so your departure stops predicting disaster. Separation work is nervous system repair, not obedience, and it begins long before you touch the doorknob.

“My dog guards things.”

Food, toys, the couch, a person. Stiffening, covering, the low warning growl.

Start with Stop Resource Guarding — $67. This one is direct and specific. Guarding is instinctive and it does not fade on its own — but the fear underneath it can be changed through counterconditioning, never through punishment, which only confirms the threat was real.

“My dog is awkward with other dogs.”

Plays too rough, freezes up, misreads the room, gets told off at the park.

Start with Misfit to Marvel — $67. Social play is a learned skill, not a personality trait — and the dog who learns it becomes calmer and easier to live with everywhere else, not just at play.

Then try the Play Path Bundle$179 if your dog learns best when training feels like an invitation instead of a command.

“My dog has too much engine and no brakes.”

Frantic, over-aroused, can't settle, spins up fast and takes forever to come down.

Start with K9 H.I.I.T. — $39. Short, structured bursts that turn movement into focus instead of frenzy — plus the part most people skip: why rest is where the learning actually consolidates.

“I want to understand all of it, properly.”

You're not looking for a fix. You want to learn to read dogs.

Start with the K9 Field Lessons Trilogy — $497. All three phases: Field Notes (the 26 signals), Field Guides (what to do when each one appears), and Field State (becoming the calm field your dog organizes around). Self-paced, lifetime access, including your Canine Resilience Assessment to benchmark where you're starting.

Step ThreeWhen you want someone walking beside you

Everything above is self-paced — yours to move through alone, on your own timeline.

The 90-Day Field Immersion — $1,497 adds what a library cannot: six semi-private group coaching sessions capped at six handlers, three standardized field tests with video assessment, your Canine Resilience Assessment scored at Day 0, 45, and 90, and a 90-Day Transformation Report. Remote-friendly, no in-person required.

The Day Training Upgrade — $3,197 adds six full days of in-field work where I handle your dog myself and hand the work back to you. North Kingstown, Rhode Island only.

Both are by application. We talk first — a short, no-pressure conversation to make sure it's genuinely right for you and your dog.

If none of this fits

If your dog has a bite history, if reactions are intense and recovery is slow, or if you have simply read all of the above and still feel unsure — don't guess. Ask me.

The free Meet & Greet exists for exactly this. Tell me what you're seeing, and I'll tell you honestly which path fits — including when the honest answer is that it isn't one of mine.

Book a Free Meet & Greet →
Choose Your Guided Experience

Online Dog Training Courses & Audio Programs

Start small and self-paced — these audio walks and mini-courses are the quickest way in, on your own timeline. Ready for guided coaching or in-person work? Compare the three programs just below. Every path teaches the same lens: the moment before behavior breaks.

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Live · not self-paced

Everything below this line waits for you. These two do not.

The audio walks and mini-courses further down open the moment you buy them and sit there until you are ready. The two workshops run live, with other households in the room and a teacher who can see what is actually happening — one on Zoom, one out in the field in Rhode Island.

Workshop One

The Sensory Connection Method

Live on Zoom · six or ten weeks · open to handlers anywhere

Ninety minutes once a week with fewer than a dozen households, built around scent work and what a working nose does to a dog who is allowed to use it. Homework is two minutes a day, and no dog is ever asked to perform live on camera.

From $297 early bird · enrollment opens soon
Workshop Two

Field Lessons from the Canine Mind: the Trilogy

In person · 90 days · North Kingstown, Rhode Island

Lorrie works your dog in the field herself, hands the work back to you across structured handovers, and measures what changed with the Canine Resilience Assessment at Day 0, Day 45, and Day 90.

Three tracks · by application

Both are taught by Lorrie rather than watched. If neither is the right room for your dog, she will say so in the conversation rather than after you have paid.

Start Here · Audio Walks & Mini-Courses

The K-9 Space Factor

Learn how space, distance, and movement can change the entire emotional temperature of a walk.

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Transform your dog's training through K9 High-Intensity Interval Training (H.I.I.T.) — a bond built on trust, joy, and resilience.

Tired of methods that scratch only the surface? This experiential audiobook class teaches you to use High-Intensity Interval Training to engage your dog's senses and foster resilience — moving beyond command-based training into sessions that spark joy, focus, and connection.

What you'll learn inside

  • The Science of Sensory Learning — how your dog's sensory preferences shape training, and how to design sessions around them.
  • Creating Emotional Resilience — build trust and empathy through sensory-rich experiences.
  • Short Bursts, Big Impact — harness high-intensity intervals for maximum learning without overwhelm.
  • Personalized Training Plans — tailor sessions to your dog's needs, whether scent, touch, or sound driven.
  • The Role of Rest — why recovery is as vital as training for consolidating learning and building calm.

Why this experiential audiobook

This is a journey into your dog's world. Through storytelling, neuroscience, and practical exercises, you'll tap into your dog's natural instincts and sensory cues, build a bond rooted in empathy and mutual respect, achieve deep sustained focus during training, and use rest to turn lessons into lasting memory.

Instant access — start listening today, and it's yours to keep for life.

$39
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K9 H.I.I.T.

Short, structured training bursts that help movement become focus instead of frenzy.

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Transform your dog's training through K9 High-Intensity Interval Training (H.I.I.T.) — a bond built on trust, joy, and resilience.

Tired of methods that scratch only the surface? This experiential audiobook class teaches you to use High-Intensity Interval Training to engage your dog's senses and foster resilience — moving beyond command-based training into sessions that spark joy, focus, and connection.

What you'll learn inside

  • The Science of Sensory Learning — how your dog's sensory preferences shape training, and how to design sessions around them.
  • Creating Emotional Resilience — build trust and empathy through sensory-rich experiences.
  • Short Bursts, Big Impact — harness high-intensity intervals for maximum learning without overwhelm.
  • Personalized Training Plans — tailor sessions to your dog's needs, whether scent, touch, or sound driven.
  • The Role of Rest — why recovery is as vital as training for consolidating learning and building calm.

Why this experiential audiobook

This is a journey into your dog's world. Through storytelling, neuroscience, and practical exercises, you'll tap into your dog's natural instincts and sensory cues, build a bond rooted in empathy and mutual respect, achieve deep sustained focus during training, and use rest to turn lessons into lasting memory.

Instant access — start listening today, and it's yours to keep for life.

$39
Open the Training

Stop Resource Guarding

For dogs who guard food, toys, or space — a counterconditioning path from fear and tension toward calm, confident sharing.

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Resource guarding is instinctive — and it won't fade on its own.

This program changes the emotion underneath the behavior. Through counterconditioning, your dog's fear that something valued is about to be taken is slowly replaced with comfort, confidence, and ease around the things they used to protect — never through punishment, which only confirms the threat.

What you'll learn

  • Read the early signals — stiffening, covering, the low warning growl — before they escalate
  • Build positive associations with sharing instead of hoarding
  • Grow your dog's confidence and trust, one repetition at a time

What's inside

  • Experiential audiobook — Stop Resource Guarding
  • Handouts, manuals, and planners
  • A progress journal to track behavior and emotional change
$67
Open the Training

Misfit to Marvel

For socially awkward pups who play too rough, freeze up, or misread the room. Play is a learned skill — and the doorway to calmer focus, steadier emotions, and easier everyday handling.

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Play doesn't come naturally to every dog.

Some play too rough, some freeze, some misread the room — and none of it is their fault. Social play is a learned skill, and the dog who learns it becomes calmer, more focused, and easier to live with. This self-paced course gives you the knowledge to read your dog's play and guide it well.

What you'll learn

  • Decode your dog's play personality — why they struggle, and how to help
  • Read canine body language and catch social missteps before they happen
  • Build play timing and self-regulation, so play stays fun instead of tipping into overwhelm

What's inside

  • Engaging video lessons and breakdowns
  • Hands-on exercises to practice at home
  • Downloadable guides and checklists
$67
Open the Training
Go Deeper · Complete Bundles
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Peaceful Dog Whisperer Bundle

Three experiential audiobooks that move as one journey — from reading the emotion beneath behavior, to turning fear into movement, to settling into calm.

  • The How's & Why's of the Peaceful Dog Whisperer — Learning to Speak Dog
  • Flow Unbroken — Advanced Counterconditioning as Connection
  • 7 Streams into the River — Helping Your Dog Flow from Fear to Freedom
  • Three experiential audiobooks + guided video lessons, self-paced in sequence
  • Printable quick-reference guides & PDF downloads
  • Rooted in Polyvagal Theory & neuroscience
  • Lifetime access
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Three experiential audiobooks, one continuous current — a calm, step-by-step journey into the emotional language beneath behavior.

Each title stands alone, yet together they move from confusion to calm: first you learn to read emotion as communication, then to turn fear into movement, then to integrate it all into steady connection.

Step 1The How's & Why's of the Peaceful Dog Whisperer

Where listening begins. Every bark, tremor, and pause carries meaning. You slow down, observe before correcting, and begin to see reactivity as emotion rather than defiance. Soften your tone, and safety returns — that's where learning begins.

Step 2Flow Unbroken

Where fear becomes movement. Explore rhythm and co-regulation — how breath, tone, and timing travel down the leash. Gentle movement releases tension and rebuilds trust, and fear becomes flow.

Step 37 Streams into the River

Where flow becomes freedom. Move through seven states — curiosity, safety, rhythm, play, focus, surrender, and flow — rather than managing them. Calm arrives on its own, like still water after the current slows.

How it all connects

The first teaches perception, the second embodiment, the third integration. Structure builds safety, safety invites curiosity, and curiosity matures into calm. Start with the first and move at your own pace — each lesson prepares the next. You're not training obedience; you're discovering resonance.

$149
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The Scent of Safety

Three ritual listening journeys for separation anxiety, shutdown, and fear — for the dog whose behavior isn't disobedience, but a memory trying to be rewritten.

  • When the Bag Didn't Bite — fear-based reactivity, freeze & false calm
  • The Door Is Not the Danger — separation anxiety & nervous system repair
  • The Whispering Nose — scent-based memory & sensory healing
  • Three experiential audiobooks (MP3), designed to be listened to with your dog
  • Three companion journals (PDF) + printable ritual cards
  • Grounded in Polyvagal Theory & trauma-informed behavior science
  • Lifetime access & updates
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A trilogy of immersive audiobooks for dogs in distress — and for the humans willing to listen in a new way.

You pick up your keys — and they shake. You walk toward the door — and they freeze, halfway between wanting to follow and not knowing how. This isn't bad behavior. It's a body remembering something it couldn't outrun — held in scent, triggered by rhythm, waiting for safety to return before it dares to rewrite itself.

This is not about control. Each journey blends polyvagal theory and trauma-informed behavior science with somatic co-regulation and ritual-based practice — so you become the calm field your dog can rest in.

Journey 1When the Bag Didn't Bite

For fear-based reactivity, freeze, and false calm. Decode the difference between shutdown and stillness, learn the Novelty Bowl, Freeze Witnessing, and Pattern Diffusion, and practice co-regulation through food, sound, and sacred slowness.

Journey 2The Door Is Not the Danger

For separation anxiety, anticipatory grief, and nervous system repair. Rewire the emotional cue stack of leaving and returning through Mirror Breathing, Anchor Placement, and scented cloth rituals — with bonus exit-and-return audio practices for the moments that matter most.

Journey 3The Whispering Nose

For scent-based memory, sensory healing, and attunement. Tap into your dog's vomeronasal guidance system, build emotional scent maps that retrain the body's sense of safety, and practice breath work and sensory talismans for threshold crossings.

Who this is for

Dogs with separation anxiety, reactivity, or freeze behaviors — and guardians who know it isn't about control, it's about connection. If you've already tried training and it never reached the fear underneath the behavior, this is the layer it was missing. Your dog already knows how to smell danger; this teaches them what safety feels like.

Listen together. Heal together. Come home to each other — again.

$179
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Embodied Canine Connections

A nervous-system-first library for the dog whose barking, trembling, pulling, or hiding is a story waiting to be heard — not a problem to be fixed. A guided path from behavior to relationship, for both ends of the leash.

  • A full library of manuals, workbooks, stories & guided audio practices
  • Calm-presence & co-regulation work, including the Three-Breath Drop-In
  • Consent-based bodywork — the Six Threads of Tender Touch & Whisper Scans
  • Canine acupressure — Seven Energy Centers & Twelve K-9 Meridian Pathways
  • Connection Mapping, plus protocols for separation, rescue, aging & tremor
  • Lifetime access
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What if your dog's barking, trembling, pulling, or hiding wasn't a problem to be fixed, but the final echo of something moving beneath the surface?

Embodied Canine Connections invites you into a different way of seeing — rooted in modern neuroscience, ancient healing traditions, and the quiet wisdom carried within the bond between dogs and the people who love them. Instead of asking "How do I stop this behavior?" you'll learn to ask "What is my dog experiencing beneath it?" This isn't a path about obedience. It's a path about relationship — learning to listen with your eyes, your hands, your breath, and your presence.

The Language of Safety

Dogs and humans speak constantly through their nervous systems, long before a word is said. Drawing on Polyvagal Theory and co-regulation, you'll discover how your dog mirrors the emotional weather moving through you — and how a practice as simple as the Three-Breath Drop-In lets your own calm become the safety your dog can finally settle into. You stop being a controller of behavior and become a lighthouse.

Tender Touch — Conversations Beneath Words

Many dogs carry stories in their bodies: uncertainty, overwhelm, loss, the quiet tension of ordinary days. Through consent-based frameworks like the Six Threads of Tender Touch and Whisper Scans, you'll learn to invite contact rather than impose it, so relaxation can emerge on its own. Touch becomes dialogue — trust built one breath, one pause at a time.

The Energy Beneath the Fur

Borrowing from Traditional Chinese Medicine and meridian theory, you'll meet the Seven Canine Energy Centers and Twelve K-9 Meridian Pathways, and learn gentle acupressure — from the crown point at GV-20 to calming pathways — to ease tension and support steadiness in the body.

Meeting the Soul Behind the Behavior

No two dogs carry the same story. Some are Guardians, watching over their world. Some are Wildlings, built for freedom and exploration. Others are Mirrors, reflecting the unspoken feelings around them. Through Canine Connection Mapping and an intuitive Green, Yellow, and Red Zone framework, you'll learn to read your dog's emotional landscape — not to put them in a box, but to see them clearly and meet them where they are.

Lanterns for the Path

When the road gets hard, you'll have compassionate, step-by-step protocols rather than rigid rules: the Separation Soother Plan for attachment distress, the Rescue Welcome Workflow for newly adopted dogs, Memory Lanterns for aging dogs facing cognitive decline, and Tremor Triage for shaking and nervous-system overload.

The journey begins with your dog. More often than not, it leads both of you home.

"Training is what you say. Connection is who you are." — Lorrie J. Harris

$379
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The Clarity Guarantee

If at any point you feel unsure about what to do with your dog, you may request additional clarification and guidance. No client should ever feel lost in the training process.

Three Ways to Work With Lorrie

Choose the Level of Support Your Dog Actually Needs

Every path teaches the same lens: behavior is late, the nervous system speaks first, and your dog needs a handler who can read the field. The difference is how much guidance, structure, and accountability surrounds you.

Self-Directed

K9 Field Lessons Trilogy — Standard

The complete Trilogy as a self-paced library — all three phases in video, audio, and PDF, to move through on your own timeline.

$497
Self-paced · Lifetime access
  • All 3 phases — Field Notes, Field Guides, Field State
  • Canine Resilience Assessment
  • Full deep-dive video series, PDF handouts, audios, and cheat sheets
  • State Scan Protocol + Leash States Field Guide
  • Community forum access
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Semi-Private Group Zoom Sessions · Self-Directed “Trilogy” Learning Portal

90-Day Field Immersion
The Complete Trilogy

The Trilogy plus live group coaching, documented field work, and Canine Resilience Assessment scoring at Day 0, 45, and 90 — 90 days of structured, measurable transformation.

Early Bird Price
$1,497
Regular $1,797 · Save $300
  • Everything in the Trilogy
  • 6 Group Zoom Sessions — 2×/month
  • 3 Standardized Field Tests + Video Assessments
  • 90-Day Transformation Report™
  • Canine Resilience Assessment — scored at Day 0, 45 & 90
  • Remote-friendly · No in-person required
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In-Person · High-Touch

90-Day Field Immersion
Day Training Upgrade

For dogs who need intensive nervous-system work and handlers who learn best through direct, in-person transfer. North Kingstown, RI only.

Early Bird Price
$3,197
Regular $3,497 · Save $300
  • Everything in the Trilogy + Hybrid
  • 6 Full-Day In-Person Sessions
  • 6 Semi-Private Group Zoom Sessions
  • Experiential Handler Learning at every session
  • Field Notes delivered after every session
  • Real-time in-field coaching with Lorrie
  • North Kingstown, RI only
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Not sure which is right for you? The enrollment conversation guides you — without pressure.

Start the conversation →
The Flagship Program

The UPGRADED Field Lessons Trilogy.
Three months, walked together.

The bark is never the beginning. By the time your dog reacts, their nervous system is already overwhelmed. This is the full path back — three phases of curriculum, six full-day in-person training sessions, and six live, semi-private group coaching sessions, paced over 90 days so the change actually holds. North Kingstown, RI.

Phase One

Field Notes

Learn to read the 26 foundational canine signals — the quiet language your dog speaks long before the bark, the lunge, or the freeze.

Phase Two

Field Guides

Turn observation into action with 26 field cards for real-time responses — what to do in the moment each signal appears.

Phase Three

Field State

The science of handler regulation and co-regulation — becoming the calm, coherent field your dog can organize around.

Field Notes, Field Guides, and Field State are the three phases of the Field Lessons — one connected path, walked in order.

Everything you walk away with.

Three phases of curriculum

Field Notes, Field Guides, and Field State — the complete nervous-system-first framework for reading, responding to, and regulating your dog.

Six full-day in-person sessions + six group Zooms

Full days of real-time, in-field coaching with Lorrie in North Kingstown, RI — plus six live, semi-private group Zoom sessions. Direct, hands-on transfer for dogs and handlers who learn best in person.

Measurement, not guesswork

Every participant begins with the Canine Resilience Assessment, then repeats it at Day 45 and Day 90 — scored from your own filmed field tests, so change is proven, not remembered.

90 days of guided pacing

Room to absorb each phase before the next — change that holds, because it was built slowly and in real life.

$3,197
90-Day journey · Six full-day in-person sessions · Six semi-private group Zooms
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Enrollment is by application. We talk first — a short, no-pressure conversation to be sure the Trilogy is right for you and your dog. Approved handlers begin with the Canine Resilience Assessment.
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Online Training Clarity

Who this online dog training is for

Coaching Canine Companions offers online dog training for reactive, anxious, sensitive, and easily overwhelmed dogs throughout the United States. The work is built around nervous-system-first Field-Based Regulation Training, not generic obedience advice.

This page is for families whose dogs may listen at home but lose access to learning on walks, at thresholds, around other dogs, around people, or when the environment becomes too much. The online pathway teaches you to read state, pressure, recovery, orientation, fixation, and the moment before behavior breaks.

Best fit for

  • Reactive dogs who bark, lunge, freeze, scan, or pull outside
  • Anxious dogs who struggle with thresholds, walks, noises, or transitions
  • Sensitive dogs who need regulation before obedience can hold
  • Handlers who want video, audio, and field exercises they can practice at home
  • Families outside Rhode Island who want the Coaching Canine Companions method online

May need deeper support if

  • Your dog has repeated intense reactions with slow recovery
  • Your dog has bite history, severe fear, or escalating safety concerns
  • You need direct handler coaching, assessment, or structured accountability
  • Your dog may be a better fit for the 90-Day Field Immersion or local Day Training
  • You are unsure which path fits and need a free Meet & Greet first
The online path is not “obedience from a distance.” It is a way of learning how your dog’s nervous system organizes in real life — so you can respond earlier, softer, and more effectively.
The Problem Most Online Training Misses

Behavior is late.
The body speaks first.

Most online dog training gives you a task list: do this, say that, reward here, redirect there. But anxious and reactive dogs do not fall apart because they forgot the script. They fall apart because the environment has already changed their nervous system.

Field-Based Regulation Training teaches you to read the sequence before the explosion: orientation, fixation, breath, muscle tone, leash pressure, distance, recovery, and your own timing. That is the doorway into real change.

Lorrie J. Harris

What you will learn to see

  • The first shift. The moment your dog stops processing and starts surviving.
  • The stress bubble. How distance, pressure, sound, movement, and handler tension accumulate.
  • The recovery gap. Why a dog can look “fine” and still be unable to learn.
  • The handler shift. How your timing, breath, and movement become part of the training field.
Why Online Can Work

Because your dog’s real classroom is already your life.

Online training fails when it becomes generic advice dropped into a complicated dog’s life. It works when it teaches you how to observe, adjust, and practice inside the exact places where your dog struggles: the driveway, the sidewalk, the doorway, the yard, the car, the sound outside the window.

This is not obedience from a distance. It is a guided way of learning your dog’s nervous system — and your own — so training starts before the reaction takes over.

Learn the lens

Read body language, orientation, fixation, pressure, recovery, and threshold before behavior erupts.

Practice in real life

Use video lessons, audio walks, and field exercises in the places where your dog actually needs help.

Choose the right depth

Start online, then step into a deeper path if your dog needs more structure, tracking, or hands-on support.

If your dog changes the moment the environment changes, this is the missing layer.

Orientation before obedience. Perception before pressure. Relationship before control.

This is not a library of commands. It is a guided training ecosystem for people whose dogs are sensitive enough to need something more intelligent than “try harder.”

The audio experiences and online lessons help you slow down enough to notice what your dog is actually responding to — so you can stop reacting to the behavior and start working with the system underneath it.

Begin where you are. The next walk can become useful information instead of another failure.

Start Here → The Orientation Walk

A gentle, perception-first audio walk for you and your dog. No drills. No pressure. Just walking, listening, and letting your dog’s nervous system tell the truth.

When orientation returns, learning becomes possible again.

Begin the Orientation Walk →
The Deeper Inquiry

Why Calm Can Appear One Moment — Then Disappear the Next

Because calm is not a costume. It is a nervous-system capacity.

Your dog may not be “fine” before the reaction.

If you have ever thought, “But they were calm two seconds ago,” this is the page I want you to sit with.

Connection does not begin with commands.
It begins with rhythm, safety, and shared regulation.

A dog can look quiet and still be losing capacity. A dog can stop barking and still be flooded. A dog can take food and still be too tense to think clearly.

That is why so many families feel confused. One moment there is softness. A little attention. A little hope. Then the environment shifts — a dog appears, a car door slams, the leash shortens, the sidewalk narrows — and suddenly the calm is gone.

That does not mean the moment was false.

It means the nervous system lost the sequence it needed to stay with you.

Why ordinary online training often fails outside

Most online dog training assumes your dog can access the lesson whenever you ask. Anxious and reactive dogs often cannot. They need you to recognize the loss of access before you ask for more behavior.

This is where nervous-system-first training becomes practical. You learn what to do before the bark, before the lunge, before the shutdown, before the walk becomes another exhausting management project.

A more honest starting point

The goal is not to make you dependent on a trainer. The goal is to help you become a better reader of your own dog — so you can make cleaner decisions in the moments that matter.

Ask Which Online Path Fits →

Tell me what you are seeing. We will identify whether your dog needs self-paced training, guided support, or something deeper.

Method in Action

Watch the Method at Work

Start with the videos that show regulation, recovery, movement, and relationship in action — not as theory, but as field practice.

Client FAQ

Online Dog Training for Sensitive, Anxious & Reactive Dogs

A nervous-system-first pathway for dogs who need more than obedience tips.

Dear thoughtful dog guardian,

Welcome to a different kind of online dog training experience — one rooted not in command-stacking, but in communication, regulation, and cleaner timing. Here, the goal is not to overpower the behavior. The goal is to understand what your dog is showing before the behavior takes over.

These courses are especially useful for families navigating dog behavior problems, anxious dog training, dog reactivity training, leash struggles, or a dog who becomes overwhelmed outside.

What's Included Across These Courses

  • Video and audio lessons at your own pace
  • Checklists to track progress
  • Crib notes, cheat sheets & PDF handouts
  • Optional video feedback
  • Field Clinics for live support
  • Exercises that make learning experiential

Can online training really create real change with my dog?

Yes — connection is not bound by location. The heart of these courses is learning how to perceive, interpret, and respond to your dog's unique language — skills that are often easier to cultivate in your everyday environment.

What if I have trouble noticing my dog's subtle cues?

You'll get step-by-step guidance — plus real feedback. Our Canine Signal Checklist breaks down body language and emotional shifts into simple, observable steps. We make it easier to decode even the quietest canine communication.

Will I have a chance to get individualized advice for my dog?

Absolutely — personal feedback is built in. You're encouraged to submit short video clips for customized support. Our Field Clinics are open, interactive sessions where your questions and real-life challenges are welcomed.

Is this energy-based training actually backed by science?

Yes — our approach is deeply rooted in neuroscience. The Science Corner you'll receive explains how co-regulation, the polyvagal system, and affective neuroscience support this work.

What happens if I fall behind, get stuck, or feel overwhelmed?

You set your own pace — and support is always available. Our visual progress map and weekly River Ripples help you stay inspired, but there's no pressure to keep up with anyone else.

Do I have to apply to join the Trilogy?

Only the coaching tier. The Self-Directed Standard Trilogy is instant-access — enroll and begin right away. The 90-Day Field Immersion (the Complete Trilogy) is approval-based: you and Lorrie have a short, no-pressure conversation first to make sure it's the right fit for you and your dog. It isn't a hoop to jump through; it's how the coaching groups stay small, well-matched, and genuinely useful. If it's a fit, you'll receive your enrollment link, your Canine Resilience Assessment to begin, and your standing coaching-call dates.

Are the six coaching sessions group or private?

Semi-private group, capped at six handlers. Small enough that the coaching stays tailored to you and your dog, never a lecture to a crowd — on a fixed monthly schedule, roughly twice a month. You join the call that matches your current phase.

What does the Trilogy cost, and what's included?

There are two ways in. The Self-Directed Standard Trilogy is $497 — all three phases (Field Notes, Field Guides, and Field State) as a self-paced library of videos, audios, PDF handouts, and cheat sheets, plus your Canine Resilience Assessment, the State Scan Protocol and Leash States Field Guide, and community forum access. The 90-Day Field Immersion — the Complete Trilogy — is $1,497 and adds six semi-private group coaching sessions, three standardized field tests with video assessments, your Canine Resilience Assessment scores at Day 0, 45, and 90, and 90 days of guided pacing.

📊 Obedience vs. Communication-Based Dog Training

AspectTraditional ObedienceThe River Between Us
GoalComplianceConnection
MethodsCommands, correctionsAttunement, energy
FocusWhat the dog doesWhat the dog feels
ToolsLeashes, collarsBreath, presence
BasisConditioningNeuroscience
OutcomeTemporary shiftsLasting trust

These courses are designed for dog guardians looking for help with dog reactivity training, leash reactivity struggles, anxious dog training, and dogs who become overstimulated or overwhelmed outside. They support people who want a calmer, more humane way to address dog behavior problems through communication, co-regulation, and practical observation.

3-Minute Assessment

The K9 Stress Bubble Audit

Before you choose a course, find out what may be filling your dog’s stress bubble — distance, pressure, movement, sound, recovery, or your own handling rhythm.

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What Our Clients Say

Real Dogs. Real Results.

Google Reviews
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"When we started with Lorrie, we couldn't walk our dogs on leash — they pulled so much! Now they are a treat to walk. Their recall is better, anxiety is lower, and our bond is stronger. 100% worth it."

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Stef C.
30 weeks ago · Google
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"Lorrie is such an incredible trainer! She has a different approach — all about calming the nervous system and involving play. She helped me connect with my rescue pup on a deeper level. Lorrie is now Auntie Lorrie as my dog LOVES going for his sessions."

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Samantha P.
44 weeks ago · Google
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"Lorrie is an incredible, compassionate trainer. She connects with the dog at a level I did not even know existed. Her instruction was explicit and spot on — the results were immediate! My pup and I have a bond now that is strong and will continue to grow."

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Julie M.
May 2024 · Google
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"Lorrie's expertise in teaching dogs to self-regulate and become responsive instead of reactive is the most unique and impactful part of her practice. Our dog is TRANSFORMED and it is due entirely to making the decision to work with Lorrie at Coaching Canine Companions!!"

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Kylan Turner
March 2023 · Google
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"After the first day of training my 4 year old Australian Shepherd walked with a loose leash after years of pulling. Her training is methodical, results oriented, and aligns with the dog owner's goals. My dog clearly looked forward to seeing her. Highly recommend."

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Alexandra Gillis
October 2024 · Google
Online Training Questions

Questions AI searchers and real dog families ask

These answers help clarify when online training is useful, when a deeper program may be safer, and how this work differs from ordinary command-based dog training.

What is online nervous-system-first dog training?

Online nervous-system-first dog training teaches handlers to observe the dog’s state before asking for behavior. Instead of beginning with commands, the work begins with regulation, recovery, handler timing, leash pressure, orientation, and the early signals that appear before barking, lunging, pulling, freezing, or shutting down.

Can online dog training help a reactive dog?

Yes, online dog training can help many reactive dogs when the handler learns what to notice and practice in the dog’s real environment. For dogs with severe reactivity, bite history, or very slow recovery, online learning may need to be paired with deeper coaching, the 90-Day Field Immersion, or local professional support.

How is this different from ordinary online obedience training?

Ordinary online obedience training often focuses on cues and compliance. Coaching Canine Companions focuses on the moment before behavior breaks: breath, body shift, fixation, distance, handler rhythm, recovery, and environmental load. The goal is not just a dog who knows commands, but a dog who can stay reachable enough to use them.

Who is the online training pathway best for?

It is best for thoughtful handlers with reactive, anxious, sensitive, adolescent, or easily overwhelmed dogs who want a practical, humane way to understand what is happening before the behavior. It is also useful for people outside Rhode Island who want access to the Coaching Canine Companions method.

Where is Coaching Canine Companions located?

Coaching Canine Companions is based in North Kingstown, Rhode Island. Local families may use Day Training or in-person programs, while families outside Rhode Island can begin through online training, video lessons, audio walks, and virtual pathways.

Begin Today

Not sure where to begin? Start with the truth of what your dog is showing.

You do not need to guess your way through another program. Start with a conversation, and we will identify whether your dog needs self-paced online training, guided support, or a deeper field-based path.

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