TalkDog with Sally Gutteridge

Canine Fear, Anxiety and Freeze State

  • Understand the Canine Nervous System.
  • Know what each area of the system looks like in dogs. 
  • Develop your knowledge on canine emotions.
  • Help dogs to regulate, mobilise and feel safe. 
  • Lifetime access self paced study.

£99 £49

About The Course

A seven-session course for guardians and canine professionals. Each session builds a genuine understanding of what fear, anxiety, and freeze actually are in a dog's body and nervous system, and why a still, quiet dog is often the one struggling most.

You'll learn to read the body language that's easy to miss, understand why flooding never works, and discover how safety, choice, and patience rebuild confidence properly.

  • Understand hyperarousal and hypoarousal
  • Learn the basis of fear, anxiety, mobilisation and shut down behaviours. 
  • Understand why dogs can look calm but be experiencing trauma.
  • Step by Step learning sessions and course book.
  • See scared dogs through a different lens.

Meet Your Instructor

Sally Gutteridge

With over 30 years of experience across military working dogs, assistance animals, rescue rehabilitation, and companion behaviour, Sally brings knowledge that is both academic and deeply lived. Her qualified approach is trauma-informed, science-led, and always centred on the dog, so you get learning that is rigorous and immediately applicable.