TalkDog with Sally Gutteridge

The Dog Decompression Approach

Less Training More
Decompression

Is your dog stressed, anxious, reactive, or ever barking? Perhaps you've brought home a new dog and want to start them right. This course teaches the foundation every dog needs, in the right order, before training even enters the picture.

£99 earlybird £49

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Why do this course?

Every step in this course is built on current, peer-reviewed understanding of canine stress physiology and welfare science. Nothing here is guesswork or old fashioned dominance thinking. It's an up-to-date, evidence based approach to giving dogs what they genuinely need: a nervous system that feels safe, a guardian they trust, and a life they're able to actually enjoy, not just cope with.

Your Dog Is Struggling

Your dog seems stressed, anxious, or reactive, and no amount of training seems to touch it. You sense there's something underneath the behaviour, but you're not sure what.

Training Isn't Working 

You've tried training before and it felt like it wasn't sticking, or like you were fighting against something bigger than a simple lack of skills.

You Know That Harsher Training Isn't the Answer.

You love your dog and yet their behaviour is a lot to deal with. You also sense your dog needs something different, but you don't know what to call it or where to start.
Meet Your Instructor

Sally Gutteridge

Sally Gutteridge is a Level 6 canine behaviourist and trauma-informed coach, and the author of over 20 books on dogs and behaviour, with more than 30 years' experience working with dogs and the people who love them. Her background spans military dog training with the Royal Army Veterinary Corps, hearing dog instruction, rescue and welfare work with The Blue Cross, and founding and selling two canine education businesses. 
"Sally's knowledge, passion and supportive teaching style made learning engaging and enjoyable. The course was well structured, practical and gave me the confidence to develop my skills and put everything I'd learned into practice. Sally also made the marketing side feel simple and achievable, which has been invaluable.."

Katherine Nias

What You'll Learn

  • Health Matters 
  • Potential For Pain
  • Nervous System States
  • Food and Wellness 
  • Enrichment for Relaxation
  • Scentwork for Optimism
  • Fun Games to Transform Behaviour 
  • When, How and Whether to Walk Your Dog

The Basis of Homeostasis and Regulation

Applying training to stress related behaviour without decompressing first is like papering over the cracks of your dog's wellbeing. 

Just like we need to feel safe before we can learn, so do our dogs. 

This course will help you build a safe and confident dog from the foundations upwards. Then show you how easy it is to train them from that space.

A Better Understanding 

Decompression is a nervous-system need that applies whenever a dog's stress load outpaces their ability to recover: which can simply be the relentless pace of modern life.


This course shows you have everything in your dog's life can affect their internal state, which dictates how they behave. We look at food, pain, health, trauma, scentwork and so much more all to help our dogs have the best possible life. 

Frequently Asked Questions

Is this course for rescue dogs only?

No. Decompression applies to any dog whose nervous system is under more stress than it can recover from, new puppies, dogs recovering from illness or a house move, or long-settled dogs who've simply never had the chance to fully decompress. 

My dog already knows basic training. Is this still relevant?

Yes. Decompression isn't about obedience, it's about nervous-system regulation. A dog can be well trained and still be carrying more stress than they can process. This course helps you spot that and address it directly.

Can canine professionals use this with their own clients?

Yes. Trainers, behaviourists, and other dog professionals are welcome to join and use the decompression process directly with clients whose dogs aren't yet ready for a training plan.

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If you join the course now you get both the early bird price and the live call included in your course. But that's not the best bit, you get a happier and healthier dog.  
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