Dr Janet Finlay | ACEing Reactivity

ACE Free Work can support how we work with reactivity in multiple ways. It gives us a context for observations to help us understand what may be going on for the dog in front of us. It gives them the opportunity to learn meaningful ways to self-regulate and respond differently to their environment. It allows us to introduce new or potentially triggering experiences in a safe way that is dog-led. It gives us effective tools to transfer into real life for clients. In this session we will explore these different ways that ACE Free Work can enrich our work with reactivity.

Dr Janet Finlay has been working with dogs for over 25 years and has been an ACE Instructor since 2020. She is well-known in the dog industry for her work on the human side of reactivity. Over recent years she has been more and more focused on looking first at…