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Want to spend less time Googling, and more time making progress with your dog?

That’s what the 3 Lost Dogs Academy is for.

It’s a low-cost way to get ongoing help from actual dog trainers (hi, that’s us!), with whatever you’re working on. From the basics to the messy, complicated stuff no one talks about.

Direct help from dog trainers Erin and Jake via private forums and live group Zoom sessions
Instant access to every course and workshop we've ever made
Available anywhere in the world
$24/month or $147/year (prices in USD)
Easily cancel any time

So if you’re sick of searching the hellscape of generic AI-written articles on Google or scrolling through dog trainer drama on InstaFaceTubeTok…

Come hang out with us. We’ll help you cut through the noise and figure out what actually works for you.

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Better an imperfect plan you can achieve than a pe

Better an imperfect plan you can achieve than a perfect plan that makes you miserable.

We currently only have private training spots available in our puppy program, but everyone's welcome to join our membership, where we can help you come up with a plan that works for you.

Despite how it might feel, your puppy doesn’t ha

Despite how it might feel, your puppy doesn’t hate you and you haven’t screwed everything up. Puppies are actually pretty resilient, contrary to popular Dog World fearmongering.

You just need a plan that:

✅ Doesn’t burn you out or require you to be superhuman

✅Turns you into the predictable, safe, trustworthy human your puppy needs

✅ Makes your puppy want to listen to you instead of tuning you out

✅ Works with the chaos of real life (yes, even yours)

✅ Tackles the root causes of the drama instead of just slapping bandaids on symptoms

✅ …but also includes SOME bandaids because sometimes you just need obnoxious behavior to stop RIGHT NOW before you lose it

That’s what Puppy Survival School is here for. We have a proven path out of the What Was I Thinking phase.

You CAN grit your teeth and white-knuckle your way through the next few months of puppy blues drama all by yourself, or you can come hang out with us and start feeling better by next week.

"Tuition" is $24 a month for the complete system + trainer support to help you implement it. See link in bio.

#wtfwitphase #puppyblues #puppytraining
#newpuppy #puppyhelp #puppytips

You were prepared. You did your research. You knew

You were prepared. You did your research. You knew that puppies are hard work.

And you were ready for it.

You jumped in with optimism and compassion, eager to be an amazing “parent” to this fuzzy bundle of joy.

But it’s been so much harder than you expected.

“Is something wrong with me?” you think. “Is something wrong with my puppy?”

Nope.

The most well-prepared puppy parent on the planet can still be blindsided by how hard this is.

Here’s the thing: “Puppies are hard work” is misleading.

That makes it sound like it’s all about the chores. Walks, obedience class, feeding, grooming, cleaning up a few messes.

What it’s actually about:

The sheer relentlessness of it all.

That’s what REALLY gets you. It’s why people hit day three and think “holy shit I just ruined my life.”

Nothing prepares you for how the puppy ALWAYS has to be accounted for. It’s not like you do your puppy chores and then get to go back to your normal life.

You don’t get a break.

You sit down and doomscroll for a minute. Oops, puppy pooped on the floor when you weren’t looking!

You need to take a shower. Where is puppy going to be? In their playpen? …uhhh, turns out they can climb!

You need to work? No big deal, just put puppy in their crate. But the first time you put them in their crate and leave the room for one minute, they FREAK OUT. How the hell are they supposed to be crated for hours??

It’s even worse if you have little kids or other pets. Puppy is drawn to them like a moth to a flame - a moth with razor-sharp teeth.

Now the kids want nothing to do with their new “best friend” and you’re pretty sure your cat will never forgive you.

Your entire life has been reduced to following a tiny fluffy maniac around yelling “no don’t do that!”

This is normal.

Even though no one talks about it.

Is there anything you can do to make it easier? Of course. But just because these “setbacks” happened in the first place doesn’t mean you’re failing.

It doesn’t mean you won’t bond with your dog. It just means you’re in the thick of it.

You’ll get through it. And it’s okay if this isn’t the joyful, magical experience you imagined yet.

#wtfwitphase #puppyblues #puppyhelp

Maybe I should treat my brain like a dog. Now, did

Maybe I should treat my brain like a dog. Now, did you meet its enrichment needs? Did you split the exercise down into small enough steps, or are you lumping criteria again? I *did* once tell my psychiatrist how I use the Premack Principle to build focus in dogs, to which she replied "...have you ever thought of using that on yourself?"

#forcefreedogtraining #rewardbasedtraining #positivedogtraining #adhdproblems #adhd #adhdentrepreneur

I was REALLY looking forward to taking my first pu

I was REALLY looking forward to taking my first puppy for walks. Imagine my shock and dismay when she didn't even want to set foot outside the front door.

Did I force her to do it anyway? You bet I did!

Did she end up being kinda weird and reactive and not trusting me or really wanting to spend time with me? You bet she did!

Do I wish I had not done that? You bet I do - okay we can stop with this bit they get it.

Oh well. Sorry, Friday. When you know better, you do better, as they say. At least now you guys can learn from my mistakes.

To learn more about how we recommend structuring puppy outings, scroll a little ways down our feed to find the reel titled something like "Puppy Training: try this activity to teach good habits and build your bond."

We also have a YouTube tutorial that goes more in-depth. You can message us and I'll send you the link.

#puppytraining #puppytips #puppyadvice #puppyblues #wtfwitphase

"I was a fool!" you think to yourself as the cute

"I was a fool!" you think to yourself as the cute little demon screams outside the bathroom door. "I never fully appreciated the days when I could pee in peace."

Sleep deprivation is a hell of a drug, huh?

(Don't mind us, we're just over here cracking ourselves up with how well this song lines up with this throwback clip of baby Hazel)

#wtfwitphase #puppyblues #newdogblues #puppytraining #puppyhelp #puppyadvice

Will I remember this and apply it to my own life?

Will I remember this and apply it to my own life? Absolutely not.

#wtfwitphase #puppyblues #puppytraining #forcefreedogtraining #rewardbasedtraining

There's nothing like the shock of suddenly being a

There's nothing like the shock of suddenly being a prisoner in your own home to make you want to slam the “𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘳𝘪𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘺 𝘙𝘐𝘎𝘏𝘛 𝘕𝘖𝘞 𝘉𝘌𝘍𝘖𝘙𝘌 𝘛𝘏𝘌𝘠 𝘙𝘜𝘐𝘕 𝘔𝘠 𝘓𝘐𝘍𝘌” button.

It's one of the biggest sources of distress for puppy parents. It's right up there with biting, which is saying uhhh 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘵.

So “𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗱𝗼 𝗜 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗺𝘆 𝗽𝘂𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗼𝗸𝗮𝘆 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗲” is the number one puppy discussion topic in our academy.

Through helping all these folks back from the brink, it's become clear that a lot of the messaging around this issue isn't great.

Some advice seems to care only about the puppy, leading the humans to run themselves ragged and crack under the pressure of a rigid training plan that doesn't work in the real world.

And some advice seems to care only about the human. Toss the puppy in the deep end and tell them “tough luck, better get the fuck over it because people can't be expected to stop living their lives for you. Your generation is too soft, when I was your age I walked to school uphill both ways etc etc.”

How about something in the middle?

How about something that isn't so mind-numbingly oversimplified?

How about we go nuts and bring some nuance into the conversation?

𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗵 𝘀𝗼 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝘄𝗲'𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘄.

Put together a workshop and everything. It lays out a training plan designed to flex and adapt when hit with the messiness of real life. Just like a bridge designed to flex under stress so it doesn't rip itself apart.

This plan is for real people with, like, jobs and stuff. People who can't prioritize their puppy's desires every second of every day...

AND it emphasizes supporting and comforting puppies through the madness of adjusting to a new life.

This plan's been getting good feedback from students who've implemented it so far.

Check out the details of 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗣𝘂𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗢𝘂𝘁 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗔𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗲 at the biolink.

#wtfwitphase #puppyblues #puppytraining #newpuppyparents

It's a weirdly tough world out there for a puppy p

It's a weirdly tough world out there for a puppy parent. You really get attacked on all sides.

You're trying not to lose your shit with your puppy, because you've tried everything to get their biting and screaming and other obnoxious behavior under control and NOTHING works.

Surely they must be an actual demon, because how else do you explain how they seem to be supernaturally immune to all the dog training advice in the world? Your last dog was nothing like this.

And when you enter the hellscape of social media to seek answers to these problems, you face the wrath of people who like to deal with the chaos in their own lives by getting all judgey and holier-than-thou to strangers on the internet.

And oh yeah, basically the entire dog training world leaves you with the impression that every decision is life or death and one wrong move will ruin your poor innocent wittle puppy FOREVERRRR.

It's... a lot.

It doesn't have to be.

You can come sit with us instead, if you want. Give us a follow and check out all our free and paid resources at the link in our bio.

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