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Beyond Obedience | Dog Training, Dog Body Language, Anxious Dogs, Scared Dogs, Reactive Dogs

Tracy Franken- Dog Trainer, Vet Tech, Dog Lover, 🐾

Do you wish you could enjoy life with your dog again? Are you struggling with a reactive, fearful, anxious, or misunderstood dog? Do walks, visitors, or everyday situations leave you feeling stressed, frustrated, or embarrassed? I"m Tracy Franken, a retired vet tech turned dog trainer. I discovered the secret to a life of ease with my dogs; Through trust-based training, and a deeper understanding of dog behaviour, I"ll help you build confidence, strengthen your relationship, and create a dog you can

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00:26:40

246 | Why Is My Dog Fine One Day and Reactive the Next?

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2026/10/08

Hey Dog Lover 🐾Does your dog have an amazing walk one day... only to completely lose it over what seems like the exact same thing the next?Find yourself wondering how your dog could handle something beautifully yesterday but struggle with it today?Does the unpredictability leave you questioning whether you’re actually making progress at all?In this episode, we’re talking about why your dog can be fine one day and reactive the next — and why that doesn’t necessarily mean anything has gone

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00:30:14

245 | What Are You Missing When You Walk Your Dog?

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2026/10/05

Hey Dog Lover 🐾Ever feel like you’re trying to do ALL the right things on a walk with your dog, but something still isn’t quite working?Wonder what you might be missing in those tiny moments before your dog reacts, pulls, worries, or gets stuck on something in the environment?What if the answer isn’t another training technique — but learning to see what’s actually happening between you and your dog?In this episode, I’m taking you behind the scenes of a real coaching call where I watched video of

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00:27:18

244 | The Reactive Dog Win Nobody Talks About

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2026/10/01

Hey Dog Lover 🐾Does one bad reaction from your dog leave you wondering what you did wrong?Do you find yourself embarrassed, frustrated, or worried about what everyone else thinks when your dog loses it?What if progress with your reactive dog isn’t only about whether your dog reacts — but about what happens at your end of the leash too?In this episode, we’re talking about a kind of progress with reactive dogs that we don’t talk about nearly enough: learning to trust yourself.I’m sharing a real-life

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00:22:50

243 | Do This First When Your Dog is Reacting

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2026/09/28

Hey Dog Lover 🐾Your dog sees another dog.And suddenly they’re at the end of the leash barking, lunging, pulling, jumping around, completely losing their you-know-what.And you’re standing at the other end thinking:“What the heck am I supposed to do right now?”Do you ask them to sit?Tell them to look at you?Offer a treat?Turn around?Keep walking?Get the heck out of Dodge?When your dog is reacting, it’s really easy to start running through every training technique you’ve ever learned, desperately

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00:21:54

242 | Is Your Dog’s Training Actually Making Things...

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2026/09/24

Hey Dog Lover 🐾Your dog sees something they’re worried about.Their body gets tense.Maybe they want to move away.Maybe they start barking.Maybe everything about their body is telling you:I’m not comfortable here.So you ask them to sit.And they do.Success... right?Maybe.Because your dog may be sitting quietly beside you, but that doesn’t necessarily mean anything has changed about how they’re actually feeling.Sometimes we get so focused on changing what our dogs are doing that we forget to ask what’s

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00:24:03

241 | Want to Build a Deeper Connection With Your...

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2026/09/21

Hey Dog Lover 🐾Your dog notices another dog coming down the road.Their ears go up.Their body changes.They’re looking at that dog because, for whatever reason, that dog matters to them.And what do we so often do?“Look at me.”“Look at me.”“LOOK AT ME.”But why?Your dog knows the other dog is there.You know the other dog is there.Everybody knows the other dog is there.So why are we trying so hard to get our dogs to stop paying attention to the world and pay attention to us?What if we did something

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00:22:57

240 | Your Dog Knows the Command. That’s Not the...

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2026/09/17

Hey Dog Lover 🐾Come.Stay.Leave it.Off.Down.Let’s go.No.We humans are incredibly verbal.And somewhere along the way, we seem to have decided that because our dogs live with us, they must also be fluent in English.So when we say “come” and our dog doesn’t come, what do we do?We say it again.Usually louder.“COME!”As though the problem is that they didn’t hear the English the first time.Sometimes dog training looks an awful lot like shouting English as a second language at your dog.And then comes the

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00:27:34

239 | The Goal Was Never a Well-Trained Dog

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2026/09/14

Hey Dog Lover 🐾What did you actually want when you brought your dog home?Probably a dog you could do life with.A dog you could walk with.Take places.Go on adventures with.Hang out with.A dog you enjoyed being around and who enjoyed being around you.And yes, you probably wanted them to listen to you. You wanted a good recall. Some basic manners. Because nobody wants to live with an absolute hooligan.But somewhere along the way, we started confusing training the dog with the actual

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00:31:30

238 | Your Dog Said No. Now What?

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2026/09/10

Hey Dog Lover 🐾Your dog says no.Maybe they pull their paw away when you try to trim their nails.Maybe they move away when you reach toward them.Maybe they’re very clearly communicating:“I don’t want you to do this.”So... now what?Because I think we’ve created two extremes when it comes to listening to our dogs.On one side:“I’m the human. You’re the dog. We’re doing this whether you like it or not.”And on the other:“My dog said no, so I have to stop.”But healthy relationships aren’t quite that

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00:25:56

237 | Why Training Isn’t Where to Start With a...

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2026/09/07

Hey Dog Lover 🐾If you have a fearful dog, chances are you've been told you need to build their confidence.More training. More exposure. More experiences. More opportunities to successfully accomplish things.Because training builds confidence, right?Well... maybe.But when I'm working with a fearful dog, confidence actually isn't where I start.Because before I want your dog to believe:“I've got this.”I want them to believe:“You've got me.”And that changes where we begin.Instead of

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00:24:04

236 | Are You Training Your Dog… or Just Performing...

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2026/09/03

Hey Dog Lover 🐾Have you ever learned a dog training technique, tried it with your dog exactly the way you were taught...and it didn't work?Maybe the problem isn't the technique.Maybe somewhere along the way, we've become so focused on doing dog training correctly that we've forgotten to pay attention to the dog standing in front of us.Where should my hands be?When do I say the word?When do I reward?What am I supposed to do next?And while we're busy trying to remember all the

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00:21:52

235 | Stop Telling Your Dog “No” Until You’ve Done This

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2026/08/31

Hey Dog Lover 🐾How often do you find yourself telling your dog:“No barking.”“No.”“Stop.”“Enough.”And then getting frustrated when they keep doing exactly what you just told them not to do?Here’s the question I want you to ask:Before you told your dog “no,” did you actually tell them what you wanted them to do instead?This came up during one of our recent Fearless Framework coaching calls, and it sparked a really interesting conversation about what communication with our dogs actually looks

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00:18:35

234 | Why Should Your Dog Trust Your Decisions? What...

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2026/08/27

Hey Dog Lover 🐾We ask our dogs to trust our decisions all the time.Come with me.Leave that.Don’t go over there.Walk past this dog.Stay here.I’ve got it.But have you ever stopped to ask:Why should they?Not because we’re the human. Not because we own them. And not simply because we’re holding the leash.In this episode, we’re talking about Leadership, the final piece of my Foundation of Relationship.And not leadership as dominance, control, or “because I said so.”Leadership as something built through

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00:23:03

233 | Want to Matter More to Your Dog? Step Into...

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2026/08/24

Hey Dog Lover 🐾We spend a LOT of time trying to get our dogs to pay attention to us.Look at me.Come with me.Leave that.Let’s go.But how much attention are we paying to them?In this episode, we’re talking about Relevance, one of the three pieces of my Foundation of Relationship, and what it actually means to become relevant to your dog.Because relevance isn’t simply about getting your dog’s attention.It’s about whether you matter to your dog’s experience of the world.And maybe if we want our dogs to

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00:25:30

232 | Are You Doing Too Much for Your Dog? When...

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2026/08/20

Hey Dog Lover 🐾Does your dog need more enrichment?More mental stimulation? More exercise? More games? More training?If you've ever worried that you're not doing enough to meet your dog's needs, this episode is for you.Somewhere along the way, I think we've started confusing enrichment with fulfillment. And they're not necessarily the same thing.We've been told our dogs need puzzle toys, scent games, training games, lick mats, snuffle mats and endless mental stimulation. But

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00:25:31

231 | Is Your Dog Mirroring YOU? What Their Behaviour...

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2026/08/17

Hey Dog Lover 🐾What if some of the behaviour that's driving you crazy isn't just about your dog?What if your dog is actually reflecting something back to you?Maybe they're suddenly more reactive.Maybe they're barking more.Maybe they can't seem to settle.Maybe something that was getting better suddenly feels worse again.And you're looking at your dog thinking...What is going on with you?!But what if there's another question worth asking?What's going on with ME?Our

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00:24:20

230 | Too Much Dog Training Advice? Why It's Making...

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2026/08/13

Hey Dog Lover 🐾Have you ever found yourself wondering...Am I doing this wrong?Should I let my dog approach?Should I create more space?Should I say something?Should I let them figure it out?Did I wait too long?Am I making this worse?And before you know it, you're having an entire committee meeting inside your head while your dog is standing there waiting for you to make a decision.If that sounds familiar, you're not alone.The dog training world is FULL of advice about what you should—and

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00:32:16

229 | What Is Your Dog Learning About YOU? The Tiny...

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2026/08/10

Hey Dog Lover 🐾Every single day, your dog is learning something about you.Not because you're training them.Not because you've set aside ten minutes to work on your relationship.They're learning about you in hundreds of tiny moments throughout the day.When something unexpected happens, what happens when they're with you?When they're unsure?When they're excited, frustrated, or overwhelmed?Because over time, all of those little experiences start answering a much bigger question

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00:24:38

228 | Stop Trying to Be the Boss! What Leadership...

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2026/08/06

Hey Dog Lover 🐾When you hear the word leadership, what comes to mind?Do you picture someone who's always in charge?Have you ever worried that becoming a "leader" means being controlling or acting like the boss?If so, you're not alone.Leadership has become one of the most misunderstood words in the dog world. Somewhere along the way, it became associated with power, control, and making your dog do what you say.But that's never been what leadership has meant to me.In this

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00:24:54

227 | Stop Trying to Make Your Dog Trust You

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2026/08/03

Hey Dog Lover 🐾Have you ever caught yourself thinking,"I just wish my dog trusted me."Do you wonder what you can do to earn your dog's trust?What if we've been asking the wrong question all along?In this episode, I'm sharing one of the biggest lessons Levi ever taught me about trust.Because when Levi first came home, all I wanted was for him to let me touch him.I wanted him to choose me.I wanted him to trust me.But eventually I realized...That desire wasn't really about

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