<p>You’re walking them.<br>Training.<br>Doing enrichment.<br>Trying everything you’ve been told to try.</p><p>And somehow… things still feel hard.</p><p>Focus feels fragile.<br>Recovery takes forever.<br>Small stressors turn into big reactions.</p><p>It can start to feel like you’re missing something — or doing something wrong.</p><p>In this episode of <em>The Dog Who Asked for More</em>, Em explores a quiet shift that changed everything for her: realizing some behavior struggles aren’t about training harder at all. They’re about support.</p><p>Because sometimes what looks like “stubborn” or “too much energy” is really a nervous system that’s overwhelmed, a gut that’s uncomfortable, or a body that hasn’t fully recovered.</p><p>Through Opal’s story and real-life experience, this conversation looks at what began to change when the focus moved away from pushing and toward caring for the whole dog.</p><p>This episode touches on dog behavior, nutrition, enrichment, recovery, regulation, and the small ways physical comfort can shape emotional steadiness.</p><p>If you’ve been trying so hard and still feel stuck, you’re not alone.</p><p>Press play and take a breath with us.</p><p><br></p><p>This Episode is Powered by PetMatRx</p><p><br></p><p>Free Resources &amp; Support</p><p><br></p><p>Free Enrichment Guide: Paws, Brains, and Fun</p><p>Start here. This free guide introduces simple, low-pressure enrichment ideas to help your dog feel calmer, more fulfilled, and more connected in everyday life.</p><p>👉<a href="https://tinyurl.com/enrichment-guide" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠ https://tinyurl.com/enrichment-guide⁠</a></p><p><br></p><p>Free 15-Minute Clarity Call</p><p>Feeling stuck or unsure what your dog needs?We’ll talk through what’s going on and find the next step together.</p><p>👉<a href="https://tinyurl.com/tdwafmbooknow" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠ https://tinyurl.com/tdwafmbooknow⁠</a></p><p><br></p><p>PetMatRx Supplements We Trust</p><p>Supplements that support gut health and daily wellness. Use code FITZ20 to save.</p><p>👉<a href="https://tinyurl.com/PETMATRXtdwafm" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠ https://tinyurl.com/PETMATRXtdwafm⁠</a></p><p><br></p><p>Email ⁠<a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠[email protected]⁠</a>⁠ to get in touch with Em</p><p><br></p><p>This podcast explores life with dogs and life with pets through dog behavior, reactive dogs, dog anxiety, and real-life dog training challenges. It supports overwhelmed pet parents who want to better understand dog body language, communication, daily routines, and canine enrichment so dog life feels clearer and more manageable. Episodes focus on dog behavior while offering practical help and support, exploring common behavior patterns, and addressing real-life challenges many pet parents face — including experiences like dog barking, habits, obedience, and socialization — while also speaking to the emotional side of living with sensitive dogs and navigating lifestyle with dogs.</p><p><br></p><p>Hosted by a canine nutritionist, dog nutrition coach, dog trainer, and retired vet tech, the show covers canine nutrition, dog nutrition, dog food and behavior, dog gut health, training challenges, training burnout, rescue dogs, dog grief, dog enrichment ideas, dog health, and dog myths — while exploring what it looks like to build a calmer, healthier life with your dog and strengthen the dog–human bond.</p>