1. Sarah Fisher · ACE Freework and ACE Observations

 

​The late Sarah Fisher spent almost 30 years revolutionising how we observe and work with dogs. In this session she walks you through ACE Freework, the practice she developed to let dogs become the pilot of their own learning experiences. You'll learn how the "magic 17 to 18 minutes" of free work creates space for genuine processing, why standing back and watching produces faster learning than active reward-based training, and how subtle observations such as whether a dog has "a leg at each corner" reveal what the dog actually needs. Sarah's voice in this recording is unmistakably hers.
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2. Suzanne Clothier · Problem Behaviour or Symptom?

When a client tells you their dog has a problem, the problem they describe is rarely the actual problem. Suzanne Clothier has spent decades teaching practitioners to see the whole dog and to recognise the root causes underneath presenting behaviour. In this session she takes you through the concept of setting events, the cumulative stressors that prime a dog (or a human) to react in ways that look isolated but aren't. You'll come away with a fundamentally different lens for assessing the cases you see every week, and a clearer way of explaining root causes to your clients.

 

3. Marc Bekoff · Animal Sentience and Common Myths About Dogs

Marc Bekoff is one of the most influential ethologists working today, with field experience spanning coyotes, wolves, penguins and decades of canine research. In this session he takes apart the most persistent myths about dogs (there is no universal dog, dogs are not unconditional lovers, dogs do not live in the present, dominance theory was never refuted in the way people claim) and grounds the conversation in current animal sentience research. Essential viewing for any practitioner who wants their welfare claims to hold up to scientific scrutiny.

 

4. Robert Falconer-Taylor · Pain and Emotional Wellbeing

Most pain content focuses on the pathophysiology of pain. Robert Falconer-Taylor's session does something different. With nearly 30 years of veterinary practice and the development of EMRA behind him, Robert walks you through how chronic pain shapes a dog's overall wellbeing and happiness over a lifetime, the owner biases that cause pain to be missed, and why two dogs in exactly the same physical pain can have completely different emotional experiences. A reframing of how we think about pain in our cases.

 

5. Simone Mueller · Predation Substitute Training

Force-free practitioners working with high-drive dogs know the dilemma. You don't use aversive tools. You don't use e-collars or spray collars. But you do need a sustainable answer to predatory behaviour. Simone Mueller's Predation Substitute Training is that answer. In this session she walks you through the four components of PST: prevention and management, predation substitute tools, predation substitute games, and the holistic approach that makes the whole framework work together. The session every practitioner working with chase, herding or high-drive cases will return to.

 

6. Jo Middleton · 5 Tips to Grow Your Dog Business in 30 Days

The International Institute for Canine Ethics own Jo Middleton has a wealth of experience in running ethical businesses in the canine sector. In this session she shares five practical tips you can implement immediately to grow your dog business in 30 days, including how to marry heart with strategy, how to calculate your BBE (Business Break Even) and PBE (Personal Break Even), and how to set KPIs that include the heart-centred goals alongside the financial ones. The session that completes the bundle by reminding you that ethical practice and sustainable business are not in tension.