Create calm, thoughtful distance.
Send Away is a structured three-week online course that teaches your dog to confidently move away from you and settle on a designated target, such as a training mat, cot, or crate. Building on the skills developed in Mat Work, Heel Work, and Recall, you'll learn how to combine, adapt, and apply those foundations to help your dog work through excitement, frustration, and impulsive behavior while remaining calm, connected, and engaged.
Send Away is currently offered as a single, complete option — the full course plus live weekly Office Hours for hands-on support.
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Three weeks of building confidence, fluency, and distance — combining everything you've learned into everyday life.
Teach your dog to confidently move to a designated target, such as a training mat, cot, or crate. Build enthusiasm for the exercise while introducing duration and the foundation for thoughtful decision-making.
Increase your dog's confidence by practicing around controlled distractions and introducing greater problem-solving. The focus is on helping your dog make thoughtful choices even when something else seems more exciting.
Begin increasing distance while introducing cues such as sit and down from afar. You'll also practice in new environments and gradually build these skills into your everyday routines.
Send Away is about teaching your dog how to confidently create space, settle, and think through exciting or challenging situations while remaining emotionally connected with you.
Mat Work and Send Away share many of the same principles. Both teach dogs how to settle, think through challenges, and build emotional regulation. The difference is that Send Away introduces distance.
Instead of settling beside you, your dog learns to confidently move to a designated target, such as a training mat, cot, or crate, while remaining calm, connected, and engaged. As the course progresses, you'll gradually add distance, distractions, and cues like sit and down, helping your dog respond thoughtfully even when you're farther away.
Yes. Hyperactive and easily frustrated dogs often benefit from having a clear job to do when they're feeling excited or overwhelmed. Send Away teaches dogs to confidently move to a designated target, helping them slow down, settle, and make better decisions.
Yes. When taught correctly, Send Away should always feel confident, voluntary, and rewarding. For many fearful dogs, it becomes a way to move away from something that feels overwhelming and settle in a familiar, safe place where they can relax, observe, and process the situation from a distance that feels comfortable.
The goal is to give your dog a clear strategy for navigating challenging situations while building confidence, emotional regulation, and trust.
Send Away builds directly on the foundation established in Mat Work, Heel Work, and Recall. Because you're already familiar with the underlying concepts, there are fewer new exercises to learn and more emphasis on combining the skills you've already developed.
Over the three weeks, you'll learn how Send Away works alongside the rest of the program, creating practical routines that help your dog think through challenges, settle with confidence, and make better decisions in everyday life.
The goal isn't to master every environment or challenge in just three weeks. Instead, the course provides a clear framework for continuing to build these skills long after the course ends. Like the rest of the program, I encourage owners to focus on fluency first, then gradually apply the training to increasingly challenging real-world situations at their dog's pace.
Send Away is where everything begins coming together. It builds directly on the foundation established in Mat Work, Heel Work, and Recall, helping you combine and apply those skills in increasingly practical real-world situations.
Together, these four courses create a shared language that helps your dog navigate everyday life with greater confidence, communication, and thoughtful decision-making.
If you're still deciding, we'd love to help. Visit our Contact page if you have questions or would like help deciding whether Send Away is the best place to begin.