Relationship Centered Training Skills Bundle
Five Essential Foundation Skills for Life-Changing Connection
Is this bundle for you?
Relationship Centered Training changes things for YOUR dog.
- Struggle with anxiety, stress, or over-arousal in various situations?
- Have difficulty focusing or offering attention?
- Jump on people or is awkward in their greetings?
- Get anxious when you leave them with someone?
- Need cooperation & partnership as well as skills?
Simple but not simplistic.
Samantha Walpole
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This bundle includes the following courses:
Auto Check-In
A foundation RCT skill, the Auto Check-In focuses on voluntary attention and is easy to teach. Ideal for building connection, and a must teach skill for any dog.
Really Real Relaxation QUICK Course
This course offers the four basic steps of Really Real Relaxation, Suzanne Clothier's relaxation protocol. Perfect for the dog owner looking to learn the how to without the why.
Creating Attentive Cooperation
Use real life rewards and quick daily interactions to build an amazingly cooperative response from any dog!
Go Say Hi 1-2-3 Quick Course
The Go Say Hi 1-2-3! Quick Course is intended to walk you through the steps of Go Say Hi 1-2-3, making it a great course for a dog owner looking to add a new skill to their dog's life.
Recorded Webinar: "I'll Be Back" and "I'll Be Right Here"
This webinar focuses on two common but rarely addressed issues. Both are important life skills for any dog. I'll Be Back - leaving your dog while you move away and I'll Be Right Here - having your dog leave you with someone else.
Recorded Webinar: The Elemental Questions
The Elemental Questions help you truly “see the dog” and provide the detailed information about each animal as he is. This is where truly humane training is grounded: in detailed knowledge about the individual dog.
Frequently Asked Questions:
More on the courses.
The Auto Check-In (ACI) teaches your dog the immense value of offering you their attention voluntarily. Instead of constantly asking for attention with cues like "watch me," your dog learns to check in with you of their own free will.
When your dog offers you their full attention voluntarily, you truly have their mind connected with yours. From that point of connection, almost anything becomes possible in your training and relationship.
Use the ACI during walks when approaching distractions, before asking for any behavior, or anytime you need your dog's focus. It becomes a conversation starter between you and your dog.
Really Real Relaxation (RRR) goes far beyond teaching your dog to "lie down and stay." This course teaches your dog how to truly modulate their own arousal levels and choose to relax in connection with you. It's a "we thing" – you and your dog relaxing together.
Perfect for handlers who want to truly relax with their dog, and dogs who struggle with anxiety or over-arousal, creating calm in new or distracting environments.
Unlike traditional "down-stays" that rely on external control, RRR emphasizes choice, connection, and intrinsic motivation. The dog learns to self-regulate because it feels good, not because they're being forced.
Go Say Hi 1-2-3 is a structured technique for teaching polite greetings with people. It works for any age dog and creates a win-win situation where the dog learns self-control while still getting the social interaction they enjoy.
If your dog enjoys meeting people, this technique channels that enthusiasm into polite behavior while maintaining the joy of social interaction.
For dogs who don't naturally find social interactions rewarding, the structured approach provides clear expectations so the dog knows what's expected. And brief, manageable interactions that don't overwhelm. Building increased confidence about approaching strangers.
This comprehensive course introduces Puppy Politeness Poker (PPP), a force-free method that teaches dogs to be attentive and cooperative in exchange for real-life rewards. Using intrinsic motivation, the core concept is simple but powerful: "You do this for me, I'll do that for you."
Who Benefits Most:
• Newly adopted dogs learning about kind relationships with people
• Brand new puppies establishing good habits from the start
• Adolescent dogs, questioning life.
• Dogs who need to learn that people are worth paying attention to
What Makes It Effective:
• Non-confrontational approach suitable even for dogs with aggression issues
• Emphasizes the dog's choice and sense of control
• Uses things the dog naturally wants as rewards
• Creates positive changes in the entire dog-human relationship
PPP recognizes that cooperation should be a two-way street. Instead of demanding compliance, it creates a partnership where both dog and handler benefit from working together.
This webinar addresses two common but rarely taught life skills that every dog needs to master for confident, independent living.
"I'll Be Back" Technique: Teaches your dog to remain calm and confident when you temporarily leave them.
I'll Be Right Here" Technique: Teaches your dog to confidently leave you with another person.
Both techniques address common real-world situations that can cause significant stress for dogs who haven't learned these skills. Being able to handle brief separations and temporary handoffs are essential life skills for any dog living in human society.
BONUS MATERIAL
The Elemental Questions provide a powerful framework for truly "seeing" and understanding your individual dog. This is where genuinely humane training begins - in detailed knowledge about each dog as they really are.
Six questions, endless answers, Suzanne will guide you through asking your dog:
Hello?
Who are you?
How is this for you?
Can you?
May I?
Can we?
These questions provide the detailed information needed to work with each dog as an individual, making all other training more effective and humane.