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7 calls on resource guarding

1. Sat 3 Oct 2026 · 1 hr 42 min

   Raising two dogs, a redirect bite case study, and guarding instincts

   This OhMyDog Pro session featured two student-led presentations followed by open Q&A with Sunny Luthra. Tavisha presented on the challenges of raising two dogs together (sibling rivalry, resource guarding, overdependency) and how to apply the six rituals instead of simply separating dogs. Paresh then walked through his German Shepherd Bhai Sahab's first redirect bite, the lapse in routine that caused it, and how Vayu's figure-eight leash technique helped rebuild control and confidence. The call closed with several live member cases (reactive fighting between two dogs, a puppy's fear of babies and squeaky toys) and a discussion on guarding instinct versus prey drive, DNA testing reliability, and epigenetics.

   12 chapters · 10 member questions · behavioural, reactivity, resource guarding, leash handling

2. Wed 30 Sep 2026 · 1 hr 32 min

   Doberman reactivity case: why running beats training

   This OhMyDog Pro call centres on a live case study of an anxious, reactive Doberman, with Sunny teaching members to read a dog's eyes and body language to find the true root cause rather than just the symptom. The group worked through why this athletic dog needed running rather than calming strategies or months of board and train, then covered practical techniques for running dogs on a bicycle or scooty and handling stray dog encounters. The second half covered member questions on stress related poop changes, urine licking behaviour, enrichment for a fearful resource-guarding dog, teaching a back up command, managing high play drive on walks, and a detailed discussion on protein, carbs and fish oil supplement toxicity affecting kidneys.

   12 chapters · 15 member questions · training, reactivity, anxiety, structured walk

3. Sat 12 Sep 2026 · 1 hr 26 min

   The Six Rituals of Dogs: walk, discipline, socialising, feeding, affection, play

   Sunny Luthra explains how the Rituals of Dogs framework emerged from thousands of free consultations and how it is used to diagnose and fix almost any dog behaviour issue. He breaks down each of the six rituals, walk, discipline, socialising, feeding, affection and play, showing how mistakes in each create anxiety, territorial behaviour, hyperactivity or aggression. He then shifts to career advice, telling members how to gain experience through volunteering, build a client network, and use Instagram to get attention as a professional.

   12 chapters · 3 member questions · training, structure, structured walk, walking

4. Sun 23 Aug 2026 · 50 min

   Fear-induced gut squeezing, resource guarding and fast-eating dogs

   This Pro call was an open Q&A led by Sunny where members brought individual dog issues for live troubleshooting. Topics ranged from fear-related stomach upset and vomiting, tick and parasite handling, reading a dog's body language in a trancing video, obsessive play and pack calming, to reverse sneezing, kennel cough follow-up, dog park fights, and a detailed resource guarding case study on feeding two dogs together. Sunny repeatedly tied physical symptoms back to fear, anxiety and intensity in the dog's emotional state and pack dynamics.

   12 chapters · 16 member questions · gut health, digestive health, anxiety, fear

5. Fri 12 Jun 2026 · 1 hr 38 min

   Resource guarding, the collar lift, and the puppy socialising gap

   The call opened with a group review of Manya's video handling her dog Betty's resource guarding of a yaky, which Sunny used to teach a psychology-first, non-physical collar technique based on the principle that a dog can only focus on one thing at a time. The discussion expanded into Adarsh's six-month-old German Shepherd puppy who had been kept indoors for vaccination reasons and badly needed exploration before leash training. The back half of the call focused on the market-wide gap in puppy socialising and awareness, with ideas for building puppy groups and partnering with vets to reach owners before behavioural issues develop, plus a segment on nutrition and vet SOPs around vomiting. The call closed with a raw personal exchange where a member shared feeling emotionally depleted while supporting clients, and Sunny gave advice on processing suppressed emotion.

   12 chapters · 5 member questions · resource guarding, leash handling, psychology, associative memory

6. Sun 31 May 2026 · 1 hr 32 min

   Dog memory systems: from Chai's food guarding to Tin Tin's snapping

   Sunny Luthra revisited working, associative and procedural memory, explaining how a dog's repeated experiences with emotion attached move from a short-lived scratchpad into deep, instinctive habits. The group used Reena's dog Chai, who guards his food bowl and attacks the door, as a live case study to design a looped-leash strategy that stops him running without creating new fear. The call also covered Barney and Debu's shifting dominance after a fight, and Yashika's dog Tin Tin, who snaps at familiar people on walks, showing how to let a dog's arousal peak before correcting it. Sunny stressed that effective strategies must come from understanding memory fundamentals rather than copying what worked on another dog.

   12 chapters · 11 member questions · working memory, associative memory, motor memory, resource guarding

7. Fri 3 Apr 2026 · 2 hr 1 min

   Gut healing, tick prevention, redirected reactivity and CBD

   This OhMyDog Pro call covered how to read a dog's gut health through poop changes during a diet shift, safe fasting and deworming practices, and a detailed breakdown of tick and flea prevention options and their trade offs. Sunny then worked through live cases of redirected reactivity between two dogs, a puppy mouthing behaviour linked to the owner's own anxiety, resource guarding in a young puppy, and noise fear, teaching a leash pressure and release technique. The back half of the call moved into how dogs and other animals sense human emotion and dreams, how to train yourself to read dog body language, and closed with a discussion on CBD, THC, diet and root causes of anxiety and depression in both dogs and their owners.

   12 chapters · 13 member questions · digestive health, gut health, parasites, tick flea