Building Confidence: What If My Dog Is Too Scared to Play?

Building Confidence: What If My Dog Is Too Scared to Play?

June 16, 2026 · 10 min

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This episode discusses how to help scared dogs engage in confidence-building play.

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to this episode of the Sexier than a Squirrel podcast, the podcast that brings you real-life dog training results, and sometimes human training ones too! This week, Lauren is joined by the brilliant Sam to answer a listener question that so many owners of worried dogs will recognise: what do you do when the very confidence-building games designed to help your dog seem to scare them in the first place? Whether it's a cardboard box, a crinkly bottle, a piece of paper on...

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