The Multi-Dog Life: Finding Peace, Love, and Balance
One-Day Online September 12, 2026 from 9am-5pm PT
Living with a full house can be both amazing and chaotic. Between balancing different energy levels, managing shared resources, and keeping the peace, running a multi-dog home takes a real plan. Join our instructors for practical solutions to help you manage the mayhem and actually enjoy life with your dogs.
- Featuring Presentations From: Amy Cook, Christina Young, Erin Lynes, Irith Bloom, Karen Deeds, and Kim Palermo
- Plus Special Panelists: Trish McMillan & TBA
Join us from the comfort of your living room! If you cannot attend live the conference content will be available in your student library.
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Conference Schedule
ODS01: 9am - Unlocking Unique Superpowers: Seeing the Individual To Build The Team
Balancing the individual needs of each dog within a larger dog family can be a challenge. More dogs take more time, more resources, more planning, more everything! Things get ...
Erin Lynes (Faculty)
ODS02: 9am - Welcoming a Puppy into a Reactive Dog's Home - 2 Case Studies
Does your dog struggle to meet other dogs, share space, or share you? And yet — you're dreaming of a puppy?It can be done. But it takes a plan.In this session we'll walk throu...
Christina Young (Guest Presentations )
ODS03: 11am - You only have two hands -- handling reactivity in a multi-dog household
Having one reactive dog in an otherwise calm household brings its own special challenges, where we juggle helping the dog who needs us most while also protecting the well-adju...
Amy Cook, PhD (Faculty)
ODS04: 11am - Reading Between the Dogs - Understanding Body Language
Understanding the Subtle Body Language of a Multi-Dog HouseholdThere is a lot that’s being said between our dogs well before bigger behaviors erupt. Learning to read those cue...
Kim Palermo (Faculty)
ODS05: 1pm - Panel Discussion - Practical Strategies for Multi-Dog Training and Competition with Amy Cook, Erin Lynes, Kim Palermo & TBD
Training multiple dogs for sports and life skills takes serious strategy. Join our panelists to learn practical ways to balance training time, navigate different personalities...
Various Instructors (Guest Presentations )
ODS06: 2pm - After the Scuffle - Rebuilding Harmony
It’s happened. The dreaded fight. And now every time Fido looks at Spot everyone gets tense – including you. How do you prevent this from happening again?It can be a challenge...
Irith Bloom (Faculty)
ODS07: 2pm - Guarding the Guardian - Understanding and modifying owner guarding within a multi-dog household
Many dogs who “guard” their person from other dogs in the household aren’t being truly protective—they’re likely anxious, conflicted, or relying on their owner as a safety buf...
Karen Deeds, CDBC (Faculty)
ODS08: 4pm - Panel Discussion - Life Under Management - Living with dogs that cannot safely interact with Christina Young, Irith Bloom, Karen Deeds & Trish McMillan
Living in a crate-and-rotate or heavily managed multi-dog household can feel overwhelming, isolating, and emotionally exhausting. This panel brings together experienced dog be...
Various Instructors (Guest Presentations )
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