Pawsitive Focus: Building Calm Attention and Connection With Your Dog – A Practical Guide by Renee Patience
Real-life attention is not about cues, pressure or keeping your dog in a perfect position. It is about creating a calm, two-way connection your dog feels safe to return to – wherever you are.
In Pawsitive Focus, Renee Patience, head trainer at Paws Academy, shares a thoughtful and realistic approach to building lasting focus without stress. Whether your dog is young and full of energy, easily distracted, nervous in new environments or simply struggles to stay with you when life gets busy, this book will help you understand and support your dog’s attention in a kind and practical way.
This isn’t about fixing behaviour. It’s about changing the experience of attention so it becomes something your dog chooses freely – without being pulled, bribed or corrected. You’ll learn how to spot the signs of real engagement, how to support your dog during distractions, and how to stay present in everyday moments, even when things don’t go to plan.
Across 16 carefully structured chapters, Pawsitive Focus covers:
How to understand your dog’s attention patterns and emotional capacity
Why calmness and choice matter more than obedience or precision
How to build focus during movement, rest, transitions and distractions
Ways to reduce reliance on cues and support your dog’s independent check-ins
The role of your body language, pace and energy in supporting attention
Practical tools for navigating real-life environments with soft, lasting focus
There are no harsh corrections, no rigid exercises, and no pressure to perform. Everything in this book is rooted in positive reinforcement and consent-led interaction, with an emphasis on safety, understanding and clarity – both for you and your dog.
Whether you are training a dog for the first time or want to deepen your connection through a focus that feels calm and consistent, Pawsitive Focus will give you the tools and confidence to support your dog in a way that feels good for both of you.
Part of the trusted Pawsitive Series by Paws Academy, this digital book is ideal for dog guardians looking to build real-world focus through shared experience and mutual understanding – not control.
Let your dog choose connection, and learn how to stay with them every step of the way.
Pawsitive Focus: Building Calm Attention and Connection With Your Dog
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