Baelor's Training Journal

Golden Bernese Mountain Dog. Real sessions, real progress — logged week by week as Baelor learns with FetchCoach.

🐶 Golden Bernese Mountain Dog 📅 Born Feb 2026
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Week 16 · 15 weeks old · May 18 – May 24, 2026
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Week 15 · 14 weeks old · May 11 – May 17, 2026
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Week 14 · 13 weeks old · May 4 – May 10, 2026

Leave It, Recall, Name response +5 more

21 check-ins
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Week 13 · 12 weeks old · Apr 27 – May 3, 2026

Name response, Bite Inhibition

3 check-ins
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Week 12 · 11 weeks old · Apr 20 – Apr 26, 2026
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Week 11 · 10 weeks old · Apr 13 – Apr 19, 2026
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Week 10 · 9 weeks old · Apr 6 – Apr 12, 2026
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Week 9 · 8 weeks old · Mar 30 – Apr 5, 2026

Quiet week — back at it next week.
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Week 8 · 7 weeks old · Mar 23 – Mar 29, 2026

Quiet week — back at it next week.
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Week 7 · 6 weeks old · Mar 16 – Mar 22, 2026

Quiet week — back at it next week.
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Week 6 · 5 weeks old · Mar 9 – Mar 15, 2026

Quiet week — back at it next week.
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Week 5 · 4 weeks old · Mar 2 – Mar 8, 2026

Quiet week — back at it next week.

From the FetchCoach Journal

Evidence-based dog training guides, written for owners in the middle of a problem — not a textbook.

Behavior & Anxiety
Separation anxiety isn't a manners problem — it's a panic disorder
Why standard fixes fail for clinical SA, and what a real desensitization protocol looks like.
Leash Training
Leash reactivity isn't aggression — why corrections make it worse
The CC&D + LAT protocol that actually changes the conditioned emotional response.
Behavior & Safety
Resource guarding: the CARE protocol and why "trade up" alone fails
The freeze, growl, and snap — what they mean and how to change them safely.
Puppy Development
The puppy socialization window — why waiting creates the reactive dogs trainers fix
The developmental window that closes at 16 weeks whether you participate or not.
Leash Training
Why loose-leash walking fails until you fix the order of operations
Every method works — but only at the right stage of arousal. Here's the sequence most trainers skip.
Obedience Training
How to teach a puppy to come when called — the evidence-based recall protocol
Most owners poison the recall cue in the first month without knowing it. Here's how not to.
Puppy Training
Crate training a puppy that won't stop crying — what the evidence actually says
The type of crying matters. Night one through week two — what to do and what not to do.
Puppy Training
Why your puppy bites everything — ranked by evidence
The goal isn't to stop biting. It's bite inhibition — and the window closes earlier than you think.