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Twenty-one lessons, all free, nothing locked. What is new is the order. Each one tells you why it comes here, and what it prepares you to notice in the next. Taught by Lorrie J. Harris of Coaching Canine Companions in North Kingstown, Rhode Island.

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Stages

Learn to See · Steady Yourself · Take It Outside · Deepen and Decide

30+

Years Experience

Lorrie Harris · North Kingstown, RI

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The K9 Stress Bubble Audit

How full is your dog’s bubble right now?

Before we talk about obedience, we need to understand load. Six questions, three minutes, no account.

Your resultLow, moderate, or high stress load
A lesson for this weekOne small practice that fits what you described
The Stress Bubble videoPlus the program Lorrie would recommend

Question 1 of 6

A small lesson for this week

Your video: the Stress Bubble, explained

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Why an order, and not a shelf

The lessons were always this way round. The page was not.

Nothing has been removed.
Nothing has been locked.

A library is not a curriculum

Twenty-one videos on a page is a shelf. You can stand in front of a shelf for an hour and leave with nothing but the feeling of having tried. The order is what turns the same videos into a method.

Each lesson answers the one before it

Every card here says two things: why this lesson comes at this point, and what it opens in the next. Follow it and the material starts building. Skip around and each video still stands on its own.

One lesson, then the walk

A dog cannot take in five lessons in an afternoon, and neither can the person holding the leash. Watch one. Then take the walk you were going to take anyway, and see whether you notice it happening.

In Plain Language

Twenty-one free dog training videos for reactive, anxious, and sensitive dogs, arranged in the order they teach best.

Coaching Canine Companions offers a free Field-Based Regulation Training video library from Lorrie J. Harris, founder and lead trainer in North Kingstown, Rhode Island. The twenty-one lessons cover leash reactivity, anxiety, over-arousal, recovery, handler state, dog-human co-regulation, K9 Bioenergy Balancing, play, and relationship-based training.

“What usually changes first is not the dog. It is where you look.”
Lorrie J. Harris, founder of Coaching Canine Companions

The lessons are grouped into four stages and presented in sequence, because the order in which they are watched changes what a guardian is able to see. Every lesson is free to watch on this page. No account, no payment, and no email address is required.

These videos are educational resources, not a substitute for individualized behavior support. They are best used as the entry point into the Coaching Canine Companions training ecosystem.

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Best fit for this page

Dog guardians looking for free dog training videos before choosing a program.
Families with reactive, anxious, sensitive, overwhelmed, or high-arousal dogs.
People who have watched a great deal of free training content and want it in an order that builds.
Clients comparing online training, Day Training, or the 90-Day Program.

When to choose deeper support

Book a 9-minute Triage Call when you want to know how the method applies to your specific dog.
Choose the 90-Day Program when the dog needs structured, measured transformation.
Choose Day Training when the dog needs hands-on field work in North Kingstown, Rhode Island.
Choose Online Training when you want remote education and support.

The Field Path

Twenty-one lessons.One at a time, in this order.

Watch from the top if you can. Each lesson explains why it arrives where it does and what it prepares you to see in the next one, so the twenty-one stop being a list and start being a sequence. Mark them as you go and the page will hold your place.

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Stage One
Lessons 01–05

Learn to See

Nothing changes until the looking changes. These five ask nothing of your dog. They only change where you put your attention, which is the only thing that has to move first.

Start Here

Workshop Introduction Video

Watch this before anything else. It explains why the usual advice keeps failing sensitive dogs, and what is being worked with instead.

What it opens nextOnce behavior stops being the subject, the next question is what the real subject looks like from the outside.

Previously listed as Video 01

Observation

Reading Subtle Body Language

The bark is the loud end of a sentence that started quietly. This lesson teaches you the quiet beginning.

What it opens nextNow you have signals. Next, what they tell you about how much room your dog has left.

Previously listed as Video 16

Regulation

Calibrating the Nervous System

Signals only help if you can read what they say about your dog's remaining capacity in that moment.

What it opens nextWith capacity measured, the most useful tool turns out to be the one that costs nothing.

Previously listed as Video 05

Field Skill

The Art of the Pause

Most handling mistakes are hurry. Watch how much resolves on its own when a dog is allowed to finish something.

What it opens nextYou have the lens now. The long lesson puts the whole picture in one place.

Previously listed as Video 15

Deep Dive

The Complete Guide to Training Anxious & Reactive Dogs

The long one. Take it when you want the entire map at once rather than in pieces. Leave a day between this and the next stage.

What it opens nextThe map ends where you begin: with the person holding the leash.

Previously listed as Video 06

Stage Two
Lessons 06–10

Steady Yourself

Half of what your dog is reading is you. This stage is about the end of the leash you can actually govern, and it is the stage most people skip.

Bioenergy

K9 Bioenergy Balancing

Something has already been communicated before a word is spoken. This lesson names it.

What it opens nextHaving named what is sent, the next lesson shows how it is sent.

Previously listed as Video 02

Handler Mechanics

Spine & Breath Dog Training

Your spine and your breathing are already training tools. This tells you which way they are currently pointing.

What it opens nextPosture does not stay in your body. It travels down six feet of nylon.

Previously listed as Video 04

Handler State

Handler State and Leash Pressure

Much of what looks like leash reactivity is a conversation held through the leash. Here is your half of it.

What it opens nextWhen that exchange starts running both ways on purpose, it has a name.

Previously listed as Video 11

Co-Regulation

Co-Regulation in Practice

Real footage of a dog and a handler settling each other under pressure. Less theory than timing.

What it opens nextWhich raises a fair question about how much effort any of this actually takes.

Previously listed as Video 12

Philosophy

When Effort Becomes Quieter

The lesson that runs against instinct: what doing less changes, and why it often moves faster.

What it opens nextYou are steady enough now to take this outside, where the variables stop being yours.

Previously listed as Video 03

Stage Three
Lessons 11–15

Take It Outside

Everything so far can be practiced in a living room. These five happen on the street, where the variables stop belonging to you.

Field Skill

The Orientation Walk

A dog has to finish reading a place before it can listen inside it. Begin every walk here.

What it opens nextThis holds beautifully until something appears at the end of the street.

Previously listed as Video 07

Reactivity

Managing Fear and Reactivity

How to find the distance at which your dog can still think, and what to do once you are standing in it.

What it opens nextSome days you will misjudge that distance. The next lesson is for those days.

Previously listed as Video 09

Recovery

Field-Based Recovery Techniques

Recovery tells you more than the reaction did. This is how to shorten the road home.

What it opens nextRepeated recoveries are what confidence is actually built out of.

Previously listed as Video 13

Confidence

Building Confidence in Sensitive Dogs

Confidence is not installed. It accumulates. Here is what it accumulates from, and what quietly spends it.

What it opens nextAnd here is what it accumulates through fastest.

Previously listed as Video 17

Engagement

The Play Path: Joyful Engagement

Play is a change of state you can start on purpose. Most people reach for it far too late.

What it opens nextWith that state available to you, language becomes worth teaching.

Previously listed as Video 10

Stage Four
Lessons 16–21

Deepen and Decide

The last six are about what the relationship becomes once regulation is dependable, and about deciding without flattery what your dog still needs.

Communication

Teaching Cues for Connection

A cue offered is not a command issued. The difference only shows itself under pressure.

What it opens nextAnd it shows itself in your timing.

Previously listed as Video 08

Communication

Mastering Handler Communication

Timing, energy, delivery: the refinements that let a dog hear the ask without feeling pushed by it.

What it opens nextRefinement is in service of something larger than compliance.

Previously listed as Video 18

Relationship

Beyond Performance: Relationship Bonding

Where obedience-as-performance is traded for trust, which is the part that makes change hold on its own.

What it opens nextBy here, most people can feel what is still missing.

Previously listed as Video 14

Next Steps

Preparing for Immersive Training

What hands-on field work asks of you, so you can judge honestly whether you want it.

What it opens nextAnd what the long version of that work looks like.

Previously listed as Video 19

Programs

The 90-Day Transformation Journey

How measured work across ninety days changes a severely reactive dog, and how to tell whether your dog needs that shape of help.

What it opens nextOne lesson left, and it is the honest sorting.

Previously listed as Video 20

Next Steps

Next Steps with Coaching Canine Companions

Remote learning, Day Training, or the 90-Day program. Which one your dog is actually asking for.

The end of the pathEverything after this happens with a real dog, on a real street, with someone watching.

Previously listed as Video 21

Optional · Nothing is locked behind this

Take the path with you.Or don’t. Everything is already open.

One email, once, with the twenty-one lessons listed in order and a link back to this page. Useful if you started on a phone and want to finish on a laptop, or if you would rather work through a list than a page. It is not a daily course and there is nothing to enrol in.

Lorrie also writes now and then with a field note. You can leave that at any time, no questions.

Find Your Doorway

Common questions about reactive, anxious, and sensitive dogs

Most people arrive holding a question rather than a program. Start with the one that sounds like your dog. Each answer points at the lesson that goes into it properly, and you can pick the path back up wherever you like afterwards.

Why does my dog react out of nowhere?

It almost never comes out of nowhere. A few seconds before the bark there is usually a change in rhythm — a shortened stride, a held breath, a head that stops turning. The reaction is the loudest part of a sentence that started quietly.

02Reading Subtle Body Language

Why does my dog listen at home but not outside?

At home the nervous system has very little to sort. Outside it is doing two jobs at once, and listening is the one it sets down first. What changes is not obedience. It is available capacity.

03Calibrating the Nervous System

Why won’t my dog take treats outside?

A dog who turns down food outdoors is usually not being picky. Appetite is one of the first things a stressed body puts down — and picking it back up again is a reliable sign the dog has come back.

13Field-Based Recovery Techniques

Why is my dog friendly off leash but reactive on leash?

The leash removes the option of moving away, and it carries your grip, your breathing, and your anticipation straight down to the collar. Much of what looks like leash reactivity is a conversation happening through six feet of nylon.

08Handler State and Leash Pressure

Can my own anxiety affect my reactive dog?

Yes, and not as a metaphor. Dogs read posture, breath rate, and muscle tension continuously, and they adjust to what they find. It runs in both directions, which is exactly what makes it useful.

09Co-Regulation in Practice

Should I avoid my dog’s triggers?

Avoiding a trigger is not failure. It is how you keep a dog beneath the threshold where learning is still possible. The real question is not whether to avoid, but at what distance your dog can still think.

12Managing Fear and Reactivity

How do I build confidence in a fearful dog?

Confidence is not installed. It accumulates out of small experiences the dog chose and was allowed to finish without being hurried. Most of the work is in what you decide not to do.

14Building Confidence in Sensitive Dogs

How long should my dog take to recover after a reaction?

Recovery time tells you more than the reaction did. Watch how long it takes for the body to soften, the breathing to lengthen, and ordinary interest in the surroundings to return.

13Field-Based Recovery Techniques

Does my dog need more enrichment, or more rest?

A great many dogs described as under-stimulated are simply never finished. A dog who never gets to complete anything stays switched on, and adding activity makes that larger rather than smaller.

04The Art of the Pause

My dog knows the command but ignores me. Why?

A cue learned in a quiet kitchen is not the same cue in a parking lot. Under load, dogs do not retrieve instructions well. They retrieve habits, and they retrieve relationships.

16Teaching Cues for Connection

Why does my dog pull toward everything on a walk?

Before a dog can walk with you, it has to finish reading the place it is standing in. A walk that opens with orientation tends to settle far sooner than one that opens with correction.

11The Orientation Walk

How do I know whether my reactive dog is actually improving?

Not by counting the storms. By watching the road home get shorter — fewer incidents, quicker recovery, and a handler who notices the early signals sooner than they used to.

20The 90-Day Transformation Journey

The next step

You know the why and the what.The how is in the field.

The path teaches you why your dog does what it does and what is happening in the body before it happens. How to change it with your own dog, on your own street, is a different kind of knowledge. A 9-minute Triage Call is where that begins: nine minutes on your dog, the pattern you are seeing, and whether the 90-Day Field-Based Regulation Training program is the right shape of help. If it is not, Lorrie will say so.

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Frequently Asked Questions

The Field Path, in plain terms

What is the Field Path?

The Field Path is the free Coaching Canine Companions video library arranged as a route rather than a shelf. Twenty-one Field-Based Regulation Training lessons from Lorrie J. Harris are grouped into four stages: Learn to See, Steady Yourself, Take It Outside, and Deepen and Decide. Each lesson says why it comes at that point and what it prepares you to notice in the one that follows.

Do I have to sign up, pay, or give an email address?

No. Every one of the twenty-one lessons plays on this page with no registration, no payment, and nothing held back. There is an optional form that emails you the list of lessons in order so you can pick the path back up on another device. Nothing is locked behind it.

Does the page remember where I stopped?

Yes. Marking a lesson as watched saves it in your own browser on that device, so the page shows how far along you are and offers to resume at the next lesson. Nothing is sent anywhere, and clearing your progress removes it.

Can I skip around instead of starting at lesson one?

You can, and many people do. If you arrived with a specific problem, the question section on this page sends you straight to the lesson that addresses it. The order exists because the lessons build on one another, not because the middle ones are locked.

How long does the whole path take?

Roughly six hours of video, but watching it in six hours is the least useful way to do it. One lesson, then the walk you were going to take anyway, is the pace the material was built for. Most people move through a stage a week.

Can free videos replace private dog training?

No. The videos help you learn the lens, recognize early signals, and understand the method. Dogs with persistent reactivity, anxiety, an aggression history, or complex behavior patterns need individualized support. A 9-minute Triage Call exists to work out quickly and honestly what level of support that is.

What is a 9-minute Triage Call?

A short, focused conversation with Lorrie about your dog: the pattern you are seeing, how long your dog takes to recover, and what kind of help fits. It is diagnostic, not a sales call. If the 90-Day program is not the right shape of help for your dog, Lorrie will say so and point you somewhere better.

Is the Field Path only for Rhode Island dog owners?

No. The lessons stream from anywhere. Coaching Canine Companions also offers in-person Day Training in North Kingstown, Rhode Island, and works with families online nationwide.

Who is Lorrie J. Harris?

Lorrie J. Harris is the founder of Coaching Canine Companions in North Kingstown, Rhode Island, and the teacher in every lesson on this page. She is a Master Dog Trainer through National K-9, an AKC Approved CGC Evaluator, AKC Fit Dog Certified, and a U.S. Navy veteran who has lived and worked with dogs since 1990.

What is Field-Based Regulation Training?

Field-Based Regulation Training is the Coaching Canine Companions approach to changing behavior through the dog’s nervous system. It works with field-based practice, the handler’s own state, the dog’s recovery capacity, and relationship-based clarity, rather than beginning with commands.

Beyond the path

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The Field Path is the ordered version. Lorrie's channel is where new work appears first — leash work, reactivity, co-regulation, bioenergy, and whatever the week in the field happened to teach.

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Videos are the beginning.The real work starts in the field.

The path teaches you why your dog does what it does, and what is happening in the body before it happens. How to change it, with your own dog, on your own street, is a different kind of knowledge. Nine minutes is where that begins.

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