Format: On-demand recording
Duration: 1 hour
Access: Available for 12 months
Fee: $55 / €47 (Click here for EUR checkout)

 This practical Masterclass focuses on learning how to highlight possible problem areas and communicate them effectively. 

What You’ll Learn

• What pain is and why it matters
• Types of pain and core terminology
• How pain, stress, and behavior can affect one another
• Behavioral and physical clues to watch for, including changes in behavior, physiology, and communication
• Immediate environmental adjustments that may help reduce impact
• How to use photos and videos to support a more targeted conversation with a veterinarian
• Why it helps to slow down, observe the whole dog, look for repeated patterns, and document what you see

This course keeps the focus on careful observation rather than diagnosis. If your dog seems off, the aim is to help you pay attention, document what you see, and bring clearer information to a professional.

Who This Course Is For

• Dog Guardians wondering how pain or discomfort could be playing a role in their dog's behavior 

About the Instructor

Monica Allaire-McMahon is a Nordic trainer passionate about improving the welfare of dogs and the humans they share their lives with. Reducing behavior struggles with an eye to relationship first, is a top priority for the families and dogs that she works with.

Monica believes looking at the whole dog is key. Through the use of ethical learning methods, environmental adaptations, management, and meeting needs, she can guide you toward improving life with your dog.

Following 25 years of fostering dogs and several years running a state licensed quarantine, she continues pursuing studies in ethology, body language, aggression, enrichment, separation anxiety, fear, affective neuroscience, pain and behavior, etc.

Her current studies have taken her across the pond and beyond to The Nordic Education Center For Dog Trainers and BHARCs