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Hi I'm Alex Lato, M.Sc. Animal Science, Dog Trainer & Author 📖 🐕 Discover my clear dog training frameworks for companion and performance dogs.

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Still on the K4D training camp in Poland
Hey guys I’m still in Poland. Today is the last day of the camp. We are in very rural centre in beautiful area but with almost no reception 😅🙈 I wanted to share some photos or videos from here but it is impossible hahah I will catch up with all posts once I can connect to wifi or get back to civilisation lol Talk to you all soon!
New Date! 18/10/2026
Hey guys I'm booking a venue for new training date - 18th of October. Reading area near M4. Anyone interested let me know! Priority and discounts for Premium, ViP and leaderboard. Thanks
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@Lynne Willmott amazing!!!
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@Jenny Knight yay! great!!
In person Workshops
@Alex Lato Safe travels, and wishing you lots of success and good times with the workshops in Poland! Any plans for coming to the Netherlands? 😉
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thanks!🙏 I would love to come to Nethelands. hope I will get invited there sometime as I always had great time during every trip to Netherlands so far 😊
The Dog They Told Me to Get Rid Of… and Why I’m Thinking of Renaming This Group
I'm in the hotel in Poland right now, getting ready for the training camp called Pełnia Potencjału which translates to Full Potential. Actually this is a series of events under that name that I was running here for over a year now. Funny enough, I didn't come up with that name. Years ago, when a friend first invited me to teach in Poland, we were trying to come up with a name for the workshop. I was like maybe play, maybe reactivity... He suggested Pełnia Potencjału (Full Potential) My first reaction? "Nobody will come! What does that even mean?" 😂 But the more I thought about it, the more I realised how perfectly that name describes my approach to dog training. Because building motivation, confidence, relationship, impulse control and emotional regulation is essential to unlock our dogs' full potential. Regardles if we train for everyday life or competition ring. Let me tell you a little story. Meet Fatty, my first Rottweiler. On our first day at the training club, I was told: "Get rid of that dog." She wasn't considered suitable for sport. In fact, they didn't think she would even make a particularly good companion dog. She had very little motivation or drive, was easily distracted, extremely sensitive to environmental pressure, and reactive towards dogs and people. Not exactly the promising competition prospect I was hoping for! I spent months going from seminar to seminar, looking for that one magic training tip that would finally make everything work. But all I was getting were technical solutions. How to teach heelwork. How to teach the sendaway. How to improve this or that exercise. And I kept asking myself: "But how the hell do I teach any of this if my dog doesn't even want to work with me?" That's when I completely changed my approach. Instead of focusing on exercises, I started focusing on the dog. I worked on her motivation through food, toys and play. As her motivation grew, so did her focus and engagement. I worked on her confidence separately from any obedience exercises. She became less sensitive to pressure and the environment, and it also helped enormously with her reactivity.
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The Dog They Told Me to Get Rid Of… and Why I’m Thinking of Renaming This Group
THIS GROUP IS CHANGING FOREVER.
And I mean that in a good way 😂 I’ve been thinking a lot about what I actually want this community to become. I don’t want it to be another group where people join, download a course, disappear and never speak again. I want to build a place where we actually train, learn, experiment and get better together. So… a few big changes are coming 👇 1. NEW MEMBERSHIP — $25/MONTH The main membership is dropping from $46 to $25/month. And this is probably as low as it will ever be. If you ever considered subscribing that probably the best moment. I’m also going to close free access for now. I want to focus on building a smaller but much more active learning community around people who actually want to use what is inside. If you’re already a Premium member paying $46 and you want to move to the lower tier, Skool will not change your subscription automatically. I already dm’d you with options! So check your dms! 2. VIP — $46/MONTH (from $86) For people who want more direct access to me. Again that’s not going to be cheaper. This will include additional content, feedback and a 1-to-1 call with me. If you’re already on this level, just message me whenever you want to schedule your call. 3. CHALLENGES ARE COMING Some of you have done my challenges before. Historically, they were sold separately for around $100. Going forward, I want to run part of challenges inside the membership. Actual training. Homework. Progress. Something that gives you a reason to open Skool and train your dog rather than just collect another video course 😂 4. MONTHLY LIVE WEBINARS I’m planning roughly one live webinar every month, with the topic chosen by you. Play. Reactivity. Confidence. Heelwork. Motivation. Behaviour. Whatever you guys actually want me to cover. 5. REACTIVITY MENTORSHIP FOR DOG TRAINERS This one is still being built, but I’ll plant the seed now. I already have two trainers interested and I’m looking for another one or two people for the first version of my Reactivity Mentorship.
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@Margaret Keast thaaank you!!! appreciate the feedback! yes creating balance or how I call it ability to switch drives (from food drive to play/prey back and forth) is very important as it is allowing us to create high value play event with different types of play/reinfoircers but also gives us more ways to reward our dog. Very often I reward with the food (as that gives me precision ) then with toy play (additional reinforcer but also can reward from distance) Therefore that switch when the dog is feeling rewarded in more ways is not only fun for the dog but practical from the training standpoint. And this is part of PWP. I'm working on some new modules on this topic specifically ☺️
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@Sharon Cunningham amazing! thank you for feedback! glad to have you here!
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