The Canines Consultant

07/03/2025

Grab your Free Booms, Barks & Breakdown guide over at Adia Shanee. Take care of your pets before the BOOM 💥

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07/01/2025

🎥 New Episode Alert: Behavior Matters Podcast—The Soul Has Left the Body

When the light leaves their eyes, that’s not obedience.
That’s suppression.
And we need to start calling it what it is.

This video podcast episode is one I had to show up for—face and all.
Because guardianship demands truth, not silence.

🔗 Watch now: https://youtu.be/cVslTyTIakk?feature=shared

📣 And please remember: this page will be going away very soon.
Be sure to follow me over at Adia Shanee to keep listening, learning, and leading with trust, respect, and connection.

Welcome to the Guardian Era

06/30/2025

🎙️ New episode of Behavior Matters is out now:
The Soul Has Left the Body
When obedience becomes suppression.

This one hits hard.
It’s not just about tools—it’s about truth.
It’s about what happens when we mistake silence for success… and obedience for connection.
And it’s a call to do better—for the sake of the dogs who depend on us.

🖤 If you’ve been following The Canines Consultant, know this:
This page is winding down.
But the work isn’t ending—it’s evolving.

👉🏽 Follow Adia Shanee right now for every new episode, truth drop, and guardian call-in.
The podcast lives there now.
The movement continues there.
Welcome to the Guardian Era.

🎙️ NEW EPISODE IS LIVE
“The Soul Has Left the Body: When Obedience Becomes Suppression”

I’m not here to sugarcoat it.

Some of the “best behaved” dogs I’ve met were actually the most shut down. Silent. Still. Terrified to move because moving meant punishment. Showing emotion meant correction. Showing discomfort meant control.

And the worst part? We call that training.

In this episode, I name what big box pet retailers like Petco and PetSmart don’t want to say out loud:
👉🏽 Suppression is not training.
When aversive tools are sold at eye level, new guardians are set up to fail—and their dogs pay the price.

I tell the stories of Dakota, Sable, Toby, and a 12-week-old puppy named Delilah—canines whose obedience masked deep trauma. This episode is heavy. But it’s also necessary.

“Good dogs are often quiet dogs.
And quiet dogs are often just forgotten ones. Let’s stop forgetting them.”

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06/27/2025

✨ In celebration of my new book Nature Therapy: Rewilding the Canine Spirit, I’m inviting you to join the FREE 5-Day Whisper Walk Challenge, starting July 7th!

This challenge is for the guardians who are ready to:
🌿 Create calm, connected walks
🐕‍🦺 Support reactive or overstimulated dogs
🧠 Shift from control to clarity in how you lead your canine

Whether your dog pulls, freezes, scans, or spirals—you’ll learn how to turn down the volume on the outside world and walk with more confidence and calm.

📍 I’ll continue posting updates here for now, but this page will eventually be phased out so be sure to follow Adia Shanee to stay connected with all future content, offers, and conversations.

🎉 Link to join the challenge drops tomorrow!

📣 IT’S COMING…

For every woman who’s ever said:

🗣 “I wish I could just enjoy walking my dog.”
🗣 “We don’t walk much because it’s just too stressful.”
🗣 “I’ve tried everything… and I still dread the leash.”

I see you.
And I built something just for you.

Starting next week, I’m leading a 5-Day Whisper Walk Challenge to help you reset your dog walks—calmly, clearly, and without the chaos.
No yelling. No harsh tools. No obedience contests. Just connection, clarity, and actual results.

💬 Want in? Drop a 🐾 below and I’ll make sure you get the link first when it drops tomorrow.

Your dog doesn’t need to be “fixed.”
But your walk rhythm? Let’s shift that.

– Adia Shanee

06/26/2025

Guardian Era • 5

It’s not just the temperature—it’s the pressure.

Dogs aren’t emotional support machines.
They’re not made to go everywhere, do everything, or perform in 90° heat.

If they’re shutting down, acting out, or melting down…
it’s not disobedience.
It’s dysregulation.

Skip the trip.
Stay in.
Protect their nervous system.

This is what real leadership looks like.

06/26/2025

📖 Nature Therapy Book Update:

Before the cover comes, I want to share what came first:

The feeling.

These colors showed up before the title did.

Not as a palette, but as a pulse.

🩵A breath of sky blue—because this book needed space.
🌿 A grounded green—because healing happens close to the earth.
🤍 A quiet white—because stillness says more than we think.
🌫️ And a heavy grey—because some of this truth carries weight.

This is the emotional foundation of Nature Therapy.
The cover will come. But the tone is already here.

I can’t wait to show you what’s next.

I’d love to know—
Which of these colors speaks to you the most?

Or better yet…
What does this palette make you feel?

Drop a word, a thought, a feeling below. Your reflections mean more than you know.

06/25/2025

Please leave your dogs at home!!!!

🚨 DOGS DIE IN HOT CARS. EVEN WITH THE A/C ON. 🚨

Think it’s safe to “just run inside real quick”? Think again.

Even with the windows cracked…
Even with the air conditioner running…
Even for just a few minutes…

It’s not worth the risk.

Cars can shut off. A/C can fail. Temperatures rise fast—and dogs don’t sweat like we do. Within minutes, they can suffer organ failure or die.

💔 Every summer, dogs die because someone thought they’d be quick. Or it’s not that hot out.

Please don’t be that person.
Leave them at home.
Protect their life.

No errand is worth their death.

06/20/2025

Guardian Era • Day 4

Obedience isn’t the goal. Stability is.

You can force a sit.
You can demand a stay.
But that doesn’t mean your dog feels safe. Or seen.

Obedience is a performance.
Stability is protection.
And in this era, we stop performing and start listening.

I’m not here to manage dogs.
I’m here to help them heal.
And help you lead them well.

06/18/2025

Guardian Era • Day 3

“You’re too emotional.”

That’s what they say when you notice the shift in your dog before anyone else does.
When you sense stress before it shows.
When you lead with heart—because your intuition is tuned in.

That’s not weakness.
That’s emotional intelligence.
That’s guardianship.

You’re not too much.
You’re exactly who your dog needs.

I’m here. For them. And for you.