The Doodle Pro®: Positive Dog Training for Calm Doodles

You have been trying to figure this out. The YouTube videos. The puppy class. Standing in the park calling their name while they ran toward another dog. Calling them in from the backyard while they barked at the fence. Apologizing to guests at the door. Googling at eleven o'clock at night.
You have been doing this mostly alone. Without a system that was built for your specific dog. Without a community of people who understand what you are dealing with.
That changes this week.
The Doodle Parent Challenge starts April 20th, 2026. The pre-party is tomorrow. And in this episode, Corinne Gearhart, M.A., FFCP gives you everything you need to know before we begin.
IN THIS EPISODE:
Who this challenge is for. Corinne speaks directly to several different Doodle parents — the families who have been managing the same behaviors for years, the teenage Doodle parents whose dog changed at fourteen months, the brand new puppy parents who want to start right, and the Doodle parents in British Columbia, England, Spain, New Zealand, the Netherlands, and everywhere else in this global community.
The Pre-Party Kickoff — Friday April 17th at 7pm Mountain Time. What it is, why attendance matters for the giveaway, what to expect, and what to do if your time zone makes the live call difficult. The replay is in your portal.
What challenge week actually looks like, day by day. Day 1 through Day 5. What each lesson covers, why the sequence matters, what you will actually practice, and how much time it takes each day.
Why Corinne chose Doodles on purpose when most trainers are glad someone else handles them. The trainer friend who told her she was glad Corinne works with Doodles so she does not have to. What 50,000 hours of breed-specific experience means for the families in this challenge.
The global community. Doodle parents from 25+ US states, Canada, the UK, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and beyond are registered for this challenge. Doodle love is global. So are Doodle challenges. So is this community. The replay is all yours until April 29th however you join.
The personal invitation. This is the episode where Corinne says directly: I want to train with you this spring. Not with a hypothetical Doodle in a perfect setup. With yours. The one at the fence. The one at the park. The one you love completely and also find genuinely exhausting sometimes.
WHAT YOU WILL WALK AWAY WITH:
Everything you need to know before the pre-party tomorrow night and the challenge this Sunday. Clear logistics. A warm welcome. And the genuine sense that someone who chose these dogs on purpose is ready to work with yours.
MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
Pre-Party Kickoff — Friday April 17th, 7pm Mountain / 9pm Eastern: thedoodlepro.com/challenge 
Free Doodle Parent Challenge — starts April 20, 2026: thedoodlepro.com/challenge 
Free portal for registered participants: doodlechallenge.membership.io 
VIP Pass (90 days replay + workbook, through April 21st): thedoodlepro.thrivecart.com/doodle-parent-challenge--vip-pass/ 
Trust Fund Puppy Quiz: thedoodlepro.com/trustfundpuppy 
Your Doodle's Daily Schedule Blueprint: thedoodlepro.com/doodleblueprint 
Listen on all apps: thedoodlepro.com/listen

Corinne Gearhart is the founder of The Doodle Pro®, a science-based training platform helping Doodle parents raise calmer, well-mannered dogs using positive reinforcement. She is the host of The Doodle Pro® Podcast and author of Your Doodle’s Daily Schedule Blueprint™.
📘 Get the Doodle Schedule Blueprint:
https://thedoodlepro.com/doodle-schedule-bonus/

🎧 More episodes:
https://thedoodlepro.com/podcast

You registered for the challenge. Or you have been thinking about it. And somewhere in the back of your mind is a voice that says: five days. Is five days actually going to change anything?
That question deserves an honest answer. Not hype. Not promises of a perfect dog. The truth about what five days actually does — for the Doodle who has been running the household for years, the teenager who got harder at fourteen months, the brand new puppy parent who is already googling at eleven o'clock at night, and the Doodle parents in England, British Columbia, Spain, and New Zealand joining from across the world.
IN THIS EPISODE:
What five days is not — and why that honesty matters more than any promise.
What Day 5 actually feels like for your specific Doodle. Not for a hypothetical dog in a perfect training setup. For the dog you actually have, in the backyard, at the park, at the front door. Corinne walks through what the shift looks like at every stage — years into the same behaviors, teenage Doodle chaos, brand new puppy, and early puppy families who want to start right before the patterns harden.
Why five days will not fix eight years — but will show you that eight years is fixable. And why that distinction is the most important thing that can happen at the beginning of a real training journey.
The moment that changes things. The first time your Doodle turns away from the fence and looks at you instead. What that moment means, why it is not the finish line, and why evidence is everything.
Why you are not starting from zero — and how everything you have already tried is actually your greatest asset in this work.
Why Corinne chose Doodles on purpose when other trainers were relieved to hand them off. What 50,000 hours of Doodle-specific experience means for the families who walk through the door of this challenge.
What the Doodle Parent Challenge week actually looks like, day by day.
A message for international Doodle parents — the replay is in your portal and it is yours until April 29th. This community spans 25+ US states and multiple countries. However you join, this week was built for you.
WHAT YOU WILL WALK AWAY WITH:
The honest answer about what five days does. A clear picture of what Day 5 feels like for your specific dog. And enough evidence to decide whether showing up this week is worth it. (Spoiler: it is.)
MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
Pre-Party Kickoff — Friday April 17th, 7pm Mountain: thedoodlepro.com/challenge 
Free Doodle Parent Challenge — starts April 20, 2026: thedoodlepro.com/challenge 
Trust Fund Puppy Quiz (2 minutes): thedoodlepro.com/trustfundpuppy 
Your Doodle's Daily Schedule Blueprint: thedoodlepro.com/doodleblueprint
ABOUT CORINNE GEARHART, M.A., FFCP:
Corinne Gearhart is the founder of The Doodle Pro® and the author of the bestselling book Your Doodle's Daily Schedule Blueprint. She has spent 50,000+ hours working specifically with Doodle families across 25+ Doodle crosses in every life stage. She studied with Jean Donaldson's Academy for Dog Trainers and is Fear Free Certified Professional. The Doodle Pro Podcast ranks #1 in Australia and New Zealand and #3 in the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada.
Corinne Gearhart is the founder of The Doodle Pro®, a science-based training platform helping Doodle parents raise calmer, well-mannered dogs using positive reinforcement. She is the host of The Doodle Pro® Podcast and author of Your Doodle’s Daily Schedule Blueprint™.
📘 Get the Doodle Schedule Blueprint:
https://thedoodlepro.com/doodle-schedule-bonus/

🎧 More episodes:
https://thedoodlepro.com/podcast

You called him in from the backyard 100 times while he barked at the fence. He heard every single one. He glanced over. And went right back to barking.

You have watched the YouTube videos. You did the puppy class — maybe your Doodle was even a star student inside the building. You tried the online training membership. Maybe you hired the expensive professional trainer. And none of it transferred to real life.

In this episode,I break down exactly why — and it has nothing to do with your consistency or your Doodle's intelligence.

The gap is not that you have not tried hard enough. The gap is the difference between a tip and a system. A tip teaches a moment. A system builds a dog. You have been collecting moments. Your Doodle needed a curriculum.

IN THIS EPISODE:

Why the YouTube videos, the online training membership, and the expensive trainer did not transfer to your backyard or the park — and why that is not your fault.

Why puppy class is a genuinely valuable starting point and worth doing — and why chapter one was never going to be enough for a Doodle brain. What comes after puppy class, and why most Doodle parents never got it.

The barrier experience in puppy class — what it actually means when your Doodle needed to be on the other side of a barrier to focus, and why this is a completely normal Doodle brain response, not a sign your dog was the problem.

Why the park undoes everything your Doodle learned in a controlled setting — the transfer problem, what it is, and what actually fixes it.

Why Doodles hit this wall faster than any other breed — the neuro combo, the pattern-mapping speed, the adolescence amplifier, and why an intelligent dog can learn the wrong curriculum just as fast as the right one.

What a Doodle-specific training system actually builds — and why it builds trust rather than compliance.

The difference between positive reinforcement as a method and positive reinforcement as a sequenced system — and why your Doodle needs the second one.

WHAT YOU WILL WALK AWAY WITH:

A clear understanding of why tips do not transfer to real life for a Doodle brain — and why that is a system problem, not a you problem. The framework for what comes after puppy class. And the beginning of what a complete, Doodle-specific curriculum actually looks like.

MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

Free Doodle Parent Challenge — starts April 20, 2026: thedoodlepro.com/challenge
Trust Fund Puppy Quiz (2 minutes): thedoodlepro.com/trustfundpuppy
Your Doodle's Daily Schedule Blueprint (bestselling book): thedoodlepro.com/doodleblueprint
Listen on all apps: thedoodlepro.com/listen

Corinne Gearhart is the founder of The Doodle Pro®, a science-based training platform helping Doodle parents raise calmer, well-mannered dogs using positive reinforcement. She is the host of The Doodle Pro® Podcast and author of Your Doodle’s Daily Schedule Blueprint™.
📘 Get the Doodle Schedule Blueprint:
https://thedoodlepro.com/doodle-schedule-bonus/

🎧 More episodes:
https://thedoodlepro.com/podcast

Is life with your Doodle more chaotic than calm? There is a name for the pattern behind it — and it is not bad dog.
In this episode I am decoding the Trust Fund Puppy: what it is, why Doodles drift there faster than almost any other breed, ten signs your dog has landed there, and the one structural shift that flips the whole dynamic.
This concept comes from trainer and author Suzanne Clothier and her relationship-centered training philosophy — one of the most useful frameworks I have ever brought into my work with Doodle families.
If last week's episode on the viral RVC Doodle behavior study resonated, this is the practical follow-up. The researchers documented this pattern across 9,000+ dogs without naming it. This episode names it and starts the fix.
🐾 Take the 2-minute Trust Fund Puppy Quiz: https://thedoodlepro.com/trustfundpuppy 
🐾 Join the free Doodle Parent Challenge (April 20): https://thedoodlepro.com/challenge 
📚 Your Doodle's Daily Schedule Blueprint: https://thedoodlepro.com/doodleblueprint
Corinne Gearhart is the founder of The Doodle Pro®, a science-based training platform helping Doodle parents raise calmer, well-mannered dogs using positive reinforcement. She is the host of The Doodle Pro® Podcast and author of Your Doodle’s Daily Schedule Blueprint™.
📘 Get the Doodle Schedule Blueprint:
https://thedoodlepro.com/doodle-schedule-bonus/

🎧 More episodes:
https://thedoodlepro.com/podcast

A major study from the Royal Veterinary College went viral this week, and headlines from the BBC to Smithsonian Magazine declared that Doodles "behave worse" than purebred dogs. Before you panic, read this.
I read all 24 pages of the actual study. Plus the 2024 companion study from the same research team. And what I found is a story that is significantly more nuanced, more hopeful, and more useful than any headline captured.
In this episode I break down what the study actually measured (owner survey data, not clinical veterinary observation), which Doodle crosses were and were not studied (Goldendoodles, Bernedoodles and Sheepadoodles were NOT included), what the Labradoodle findings actually show, the training methods finding nobody reported, and the health-behavior connection buried in the discussion section that may be more relevant to your dog than anything else in the study.
The study is right about something important: Doodles are not plug-and-play dogs. But your dog is not broken. And this episode gives you the full picture.
🐾 Join the free Doodle Parent Challenge (April 20): https://thedoodlepro.com/challenge 
📖 Your Doodle's Daily Schedule Blueprint: https://thedoodlepro.com/doodleblueprint 
📝 Read the full expert response: https://thedoodlepro.com/doodle-behavior-study-2026
Corinne Gearhart is the founder of The Doodle Pro®, a science-based training platform helping Doodle parents raise calmer, well-mannered dogs using positive reinforcement. She is the host of The Doodle Pro® Podcast and author of Your Doodle’s Daily Schedule Blueprint™.
📘 Get the Doodle Schedule Blueprint:
https://thedoodlepro.com/doodle-schedule-bonus/

🎧 More episodes:
https://thedoodlepro.com/podcast