I Lost My Patience With My Dog — Here's What's Actually Going On | The Mindful Dog Parent Ep 52

I lost my patience with my dog, if that's the sentence running through your head right now, this episode is a direct answer to it. In Episode 52 of The Mindful Dog Parent I'm talking about what's actually happening physiologically when you lose your patience with your dog, why the guilt that follows is so often disproportionate to what happened, and what to do with both the moment itself and the aftermath. In this episode: • Why losing patience is a nervous system event, not a character flaw • Why the guilt afterwards is often bigger than the moment warrants • The reframe that holds you accountable without crushing you • Four practical steps for prevention and repair FREE RESOURCE: The One-Minute Reset For the moment your own activation starts rising — free from The Dog Parent Path™. Get it here: https://sianlawleyrudd.myflodesk.com/... ⏱ CHAPTERS 0:00 Cold open — you snapped, and now you're sitting with it 0:15 Personal story — the moment with Bonnie I wasn't proud of 0:50 What this episode covers 1:05 The One-Minute Reset — free resource 1:35 Part One: What losing patience actually is 5:00 Part Two: Why the guilt is so disproportionate 8:30 Part Three: The reframe 11:00 Four practical steps 11:10 Step One: Know your own early warning signs 11:50 Step Two: Build in an exit before you need one 12:30 Step Three: Repair quickly and simply 13:15 Step Four: Talk to yourself the way you'd talk to a friend 14:00 Closing The Dog Parent Path™: https://www.thedogparentpath.com Follow on Instagram: @dog_parenth_path Leave a review on Apple Podcasts: search The Mindful Dog Parent, scroll down RELATED EPISODES → You're Not a Bad Dog Parent — You're a Shamed One (Episode 39) → You're Not Too Sensitive (Episode 50) → The Five Things to Do in the 24 Hours After a Really Hard Walk (Episode 51) #dogparentguilt #lostmypatience #overwhelmeddogparent #nervoussystemdogtraining #reactivedogowner #mindfuldog #dogmum