Calmness. Now, calmness, Alice, this saved Bonnie's life. This single concept. Simple but not always easy concept. And tell me about that, because that's massive.

This calmness was literally the turning point for Bonnie. When we got her, things quickly unraveled and we realised she had some

pretty severe behavioural struggles and that she was very reactive and really struggled to sleep

and to settle. She really did not have any calmness whatsoever.

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part of their world. Calmness. Now, calmness, Alice, this saved Bonnie's life. This single concept,

simple concept, simple but not always easy concept. And tell me about that,

because that's massive, like this changed, a dog who's a potential put to sleep dog, a dog who has

killed another dog, a dog who's been in rehome and rescue, and they've decided it's

appropriate to home because of the situation the owner put that dog into and left

that dog in inappropriately. Yes, she's killed a dog. At the same time, we think this dog is still

got capacity to be a nice dog, just need to manage the scenarios. You get hold of this dog from

rehome, from rescue, possibly at times thinking, oh my God, I've bitten off more than I can

chew. And at the same time, calmness, bang, we feel like we've got somewhere.

Tell me about it.

This calmness was literally the turning point for Bonnie.

When we got her, things quickly unraveled and we realized she had some pretty severe

behavioral struggles and that she was very reactive and

really struggled to sleep and to settle. She really did not have any calmness whatsoever.

What breed is she? Oh, she's a sort of mastiff megamot. So she's part of German Shepherd,

but you wouldn't be able to tell. She looked very canicorso, mastiffy,

sort of brindle, big, sort of Shetland pony-sized, yeah. So she's a lot of dog, and that's a

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