The Doodle Pro®: Positive Dog Training for Calm Doodles

Part 2 with Dominika of Dog Meets Baby is the how-to half. We start with the first meeting between your Doodle and your baby, including the step most families skip: greeting your Doodle without the baby first.
From there, Dominika covers why jumping and barking are the two behaviors to work on now, what changes the day your baby starts crawling, how to tell a happy lick from a "please give me space" lick, the bubble trick that finally makes sense to a two year old, and the signs it's time to call a certified professional.
No baby at home? Every how-to still applies. Grandkids, nieces and nephews, and the neighborhood kid asking to pet your Doodle all count. 🐾
In this episode
Where your Doodle stays during the birth, and how to choose
The first meeting, step by step (no dangling feet!)
Why jumping quietly pushes families toward rehoming, and why it's fixable
What changes the day your baby starts crawling
The kiss-to-dismiss lick, plus the happy-lick snapshot test
The bubble trick from Dominika's book, Lola and the Bubble Mission
When to call a professional, and why a growl is a warning to thank
Links 
🍼 Dominika's courses, her book Lola and the Bubble Mission, and her complimentary prep checklist: thedoodlepro.com/dogmeetsbaby (use code DOODLEPRO). I'm a proud affiliate and may earn a commission. 
🛋️ Build the skill underneath almost every tip, a Doodle who can safely park it: The Settled Doodle™, thedoodlepro.com/settleddoodle
📝 Episode page and full transcript: thedoodlepro.com/introduce-doodle-to-baby 
🎧 Missed Part 1? thedoodlepro.com/prepare-doodle-for-baby
 📸 Dominika on Instagram: @dogmeets_baby
The Doodle Pro Podcast, where we celebrate how Doodles are different, wonderfully so.
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

How do you prepare your Doodle for a baby? Dominika of Dog Meets Baby was eight years into her career as a certified trainer when she brought newborn twins home to a dog every trainer friend trusted. What happened in the first few seconds is why she now helps families prepare their dogs for life with little ones.
In Part 1, we talk about what really changes for your Doodle when the family's attention shifts, why "cute" behaviors suddenly feel like too much, the guilt nobody says out loud, and when to jump in on preparing (your due date is not a deadline). Then we bust three myths, including the hospital blanket trick.
Not expecting? Stay anyway. Grandkids, nieces, nephews, and the neighborhood kid asking to pet your Doodle all count. 🐾
🛋️ Teach your Doodle to safely park it while life happens around them. The Settled Doodle™ is self-paced, five minutes at a time, with no live calls: thedoodlepro.com/settleddoodle
CHAPTERS
 0:00 Kids are everywhere in a Doodle's life
 2:13 Lola and the newborn twins
 7:36 What changes when the family's attention shifts
 11:16 Is it jealousy? What your Doodle is actually saying
 14:58 The guilt and grief nobody says out loud
 19:12 Velcro Doodles: a feature to plan around
 21:17 When to start preparing
 23:26 Sleep arrangements
 27:17 Car safety with a baby on board
 28:49 Your due date is not a deadline
 30:08 Myth: the hospital blanket
 33:56 Myth: the car seat meet and greet
 36:04 Myth: dogs are naturally great with kids
 39:26 What's coming in Part 2
RESOURCES
 🍼 Dominika's courses and complimentary prep checklist: thedoodlepro.com/dogmeetsbaby (code DOODLEPRO). I'm a proud affiliate and may earn a commission.
📸 Dominika on Instagram: @dogmeets_baby
🛋️ Teach your Doodle to safely park it, The Settled Doodle™
📝 Full show notes and transcript  
📖 Your Doodle's Daily Schedule Blueprint™
🎧 All episodes
Doodles are different, wonderfully so. 🐾
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

More than 3,000 Doodle families jumped into the Fall 2026 Doodle Parent Challenge this week, and some of what happened in those five days is just incredible. 🐾
In this celebration episode, I share the wins straight from the live chat and your messages: a Goldendoodle named Willow who finally clocked out for the night, a sit that held while a FedEx driver walked right by, and the moment a Doodle parent swapped a harsh label for "having a difficult moment."
In this episode: 
🐾 Why a playbook that worked beautifully for your last dog may not fit this one (a mismatch, not a failure) 
🐾 Why turning your back or saying "off" 100 times a day never sticks, and what works instead 
🐾 The three steps from Day 3: name the paycheck, stop the rehearsal, pay the alternative 
🐾 One doable first step for every Doodle parent this week
Zoomies to Zen™ doors are open. We kick off live Friday, September 18 at 2 PM Eastern (noon Mountain), and doors close Wednesday, September 16 at 11:59 PM Eastern. Jump in here: thedoodlepro.com/zoomiestozen
Read the full episode recap: thedoodlepro.com/doodle-training-wins
Wondering if Zoomies to Zen™ is a fit? Email office@thedoodlepro.com with your Doodle's name and the one thing you'd most love to change.
CHAPTERS 
0:00 More than 3,000 Doodle families in 5 days 
0:50 Inside the live chat 
1:12 When the old playbook stops working 
3:05 A new lens changes what comes next 
3:26 Kelly and Willow: the Doodle on patrol 
4:50 Kathy and Lucy Gray: the FedEx test 
5:45 Why it worked 7:00 What Zoomies to Zen™ is (and isn't) 
8:46 Dates, price, and doors close 
9:51 Your one doable first step
The Doodle Pro® Podcast, where we celebrate how Doodles are different, wonderfully so.
Zoomies to Zen™ doors are open. We kick off live Friday, September 18 at 2 PM Eastern (noon Mountain), and doors close Wednesday, September 16 at 11:59 PM Eastern. Jump in here: thedoodlepro.com/zoomiestozen
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

There is a folder on your phone. Saved reels, screenshots, a loose-leash method with four steps and you remember two. Forty-seven tips in there, give or take.
And your Doodle still loses their whole mind when the doorbell rings.
Here is what I want you to hear: that is not evidence that you failed or that you did not try enough. It is evidence about what a tip actually is. A tip is a puzzle piece with no box top.
In this episode I walk through the difference between a tip and a system, using recall and the doorbell as the worked examples, and I name the reason your feed is full of one and empty of the other. It is not a conspiracy. It is economics.
"By Day 3 of the challenge, I understood my Doodle in a way I never had before. It felt like someone finally gave me the manual." - Sarah M.
More than 800 Doodle parents are already in for the 5-Day Doodle Parent Challenge, kicking off Monday night, September 7 at 8pm ET. Complimentary, live, and it is the system. Five days where I hand you the box top instead of another forty-seven tips.
The live kickoff happens once. Save your spot before Monday so Day 1 is the first thing you do, not the thing you catch up on.
👉 https://thedoodlepro.com/challenge
Doodles are different, wonderfully so. 🐾

CHAPTERS
0:00 The 100 calls they heard and ignored
0:28 The folder on your phone
1:23 Why 47 tips is not training
1:54 Forty-seven humans in one body
2:19 Why your feed is full of tips and empty of systems
3:09 Recall: the tip version vs. the system version
4:07 The doorbell, same pattern
5:01 Exhausted from trying, not from not trying
5:30 You were not set up to fail
5:47 What Monday night is

Note: chapter times may drift by up to about a minute in the back half of this episode due to mid-roll ad insertion.
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

There is a Doodle in your neighborhood who has not taken a day off since 2023.
The window barking. The full body launch at the doorbell. The patrol route from the front door to the couch to the window and back, like they are being graded on it.
Here is the reframe that changes everything: that is not a behavior problem. That is a Doodle running a department nobody created, with no manager, no training, and no lunch break. Meet the Overworked Doodle.
In this episode we walk through a real shift log, hour by hour, and then get honest about why the popular advice keeps failing you. Ignoring it does not work, because the barking was never for your benefit. Yelling does not work either, and the reason is sneakier than you think. And anything built on startling, scaring, or hurting a Doodle backfires harder with this population than almost any other, because you cannot punish a dog out of a job they believe is keeping the family alive.
Then the part you can actually use: the two things the Overworked Doodle needs, in order, and one small assignment for this week that takes about ten minutes.
Doodles are different, wonderfully so. 🐾

WHAT WE COVER
(00:00) The Doodle who never clocked out
(00:44) A day in the life, the full shift log
(01:54) Diligent, not dramatic
(02:45) Vigilance is a workload, not a personality
(03:16) Why the stress never gets to reset
(04:03) Why “just ignore it” and yelling backfire
(04:30) What force and fear actually do
(05:02) The two things that work, in order
(05:48) Your one small assignment this week
(06:14) Five job titles, and finding yours

YOUR NEXT STEP
The 5-Day Doodle Parent Challenge starts Monday night, September 7. It is free, it is live, and it is the whole system in order instead of 47 scattered tips.
Save your spot: thedoodlepro.com/challenge

Curious which of the five job titles your Doodle holds? Take the quiz, it takes two minutes:
thedoodlepro.com/doodlejob

Full write-up, FAQ, and transcript: thedoodlepro.com/goldendoodle-barking-at-window
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