Mental Skills for Everyday Dog Life
Build your balance.
Small steps. Clear results. Tools that actually help.
Start with simple tools that are easy to use
Dog sports brings joy and sometimes pressure.
Many dog owners feel tension, uncertainty or overthinking at some point. These reactions are learned, and because they are learned, they can be changed.
In our trainings you learn clear, practical mental tools you can use right away. You will learn how to calm your body, focus your mind and prepare for training or competition in a steadier way.
Even small steps are enough. You will notice positive changes quickly in yourself, and also in your dog.
Learn skills that make life easier
Mental skills are not theories. They are simple, practical tools you can use in real moments in training, in everyday life and in competition situations.
- when you feel tension building
- when you want to stay focused
- when the situation feels new, difficult or unpredictable
- when you want your dog to understand you more clearly
Your body reacts before you think. Signals of tension, focus, uncertainty or excitement rise fast and they often decide how the moment begins.
When you understand what these signals mean and how to work with them, something important happens:
- you react more calmly
- you feel more steady inside
- difficult moments stop escalating
- you become clearer, which helps your dog too
These tools help you shift your state so you can respond instead of react
What you learn in our trainings
Mental skills become useful only when they are simple enough to use in real life. That’s why all our trainings focus on clear tools you can try the same day.
- recognise what your body is telling you before the moment takes over
- shift from tension to clarity with small, practical steps
- build focus in everyday life, training and competition
- stay steady in stressful or unexpected moment
- support your dog through your own calmness
- build routines that help both you and your dog
Small adjustments change everything.
Is this for you?
MentalSkills trainings are for dog owners who want to feel calm, clear and steady no matter their sport or level. You do not need previous experience with mental skills. You only need curiosity.
You can also join even if you do not currently have a dog many people participate while waiting for their next puppy.
- sometimes feel tension, pressure or overthinking
- want simple tools you can use immediately
- want to understand your own reactions better
- want to support your dog by being clearer and calmer
- want training and daily life to feel easier
- like learning through simple, real-life examples
You don’t need previous experience. You only need curiosity.
How our trainings work
Our trainings are simple on purpose. You get short lessons, clear tools and examples from everyday dog-owner situations.
No complicated theory. No long sessions. Just tools that actually help.
- short lessons you can watch anywhere
- examples from real dog owner situations
- tools that work in both everyday life and competition
- simple exercises that take only a few minutes
- guidance that supports both you and your dog
- material you can return to whenever you need
You don’t need long sessions. You need tools that actually help.
My Balance – 5 Tools
A compact set of practical tools to help you handle nervousness, stay steady under pressure and support your dog with clear, calm energy. Learn how to guide your own state before you guide your dog.
In this course you will learn how to:
1. shift the meaning you give to stressful moments
2. find your optimal activation level
3. use posture to stabilise your nervous system
4. step into the role you need in training or competition
5. reset your body and mind within seconds
These tools are simple, fast and effective and they work immediately, even in challenging environments.
Your dog will feel the difference.
About Mental Skills
Mental Skills helps dog owners stay calm, clear and connected in everyday life, in training and in competition moments.
Our approach is simple: small, practical tools that work in real situations and are easy to repeat.
We teach body-based skills that support both the handler and the dog, without complicated theory.
Mental Skills is created by Tytti Lintenhofer and Anne Talvitie, two experienced coaches from Finland who combine deep dog-sport expertise with
modern mental skills methods.
- well-known name in the dog-sport community
- decades of experience in training, coaching and competitive dog work
- trusted for her calm, clear and practical style
- specialist in routines that make the handler dog team feel steady
- mental-skills coach and developer of the MentalSport method
- has coached athletes from several sports using body-based tools
- expert in clarity, emotional regulation and performance routines
- focuses on simple methods that work instantly in real dog-sport situations
Together we combine dog-sport expertise with modern, body-based mental skills
creating tools that help handlers stay calm, clear and connected in any situation.
MentalSkills by Anne Talvitie & Tytti Lintenhofer
Practical mental skills for dog handlers
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