Doodle Training Wins: What 3,000 Doodle Parents Changed in 5 Days

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 weekZoomies 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/zoomiestozenRead the full episode recap: thedoodlepro.com/doodle-training-winsWondering if Zoomies to Zen™ is a fit? Email [email protected] 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 stepThe 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/zoomiestozenCorinne 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