The 90-Day Field Immersion
Field Lessons from the Canine Mind: the Trilogy
This is not the scent workshop. Canine Sensory Connection is a live online room built around scent, run on Zoom, open to guardians and pet professionals anywhere — and it lives on its own page. What follows here is a separate program with its own teacher-time, its own price, and its own outcome.
The Trilogy sits inside the 90-Day Field Immersion — a ninety-day program taken either self-directed from anywhere or with in-person day training in North Kingstown, Rhode Island. On the self-directed track you do the field work yourself, coached monthly. Add day training and Lorrie works your dog in the field herself, then hands it back across structured handovers. Either way the change is documented with the Canine Resilience Assessment at Day 0, Day 45, and Day 90.
You do not need both. A good many handlers take Canine Sensory Connection first and never need the second. If your dog needs hands-on field work, Lorrie will tell you so in the meet and greet rather than sell you the smaller thing.
Which one is yours
Two workshops. One methodology. They are not the same thing.
People confuse these two constantly, so here is the difference in plain terms. The first is online and built around scent. The second runs ninety days and is built around field work — taken self-directed from anywhere, or with in-person day training if you are local to Rhode Island.
| Workshop One — Canine Sensory Connection | Workshop Two — Field Lessons: the Trilogy | |
|---|---|---|
| Format | Live room on Zoom, ninety minutes twice a month, one pack of twelve — taken as the mini program (the calls) or the full program (the calls and the eighty-one cards) | Two ways to take it. Self-directed online study through the learning portal, with monthly group coaching — or the same arc with in-person day training and structured handler handovers added |
| Where | Anywhere — fully online | Anywhere, for the self-directed track. North Kingstown, Rhode Island and surrounding towns if you add the in-person day training |
| Length | About five and a half months — twelve calls, and eighty-one cards on the full program | 90 days |
| Built around | Scent work, nervous-system state, and teaching the handler to read direction, load, and recovery | Field-Based Regulation Training, the Trilogy curriculum, handler transfer, and standardized field tests at Day 0, 45, and 90 |
| Who trains the dog | You do, at home, about fifteen minutes a day — coached twice a month | You do, on the self-directed track, with coaching and field tests. If you add day training, Lorrie works the dog first and hands it back to you |
| How progress is documented | Your own written record, plus two clips filmed eight weeks apart | Canine Resilience Assessment at Day 0, Day 45, and Day 90, with a written report |
| Investment | Two programs, mini and full · prices and dates go to the notify list before enrollment opens | Three tracks — see the pricing section further down this page |
| Best first step if | You want a live teacher in the room every week, the difficulty lives mostly at home, or you want to start smaller | You want the full ninety-day arc with documented field tests — self-directed from anywhere, or with hands-on day training if you are local |
Workshop Two, in full
Everything on this page is the ninety-day program: how it works, what it costs, and what gets written down. It can be taken self-directed from anywhere, or with in-person day training if you are local to Rhode Island. If the live online workshop is the one for you, it is on the main page.
Workshop Two · 90-Day Field Immersion · North Kingstown, Rhode Island
Your Dog Isn't Ignoring You.
They're Overwhelmed.
A 90-day reactive and anxious dog training program where Lorrie trains your dog in the field, transfers the work back to you, and documents the change with the Canine Resilience Assessment.
Lorrie Trains Your Dog
You drop off your dog. Lorrie works in structured sessions across the day — reading pressure, recovery, leash state, and emotional availability.
Then Lorrie Trains You
At pickup, the work transfers. You learn what your dog showed, what shifted, and what to do differently on the very next walk.
Structured Over 90 Days
Month 1 builds the baseline. Month 2 changes the pattern. Month 3 helps the change hold in real life.
Written Down, Not Guessed
Progress is documented at Day 0, Day 45, and Day 90 through field tests and the Canine Resilience Assessment.
Why Most "Progress" Is a Guess
Memory is not an archive.
It's a story you retell.
When you love your dog, you want the training to be working — so your memory quietly edits the hard walks and inflates the good ones. That's not dishonesty. It's neurology. And it makes "I think he's better" almost impossible to trust.
Most programs ask
"How do you feel your dog is doing?"
This program asks
"How many times this week? How long was recovery? What does the footage show?"
Feelings confirm. Data proves.
From Obedience to Attunement
Imagine an iceberg.
Above the water is everything you can see — the behaviors that brought you here. They are real. They matter. But none of them is actually the problem. They are the symptom.
Most training works above the waterline — and that is why skills that hold at home vanish on the sidewalk. This program works beneath it, through a skill called attunement: reading the rhythm of the breath, the position of the ears, the shift of body weight — your dog’s words, spoken before the bark ever arrives. The next section teaches you the first piece of that language.
A Lesson, Free — Before You Decide Anything
Before there's behavior, there's a state.
Here's the single idea the whole program turns on. A dog can know a cue and still be unable to reach it — because their nervous system has already shifted out of the only state where learning is possible. Most training works on the bark. This works on the state underneath it. Learn to read these three, and walks start to make sense.
Ventral · "I'm safe"
Connected & Curious
Soft body, loose leash, able to sniff, check in, and take a cue. This is the only state where real learning happens.
Sympathetic · "Threat"
Alert & Bracing
Scanning, stiffening, pulling, barking, lunging. The body is mobilizing. Cues stop landing — there's no room for them.
Dorsal · "Shut down"
Checked Out
Still and "calm" — but not peace. The dog has gone offline to cope. Often mistaken for a dog who "finally settled."
Try this on your next walk: before you do anything, just name the state out loud — "connected," "bracing," or "checked out." You don't have to fix it. Naming it is where everything starts to change. That's the work of Month 1.
Sixty Seconds · About You, Not Your Dog
What Kind of Handler Are You Under Pressure?
Your dog reads your nervous system before they read the world. When a trigger appears, you fall into one of three patterns. This isn't a flaw — it's the most useful thing you can learn about yourself. Six quick questions.
The Reframe
The problem may not be behavior. It may be recovery.
A dog can know a cue and still be unable to reach it — not because she is refusing, but because the nervous system has already closed the door. Most training works on the behavior. This program works on the state that creates it.
Skills disappear under pressure
Obedience learned in calm conditions can fall apart the moment the environment gets loud, close, or unpredictable.
Handlers react too late
Most people intervene after the visible behavior. Field work begins earlier — at the state shift before the bark or lunge.
Progress gets guessed
The Canine Resilience Assessment gives you a structured way to compare real change over time, instead of relying on memory.
"Your dog is not giving you a hard time. They're showing you the moment their nervous system runs out of room."— Lorrie Harris
The 90-Day Arc
See. Shift. Hold.
Each month has a job — and each maps to one phase of the Trilogy. We start by changing how your dog is read, then how patterns are interrupted, then how those changes are sustained over time.
Month 1 · Field Notes (Phase One)
SEE
- State mapping and trigger patterns
- Day 0 field-test baseline
- First pattern interrupt
Month 2 · Field Lessons (Phase Two)
SHIFT
- The leash as language
- Regulation before response
- Day 45 field test
Month 3 · Field State (Phase Three)
HOLD
- Becoming the environment
- Final Canine Resilience Assessment
- 90-Day Transformation Report and next plan
Inside the Vault · Included in the 90-Day Program
Field Lessons from the Canine Mind: the Trilogy
The same framework Lorrie uses with your dog, in your hands permanently. Three phases move in sequence, and 26 pocket-sized Walk Cards turn each idea into something you can run on a real walk. It lives in your private learning portal and never expires.
Field Notes · Phase One · Seeing
Reading the Dog & the Handler You Are
Maps to Month 1 — SEE
26 entries across five Parts. The three autonomic states, the hidden drivers behind "out of nowhere" reactions (smell → sound → movement), and the handler patterns you bring to the leash without knowing it.
Field Lessons · Phase Two · Moving
The Leash as a Language
Maps to Month 2 — SHIFT
26 entries — and the source of your 26 Walk Cards. The leash as a nervous-system wire, not a control tool, and the intervention window: the few seconds between signal and reaction where everything still can change.
Field State · Phase Three · Being
Becoming the Environment
Maps to Month 3 — HOLD
26 chapters following the 5-Layer Walk. Presence as training. You stop managing behavior and become the calm your dog organizes around — then watch it hold across ordinary, real-life walks.
The 26 Walk Cards
Five sets, carried in your pocket on every walk. Short enough for the parking lot, not the desk.
Cards 1–5
The Moment You Step In
Regulate before the leash is even clipped.
Cards 6–10
Speaking Through the Body
What your posture and breath are already saying.
Cards 11–15
Answering the Invisible
Working with scent and the senses driving the dog.
Cards 16–20
Becoming the Environment
Holding the state your dog can settle inside of.
Cards 21–26
Where Control Falls Away
What stays when you stop forcing the walk.
What's Included
Everything is designed to make growth visible.
The 90-Day program wraps the Trilogy inside live coaching and a full written record. Here's everything you receive and generate across the arc.
Pre-Cohort Orientation Call
A 60-minute call before Day 1 — every track. Lorrie primes the vocabulary, teaches the State Scan live, and walks you through the Day Zero Baseline.
Field Lessons from the Canine Mind: Trilogy
Three phases that teach the exact framework Lorrie uses with your dog.
26 Walk Cards
Portable field prompts so the work continues on every walk between sessions.
Day Zero Baseline
An uncontaminated "before" — captured in your own words before any coaching begins.
3 Standardized Field Tests
The same filmed route at Day 0, 45, and 90 — so comparison is honest and undeniable on screen.
Video Assessments
Lorrie reviews your footage and names what your eye missed — within 72 hours of each test.
Weekly Field Logs
Real-time data on frequency and recovery that memory can't distort later.
Handler State Snapshots
Three check-ins that track your regulation arc — often the most surprising change of all.
90-Day Transformation Report
A permanent, client-owned record of what changed from Day 0 to Day 90 — yours to keep.
Canine Resilience Assessment
One assessment, taken at Day 0, Day 45, and Day 90 — the same five things recorded each time.
The Proof
The Canine Resilience Assessment
The CRA is not a grade, a rank, or a promise. It is a documented position in time — the same assessment taken at Day 0, Day 45, and Day 90 — so what changed is something you can read back rather than something you have to remember. Five things are recorded each time, in your words and in hers.
Reactive Incidents
Recovery Time
Field Test Behavior
Handler Regulation
Belief-Language Shift
90-Day Transformation Report
What you actually receive at Day 90
An illustrative sample. Your real report is built from your own words, your own records, and your own footage.
The written intake, the seven-day baseline, and the first two or three minutes of film. What she looked like before anything changed.
The same five records taken again, mid-program. Where the pattern has moved, and where it has not moved yet.
The final assessment, set beside Day 0. The same questions, answered by a different dog and a different handler.
The Language Audit · Before & After
Day 0 — your words then
"Reactive. Embarrassing. I dread walks. I don't think he'll ever be normal."
Day 90 — your words now
"Sensitive, not bad. I can see it building now — and we move through it together."
Sample wording shown for illustration, not a client quote. The language shift is often the most surprising part of the entire report.
Online · anywhere · included in every program, or bought on its own
The most complete picture of your dog you’ll ever put on paper.
The Canine Resilience Assessment is a six-part written intake you complete at home, at your own pace. It asks what almost no behavior form asks — her gut and her sleep, what previous training helped and what made it worse, the state she actually lives in, how long recovery takes, and your own pattern under pressure. The behavior that brought you here is Part Six, on purpose. Then Lorrie reads it and writes back.
- For layered or confusing reactivity patterns
- For families who’ve tried other trainers without durable change
- For dogs who behave differently at home than in public
- For people who want a real read before committing to any program
- For handlers anywhere — nothing about it requires Rhode Island
Lorrie reads every single one herself. Not an assistant, not a template, not a read a piece of software generated from your answers. What comes back is a written assessment in her own words: what she reads in your dog, which of it is nervous system rather than behavior, what she would do first, and what she would leave alone for now.
The Canine Resilience Assessment
- Six-part written intake, completed at home
- Biology, gut–brain health, and medical history
- Life history, prior training, and bite history — what helped, and what made things worse
- Autonomic state, recovery time, and a full stressor map
- The daily environment: household, sleep, exercise, and time alone
- Your handler pattern under pressure
- A seven-day baseline: incidents per walk, minutes to recover, every trigger and its distance
- Two or three minutes of ordinary leash footage, read alongside it
- A written assessment from Lorrie — personally, never templated
- A clear recommendation for where to start
Already included if you enroll in either workshop. This is for people who want the read first, on its own, before deciding anything.
How It Works
You write it. She reads it. You get an answer.
One
You fill it in
Six parts, at your kitchen table, in as many sittings as you like. Nothing is timed and nothing is graded. Most people find Part Five — the one about themselves — the section they did not expect and cannot stop thinking about.
Two
You add two or three minutes of film
Strongly recommended. Not good handling: just an ordinary walk from the moment you pick up the leash, before anybody narrates it. Email it at least twenty-four hours ahead, or film nothing and let her watch live at the start of a Zoom instead. A questionnaire cannot show what actually passes between you. Film can.
Three
Lorrie reads it and writes back
Personally, every time. What comes back is not a score card. It is a written read of your dog: which parts are nervous system rather than behavior, what the pattern underneath the pattern looks like, what she would change first, and what she would leave alone until later.
Two things people say afterward. The first is that they had never been asked most of those questions by anybody. The second is about the question that closes Part Five — in one sentence, what do you believe is fundamentally wrong with your dog? — which is kept, and handed back to them at the end of the work, usually changed.
Which Is Right For Your Dog?
Three ways in. One methodology.
All three use Field-Based Regulation Training. The tracks aren't "good, better, best" — they're built for different kinds of learners. The right one depends on how much hands-on work your dog needs and how you learn best.
Standard Track
Everything in the Hybrid track except the in-person day-training days — for self-directed handlers who want the full framework, coaching, and field testing while doing the field work on their own.
$597
Everything in Hybrid, minus the day training
- 3 monthly Zoom sessions — group Walk-Card coaching
- Full Trilogy, 26 Walk Cards & weekly logs
- Day 0 / 45 / 90 field tests + written video assessments
- Canine Resilience Assessment + Transformation Report · handler-led (no day training)
Hybrid Track
For local handlers who want hands-on field days plus the structure of group coaching on the same arc.
$1,797
Early Bird $1,497
- 3 Day Training days + 3 monthly Zoom sessions
- In-field coaching + written Field Notes at each pickup
- Day 0 / 45 / 90 field tests + video assessments
- Canine Resilience Assessment + Transformation Report
Day Training Upgrade
For dogs needing intensive reps, and handlers who learn best doing it live, alongside Lorrie.
$3,497
Early Bird $3,197
- 6 Day Training days + 6 Zoom sessions (about weekly)
- Real-time in-field coaching + Field Notes at every pickup
- Day 0 / 45 / 90 field tests + video assessments
- Canine Resilience Assessment + Transformation Report
All three tracks produce the same 90-Day Transformation Report and the same Canine Resilience Assessment, and every track begins with a 60-minute Pre-Cohort Orientation Call. A $400 non-refundable deposit secures a confirmed reservation once enrollment is approved. Because progress is documented at Day 45, you'll see early whether the track fits — and Lorrie will adjust the plan if it doesn't. Looking for à la carte day training without the 90-day arc? See Local Dog Day Training.
Workshop One · live online
Prefer a live room to a curriculum? The other workshop meets on Zoom.
Everything above runs ninety days, self-directed or with day training added. Canine Sensory Connection, taught through the Sensory Connection Method, is the other shape entirely: eighty-one cards arriving eight at a time and read one every other day for about five and a half months, and twelve ninety-minute calls with a pack of twelve people. Your dog stays home and is never asked to perform on camera; the pack reads her from thirty seconds of film you take during the two weeks. Twelve people reading the same page on the same evening, rather than a curriculum you carry alone.
Enrollment opens soon · twelve households · two programs, mini and full · the notify list hears the dates first
It has its own page, and this is the door to it.
What Dog Families Say
Rated 5.0 by the people who walked it with us.
She has a different approach to training that is all about calming the nervous system and involving play. She has helped me to connect with my rescue pup on a deeper level, which is helping him heal from his past situation.
When we started with Lorrie, we couldn’t walk our dogs on leash — they pulled so much! Now they are a treat to walk. Their recall is better, anxiety is lower, and our bond is stronger.
We have a well socialized, perfectly behaved six-month-old golden retriever puppy, thanks to Lorrie’s expert training techniques. Izzy loved going to school with Lorrie.
See It In Action
What Field-Based Regulation Training looks like.
Before you decide, watch how Lorrie works: the timing, the body language, and the moment before the reaction.
Who You'll Be Working With
Lorrie Harris
A U.S. Navy veteran who has worked with dogs since 1990, Lorrie is the founder of Coaching Canine Companions and the creator of Field-Based Regulation Training and the Canine Resilience Assessment. She works with the dogs most programs find "too much" — the reactive, the anxious, the shut-down — by starting with the nervous system underneath the behavior, not the behavior itself.
Her 2019 Master Dog Training Certification didn't create the trainer — it confirmed one already shaped by decades of real-field work, from bomb-detection dogs to anxious rescues to handlers at the end of their rope. Her focus isn't compliance. It's connection that holds under pressure.
Coaching Canine Companions · Free Field Lessons
The 5-Layer Walk.
The ninety-second reset that changes how the next walk feels.
Most “out of nowhere” reactions were visible a few seconds earlier — if you knew where to look. Tell us where to send the guide and it is yours.
It is on its way.
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90-day reactive dog training in Rhode Island, built around regulation before behavior.
Coaching Canine Companions offers a 90-Day Field-Based Regulation Training program in North Kingstown, Rhode Island for reactive, anxious, sensitive, overwhelmed, and high-arousal dogs. This is structured day-training and handler-transfer work. It is not dog daycare, not a basic obedience class, and not command-only training.
It's designed for dogs whose behavior changes under pressure: barking, lunging, freezing, scanning, pulling, slow recovery, environmental overwhelm, or leash reactivity. Lorrie works directly with the dog, then teaches the handler how to preserve the change.
Best fit for
- Reactive dogs who struggle on walks
- Anxious or sensitive dogs with slow recovery
- Dogs who need structured day training, not daycare
- Families who want documented progress
- People who'd like help training their own service dog
- Handlers who want the full arc self-directed, without in-person day training
- Handlers ready to change what happens before the behavior
May need a different first step
- Dogs needing immediate bite-risk safety planning
- Families looking only for basic obedience
- People who want fast suppression without handler change
- Cases where the written Canine Resilience Assessment would clarify the path first
- Dogs whose case may first need a veterinary behavior consult
Common Questions
Questions people ask before choosing the 90-Day Program.
Is this dog daycare?
No. This is structured day training and handler-transfer work. Your dog is trained, observed, and supported through regulated field work. It is not passive daycare.
Who is this best for?
Reactive, anxious, sensitive, high-arousal, or overwhelmed dogs whose behavior changes under real-life pressure — and families who need more structure than a single session or online course.
Do you teach obedience, or only regulation?
Both — in that order. Reliable recalls, loose-leash walking, polite greetings, and calm behavior around distractions are all part of the work. But obedience is not the foundation; it is the fruit. The program builds regulation and relationship first, because a dog whose nervous system feels safe becomes available for learning — and that is when the skills everyone hopes for start holding under real-world pressure instead of falling apart on the sidewalk.
What if my dog doesn't make progress?
This is exactly why everything is written down. Because progress is documented at Day 0, Day 45, and Day 90, a plateau shows up at the halfway mark — not as a disappointment at the end. If the data says a track isn't fitting, Lorrie adjusts the plan or recommends a different path while there's still time to act, rather than hoping it works out.
Is the "nervous system" approach actually science?
It's a working lens, applied honestly. The program draws on ideas from polyvagal theory and stress-and-recovery research to explain why a dog can "know" a cue and still be unable to use it under pressure. Some parts of that theory are still debated among researchers, so we don't sell it as settled neuroscience — we use it because, in the field, reading and supporting a dog's state produces change you can document on film.
What is the Canine Resilience Assessment?
A structured assessment repeated at Day 0, Day 45, and Day 90. Each one documents reactive incident frequency, recovery speed, field-test behavior, handler regulation, and the shift in the language you use about your dog. It's a position in time you can hold side by side — not a grade, a rank, or a guarantee.
Do I need the Canine Resilience Assessment first?
Not always, but it is the cheapest way to find out. It is a six-part written intake you complete online from anywhere, and Lorrie reads every one personally and writes back with what she sees. It is the best starting point for complex cases, prior training plateaus, confusing patterns, or anyone who wants a documented baseline before committing to a longer program.
Do I have to live nearby to do this?
No. The Standard Track ($597) runs the full 90-day arc — three monthly Zoom sessions, the Trilogy and Walk Cards, all three field tests with written video assessments, and the Canine Resilience Assessment — handler-led, with no day training. It's everything in the Hybrid track except the in-person day-training days, which makes it a great fit if you're out of area or simply prefer to do the field work on your own. If you're local and want hands-on field days, the Hybrid and Day Training Upgrade tracks add in-person work with Lorrie.
Where does this take place?
The program is based in North Kingstown, Rhode Island, at Coaching Canine Companions, serving Providence, South County, and the surrounding areas. Out-of-area handlers can complete the program through the Standard Track.
From the Field Library
Related reading.
Field Library · Lorrie Harris
Before the bark: the three signals standing in front of it
The head lift arrives a stride before she does and lasts about half a second. Most people have never seen it once, because most people are talking. Writing on the twenty-six signals the Trilogy is built from.
Field Library · Lorrie Harris
What the nose is actually for
Anybody can throw supper into the grass, and it does a dog good. This asks something else — who was she while she searched, and how long did it take her to come home? Writing behind the Sensory Connection Method.
The Whole Field
Where the 90-Day program sits in the larger practice.
Everything here grows from one idea — read the dog's state before you ask for a skill. This is the whole field at a glance, and where the 90-Day Field Immersion lives inside it.
You are hereThe 90-Day Field Immersion
The Foundation
The ground every program stands on
The Field Lessons from the Canine Mind: Trilogy
Three phases, perceiving to being — included in the program
Ways to Begin
Three doors into the work
Two Questions
Only one of them transforms.
“How do I get my dog to do what I want?”
“Who must I become so my dog feels safe enough to walk beside me?”
That single question changes the way you hold the leash, the way you respond to mistakes, and the way your dog experiences you. It is the question these 90 days are built to answer — and by Day 90, the Canine Resilience Assessment shows you, in documented change, who you both became.
If you're ready to stop guessing and start seeing —
The first step is a free Meet & Greet. Enrollment is limited so Lorrie can keep the work careful, regulated, and individualized. If Rhode Island is out of reach, ask about Canine Sensory Connection — the same work, live on Zoom, from anywhere.
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