Two parents. Two kids.
One very small puppy.
Life with Marlowe is a documentation project. Everything we learn raising a puppy alongside two young children, shared as we live it.
Rebecca
An RN who understands
nervous systems.
Rebecca is a registered nurse with a background in paediatrics and an instinct for reading behaviour through a developmental lens. She doesn't approach puppyhood as a trainer. She approaches it as someone who understands how brains regulate, how attachment forms, and why emotional safety has to come before any kind of learning.
That perspective shapes everything we do with Marlowe. When a puppy is biting, we ask if they're overtired. When they won't settle, we check the environment. The behaviour is always the last thing we look at.
Lee
Creative, intuitive,
outdoors-focused.
Lee comes at this from a different angle. Not clinical, but deeply relational. He reads Marlowe through feel. The energy shift before she's about to lose it. The moment she's genuinely settled versus performing calm. The difference between curious and overwhelmed.
Where Rebecca brings structure and developmental awareness, Lee brings intuition and patience. He's the one on the floor at 6 AM. The one who takes her out in the rain. The one who built the daily rhythm that holds everything together. Science and instinct. That's the balance.
This isn't a training program. It's a way of thinking about development.
Our Approach
Regulation first.
Everything else follows.
A puppy who can't regulate their own nervous system can't learn. They can comply under pressure, but that's not the same thing. We start with sleep, with calm, with safety. Then we build from there.
Marlowe is being raised in a real home, not a controlled environment. There are two kids under seven, school runs, dinner chaos, and all the mess of actual family life. What we share works because it was built inside that reality.
What We Believe
The principles behind everything we share
01
Calm is taught
Not demanded. You can't ask a puppy to be calm if they've never been shown what calm feels like. We build it through repetition, environment, and timing.
02
Behaviour is communication
Biting, barking, zoomies, whining. Every signal means something. Our job is to read it before we respond to it.
03
Development takes time
Puppies aren't small adult dogs. Their brains are developing. Expectations should match their age, always.
04
You're not behind
Your dog isn't broken. You're not failing. The internet makes it look like everyone else has it figured out. They don't. You're doing better than you think.
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