The results speak for themselves.
Stewart gives control back to the dog allowing a delicate balance of freedom, the ability to make choices and safety. Dogs that were once reactive now become more confident.
Scotland Dog Seminar: Reactive to Resilient! Behavior Adjustment Training (BAT) for Aggression, Frustration & Fear with Grisha Stewart
Stirling Dog Behavioural Centre
Stirling, United Kingdom
How This Seminar Will Help You and the Dogs in Your Life
Do you live or work with dogs who bark, lunge, growl, or flee? Or puppies?
This seminar will give you skills that make everyday life with dogs feel easier, calmer, more predictable, and more connected.
Through a blend of presentation, discussion, practice, and live demonstration, you’ll learn to support dogs of all breeds:
Read subtle canine body language
Set up effective, real-world training scenarios
Apply updated BAT leash skills, including Grisha's innovative Leash Belay system
Support calm, resilient behavior in complex environments
You’ll also explore how to stay grounded and responsive, so you can support dogs skillfully even in unpredictable situations.
This is a workshop for humans to learn. We'll have a practical sessions to work on leash skills with each other and also demonstrations of BAT with dogs, so please leave your dogs at home.
About BAT
Behavior Adjustment Training (BAT) is a trauma- and attachment-informed approach that has helped people around the world support over 200,000 dogs!
BAT helps dogs and their humans feel safer by increasing choice and control, reducing reactivity, fear, and stress without force, correction, or heavy reliance on food rewards.
Developed by best-selling author and dog behavior specialist Grisha Stewart, BAT combines proactive leash skills, thoughtful setups, and real-life learning to support calm behavior. Body language, nervous system awareness, and trust are all important ingredients for BAT.
Ideal for both professional dog trainers, behaviorists, and everyday dog guardians, this humane, science-based approach is designed for real-life situations: leash reactivity, aggression, fear, and confidence building.
More About the Seminar
Grisha Stewart has taught her much-loved BAT seminars around the world, from Sweden to Brazil to Taiwan to the Lithuania and beyond. After a decade of near-constant travel to share BAT with other dog trainers, with many visits to the UK, she shifted her focus in 2019 to building her online Academy for dog professionals and deepening her work.
Now, she’s offering a newly updated 2-day in-person seminar; a rare opportunity to learn with her live. We anticipate that tickets will sell out.
This isn’t a throwback. It’s a fresh, current take on the latest version of BAT for real life, grounded in years of continued teaching, observation, and refinement.
Helpful for dog professionals, shelter staff & volunteers, dog sports competitors, and family dogs struggling with reactivity.
Dogs: this is a large seminar for humans (i.e., not like a regular dog training class). Please leave your dog at home unless you've arranged for your dog to be one of the demo dogs.
Continuing Professional Development: Professional dog trainers and behaviorists can earn CPD (Continuing Professional Development) aka CEUS (continuing education units). We expect to have them for the IAABC, CPDT, and KPA. Let us know if you need them for another organization.
About Grisha, Your Instructor
Grisha Stewart, MA, KPACTP, CPDT-KA
Grisha Stewart is a dynamic international speaker, author, and dog trainer best known for developing Behavior Adjustment Training (BAT) for reactivity, aggression, and fear. With 23+ years of professional dog training experience, she has helped reshape how trainers and caregivers approach dog behavior: centering choice, agency, and humane, trauma-informed methods. Grisha founded Ahimsa Dog Training, one of Seattle’s most respected positive dog training and behavior companies, and ran it for a dozen years before moving to Alaska. She now teaches via the collaborative online Grisha Stewart Academy, supporting professionals and dog guardians worldwide. An engaging, humorous, and down-to-earth presenter, Grisha is known for making complex concepts practical, accessible, fun, and deeply relational.
Expert reviews of the BAT book
Learning to interpret their dog
BAT helps people understand how to read their dogs. You’re really helping people have that dialogue by giving them nice little tidbits that help them make good choices...
Highly recommend the BAT Book
A comprehensive and detailed approach to working with fear, frustration, and aggression in dogs. I'm impressed by people who continually re-evaluate their perspectives and advice.
Agenda (topic flow is approximate, but the breaks will be on time!)
- 9:30 am
Doors Open
We have chairs, but if you arrive early, you'll have time to set up a comfy chair you brought from home. This is also a good time to connect to each other or walk around the neighborhood.
- 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Intro to BAT
Get a view from the top of what BAT is and how it can help dogs and their humans.
- 11:00 am - 11:15 am
Break
Enjoy the snack potluck and beverages. (Remember to bring your own low-crumb finger-food snacks for the potluck, if you can).
- 11:15 am - 12:30 pm
Relationship Skills
What can we do to grow a stronger relationship, one that helps reassure the dog and us of safety?
- 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Lunch on your own
We have planned for an hour and a half for lunch. There is a kitchen to store and reheat whatever you bring to eat. If you want to relax and not feel rushed during this time, bring a lunch instead of relying on restaurants. There are several restaurants about 10-15 minutes drive away.
- 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Human Foundations
What skills do you need to know for reactivity? This section includes the BAT leash skills, which support freedom and safety at the same time. We'll practice here with loaner leashes, but you can also bring your own. If you don't already have a 15-foot leash, just bring a couple of 6 footers that we can clip together.
- 3:00 pm - 3:10 pm
Break
- 3:10 pm - 4:30 pm
Human Foundations Continued
More leash skills, including the leash belay. This section might include more hands-on practices for leash skills and other ways you can support a dog's learning.
- 4:30 pm - 4:45 pm
Break
- 4:45 pm - 6:00 pm
Dog Foundations
What skills do dogs need before we get going on BAT? Trauma- and attachment-informed practices and skills to help the dog get through sticky situations.
FAQs
- What do I bring?
No dogs - we will arrange for some demonstration dogs. No personal dogs. If you require your trained service dog, please let us know in advance, so we can arrange for the comfort and safety of your dog.
Snacks for the snack potluck. Aim for things that aren't too crumbly (optional).
Comfortable chair & cushion (we will also provide chairs).
Dress in Layers - the space is not fully heated and the demonstration may be in the tunnels or outside.
Leash and clicker (if you have one). A 6 foot leash will do, but we will also be practicing with 15 footers. We'll be using these with each other, not dogs.
Clothing that allows you to move, as we will be doing some moving around (If you're mobility challenged we will adjust accordingly.)
Business cards or other networking materials. Part of the goal of this seminar is to build community.
- Can I buy your BAT leashes, belay, books, etc.?
Yes! Grisha will have merch available for sale. Cash or Paypal.
- Is there a group discount?
Yes! If you sign up 4 or more people, you save 10%. This should happen automagically at checkout.
- Is there a transaction fee?
The transactions are processed in GBP, and we are covering the fees. At checkout, if you opt to cover it for us, that's super helpful - thank you! It is possible, but not likely, that your bank may charge their own transaction fee.
- Accessibility & Travel
We will be adding more details here before the event.
The space is wheelchair accessible, with the caveat that there are some pebbles.
If you are bringing your task-trained service dog, please let us know in advance by replying to the registration email, so we can best support your dog's comfort and safety.
Please direct any access questions directly to Ann at the Stirling Dog Behavioural Centre.
Getting There
For directions beyond what your satnav can get you, please contact the Stirling Dog Behavioural Centre directly.
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Stirling Dog Behavioural Centre
Stirling, United Kingdom
