On Saturday 31 October, we’re walking the Blue Mile together and finishing at Diggies for coffee, with our dogs settled calmly under the tables. That’s the finish line. Getting there takes six weeks, six skills and six rounds, starting Monday 14 September. But we decided that simply helping everyone build better dogs wasn’t quite competitive enough... So we’re putting something far more important on the line. 🔥 NATH vs MATT. 🔥 Bragging rights. And unfortunately for one of us, there will be witnesses. When you commit, you’ll be randomly drafted into one of two packs: 🐺 THE WILD DOGS with Nath 🦊 THE JACKALS with Matt You don’t choose your pack. You can’t swap. And once you’re drafted, you're no longer on your own. But this isn’t just you training your dog and sending in homework. Your Pack Leader is in this too. Nath and Matt will be coaching, competing, stirring each other up and doing everything legally permitted under Walkys law to make sure their pack walks into Diggies as champions. So yes, you’re working on your dog. Yes, you’re working with your pack. But you’re also carrying the hopes, dreams and incredibly fragile ego of your Pack Leader. No pressure. 😂 HERE’S HOW THE SIX WEEKS WORK. Every Sunday night, a new level drops as an online course for you to work through. Every Monday evening, your Pack Leader goes LIVE in Skool to break down the week’s challenge, answer questions and get the pack ready to earn that point. Then your private pack WhatsApp group takes over. Questions. Videos. Training. Struggles. Wins...... Trash talk. And when someone posts at 9pm on a Tuesday night because their dog just nailed something they couldn’t do a week ago, the whole pack piles on. Then Friday comes. 🏆 ONE DOG + HUMAN TEAM WINS THE WEEK. They take home a prize from Drifter Dog Gear and, more importantly, put a point on the board for their pack. Six rounds. Six chances to score. And on Halloween, one pack walks into Diggies knowing they won the 2026 Walkys Spring Challenge.

Missed it live? Here's the full session with @Nath Morrison @Matthew Marsh Polly & Fred. Here's the honest summary: we barely touched the lead. Because loose lead walking isn't a lead problem, it's a relationship problem. If your dog doesn't want to be near you off the lead, no amount of equipment is going to fix that on the lead. What's in it: - Why your dog pulls (opposition reflex, years of reinforcement history, and no clear leader) - Follow Me: how to build a dog who chooses to catch up rather than one you're constantly calling - And so much more worth listening to - Your homework this week: Five minutes of Follow Me in the yard, before the lead goes on, every day. No lead, no walk. Just you leaving and your dog choosing to catch up. Don't rush to the lead work. The engagement is the work. Post below and tell me how day one goes. If it falls apart, say so and I'll tell you where.

Little Archie working through some sniffari games. Using some cones and every time Archie looks at them he gets a treat, then we encourage him to put his nose in them and treat release. After a few reps he was all over the game! What a little champ! @Maria Sirianni

If your dog drags you down the street, be there. I'm doing a full walk-through with Polly. Not a talk, an actual demo. Camera's going up in the carpark and you'll see the whole thing, including the reps she gets wrong. What we're covering: - The three real reasons your dog pulls (none of them are that she's stubborn) - Follow Me: the engagement work that has to happen before the lead does anything - What to do the second the lead goes tight, and why stopping dead is the wrong answer - Stop and sit at kerbs using pressure and release - Your homework for the week - 30 minutes. Bring your questions, I'll stay on at the end to answer them. See you at 1.

Had to share my walking success with Bonnie this morning. I decided to work with Bonnie’s schnauzer hunter nose instead of fighting it. I allowed ‘break’ sniffy time then back to ‘heal’ training on the roads. Schnauzer sniff near the reserve then back to ‘heal’ on the roads. I was armed with a sense of ‘we don’t have to be perfect’ in my head along with my new skills taught by Matt in our home visit. The walking backward, recall and back to heal worked. I was so proud of Bonnie I nearly cried. Thanks Walkys team. 😘🐾