Co-presented with behaviourist Jessica Logan PDT-KA
January 20th 2026 - SSI Lions Hall
This is for people living with dogs who react, on walks, at home, or in everyday situations. We’ll look at reactivity through the lens of the nervous system: how threat and safety are shaped, how thresholds shift, and why context often matters more than any single trigger.
Co-presented with behaviourist Jessica Logan PDT-KA
January 20th 2026 - SSI Lions Hall
This is for people living with dogs who react, on walks, at home, or in everyday situations. We’ll look at reactivity through the lens of the nervous system: how threat and safety are shaped, how thresholds shift, and why context often matters more than any single trigger.
We’ll spend time on both sides of the leash. What’s happening in the dog, and what’s happening in you, before, during, and after a reactive moment.
Many people carry more tension, vigilance, grief, or isolation than they realize.
You’ll leave with:
A clearer way to read early signs of stress and escalation
A better sense of how thresholds actually work in real life
Language to describe what’s happening without moral judgement
Simple, realistic tools for supporting regulation, yours and your dog’s
A more grounded understanding of what helps, what doesn’t, and why
all upcoming seminars
all upcoming seminars
Help My Reactive Dog! (Salt spring island)
Help My Reactive Dog! (Salt spring island)
When the Nervous System Is the Client: Designing Humane Societies (Victoria BC)
When the Nervous System Is the Client: Designing Humane Societies
Victoria BC
Apart of the Design Victoria Festival
May 3rd 2026 - Little Gladstone Studio
What if your client had four paws? Brandi Wyldewood reveals how interior design can support both
humans and animals, transforming a high-stress shelter environment into a calm, nurturing space. Drawing on decades of experience working in animal welfare facilities and as the founder of Wylderwoods Lighting & Design, she demonstrates how thoughtful spatial layout, lighting, acoustics, circulation, and material choices can reduce stress in animals and prevent burnout for the humans who care for them.
Using a case-study approach, Brandi walks attendees through the redesign of an outdated humane society, highlighting what wasn’t working and why, and how strategic design decisions created a more functional, humane, and enriching environment. She also shares insights from The Wylderwoods Enrichment Park, a large-scale environment on Salt Spring Island, illustrating how principles applied at scale can inform commercial spaces, shelters, and even everyday homes.
This talk encourages attendees to rethink conventional design thinking, with nervous system support at its centre. High-stress environments reveal what design often overlooks, and participants will leave inspired with strategies to create spaces that foster regulation, connection, and care. Brandi’s approach bridges human and animal needs, showing how observing behaviour and responding thoughtfully can transform interiors into truly supportive environments.
Apart of the Design Victoria Festival
May 3rd 2026 - Little Gladstone Studio
Free - limited registration
What if your client had four paws? Brandi Wyldewood reveals how interior design can support both
humans and animals, transforming a high-stress shelter environment into a calm, nurturing space. Drawing on decades of experience working in animal welfare facilities and as the founder of Wylderwoods Lighting & Design, she demonstrates how thoughtful spatial layout, lighting, acoustics, circulation, and material choices can reduce stress in animals and prevent burnout for the humans who care for them.
Using a case-study approach, Brandi walks attendees through the redesign of an outdated humane society, highlighting what wasn’t working and why, and how strategic design decisions created a more functional, humane, and enriching environment. She also shares insights from The Wylderwoods Enrichment Park, a large-scale environment on Salt Spring Island, illustrating how principles applied at scale can inform commercial spaces, shelters, and even everyday homes.
This talk encourages attendees to rethink conventional design thinking, with nervous system support at its centre. High-stress environments reveal what design often overlooks, and participants will leave inspired with strategies to create spaces that foster regulation, connection, and care. Brandi’s approach bridges human and animal needs, showing how observing behaviour and responding thoughtfully can transform interiors into truly supportive environments.
Help My Reactive Dog! (Salt spring island)
Help My Reactive Dog! (Salt spring island)
(Upcoming) Canine body language
Feb 24th 2026 - SSI lions hall
4-530 PM
(Upcoming) Canine body language
Feb 24th 2026 - SSI lions hall
4-530 PM
