Creating a more neuro-inclusive future for the dog industry.
Welcome to the Campfire...
A place where curiosity comes before certainty, connection comes before perfection, and meaningful conversations create lasting change!
Everything you find here has grown from one simple belief: meaningful change begins with the environment we create for one another. Together we make that possible.
Dogs & Divergent Minds is a community, an education space, a consultancy service and professional development platform founded by Katrina Bayliss, dedicated to helping create a more accessible, inclusive and effective dog industry where both people and dogs can thrive.
By bringing together neuro-inclusive education, consultancy, speaking, professional development, practical resources and community, I am helping shape a more accessible, inclusive and effective dog industry. I support dog professionals, businesses, organisations and dog guardians to better understand neurodivergence, improve accessibility and create better outcomes for both people and dogs.
Everything within Dogs & Divergent Minds is guided by The Connection Code™ and brought to life through my Jigsaw Approach™.
Whether you’re looking to make your services more neuro-inclusive, explore a different way of understanding dogs and people, discover the philosophy behind my work or simply learn more about the movement, you’re in the right place.
Better understanding creates better connection.
Everything here is guided by The Connection Code™ and brought to life through The Jigsaw Approach™.
→ Explore The Connection Code™
→ Explore The Jigsaw Approach™
→ Meet Katrina and discover the story behind Dogs & Divergent Minds
Neuro-Inclusive Dog Professional Network (NIPDN)
Helping shape a more neuro-inclusive dog world through professional learning, development, and community.
We support guardians, trainers, behaviourists, and dog professionals through standalone training, ongoing professional membership, and the Neuro-Inclusive Dog Professional Directory, all designed to promote more accessible, adaptive, and understanding approaches to working with dogs and their humans.
Work With Me
You don’t need to have all the answers.
You simply need somewhere to start.
Whether you’re looking for support with your own dog, building confidence in agility, growing your dog business or creating more neuro-inclusive services, we’ll always begin with an approach that’s individual to you.
Using The Connection Code™ and my Jigsaw Approach™, we’ll identify the corner pieces of your unique puzzle and build an approach that works for you, your dog, your brain and your goals.
→ Let’s Find Your Corner Pieces
Looking specifically for agility support?
For Dog Professionals
Whether you’re a dog trainer, behaviourist, instructor or agility coach, creating meaningful change starts with better understanding.
That might mean understanding yourself, creating more neuro-inclusive services, strengthening your professional practice or building a way of working that works for both you and the people you support.
Here you’ll find specialist services to help you put those pieces into place. If you’re looking for practical articles, guides and ongoing learning, you’ll find plenty to explore in the Neuro-Inclusive Practice Hub below.
Featured In | Speaking & Media
Through published articles, podcasts, books and speaking engagements, I’m helping shape conversations around neuro-inclusive practice across the dog world.
My work has been featured in Edition Dog (including the magazine’s curated Crufts edition), Agility Voice, industry podcasts and professional events. I’m also the author of Milo: The Dog That Gave Me It All and host two podcasts exploring neuro-inclusive practice, dog training and agility.
Neuro-Inclusive Practice Hub
A growing library of resources supporting neuro-inclusive practice across the dog industry.
Explore practical guidance, frameworks, and professional development resources designed to help dog trainers, behaviourists, and instructors create more accessible and effective services for neurodivergent clients.
Explore More
Podcasts, blogs, workshops, and resources to help you learn more about neuro-inclusion, dogs, agility, and doing things differently.
→ Neuro-Inclusive Dog Podcast
→ Dog Agility Unmasked Podcast
→ Blog
→ Free Resources
→ Courses & Learning Hub
Dogs & Divergent Minds Awareness Day – 1st June
Dogs & Divergent Minds Day is an awareness campaign created to encourage more understanding, inclusivity and emotional safety within the dog world for neurodivergent dog handlers, trainers and professionals.
It explores how different minds experience dog training, competition and everyday life with dogs in different ways, and why that understanding matters.
About & Connect
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