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351. Reactivity, Fostering and Malinois w/ Steph Welch
In today's episode Steph Welch joins me to discuss her new foster dog Monty.
Monty's background:
* Found as a stray dog with severe wounds
* Shelter experience and challenges
* Foster by Steph and her...
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350. Prey Drive, How to Deal
If your dog spends more of their time and energy hunting animals than you'd like, this episode is for you. I discuss why some dogs display such intense behavior towards other animals as well as practical strategies...
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349. Your Dogs Strongest Sense w/ Patrice Kuiken
In todays episode Patrice Kuiken of In Good Paws Dog Training joins me to talk about your dogs strongest sense and the dog sport of nose work. We talk about how our dogs perceive their world through scent and how the...
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348. Costa Rican Dog Observations
In today's episode I catch you up on what has been happening in my life and all that I observed of dogs on a recent trip to Costa Rica.
What is a dog book
4th of July Considerations
Support Disorderly Dogs
Follow...
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347. When Using Food Can Be Problematic
Using food to positively reinforce our dogs behavior can be super effective in training but in today's episode I share the few circumstances where using food in training can become problematic.
Episode 209. Too Food...
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346. Growing and Training w/ Steph Welch
AGF's own Steph Welch KPA-CTP joins me today to discuss what life has been like for her lately. We discuss the loss of her dog Dakota, readjusting her life to only have two dogs and focusing on her Belgian Malinois,...
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345. Do silver bullets exist for dog behavior?
Definition of silver bullet. noun. a simple guaranteed solution for a difficult problem.
Many of my clients want their to be a guaranteed solution to their dog's difficult behavior. Are there cases where there is...
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344. Foraging + Trash Eating
If your dog is constantly on the hunt for gross stuff to eat, this episode is for you. I talk about several different trained behaviors you can teach to decrease the trash eating. I also share foraging games I play...
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343. What to do when things go wrong
It happens to all of us. Our dog gets away from us, our dog drags us down, our dog bites the plumber and everything in between. These situations are not ideal but they do happen and in today's episode I break down...
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342. The Stories We Tell Ourselves Pt 2
We all tell ourselves stories about our dogs. Sometimes it works for us but other times, it works against us. What we think about has effects on how we interact with our dog and in turn, that changes how our dogs...
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341. Racism and Pitbulls w/ Kassidi Jones (Replay)
In this replay episode, my special guest Kassidi Jones joins me to talk about the uncomfortable but true history of pitbulls and racism. We talk about the long history of racism in our country and how pitbulls and...
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340. Making Things Aversive
In this episode I talk about the difference between things that are innately aversive and things that our dogs learn are aversive. I also discuss why I choose to avoid using aversive tools in training and the reasons...
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