Cog-Dog Radio
Cog-Dog Radio is a podcast hosted by dog trainer, blogger, and competitor Sarah Stremming of The Cognitive Canine. It covers practical dog training, behavior, and competition topics for handlers and owners. The show explores cognitive approaches to working with dogs and building better relationships. Episodes often discuss training challenges, mindset, and canine sports.
Episodes
REPLAY: Never Punish a Growl?
Have you heard the rule “never punish a growl”? Dog training has come a
long way since the yank and crank days, but some of the adages birthed from the changing tides, like “never punish a growl,” deserve a deeper look.
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Three Steps for Social Behavior Change
If a dog dislikes dogs or people they might be in need of some social behavior change. Social behaviors are best healed socially, or through community. But often dog professionals try to cut to the chase and dig right into helping dogs like social situations they actively dislike, or worse, by digging straight into traumas or wounds. Instead, help dogs achieve neutrality, then friendships, and fin
WTF is “Sound Sensitivity”?
Sound sensitivity, sound reactivity, sound phobia, is it all just word soup? What’s what? How do these problems develop, and how do we help our dogs?
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Off Leash Freedom Summit Recap with Tara Stillwell
This past summer Sarah joined forces with Tara Stillwell to teach a three day workshop all about off leash freedom. A small group of humans and dogs gathered to learn what it means to truly get dogs outside, off leash, and integrated into social groups. Sarah and Tara sat down to reflect on the experience.
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REPLAY: Reactive Adolescent Dogs
Is it a phase? Will they grow out of it? Is my young dog cursed for life with reactivity? The good news is that adolescence passes. The bad news is the lessons learned there do not. Learn the four most important things to do while your dog is a teenager do be sure they grow into a balanced adult.
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Dog-Friendly Homes
Modern homes are designed for people, not dogs. But there are a few ways you can make whatever space you live in more friendly. Doing so helps reduce unnecessary stressors in your dog’s life and help them be more comfortable in their day-to-day.
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REPLAY: Decompression Problems
Have you ever heard the advice to give your dog a decompression walk, and wondered how on earth it would be possible? Join Sarah in tackling some common problems faced by dog owners trying to provide decompression-type exercise.
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REPLAY: When Your Dog is Afraid
Ask ten professionals what to do when your dog is afraid and you will undoubtedly get ten different answers. But the true answer is simple–not easy–and involves three steps we can all follow, every single time.
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Providing for Painful Dogs
How are we supposed to support our painful dogs with off leash time in nature or other enrichment activities when their bodies might not allow for much movement? When a gold standard can’t be met, what standard should we settle for? Concrete steps, and some hope, for guardians of painful dogs.
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REPLAY: Pain in Dogs
Pain is frequently a component of behavior cases and not often discussed from a behavior consultant’s viewpoint. But pain is not strictly a medical concern and the behavior field at large needs to know how to approach it from our skillset. Scratch the surface on this meaty topic with Sarah as she dives into pain as an individual experience and explores it through the biopsychosocial model.
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Are You Worth Listening To?
Being someone your dog thinks is worth listening to can’t be boiled down to dog training alone. Being reliable yet unpredictable, fun and also very clear on un-fun things, and more like a dog than the dog expects, are all ways you can be worthy of your dog’s attention.
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"Fallout" from Tools or Procedures
Dog trainers commonly refer to “fallout” in relation to certain tools or procedures for behavior change. This is not untrue or unreasonable, fallout definitely occurs often in behavior change. But rather than the dichotomous thinking that leads us to believe some things cause fallout and others don’t, Sarah suggests in this episode that all things cause side effects and we should always pay attent
The Off Leash Freedom Summit with Tara Stillwell Freedom
Elevating the ability of dog trainers, behavior pros, and dog guardians, Join Sarah in conversation with friend of the pod Tara Stillwell (https://forrestschoolfordogs.com/) as they reveal a thrilling opportunity for dog welfare enthusiasts, the Off Leash Freedom Summit.
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How Can Dogs be Off Leash?
Ok, so dogs need to be off leash. But how? What do they need to know? More importantly, what does the person need to know?
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Why Off Leash?
Why must dogs be off leash in nature to thrive? Is it really as important as Sarah is always saying? In short, yes, they do need and yes, it is that important. Dig into why in this episode.
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REPLAY: Systems of Support
When the internal system is unstable the external systems must step up to support that system. Meaning, when chronic health concerns or even just a highly specialized mind are part of the dog you are trying to care for, you have to show up with strong external systems of support to help them thrive.
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REPLAY: Forrest School with Tara Stillwell LFDM-W
Sit down this week with Sarah and Tara Stiwell, a licensed family dog mediator of the working division who co-owns Glimmer Dog where the innovative Forrest School operates. Forrest School integrates natural environments, stable social groups, and support and skill development to solve all manner of behavioral concerns in dogs.
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REPLAY: Frustration Tolerance in Dogs
Do dogs need to tolerate frustration to live successfully in the human world? Do they need to tolerate frustration in order to be successful in sports? What even IS frustration tolerance?
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REPLAY: Teammate or Tool?
In dog sports the dog can’t be an equal teammate because the human is fully in charge. But a dog can be treated like a partner or they can be treated like a tool, and it is important in either case to know what your values are and stick to them.
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Worked Up Finalé: Calm Down First, Feel Better Second
Throughout all the worked up material the mantra is repeated: calm down first, feel better second. But dogs don’t need to be calm all the time, and calmness is relative. So what does that actually mean, and how do we teach it?
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Worked Up Skills: Mental Flexibility
Mental or cognitive flexibility is a vital skill to navigate life and big feelings. But we deliberately breed dogs with inflexible minds and it is our job to teach them how to bend so they do not break. A little breakdown, and some practical skills, and you’ll be off to the races to help your dog and yourself be a little more flexible.
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Worked Up Skills: Release the Bees
Some dogs are just “full of bees”--meaning they are buzzing with energy. What does sensory integration therapy have to do with dogs? It turns out, kind of a lot. If your dog is a little bit too much providing them with sensory outlets–especially the outlets they tend to seek themselves–is not only necessary for progress but vital for good welfare. Learn all about releasing the bees in this episode
Worked Up Skills: The Dog Training
Partnership skills go way beyond the basics of training. To be truly in partnership with your dog you need to be able to tell them how to take a reward, they need to be able to ask you if they can have a reward, and you also need to be adept at handling the dog physically in space. But in addition to those dog training skills (which should be, but are not often, commonplace) you need the skill of
"Wrongly" Aroused
If you have heard or even used the phrase “over arousal” in reference to a dog, this one is for you. Join Sarah in her explanation of the circumplex model of emotion and what it has to do with our dogs. Should we respond to an angry dog the same way we respond to an excited one? Why is it easy to get frustrated when highly aroused, but not easy to feel joy in the same mindset? Do we have to calm d
The Evolution of Worked Up
The name “Worked Up” is ten years old now, but the material Sarah teaches under that label has undergone a major evolution. From the 1.0 days of managing dogs’ feelings with food so that handlers had time and space to improve their skills, to the 2.0 material that focused on the dog training that was needed in order for dogs to manage their own feelings, to the current era that draws from neurosci
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Fear of airplanes, failure to get along with another dog, whether or not a head collar is better than a prong collar, and how to fulfill hunty dogs.
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Aversive Interventions
Aversive interventions are sometimes necessary, and sometimes the right answer. But within the R+landia space we often don’t discuss them, and it’s time to. Join Sarah as she rehashes her old thoughts from the first episode she did about this four years ago, revises her criteria, and shares new ideas about aversive consequences in dog training.
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Play
Play has a powerful role in our dogs’ lives (and in ours). It is vital to all development, and it allows the mindbody to repair and restore in ways that rival sleep. So what the hell is it, and how can we make sure our dogs are doing it?
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Distraction vs Discomfort
Have you ever labeled a dog distracted after or during a session? Were you sure that the dog was just distracted, or might the dog have been uncomfortable? How would you know, and are there ways to respond in the two scenarios?
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What Quadrant is That?
What quadrant is this? Or even, “is this punishment?” can be worthwhile questions. Or they can be minimizing questions that fail to keep the full spectrum of relationships and emotions front of mind.
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REPLAY: True Healing from Fear
Dog trainers are often tasked with helping dogs feel less afraid of things in their daily environments. This can be loud noises, it can be strangers, or it can even be slick floors or novel sights. The well known stimulus-stimulus pairing approach trainers call counter conditioning is not as effective as it has been made out to be, and this complex emotion requires more nuanced planning. Be sure t
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Why Does My Dog Still Pull?
You taught your dog not to pull on leash, and mostly they are good about this rule. But occasionally they still do, so what gives? Why does this behavior have such a strong tendency to resurge and what should you do about it?
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Are We Even Dog Trainers?
If you find yourself asking “when do I actually get to train dogs?” in your role as a dog trainer, you are not alone. There is a place for Dog Training in the world of behavior, but it comes after welfare interventions. The best professionals are good at both, and the excellent ones know what to do, when.
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“Over”-Arousal with Megan Foster
One of the biggest buzzwords in dogdom is “arousal.” Join Sarah and guest Megan Foster for this special crossover episode with the Fostering Excellence in Agility Podcast to discuss what arousal is, what behaviors are actually driven by it, and what to do if you believe your dog to be “wrongly” (or “over”) aroused.
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Shortcuts
If there is a quicker or easier way to get somewhere, why not take that route? So often in dog training we hold ourselves to an unnecessary standard. If the shortcut doesn’t require extra work, doesn’t cause anyone distress, and allows you to get the desired outcome faster, then take it!
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Soft, or Sick?
Dogs want to remain in attachment to us; so when they have a hard time participating in our sports or games sometimes training is the culprit but not always. What if the dogs we label “soft” are actually sick?
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A young dog that is chasing cars, how to shape a tighter radius on walks, a puppy who isn’t decompressing around other dogs, and more!
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Fear, Anxiety, and Pessimism
It is common for fear, anxiety, and a general lack of confidence to be confused in both the professional and guardian space. Understanding the difference between these three, and therefore how to treat them, is vital to addressing these welfare-threatening mindsets our dogs experience.
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What We Threw Out
Did we throw useful stuff out with the dominance theory bathwater?
A vital shift in dog behavior occurred when trainers and behavior consultants everywhere, from all walks, threw out the outdated and debunked theory that dogs are always striving to dominate us. But when we stopped thinking about dogs as living in packs with humans we also stopped talking about them as living in family units with
Heal Them, Heal Us: Do Dogs Need Friends?
For the final four episodes of Cog Dog Radio in the year 2024 we are focusing on overlooked or misunderstood areas of healing in the world of dog behavior. Unsurprisingly these are concepts our society and culture could stand to better embrace. For the first in this series we will explore adult friendship, whether dogs need friends or not, and what it might mean to decide for them that they don’t.
REPLAY: Heal Them, Heal Us: Slow Down
We live in a fast-paced society and therefore, so do our dogs. As a consequence of selective breeding, training, and just plain captivity, our dogs do not access “calm” states well. We all need a little slow school from time to time. So take a deep breath, sit down, and listen to this one.
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REPLAY: Heal Them, Heal Us: Go Outside
The research is clear: being outside is good for us. And it is good for our dogs, too. When we know this to be true–with or without empirical data–why do we still find it so hard? Are there solutions to this? Is this actually worth doing? Isn’t a quick stroll around the block better than nothing? Vow in 2025 to go outside more with your dog; you will not regret it.
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REPLAY: Heal Them, Heal Us: Eat. Drink. Be Merry.
Disordered eating is normalized in our society and it is normalized in our dogs, too. Dogs should want to eat. Their GI should function normally. These are not radical statements, and yet most dogs Sarah sees in her private behavior work have some kind of damaged relationship to food. Dig into why this happens and what we can do about it. Then eat, drink, and be merry yourself on this holiday.
Three Ways to Be in the World with Your Dog
There are essentially three ways to be with a dog in the human world. You can regiment them either physically or mentally, or they can be free. They want to be free, but the situation, the dog’s skills, the dog’s mental stability, and the human’s skills all need to be taken into account. When should we choose physical regimentation over mental or vice versa? When can they actually be free, and wha
Never Punish a Growl?
Have you heard the rule “never punish a growl”? Dog training has come a long way since the yank and crank days, but some of the adages birthed from the changing tides, like “never punish a growl,” deserve a deeper look.
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Mental Prisons
In the episode about border collies Sarah referenced the concept of the “mental prison.” In this episode she elaborates on that thought, on what dogs get trapped in prisons of their own making, and on ways to help them escape.
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Herding Dog Brains with Dr Jessica Perry Hekman
In this crossover episode with the Functional Breeding Podcast Sarah and friend of the pod Dr Hekman discuss a recent paper revealing some interesting differences between the brains of herding dogs and “normal” dogs, particularly Sarah’s beloved border collies.
The paper is "Genomic evidence for behavioral adaptation of herding dogs." and you can find it here:
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Border Collies
Border collies are special; they have a highly specialized mind and a supremely athletic body and both deserve care that matches the degree of their uniqueness. Whether you are thinking about adding a border collie to your life or already a border collie guardian, enjoy some food for thought regarding what it might mean to care for this exceptional breed of dog.
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Robot Behavior Consultants
Behavior pros, is AI coming for your job? Yeah, kind of. Let’s get real about what’s wrong with this, and what is within our control.
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Regulated Vigilance
A skill you need to help your dog navigate tough environments is vigilance that doesn’t come with heightened emotions on your part. You’ve got to watch out for potential dangers and challenges while also staying cool about it all; and that’s legitimately hard to do! The good news is, you can learn how.
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REPLAY: Upgrade Dogs
Your first dog was fun, easy, and you had a lovely time in dog sports. But for your second you decided you wanted a faster model. You upgraded. Or, did you?
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REPLAY: Manage, Enrich, or Train?
As behavior professionals we need to be proficient in the areas of environmental management, enrichment, and also dog training. But we are not a master of all three we might lean too heavily on one or two of them while forgoing the third, sometimes to the detriment of the case. Join Sarah in an exploration of each of these areas through the lens of practical examples.
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Repair vs Rescue: When Food is and is Not Helpful
Food is a good thing in dog training, right? Like most things, anything that has the power to do good also has the power to do harm, and food is no different. Avoiding use of food as a “rescue” and leaning into use of food as “repair” is one nuanced take on food within unexpected or scary encounters, and Sarah also dives into some basics on when food can and can’t be helpful.
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Post-Restraint Collapse
The phenomenon “post-restraint collapse” refers to the outburst types of behaviors that can occur after requests for control or tough situations that require high levels of self-control. We can allow for post-restraint collapse, but we can be smarter by affecting the restraint portion itself to see if we can affect the collapse in a positive way.
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Finding Your Guide
You listened to episode 404 about dog training as a hero’s journey; but where do you go from there? Sarah goes more in-depth in this episode regarding finding your own guide in the dog behavior world.
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REPLAY: Surprise Party Sue
Stop! Before listening, go watch this SNL skit about Surprise Party Sue: www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4R1yybhmHg
Ok, now, is Sue a dog you know? Maybe Sue is your dog. Maybe she is a client’s dog. This skit is something Sarah uses to explain to her clients how their dogs are behaving, and from there discussions like “is this ok/normal?” and also “what can we do about it?” can happen. When these quest
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When Your Dog is Afraid: Real Story
Piggybacking on episode 373, When Your Dog is Afraid, Sarah tells a real life story of applying the principles in an imperfect scenario.
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Becoming a Dog Trainer: A Hero's Journey
The adage goes that we can all learn something from everyone. But if you are learning from everyone, are you actually learning from anyone? Sarah posits in this description of dog training education as a hero’s journey of sorts that there are five categories of teachers that matter; and knowing which kind you are being presented with is vital to true growth as a professional or a hobbyists.
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Virtual Behavior Consulting: A Day in the Life
With twenty years in the field and half of them being online, Sarah brings a unique perspective to the virtual behavior consulting space. Guardians and consultants can both gleam insight from this episode that is all about what happens behind the scenes for the Cog Dog Coach. How long do clients usually stay? Is everyone successful? What about behavior problems that turn out to be medical? Is ther
Attunement
Attunement is the ability to perceive and respond to the emotions of another and it is vital to good relationships, dog-human or otherwise. This is a magical thing, but also a practical skillset that can be learned.
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True Healing from Fear
Dog trainers are often tasked with helping dogs feel less afraid of things in their daily environments. This can be loud noises, it can be strangers, or it can even be slick floors or novel sights. The well known stimulus-stimulus pairing approach trainers call counter conditioning is not as effective as it has been made out to be, and this complex emotion requires more nuanced planning. Be sure t
Capacity with Karishma Warr
In this special episode of Cog Dog Radio join Sarah and repeat guest Karishma Warr in a discussion about capacity. Capacity for us, for our dogs, and for our clientele. Find out what happens when we recognize where our capacity is, when we operate within community, the difference between a sink and a waterfall, and so much more.
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The Three Rs of Off Leash Reliability
Recalls, radius, and rebounds are the three behaviors you will need to build in your dog if you want them to have off leash freedom. But more importantly, there are tenants these things rely on to be solid.
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“Obedience” in a Welfare-First Behavior Intervention
Can we obedience our way out of behavior problems? Yes, and no. Therapy for behavior problems requires that we are able to avoid repetition of the problem we are trying to solve, and skills training might be one way to do that. But it isn’t the only way, and there is more to the story.
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Errorless Learning
Dog trainers LOVE to talk about errorless learning. They either worship at the feet of the concept of an error-free life OR they claim learning free of error is a fallacy. But this isn’t an either-or conversation, and we must be careful not to project our own personal feelings about failure onto our dogs.
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Strange behavior in an agility lesson and a frightened dog on trails.
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Is a Bench the Same as a Bull? Trigger Types and How to Deal
Should you approach your young dog’s reactions to an unknown inanimate object the same as a dog or person? If your dog overreacts to a kid on a bike, is that the same thing as trying to chase a rabbit? The way you respond to each type of trigger varies, and is important to keep in mind as you enter the world with your puppy or adolescent (or even newly adopted adult) dog. Social, prey, inanimate,
Forrest School with Tara Stillwell LFDM-W
Sit down this week with Sarah and Tara Stiwell, a licensed family dog mediator of the working division who co-owns Glimmer Dog where the innovative Forrest School operates. Forrest School integrates natural environments, stable social groups, and support and skill development to solve all manner of behavioral concerns in dogs.
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Reactivity Mythbusting
Opinions abound in both professional and guardian spaces regarding the suite of behaviors we label “reactivity.” Barky, lunge-y, screamy, shouty behaviors, usually directed at social triggers, are some of the biggest reasons guardians seek help for their dogs. Because of this, protocols and programs are not hard to find, but real help sometimes is.
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REPLAY: The False Dichotomy with Lisa Mullinax CDBC Part Three
In the final installment of The False Dichotomy Sarah and Lisa wrap up their conversation about the “balanced vs force free” falsehood in dog training.
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REPLAY: The False Dichotomy with Lisa Mullinax CDBC Part Two
In the second (of three!) parts on The False Dichotomy in dog training, Sarah and Lisa get into the weeds regarding what effectiveness looks like, what it truly means to manipulate aversive or appetitive stimuli, and all the nuances involved. Stay tuned for the final installment in two weeks!
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REPLAY: The False Dichotomy with Lisa Mullianx CDBC Part One
In response to the “trainer wars” between the balanced and force-free communities Sarah and past podcast guest (and friend) Lisa Mullinax sit down to talk about the place where ethics meet efficacy. Lisa and Sarah do not claim a label as trainers (neither balanced nor force-free), and have both undergone an evolution in the behavior field that has helped them to arrive at a place free of dogma and
Where Do I Even Start? What it Means to be Welfare First in Behavior Consulting
Conceptually, approaching behavior cases with a welfare-first approach makes sense. But what should we do when the dog’s welfare is being affected by multiple factors? Is there a “right” place to start when the behavior bingo card is basically blacked out?
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Reactive Adolescent Dogs
Is it a phase? Will they grow out of it? Is my young dog cursed for life with reactivity? The good news is that adolescence passes. The bad news is the lessons learned there do not. Learn the four most important things to do while your dog is a teenager do be sure they grow into a balanced adult.
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Teammate or Tool?
In dog sports the dog can’t be an equal teammate because the human is fully in charge. But a dog can be treated like a partner or they can be treated like a tool, and it is important in either case to know what your values are and stick to them.
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Reinforcement confusion in sports, a friendly dog gone wrong, and how to decide what to start with when the dog has a lot of training needs.
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Dog Sports Mythbusting
Dogs don’t get jet-lagged. GI distress is normal during trial weekends. It’s ok if your dog goes off food during travel. These myths and more, and the truth about the welfare of our competition dogs.
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Music by AlexGrohl from Pixabay
Slow School Part Three: Fast and Slow Schools, Finding Balance
“But Sarah, my dog needs to go fast!” Yes, your dog probably does need to go fast. And striking the balance between fast and slow schools, and curating your program to the individual dog you are working with, is key.
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Music by AlexGrohl from Pixabay
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