The thehealthydogpod’s Podcast

The Healthy Dog Pod
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The thehealthydogpod’s Podcast

The Healthy Dog Pod is brought to you Bondi Behaviourist and So Help Me Dog, creating a conversation around dog behaviour, training and health.

  1. 01/11/2022

    Field Day - Final Episode Reflections on Season 2

    Field Day have sponsored this season of The Healthy Dog Pod so we wanted to bring in Georgia from their team to pick our brains and chat about the amazing guests we have had on over the previous seven episodes. Each one brought something special and unique to the table so we unpacked our own thoughts and reflections on all of them and dove into what we believe to be the important take away moments. Field Day also announce their giveaway in this episode, so stay tuned to the end to learn more.

    1h 6m

  2. 12/27/2021

    Mel Ritterman - Introducing new puppies to a family with children

    Mel Ritterman of Cooper and Kids is an accredited dog trainer, a certified Family Dog Mediator and a busy mum of three plus her beautiful golden retriever, Cooper. Mel specialises in creating safe, happy and positive relationships between babies, kids and dogs. In this episode we dive into the details of introducing a new puppy to the home when there are kids involved. We also talk all things kids and dogs in general, raising awareness around the importance of dog body language and healthy relationships within the household.

    41 min

  3. 12/14/2021

    Masculine Stereotypes in Dog Training with Simon, The Mutt Nut

    Simon, The Mutt Nutt is an accredited trainer based in the UK, working predominantly with aggression cases through rescue organisations among other areas of dog training. In this episode we talk about the stereotypes around aggression and how misunderstood it is. We dive into training methods and how outdated philosophies and practices like dominance theory and correction based methods stand in the way of progress in our industry.

    46 min

  4. 11/30/2021

    Kim Brophey - What causes behaviour and why? A look at the LEGS framework

    Kim Brophey, CDBC, CPDT-KA, is an applied ethologist and owner of The Dog Door Behaviour Centre Asheville, NC. Kim’s 20-year commitment to Family Dog Mediation® has been recognized both nationally and locally, awarded the Association of Professional Dog Trainers (APDT) Outstanding Trainer of the Year in 2009 and the Best Dog Trainer of WNC six years in a row. She has lectured and taught courses at colleges, universities, and conferences on canine behaviour, ethology, and welfare. Kim is a member of the International Society for Applied Ethology and the Association of Professional Dog Trainers, and is a past board member of the International Association and Animal Behaviour Consultants and the Asheville Humane Society. Kim’s trademarked Dog L.E.G.S.® model is a ground-breaking new system for dog lovers to truly understand their dogs’ behaviour- distilling multiple scientific disciplines and established principles into a simple and accessible framework for pet dogs and their people like never before.

    49 min

  5. 11/16/2021

    Andy Hale - Considering the dogs emotional experience

    Andrew Hale of 'Train Positive, Dog Behaviour and Training', the home of The Dog Centred Care approach talks to us about the emotional experience of a dog. We consider what they might be going through when they are doing behaviours as well as their experience when we as trainers, handlers and caregivers try to change this behaviour.   Andy is a certified animal behaviourist, as well as holding a Bsc (Hons), he also holds various diplomas/advanced diplomas in animal and canine behaviour. Andy is an advocate for non conflict training methods and is a regular speaker at industry workshops, webinars and seminars.

    57 min

  6. 11/02/2021

    Pets of the Homeless with Yvonne Hong

    Yvonne Hong, the founder of Pets of The Homeless opens up about the many different ways this organisation helps so many, why it is important and how the many ways we can contribute towards this great cause. This one pulled on our heartstrings more than any other episode this season, it even nearly got Ian to well up.

    35 min

  7. 10/19/2021

    Training Problem vs Behavioural Issue with Tracy Irons

    Tracy Irons is the co-founder of Australian Veterinary Behaviour Services and is a nationally accredited Delta Dog Behaviour Trainer and has presented hundreds of workshops to fellow professionals and dog owners to date. Tracy has been considered by Ian to have been a mentor and friend for a number of years now, and so it was a great pleasure to have her in to talk on the show. In this episode, we discuss how we to what is causing the unwanted behaviours our dogs are displaying, whether or not the behaviours are something that can be addressed through training alone or whether potentially we are looking at a medical issue. We then take a deep dive into why the assessment of the causes of the unwanted behaviour impact how we would approach changing the behaviour. This is a fantastic episode with insight into how pet professionals look at the individual cases in front of us and come to the decisions we do.

    46 min

  8. 10/05/2021

    Engagement is King and Reactivity with Nick Benger

    Nick Benger is the 'Expert Dog Trainer' on Amazon TV series 'The Pack', host of the podcast 'Dog Talk with Nick Benger' and professional dog trainer in the UK with his company Hound Plus. Nick has contributed a lot to our industry and in this episode he talks about the two areas that he is most passionate about, keeping the dog engaged with you and working with aggressive and reactive dogs. Nick is a seasoned professional and nicely breaks down some of the techniques he uses and teaches to his clients. We talk about why engagement is more important that working on recall and what the difference is in the first place. We also dive into different reasons our dogs might be aggressive or reactive and how the motivation behind the dogs behaviour will change the way we approach it as professionals.

    53 min
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The Healthy Dog Pod is brought to you Bondi Behaviourist and So Help Me Dog, creating a conversation around dog behaviour, training and health.

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  • Creator
    The Healthy Dog Pod
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2022
  • Episodes
    34
  • Rating
    Explicit
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