Pick of the Litter Podcast

My whole family — and especially our dog — has benefited from our listening to this podcast. Kathy and Mike bring the highest-sourced and most relevant information for dog owners and lovers, and then layer their own wisdom from decades of experience working with dogs on top of it. You get twice the value of the time you invest — learning from leading behaviorists in the field AND the practical tips from “on-the-ground” trainers who are passionate about improving the human-canine relationship. You won’t regret listening, and your dog(s) will thank you for it!

I get lots of great little tidbits from this podcast! There are so many little tips that make for lightbulb moments for working with our puppy. Small adjustments Kathy and Michael suggest make a huge difference sometimes!! Thank you for sharing your knowledge!!

Kathy and Michael are such a pleasure to listen to, they offer great advice in a sensible low-key way that seems totally do-able. Their love for dogs and the human-dog connection is endearing and makes everything they say resonate. Wish I had them as a resource when we got our first dog.

I got my first dog over 30 years ago and never was able to train him, even with my best intentions. I used the old methods -- choke chain, lots of "No!" and "Bad dog!" Now it's decades later and I'm training a rescue blue heeler (very challenging!) and I found out about this podcast from the Spirit Dog Academy. I'm so glad Kathy and Mike are doing this. It is so great to hear them talk about positive-only dog training techniques. I hope they interview some of the dog trainers they like. It's a revolution in dog training that I am just learning about.