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A Conversation with Denise Fenzi Part 2: Choosing the Right Dog for the Job
What to listen for: In part two of their discussion with the brilliant Denise Fenzi, our hosts Robin Greubel and Crystal Wing explore the...
Jan 27

A Conversation with Denise Fenzi Part 1: A Humane Approach to Building Behavior Chains
What to listen for: “If I cannot, in five repetitions, isolate a variable down and get it where I want it, I do need to stop. That...
Jan 14

Reflections on Training Ideas and Takeaways from our SAR Friends
What to listen for: “Are we setting up hides in a way that our dog is becoming better and we're finding holes, or are we setting up hides...
Dec 30, 2024

Training Ideas and Takeaways with Diana Bunch
What to listen for: “For the disaster, particularly this last one, you have to appreciate your emotional response that you’re going to...
Dec 17, 2024

Talking Cadaver Dog Training with Jack Thorpe and Annissia Justice (pt. 1)
What to listen for: Today, two of the three Dames of Detection, Stacy Barnett and Crystal Wing, sit down with two amazing handlers, Jack...
Nov 26, 2024

Recognizing and Dealing with Displacement Behavior
What to listen for: "If we're a really confusing trainer, then our dogs have to be really damn confident because they’ve got to put up...
Oct 15, 2024

Working Up Your Behavior Chain to Find Where it Went Wrong
What to listen for: "I found that the things I taught in higher arousal have held up better in higher arousal environments. The things...
Oct 1, 2024

Developing Training Plans without In-Person Mentors
What to listen for: “It takes a dutiful trainer to show up and train in those sorts of situations all of the time. For search and rescue,...
Sep 16, 2024

Handling: When Do You, When Don't You
What to listen for: “Handling is not a recipe. It’s a craft.” Odor detection handling mastery comes down to hitting that delicate balance...
Sep 2, 2024

Encouraging Your Dog to Be Brave
What to listen for: “I think by encouraging it [confidence] and allowing it to happen and letting the dog utilize what's fun and what's...
Aug 19, 2024

The Importance of Known Hides
What to listen for: “Even if you don't give them a cookie, you don't play, the dog has been reinforced. [It’s] just the way their brain...
Jul 30, 2024

Functional Agility and All its Benefits
What to listen for: "Physical agility gives them some mental agility too, and so it's giving them that well-exercised brain, and then...
May 21, 2024

How Do You Define Success?!!?
What to listen for: “Success is the joy that we have with our dogs and the relationships that we're building.” Ever wondered how small...
Apr 30, 2024

Martha Hoffman Reflections - 5000 Hour Eyes and Kindness
What to listen for: “That's the part that just takes it over the edge for me - I know that my dog feels my excitement, my anticipation,...
Feb 20, 2024

Martha Hoffman: Bali Dogs and 5000 Hours of Observation Pt. 1
What to listen for: "The doggy daycare worker and the shelter worker who is not being touted as any kind of behaviorist or trainer, are...
Jan 23, 2024

Tinkering and Creativity in Training
What to listen for: “I look at the dog and if something goes wrong I say, ‘Thank you for the information.’ As dog trainers, we modify...
Jan 16, 2024

Questions from the Crowd - Winter 2023 Pt 1
What to listen for: “If you have a good reinforcement system, it really doesn't take long. And that reinforcement system is how you pay...
Dec 19, 2023

Puppies, Turtles, and Internships with Julia Sirois
What to listen for: “Conservation dogs have been around for maybe 20, 30 years, starting to grow in popularity. But more conversations...
Dec 12, 2023

Let's Talk About Fear on Halloween!
What to listen for: "It's about living in the now and to keep going and to keep working and keep doing. And it's almost like behavior...
Oct 30, 2023

Reflections on Ronny LeJeune, Christi Raak, and Jill Kovacevich
What to listen for: Step into the world of canine detection with the Dames of Detection, themselves - Robin Greubel, Stacy Barnett, and...
Oct 2, 2023
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