Bravo Dog Knowledge: Dog Training Podcast

Latest Episodes:

Part 1: My Top 10 Things You Need to Know Jul 30, 2020

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Over the next two episodes I go over some of the most important and crucial information I think will promote a healthy and happy relationship with your dog.

Stress: How It Affects Your Dog Jul 11, 2020

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Daily stressors are normal and a part of everyday life. However, this can impact your dogs' behaviour significantly. Reducing stress levels will positively impact your dogs health and well-being.

We discuss how to identify stress, common stressors and how to reduce overall stress in your dogs' life.

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Racism: A Black Dog Trainers Experience Jun 12, 2020

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Curtis from https://petparentallies.com is located in Philadelphia, PA. He is a positive reinforcement dog trainer and business owner and faces challenges that many of us will never know. The R+ dog training industry is not very diverse at this time (which needs to change). We discuss the racism he has faced, and continues to face, and he shares some insightful information for not only dog professionals but the community at large. How can we make lasting change? Tune in to find out...

Ragini Bhandari: Dog Trainer and Street Dog Saviour in India May 30, 2020

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Ragini joins us from Surat, Gujarat! We talk about how Covid19 has affected the streets dogs in her area, how street dogs live and her thoughts on how to help them without displacing them. Ragini is a certified dog trainer who uses positive reinforcement and there are not many where she lives. You can find her at @justpawsible on Instagram where she shares videos of her interactions with street dogs and how she strives to help them.

Separation Anxiety: Myths and Covid-19 May 16, 2020

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Julia Naismith of www.subthresholdtraining.com joins us to talk about separation anxiety.

Is this behaviour caused by the owner? Are you doing something wrong?

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Having Too Many Training Fails? May 01, 2020

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Sometimes we just don't understand why our dog isn't responding to certain things we are attempting to teach? Do you want to become a better teacher for your dog? Of course you!

In this episode I'm going over some of the things that may be holding your training back or you may have hit a plateau. If you want to understand the learning process a bit better than listen up.

Deprivation: How Does this Affect Our Dogs? May 01, 2020

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You may have been advised to not give your dog "human food" or they will beg. Perhaps you were told not to allow digging or it will encourage more of that? My thoughts on how deprivation can potentially cause behaviour problems you haven't thought of...

Control, ego and relationships Mar 26, 2020

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Erika from www.fromdusktilldog.com joins us again to discuss ”nothing in life is free”, the concepts of control regarding behavior and how it affects the relationships we have with our companion animals.

Social Expectations Mar 21, 2020

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What’s realistic to expect from our dogs in terms of social interactions with other dogs? Michelle MeGill @trainwithunderdogs chats with me on this episode.

The Best Thing You Can Do Post Adoption Mar 07, 2020

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I know you’re excited. I would be too! But, keep these things in mind post-adoption...