Enrichment for the Real World

You’ve dedicated your life to helping animals- just like us.

Emily Strong was training praying mantids at 7.

Allie Bender was telling her neighbor to refill their bird feeder because the birds were hungry at 2.

You’re an animal person; you get it.

We’ve always been animal people. We’ve been wanting to better animals’ lives since forever, so we made a podcast for people like us.

Join Emily and Allie, the authors of Canine Enrichment for the Real World, for everything animal care- from meeting animals’ needs to assessing goals to filling our own cups as caregivers and guardians.

Latest Episodes:

#6 - Mara Velez: Shelter Enrichment & Playgroups Apr 04, 2022

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In this podcast, we are joined by Mara Velez, the Executive Director of the Shelter Playgroup Alliance and a Certified Professional Dog Trainer, to dive into the topics of shelter playgroups and enrichment.

In this episode, you’re going to hear Emily and Mara talk about:

Mara’s added layer of what should be involved in enrichment, in addition to healthy, safe, and appropriate
Not asking our dogs to have a coffee before going out to dinner
If play is the only purpose of playgroups

You can find the full show notes here.

#5 - Creating a Restful Environment for Our Animals Mar 28, 2022

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In this week’s implementation episode, Allie and Emily dive further into relaxation and talk about implementing this often undervalued category of enrichment with the animals in your life in practical and meaningful ways.

In this episode we discuss:

The difference between “shutdown” and “relaxation”
Why Stay is not relevant to your relaxation protocol
And a little Pom with real big feels

#4 - Dr. Chris Pachel: Moving Beyond Diagnose & Prescribe Mar 21, 2022

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In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Chris Pachel, a board-certified veterinary behaviorist and the owner and lead clinician at the Animal Behavior Clinic in Portland, Oregon. We talk about meeting human needs in order to meet pet needs, meeting your pet for the first time, fulfilling your pet's need for rest, and of course, behavioral medication for pets.

You can find the full show notes here.

#3 - Measuring Agency Mar 14, 2022

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Welcome to Enrichment for the Real World, the podcast devoted to improving the quality of life of pets and their people through enrichment.

Last week we heard from Nathan Andrews and one of the topics we discussed was agency. This week we’re going to dive further into what that can look like in your home and how to make sure your pet has agency.

In this implementation episode, we talk about:

3 steps to making sure there’s agency in your enrichment plan
How to measure agency
Some super cute stories about how agency helped maladaptive behaviors

You can find the full show notes here.

#2 - Nathan Andrews: Compassionate Problem-Solving in Zoos Mar 07, 2022

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Welcome to Enrichment for the Real World, the podcast devoted to improving the quality of life of pets and their people through enrichment.
In our first interview episode, we are joined by Nathan Andrews, a Senior Zookeeper at Happy Hollow Zoo and Park to discuss the utilization of enrichment in the zoological setting, how that applies to your pets at home, creating effective enrichment plans, and assessing your plans efficacy.
You can find the full show notes here.

#1 - Enrichment 101 Feb 14, 2022

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Welcome to Enrichment for the Real World, the podcast devoted to improving the quality of life of pets and their people through enrichment.
Join us this week for Enrichment 101! In this episode, we cover all the enrichment foundations so that you can get the most out of this podcast when we go live with our first guest, Nathan Andrews on March 7, 2022.
You can find the full show notes here.

Introducing Enrichment for the Real World Feb 07, 2022

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That’s right! The authors of Canine Enrichment for the Real World created a podcast! We hope that you are as excited as we are about what’s in store. If you’re ready to geek out about enrichment, behavior, and meeting needs, you’re in the right place.
We are going to be interviewing guests from a variety of fields who have expertise in a wide range of topics related to enrichment; then in the following week, we’ll discuss how to implement at least one aspect of what we discussed in that interview.
This podcast formally goes live on March 7, 2022. In the meantime, you can find us at petharmonytraining.com and @petharmonytraining on Facebook and Instagram, and also @petharmonypro on Instagram for those of you who are behavior professionals. A reminder to please rate, review, and subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts.
And as always, happy training!

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