Sexier Than A Squirrel: Dog Training That Gets Real Life Results

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Live, Laugh and Train ft. Ann McGloon May 17, 2022

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Join us with Ann McGloon, a Pro Dog Trainer and incredible Scent Work Geek, Search and Rescue handler, top notch instructor, and an amazing human being.

Ann shares her experiences with us, how Pro Dog Trainer has grown her as an instructor, as well as offers her fresh perspective with her clients to help them reshape their dogs brain in the best way possible.

Listen in as Ann shares how games and concepts have helped her in her journey. We love talking with Ann as her passion, joy and optimism shines through. We delve into facing challenges with our dogs, with life and navigating tricky situations with a more optimistic approach.

As someone who has been featured as a guest speaker at our Super Trainer Live annual dog training conference for both pet owners and dog trainers, Ann always offers wonderful insights. This podcast episode is filled to the brim with how your training, your relationship with your dog and daily life can be transformed through the joy that games bring from Ann's unique perspective. Jump in!

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How To Fix A Broken Recall May 10, 2022

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Your dog's recall should be instant!
If it isn't, would you like to have a dog that immediately (and quickly) comes back when called? If your dog's recall is broken, how can you enhance the experience so that your dog chooses you every single time?

Does your dog question whether you're where the value is?
Does your dog only respond when no distractions are present?
How can you make your dog's recall reliable?

Join us as we play a bit of top tips tennis and share how we achieve reliable recalls with our dogs. What games work for developing a recall?
The world is going to throw so many distractions at you and it is entirely possible, no matter your dog's breed (that includes sighthounds and huskies!), you can sort out your broken recall and overcome this struggle.

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You Deserve Joy - Embracing Adversity ft. Justin Prust May 03, 2022

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We face adversity daily. In this episode, we talk about how you can embrace the change that exists in your day to day to life and how you can embrace it, rather than run away from it or find yourself unable to escape its weight.

Join us with Justin Prust as we discuss how change can facilitate good things in our lives and how we can learn from our dogs in their approach to life. We talk about how adversity goes so much wider than the lives we live with our dogs and can be applied to the bigger picture too.

We cover top tips on how you can meet adversity head-on, including growing a good bank, changing your language, as well as putting in place so many different strategies for the times that you face adversity that will encourage you to change and pivot in your perspective.

This is one episode you do not want to miss because the strategies can help you to transform how adversity impacts you, and even those around you.

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When You Dread Walking Your Dog Apr 26, 2022

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Help! Walking my dog is stressful! How can we get past this?

For many of us getting a dog consisted also of a dream of daily walks, adventures with this newfound canine friend, that would be fun, harmonious and peaceful. The isn’t always the reality.

This episode will empower you and give you the step-by-step breakdown of how you’re going to transform your daily walks from stress-full to stress-free!

How can you start your walk in the right way?

What does a walk mean for you?

How is the walk moving your dog in the direction they need to go for their training?

Is your dog rehearsing behaviour that isn’t what you’d like to see? What are some awesome, healthy alternative solutions to those crazy, chaotic walks?

This episode is immense in the value that it offers. We know you’re going to love everything and you’ll be on the edge of your seat, ready to take action and achieve real-life results!

Check out http://absolutedogs.me/stoppulling

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How To Reinvent Yourself Apr 19, 2022

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Join our very own Lauren Langman and Justin Prust as we talk on reinventing yourself. Justin Prust is an authority on corporate leadership, culture-building, change management and team development, and provides an empowering and innovative approach to continuous improvement .

When life changes, sometimes throwing unexpected obstacles our way, it can be an opportunity to reinvent yourself, and what’s truly exciting about this?

You can reinvent yourself no matter your age, no matter what you’ve done or where you intend to go with your life…

There is no “it’s too late” or “now is not the time”. Reinvention can be refreshing, revitalising and can lead you to exciting opportunities you would never have experienced.

No one ever says they regret not working enough or going on too many adventures that grew them as an individual.

This candid conversation will motivate and inspire you. Discover the questions that will empower you to get the results in your life that will help you to be the very best possible version of yourself.

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Pulling On Lead Secrets Apr 12, 2022

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Is a big part of your dog owning dream Stress-Free Walks?

What are some top secrets to loose-lead success?

Calm (not comatose calm, good-decision making calm!)
Laying the foundation that encourages your dog to choose staying close vs. dragging to get to the end of the lead.
Providing clarity in where the value is - not the distractions but rather the ability to discover the value in NOT engaging with the distractions of the world (this is HUGE!).

We talk through these secrets and a few others to help you get to a place where you can see the wins and successes that begin to grow your dog into the best version of themselves they can, and that you both can be, as a team together.

Overcome your dog’s pulling on lead struggles with these top tips.

And released today, we have compiled the core exercises, skill build ups, and learning in an epic Pulling on Lead mini course that you can discover right now.

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And a gift for our Training Academy members! (Listen in members, this is yours, for FREE!).

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Stop Digging and Naughty Garden Behaviour Apr 05, 2022

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Digging in the garden! It can be a frustrating (and sometimes dangerous) hobby your dog has taken up. If your dog digs in the garden or anywhere else, we have some top tips and strategies you can immediately apply to reduce and even eliminate the behaviour.
In this episode, we share our top tips, our own stories and struggles that we have faced with both our own dogs and client dogs in the past, all that have achieved real-life results through the approaches we share within this podcast.
Does your dog dig:

in your garden?
in your home?

And is your dog's digging something you would like to overcome? We talk on a three-week strategy that can help you. No matter the struggle, there is a game for that and that includes digging!
Share this episode with other dog owners so that others can find hope and get the real-life results that are possible with inspiration rather than deprivation.

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A Nifty Puppy Mar 28, 2022

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Lauren has a new puppy! Pro Dog Trainer and absoluteDogs super fan, Sam, interviews Lauren about Nifty, a Border Collie puppy that is growing up through games.

During the interview, we cover topics like:

Training the dog in front of you
Dog training isn’t linear
Navigating struggles as they occur
Growing joy for rewards (not just food!)
Prioritising foundations

Lauren talks on balancing rest with a puppy that is learning their life skills and so much more, including socialisation, management to keep your puppy safe and more in this value-packed episode!

Keep an eye out to follow along with Nifty’s journey and no matter what breed you have, age, size, history, our top tips and strategies can help any dog.

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CRUFTS 2022 reigning Champions Lauren and Blink Mar 22, 2022

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Our very own Lauren Langman and her fast and furious (albeit tiny!) Blink have won in the Crufts Singles - Small once (twice!) more! What a magnificent return to Crufts!

Have you ever been curious about what it takes to be a champion? How do they plan and prepare? How do they overcome nerves, work through hiccups and what kind of support network do they create around them?

How does it feel to step into the arena, to have all eyes on you? How long do you have to memorise the course and work through potential handling strategies? How do you split your time between being an agility competitor and meeting Sexier than a Squirrel enthusiasts at the AbsoluteDogs?

Discover the answers to these questions and more in this outstanding interview with Lauren and Blink and hear about potential plans for the upcoming year.

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Living With Dogs With Disabilities with Lauren and Sarah Mar 15, 2022

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Living with a dog with physical disabilities can challenge us. Join our very own Lauren Langman and also Sarah MacKeigan of Upward Dog Rehab, for an interview on how to navigate life with a dog with disabilities.

Dogs teach us many things, including how to gracefully recover from an injury (not always an easy skill for a person), as well as how to be resilient, joyful and find the joy in the NOW vs. the what could have been.

Listen to Sarah share her story of her beloved dog, Sammie, and how it prompted an entire life transformation, one that is providing so much value and education to people all over the world that needs to feel supported through their dog's injuries.

Don't forget to check out Brave's story:https://youtu.be/m7FW2sM1PyE

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