Ep. 66 linguistics, communication and supporting conversations with Adrian Ray-Avalani
About this episode
Adrian Ray-Avalani discusses a parent-child communication framework to enhance conversations between dog owners and their pets.
This episode really got my brain turning! The amazing Adrian Ray-Avalani brought their linguistic background to the table and spoke to us about a parent-child communication framework that helps us support owners in our conversations, and helps owners in the conversations they have with their dogs! You can nearly hear the cogs in my brain turning as Adrian talks us through how to build good communication across a dog team, and how we can improve the way we communicate with our clients through understanding, expectation, and conversation. About Adrian Ray-Avalani Adrian Ray-Avalani has always been fascinated by systems of communication. As a computational linguist, Adrian's training is in human behavior and language use, but to their surprise, humans started to make more sense once they got their first dog. Adrian currently helps manage Control Unleashed's online presence and assists in in-person CU classes, as well as volunteering at the PAWS animal shelter, where they introduce shelter dogs to pattern games. Outside of the dog world, Adrian enjoys science fiction books and media, adaptive rock climbing, wheelchair hikes, and training their cat, Coriander (who can now roll over…
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