The thehealthydogpod’s Podcast

Field Day have sponsored this season of The Healthy Dog Pod so we wanted to bring in Georgia from their team to pick our brains and chat about the amazing guests we have had on over the previous seven episodes. Each one brought something special and unique to the table so we unpacked our own thoughts and reflections on all of them and dove into what we believe to be the important take away moments. Field Day also announce their giveaway in this episode, so stay tuned to the end to learn more.

Simon, The Mutt Nutt is an accredited trainer based in the UK, working predominantly with aggression cases through rescue organisations among other areas of dog training. In this episode we talk about the stereotypes around aggression and how misunderstood it is. We dive into training methods and how outdated philosophies and practices like dominance theory and correction based methods stand in the way of progress in our industry.

Andrew Hale of 'Train Positive, Dog Behaviour and Training', the home of The Dog Centred Care approach talks to us about the emotional experience of a dog. We consider what they might be going through when they are doing behaviours as well as their experience when we as trainers, handlers and caregivers try to change this behaviour. Andy is a certified animal behaviourist, as well as holding a Bsc (Hons), he also holds various diplomas/advanced diplomas in animal and canine behaviour. Andy is an advocate for non conflict training methods and is a regular speaker at industry workshops, webinars and seminars.

Tracy Irons is the co-founder of Australian Veterinary Behaviour Services and is a nationally accredited Delta Dog Behaviour Trainer and has presented hundreds of workshops to fellow professionals and dog owners to date. Tracy has been considered by Ian to have been a mentor and friend for a number of years now, and so it was a great pleasure to have her in to talk on the show. In this episode, we discuss how we to what is causing the unwanted behaviours our dogs are displaying, whether or not the behaviours are something that can be addressed through training alone or whether potentially we are looking at a medical issue. We then take a deep dive into why the assessment of the causes of the unwanted behaviour impact how we would approach changing the behaviour. This is a fantastic episode with insight into how pet professionals look at the individual cases in front of us and come to the decisions we do.

Ian & Sophie talk about what people can look for in a good puppy school and why as well as what to avoid.

Scott talks to us about the things to consider when employing a dog walker, how he puts emphasis on socialising and the dog's having a good experience rather than simply walking, dog park etiquette, safety in the car while traveling and his book "Friends For All Seasons" available here: http://www.thelittlepawspack.com.au/book/friends-for-all-seasons

Dominique is one of the best trainers we know, having worked with dog behaviour for many years now she has become a valuable source of knowledge and support to both of us and in this episode shares her insights into dog training with all of us.

We are often working with dogs and owners that are under stress and want to avoid causing more as well as help them overcome it. We believe that educating the owner has more sustainable results than trying to 'fix' the dog and so we wanted to give you all an insight into what a training session with one of us might look like.

Two sisters Kylie and Denise founded The Doggie Bakery. They create natural and hand-baked dog snacks made with quality ingredients and talk to us about what they do and their experience in the industry and the importance of feeding our dogs quality products.

Nikki Stevens runs Sydney Dog Training and shares her story on how she got into dog training in the first place, how her love of understanding behaviour developed along the way and her insights into dog training and behaviour in general.

Iyona has worked as part of the Bondi Behaviourist team since 2016, she also works with Aussie Mobile Vet. She sits down with us in this episode to talk about her experiences working in the industry.

Harry’s health has been a concern from an early age and it has affected his behaviour and has required a combined effort of training and management from Sophie and Ian with the help of veterinarians. Rachel speaks openly about the toll it has taken on her and her partners' health and the realities of pet ownership when it doesn’t go exactly to plan.

Socialising seems to go wrong with our dogs because nobody seems to actually know what it is. This is a look into what we see people often do when socialising and offer up some simple and effective alternatives.