With over two decades of experience in the media industry, Lara Shannon has become a household name. Reaching millions of people each year through her education work, books, and TV shows, Lara has helped improve the lives of companion animals. As a certified dog trainer and pet food nutrition specialist, Lara has worked with high-profile animal welfare and conservation organizations such as the World Wide Fund for Nature, Planet Ark, and The Orangutan Project, to name a few. Her debut documentar...
Mar 07, 2023•1 hr 32 min
Dogs may develop the behaviour of barking to biting when they feel frustrated and their drives are not properly addressed. This behaviour can have various underlying causes, but it is often associated with fear or frustration. For instance, if a dog is barking at a person or another animal and feels unheard or misunderstood, it may resort to biting to communicate its message. Socialising the dog and ensuring it has positive interactions with people and animals can help. Additionally, training th...
Feb 26, 2023•1 hr 10 min
Ambition is a powerful motivator and can drive us to achieve great things. However, when it comes to dog training, it is important to not let your ambitions get mixed up with your capabilities, especially when working with aggressive dogs. Working with aggressive dogs can be a daunting task, but with the right approach and mindset, it is possible to help these dogs overcome their behaviour issues and lead happy and fulfilling lives. However, it is important to set realistic goals and to not let ...
Feb 20, 2023•1 hr 25 min
In this episode, we were thrilled to offer more in-depth responses to the queries of our esteemed audience members, who participated in the TCP discussion group and made their voices heard. One of our audience members, George Nicholas, posed a thought-provoking question regarding the reliability of clients when it comes to using E-collars, even after being trained on their usage. Additionally, Tracy Racich wondered about the individuals in the dog training industry who seem to possess an innate ...
Feb 13, 2023•1 hr 25 min
As a dog trainer, you have a crucial role in helping dogs and their owners resolve behaviour issues. To be successful, it is vital to have answers to life's questions, particularly when it comes to markers, cues, and primary reinforcer's. First, you need to understand what the dog's behaviour problem is. Is the dog aggressive, destructive, or fearful? Once you have identified the problem, you must determine its root cause. This could be lack of exercise, insufficient attention, or a medical cond...
Jan 30, 2023•1 hr 26 min
A mentor can change your life by providing guidance, advice, and support. They can help you identify and set goals, develop new skills, and navigate challenges and obstacles. They can also serve as a role model and provide valuable perspective and insight. Additionally, a mentor can help you build a professional network and open doors to new opportunities. Mentors can provide valuable life advice. They can help you set and achieve personal and professional goals, and also provide you with a soun...
Jan 22, 2023•1 hr 7 min
How trainers make you see their content is an enlightening discussion as Pat shares his experiences working within a marketing company. During that time, he reveals the strategy that social media algorithms use to encourage more views and longer time spent on the page. This is why we see trainers stepping outside their profession and spending more time being a performer than a trainer and making outrageous content. Many of them are addicted to the likes and the engagement stats and will almost d...
Jan 09, 2023•1 hr 21 min
The 2022 Dutch rudder circle jerk follows in the traditions of our end of the year wrap up. There have been many highs and some lows for many of our community which have been shared either through episodes, in our forum and in person. we would like to thank all of the people in our community who made the year better and held each other up and supported each other. It's also been great to see better people joining our circle and terrible people moving on. The circle is growing and it gaining mome...
Dec 31, 2022•1 hr 32 min
Perfection is paralysis when you find yourself unable to take a leap at anything in life until it's perfect. This is why we see so many younger people fail to launch as they feel whatever they do, must be perfect. It really is disheartening to see paralysis prevent talent from taking form in the dog training industry. It's worse to know that paralysis came from fear of letting their mentor down. However, a new year is upon us and we are moving out of a very hard 3 years and hopefully towards gre...
Dec 26, 2022•1 hr 27 min
Real life problems with fictional solutions is how the world is working to solve some of the problems owners are having with dogs. Yes, we ranted in this episode as we can foresee a future that for many dogs was successful, will now not be. People who are upheld in the community are giving fictional advice while contradicting their own practices. Trainers who misquote, mislead and misunderstand tools are continuing to create fictional headlines and beat up other trainers and owners who all see g...
Dec 18, 2022•58 min
You really don't understand dogs at all when you appear to believe that training a dog is the same as training a marine mammal. Yes there are comparisons. Yes we have learned many great concepts from marine mammal trainers. However, if you still think it's the same, then you most certainly don't understand. Furthermore, what people fail to understand is the implications that training tool bans are going to have on dogs. It's frightening to know that some people's ideal world is almost certainly ...
Dec 12, 2022•1 hr 20 min
3 biggest mistakes new dog owners make is a headline based around one of those social media posts where someone dances and points at brief answers. We managed to almost make an hour and a half show on some of the points we felt needed open discussion on some of those mistakes. Speaking of mistakes, we also found that we have no standardised language which attributes to handlers and trainers adding to the list of mistakes during confusing communication. after you listened to this episode, here's ...
Dec 03, 2022•1 hr 25 min
Incompatible behaviour & positive punishment is a topic from a quote that we posted on our instagram some months back. The quote was from Dr. Susan Friedman and it says. "The key question is not, how do I stop this problem behaviour? Rather, the question is, what do I want the animal to do instead, then teach it." It's a good quote with plenty of merit. There are many who have taken it and have inferred that in order to do this justice, it can only be by way of teaching incompatible behaviou...
Nov 13, 2022•1 hr 17 min
Lessons from the tantrum came from an actual full scale, first off tantrum that Pat's second son Axel had. According to Pat, it was of epic proportions and it gave him some perspective on how his dog must feel when he is confused about a situation and doesn't have the ability to effectively communicate it. Any good educator will always consider the teachable moment, even in an unfavourable moment. Even a child's tantrum, which most parents would prefer to not have to go through can be an insight...
Nov 05, 2022•1 hr 6 min
Cam Ford & the scent detection avengers is another great episode that we got to have in person with our great friend, Cameron Ford. Although the wonderful team of doctors and specialists that presented at the Australian K9 scent detection conference were not with us, we got to think about and discuss their wonderful work. The scent detection world is so diverse and wonderfully eclectic that it deserves and demands peer review and high levels of study. we were very fortunate to be involved in...
Oct 24, 2022•1 hr 51 min
Jas Whiting raising working puppies is the long awaited update on what our great friend Jas has been up to. Even though we see her regularly there's been a lot of time between pod-cast catchups. Also, Jas has been doing a bunch of amazing things. Kicking ass in the BJJ scene, lecturing at conferences, doing seminars, keeping up GRC training and more. Safe to say that Jas has been doing some amazing things and keeping herself very busy in the dog world. Here's an old episode we did about training...
Oct 19, 2022•1 hr 30 min
Marketing and the low hanging fruit is an inspired conversation from one of Larry Krohn's online posts. Larry was exceptionally disappointed when a colleague came into the chat and made some confrontational comments. This aside, it raised some interesting notation on social media marketers versus their actual ability as a trainer. Multiples of conversations have been had on our platform and others about the effectiveness of marketing and the clown show around it. Marketing is essential for a bus...
Oct 01, 2022•1 hr 6 min
Without the cookies, I'm just a monster is a part of a bigger story that developed from a listeners question on our discussion forum. It came about when we discussed how people can carry a burden for so long, that when given an option to lose it, they are scared of who they are without their cookies, or bad behaviors. The majority of the story is talking about the potential of poisoning reinforcers, (food) when connecting desired behaviours to unforeseen aversive. It's not about literally poison...
Sep 27, 2022•1 hr 9 min
The evils of cherry picking information have been more evident in social media posts where agenda driven lunatics are trying to destroy a target. Politicians are amongst the worst of the cherry pickers, especially around election times. They are also amongst the least trusted people in the world. Cherry pickers are trying to direct the attention of many people onto the focus of one or several people. However, they may need to be the point of focus themselves as they can be hate filled, agenda dr...
Sep 10, 2022•1 hr 8 min
What do you want to do with your dog? Have you planned it all out or is it still pie in the sky at this stage? Did you buy a companion only to find you have a drive monster or did you get a dog for a sport only to discover it not what one of you want? While many are happy with a coach potato, some want that dog with the V8 engine. However, some of the V8's pay for their energy with their life. Further details looking for great dog trainers and supporters of the canine paradigm? Below is a vast a...
Sep 03, 2022•1 hr 18 min
The new puppy and the baby trainer is an episode covering Birdy O'Sheedy's new puppy, PAX and how she is doing with him. It's also about Pat's experience with a baby trainer when Axel was having sleeping problems. Birdy is an experienced dog owner from having her time with Luna, however she has never raised a puppy before. Now her and Dan are experience a different life with their new baby, Pax the Labrador so we get a run down of the antics that Skippy Mayhem is causing. Meanwhile at the Stuart...
Aug 23, 2022•1 hr 17 min
Intuition versus learned from others was being discussed in an on-line forum and there were some interesting back and forth comments which sparked good conversation. So what's right? Do trainers have intuition from the beginning or do they always learn from a skilled mentor. If we are talking about intuition, what does that even look like or feel like to those who have it? How did your mentor learn when they got into the biz? Did they have intuition or were they in turn mentored? Check out some ...
Aug 16, 2022•55 min
Be a monster, an absolute monster and the learn how to control it. It's a phrase from uncle Jordy P that we have a little back and forth over. Naturally there's interpretations and concerns about what a monster could be, after all most monsters are portrayed as villains. So why would anyone encourage you to be a monster? Further details looking for great dog trainers and supporters of the canine paradigm? Below is a vast array of people and business’s who stand by us, donate to our running costs...
Aug 05, 2022•1 hr 11 min
My partner is not a dog person, is almost blasphemy in the industry of dog trainers, yet it's not that abnormal. For many of us, the other person in our lives is just not into the obsessive side of dogs. They don't get it Of course we say that with compassion and understanding because it's something we have experience with. In fact, so does the other person in our lives. It's a tricky situation and different people deal with it in different ways. We did an episode some time back about a similar ...
Jul 24, 2022•1 hr 11 min
The most dangerous advice part 2 is naturally a follow on conversation from our last episode. In this latest addition, Glenn reveals to Pat something from his past experience and some of the advice from a positive only group, that still to this day makes him think about what it cost some dogs. Advice can still be questioned and sometime should be if it doesn't sit well. Further details looking for great dog trainers and supporters of the canine paradigm? Below is a vast array of people and busin...
Jul 11, 2022•1 hr 16 min
The most dangerous advice part 1 is focusing on something that really annoys Pat and he wants you all to know about it. You will get access to great advice in your lifetime, however, some can be very dangerous. The danger happens because it's based on the bedrock of ignorance and it can get you or others hurt. Even though it may be coming from a good place, it still doesn't mean it's not dangerous advice. Further details looking for great dog trainers and supporters of the canine paradigm? Below...
Jul 03, 2022•1 hr 11 min
The narrow scope between -R and -P was a fun conversation between both of us even though it's a largely and technically debated subject. The reason we consider it a narrow scope is due to it being a splitting of hairs in how easy it can be to confuse where the dogs head is and assume one state over the other. That narrow section in the middle is often where assumptions are made and sometime a wrong choice is being made. Further details looking for great dog trainers and supporters of the canine ...
Jun 23, 2022•1 hr 27 min
Temperament testing puppies vs adult dogs is a regular question many trainers are asked. Especially if they are to be considered for working dogs in roles that will needs some planning. The benefit of the adult dog is that you have the raw product in front of you. Primarily, what you see is what you get. with so many things to consider, the adult dog will be a lot closer to what you want than a puppy is. You still need to consider the temperament in pet homes and try and be as honest as possible...
Jun 14, 2022•1 hr 18 min
The stick pushes you to the carrot came from a question Minke Van Den Bergh asked in our enormous list of listener questions. It's a question we have looked into before from a different perspective but it still one that surfaces many times. The question was in relation to losing your way in your job from time to time and how some days are a struggle. Further details looking for great dog trainers and supporters of the canine paradigm? Below is a vast array of people and business’s who stand by u...
Jun 06, 2022•1 hr 13 min
Setting a dangerous precedent is focussing on how a state Government decided it would announce the banning of certain training tools. The concern here once again, is the complete lack of industry consultation along the way with industry experts or any of the thousands of people who use these tools with enormous benefits. We are joined by Kirsty Reid as she and Brittany Young with assistance from Marcia Davies, have created a on-line petition to demand better representation and consideration from...
May 24, 2022•1 hr 12 min
