Episode description

• 3:10 - Shelly takes us back to where her journey begin with positive reinforcement animal training.
• 19:30 - Ryan asks Shelly to share her work with children at Epic Pals - pairing children with dogs preparing to be adopted.
• 23:20 - Ryan and Shelly discuss the use of PORTL and resources used in the Epic Pals program and how it impacts the children
• 25:00 - Ryan asks where you can find out more about Shelly’s work at ‘Drop your jaws dog training’ and ‘Epic’
• 26:00 - Ryan introduces the new program that Shelly will be hosting for the ATA community.
• 27:45 - Shelly shares what makes it an exciting program for her to host and introduces the first members that she will be interviewing.
• 31:05 - Ryan reveals the expected launch date of the new podcasts!
• 31:50 - Ryan moves the conversation forward to look closer at Shelley’s experience with animal introductions.
• 33:50 - Shelly explains how she found her first foster dog and how her resources and knowledge and the ATA community has supported her through the experiences
• 37:15 - Ryan asks about the specific processes, techniques and strategies that have been helpful to implement when introducing new animals.
• 40:55 - Shelly talks us through the parallel walking process that she uses when introducing dogs
• 44:10 - Shelly introduces us to her new puppy, Castor and what she has been working on with him recently.
• 45:30 - Ryan asks a few questions regarding how Shelly has come to be able to bravely share her training and learning online with others.
• 49:15 - Ryan introduces a summary list: ‘5 things to consider when introducing animals in your house to each other’
• 50:35 - Ryan asks Shelly what the most reinforcing part of the process is for Shelly as a human learner in the processes [when sharing your training online]
• 54:05 - Shelly explains how important it is to choose where you share your training videos when you want feedback and support.
• 55:05 - Ryan asks Shelly to return to the time when she first brought home fosters and explain what was the antecedent set up in her home to make it more successful.
• 57:55 - Shelly explains what she may do differently next time and her favourite moments during introductions and with her foster dog Cross.
• 1:00:00 - Ryan asks Shelly to travel into the future and say what she would like to see happen over the next 5-10years.