Life With Your Dog

Ep218 - The Downunder Dog Trainer: Max O'Neill

• Max is the founding owner and head trainer at Down Under Dog Trainer.
  Having grown up around dogs and always being able to easily connect with, and understand them, he was sure he wanted to work with dogs from a young age. Max says that he finds it the most rewarding thing of all to be working with a dog whose owners thought they were a lost cause, and changing their lives.
• Find Max at https://downunderdogtrainer.com/

 

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Ep217 - What is the "return on investment" for training your dog?

• Panos describing the lessons learnt walking neighbour's dog, Molly.
• The return on investment on proper and adequate application of dog training is massive!
• Being able to spend the present moment and appreciate the beauty of nature with a dog is priceless.
• The effort you put into your training and communication style with your dog, you will get back so much more in relationship, experience and love.

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Ep216 - The power of therapy dogs in psychology: Samantha King

• Samantha King is a Psychologist and clinic director at Psychology & Animal Assisted Wellbeing, a clinic where therapists work with a therapy dog providing animal-assisted interventions. She works with her dogs (Sonny, Oliver & Nala) to provide  Animal Assisted Therapy for children, adolescents & adults (primarily Neurodivergent populations).   

   

   

   

• Samantha has experience working with therapy dogs across various settings, including schools, community mental health and private practice since 2013.   She has spoken as several conferences on AAT topics, including the 50th Australian Psychological Conference in October 2015 and the Australia & New Zealand Psychiatrists Conference in Hobart in 2016. She is also EAGALA trained (2018) and provides Equine Assisted Psychotherapy with her herd of 7 horses including five brumbies. 

   

   

• Samantha is a qualified dog trainer (Certificate III in Dog Training & Behaviour - NDTF). 

   

   

• Samantha is also experienced in offering Psychology in a farm-based setting, alongside her range of animals on her hobby farm (goats, chickens, cat & horses). Sam has a keen interest in the advocacy of Brumbies and their incorporation in to animal assisted services.

• Find Samantha's services at www.therapydog.com.au

 

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Ep215 - Are dogs becoming "luxury items"? (cost of living crisis)

• Our longtime listener and friend Roger wrote to us, asking for our opinions on whether dogs and the associated costs of owning them are becoming "luxury items" as we see the cost of living increase all over the world.
• Join us as we break this topic down for you guys
• Also, we discuss the South Australian government's plans to ban IGP dog sports!

 

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Ep214 - You get what you reward (you reap what you sow)

• Today's short episode is a reminder that you may be reinforcing unwanted behaviours that you actually don't like. Being mindful of this is the initial step to making positive changes in your training.

 

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Ep213 - Adam Guest from Raw & Fresh Pet Food

• A great conversation with Adam about raw feeding and all its benefits.
• Healthy nutrition for dogs is important for a happy, healthy and strong dog, mind and body.
• Raw & Fresh Pet Food supplies fresh pet meals made with only the freshest raw ingredients without any chemicals, preservatives or fillers.
• Their goal is to create a healthy balanced diet for dogs and cats which came with affordability, convenience and great customer service.
• They saw more and more pet owners looking for a healthier alternative to traditional pet foods and thats when Raw & Fresh was created.
• You can find them at https://rawandfresh.com.au/

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Ep212 - Everything you need to know about dog fights

• Dog fights are an inevitable part of nature. 
• How can we best prepare for, prevent, and if necessary, intervene when they do  happen?

 

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Ep211 - Why you should stop carrying food around for your dog

• Food as a reinforcer is important in the learning and training phases.
• However it gets to a point that you must wean them off appropriately.
• Don't rely on food when it comes to lifestyle skills, as food doesn't proof behaviours.

 

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Ep210 - The six stages of prey in your dog (what are they?)

• What is "prey drive" in a dog, and why is it relevant to how we train them?
• This week we break down the SIX distinct stages of prey and what this means for you and your dog!

 

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Ep209 - Jumping on visitors and "The 3 Ds" [Q&A]

• Panos answers a question from Pamela about her 1.5yr old English Staffy, Luna.
• Pamela has listened to the episode about jumping and had a question about keeping Luna on the bed while visitors come over.
• She also asked about tethering in the home.
• Tune in to hear about addressing jumping on visitors and how to train the BED command for functional use in the home.

 

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