In this episode, I speak with my fellow Behavior Vets behavior consultants, Bobbie Bhambree (CDBC, CPDT-KA) and Lauren Novack (ACDBC, KPA-CTP, FPPE), about adapting to the expected and unexpected challenges of training dogs during the pandemic, how we adapted, supporting guardians experiencing burnout, and some of our best tips for raising a dog in these unpredictable world.

This podcast was recorded on March 8, 2021. 

Bobbie's bio:
Bobbie Bhambree (CDBC, CPDT-KA) is the Director of Behavior Services and a Certified Dog Behavior Consultant at Behavior Vets. She is also a faculty member of CATCH Canine Trainers Academy and Agility University. Bobbie started her career in 2003 as a pet behavior counselor with the ASPCA Animal Behavior Center. In 2007, Bobbie joined the Humane Society of Westchester, spending the next nine years as their shelter trainer. In 2016, Bobbie joined the North Shore Animal League America in Port Washington, NY as the Director of Pet Behavior. She also deployed for the ASPCA Anti-Cruelty Behavior Team to work with dogs from dog fighting busts, puppy mill cases, and hoarding cases. In addition to this work, she founded and directed her own company, DogCentric Dog Training, helping people whose pet dogs experienced a wide spectrum of canine behavior issues. Bobbie currently shares her life with six dogs (Tricky, Ziggy, Marvel, Eleanor Rigby, Heady Topper, and Phuncky) and a very supportive husband in the suburbs of southern New Jersey.

Lauren's bio:
Lauren Novack (ACDBC, KPA-CTP, FPPE), formerly of her own company Lauren's Leash, is a fellow Behavior Consultant here at Behavior Vets New York City where she helps fearful, anxious, and aggressive pets and their owners. She has completed coursework for her Master of Science in Applied Behavior Analysis at Hunter College where her research explores the intersection between training practices and animal welfare. She currently serves on the Editorial Advisory Board for Daily Paws and has appeared on Fox & Friends, Rachel Ray, and various news outlets with her dog Grayson. She has an article coming out in the next edition of Operants Magazine, is currently teaching a three-part webinar series on Applied Behavior Analysis for animal trainers, and will be teaching a unit on client instruction and communication in IAABCs upcoming dog trainer professional course.

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Theme music composed and performed by Andy Sells

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