Last week we heard from Kassidi Jones and one of the topics we discussed was Antiracism in Animal Welfare. This week we dive further into Building Safe Spaces for Humans and the implementation with the animals in your life.

In this implementation episode, Emily and I talk about:

• How humans are animals too
• Safety vs. comfort
• Implicit biases are a thing

You can find the full episode show notes here.

In this week's interview episode, we're joined by Kassidi Jones. Kassidi is a sixth-year Ph.D. candidate in African American Studies and English at Yale and the content creator behind the Instagram account @gingers_naps, which explores the relationship and history between Black Americans and animals. 

In this episode, you’re going to hear Emily and Kassidi talk about:

• Education is empowering
• What on earth are ecopoetics?
• Abolition in the 21st century
• How we can do a better job of integrating multiple cultural views of animal care
• How to find mentorship in antiracist work

You can find the full episode show notes here. 

Last week, we heard from Mara Velez, and one of the topics we discussed was how BEAR can help shelters. This week, we're going to dive further into enrichment for shelters and talk about implementation with the animals in your life.

In this implementation episode, Emily and Allie talk about: 

• Emily's love language, which I don't love sometimes
• Accepting a linear time frame and accepting that Kristina Spaulding can't go back 20 years to write her book and have made past me and Emily better shelter workers 
• The sad trombone that sometimes comes with rest as a primary strategy
• A turtle tirade
• Cross ties for lickimats

You can find the full episode show notes here.

In this week's interview episode, we're so excited to have Mara Velez return to talk about the Shelter Playgroup Alliance's programs, and the newest addition, BEAR, Behavior & Enrichment Academy and Resources. 

In this episode, you’re going to hear Emily and Mara talk about:

• SPA’s programs, and how they all fit together
• Cultivating company culture to promote success
• Kolb’s Experiential Learning Cycle
• The difference between safety and comfort
• The importance of mindfulness in teaching and learning

You can find the full episode show notes here. 

Last week we heard from Eileen Anderson, and one of the topics we discussed was understanding sound sensitivities and phobias. This week, we're going to dive further into how to do a sound preference test, and talk about implementation with the animals in your life. 

In this implementation episode, Emily and Allie talk about: 

• How dog snoring is the cutest, most heart meltiest sound
• How Emily and I have accidentally taught relaxation through sound
• Why the sleepy music stopped working

You can find the full episode show notes here.

In this week's interview episode, we're joined by Eileen Anderson. Eileen does an outstanding job of striving for accuracy while making space for personal experience and anecdotal evidence. Eileen brings expertise in music, sound and acoustics to the dog training world. 

In this week's episode you'll hear Emily and Eileen talk about: 

• When it comes to sound sensitivity, volume isn’t everything
• Ad hoc counterconditioning can be effective 
• Why Morgan Freeman is good for dogs
• Stay ahead of the pain, stay ahead of the panic

You can find the full episode show notes here. 

Last week, we heard from Kim Rose and one of the topics we discussed was what behavior consulting can learn from nutrition. This week, we're going to dive further into if it can have an effect, it can have a side effect, and talk about implementation with the animals in your life.

In this implementation episode, Emily and Allie talk about: 

• Relay racing and choosing violence
• When you do too good of a job
• How Allie's dog is a weirdo who creeps people out
• A floofy fence fighter named Timothée
• And an extinction burst for the ages

You can find the full episode show notes here. 

In this week's interview episode, we're reaching beyond the animal care industry and speaking with Kim Rose, a dually certified diabetes care & education specialist and nutrition support clinician who blends evidenced-based practice with lived experience and cultural inclusivity. There is so much we can learn from other fields when it comes to care of our pets, ourselves, and our clients. 

In this episode, you’re going to hear Emily and Kim talk about:

• Fiber is magical
• How to strike the balance between sustainability and efficacy
• There are many paths up the data collection mountain
• Nutrition, like behavior, is a study of one
• Boundary setting for ourselves and our clients

You can find the full episode show notes here.

In this week's implementation episode, Allie and Emily dive further into evaluating your environment for behavioral impact and talk about implementation with the animals in your life. 

In this episode, you'll hear Allie and Emily talk about: 

• How our pet's senses aren't necessarily better or worse, just different 
• Bunny bathroom habits 
• Big Boy Oso fitting under Allie's desk.

You can find the full episode show notes here. 

In this week's interview episode, we're joined by Katenna Jones. Katenna has a breadth of animal care and welfare experience under her belt, from shelter work to cruelty investigation, and for this episode, we're ecstatic Katenna agreed to talk about cats!

In this episode, you’re going to hear Emily and Katenna talk about:

• New ways of thinking about pottying outside the litter box
• Making sure cats know what you’re offering them
• Cultivating a cat-centric point of view
• Why cats require precision training
• Why suppression sometimes works, but still isn’t a good idea

You can find the full episode show notes here.