In this episode I was joined by Toby Craze to discuss working with oversea shelter dogs.

Toby Craze, began his journey with animals back in 2012 initially completing a diploma in Animal Management, before continuing onto university gaining a degree in Animal Conservation Science in 2018. After graduating, Toby began working with rescued elephants, not dogs, in Northern Thailand until the start of 2020. It was Toby’s experience meeting street and village dogs during this time that started his love for working with foreign rescues. In 2020 Toby started a role as an adoption coordinator at Love Underdogs (a rescue specialising in the rehabilitation and rehoming of European street dogs), where he learned dog behaviour firsthand, becoming a IMDT accredited trainer in 2022. Growing within this role Toby became the team leader and head trainer and behaviour consultant for all things post-adoption support. Toby also runs his own successfully Instagram page, craze dog training and will be starting his own business in 2024.

During this podcast we discuss:

• the benefits of an intake based overseas rescue vrs moving dogs directly into homes.

• Supporting owners with expectation setting

• Supporting overseas rescue dogs with transitioning into homes

• How training videos can help our discussions with adopters

• And Toby’s three top tips for Simplifying overseas shelter dogs

During the podcast we mentioned

• Chirag Patel’s counting game - https://youtu.be/Ra8TKCwTDbk?si=i-uO6SORAVEhtdme

• Leslie McDevitt 123 game- https://youtu.be/YEkYXk1skU0?si=mweLgtDhtJInljMV

• Red amber green pyramids- Tuesday tips, simplifying shelter behaviour 12-12-23 https://fb.watch/oVcsa_FC86/?

Simplifying Shelter Behaviour- https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61550613461377