Winter is a big part of living in North America (Canada to be specific). Jeff and Liz talk about how they prepare their pooches for the cold, the ice, and the snow. They also cover a few activities you can do inside with your dog, when the temperature is too cold to take a walk.

Are you looking to strengthen your relationship further?

Check out these online-courses that Liz has created:
Mastering Treadmill With Your Dog
Preparing for Puppyhood
Puppy Essentials: For The Real World
Puppy Essentials: In The Home

Links mentioned in this episode:
https://www.pawshpads.ca

Ty (a three-legged-rescue mutt from Thailand) has been with Liz and Jeff for several years. In this episode they dive into his training journey, his relationships with other dogs, and how the loss of his sister brought him closer to them. 2020 has been the year of Ty.

Are you looking to strengthen your relationship further?

Check out these online-courses that Liz has created:
Preparing for Puppyhood
Mastering Treadmill With Your Dog
Puppy Essentials: For The Real World
Puppy Essentials: In The Home

Having a great relationship with your dog is built on several things. One of which is trust. Liz and Jeff discuss the many ways in which dog owners (while having good intentions), make mistakes around feeding their dog which can lead to food aggression. Fear not honest-to-doggies, Liz and Jeff are here to help with some helpful tips to rebuild the trust in your relationship.

Are you looking to strengthen your relationship further?

Check out these online-courses that Liz has created:
Preparing for Puppyhood
Mastering Treadmill With Your Dog
Puppy Essentials: For The Real World
Puppy Essentials: In The Home

Earlier this year Liz hosted a dog-day-camp for a select few kids at the Dog Haus. Two of these youngsters (who are well on their way to being pack leaders) joined Jeff & Liz for a (socially distanced/responsible) interview as our first official guests on the podcast. Big thank you goes out to  Baiden and Addison for coming on the podcast, sharing their experiences as mini-pack leaders.

Are you looking to strengthen your relationship further?

Check out these online-courses that Liz has created:
Preparing for Puppyhood
Mastering Treadmill With Your Dog
Puppy Essentials: For The Real World
Puppy Essentials: In The Home

With the pandemic rounding out the calendar year, we thought it would be a great idea to re-run a 2020 episode that is super appropriate. We hope you get something from this second time around. Liz & Jeff took a break this week to cue up some amazing episodes leading up to Christmas and into the new year.

Are you looking to strengthen your relationship further?

Check out these online-courses that Liz has created:
Preparing for Puppyhood
Mastering Treadmill With Your Dog
Puppy Essentials: For The Real World
Puppy Essentials: In The Home

We are take to the phones (instagram DMs) to answer your questions about everything from feeding schedules, compatibility problems, to structured walks. If you have a question you would like answered on the next Listener Q & A episode, slip and slide into our DMs on Instagram

Are you looking to strengthen your relationship further?

Check out these online-courses that Liz has created:
Preparing for Puppyhood
Mastering Treadmill With Your Dog
Puppy Essentials: For The Real World
Puppy Essentials: In The Home

Sight, touch, smell, and sound. As humans we rank them differently than our dogs in order of importance. In this episode, Jeff and Liz outline how we may be putting too much value on senses that our dog is just not that into, and how the added weight may be creating unbalanced behaviours. So LISTEN up, TOUCH that subscribe button, LOOK for the signs in your relationship with your dog, and… SMELL the truth?

Are you looking to strengthen your relationship further?

Check out these online-courses that Liz has created:
Preparing for Puppyhood
Mastering Treadmill With Your Dog
Puppy Essentials: For The Real World
Puppy Essentials: In The Home

When it comes to building a stronger relationship with your dog, nothing will bond you closer and more fully than going through a challenge together. The wins and successes in our lives and in training can be measured by how we frame these experiences. Struggle is here to stay, and it is an important part of growing stronger together.

Links in this episode:

Treadmill Training course

Mediation/post by: Three Feathers Living
“This world doesn't need more red painted lips or white washed walls. It needs you to show up, just as you are. Not the you that you will be after your diet, a harder body and a more organized schedule. It needs you now. In your constant transition. In your struggle. In whatever healing you're moving through. Not as a solution. Not as a polish. The raw, soft, soul that you are. Holding both light and dark, birth and death, love and pain. We need to see the strength within you that exists when you allow yourself to be imperfectly human.
When you show up as the biggest sigh of relief that comes when you realize you are so much more than a home improvement project. You are so magnificent in all your chaos.”

There are 5 pillars you should adopt in order to be a good training client. When it comes to being a good leader for your dog, it’s important to understand that you may need to unlearn most of what you think you know about training dogs. It’s a lifestyle not a diet.

Knowing where your dog is in the pack-placement is just the start to understanding your compatibility. Your dog is always sizing you up and accessing where you are on the spectrum of being a fit leader. There is a lot to unpack in this episode, much like humans, your relationship with your dog is complex and should be based on more than breed and gender.

Show Notes:

TED talk: Your body language may shape who you are https://www.ted.com/talks/amy_cuddy_your_body_language_may_shape_who_you_are?language=en