For two decades, Malena DeMartini has been helping people help dogs who have separation anxiety. She joined Annie to discuss her new book, Treating Separation Anxiety in Dogs: Next Generation Treatment Protocols and Practices. In it,  she reveals some surprising updates to the protocols she suggested in her first book (spoiler: she now wants her clients to do LESS training than before).  She and Annie also discuss her virtual school for coaching Certified Separation Anxiety Trainers, her client-facing course, Mission Possible, and how quarantine changed the way people understand what canine separation anxiety really is.  

Malena's course: Mission Possible http://schoolforthedogs.com/mission 

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Listen to Annie's May 2020 episode with Malena here 

https://www.schoolforthedogs.com/podcasts/separation-anxiety-expert-malena-demartini-on-helping-dogs-learn-to-be-alone/  

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Mentioned in this episode:  

Malena's latest book: Separation Anxiety in Dogs: Next Generation Treatment Protocols and Practices https://www.amazon.com/dp/1617812749?tag=thedogs00-20  

Malena's first book: Treating Separation Anxiety in Dogs: Next Generation Treatment Protocols and Practices  https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08D4SX4DP?tag=thedogs00-20  

Dr. Kara Moore's post on The Human Magnet Syndrome

https://drandyroark.com/secret-trick-handling-difficult-clients/   

The Human Magnet Syndrome: https://www.amazon.com/dp/168350867X?tag=thedogs00-20  

The Certified Separation Anxiety Trainer training program:   https://malenademartini.com/for-trainers/separation-anxiety-training-certificate-program/

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Partial Transcript:

Annie:

Tell me about what’s been going on, and maybe we can talk about the why in the future. And I guess just, for someone who’s just tuning in for the first time, maybe you should just introduce yourself with a brief bio.

Malena:

Sounds good. I’ll do that. So my name is Malena Demartini and I have been working exclusively with separation anxiety for over two decades now, just a little over two decades. I’m the author of two books on the topic of separation anxiety. The most recent one was released last year in 2020. And it is quite up to date with all of the research and understanding that we have about separation anxiety, which is tremendous. And it’s been quite a boon that we’ve got so much information, evidence and research coming forward about this topic.

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