• Beth asked "I’ve just been informed by my neighbours that my dog(s) have been barking all day while we are at work. Do you have any advice on how to stop this behaviour without using an anti bark collar?"

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• It was a great pleasure and honour to welcome Larry Krohn to our show, who is one of the dog training industry's most longstanding and respected names.

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• Max is the founding owner and head trainer at Down Under Dog Trainer.
  

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• Panos describing the lessons learnt walking neighbour's dog, Molly.

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Samantha King is a Psychologist and clinic director at Psychology & Animal Assisted Wellbeing, a clinic where therapists work with a therapy dog providing animal-assisted interventions. She works with her dogs (Sonny, Oliver & Nala) to provide  Animal Assisted Therapy for children, adolescents & adults (primarily Neurodivergent populations).   

Samantha has experience working with therapy dogs across various settings, including schools, community mental health and private practice since 2013.   She has spoken as several conferences on AAT topics, including the 50th Australian Psychological Conference in October 2015 and the Australia & New Zealand Psychiatrists Conference in Hobart in 2016. She is also EAGALA trained (2018) and provides Equine Assisted Psychotherapy with her herd of 7 horses including five brumbies. 

Samantha is a qualified dog trainer (Certificate III in Dog Training & Behaviour - NDTF). 

Samantha is also experienced in offering Psychology in a farm-based setting, alongside her range of animals on her hobby farm (goats, chickens, cat & horses). Sam has a keen interest in the advocacy of Brumbies and their incorporation in to animal assisted services.

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• Our longtime listener and friend Roger wrote to us, asking for our opinions on whether dogs and the associated costs of owning them are becoming "luxury items" as we see the cost of living increase all over the world.

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• Today's short episode is a reminder that you may be reinforcing unwanted behaviours that you actually don't like. Being mindful of this is the initial step to making positive changes in your training.

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• A great conversation with Adam about raw feeding and all its benefits.

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• Dog fights are an inevitable part of nature. 

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• Food as a reinforcer is important in the learning and training phases.

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