This episode is a 3/3 on the dog geekery scale.

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The video about what a fish is that I referred to a little less than 10 minutes into the podcast (highly recommend watching; this is great!):

https://youtu.be/-C3lR3pczjo?si=ySGsS_CoMcAHVm3G

This episode is a 3/3 on the dog geekery scale.

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Caden's thoughts about our tendency to make excuses for unwanted canine behavior based on medical issues.

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Caden and Melanie dig into geeky topics and (Caden's) burning questions in one of my all-time favorite episodes:

+ How can dog trainers/dog enthusiasts without a science background judge the quality of a research paper?

+ How relevant are studies done on rodents or humans to dog behavior?

+ A sidetrack into European animal welfare laws and tool bans around the world.

+ ... and a few random science-y questions I've been mulling over in my brain:

+ Can a classically conditioned response (such as "drive leaking," for example a police dog vocalizing in anticipation when hearing the siren) be made conscious and then turned into an operant response by means of consequences?

+ Are there ever situations where it is a good idea to use "flooding" with a fearful dog?

+ The difference between flooding and controlled intentional stress inoculation.

+ Why it is smart to not only include reward seeking behavior (positive reinforcement) in our dogs' education, but also teach them how to avoid discomfort (negative reinforcement.)

Get in touch with Melanie:

Website: https://www.caninedecoded.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/caninedecoded/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dr.melanie.uhde

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@dr.melanieuhde

Resources, podcasts and people mentioned in this episode:

Police K9 Radio podcast—link to the episode with Dr. Melanie: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/interview-with-dr-melanie/id1439541675?i=1000710803832

The colleague I give a shout out to in this episode is Sharon Carroll in Australia:

http://avantidogtraining.com.au/

Shoutout to Game's amazing breeders (KNPV kennel van het Merlebosch in the Netherlands): https://www.vanhetmerlebosch.eu/

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Caden's thoughts about how access to nature with dogs is one of many privileges that get normalized in Global-North pet and sports dog circles.

The episode of Cog Dog Radio, Sarah Stremming's excellent podcast, I mention is this one with Tara Stillwell. Give it a listen and enjoy:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/forrest-school-with-tara-stillwell-lfdm-w/id1128562867?i=1000711013693

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This (PH) episode is a 2/3 on the canine nerd level scale.

Caden talks about an interesting phenomenon he has observed in his students lately: the one-truth myth or the tendency to find a trainer to look up to, and try to do everything exactly the way they do it. What happens if, years later, there's another trainer with a different truth?

Sue Alexander's year-long Master class for future dog trainers:

https://thedogtrainerscrucible.thinkific.com/courses/IPDT-Spring-2025

Caden's stuff:

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Caden talks about the difference between an "enriching" and a "fulfilling" life for our dogs ... and how the meaning of each term is ultimately up to us humans, since we can't ask the dogs!

Caden's new (begrudging) "learning about methods beyond R+" patreon:

https://www.patreon.com/c/AdventureDogs

Sue Alexander's and Laura Harper's year-long Introduction to Professional Dog Training master course:

https://thedogtrainerscrucible.thinkific.com/courses/IPDT-Spring-2025

Happy training, you all!

Caden and Anna talk about the seminar they met at and how it feels to have financially supported someone we don't politically agree with, but deeply respect as a dog trainer. The broader question becomes: how do we balance spending money on education (or other things), and financially supporting who we (all of us, including you, the listener!) believe most "deserves" or merits our support in terms of purchasing their goods or services. Hint: it's not an easy answer at all.

Get in touch with Anna:

NYC (Tribeca) dog walking: https://www.instagram.com/pigeonpalsllc/

NYC and virtual dog training: https://www.instagram.com/annatankdogs/

Linktree:

https://linktr.ee/annatankdogs

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Trainers mentioned in this episode:

Joel Silverman: https://joelsilverman.net/

Jay Jack: https://nldogs.com/

Larry Krohn: https://pakmasters.com/

Ivan Balabanov: https://www.trainingwithoutconflict.com/

Dylan Jones: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100024220454898

Leslie McDevitt: https://www.facebook.com/leslie.mcdevitt.7

The books Anna and I mentioned and couldn't remember the titles and authors of:

Our dogs, ourselves - Alexandra Horowitz

Politics is for power: how to move beyond political hobbyism, take action, and make real change - Eitan Hersh

Thank you ...

Thank you to Lesfm for providing the royalty-free intro, en-tro and outro music and to Isabelle Grubert for designing the show logo!

That time was a great one! Thoughts about what anything you could frame as a "breakup" should (in my mind) look like: sad, sure, but also beautiful because we celebrate exploring new adventures, and with lots of appreciation on everyone's side. <3

Resources recommended in this episode:

https://www.fenzidogsportsacademy.com/

That Taylor Swift song:

https://youtu.be/4LtQxA_ooLk?si=tQw3lvfe-jE7SiPZ

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Thank you ...

Thank you to Lesfm for providing the royalty-free intro and outro music and to Isabelle Grubert for designing the show logo!

Time flies: in March 2025, Game's puppies will be turning a year old! In this episode, I want to share about two of the puppies who are local to me and regularly part of my life, and I'll also talk to Joan who took Judge, our purple collar boy formerly known as Oso, to Minnesota! Tune in for all the updates!

The puppies' theme song—still spot on:

https://youtu.be/ZB4RFVAlNFw?si=PDydc53qz7a9NijJ

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Thank you ...

Thank you to Lesfm for providing the royalty-free intro and outro music and to Isabelle Grubert for designing the show logo!