C chats with their fellow dog professional Kenne Young. Originally from the US, Kenne moved, after living all over the world, all the way to Graz, Austria, where he and his wife Sarina run a unique dog boarding and daycare center: one where every dog who visits becomes a member of the family and is given all the love and freedom to live their best life. 

Doglovers is the only place in Austria I would board my own dogs. Even though what I set out to talk about with Kenne was going from North America to Europe and the cultural differences that most stood out to him, what we start with, end with, and keep coming back to is - of course! - the dogs.

This episode gave me a lot to think about. I've wanted to leave Austria ever since I was a teenager. There are many things I could criticize about it and Europe in general. Thank you, Kenne, for providing me a fresh perspective - and a reminder of the warmth, "Gemütlichkeit" and safety that exists in Austria and that I, having grown up there, sometimes take for granted or overlook. One of my favorite episodes so far - I can't wait to record another part! Thank you, Kenne!

Get in touch with Kenne

https://www.dogloversgraz.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DogLoversGraz

Get in touch with C

www.chrissisdogtraining.com

chrissi.schranz [at] gmail.com

https://www.facebook.com/chrissi.schranz/

https://www.instagram.com/adogisabondbetweenstrangers/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJJREwVukr_0qMsU5MLt9OA

Thank you

to Lesfm for providing our royalty-free intro, en-tro and outro music and to Da las gracias a EScience_AI_art_VSG for providing this week's episode image royalty-free on Pixabay!

This week's episode - released later than intended - is about Colorado again. About life and its unexpected (and unexpectedly beautiful) turns. And about the messed up US immigration system and its unfair advantages for people who look like me. I even snuck a Jurassic Park reference in there. And lots of Poodle puppy thoughts!

Get in touch with C:

www.chrissisdogtraining.com

chrissi.schranz [at] gmail.com

https://www.facebook.com/chrissi.schranz/

https://www.instagram.com/adogisabondbetweenstrangers/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJJREwVukr_0qMsU5MLt9OA

Thank you ...

Thank you to Lesfm for providing our royalty-free intro, entro and outro music, to johnhain for providing the episode picture royalty-free on Pixabay and to Isabelle Grubert for designing the show logo!

Just a few minutes of thoughts from snowy Colorado: what are our priorities in life?

Get in touch with C:

www.chrissisdogtraining.com

chrissi.schranz [at] gmail.com

https://www.facebook.com/chrissi.schranz/

https://www.instagram.com/adogisabondbetweenstrangers/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJJREwVukr_0qMsU5MLt9OA

Thank you ...

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

Canine nerd level scale: 3/3: for highly educated dog and animal training folks who love digging into the nerdy details of theory and philosophy.

C and Karen nerd out about about multiple marker cue systems, behavior cases, the slime factor of treats (a life quality issue!) and the all-important facts that ziplock bags are forbidden in Karen's classes and C can't stand the texture of shrimp. 

Is a clicker all you ever dreamed of ... or do you want MORE? Can you HAVE more? More clarity? A greater shared vocabulary with your dog? And even MORE fun? Fear no more, my friends and strangers, for today you shall be initiated:

How do marker cue systems make for clear-minded dogs? What makes them like a language? Can they help solve behavior issues and may even pet dogs benefit from them ... or are they just a sports dog thing? What's the correct order of events when marking and reinforcing? What made the number one dock diving Poodle in the United States number one? Is it blasphemy to have food in your hands? WTF is up with these hydrolized diets, and what should you name your child? These and many more questions will be covered in a fast-paced, fun and VERY nerdy episode! Come join us for a wild ride! Scatter, toss and treat FTW!

"Knowledge builds confidence. Confidence is power. Power reduces anxiety." (Karen Deeds)

Get in touch with Karen:

https://www.facebook.com/karen.deeds

https://www.deedscanineconnection.com

canineconnection [at] charter.net

The amazing trainers we're giving a shout-out to in this episode (chronologically ordered as their names came up; we're all standing on the shoulders of giants):

Shade Whitesel (specifically her Ready To Work protocol)

Sara Brueske

Sarah Stremming

Chad Byerly and Sarah Keegans at Posidog in Ohio, which is now CynoCentric

Bob Deeds, Karen's husband

Bob Bailey ("Practice makes perfect.")

Hannah Branigan, who presented about eating as a behavior at ORCA

Barbara Heidenreich, who did so as well

ORCA conference (Art and Science of Animal Training)

Leslie McDevitt (LAT and pattern games)

Melissa Breau's treibball workshop

Kathy Sdao (and specifically her webinar on eating) 

Karen's reactive integration workshop on FB

Nicole Wiebusch, who teaches heeling and rally at FDSA

Sue Ailsby (who C got the paper towel trick of drying treats from)

Thank you ... 

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

C and Leslie talk about the evils of the institutionalized education system, raising kids, neurodiversity, pattern games for humans, breathing, scary puzzles and so much more. Come, listen! Join the fun! 

Get in touch with Leslie:

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

Friends of Control Unleashed Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/298300721554

Next online events: Leslie will be giving a talk about Barking ("Silence is Golden") at the Heart Equine Academy on January 21st, and speaking at the MET Conference on March 4th and 5th, 2023.

Books by Leslie:

Control Unleashed: Creating a Focused and Confident Dog. Clean Run, 2007.

Control Unleashed: The Puppy Program. Clean Run, 2012.

Control Unleashed: Reactive to Relaxed. Clean Run, 2019.

Resources and further information on names and places mentioned in this episode:

Temple Grandin (website)

Summerhill School website (sadly, I don't remember the name of the documentary I watched)

Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche on Youtube - look for the videos on anxiety

Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche. The Joy if Living: Unlocking the Secret & Science of Happiness. (The book Leslie recommends to get started.)

Sangha (Wikipedia)

Get in touch with C:

www.chrissisdogtraining.com

chrissi.schranz [at] gmail.com

https://www.facebook.com/chrissi.schranz/

https://www.instagram.com/adogisabondbetweenstrangers/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJJREwVukr_0qMsU5MLt9OA

Thank you ...

Thank you to Lesfm for providing our royalty-free intro and outro music, to Susanne Edele for providing the episode picture (catnip) royalty-free on Pixabay and to Isabelle Grubert for designing the show logo!

This episode is a 0-3 on the dog geekery scale: relevant whether you have pet dogs, sports dogs, or no dogs at all!

C and Katie have mixed feelings about metaphors of biological parenthood being applied to humans who share their life with a dog (or two). Neither one of them wants to be called a pet parent, dog dad/mom, or have a "furbaby" - and C shares why it may do more harm than good if these terms are being used by dog trainers working with behavior clients. We also talk about terms such as adoption, owner and guardian. 

Which ones should you use, and referring to whom? Is there even an answer? What identity label do you choose for yourself?

Get in touch with Katie

https://www.catherinehoman.com/

https://www.instagram.com/pihilism/

Resources mentioned in this episode

Susan McHugh, “Bitch, Bitch, Bitch: Personal Criticism, Feminist Theory, and Dog- Writing,” Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy 27.3 (2012): 616–35.

Unfortunately, Chrissi can't seem to be able to track down the episode of the show "Doggie Moms" they watched on Youtube anymore. 

Get in touch with C

www.chrissisdogtraining.com

chrissi.schranz [at] gmail.com

https://www.facebook.com/chrissi.schranz/

https://www.instagram.com/adogisabondbetweenstrangers/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJJREwVukr_0qMsU5MLt9OA

Thank you ...

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

C chats - in person! - with their friend Rachel about their criss-crossing wild and precious lives, the meaning of home and Mexico City. Rachel is an artist, cyclist and climber based in Mexico City and Boston. While she doesn't have a dog these days, she has two cats - and most certainly a wild and precious life!

Get in touch with Rachel:

https://www.instagram.com/rfinkles/

https://www.facebook.com/rachel.finklestein

https://www.communityarte.com/

Get in touch with C:

www.chrissisdogtraining.com

chrissi.schranz [at] gmail.com

https://www.facebook.com/chrissi.schranz/

https://www.instagram.com/adogisabondbetweenstrangers/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJJREwVukr_0qMsU5MLt9OA

Further resources:

Wikipedia article on the languages spoken in Guatemala: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Guatemala

Thank you ...

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

Canine nerd level: 1/3 (for pet and companion dog owners)

C talks with evolutionary biologist and ethologist Marc Bekoff about A Dog's World: Imagining the Lives of Dogs in a World without Humans. C's translation of this book was recently released in German, and they took this opportunity to invite Marc on the podcast!

By the way: I would also love to take this opportunity to give a shout-out to two Austrian dog training colleagues who happen to be biologists, Christian Holeček and Bettina Wernisch! Thank you for helping me find the correct German equivalents for the scientific terms in the English book! You both rock!

Marc shares about living with dogs in the mountains outside of Boulder, Colorado, and C challenges the argument that dogs would be able to learn how to hunt cooperatively. Marc, of course, has lots of answers to get all of us thinking. 

For further reflections on my conversation with Marc - I realized we were coming at the topic from surprisingly different angles! - check out my blog post here: 

https://chrissisdogtraining.com/reflections-on-my-conversation-with-marc-bekoff/

Get in touch with Marc:

https://marcbekoff.com/

Resources mentioned in this episode:

Pierce, Jessica and Bekoff, Marc. A Dog's World - Imagining the Lives of Dogs in a World without Humans. Princeton University Press, 2021.

Pierce, Jessica and Bekoff, Marc. Die Welt der Hunde - ein Gedankenexperiment (the German version of the same book), Kynos, 2022.

Gompper, Matthew E. Free-Ranging Dogs and Wildlife Conservation. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014.

Get in touch with C:

www.chrissisdogtraining.com

chrissi.schranz [at] gmail.com

https://www.facebook.com/chrissi.schranz/

https://www.instagram.com/adogisabondbetweenstrangers/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJJREwVukr_0qMsU5MLt9OA

Thank you ...

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

C talks to Liesl, a Guatemalan anthropologist who is currently living, researching and studying in the Pacific Northwest. Liesl shares her experiences with racism, unexpected experiences that have made her laugh and the different people she has crossed paths with. She gives us a little glimpse into her current research project with a community of Guatemalan migrants, recognizes how different cultural and experiential backgrounds make us experience the world and the people around us differently and helps us make the step from social signalling - like having a Black Lives Matter sign or a Ukrainian flag in your front yard - to meaningful action.

"We are always suffering - but we suffer gracefully."

"Anthropology is a science which tells us that people are the same the whole world over ... except when they're different."

Resources mentioned in this episode:

Victor Jara - Las casitas del barrio alto (song on Youtube)

Get in touch with Liesl

Send me (C) an email and I'll put you in touch. We've decided to not make Liesl's information public to protect her privacy and the privacy of others mentioned in this episode. 

Get in touch with C

www.chrissisdogtraining.com

chrissi.schranz [at] gmail.com

https://www.facebook.com/chrissi.schranz/

https://www.instagram.com/adogisabondbetweenstrangers/

Thank you ...

Thank you to Lesfm for providing our royalty-free intro, outro and en-tro music, to Victor Leal for the episode image of Guatemala City provided royalty-free on Pixabay, and to Isabelle Grubert for designing the show logo!

C talks about how to build a casual game of tug and fetch, put it on cue, and use it to reinforce simple life skills. This episode assumes your dog already has some basic interest in toys, but the behavior needs fine-tuning: maybe they chase, but don't return the toy, or maybe they play fetch, but not tug. This episode is a practical, step-by-step guide, introducing 3 methods for improving your dog's fetch and 2 methods for improving their tug game. You'll also learn to look at tugging and fetching as trained behavior chains rather than objects ("the ball" or "the tug toy"). Have fun, and happy geekery!

This episode is a 2/3 on the canine nerd level scale: for dog enthusiasts who already know things, and want to learn even more

Get in touch with C:

www.chrissisdogtraining.com

chrissi.schranz [at] gmail.com

https://www.facebook.com/chrissi.schranz/

https://www.instagram.com/adogisabondbetweenstrangers/

Free-roaming dogs Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJJREwVukr_0qMsU5MLt9OA/

Ressources mentioned on this episode: 

Paul Chance, Learning & Behavior (textbook)

Denise Fenzi about toys as squirrels (sample lecture for a great self-study class!)

Shade Whitesel's in person seminars

Shade's FDSA classes

Chrissi's FDSA classes

Thank you ...

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