Social Dog

Healthy treats and lots of tricks on today's special Halloween day episode. Having a problem with your sweet pup? Just ask Cindie!

Today Cindie is joined by Alyne Welch, Head Trainer at Walks and Wags. Alyne just returned from the APDT convention and has lots of new tips and inspiration for you and your dog. Join them as they talk about the exciting new training techniques, tips, products and adventures for you and your dog straight from the APDT conference. They will be taking your calls live on air if you have any questions or could use some advice to help you and your dog.

GUEST NAME: Alyne Welch GUEST BIO: Alyne is an APDT member and Head Trainer at Walks and Wags and Head Evaluator for their dog daycare. Her motto is, "A trained dog is a safe dog!"

Today Cindie is joined by Marc Bekoff. He is an ambassador for Jane Goodall's Roots & Shoots program, in which he works with students of all ages, senior citizens, and prisoners, and also is a member of the Ethics Committee of the Jane Goodall Institute. He and Jane co-founded the organization Ethologists for the Ethical Treatment of Animals: Citizens for Responsible Animal Behavior Studies in 2000.

Marc is on the Board of Directors of The Fauna Sanctuary and The Cougar Fund and on the advisory board for Animal Defenders and Project Coyote. He has been part of the international program, Science and the Spiritual Quest II, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science program on Science, Ethics, and Religion. Marc is also an honorary member of Animalisti Italiani and Fundacion Altarriba. In 2006 Marc was named an honorary board member of Rational Animal and a patron of the Captive Animals' Protection Society.

In 2009 he was named a member of the Scientific Expert Advisory Panel of Voiceless, The Animal Protection Institute and a faculty member of the Humane Society University, and in 2010 he was named to the advisory board of Living with Wolves and Greenvegansand, the advisory council of the National Museum of Animals & Society.

Susan Briggs is a Certified Professional Animal Care Operator, author, speaker, and pet business expert. As co-founder of The Dog Gurus she brings over 18 years of experience in the pet industry with 12 years as co-owner and operator of a successful dog daycare, lodging, grooming and training business in Houston, Texas. In addition to being a co-author with Robin in publishing "Off-Leash Dog Play" and "Knowing Dogs," Susan used her educational background in accounting and published "Counting Noses: Accounting and Financial Management Guidelines for the Pet Services Industry."

Susan enjoys making it easy for owners to understand the numbers side of their business so they can focus on care quality. In 2015 Susan co-founded the Professional Animal Care Certification Council whose mission is to provide independent testing and certification for pet care professionals. The program embraces Susan's passion for providing quality care for animals.

This will be a show where Cindie takes some habits that land dogs in shelters and gives simple ways to correct the behaviors. Does your dog jump on guests, need house training, bark or refuse to walk on a loose leash? This will be the show to get all these small problems that turn into large one fixed.