We're all screwed up (and that's OK)

We're in a new venue!

Owners and dogs  

Instant gratification (present) 

Bowling pin analogy

 Prison regime

 Warning lights

  “It’s good enough” 

 Residential training and environmental factors

 Respect for human

  Dog choice

  Ecollar explained by Dawn

  Command and control /pet dog

   The psychology of Dogs and muzzles

  Refused vet visits 

  Ideas for new owners - how to crate

 Dogs v cats and zombies

In this episode Dawn Walton and Jess Probst are out to lunch, so not in the usual Starbucks! A fire alarm goes off in the middle of the podcast and disrupts it, and Jess thinks that I need the microphone closer so now I'm too loud! 

Anyway we talk about the challenges of being self employed, being in a caring profession and the emotional toll it takes. 

We discuss the psychology of people around their dogs and explore strategies for how we can be better at helping

As well as labelling a dogs aggressive behaviour as being pain driven, people are now even calling their dogs Autistic. Jess and I discuss why we need to find a reason for behaviour rather than just taking ownership of the role we play. Why can't someone see their dog as an animal until it does something very primitive like biting or chasing and lunging?

We also discuss the role of genetics in aggression after Jess ended up with two dogs who did the same extreme aggressive behaviour, only to later discover they had the same father. 

Jess has a theory that trust is an important factor in our relationship with our dogs. So in this episode we explore what trust really means to both humans and dogs. 

Jess the Impaler   If you have a dog you may want to rethink listening to this we delve into the military SuperDog Biosensor program and learn about how to create resilience and longevity and of course compare dogs to humans and some other stuff including a Romanian curse that turned out to be passed down in the blood (or did it?)

In this episode Jess and Dawn talk about trauma in dogs and humans after Jess has been somewhat challenged by an online course on dogs in trauma (read that as it's being doing her head in!)

We talked about humans projecting their emotions onto dogs and question whether it is possible for people like you and I (but not Jess) to see dogs as animals rather than little people. 

Socialising what does it really mean and how should you do it effectively (obviously this bit is about dogs) 

We discuss what people get from having a dog and how the need for connection can be the very thing that can lead to serious behaviour issues in dogs.  

We talk about communication and how Jess can deal with something being so obvious to her, but not to the dog guardians and how she can counter her need to be brutally blunt!

There is a general discussion about memory and how it works