Pet videos fuel the Internet, but too often they perpetuate false ideas about dog behavior by misattributing a dog's intentions, or by falsely framing their actions.  Why do we seek to anthropomorphize dog behaviors rather than celebrating all the behavioral commonalties that exist between us and them?  Annie and the acclaimed, prolific blogger Eileen Anderson of EileenAndDogs.com, tackle this question together. 

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Notes: 

Eileen on fake dog videos:  https://eileenanddogs.com/blog/2019/04/22/fake-dog-videos/

Eileen on smiling dog video:  https://eileenanddogs.com/blog/2019/03/04/shelter-pup-smiles-submissive-grin/

Dr. Susan Friedman's Living and Learning with Animals: http://www.behaviorworks.org/htm/lla_professional_overview.html

Toast Garden:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFwYVIJt15j7sq5N22FNOng

Doris Day's hotel in Carmel, CA:  https://cypress-inn.com/doris-day-carmel-california-hotel/

Doris Day Animal Foundation:  https://www.dorisdayanimalfoundation.org/

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Transcript: 

Hey everyone, thank you for listening! I am excited to share this conversation with you. It’s with someone whose work I’ve admired for a long time. She’s a dog trainer and writer whose name is Eileen Anderson. I had a couple little issues with the recording, so I apologize for that in advance, but it’s not too bad. But before I share this conversation with you, I wanted to let you know that we are taking a little break with School For The Dogs Podcast. This episode is our 52nd episode which marks the end of what we’re going to call “Season 1”. When I started doing this podcast, I aimed to do one a week for a year. And I started in late March 2018, so it’s been a little over a year. I have missed a few weeks mostly because of some big life events - my dad died, I had a baby, and we moved School For The Dogs to a new studio during the last year. So for those reasons, I ended up skipping a few weeks. But now we have 52 episodes, which means if you’re just starting out you can listen to one episode a week for a full year.

The main reason why we are taking a break is because we are building an online course, which I’m really excited about, and I want to turn my attention fully to that for the next month or so. And after that, I will be back with new episodes. I’m hoping to do more Q&A episodes in the next season, so please share your questions with me. You can send them to me at anniegrossman.com/ask or you can leave a voicemail at 917-414-2625, or you can always shoot me a message on Instagram, we’re there at @schoolforthedogs.

Full transcript available at http://anniegrossman.com/2019/05/podcast/episode-52-transcript-notes-viral-videos-bad-dogs/9841/

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