All Episodes
Our One Wild And Precious Lives (And Our Dogs) — 83 episodes
E83 A board and train guest, and thoughts on health in dogs
E82 Treating dogs AND HUMANS well, a sustainable future and wolf research with Kayla Fratt
E81 Anarchism as an ideal, taxes, public services and human nature with Sebastián de la Rosa-Carriazo
E80 Larry Krohn on teaching free drop-in group classes
E79 Gamify your loose leash walking with Jay Jack!
E78 Adolescent Malinois with Sara Brueske
E77 Slightly delayed puppy birthday episode: what's new with Judge?
E76 Client questions: sudden-onset noise sensitivity in a 5-year old dog
E75 Musings on ideal dog training worlds, FDSA and the ocean of things left to learn
E74 Client questions: Premacking herding recalls with Jana & Kimura
E73 What even is welfare? Nuance, changing our points of view, and projecting our own life-quality values on our dogs
E72 Dogs, Dogs, Dogs, Trolley Problems, Learning and The Trainer Wars with Pat Stuart
E71 History and innovation in the dog training industry with Tyler Muto
E70 Puppy story: morals and responsibility
E69 What if EFFECTIVENESS was the bar for dog training? Also: the dog and horse trainer worlds are surprisingly different! A conversation with Tracy Racich.
E68 Show your dogs! Never stop learning! Don't give up on a dog before trying everything reasonable. Seek advice and know your limits! A conversation with Dylan Jones.
E67 Ramblings on marketing, algorithms I know nothing about and dogs
E66 Crossing the street between dog training camps (why can't we just turn the street into a park for everyone to enjoy?) Another conversation with Chad Mackin.
E65 Genetics, Border Collies, choice (or the lack thereof) and what we do with our influence: a conversation with Denise Fenzi.
E64 Power, politics, generations and dogs: a conversation with Chad Mackin.
E63 Learning from each other, loving Doodles and rants on anti-social media. A conversation with Tyler Muto.
E62 Why do I have dogs? Why do you?
E61 Punishment means diminishment, operant conditioning is about the FUTURE, rats on hot floors and never stop learning: a conversation with Jay Jack.
E60 Does great recall reliability require an e-collar?
E59 Quadrants, "tools" and the euphemism treadmill in dog training
E58 Training versus management
E57 The medical fallacy in dog training
E56: Geeking out about dogs, training, behavior and science with Dr. Melanie Uhde
E55 Intersections of class privilege and dog ownership
E54 Un-mything the one-truth myth (and some financial transparency)
E53 Enrichment versus fulfillment: an opinion.
E52 Is it good, bad, okay or neutral to learn from professionals we don't politically agree with? A conversation with Anna 'Tank' Dogs
E51 I leave you the best of me: breaking up with FDSA
E50 Catching up with the Rebelde puppies: birthday episode!
E49 Acclimation versus micromanagement in puppies and juvenile dogs
E48 Puppy raising, chapter 5: husbandry and "what would I do different?"
E47 Turning training distractions into reinforcers: work with the environment, not against it!
E46 Antiracist animal advocacy: a conversation with Kassidi Jones
E45 Puppy raising(ish), chapter 4: racism and classism in a peculiar slice of the dog world, the tragedy of closed studbooks and life on Seahorseshoelace Island.
E44 Puppy raising, chapter 3: who did the puppies go to, how much profit did I make, and the secret handshake of the puppy-placement world
E43 Puppy raising, chapter 2: how expensive was breeding Game, and is it true that breeders who sell dogs don't make a profit?
E42 Puppy raising, chapter 1: extreme early socialization
E41 Sonder and apple juice for a better world. Another conversation with Kayla Fratt.
E40 Human connection, escaping financial and colonialist metaphors, anarchism and cats. A conversation with Shuli Branson.
E39 "Remember the person you dated in high school? Most dogs would probably choose to be happy." A conversation with Sir Sue Alexander (part 2).
E38 The one with all the trigger warnings: a conversation with Sir Sue Alexander (part 1).
E37 The world we want to live in and queer Marxism: a conversation with M.E. O'Brien.
E36 Dog geekery: oops ... I (C) accidentally compared the R+ community to a "cult." Another conversation with Matthias Lenz.
E35 Dog geekery: how to systematically increase difficulty and deal with juvenile dogs
E34 Lions in the sand: politics, capitalism, structural versus personal issues ... A conversation with Rachel Finklestein.
E33 Marker-cue related dog training questions
E32 Is it risky to tether your dog outside a store while running errands? An opinion.
E31 When dog trainers accidentally talk about dating and purposefully talk about their wild and precious lives: a conversation with Kayla Fratt.
E30 Dog geekery: when and how should I end toy play?
E29 More on off leash dog lives and maintaining strong recalls
E28 Queer Lives: Metal Muses in Mexico - a conversation with Bere Rosales.
E27 When do you trust your dog off leash? An opinion.
E26 The social injustice of digital Nomadland and a declaration of love to Mexico City: a conversation with Zane Selvans.
E25 Switzerland & Canada, Austria & Mexico: personality, punctuality and the warmth of human beings. A conversation with Matthias Lenz.
E24 Behavioral Euthanasia. A Conversation about Love and Loss with Deb Jones.
E23 A Slice of Chai
E22 Joy!
E21 Lessons from traveling and the people you meet on the road
E20 Dog geekery: the fallout of punishment (and the question whether it can be avoided), the Coonhound breed, and hog hunting in the Southern US
E19 Clarity, not quadrants! R-, P+ and all 9 yards.
E18 From rat race to Gemütlichkeit (and all the dogs!): a conversation with Kenne Young.
E17 Colorado, more life and US immigration
E16 People are more important than podcasts
E15 Dog geekery: marker cues, my love! A conversation with Karen Deeds, CDBC
E14 Mental health through the lens of Control Unleashed: a conversation with Leslie McDevitt
E13 The pet parent predicament: a conversation with Katie Homan, a philosopher of play (with a great Lab)
E12 Reflections on our wild and precious lives, friendship and the concept of home with Rachel Finklestein
E11 Dog geekery: A Dog's World - Imagining the Lives of Dogs in a World without Humans. A conversation with Marc Bekoff.
E10 A Guatemalan anthropologist takes a critical look at the US (and misses her Schnauzer)
E9 Dog geekery: toy reinforcers - train'em, name'em, and think of them as behavior chains!
E8 Queer lives: growing up gay in a conservative Mexican city in the 90ies, queer rights today, and one special Jack Russel Terrier
E7 Dog geekery: pet dogs or free-roaming dogs - who's got it better? A conversation with Sue Yanoff, DVM.
E6 Mental health through the lens of radical life changes, and the virtuous cycle of pet ownership, Guatemalan travel and catnip smuggling
E5 Dog geekery: to touch or not to touch, that is the question. A conversation with Amy Miller.
E4 The unique city of Guanajuato, sharing a multicultural house, making panditas, and human connection
E3 Dog geekery: food motivation in dog training
E2 Meet C and Peter (and some of the dogs in their lives)!
E1 Intro: Everything that's scary and beautiful is on this side of life