All Episodes

PPG Advocacy Panel: An Introduction to Pet Professional Guild Resources for Pet Guardians

Chat & Chuckle: The Ethics of Pet Shows

PPG Advocacy Panel: "Beyond Belly Rubs" with Niki Tudge and Louise Stapleton-Frappell

Chat & Chuckle: Chatting About Behavior Acquisition

Scholarly Circle – Professional dog trainers’ perspectives on training methods: ethical and evidentiary insights with Dr. Jamie DeLeeuw

March 2026 PPG Advocacy Panel: Guardians & Professionals Working Together to Help Pets

PPG Advocacy Panel: How Can Professionals Help Make a Kinder World for Pets?

Chat & Chuckle with Will Bangura About His Book Sniff to Soothe

PPG Advocacy Panel - How Can Guardians Help Make a Kinder World for Pets?

Chat and Chuckle with Dr. Marci Koski About Paths to Becoming a Feline Behavior Consultant

Chat & Chuckle: Exploring Research Design with Dr. Zazie Todd and Dr. Eduardo Fernandez

Chat & Chuckle with Erika Liljefelt About the Dynamic Dog Practitioner and the Connection Between Pain and Behavior

Chat & Chuckle with Dr. Kristyn Vitale About the Interactions of Dog and Cat Owners with Their Pets

PPG Advocacy Panel: Advocacy When Pet Professionals Are Pet Parents, Too

Chat & Chuckle: The Myths and Lies About R+/Force-Free Training—Let's Dispel Them!

PPG Advocacy Panel: Kind Alternatives to the Use of Shock Collars and Aversives

Chat & Chuckle: Chatting About the Credential Matrix with Niki Tudge, Dayle Pierce, and Jenn Friedline

Chat & Chuckle: Barriers to Humane Dog Training with Dr. Zazie Todd and Dr. Eduardo Hernandez

Chat & Chuckle: Cooperative Care Strategies for Medicating Cats with Ingrid Johnson

Chat & Chuckle: An Examination of "Training as Enrichment" with Dr. Zazie Todd and Dr. Eduardo Fernandez

PPG Advocacy Panel: Misunderstood Facts About Equids

Chat & Chuckle About Ethical Sheltering and Rescue

PPG Inclusivity Committee Meetup with Annie Phenix of Phenix Advocacy Center

PPG Advocacy Panel: No! to Electronic Containment Systems for Dogs and Cats

Chat & Chuckle with Joey Lusvardi About the PPAB's New Feline Credential

Chat & Chuckle: An Examination of Ethics in Pet Training with Dr. Zazie Todd and Dr. Eduardo Fernandez

PPG Advocacy Panel: What My PPAB Credential Means to Me

PPG Advocacy Panel: Navigating Pet Regret—Finding Solutions and Moving Forward

Chat & Chuckle About Separation Anxiety

Hoof Care for Fearful Equids with Michelle Martiya

PPG Advocacy Panel: Avoid Pet Regret—Helping Families Find Their Ideal Pet

Chat & Chuckle with Frania Shelley-Grielen About Introducing Cats and Inter-Cat Aggression

Learn How to Get a PPAB Credential!

Chat & Chuckle with Frania Shelley-Grielen About "Behavior Matters for Cats and Dogs"

Chat & Chuckle with Veronica Sanchez and Jenn Friedline About the Damaging Effect of Dog Trainers Dispensing Poor Advice on Social Media

Chat & Chuckle with Emily Hall About Adventure Cats

Chat & Chuckle with Frania Shelley-Grielen About the Pet Services Industry

PPG Advocacy Panel: Staying Motivated and Afloat During Challenging Times

PPG Advocacy Panel: Why Positive Reinforcement?

Chat & Chuckle About How to Teach Loose-Leash Walking

Chat & Chuckle with Dr. Susan Friedman About Behavior Analysis

Chat and Chuckle with Dr. Denise Johnson About Feline House Soiling Issues

PPG Advocacy Panel: The Importance of Ethics in the Pet Care Professions—It's Not Just Tools

Chat & Chuckle with Veronica Sanchez About the Cooperative Paws Service Dog Program

Chat & Chuckle with Dr. Mary Gardner About Senior Cats

PPG Advocacy Panel: What People Skills Do Professionals Need in Order to Teach, Counsel, and Advocate?

Chat & Chuckle with Melissa Millett About Getting Cats Ready to Perform

PPG Advocacy Panel: Pet Obesity

Chat & Chuckle with Dr. Sarah Brown About The Hidden Language of Cats

Chat & Chuckle with Veronica Boutelle About How to Make Your R+ Training Business Thrive

Chat & Chuckle with Alice Chau-Ginguene About Comparing Attitudes of Cat Ownership in Ireland and the U.S.

Chat & Chuckle with Dr. Zazie Todd About the Five Pillars of Feline Wellness

Chat & Chuckle with Sassafras Patterdale (Lowrey) About Feline Play and Enrichment

Advocacy Panel: Conversations About Compassionate Care and Connection with Dr. Karolina Westlund

Chat & Chuckle with Laura Monaco Torelli About Cooperative Care With Cats

PPG Advocacy Panel: The Most Misunderstood Facts About Cats and Their Behavior

Chat & Chuckle with Veronica Sanchez of Cooperative Paws Service Dog Education

Chat & Chuckle with Dr. Kristina Spaulding of Science Matters Academy of Animal Behavior

Chat & Chuckle with Grace Taylor About Collaborating with Cat Sitters

PPG Advocacy Panel: The Importance of Empathy and Compassion in Animal Training: Why There Is No Need for Violence ... Ever

Learn All About Celebrating Life Together—PPG's 2024 Advocacy Event!

Advocacy Panel: How Do We Turn Prospects Into Clients?

Chat & Chuckle with Michelle Martiya About Working With Hybrid Cats

Chat & Chuckle with Katlyn Grayson About Making Modifications for Cats With Mobility Issues

PPG Advocacy Panel: Conversations About Compassionate Care and Connection with Dr. Laura Donaldson

PPG Advocacy Panel: Unrealistic Expectations—Where Do They Come From and How Do We Diffuse Them?

Chat & Chuckle with Beth Adelman About Shifting Perspectives About Cat Behavior

Advocacy Panel: Changing a Pet's Behavior by Changing Human Behavior

Chat & Chuckle with Kate Benjamin About Environmental Enrichment for Cats

Chat & Chuckle with Mary Stevens About How Cat Consultants Can Build Relationships with Veterinary Practices

Chat & Chuckle with T Hamboyan Harrison About Strategies for Handling Fearful Cats

PPG Advocacy Panel: Are We Trainers or Teachers? What Best Describes What We Do for Our Clients?

Chat & Chuckle with Tabitha Kucera About Cooperative Care for Cats

PPG's New Pet Training Science Alliance Program

Zigzag Puppy Training App Fellowship Program for PPG Members

Chat & Chuckle with Katenna Jones About Working with Dogs and Cats Together

Dogs Demystified: An A-to-Z Guide to All Things Canine with Dr. Marc Bekoff

Chat and Chuckle with Beth Brown About Control Unleashed for Cats

PPG Advocacy Panel: The Why and How of Teaching Our Students the Importance of Understanding Our Pets' Emotions and Body Language

PPG Advocacy Panel: How Do the PPG Guiding Principles Differ From LIMA?

Chat and Chuckle with Alejandra López Irala of Rasca y Pica in Argentina

Chat & Chuckle with Dale Ward: Raising the Worst Dog Ever! (Part 1)

Chat & Chuckle with Dr. Mikel Delgado of Feline Minds

PPG Advocacy Panel: The Most Misunderstood Facts About Dogs

Chat & Chuckle with Hansa Bergwall of PocketSuite

Chat & Chuckle with Hanna Fushihara of Nosework Cats

Advocacy Panel: Words Matter—How the Words We Choose Influence Human Behavior

Chat & Chuckle with Dr. Kristina Spaulding and Irith Bloom

Chat & Chuckle with Dr. Jennifer Nesbitt-Hawes of Pet Perspective

Chat & Chuckle with Carrie Anne Selwyn of Canine Hoopers World

Chat & Chuckle with Parrish Warren of Space City Cats

PPG Advocacy Panel: Anthropomorphism—Is It Relevant?

Chat & Chuckle with Joey Lusvardi of Class Act Cats

Chat & Chuckle with Veronica Sanchez of Cooperative Paws Service Dog Education

PPG Advocacy Panel: What Do You Do When You're the Only Force-Free Professional in Town?

Chat & Chuckle with Jeanette Davis of Feline Rescue Association and Silver Whiskers Animal Rescue

Chat & Chuckle with Sandra Grossmann of The Feline Consultant

PPG Podcast with the PPG Advocacy Panel: Discussion #15 - Top Tips on How to Network and Spread the Mission

Chat & Chuckle with Laura Cassiday of Pawsitive Vibes Cat Behavior and Training

Chat & Chuckle with Veronica Boutelle and Gina Phairas of dogbiz

PPG Inclusivity Division Meetup - Celebrating LGBT History Month & World Mental Health Day

The PPG Member Newsletter - Oct./Nov 2022

PPG Advocacy Panel - Dog Safety: Should It Be Taught in Schools? Is There a Public Safety Concern?

Chat & Chuckle with Dr. Lisa Radosta of Florida Veterinary Behavior Service

Chat and Chuckle with Annie Phenix

Chat & Chuckle with Dr. Kristina Spaulding of Science Matters Academy of Animal Behavior

BARKS Podcast with the PPG Advocacy Panel: Discussion #13 - What Is Management, and Can It Be Enough in Helping Pet Owners?

Chat and Chuckle with Irith Bloom of The Sophisticated Dog

Chat & Chuckle with Dr. Robert and Karen Hewings about Scent Fest

Chat & Chuckle with Dr. Lisa Radosta

PPG Advocacy Panel - Animal Emotions & Their Importance In Understanding Behavior

Chat & Chuckle with Toni Clarke About Preparing Pets for Travel by Air

Chat and Chuckle with Debby Lucken from Kids Around Dogs

Chat and Chuckle with Annie Phenix Talking Reactive Dogs and Much More

Chat and Chuckle with Barbara Hodel Author of How to Love and Survive Your Teenage Dog

Chat and Chuckle with Rosie Robinson from Wuf Design

PPG Advocacy Panel - Top Ten Things We Can Do to Help Veterinarians Help Us Help Our Pets

Chat & Chuckle with Mychelle Garrigan of Pet Pro Marketing

Chat & Chuckle with Dr. Kristina Spaulding of Science Matters Academy of Animal Behavior

PPG Advocacy Panel - Recognizing Microaggressions So They Can Be Managed and Avoided

Chat & Chuckle with Molly and Jennifer of Atlas Assistance Dogs

Chat & Chuckle with Dr. Em of Vet Med Corner

Learn How You Can Help the Fundraiser for Ukrainian Animal Shelters

BARKS podcast with the PPG Advocacy Panel: Competency- What Key Skills Should Pet Professionals Be Able to Demonstrate & Why?

BARKS Podcast with the PPG Advocacy Panel: When and How Should We Advocate for Outdoor Pets?

Chat and Chuckle - Bringing Home a New Puppy with Claire Staines

Chat and Chuckle with Valarie Ross from Sits 'n Wiggles Positive Reinforcement Dog Training

BARKS Podcast with the PPG Advocacy Panel: Discussion #6 – What Does Pet Industry Licensing Look Like?

Chat and Chuckle with Stefani Cohen, author of Overcoming Your Child's Fear of Dogs

Chat and Chuckle with Dr. Karen Becker about her New York Times best-selling book, The Forever Dog

Your PPG Advocacy Panel at Work! Meeting People Where They Are To Facilitate Change

BARKS podcast with Molly Kelsey, The Cat Counsellor: December 10, 2021

Chat and Chuckle with Veronica Sanchez of Cooperative Paws Service Dog Education

BARKS Podcast with the PPG Advocacy Panel: Discussion #4 - "Being Nicer" While Advocating

Your PPG Advocacy Panel at Work! Advocating to Let Dogs be Dogs, Cats be Cats, Equids Be Equids

BARKS podcast with Geek Presenters Tasha Attwood, Dr. Jen Nesbitt-Hawes, Dr. Mindy Waite, Dr. Lisa Gunter and Dr. Melissa Starling

Chat & Chuckle with your Geek Week Sponsors Sara McLoudrey, Gina Phairas, Revell Horsey and Malena DeMartini

BARKS Podcast with Geek Week Presenters Louise Stapleton-Frappell, Dr. Lisa Radosta, Melissa Taylor, and Alexandra Santos

Your PPG Advocacy Panel at Work! "How to Reach and Work with Your Local Veterinarians"

Chat & Chuckle with Emily Wolf and Libby Felts

BARKS Podcast with Geek Week Presenters Dr. Eduardo Fernandez, Michelle Martiya, K. Holden Svirsky, Grisha Stewart and Jean Donaldson

BARKS podcast with BARKS Geek Week Presenters Judy Luther, Leslie McDevitt, Dr. Karolina Westlund and Veronica Sanchez

Chat & Chuckle with Lorna Winter from ZigZag

BARKS Podcast with Geek Week Presenters Emily Tronetti, Tracey Lee Davis, Michael Shikashio, Rain Jordan, & Nancy Tucker

BARKS podcast with Geek Week Presenters Irith Bloom, Paula Garber, Julie Naismith, Suzanne Clothier, & Dr. Simon Gadbois

PPG Advocacy Panel - How To Best Advocate for Positive Reinforcement Methods

Geek Week Presenter Interviews - Dr. Laura Donaldson, Simone Mueller and Dr. Holly Tett

BARKS NEWS August 2021

BARKS Podcast with Dr. Zazie Todd

BARKS Newsletter July 2021: Issue 67

BARKS Podcast with Helen Phillips and Jules Morgan from The Gundog Trainers Academy

BARKS Newsletter June 2021: Issue 66

BARKS Podcat with Ken MacLeod an Emmy-honored set designer, a positive reinforcement dog trainer, and a major Bruce Springsteen fan.

BARKS Podcast with Rain Jordan from The Fearful Dog Project

BARKS Newsletter May 2021: Issue 65

BARKS Podcast with Dr. Kristina Spaulding from Smart Dog Training and Behavior

BARKS Podcast - A Panel Discussion of Experts Talking About a Selection of Sales Topics #2

BARKS Podcast with Victoria Stilwell from Positively

BARKS Podcast - A Panel Discussion of Experts Talking About a Selection of Sales Topics #1

BARKS Newsletter April 2021: Issue 64

BARKS Podcast with Dr. Karolina Westlund. Join us for a Chat and Chuckle about Emotional Learning!

BARKS Podcast with Alex Pietraszko from Animal Courses Direct

BARKS Podcast with Dr. Dorothy Heffernan chatting all things Equine!

BARKS Newsletter March 2021: Issue 63

BARKS Podcast with Lisa and Brad Waggoner

BARKS Podcast with Sara McLoudrey

BARKS Newsletter February 2021: Issue 62

BARKS Podcast - A conversation about The Pet Professional Accreditation Board

BARKS Podcast with Leslie McDevitt

BARKS Podcast with Claire Staines from Lothlorien Dog Services

BARKS Podcast with Julie Brewer from Little Tykes Dog Hub in the UK

BARKS Podcast with Veronica Sanchez from Cooperative Paws

BARKS Podcast - with Dr. Hannah Capon about the new CAMAdvocate Level 1 Educational Program

BARKS Podcast with Paula Garber and Tabitha Kucera, PPG Feline Commitee Chair and Vice-Chair,

BARKS Podcast with Denise O'Moore Chair of INTO Dogs Talk Geek Week

BARKS Podcast with Louise Ginman from the APDT in Australia

BARKS Podcast with Debra Millikan from The Pet Professional Guild Board of Directors

BARKS Podcast with Veronica Sanchez from Cooperative Paws - Service Dog Education

BARKS Podcast - Niki Tudge & Laurie Williams talk about Diversity in the Dog Training Profession.

BARKS Podcast - Niki Tudge & Judy Luther Chat About a Variety of Topics Concerning Canines & Equines and Zoo Animals!

BARKS Podcast - Niki Tudge & Denise O'Moore Chat All Things Geek Week, Event November 11-15, 2020

BARKS Podcast with Kelly Duggan from Kelly Duggan Design

BARKS Podcast with Dr. Eduardo J. Fernandez where we talk ethics, science, data and so much more!

BARKS Podcast - Talk Punishment with Dr. Karolina Westlund

BARKS Podcast - Talking Stress in Dogs with Dr. Kristina Spaulding

BARKS Podcast Niki Tudge Hosts Veronica Boutelle and Gina Phairas from dog*biz

BARKS Podcast Niki Tudge Hosts Coleen Ellis to talk Marketing - Getting Future Ready

BARKS Podcast with Dr. Zazie Todd from Companion Animal Psychology

BARKS Podcast with Dr. Hannah Capon from Canine Arthritis Management

BARKS Podcast with Dr. Kristina Spaulding from Smart Dog Training and Behavior

BARKS Podcast with Joan Hunter Mayer with TransPaw Gear

BARKS Podcast with Veronica Sanchez from Cooperative Paws Service Dog Education