Pawplexity Pawdcast

*New episode out every other Wednesday*We’re comfortable calling dogs individuals, until appetite hesitates. When a dog doesn’t eat, appetite suddenly becomes more than appetite. It becomes a signal. A measure of wellbeing and sometimes even a quiet measure of us.In this episode, we look at why eating isn’t consistent across dogs, how stress and context can shape hunger, and why “picky” is often the fastest explanation available. We talk about appetite as temperament, about presence at the bowl, and about how quickly feeding turns into something charged.Because food is one of the few places where care feels visible. When appetite pauses, that visibility fades and uncertainty moves in. An untouched bowl can shift the weight of an otherwise ordinary moment.

*New episode every other Wednesday at 2:00pm CET*Leaving your dog alone is often treated as something simple: a life skill they have to learn, a routine part of everyday care. And yet, the moment of closing the door rarely feels simple.In this episode, we talk about the seconds before departure, the quiet shift in the room, and what lingers once you are gone. The anticipation before departure. The guilt and projection that can follow once you are out. The behaviour we monitor, interpret, and sometimes misunderstand when we come back.We reflect on attachment, training, routine, and the difference between visible quiet and genuine coping. What looks settled is not always the same as what is felt.

*New episode every other Wednesday at 2:00pm CET*We do not usually think we need to prepare for a vet visit. It is part of responsible care. Routine. Expected.What often catches us off guard is everything that sits around it.In this episode, we talk about what does not fit into the word “routine”: the hesitation before the door, the shift in behaviour in the waiting room, the moment on the exam table when your dog is no longer participating but enduring. Because a clinic is not just a medical space. It is an environment shaped by memory, handling, and loss of control.Over time, dogs learn these spaces. Restraint, repetition, and predictability begin to shape how they respond. This is not a critique of veterinary care. It is a conversation about what these moments ask of our dogs — and of us.

*New episode every other Wednesday at 2:00pm CET*This one is about the lists: the notes we leave for our pet sitters, the carefully written routines, the extra paragraph we add just before we close the document.What starts as logistics often becomes something else: a way of managing the discomfort of leaving. A quiet attempt to transfer not just instructions, but the relationship itself.Care, control, daycare, and cultural expectations begin to sit underneath what looks like a simple handover.This isn’t advice about finding the perfect sitter. It’s a conversation about what leaving exposes — in our dogs, and in ourselves.Attachment, cortisol, and emotional expression sit quietly in the background, shaping why these notes often grow beyond practicality and what writing them does for us. 

*New episode every other Wednesday at 2:00pm CET*We thought we were ready.We had the books, the schedules, and the structure. What we did not expect was how destabilising puppyhood could feel, especially when everything on the surface looked easy.In this episode, we talk about the parts that did not match that picture: sleep deprivation, evening unraveling, mistaking quiet for calm, and the pressure to get things right from the beginning.Because puppies do not arrive as blank pages. They arrive with temperament, sensitivity, and their own way of meeting the world.This is not advice. It is a conversation about what puppyhood revealed — about our dogs, and about us.