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Working in K9 With Kate Graham from Katalyst Kennels
What to listen for: "Get a dog, take the dog you have, start training, do it yourself. Yes, the client dogs will come, the other pieces...
Sep 23


Choosing to Reinforce Pieces and Parts
What to listen for: "When I softened, my training, my dog got stronger. And I think people would say, ‘oh, you know, you're just being...
Sep 9


Download from Intentional Handling and Hide Setting 2025
What to listen for: “Distraction Camp and Intentional Handling and Hide Setting are always one of my small joys on being able to see...
Aug 26


Distraction Camp 2025 Download
What to listen for: “We’re always inspired by the students and all the hard work that goes on. It blows my mind every single year.”...
Aug 12


MUTC 2025 Recap and Updates!
What to listen for: “You’re putting so much pressure on yourself, and that’s impacting your dog.” Today, our hosts Robin Greubel, Stacy...
Jul 1


Detection Dog Science with Secret Service Chemist Dr. Katylynn Sloan Pt 2
What to listen for: 2/3 of the Dames of Detection, Robin Greubel and Crystal Wing, return with the brilliant Katylynn Sloan for part two...
Jun 17


Detection Dog Science with Secret Service Chemist Dr. Katylynn Sloan Pt 1
What to listen for: “The dogs are so good at what they do, it’s brain-boggling.” Today, 2/3 of our hosts, Robin Greubel and Crystal Wing,...
Jun 3


Critical Thinking in Dog Training
What to listen for: "To truly understand your dog, embrace the power of observation, question the environment, and engage with the...
May 19


Consistency in Dog Training Pt 2: Mechanics and Reinforcement
What to listen for: In the second part of the series on consistency, our hosts Robin Greubel, Stacy Barnett, and Crystal Wing take a...
Apr 21


Consistency in Dog Training Pt 1
What to listen for: “You’re constantly writing and rewriting a contract with your dog.” Consistency makes or breaks dog training—but...
Apr 7


What Else Should You NOT Do with Your Dog?
What to listen for: Can a dog excel at multiple areas in detection work, or will attempting multiple specialties only compromise their...
Feb 24


A Conversation with Denise Fenzi Part 1: A Humane Approach to Building Behavior Chains
What to listen for: “If I cannot, in five repetitions, isolate a variable down and get it where I want it, I do need to stop. That...
Jan 14


Training Ideas and Takeaways with Diana Bunch
What to listen for: “For the disaster, particularly this last one, you have to appreciate your emotional response that you’re going to...
Dec 17, 2024


Recognizing and Dealing with Displacement Behavior
What to listen for: "If we're a really confusing trainer, then our dogs have to be really damn confident because they’ve got to put up...
Oct 15, 2024


Working Up Your Behavior Chain to Find Where it Went Wrong
What to listen for: "I found that the things I taught in higher arousal have held up better in higher arousal environments. The things...
Oct 1, 2024


Developing Training Plans without In-Person Mentors
What to listen for: “It takes a dutiful trainer to show up and train in those sorts of situations all of the time. For search and rescue,...
Sep 16, 2024


The Importance of Known Hides
What to listen for: “Even if you don't give them a cookie, you don't play, the dog has been reinforced. [It’s] just the way their brain...
Jul 30, 2024


Troubleshooting Your Detection Chain
What to listen for: "You need to give the dog a bit more space, release the pressure, so that then the dog has the option of leaving the...
Jun 3, 2024


Functional Agility and All its Benefits
What to listen for: "Physical agility gives them some mental agility too, and so it's giving them that well-exercised brain, and then...
May 21, 2024


Being Coached Hard to Advance Your Training
What to listen for: “My job as a coach is not to identify your destination, but your goal, and to help you identify and remove roadblocks...
Apr 15, 2024
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