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Talking Training with Petra Ford Pt 1
What to listen for: "I care about my dog's emotional state, how they're feeling, and how confident they are. And I work on that a lot....
Jul 15


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


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


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


Reflections on Training Ideas and Takeaways from our SAR Friends
What to listen for: “Are we setting up hides in a way that our dog is becoming better and we're finding holes, or are we setting up hides...
Dec 30, 2024


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


Handling: When Do You, When Don't You
What to listen for: “Handling is not a recipe. It’s a craft.” Odor detection handling mastery comes down to hitting that delicate balance...
Sep 2, 2024


Encouraging Your Dog to Be Brave
What to listen for: “I think by encouraging it [confidence] and allowing it to happen and letting the dog utilize what's fun and what's...
Aug 19, 2024


Talking Detection Dogs with Adee Schoon Pt 1
What to listen for: “When you're with your dog, you're working with the dog, and when he's resting, he's resting, and don't ask him to...
Jun 18, 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


How Do You Define Success?!!?
What to listen for: “Success is the joy that we have with our dogs and the relationships that we're building.” Ever wondered how small...
Apr 30, 2024


All things Area Search/Live Find SAR
What to listen for: “We're dealing with a dog who has its own set of motivators. And so we just need to always be conscious of the fact...
Apr 2, 2024


Martha Hoffman Reflections - 5000 Hour Eyes and Kindness
What to listen for: “That's the part that just takes it over the edge for me - I know that my dog feels my excitement, my anticipation,...
Feb 20, 2024


Reflections on 2023
What to listen for: "As a trainer, no matter what you're doing with your training or where you are, what level you are, how advanced you...
Jan 2, 2024


Questions From the Crowd - Winter 2023 Pt 2
What to listen for: “How well does the dog actually understand target odor? Part of the issue is that we think we've taught the dog to...
Dec 25, 2023
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