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#168 - Stop Waiting to Know the Right Thing. Here's How to Decide
Season 14 Episode 168
You know that feeling where you're staring at what feels like a total dumpster fire, and you’re just… frozen? It’s not because you don't care or beca…
2 months, 1 week ago
#167 - Are You Designing Plans for Your Dog... or for Your Anxiety?
Season 14 Episode 167
Hey, hi, hello. Do you also fall into the pet parent spiral? Worrying that you aren’t a good pet parent, that your dog is suffering, and that you are…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
#166 - Your Dog is Not Symptom Spreadsheet
Season 14 Episode 166
Do you ever feel like you and your dog are on the Hot Mess Express together? The challenges just keep coming: leash reactivity, resource guarding, bo…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
#165 - Juliana DeWillems: Set Your Dog Up to Succeed (Without Guilt)
Season 14 Episode 165
Management is one of the most underused and misunderstood tools in dog training. KPA CTP and author Juliana DeWillems (she/her) joins Emily to refram…
3 months ago
#164 - When Management Turns into Micromanagement
Season 14 Episode 164
Is your dog’s management plan starting to feel more like a full-time job than a support system? In this episode, Emily and Tiffany break down the cri…
3 months, 1 week ago
#163 - Fears from Pets Past
Season 14 Episode 163
Have you ever found yourself bracing for a repeat of everything that went wrong with a previous pet? In this episode, Emily and Veronica get real abo…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
#162 - Choice, Control, Agency, and Predictability
Season 14 Episode 162
You've heard the buzzwords: agency, choice, control, predictability. But if you've ever tried to implement all of them at once and you know it can fe…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
#161 - The Difference Between Safety and Security
Season 14 Episode 161
Have you ever watched your dog happily bolt toward a car, completely unbothered, while another dog trembles in a loving, calm home? Both dogs are cau…
3 months, 4 weeks ago
#160 - The Skill No Protocol Can Replace
Season 13 Episode 160
Look. If memorizing protocols was the secret to being a great trainer, we'd all just hand out flashcards and call it a day. But that's not how this w…
4 months ago
#159 - When Your Training Isn’t Showing Results in Real Life
Season 13 Episode 159
You nail a training session. Your dog is locked in, responding beautifully, and you feel that rare rush of “we’ve got this.” Then real life shows up …
4 months, 1 week ago