The thehealthydogpod’s Podcast

14. Iyona Shi of Bondi Behaviourist

Iyona has worked as part of the Bondi Behaviourist team since 2016, she also works with Aussie Mobile Vet. She sits down with us in this episode to talk about her experiences working in the industry.

13. Michael McTeigue, the founder of SavourLife and Adopt A Dog Au

Michael McTeigue, the founder of SavourLife and Adopt A Dog Au comes in to give his insight into the world of rescue dogs in Australia. For a long time, Michael has been helping rescue dogs across Australia, working with shelters and even setting up Adopt a Dog, a national company that facilitates dogs getting adopted and in this episode he shares his experiences.

12. Rachel Black, owner of Harry the King Charles Cavalier

Harry’s health has been a concern from an early age and it has affected his behaviour and has required a combined effort of training and management from Sophie and Ian with the help of veterinarians. Rachel speaks openly about the toll it has taken on her and her partners' health and the realities of pet ownership when it doesn’t go exactly to plan.

11. Habituation, the often over looked part of getting our dogs used to the world they live in

We want to create positive experiences and simply normalise the world they live in so that they are less sensitive to their surroundings and yet we see two common extremes when it comes to taking our dogs out in public.Creating fear through correction or hyperactivity with no boundaries. Both will set the dog up to fail in the long run.

10. Socialisation, Do you even know what it is?

Socialising seems to go wrong with our dogs because nobody seems to actually know what it is. This is a look into what we see people often do when socialising and offer up some simple and effective alternatives.

9. Renae Jackson of Sydney Dogs and Cats Home giving her insight into the day to day life of a shelter

Sydney Dogs and Cats Homework tirelessly in helping animals, working with councils. This raw and honest talk opens up about the realities of working within this environment and the animals that come in and out of their doors.

8. Lost but Found

Peter Sharp from Tame & Wild Studio has come in to talk to us about the new book Sydney Dogs & Cats Home have coming out “Lost but Found”

7. A Look into Training Problems and Behaviour Issues

When we are handling and trying to resolve unwanted behaviours in our dogs, the first thing we must figure out is if it is a training problem or a behaviour issue.

6. The Dogs Mind

A look into how the dog's brain works and how understanding it affects the way we train our dogs.

5. Dominance in Dogs De-bunked with Blurb

Dominance is one of the most widely used but miss understood terms when it comes to our dogs, this episode discusses where it came from, the impact not understanding it has had and how dogs actually do form social groups.