In this episode of Pandemic Puppy, Kayla and Marissa Martino discuss puppy blues. They cover what it is, why it happens, and what you can do about it! What are the puppy blues? Negative feels about having your puppy Sadness, regret, guilt, etc. Why does this happen? Lack of sleep/interrupted sleep Lack of schedule If … Read more
Last week, I stumbled into my apartment carrying a box full of kittens. My border collies Barley and Niffler circled us, wagging hard and whining a bit. The semi-social 7-week old foster kittens in the box were cowering with huge eyes. One puffed up and hissed, and my puppy Niffler started to whine even louder. … Read more
Chelsy’s Toys reached out to us a few months ago and offered to send Barley and Niffler a grab-bag of their top products for a review. Of course, we said yes! So far, the favorites from our bag have been the Traditional Tug Toy and the Snuffle Bag. Chelsy’s Toys was started to create extra-tough … Read more
In this episode of Pandemic Puppy, Kayla and Matthias Lenz discuss raising Service Dog puppies. They cover the lessons you can learn from how service dog puppy raisers work with their puppies. What is helpful when raising and training guide dog puppies that other puppies may be missing? The typical service dog makes an ideal … Read more
In this episode of Pandemic Puppy, Kayla discusses stranger danger in puppies. She covers what it is, why it happens, and what to do about it. Her puppy Niffler has been barking and even growling at strangers lately, so this is high priority for Kayla! Fearful behavior and a fear period are not the same. … Read more
In this episode of Pandemic Puppy, Kayla gives an overview of clicker training: what it is, how to use it, why we like it, and when we don’t rely on clicker training. She also covers other marker system options. What is Clicker training? Why use clicker training? How to use a clicker Common mistakes in … Read more
I leashed up my puppy Niffler as he jumped from my Prius. The sun was warm, the scent of Ponderosa pines heavy in the spring air. We headed down the trail, relishing in that first warm day of the year. But within a few minutes, it all went so wrong. Another crew of hikers rounded … Read more
Hello and welcome to the K9 Conservationists Podcast! We’ve got a new name! As our loyal listeners know, we recently lost my beloved cohost Ursa. After giving it a LOT of thought, I’ve decided to pivot the focus of this podcast. Rather than focusing broadly on dog behavior, the K9 Conservationists podcast will focus on … Read more
Today we’re talking about Dr. James Ha about puppy temperament and training to mitigate or avoid behavior issues. Mostly, we’re talking about the science of how BAD temperament tests are at actually predicting adult behavior. Darn. Dr. Ha is a pretty amazing guy. He’s an animal behavior researcher and Certified Applied Animal Behaviorist – which … Read more
Today we’re talking to Malena DeMartini Price, author of TWO books about separation anxiety, instructor of the Mission Possible separation anxiety course, and the founder of the certification for separation anxiety trainers. Malena has focused exclusively on separation anxiety in dogs for TWENTY years! She lives in northern california with her husband and her two … Read more
