In this moving episode of The Canine Paradigm, Glenn and Pat welcome back their close friend and regular guest, Birdy O’Sheedy, for a conversation that speaks to the soul of dog ownership.

This time, Birdy introduces us to her new initiative, The Magic in Dogs. While it isn’t a training program, it offers something equally valuable—a shift in perspective. Instead of focusing solely on control or obedience, Birdy invites us to reconnect with our dogs in a more present and intentional way.

Throughout the episode, Birdy shares her experiences working with dogs and the people who love them. More importantly, she reflects on the quiet moments, the ones that often go unnoticed but ultimately shape the relationship. Rather than prescribing quick solutions, she encourages curiosity, awareness, and a deeper emotional bond.

As the discussion unfolds, it becomes clear that building a strong relationship with your dog doesn’t always require doing more. Sometimes, it simply requires seeing more, something Birdy explains beautifully.

If you’ve ever felt like there was more to the bond you share with your dog, but you couldn’t quite put it into words, this episode is for you.

We hope it leaves you with something to reflect on and perhaps something to explore at themagicindogs.com

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Episode 94: Our summary abroad is really that. A summary of our time and experience during the Canadian seminar and the IACP conference.

We started with a very long plane flight from Sydney to Montreal, followed by a 2 hour drive the next day to Ottawa. From there we had a little time to settle in before the seminar started.

Over the following days we got to meet and teach some amazing people who were just incredible people. Some of those people even joined us at conference for the IACP.

Following on from there, we left Canada to head back to the USA to meet up with Shawn and Janet Edwards. Every year they hold a trial to honour the memory of Janet’s PSA 3 dog Zuko over a 2 day trail.

Glenn got to learn more judging experience and Pat assisted in decoying. After that we both headed off on another visit of Americas airports to head to the IACP conference.

This years conference was in Colorado Springs with over 500 people attending. It goes without saying that it was an amazing time and we met more great people.

Glenn was asked to join the IACP board of directors and was accepted which was a huge honour.

The entire experience was a blast and the conference ended it well

Further details

Details on joining the IACP cane be found here

Glenn is found these days right here. Canine Evolution or Pet Resorts Australia

Pat resides now at Operant Canine

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Narelle Cooke’s raw feeding guide for pets here

Birdy O’Sheedy can be found at Pause in life and at Paws in life

Jason Firmin Einzweck Dog quip

K9 Dynamics online store for all our listeners in USA and Canada

Alex Edwards Refine your Canine

Emma Murdoch Walk with me Ottawa

Drop your anchor is the title by our adopted show co-host Birdy O’Sheedy. For those of you joining us, Birdy is a clinical psychologist who additionally coaches people on living better with dogs.

Birdy has two business’s with the same name but a clever different meaning. Pause in life for her human work and Paws in life for her human / pet work.

The title drop your anchor is about teaching us to stand up tall, dig your heels in.

Glenn and Pat thought it had a different meaning and in some references it does, but not the one Birdy uses.

Anyone having a hard time developing a relationship with their dog would benefit immensely from speaking with Birdy. She has a very pragmatic approach to her work and is constantly looking at improving her own knowledge and understanding.

Want to know more about Birdy. Go here

Want to know more about Pat. Go hereh

Want to know more about Glenn Go here

Check out some of our other episode

End of year circle jerk is a celebration of accomplishments within our show for 2108. We would like to thank everyone who listened, made time for interviews, helped, gave feedback and believed in us.

We have both had a phenomenal year, making friend, reaching out, learning about others and networking. The stories and the people we have met on the journey have been surreal to say the least.

We cannot thank you enough for taking us into your homes, laughing, crying, learning and celebrating with us.

2018 was a great year and we want to make 2019 even better and we would love your input into how we can make that happen. If there’s a person you think we should interview, let us know. If there’s a topic you think we should discuss, tell us about it. If there’s a fucker in the industry we need to tear apart, drop us a line.

Finally, we want to send warm gooey love to our Patreon supporters. You cannot know what your support means to us and how much we appreciate your patronage.

We hope you enjoy the End of year circle jerk as much as we did putting it together.

Have a safe and Happy New Year everyone. We love you all

A Birdy’s eye view on Anxiety is a welcomed episode to bring back our great friend, Birdy O’Sheedy.  If you haven’t listened to an episode with Birdy yet, it’s important to note that she is a practising psychologist.  Birdy works in both the human and pet dog realms and has fast attracted attention based on her genuine results.

In this episode, we discuss the realms of anxiety and how it starts and what it looks like.  It should be noted that we always recommend dealing with suitably trained professionals prior to working on this.

We get to learn about the term, transgenerational transmissions and how that creates a transfer of anxiety.

So all aboard ladies and gentleman.  Get ready to drop your anchor and join us on this wonderful journey with our resident Psychologist.

If you want to know more about Birdy the click here

Be sure to check out some of our past episodes with birdy as well and if you need her, contact her.

Diagnosing problems in training came from points our listeners were posting in our Facebook group. Given that anyone who has owned or trained or been around dogs knows that there are always going to be problems.  We figure it’s best to identify what they are and how we can reduce or completely extinguish them.

In addition to that, it’s our 50th show!  We are happy to celebrate with you and appreciate all the love and support from people all over the world.

We have a lot more great content to come on top of what we have already so buckle in and get ready for a wild ride.

More sweat, more laugh, more education and more Glenn and Pat.

A couple of good episodes to listen to in relation to this episode would be, selecting and raising puppies.  If you haven’t heard the box episode, that’s almost a TCP staple.

In closing, Pat started a new client business called Operant Canine. If you want to book some extra time with him you can find him on Facebook.

Dissecting ego is an episode we have wanted to look at for some time now as it can be a troublesome emotion that many of us find damages opportunity, relationships and more. This week we get our resident psychologist, Birdie O’Sheedie back for her 3rd time on the show to help us look at what this little monster is and how to keep it under better control.

If you find that people start to disappear from your life, perhaps it’s time to start thinking about looking within to make some small or large changes to enjoy those relationships rather than continue to drive them away.

 

In Episode 10, we have our friend and resident psychologist, Birdie O’Sheedy drop back into the studio to talk with us on how we can take steps in dealing with the emotional grief of losing a beloved pet.

On our 3rd episode, we had our first live guest in our studio, Birdy O’Sheedy to tell us all about her Bravery workshop and how it helps trainers learn not only to help in the management of dogs, it also helps deal with the client and their own emotions.