Episode 62: Interviewing Nicky Butler

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Nicky Butler is a UK based dog trainer that grabbed ours and many others attention from a social media video. The video message highlighted what many of us have been thinking for quite some time. The nice thing was that Nicky took time to sit for a while and consider the content.

The message conveys a simple fact often overlooked. we all love dogs. All of us! However, there’s often controversy about who’s doing it right and the politics hijack the main objectives.

We all need to be more thoughtful about this topic. We need to think about how much time is actually worth arguing about it compared to getting on with work. Cherry picked, pseudo science and wounded emotions should never be used as ammunition in any basis.

There is a wise saying that suggests that the left wing and the right wing belong to the same bird. Flight is not possible when one is independent of the other.

Interviewing Nicky Butler gave us a bit more insight into how people in other countries are feeling. It also describes the ethos of the individuals and the community.

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Episode 40: Dissecting Ego
Another good episode on helping people with Ego issues

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Episode 61: Drop you Anchor

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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.

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Episode 50: Diagnosing problems in training
Check out some of our other episode

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Episode 60: Where are we going?

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Where are we going? It’s a good question to ask yourself every now and then to confirm you are planning your direction. If you fail to plan, you plan to fail, so it’s important to know these things.

Glenn and Pat talk about what we are doing on Patreon and how it is helping to create a future. it’s a future on where we all what The Canine Paradigm to head in.

More education, more entertainment, much more laughs. We get a lot of our ideas from you the audience. We listen to your own stories. The troubles you have, the enjoyment in your training, the things you love and the things you loath.

So as you can see, it’s important to ask, where are we going?

We also discuss our concern around people, fellows trainers not crediting their mentors. They make out that they found their knowledge buried in a field and they are the only ones who know it. Time to question that fool.

If you like to do something creative with Pat Stuart, go here

If you would like to book time with Glenn Cooke go here

Here’s some other great shows to consider

Episode 50: Diagnosing problems in training
Episode 40: Dissecting Ego

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Episode 59: Start the year with a plan

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Start the year with a plan. Start everything with a plan or at least try to. That way you get to do what you need to do by design, rather than just wing it.

There’s a saying that says, “plan your work, then work your plan”. Glenn thought it may have been Vince Lombardi, American football super coach and philosopher, however it was Napoleon Hill. There’s even another variation stated by Margaret Thatcher, former British Prime Minister.

The episode at large is about people making New Years resolutions. We’re suggesting that it should be a year round resolution by being a little bit better that yesterday.

We found that by being incremental and not over doing it, learning takes on a better function overall.

Start your 2019 year off by, continuing the good work you did in 2018 and not having too high expectations. So, start your year with a plan and how can you go wrong?

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Episode 55: Positive First

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Episode 57: It’s me isn’t it?

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It’s me isn’t it? The words most trainers hear after they have spent a little time working with clients. Yes, it’s you. It’s not a terrible process for clients to come to terms with either.

Once your clients accept they have had a major impact on their dogs education, or lack of, we can progress.

After all, our job is not to judge or embarrass them. We are there to serve and coach and to improve the overall relationship. When this happens, true language develops and it’s a beautiful thing to behold.

No more excuses, minimal problems and manageable dogs who understand you. What you telling them is now clear and they can hear you.

If you’re having trouble with your training, reach out to a reputable trainer.

Pat can be reached at Operant Canine

Glenn can be reached at Canine Evolution

Now instead of saying, I’s me isn’t it? I’m the problem. You start to say, I’m the solution.

Episode 32: The art of communication
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Episode 56: Interviewing Michael Ellis

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Michael Ellis is a name known very well to many of the people in the dog training community.  If you have been on youtube or Leerburg looking for a trainer series, you would no doubt come across Michael’s work.

Both Glenn and Pat have been waiting for some time now to speak with Michael and we had our prayers answered

Apart from being an all round great guy, Michael has been teaching students all over the world.

If you too would like to train with Michael Ellis or learn more about him, you can find out more here

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Episode 55: Positive First

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Positive First is a descriptive term Glenn Cooke announced earlier in one of our episodes.  He feels better describes what the Balanced dog training community have been trying to represent.

Naturally, there are counter arguments that it doesn’t represent the industry based on the correct scientific terms. There was additional points that it could be perceived as to closely associated with positive only.

Glenn and Pat start to unpack the success of starting with positive reinforcement and then re assessing.  This way if you start positive and can remain within that system of training, there is no problem.  If you need to move along to adding aversive, then you can implement the LIMA system.

If you have never heard of LIMA, it is the acronym for, Least Invasive Minimally Aversive.  it does a very nice job of describing a better selection pathway for training when using the Operant system.

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Episode 54: Moments to be proud of

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Moments to be proud of was a hard episode for both of us to record.  For Pat it was difficult to relive something that caused a lot of raw emotion.  For Glenn it was a high degree of shock to hear the story.

This story unfolds around a young boy and his mum that Pat helped train an assistance dog.  Although it sounds simple enough, it came with some heavy baggage for everyone.

The story is still far from finished, however there have been some incredible breakthroughs, both via a mothers love and Pats persistence and compassion.

Mental illness is a serious issue that has serious implications requiring the right people for treatment.  It also carries a stigma as people don’t know how to behave or what to say.  The best thing you can do though is be supportive and not judgemental.  Learn more about it and how you can better help.

We have done several episode now on mental health and we will definitely do more in the future for both humans and dogs.  This is why having a contact like Birdy O’Sheedy is so helpful and healthy as she understand both fields.

If you don’t feel great and the world is getting difficult, speak to someone.  You’re not a burden.  You’re not invalid.  You have people that love you and people that do want to be supportive.

We would love to hear what you moments to be proud of are too.

We have several episode as suggested that would be worth listening to, to support the above.

Episode 53: A Birdy’s eye view on Anxiety

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Episode 53: A Birdy’s eye view on Anxiety

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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.

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

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Episode 52: Getting out of the shit

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Getting out of the shit, although a nasty sounding title, has something relevant to do with Pat. Whilst walking through the desert one day on patrol, he got himself in a shitty situation.

However, the main focus point in this show is, how to say goodbye to a dog for behavioural reasons.  This is a predicament that many of us Professional trainers have had to assess and help make the right choice.  We also unpack a little bit about the difference between decision and choice.

The show gets a little deep and turns a few corners, however we had an interesting chat.

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