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Ask us anything part 2 is obviously a flow on from our part 1 episode as we had so many questions to get through.

If you’re excited about this, you’ll be excited to know there’s a part 3 in the pipeline as well.

Thanks to all our loyal listeners who make the time to do this with us. We both hope you enjoy our rendition of your questions.

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Episode 104: Ask us anything part 1

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Episode 57: It’s me isn’t it?

December 21, 2018
Tagged as: canine behaviour, canine industry, Christmas, classical conditioning, dog training, Glenn Cooke, It's me isn't it, operant conditioning, Pat Stuart, Psychology, The canine paradigm

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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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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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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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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.

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Episode 52: Getting out of the shit

November 15, 2018
Tagged as: Animal psychology, BF Skinner, canine behavior, canine behaviour, canine industry, Canine paradigm, classical conditioning, clicker training, dog training, education, Glenn Cooke, operant conditioning, Pat Stuart, podcast, Psychology

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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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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.

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Episode 46: Social Responsibility

October 4, 2018
Tagged as: Animal psychology, canine behavior, canine behaviour, canine industry, Canine paradigm, classical conditioning, clicker training, dog training, education, Glenn Cooke, GRC, Jay jack, operant conditioning, Pat Stuart, SR test

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Glenn & Pat discuss the social responsibility issue with people making poor examples of themselves and particularly their breed when out in public spaces. A lot of people want to be out in public spaces with their dog, enjoying the social environment, however there are people who are very vague about their dog and mistake excitability for aggression and problematic behaviour.

As always we are advocates of training and we encourage all people who own dogs to become more educated about teaching better form of engagement so you can really enjoy your dog without being in fear of it risking public safety or an altercation with another dog.

We also mention that Jay Jack’s SR test through his GRC program is a very easy, very accessible platform for all dog owners, especially the ones that need it, to give them a platform to help in providing a working outlet.

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Hot seat stories from the IACP, comes directly from our time in Florida where we got to sit in a room with some of the many amazing people we know or met along the way at the conference.

We got to share stories, listen to origins of other trainers, share some laughs and generally hang out with amazing people while Jay Jack was heckling in the background.

As we have mentioned, one of the amazing experiences of travelling is meeting new people and making new friends from around the world as we have had the good fortune of doing and by having a conduit such as The Canine Paradigm and other industry shows, we can reach out to people all over the world to help bring our industry closer together.

We would like to thank, George Kittridge, Emma Grae Murdock, Bill Church, Josh Moran, Byron Flores, Jay Jack, Chad Mackin, Alex Edwards and Jas Whiting for a great session.

Get ready to get sweaty.

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Episode 43: Questions from our audience Part 2

September 14, 2018
Tagged as: Animal psychology, canine behavior, canine behaviour, canine industry, Canine paradigm, classical conditioning, clicker training, dog training, education, Glenn Cooke, operant conditioning, Pat Stuart, podcast, Psychology

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More questions, more answers. As we didn’t have time to cover the questions asked of us in the last episode, we agreed that it was only reasonable to do another session so we could make our way through more from our listeners so enjoy Questions from our audience Part 2.

This episode gets a little preachy but not without good cause. There are factions in our industry that are not cooperating with each other and it’s not due to any good reason other than ego getting in the way and preventing good relationships from occurring and productivity.

As an industry we need to look at more reasons to come together, not for more reasons to separate. we are small and vulnerable when we argue and fight.

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Episode 106: Ask us anything part 2

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Episode 57: It’s me isn’t it?

Episode 55: Positive First

Episode 54: Moments to be proud of

Episode 53: A Birdy’s eye view on Anxiety

Episode 52: Getting out of the shit

Episode 50: Diagnosing problems in training

Episode 46: Social Responsibility

Episode 45: Hot seat stories from the IACP

Episode 43: Questions from our audience Part 2

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