Enrichment for the Real World
By Pet Harmony Animal Behavior and Training
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Episodes: 170
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You've dedicated your life to helping animals- just like us.
Emily Strong was training praying mantids at 7.
Allie Bender was telling her neighbor to refill their bird feeder because the birds were hungry at 2.
You're an animal person; you get it.
We've always been animal people. We've been wanting to better animals' lives since forever, so we made a podcast for people like us.
Join Emily and Allie, the authors of Canine Enrichment for the Real World, for everything animal care- from meeting animals' needs to assessing goals to filling our own cups as caregivers and guardians.
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#169 - Kiki Yablon: Why Your Dog Won’t Settle When You’re Busy
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Jun 01, 2026 |
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#168 - Stop Waiting to Know the Right Thing. Here's How to Decide
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May 25, 2026 |
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#167 - Are You Designing Plans for Your Dog... or for Your Anxiety?
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May 18, 2026 |
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#166 - Your Dog is Not Symptom Spreadsheet
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May 11, 2026 |
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#165 - Juliana DeWillems: Set Your Dog Up to Succeed (Without Guilt)
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May 04, 2026 |
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#164 - When Management Turns into Micromanagement
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Apr 27, 2026 |
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#163 - Fears from Pets Past
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Apr 20, 2026 |
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#162 - Choice, Control, Agency, and Predictability
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Apr 13, 2026 |
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#161 - The Difference Between Safety and Security
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Apr 07, 2026 |
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#160 - The Skill No Protocol Can Replace
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Mar 30, 2026 |
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#159 - When Your Training Isn’t Showing Results in Real Life
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Mar 23, 2026 |
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#158 - Why Dogs Need Skills, Not Just Feelings
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Mar 17, 2026 |
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#157 - Haylee Heisel: Why Giving More Doesn’t Fix Resource Guarding
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Mar 09, 2026 |
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#156 - Q&A: All About Resource Guarding
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Mar 02, 2026 |
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#155 - Try It: Engaging Indoor Games for Pets
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Feb 23, 2026 |
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#154 - Dog Training Advice: Find What Works
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Feb 16, 2026 |
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#153 - Why Dogs React Suddenly: Trigger Stacking
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Feb 09, 2026 |
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#152 - Advocating for Your Anxious Dog as an Anxious Human
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Feb 02, 2026 |
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#151 - Labels: Helpful or Harmful?
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Jan 26, 2026 |
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#150 - If You Aren’t Doing It, It's Not Doable
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Jan 19, 2026 |
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#149 - The Dangers of “Enrichment”
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Jan 12, 2026 |
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#148 - You’re Getting Enrichment Wrong
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Jan 05, 2026 |
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#147 - Old Skill, New Scenario: Using What You Already Know
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Dec 29, 2025 |
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#146 - Try It: Create Your Enrichment Menu
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Dec 22, 2025 |
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#145 - Q&A: Dog Sociability
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Dec 15, 2025 |
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#144 - Learning Over Threshold?
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Dec 08, 2025 |
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#143 - Enriching Your Pet When You Feel Like You’re Drowning
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Dec 01, 2025 |
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#142 - Enrichment Guilt: When Enough Doesn't Feel Like It
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Nov 24, 2025 |
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#141 - Gratitude, But Not The Toxic Kind
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Nov 17, 2025 |
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#140 - Try it - Strategies for Frantic Feeders
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Nov 10, 2025 |
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#139 - Plentiful Enrichment: Creating a Full Life
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Nov 03, 2025 |
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#138 - What Horror Films Teach Us About Behavior
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Oct 27, 2025 |
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#137 - All Work And No Play Makes Everyone a Dull Critter
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Oct 20, 2025 |
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#136 - Try It: New Cue, Same Trick (and Why It Matters)
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Oct 13, 2025 |
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#135 - Trick or Treat? When Enrichment Isn't Enriching
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Oct 06, 2025 |
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#134 - Try It: Identify Your Home's Grumble & Growl Zones
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Sep 29, 2025 |
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#133 - How to Incorporate Kids Into Your Pet's Enrichment Plan
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Sep 22, 2025 |
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#132 - Are You Self-Sabotaging?
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Sep 15, 2025 |
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#131 - Why Training Mechanics Aren't Enough
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Sep 08, 2025 |
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#130 - Mike Agruss: A Nuanced Approach to Dog Bite Advocacy
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Sep 01, 2025 |
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#129 - Q&A: All About Anxiety in Dogs
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Aug 25, 2025 |
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#128 - Try it: How to Find Indoor Activities for Dogs on Hot Days
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Aug 18, 2025 |
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#127 - Summer Enrichment Activities
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Aug 11, 2025 |
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#126 - Sarah van Herpt: Healing Bears, Changing Minds
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Aug 04, 2025 |
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#125 - Does Comforting My Pet Reinforce the Fear?
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Jul 28, 2025 |
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#124 - Try It: How to Use Sound Enrichment Without Regretting It Immediately
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Jul 21, 2025 |
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#123 - Pet Firework Safety & Security Tips
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Jul 14, 2025 |
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#122 - Lili Chin: About Dog Breeds
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Jul 07, 2025 |
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#121 - Try it: Learn Your Pet's Ladder of De-Escalation
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Jun 30, 2025 |
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#120 - Why Your Pet Needs a Safe Space (and How to Make One)
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Jun 23, 2025 |
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#119 - Try it: Teach "Go To A Safe Space" From Behind a Barrier
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Jun 16, 2025 |
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#118 - Amber Quann: Biofeedback, Beer, & Backpacks
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Jun 09, 2025 |
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#117 - Training an Aggressive Dog Safely: The Ins and Outs of Protected Contact
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Jun 02, 2025 |
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#116 - Try It: Budget-Friendly Enrichment from Everyday Items
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May 26, 2025 |
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#115 - Present Over Perfect: Enrichment That Matters
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May 19, 2025 |
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#114 - Sami Griffin: Beyond Performative - Effective Gender Inclusivity for Pet Professionals
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May 12, 2025 |
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#113 - Q&A: Enrichment Overload- When Is It Too Much?
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May 05, 2025 |
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#112 - Try It: Teach Your Dog "Find It" From Scratch
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Apr 28, 2025 |
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#111 - Scent Work for Dogs: Enrichment That Supports the Whole Household
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Apr 21, 2025 |
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#110 - Q&A: Enrichment Strategies for Pets with Allergies
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Mar 24, 2025 |
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#109 - Assessing Risk for the Safety Enrichment Category
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Mar 17, 2025 |
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#108 - Debbie Martin: The Behavior Specialist You Didn't Know You Needed
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Mar 10, 2025 |
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#107 - How to Better Support Clients
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Mar 03, 2025 |
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#106 - Dr. Kelly Ballantyne: Combating Caregiver Burden
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Feb 24, 2025 |
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#105 - But, Like, What Even Is Training, Anyway?
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Feb 17, 2025 |
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#104 - Ayoka Bubar: Dog Sports as Enrichment
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Feb 10, 2025 |
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#103 - Adaptations for [Human] Accessibility
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Feb 03, 2025 |
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#102 - Gabrielle Johnson: Disability Justice in Animal Welfare
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Jan 27, 2025 |
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#101 - How to Reduce Harm in Our Industry
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Jan 20, 2025 |
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#100 - Laura van Dernoot Lipsky: Trauma Stewardship for Pet Professionals
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Jan 13, 2025 |
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#99 - Tiffany Holmes: Living with Pets with Behavior Challenges
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Jan 06, 2025 |
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#98 - Q&A: E-Collars
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Nov 18, 2024 |
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#97 - How to Tell if Your Dog Enjoys Going to Daycare
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Nov 11, 2024 |
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#96 - Renato Zanetti with Isa Dadauto: How to Make Dog Daycares Enriching
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Nov 04, 2024 |
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#95 - How to Identify Your Own Ladder of Escalation
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Oct 28, 2024 |
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#94 - Ryan Cartlidge: Building Community through Crucial Conversations
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Oct 21, 2024 |
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#93 - When You Can’t Be Your Own Consultant
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Oct 14, 2024 |
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#92 - Thea Harting: Rabbit Speed Dating
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Oct 07, 2024 |
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#91 - Transform Your Relationships Through Good-Faith Conversations
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Sep 30, 2024 |
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#90 - Tiffany Chen: Empathy, Education, and Efficacy in Social Media
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Sep 23, 2024 |
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#89 - 5 Tips for Successful Puppy-Raising
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Sep 16, 2024 |
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#88 - Scotti Harvey: How to be a Mindful Puppy-Raiser
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Sep 09, 2024 |
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#87 - Corinne Collier: Creating Connections
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Sep 02, 2024 |
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#86 - Q&A: Indoor Enrichment Activities Ideas
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Jul 22, 2024 |
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#85 - Building Safe Spaces for Humans
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Jul 15, 2024 |
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#84 - Kassidi Jones: Antiracism in Animal Welfare
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Jul 08, 2024 |
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#83 - Enrichment for Shelters
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Jul 01, 2024 |
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#82 - Mara Velez: How BEAR Can Help Shelters
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Jun 24, 2024 |
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#81 - How to do a Sound Preference Test
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Jun 17, 2024 |
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#80 - Eileen Anderson: Understanding Sound Sensitivities & Phobias
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Jun 10, 2024 |
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#79 - If It Can Have an Effect, It Can Have a Side Effect
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Jun 03, 2024 |
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#78 - Kim Rose: What Behavior Consulting Can Learn From Nutrition
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May 27, 2024 |
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#77 - How to Evaluate Your Environment for Behavioral Impact
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May 20, 2024 |
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#76 - Katenna Jones: Build a Better Relationship With Your Cat
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May 13, 2024 |
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#75 - Lesley Gurule: Building Better Behavior Support in Shelters
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May 06, 2024 |
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#74 - Q&A: Why Does My Dog Only Care Sometimes?
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Mar 25, 2024 |
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#73 - How to Have Happier Vet Visits
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Mar 18, 2024 |
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#72 - Dr. Valli Parthasarathy: Cooperative Care for All Species
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Mar 11, 2024 |
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#71 - How to Trial Gut-Brain Health
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Mar 04, 2024 |
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#70 - Dr. Tim Lewis: The Biology of Dogs
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Feb 26, 2024 |
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#69 - How to Create an Efficient Enrichment Storage System
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Feb 19, 2024 |
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#68 - Jungle Jordan Veasley: Improving Welfare for All Species
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Feb 12, 2024 |
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#67 - Creative Solutions for Physical Exercise
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Feb 05, 2024 |
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#66 - Lori Stevens: Movement and Exercise as Behavioral Therapy
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Jan 29, 2024 |
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#65 - How to Avoid Common Enrichment Toy Mistakes
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Jan 22, 2024 |
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#64 - David Roberts: Getting the Most Out of Your Dog's Enrichment Toys
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Jan 15, 2024 |
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#63 - MaryKaye Kendrick: Creating Harmonious Households for Dogs & Kids
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Jan 08, 2024 |
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#62 - Q&A: Handling the Holidays
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Nov 06, 2023 |
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#61 - Everything in Moderation
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Oct 30, 2023 |
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#60 - Kalyn Holl: Sled Dogs and Reindeer
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Oct 23, 2023 |
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#59 - Leading with Curiosity
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Oct 16, 2023 |
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#58 - Christina Horne: Systems for Navigating Service Dog Training & Society
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Oct 09, 2023 |
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#57 - Providing Environmental Complexity
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Oct 02, 2023 |
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#56 - Darian Fambro: Cold-Blooded but Warm-Hearted
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Sep 25, 2023 |
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#55 - Enrich Thyself
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Sep 18, 2023 |
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#54 - Valerie Bogie: Your Self-Care is Enrichment
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Sep 11, 2023 |
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#53 - Are Necessary Evils Really Necessary?
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Sep 04, 2023 |
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#52 - Kyle Hetzel: New Alternatives to Old Solutions
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Aug 28, 2023 |
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#51 - Tracy Harachi: Caring for the People Who Care for Pets
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Aug 21, 2023 |
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#50 - Q&A: Species-Typical Behaviors
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Jun 19, 2023 |
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#49 - Why You Need to Video Your Pets
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Jun 12, 2023 |
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#48 - Lili Chin: Behind the Scenes with Doggie Drawings
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Jun 05, 2023 |
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#47 - Phrasing Feedback to a Vet
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May 29, 2023 |
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#46 - Dr. Micaela Young: When Medical Problems Become Behavioral Problems
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May 22, 2023 |
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#45 - Building Connection Through Touch
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May 15, 2023 |
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#44 - Katie Sulzmann: The Benefits of Massage for Your Pet
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May 08, 2023 |
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#43 - Why Your Dog Training Isn't Working
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May 01, 2023 |
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#42 - Dr. Kristina Spaulding: The Stress Factor in Dogs
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Apr 24, 2023 |
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#41 - How to Train Any Species
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Apr 17, 2023 |
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#40 - Michelle Martiya: The Benefits of Working with Multiple Species
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Apr 10, 2023 |
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#39 - Q&A - Enrichment for Herding Dogs
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Jan 30, 2023 |
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#38 - Unlocking the Behavior Matrix: Part 2
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Jan 22, 2023 |
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#37 - Unlocking the Behavior Matrix: Part 1
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Jan 16, 2023 |
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#36 - Dr. Susan Friedman: Become a Better Animal Trainer
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Jan 09, 2023 |
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#35 - Implementing Predictability for Security
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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#34 - Sara McLoudrey: Care With Consent
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Dec 26, 2022 |
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#33 - What Do You Make Behavior Mean?
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Dec 19, 2022 |
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#32 - Marissa Martino: Cultivating Connections for Behavior Change
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Dec 12, 2022 |
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#31 - Creating Sustainable Management
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Dec 05, 2022 |
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#30 - Naomi Rotenberg: Creating Harmonious Dog & Cat Households
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Nov 28, 2022 |
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#29 - Breed Typical Enrichment
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Nov 21, 2022 |
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#28 - Dr. Jessica Hekman: Does Dog Breed Affect Behavior?
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Nov 14, 2022 |
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#27 - Ellen Yoakum: Enrichment for Separation Anxiety
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Nov 07, 2022 |
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#26 - Learn How to Play With Your Animal
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Sep 12, 2022 |
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#25 - Dr. Miranda Workman: Cat Enrichment
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Sep 05, 2022 |
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#24 - When Agency Isn’t an Option
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Aug 29, 2022 |
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#23 - Lisa Clifton-Bumpass: Compassion Meets Communication
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Aug 22, 2022 |
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#22 - Practical Problem-Solving
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Aug 15, 2022 |
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#21 - Ken Ramirez: Comprehensive Care
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Aug 08, 2022 |
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#20 - Building Food Motivation
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Aug 01, 2022 |
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#19 - Kathy Sdao: Food Motivation Myths
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Jul 25, 2022 |
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#18 - Cultivating a Growing Mindset
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Jul 18, 2022 |
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#17 - Matt Beisner: Growing Publicly
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Jul 11, 2022 |
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#16 - Flight Training Mini-Sode
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Jun 21, 2022 |
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#15 - Data Tracking for Enrichment
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Jun 06, 2022 |
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#14 - Dr. Eduardo Fernandez: The Science of Enrichment
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May 30, 2022 |
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#13 - Where to Start Your Enrichment Journey
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May 23, 2022 |
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#12 - Peter Amelia: Enrichment in a Multi-Species Household
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May 16, 2022 |
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#11 - What Will You Do If Things Go Sideways?
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May 09, 2022 |
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#10 - Mike Shikashio: Influencing the Industry Through Empathy
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May 02, 2022 |
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#9 - Let The Animal Be Themselves
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Apr 25, 2022 |
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#8 - Helen Dishaw: What We Can Learn From Birds
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Apr 18, 2022 |
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#7 - Agency in Social Interactions
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Apr 11, 2022 |
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#6 - Mara Velez: Shelter Enrichment & Playgroups
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Apr 04, 2022 |
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#5 - Creating a Restful Environment for Our Animals
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Mar 28, 2022 |
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#4 - Dr. Chris Pachel: Moving Beyond Diagnose & Prescribe
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Mar 21, 2022 |
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#3 - Measuring Agency
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Mar 14, 2022 |
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#2 - Nathan Andrews: Compassionate Problem-Solving in Zoos
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Mar 07, 2022 |
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#1 - Enrichment 101
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Feb 14, 2022 |
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Introducing Enrichment for the Real World
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Feb 07, 2022 |