
How To Train Your Dog With Love And Science
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Annie Grossman of the NYC-based dog training center School For The Dogs answers training questions, confronts myths, geeks out on animal behavior, discusses pet trends, and interviews industry experts. Annie encourages people to become literate in the basics of behavioral science to help their dogs and themselves. Tune in to learn how to use science-based methods to train dogs (and people)..
How To Train Your Dog With Love And Science
3M ago
In this episode, recorded on November 6th, I recap some of the weird moments having to do with pets and other animals in the run up to the election, from Peanut the Squirrel to Kristi Noem shooting her puppy, several stories about people eating dogs and beyond. But the apex of the weirdness came to me in in a speech where Carlson Tucker starts off talking about how American’s are too nice to dogs, and then devolves into talking about how those on the left need to be, well… spanked.
As a positive reinforcement trainer, I cannot help but reflect on the Trump’s win through the lens of animal beha ..read more
How To Train Your Dog With Love And Science
3M ago
Everything seems crazy and awful right now in the world and then, on top of it all, people are… putting costumes on dogs.
Anamarie and I delve into the weirdness and ethics of dressing up dogs. Additionally, we talk about Brian Hare and Vanessa Wood’s Atlantic article about a third wive of domestication in dogs, and the Monks of New Skete’s feature in the Associated Press. Ultimately, my 5-year-old sums up the spirit of the episode by sharing her own impromptu thoughts on how we should consider our dogs comfort above all else.
Notes:
Join me this Saturday 11/2 at The Museum Of The Dog where I ..read more
How To Train Your Dog With Love And Science
3M ago
In 2014, Meredith Witte decided she needed a Border Collie. The fact that she lived in a studio apartment in Manhattan did not deter it. But how was she going to train a puppy? The day the dog arrived, she called Annie. At the end of their first training session, Meredith was in tears. But they were good tears! Fast forward eight odd years: Meredith and her super bright dog sidekick, Roma, now live in LA. Roma knows how to count and can perform a wide array of adorable tricks. Annie and Meredith discuss their own friendship, Meredith and Roma's incredible relationship, and the wonders ..read more
How To Train Your Dog With Love And Science
4M ago
Anamarie and I recorded this episode separately because we had different things we wanted to communicate in a format that wasn't really right for conversation.
Me first: What if you're someone who has strong feelings about putting dogs in shock collars and... one of your friends publishes a paper on research she did that involved putting shock collars on dogs?
What if that person is your podcast host?
Hi, I'm Annie, and this is my life.
The day after I publish a book that is essentially a paean to Positive Reinforcement dog training rooted in science and research, a major journal publishes a p ..read more
How To Train Your Dog With Love And Science
4M ago
Meet Anamarie Johnson! She was one of my first hires at School For The Dogs nearly a decade ago. She recently got her PhD, and she'd coming on to join me as a co-host!
Me= Annie Grossman, dog trainer, business owner, human. I started this podcast in 2018. I had to take a little time off, mostly because... I was working on a book! It comes out next week! Learn more at SchoolForTheDogs.com/book.
It's called How To Train Your Dog With Love + Science and much of it stems from conversations that started on this podcast.
In this episode, we talked about some of the crazy drama that's been going ..read more
How To Train Your Dog With Love And Science
4M ago
Annie reads a post from Denise Fenzi's page that sparked some interesting comments on labels in the world of dog training. Some dog trainers are considerate about the use of some punishment in training and others work to avoid it at all costs. And then there are trainers who simply don't know what they're doing at all. Like... Dog Daddy. He calls himself "balanced" but no educated pro trainer would give him that label. Maybe the real problem is that to non-professionals, what this Insta-celeb doing is all they know about dog training.
TOPICS DISCUSSED:
- Frustrations with the dog training in ..read more
How To Train Your Dog With Love And Science
4M ago
Today I caught up with Zak George to hear the latest about his public feud with Dog Daddy.
See Dog Daddy's petition against Zak George at Change.org
https://www.change.org/p/stop-zak-george?source_location=search
Dog Daddy, Part 1: The face of modern "bad" dog training
https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/IZ8rDgtkWEb
Dog Daddy, Part 2: Zak George calls out animal abuse masquerading as dog training
https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/pqBs1htkWEb
Annie sees Dog Daddy live. Also: Get to know Erin Whelan (2020 episode rebroadcast)
https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/0jWG1ftkWEb
Th ..read more
How To Train Your Dog With Love And Science
4M ago
Annie went to see Dog Daddy live in New Jersey this weekend and reports back about the odd experience of being in a room where what looked to her like animal abuse seemed didn't seem to bother anyone else.
The episode then includes a rebroadcast of a 2020 interview Annie did with School For The Dogs trainer Erin Whelan. Erin was a professional French Horn Player. Then she adopted a beagle mix named Oliver and enrolled him in Puppy Kindergarten at School For The Dogs. Then she did the School For The Dogs Professional Program. Now, she is a trainer and manager at School For The Dogs. She and An ..read more
How To Train Your Dog With Love And Science
4M ago
Zak George, one of the most influential dog trainers of the 21st century, has been using his large virtual platform to bring attention to the problematic methods being used by the Internet-famous dog trainer known as Dog Daddy.
Zak and Annie discuss the origins of this work, his efforts to get his followers to picket Dog Daddy's events, and more.
Annie also talks about why the conversation about whether or not it is advisable to use force in dog training feels especially important right now.
Find Zak George on Instagram or Youtube:
http://instagram.com/zakgeorge
http://youtube.com/zakge ..read more
How To Train Your Dog With Love And Science
4M ago
Annie reads from How We Got By, a new book by Shaina Feinberg & Julia Rothman which includes a chapter about how School For The Dogs got started. She also gives an update on the bizarre/sad Dog Daddy world tour, and shares how excited she got when she first read about a man being called "the hot dog trainer." Who was the handsome fella?
November giveaway: Enter to win a "Hot Dog Trainer" mug this month at http://schoolforthedogs.com/pod
Apply to the SFTD Professional Course through Nov. 30th. http://schoolforthedogs.com/pro
Get How We Got By on Amazon: https://rebrand.ly/hwgb
Hot Dog T ..read more