As Deb embarks on her journey to welcome a new dog into her family this leads to a discussion about the expectations vs responsibilities of owning a dog.

Becky and Deb talk through what are realistic expectations of the dog but also what are the humans responsibilities to ensure the dog meets those expectations.

Join them as they share their thoughts and experiences.

Find out 11 things I wish I knew before I got a dog

September is International Pain Awareness month. Becky and Deb shine a light on how being in pain affects dog behaviour.

They look at the different types of pain, how you can make simple adaptations to help your dog and share great resources to help owners feel supported.

You can find links to the studies spoken about in this episode in this blog

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Access a free course to identify early signs of pain here

Becky and Deb discuss what thresholds are and why it's important to understand them. Listen as they discuss the effects of thresholds on dogs learning capacity as well as their emotional capacity

Becky and Deb explore what is trust and how difficult it can be to gain yet how easy it is to lose

It's hard to quantify what is trust because it's not a behaviour, it's not something you teach. And everybody has a different idea of trust.

⁠Find out the signs your dog trusts you here⁠

As advocates for using positive reinforcement when interacting with dogs, Becky and Deb discuss how some things seem to be lost in translation with how to use positive reinforcement correctly recently.

In this episode you'll find out how we met and why we're even still friends.

After a tricky session with a dog, Becky & Deb discuss is there such a thing as a badly behaved dog or is there more to it?