School For The Dogs Podcast

In this bonus episode, Annie talks to one of her best friends, Daisy Carrington, who she has known since high school. After Daisy recently came in second place at a Moth story telling event, Annie asked her to share her story on this podcast. Her story doesn't really have to do with dogs, so Annie drilled her about her childhood with dogs to justify having her on as a guest.  Daisy remembers her screenwriter father, who lived in Malibu with a stolen Staffordshire Terrier named Zeb who he loved "as if he were an ex-wife," and talks about the time in tenth grade when Annie "ran away" to her apartment with her Wheaten Terrier, Zeke.  Annie and Daisy met when they were seven, became friends in high school, and later both became journalists. Their children were born ten weeks apart. They discuss both of their transitions away from journalism into new careers.  But the best part of the episode is when Daisy tells the story of how, as an 8-year-old living in Malibu, she became a loan shark to a famous British con ma

Join Annie Grossman for a live Q and A most Thursdays.Sign up at http://schoolforthedogs.com/qanda.Have a question? Visit AnnieGrossman.com/ask or upload a recording at anchor.fm/dogs.In this episode, Annie answers questions about attending the Karen Pryor Academy. She suggests how you can deal with someone who seems to be needlessly  yelling at their dog.  A listener asks about Temple Grandin's use of e-collars and prey drive, and also asks about training using the beeping and vibrating function of a shock collar. Also: Can you train a dog to not pee near a water source? And can you pay the neighbor's kid to train  your dog? ---Partial Transcript:Annie:Hey everyone. This is a bonus Q and A episode. I try and answer questions live every Thursday. You can sign up to come to my free live Q and A at schoolforthedogs.com/qanda, you will see the next one I'm doing. I then am trying to take recordings of those Q and A's and post them here to the podcast feed. If you have a question, you can email me directly Annie@

Did you know there is a woman running for president? Her name is Jo Jorgensen, she is the Libertarian candidate, and the only third party candidate who is going to be on the ballot in all 50 states.  Dr. Jorgensen has a PhD in organizational and industrial psychology and teaches at Clemson University. She has a Basset Hound named Gertrude, and she has trained her to not beg at the table... but that's not actually why Annie wanted to talk to her.  Annie wanted to talk to her because she has been trying to figure out if a world view and values informed by behavior-based dog training have turned her into a Libertarian.After she became a dog trainer, Annie started thinking about something that had never taken up much brain space for her before: Government. We can govern our pets' worlds, and produce good behaviors, using environmental management and conditioning. If we can do all that without punishment or coercion, couldn't it be possible to -- at least to some extent! -- govern people that way as well? Isn't "f

Join Annie Grossman for a live Q and A most Thursdays.Sign up at http://schoolforthedogs.com/qanda.Have a question? Visit AnnieGrossman.com/ask or upload a recording at anchor.fm/dogs.In this episode, Annie talks about her epically bad day. She describes how a teenager has trained people to stop leaving her voicemails. She talks to Joan, a Manhattan woman who has MS and an out-of-control adolescent shepherd in downtown Manhattan. She wants the dog to be a service dog, and also wants to breed him. She also talks to her longtime friend, New York Times columnist Ronda Kaysen, about her recent search for a non-shedding puppy.---Partial Transcript:Annie:Hey everyone. This is a bonus Q and A episode. I try and answer questions live every Thursday. You can sign up to come to my free live Q and A at schoolforthedogs.com/qanda, and you will see the next one I’m doing. I then am trying to take recordings of those Q and A’s and post them here to the podcast feed. If you have a question, you can email me directly annie@s

Sit in on an initial virtual private dog training session with Annie Grossman and NYC residents Aquilla and Briana and their new rescue greyhound, Heidi.  Heidi doesn't want to sit and is trying to get to Aquilla and Briana's food whenever they eat while sitting on the couch. Annie offers some practical solutions and shows them how to shape Heidi to lie on a mat. Annie also shares Norwegian writer/dog trainer Turid Rugaas' thoughts on why we shouldn't train dogs to sit at all. Book a private session: http://schoolforthedogs.com/services  - Get a free thirty minute private session when you purchase our Good Dog Training Course.  https://storeforthedogs.com/products/726834 - Turid Rugaas: http://en.turid-rugaas.no/sit.htmlMentioned in this episode:  The Treat n' Train: https://storeforthedogs.com/products/treat-train - SFTD training mat: https://storeforthedogs.com/products/school-for-the-dogs-training-mat Also see these pertinent episodes:   On dog food: https://www.schoolforthedogs.com/podcasts/episode-63-a-p

Creepy Episode alert! It's all about sociopaths and cult leaders today. Some are both cult leaders and sociopaths! And one is a president. And one is the Unabomber.  Annie talks about animal behavior manipulation methods observed in the following shows: The Vow (https://www.hbo.com/the-vow), Filthy Rich (https://www.netflix.com/), The Social Dilemma (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaaC57tcci0), Manhunt (https://www.netflix.com/). And then she looks at how the President is curing the Coronavirus with positive thinking, and looks at the differences between positive thinking, positive psychology and positive reinforcements.  And... Annie offers ideas on how to train people to wear masks.If you like this episode, think positive thoughts about it. Or positively reinforce Annie for doing it by leaving a review on iTunes.Annie on Instagram: @Annie.GrossmanSchool For The Dogs on Instagram: @schoolforthedogs Annie on her parents and Positive Reinforcement Vs Positive Thinking: http://anniegrossman.com/2013/03/trainin

Alternative titles Annie thought of for this episode: -Toddlers are hilarious and death sucks-And the dog dies in the endAnnie is doing a Q and A.  Join at schoolforthedogs.com/qanda If you like this podcast, go leave a review on iTunes please. Thanks!  Instagram: @annie.grossman, @schoolforthedogs---Partial Transcript:Annie:So, I think I'm posting this as a bonus episode because I already have an episode ready to go for tomorrow.But a couple of things happened in the last 24 hours I wanted to share three are silly and just funny. One isn't.So like the first three things are all funny mom/dog training-related things.My friend, Lori, sent me a text message, well she sent it to this mom group that I'm in on WhatsApp. She's been trying to wean him at night, wean him, so he won’t nurse at night.Actually, her son is one day older than Magnolia.So she wrote, Elliot is obsessed with morning and the sun because I told him we nurse in the morning when the sun comes up but not at night. So now, any old time, he says, “

Join Annie Grossman for a live Q and A most Thursdays.Sign up at http://schoolforthedogs.com/qanda. Have a question? Visit AnnieGrossman.com/ask or upload a recording at anchor.fm/dogs.Here, Annie takes the following questions:  How can you train a dog to not freak out if strange dogs, off leash, appear out of no where?  What work-to-eat toys can you use with wet or fresh food?  Can you train a dog to stay away from the litter box and the cat food?  A dog likes playing fetch but doesn't like going on walks. Is fetch going to be enough exercise for him?  A new rescue dog barks all night at nothing in particular. Why? And how can you get him to stop barking?  How can you get a dog to pee on a curb instead of on trees? ---Partial Transcript:[Intro]Annie:Hey everyone. This is a  bonus Q and A episode. I try and answer questions live every Thursday.  You can sign up to come to my free live Q and A at schoolforthedogs.com/qanda.  And you will see the next one I’m doing. I then am trying to take  recordings of tho

Here's a cool approach to dog training: Teach your dog that you are a benevolent god. A superhero, if you will. That is UK-based trainer Dominic Hodgson's approach. In this episode, Annie interviews Dom about his journey from actor to tobacco salesman to dog walker to dog trainer to pet business consultant through his company, Grow Your Pet Business Fast. Annie learns about several dog business areas she never considered, and gets some great business advice from this titan in the field. Join Annie for a FREE Q and A next week! Sign up at http://schoolforthedogs.com/qandaHead over to Dom's Podcast, The Poodle To Pitbull Pet Business Podcast, to hear Dom interview Annie! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-poodle-to-pitbull-pet-business-podcast/id1395354685 How To Be Your Dog's Superhero! https://www.amazon.com/How-Your-Dogs-Superhero-Transform-ebook/dp/B01IE1KTIOFree offer from Dom: 33 marketing ideas for pet business professionals http://www.growyourpetbusinessfast.com/33ideas Enjoy this podcast? Please

Join Annie for a live Q and A most Thursdays. Sign up at http://schoolforthedogs.com/qanda. Have a question? Email Annie@schoolforthedogs.com or upload a recording at http://anchor.fm/dogs Here, Annie takes the following questions:  A new young rescue dog seems to be nervous about some men but not others. Why? A dog is barking: Do you need to say "quiet" and do you reward even if the dog is barking? What do you do when a Shih Tzu won't go to the bathroom in the yard? Why didn't an adolescent male become less aggressive after being neutered? My dog is going crazy because the neighbor's dog is in heat! This puppy will not stop biting my feet! Why! How do I teach my Pomsky not to pull?The following products are available at StoreForTheDogs.com:Ruffwear Front Range Harness - Freedom Harness - Liquid Treat Dispenser - K9 Sport Sack - Flirt Poles---Partial Transcript:Annie:Hey everyone. This is a bonus Q and A episode. I try and answer questions live every Thursday. You can sign up to come to my free live Q and

Dogs love to chew on bully sticks. We sell loads of them every day at School For The Dogs, and, very often, people ask what they are. The answer? They're penises! This answer makes some people giggle, some gag and then there are those, like Annie, who are just left with more questions. In this episode, Annie interviews Greg Claypool, a second-generation bully stick fabricator, about the origins of this canine delicacy, how they're produced, and what you can do in order to make sure your purchasing ones that don't stink (literally). Warning: This episode is pretty graphic!  Bully sticks at storeforthedogs.com  https://storeforthedogs.com/products/bully-sticks Bully Sticks Direct  https://www.bullysticksdirect.com/Bully Stick Ball Jerky  https://www.bullysticksdirect.com/bully-stick-ball-jerky-7-ounces/ Turkey Tendon Strips  https://storeforthedogs.com/products/turkey-tendon-strips?_pos=1&_sid=d7be10867&_ss=r Blog post: Dogs love bull penises, and you will, too https://anniegrossman.com/2012/12/funnies/

Warning: This episode meanders a bit! Annie's Facebook friend made the difficult decision to rehome her rescue dog, and Annie considers what it means to decide that a different family might be a better fit for anyone you love, be it human or dog, temporarily or forever. What if all forms of parenting were truly voluntary? Is it a dog's fault if behavior problems are exacerbated by an environment that may have been chosen for him or her more or less at random? Were slaves insane if they tried to escape their masters? Annie follows a line of thinking that touches on how we could use positive reinforcement to help prevent unplanned pregnancies, and on how both fear and generalizations based on false assumptions can cause racism. She also explains BF Skinner's unusual argument in favor of teen pregnancy. Join Annie for a live Q and A this Thursday (10/01/2020) @ 12 pm EST! https://event.webinarjam.com/register/183/n7z7lsnwSign up for Annie's free Master Class at http://anniegrossman.com/masterclassSchool Sucks Dr

At School For The Dogs, we've been lucky enough to be able to mentor a handful of aspiring dog trainers through our apprenticeship program. One of our current apprentices, Anna Heyward, first came to us as a client. Anna, a writer who is originally from Australia, has fostered dogs in NYC for years; last year, she took in a dog whose separation anxiety was beyond anything she'd ever seen. She came to School For The Dogs after consulting with several dog trainers. Some suggested the dog was just being dramatic and that she just needed to let him manipulate her; others told her to use a shock collar on him. In this episode, Anna explains how her experience fostering dogs in New York City and her work with our trainer Anna Ostroff led her to rethink everything she thought she knew about behavior, and ultimately pursue a career in dog training. If you enjoy this podcast, please leave a review on iTunes! You can also support us by shopping in our online store: StoreForTheDogs.com ---Partial Transcript:Annie:So,  I

What does it mean to be a holistic dog trainer? To Annie, it means addressing issues using what we know about the science of behavior as it applies to both  dogs and humans, and looking at the whole picture of a dog's life in order to address issues. One alternative approach involves narrowly focusing on getting rid of a problem using punishment, which can produce new unwanted behaviors which are then part of the whole picture, too. Sometimes, that whole picture contains people who don't see that they're part of the whole picture, and Annie has found this can be tricky terrain to navigate as a dog trainer ... especially when those people are family members. Annie opens up about how she has learned to keep quiet about all things relating to dogs when she is with certain people in her family, and attempts to take a holistic view of a problem behavior they've dealt with in different ways: barking. Check out Annie's free Master Class at anniegrossman.com/masterclass Support this podcast by leaving a five-star rev

This episode is a second conversation with Cherrie Mahon, with whom Annie spoke last year (Episode 45: Let's talk about dog breeding with Cherrie Mahon). During quarantine Cherrie, like many breeders, has been inundated with applications. She and Annie discuss how breeders are dealing with the deluge, and think about what this boom might mean in the future for both puppy mills and shelters. Annie also answers a question from a listener whose puppy is jumping up when she tries to prepare food at the kitchen counter.  Episode 45: Let's talk about dog breeding with Cherrie Mahon Treat and Train - remote controlled treat dispenser and training tool---Partial Transcript:Annie:If you are listening to this, at least if you’re listening to this around now, I’m recording this in late summer 2020. I am going to guess you fall into at least one of the following three categories, perhaps all three.  You have either recently gotten a puppy, you’ve thought about getting a puppy, or you know someone who has gotten a puppy,

Last week, Annie looked a bit at the career of Dr. Stanley Coren, a writer who recently penned a Psychology Today article suggesting that one way to silence a barking dog is to clamp down on the dog's nose with your hand, like a mother wolf might do to try to silence a wolf pup. Ethologist Dr. Marc Bekoff, who is a columnist for Psychology Today, penned a response saying that we need to consider the causes of dog behaviors we don't like, acknowledge that they're engaging in behaviors that might be appropriate in a different environment,  and then work at changing those behaviors with techniques that don't require that we attempt to school dogs as if we were one of them. Annie has a conversation with Dr. Bekoff, who discusses the Psychology Today article and explains why an ethological approach can shed so much light on the dogs who live in our homes, and beyond. Canine Confidential: Why Dogs Do What They Do by Dr. Marc Bekoff https://amzn.to/2YssUxKUnleashing Your Dog: A Field Guide to Giving Your Dog The Bes

Looking for misguided information about dog training? Look no further than Psychology Today, which is publishing new articles that are offering outdated and possibly dangerous information. In this episode, Annie surveys the work of Dr. Stanley Coren, who recently suggested to the publication's readers that they should mimic wolves and clamp down on a dog's muzzle to stop barking. She reads from some of Dr. Coren's books on dogs from the early 1990s and also shares a comedy clip from the early 1990s on the topic of reading dog minds. Next week: An interview with Dr. Marc Bekoff. Take Annie's free Master Class! http://anniegrossman.com/masterclassMy Dog's Smarter Than Your Dog, by Sarah Boxer (NY Times Book Review, 1994) https://www.nytimes.com/1994/06/05/books/my-dog-s-smarter-than-your-dog.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss/Why Does a Reward During Training Change a Dog's Behavior? by Dr. Stanley Coren https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/canine-corner/202008/why-does-reward-during-training-change-dogs-behavi

We are obsessed with work-to-eat toys at School For The Dogs! Snuffle mats are one type of work-to-eat toy we recommend all the time. Made of fabric, they’re great for hiding dry food or treats. They pack well, are easy to wash, and you can even make them yourself. Annie talks about some of the ones sold at storeforthedogs.com and gives instructions on how to make your own.Products mentioned in this episode:The Buster Activity MatWooly Snuffle MatFleece Activity MatThe Hol-ee RollerMore Snuffle Mats: hereCheck out DogNmat On EtsyGet in touch on Instagram: @schoolforthedogs--Partial Transcript:Annie:Hey folks.  Today, I just wanted to talk a little bit about one of my favorite kinds of work to eat toys. As you might know if you've listened to this podcast before, we are huge fans of toys that give dogs jobs.  I like to joke that we're trying to solve the canine unemployment problem -- that if you can figure out a way to engage your dog’s brain and body, even if it's just their tongue or their paws during meal

It's a golden moment for those wanting to eat outdoors with their dogs. Just think: There's so much outdoor dining! And people are keeping their distance from each other! And tables are spaced at a nice distance from each other! Annie gives some tips about how you can help train your dog to be the perfect outdoor-dining companion. Also: Learn what 1950s superstar very nearly became the real Lassie's owner. Products mentioned in this episode: Tricky Trainer's Crunchy Treats: https://storeforthedogs.com/search?q=crunchy+trickyLamb lung: http://schoolforthedogs.com/llSnuffle/Activity Mats: https://storeforthedogs.com/collections/snuffle-matsVirChewLy Indestructible Leash: https://storeforthedogs.com/products/virchewly-industructable-leash-1 Found My Animal Leash: https://storeforthedogs.com/collections/found-my-animal-1Hands-Free Leash: https://storeforthedogs.com/collections/squishy-face-studio/products/leash-beltSFTD Training Mat: https://storeforthedogs.com/products/school-for-the-dogs-training-matLiquid Trea

A listener who is studying for the MCAT exam wrote in to ask if there were any dog training scenarios that could help illustrate some of the terms she needed to know for the psychology section of the exam. Annie, who has learned most of what she knows about dog training from working with dogs rather than from studying terms or taking exams, does her best to help make some "science-y" concepts more understandable through the lens of dog training and human behavior as we experience in everyday life. She talks about schedules of reinforcement, learned behaviors vs preinstalled behaviors, learning by observation and more.  Mentioned in this episode:  Excel-Erated Learning: Explaining In Plain English How Dogs Learn And How Best To Teach Them, by Pamela J. Reid https://amzn.to/3fN3RfW Don't Shoot The Dog by Karen Pryor  https://amzn.to/2Mugnpc Behavior Principles in Everyday Life by John D. Baldwin and Janice I. Baldwin https://amzn.to/30jJxNH Bobo Doll Experiment  https://www.britannica.com/event/Bobo-doll-experi