Ep 9: Barking! Why Won’t They Stop?

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Megan Arey, AAS, CPDT-KA, CGC Evaluator Owner and Trainer talks today about Barking! Everyone’s favorite topic!  Learn from Megan as she shares WHY dogs bark, the purpose of it, and how to effectively manage dogs who tend to bark a lot. She teaches how to help set realistic expectations, based on “the dog in front of you”, that will set you and your dog up for success in the future.  Megan will also deep dive into the differences between each type of bark, how your dog’s breed may contribute to barking, and give you key points on how to effectively work through the behavior. If you’re stressed and pulling your hair out because of a barking dog in your home, know you’re not alone.  Join Megan today to gain insight into this behavior and learn the strategies to effectively manage barking to create a more peaceful environment! You won’t want to miss this episode!

 

 

The Dog Owners Guide Podcast: Barking!  Why Won’t They Stop?

We discuss topics such as:

  • Why do dogs bark?
  • What are the different types of barks?
  • What is the purpose of barking?
  • How can you get a dog to stop barking?
  • What are some of the reasons dogs bark?
  • What are the best ways to manage barking?

Resources and Links:

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Ep 8: Expectations! Realistic, Unrealistic and Assumed!

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Megan Arey, AAS, CPDT-KA, CGC Evaluator Owner and Trainer talks today about the importance of Expectations! Realistic, Unrealistic, and Assumed.  Learn from Megan as she touches on last week’s episode, “How To Train The Dog In Front Of You”, and then shares how to set realistic expectations that will set you and your dog up for success in the future.  Megan will also deep dive into the key differences between each type of expectation, how you can have a different mindset when it comes to setting them, and challenges you to make your goals, evaluate those goals and make sure these are goals that you and your dog are capable of meeting. And if not, that’s okay too!  She will discuss the different avenues you can take to help you evaluate ways to make it capable and evaluate options to help set expectations to set your dog up for success!  You won’t want to miss this episode!

 

 

The Dog Owners Guide Podcast: Expectations! Realistic, Unrealistic, and Assumed!

We discuss topics such as:

  • What are expectations?
  • What can we put on our dogs?
  • What can we not put on our dogs?
  • What is realistic?
  • What is unrealistic and how can humans evaluate that?
  • Do dogs think like humans?
  • What behaviors are you reinforcing that may have allowed your dogs’ behavior not to meet your expectations?
  • How do dogs like to learn and think?
  • When is it right to put expectations on our dogs?
  • Do dogs have expectations?

Resources and Links:

If you’re interested in classes or learning more about Inspire K9’s please visit our website here.

Join our Inspire K-9’s Facebook group today!  We’d love to have you!

Ep 7: Train The Dog In Front Of You

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Megan Arey, AAS, CPDT-KA, CGC Evaluator Owner and Trainer talks today about the importance of learning to Train the Dog In Front of You.  Over her break, Megan was able to spend some time thinking of her own goals for 2022 and reflected on what that might mean to her.  She realized that all the goals she came up with, were from the dogs that were right in front of her!  Learn from Megan as she shares what you can also learn from your dogs.  Megan will also deep dive into the key differences between dogs and how they learn, what drives them, what reinforces them, how they survive, and understanding what your dog’s purpose is.  You won’t want to miss this episode!

 

 

The Dog Owners Guide Podcast: Train the Dog In Front of You

We discuss topics such as:

  • What Megan’s goals are for 2022
  • How using a dog’s mindset can help you:
  1. Be more present in the moment
  2. Be more mindful of others and our surroundings
  3. Not set high expectations for yourself and those around you, but realistic and manageable expectations.
  • Her biggest goal she challenges you with this year for you and your dog
  • What the key differences are within dogs that may help you learn their learning styles, drives, reinforcement (how we pay them), how they survive and understanding the purpose that your dog was bred for
  • How to use “breed bias” for you to help your dog learn the way they need
  • How to help you think about who is training your dog and their abilities to know what YOUR dog needs and enlisting the help of a trainer, if needed, to help you be more successful in understanding your dog, how to teach them, how their drive is and what the reinforcement style is

Resources and Links:

If you’re interested in classes or learning more about Inspire K9’s please visit our website here.

Join our Inspire K-9’s Facebook group today!  We’d love to have you!