Podcasts about animals make us human

We all know that dogs are smart, sensitive creatures, but interpreting their vocalizations and behaviors can still be a challenge. In this episode, animal behaviorist Daniel Mills reveals the true meanings behind dogs' noises, actions, and body language. Then, author Pilley Bianchi tells the story of Chaser, the border collie who became known as “The Smartest Dog in the World” for the way that she learned language. If you know what this week's mystery sound is, tell us at mystery.20k.org. Follow Dallas on Instagram, TikTok and LinkedIn. Watch our video shorts on YouTube, and join the discussion on Facebook. Learn about Daniel's work with the Animal Behaviour, Cognition and Welfare Research Group. Buy Pilley's book, Animals Make Us Human. Learn more about The Chaser Initiative. Find the right doctor, right now at zocdoc.com/20k Make your world sound amazing at sonos.com/hertz This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Get 10% off your first month at betterhelp.com/20k Get a free Netsuite KPI Checklist at netsuite.com/20k. Episode transcript, music, and credits can be found here: www.20k.org/episodes/dog-translation-guide Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For this episode, I speak with Dr. Temple Grandin, professor of animal science at Colorado State University and the author of New York Times bestsellers Animals in Translation, Animals Make Us Human, The Autistic Brain, and Thinking in Pictures which became an HBO movie starring Claire Danes.Temple and I discuss why she wanted to write Visual Thinking, what educational advocates can learn from how she helped improve the welfare of farm animals, and what educators can do to support visual thinkers.Thanks for listening, and if you haven't already, please give us a ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.Otter.ai Transcript: https://otter.ai/u/SPILF2Rg8javovXe3zpyGtsDIgcPDF Transcript: https://3bd6e695-b492-4878-afa9-f79d8b09e0c4.usrfiles.com/ugd/3bd6e6_f0c6eadc852a4b4cb0f4fe044bb354d6.pdfShow Notes: https://bit.ly/TI-Temple-GrandinCover Art Image Description: black background; think inclusive logo in the top left; rainbow-colored waves overlayed with a headshot of Temple Grandin; text reads: Dr. Temple Grandin, Visual Thinking; MCIE logo in the bottom rightCreditsThink Inclusive is written, edited, and sound designed by Tim Villegas and is produced by MCIE.Original music by Miles Kredich.Support Think Inclusive by becoming a patron! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

From 2010- Temple Grandin, author of "Animals Make Us Human: Creating the Best Life for Animals"

Temple Grandin is a renowned American author, animal behavior expert and an advocate for autistic people. With support from her mother and guiding mentors at school, she completed her education successfully and made a flourishing career as an animal expert and a parenting guru for autistic children. Her inventions of a ‘hug machine’ to pacify autistic population and ‘curved corrals’ to reduce panic and injury in animals during slaughter have brought her considerable popularity across the world. Besides, she has written numerous books on autism and animal welfare and has been providing consultation to slaughter plants and livestock farms to improve the quality of life of the cattle. Her fascinating life has been transformed into an inspiring film ‘Temple Grandin’ which won accolades from the industry and audience alike and was honored with several awards. Some of her best-selling books include ‘Animals in Translation’, ‘Animals Make Us Human’, ‘The Autistic Brain’, ‘Emergence: Labeled Autistic’, and ‘Thinking in Pictures’. She has received various awards towards her contribution to animal science and welfare and has made appearances on numerous television shows and international magazines. The most accomplished and well-known adult with autism in the world, she has been a source of encouragement for other children with autism.

Get more of Nourishing Matters to Chew On from https://www.climactic.fm/show/nourishing-matters-to-chew-on/ A complete treat and fun, to speak with Nicole Abadee this week about her wonderful podcast Books, Books, Books and how books nourish and share joy and hope at times like these. Two talkative women, Nicole and I, went on a roadtrip to Scone last March to what was to then be the last ‘live' Writers Festival for more than a year as COVID restrictions kicked in.  Within a month or so, Nicole's new podcast Books, Books, Books was up and underway featuring interviews with the best Australian and international writers about their new books that they could no longer promote or share live at book launches, writers festivals and other events.  One of Nicole's first interviews was with Julia Baird about her inspiring book Phosphorescence. Julia's very personal and uplifting book about healing, hope and the solace of nature - and immersion in it – is absolutely one that's pitch perfect for the times, and has rapidly become a popular bestseller.  Listen in and enjoy hearing from Nic as we chat about and chew on podcasting, why writers write and about some special authors and recent books that speak to and about the precariousness of things and the vulnerabilities of living with climate change, bushfires and COVID, loss and hope.  Join us to hear about Claire Thomas's new novel The Performance and James Bradley's Ghost Species, hear practical tips about how to manage eco-anxiety and positively engage with friends and colleagues about climate action from Rebecca Huntley, author or the non-fiction book, How to Talk About Climate Change.  And enjoy a bite from the gorgeous book Animals Make Us Human, a compilation of wonderful short pieces about ‘animals' by 40 well loved Australians. Instigated and edited by Leah Kaminsky and Meg Kenneally, this book shares reflections and stories from a myriad of voices who each  respond to the grief and loss of so many animals and biodiversity from the 2019/2020 black summer.   Animals Make Us Human is an absolute jewel of a book and a call to action. You can look out for and listen in to Nicole's interview with Meg and Leah, out soon, on Books, Books, Books.  Website: www.nicoleabadee.com.au/podcast Instagram @nicoleabadee @nourishing_matters @foodswellaustralia Facebook @ nicole.abadee @BooksBooksBooksPodcast @ foodswellaustralia  Twitter @NicoleAbadee @foodswell1 If you'd like to give Foodswell a hand to grow Nourishing Matters and other good-food, healthy-landscape things we do, please donate @ https://www.givenow.com.au/foodswell   See /privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Get more of Nourishing Matters to Chew On from https://www.climactic.fm/show/nourishing-matters-to-chew-on/ A complete treat and fun, to speak with Nicole Abadee this week about her wonderful podcast Books, Books, Books and how books nourish and share joy and hope at times like these. Two talkative women, Nicole and I, went on a roadtrip to Scone last March to what was to then be the last ‘live' Writers Festival for more than a year as COVID restrictions kicked in.  Within a month or so, Nicole's new podcast Books, Books, Books was up and underway featuring interviews with the best Australian and international writers about their new books that they could no longer promote or share live at book launches, writers festivals and other events.  One of Nicole's first interviews was with Julia Baird about her inspiring book Phosphorescence. Julia's very personal and uplifting book about healing, hope and the solace of nature - and immersion in it – is absolutely one that's pitch perfect for the times, and has rapidly become a popular bestseller.  Listen in and enjoy hearing from Nic as we chat about and chew on podcasting, why writers write and about some special authors and recent books that speak to and about the precariousness of things and the vulnerabilities of living with climate change, bushfires and COVID, loss and hope.  Join us to hear about Claire Thomas's new novel The Performance and James Bradley's Ghost Species, hear practical tips about how to manage eco-anxiety and positively engage with friends and colleagues about climate action from Rebecca Huntley, author or the non-fiction book, How to Talk About Climate Change.  And enjoy a bite from the gorgeous book Animals Make Us Human, a compilation of wonderful short pieces about ‘animals' by 40 well loved Australians. Instigated and edited by Leah Kaminsky and Meg Kenneally, this book shares reflections and stories from a myriad of voices who each  respond to the grief and loss of so many animals and biodiversity from the 2019/2020 black summer.   Animals Make Us Human is an absolute jewel of a book and a call to action. You can look out for and listen in to Nicole's interview with Meg and Leah, out soon, on Books, Books, Books.  Website: www.nicoleabadee.com.au/podcast Instagram @nicoleabadee @nourishing_matters @foodswellaustralia Facebook @ nicole.abadee @BooksBooksBooksPodcast @ foodswellaustralia  Twitter @NicoleAbadee @foodswell1 If you'd like to give Foodswell a hand to grow Nourishing Matters and other good-food, healthy-landscape things we do, please donate @ https://www.givenow.com.au/foodswell   Support the show: https://www.climactic.fm/p/support-the-collective/

Get more of Nourishing Matters to Chew On from https://www.climactic.fm/show/nourishing-matters-to-chew-on/ A complete treat and fun, to speak with Nicole Abadee this week about her wonderful podcast Books, Books, Books and how books nourish and share joy and hope at times like these. Two talkative women, Nicole and I, went on a roadtrip to Scone last March to what was to then be the last ‘live' Writers Festival for more than a year as COVID restrictions kicked in.  Within a month or so, Nicole's new podcast Books, Books, Books was up and underway featuring interviews with the best Australian and international writers about their new books that they could no longer promote or share live at book launches, writers festivals and other events.  One of Nicole's first interviews was with Julia Baird about her inspiring book Phosphorescence. Julia's very personal and uplifting book about healing, hope and the solace of nature - and immersion in it – is absolutely one that's pitch perfect for the times, and has rapidly become a popular bestseller.  Listen in and enjoy hearing from Nic as we chat about and chew on podcasting, why writers write and about some special authors and recent books that speak to and about the precariousness of things and the vulnerabilities of living with climate change, bushfires and COVID, loss and hope.  Join us to hear about Claire Thomas's new novel The Performance and James Bradley's Ghost Species, hear practical tips about how to manage eco-anxiety and positively engage with friends and colleagues about climate action from Rebecca Huntley, author or the non-fiction book, How to Talk About Climate Change.  And enjoy a bite from the gorgeous book Animals Make Us Human, a compilation of wonderful short pieces about ‘animals' by 40 well loved Australians. Instigated and edited by Leah Kaminsky and Meg Kenneally, this book shares reflections and stories from a myriad of voices who each  respond to the grief and loss of so many animals and biodiversity from the 2019/2020 black summer.   Animals Make Us Human is an absolute jewel of a book and a call to action. You can look out for and listen in to Nicole's interview with Meg and Leah, out soon, on Books, Books, Books.  Website: www.nicoleabadee.com.au/podcast Instagram @nicoleabadee @nourishing_matters @foodswellaustralia Facebook @ nicole.abadee @BooksBooksBooksPodcast @ foodswellaustralia  Twitter @NicoleAbadee @foodswell1 If you'd like to give Foodswell a hand to grow Nourishing Matters and other good-food, healthy-landscape things we do, please donate @ https://www.givenow.com.au/foodswell   Support the show: https://www.climactic.fm/p/support-the-collective/

Get more of Nourishing Matters to Chew On from https://www.climactic.fm/show/nourishing-matters-to-chew-on/A complete treat and fun, to speak with Nicole Abadee this week about her wonderful podcast Books, Books, Books and how books nourish and share joy and hope at times like these. Two talkative women, Nicole and I, went on a roadtrip to Scone last March to what was to then be the last ‘live' Writers Festival for more than a year as COVID restrictions kicked in. Within a month or so, Nicole's new podcast Books, Books, Books was up and underway featuring interviews with the best Australian and international writers about their new books that they could no longer promote or share live at book launches, writers festivals and other events. One of Nicole's first interviews was with Julia Baird about her inspiring book Phosphorescence. Julia's very personal and uplifting book about healing, hope and the solace of nature - and immersion in it – is absolutely one that's pitch perfect for the times, and has rapidly become a popular bestseller. Listen in and enjoy hearing from Nic as we chat about and chew on podcasting, why writers write and about some special authors and recent books that speak to and about the precariousness of things and the vulnerabilities of living with climate change, bushfires and COVID, loss and hope. Join us to hear about Claire Thomas's new novel The Performance and James Bradley's Ghost Species, hear practical tips about how to manage eco-anxiety and positively engage with friends and colleagues about climate action from Rebecca Huntley, author or the non-fiction book, How to Talk About Climate Change. And enjoy a bite from the gorgeous book Animals Make Us Human, a compilation of wonderful short pieces about ‘animals' by 40 well loved Australians. Instigated and edited by Leah Kaminsky and Meg Kenneally, this book shares reflections and stories from a myriad of voices who each  respond to the grief and loss of so many animals and biodiversity from the 2019/2020 black summer.  Animals Make Us Human is an absolute jewel of a book and a call to action. You can look out for and listen in to Nicole's interview with Meg and Leah, out soon, on Books, Books, Books. Website: www.nicoleabadee.com.au/podcastInstagram@nicoleabadee@nourishing_matters@foodswellaustraliaFacebook@ nicole.abadee@BooksBooksBooksPodcast@ foodswellaustralia Twitter@NicoleAbadee@foodswell1If you'd like to give Foodswell a hand to grow Nourishing Matters and other good-food, healthy-landscape things we do, please donate @ https://www.givenow.com.au/foodswell  See /privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Books, Books, Books is a podcast by Nicole Abadee, book critic for Good Weekend, where she interviews top Australian and International authors.  This episode is especially of interest to Climactic listeners, as was the first episode of hers we featured, with Rebecca Huntley.  Please enjoy! Leah Kaminsky and Meg Keneally discuss their new anthology, “Animals Make us Human”, a passion project for them and their contributors. SHOW NOTES:  Nicole Abadee Website: https://www.nicoleabadee.com.au Facebook: @booksbooksbookspodcast and @nicole.abadee Instagram: @nicoleabadee Twitter: @NicoleAbadee Penguin "Animals Make Us Human": https://www.penguin.com.au/books/animals-make-us-human-9781760899813 Leah Kaminsky Website: https://leahkaminsky.com Facebook: @LeahKaminskyAuthor Twitter: @leahkam Instagram: @leah_kam Meg Keneally Facebook: @megkeneally Twitter: @KeneallyMeg Instagram: @megkeneally   See /privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Books, Books, Books is a podcast by Nicole Abadee, book critic for Good Weekend, where she interviews top Australian and International authors.  This episode is especially of interest to Climactic listeners, as was the first episode of hers we featured, with Rebecca Huntley.  Please enjoy! Leah Kaminsky and Meg Keneally discuss their new anthology, “Animals Make us Human”, a passion project for them and their contributors. SHOW NOTES:  Nicole Abadee Website: https://www.nicoleabadee.com.au Facebook: @booksbooksbookspodcast and @nicole.abadee Instagram: @nicoleabadee Twitter: @NicoleAbadee Penguin "Animals Make Us Human": https://www.penguin.com.au/books/animals-make-us-human-9781760899813 Leah Kaminsky Website: https://leahkaminsky.com Facebook: @LeahKaminskyAuthor Twitter: @leahkam Instagram: @leah_kam Meg Keneally Facebook: @megkeneally Twitter: @KeneallyMeg Instagram: @megkeneally   Support the show: https://www.climactic.fm/p/support-the-collective/

Books, Books, Books is a podcast by Nicole Abadee, book critic for Good Weekend, where she interviews top Australian and International authors.  This episode is especially of interest to Climactic listeners, as was the first episode of hers we featured, with Rebecca Huntley.  Please enjoy! Leah Kaminsky and Meg Keneally discuss their new anthology, “Animals Make us Human”, a passion project for them and their contributors. SHOW NOTES:  Nicole Abadee Website: https://www.nicoleabadee.com.au Facebook: @booksbooksbookspodcast and @nicole.abadee Instagram: @nicoleabadee Twitter: @NicoleAbadee Penguin "Animals Make Us Human": https://www.penguin.com.au/books/animals-make-us-human-9781760899813 Leah Kaminsky Website: https://leahkaminsky.com Facebook: @LeahKaminskyAuthor Twitter: @leahkam Instagram: @leah_kam Meg Keneally Facebook: @megkeneally Twitter: @KeneallyMeg Instagram: @megkeneally   Support the show: https://www.climactic.fm/p/support-the-collective/

Books, Books, Books is a podcast by Nicole Abadee, book critic for Good Weekend, where she interviews top Australian and International authors. This episode is especially of interest to Climactic listeners, as was the first episode of hers we featured, with Rebecca Huntley. Please enjoy!Leah Kaminsky and Meg Keneally discuss their new anthology, “Animals Make us Human”, a passion project for them and their contributors.SHOW NOTES: Nicole AbadeeWebsite: https://www.nicoleabadee.com.auFacebook: @booksbooksbookspodcast and @nicole.abadeeInstagram: @nicoleabadeeTwitter: @NicoleAbadeePenguin "Animals Make Us Human": https://www.penguin.com.au/books/animals-make-us-human-9781760899813Leah Kaminsky Website: https://leahkaminsky.comFacebook: @LeahKaminskyAuthorTwitter: @leahkamInstagram: @leah_kamMeg KeneallyFacebook: @megkeneallyTwitter: @KeneallyMegInstagram: @megkeneally  See /privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Leah Kaminsky and Meg Keneally discuss their new anthology, “Animals Make us Human”, a passion project for them and their contributors. SHOW NOTES: Nicole Abadee Website: https://www.nicoleabadee.com.au Facebook: @booksbooksbookspodcast and @nicole.abadee Instagram: @nicoleabadee Twitter: @NicoleAbadee Penguin "Animals Make Us Human": https://www.penguin.com.au/books/animals-make-us-human-9781760899813 Leah Kaminsky Website: https://leahkaminsky.com Facebook: @LeahKaminskyAuthor Twitter: @leahkam Instagram: @leah_kam Meg Keneally Facebook: @megkeneally Twitter: @KeneallyMeg Instagram: @megkeneally See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hong Kong-based lawyer and author Antony Dapiran discusses the latest developments in Hong Kong politics, including Beijing's overhaul of the electoral system and LegCo, the prosecution of an investigative journalist, and the jailing of pro-democracy activists. Dr Monica Bell, associate professor of law and sociology at Yale University joins Amy to discuss the murder of George Floyd and the Derek Chauvin trial, amidst the backdrop of pervasive police violence against Black and brown Americans and the push for racial justice in the United States. Yuin man and conservation ecologist Dr Jack Pascoe discusses his connection to Bangerak country, also known as Cape Otway. Jack's essay on the subject has been published in Animals Make Us Human.

Can cats experience separation anxiety as we start leaving them alone more as we return to working outside the home? Yes, they can. I’ll explain how they may exhibit anxiety and what you can do to distract them after you’ve left or prevent them from becoming unnerved in the first place. To find a good dog trainer, what should you be looking for regarding their credentials and what are the first big questions to ask them. Louie Torres, the CEO and founder of Unleashed Consulting, a company that helps dog trainers grow their business, found himself in the position of desperately needing a dog trainer and his journey led to the saving of his relationship with his girlfriend, a changed dog and a complete refocusing of his business working with dog trainers. You’ll enjoy this second part of the conversation with Mr. Torres. Does your cat have a silly or annoying habit to wake you up in the morning? Hear about a cat who knew exactly who to focus his attention on and how to get the person to let him out, in this week’s creature feature. Additional Resources for the Show. Source for the story about cat separation anxiety – ComPETability: Solving Behavior Problems in your Multi-CAT Household by Amy Shojai. Unleased Marketing – Louie Torres’s website.   Source for the creature feature – Animals Make Us Human by Temple Grandin.

From 2010: Temple Grandin talks about her book "Animals Make Us Human: Creating the Best Life for Animals."

Written in 2005, this book is an oldie, but pack-filled with so much wisdom from an expert on animal welfare. Improve your own animals' lives by starting with yourself, with big ideas such as Keep Moving and Letting the Bad Become the New Normal. Check out ZooFit's Zoo-notable Blog: https://www.zoofit.net/zoo-notable-animals-in-translation/ Learn more about Temple Grandin: https://www.templegrandin.com/ Learn more about Dr. Irene Pepperberg's research with Alex and African Gray parrots- https://alexfoundation.org/about/dr-irene-pepperberg/ Support ZooFit! Join the ZooFit Tribe on Patreon for bonus material, special offers, and exclusive deals: https://www.patreon.com/zoofit --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

In this podcast Stephen West, AHDB knowledge exchange manager for AHDB Dairy talks to Dr. Temple Grandin, a globally respected animal behaviourist from Colorado State University, who changed the way the US handled cattle. He finds out Grandin’s top tips for handling both beef and dairy cattle.We also held a webinar in February, which can be viewed on YouTube Cattle handling with Temple Grandin. More information Improving cattle handling for better returns  templegrandin.com About Temple Grandin, Ph.D Dr. Grandin is a designer of livestock handling facilities and a Professor of Animal Science at Colorado State University. Facilities she has designed are located in the United States, Canada, Europe, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, and other countries. In North America, almost half of the cattle are handled in a center track restrainer system that she designed for meat plants. Curved chute and race systems she has designed for cattle are used worldwide and her writings on the flight zone and other principles of grazing animal behavior have helped many people to reduce stress on their animals during handling. She has also developed an objective scoring system for assessing handling of cattle and pigs at meat plants. This scoring system is being used by many large corporations to improve animal welfare. Other areas of research are: cattle temperament, environmental enrichment for pigs, reducing dark cutters and bruises, bull fertility, training procedures, and effective stunning methods for cattle and pigs at meat plants. She obtained her B.A. at Franklin Pierce College and her M.S. in Animal Science at Arizona State University. Dr. Grandin received her Ph.D in Animal Science from the University of Illinois in 1989. Today she teaches courses on livestock behaviour and facility design at Colorado State University and consults with the livestock industry on facility design, livestock handling, and animal welfare. She has appeared on television shows such as 20/20, 48 Hours, CNN Larry King Live, PrimeTime Live, 60 Minutes, the Today Show, and many shows in other countries. She has been featured in People Magazine, the New York Times, Forbes, U.S. News and World Report, Time Magazine, the New York Times book review, and Discover magazine. In 2010, Time Magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people. Interviews with Dr. Grandin have been broadcast on National Public Radio and she has a 2010 TED Lecture titled "The World Needs ALL Kinds of Minds." She has also authored over 400 articles in both scientific journals and livestock periodicals on animal handling, welfare, and facility design. She is the author of "Thinking in Pictures", "Livestock Handling and Transport," "Genetics and the Behavior of Domestic Animals," "Guide to Working with Farm Animals," and "Humane Livestock Handling." Her books "Animals in Translation" and "Animals Make Us Human" were both on the New York Times best seller list. "Animals Make Us Human" was also on the Canadian best seller list. Her latest book, Calling All Minds, was a New York Times best seller for middle school students. Her life story has also been made into an HBO movie titled "Temple Grandin, staring Claire Danes," which won seven Emmy awards and a Golden Globe. The movie shows her life as a teenager and how she started her career. In 2017, she was inducted into The Women's Hall of Fame and in 2018 made a fellow by the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

To start this episode, I’ll tell you another creature feature.  Do you remember the part in the movie, The Wizard of OZ when Toto and Dorothy are swept away in their house by a tornado?  If you think a dog being carried away is only fiction, wait till you hear this. Then, I’ve got news.  After a stay-at-home order, due to the pandemic, Rocket, the NutriSource Pet Food’s sponsored, M Health Fairview - University of Minnesota - Masonic Children’s Hospital dog, is back at his job - helping children and families again deal with all the aspects of a hospital stay. His partner and handler, Anna Dressel, tells the stories of how Rocket keeps surprising her with the profound ways he affects others, what he particularly excels at in helping children and all about his third birthday celebration.   What can you do to create good mental welfare for your cat?  Follow the guideline: Don’t stimulate the emotions of RAGE, FEAR or GRIEF in them if you can help it and do stimulate SEEKING and PLAY as much as possible. These are core emotion systems in the brains of both you and your pets. Today, I’ll explain how FEAR affects cats and what you can do to keep your cat from feeling it so much. Additional Resources for the show. Source for the story about Sadie and the Tornado – Amazing but True Dog Tales by Bruce Nash and Allan Zullo, compiled by Muriel MacFarlane See photos of Rocket and Anna Dressel on the website episode page, #82. Anna Dressel talking about Rocket when he first started working at the Children’s hospital – Episode 64. Stories about Rocket helping people when they needed it the most – Episode 65. My conversation with Canine Assistants, the organization that raised and educated Rocket. Episode 66 M Health Fairview - University of Minnesota - Masonic Children’s Hospital website. NutriSource Pet Foods website. Source for story about reducing fear in cats – Animals Make Us Human by Temple Grandin and Catherine Johnson. Hear about the core emotions you share with your pets in episode 74. The first of the positive emotions, SEEKING - what it is and how to increase them in your dog. ep. 76 How to increase the SEEKING emotion in cats – episode 77. My conversation with Dr. Sarah Ellis, about cat carriers. Episode 43   The Trainable Cat by John Bradshaw and Sarah Ellis.

During the dark days of 2020, Annie has been self-medicating. Her drug of choice? Watching clips from old movie musicals she loved as a kid. It turns out that there are a lot of lessons about behavior in these films, and storylines that unwittingly relate to dog training. In this episode, Annie gives a dog-trainer’s-eye-view analysis of Mary Poppins, The Music Man, and the movie Annie. See the full clips played in this episode when you join our new app: http://schoolforthedogs.com/community Mentioned in this episode: Animals Make Us Human, by Temple Grandin https://amzn.to/2KkyXA8

I can't even begin to tell you how excited and honored I am to be sharing this next podcast interview with you.My good friend, Dr. Temple Grandin is known worldwide for her trailblazing work as a spokesperson for people with autism and her lifelong work with animal behavior.Temple is truly a living legend. She is a Professor of Animal Science at Colorado State University and is considered one of the world’s renowned experts in two fields: animal welfare and autism. Few people ever achieve her level of expertise and fame in one area, much less two.She also wrote the foreword to my best-selling book, "Nipped in the Bud, Not in the Butt: How to Use Mediation to Resolve Conflicts over Animals"Today Temple is sharing some profound insight about what's going to happen to the dogs (and other pets) that were adopted during the COVID pandemic once that's over and we return to "life and business as usual". She also talks about how she has been able to continue teaching many of her classes online and what hasn't worked well with online education. She gives some really important tips that will help enhance any educational experience.We also talk about how pets matter to people on the autism spectrum, issues when someone is flying with emotional support animals and service animals. More About Temple GrandinDr. Grandin is a designer of livestock handling facilities and a Professor of Animal Science at Colorado State University. Facilities she has designed are located in the United States, Canada, Europe, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, and other countries. In North America, almost half of the cattle are handled in a center track restrainer system that she designed for meat plants. Curved chute and race systems she has designed for cattle are used worldwide and her writings on the flight zone and other principles of grazing animal behavior have helped many people to reduce stress on their animals during handling.She has also developed an objective scoring system for assessing the handling of cattle and pigs at meat plants. This scoring system is being used by many large corporations to improve animal welfare. Other areas of research are: cattle temperament, environmental enrichment for pigs, reducing dark cutters and bruises, bull fertility, training procedures, and effective stunning methods for cattle and pigs at meat plants.She obtained her B.A. at Franklin Pierce College and her M.S. in Animal Science at Arizona State University. Dr. Grandin received her Ph.D in Animal Science from the University of Illinois in 1989. Today she teaches courses on livestock behavior and facility design at Colorado State University and consults with the livestock industry on facility design, livestock handling, and animal welfare. She has appeared on television shows such as 20/20, 48 Hours, CNN Larry King Live, PrimeTime Live, 60 Minutes, the Today Show, and many shows in other countries. She has been featured in People Magazine, the New York Times, Forbes, U.S. News and World Report, Time Magazine, the New York Times book review, and Discover magazine. In 2010, Time Magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people. Interviews with Dr. Grandin have been broadcast on National Public Radio and she has a 2010 TED Lecture titled "The World Needs ALL Kinds of Minds." She has also authored over 400 articles in both scientific journals and livestock periodicals on animal handling, welfare, and facility design.She is the author of "Thinking in Pictures", "Livestock Handling and Transport," "Genetics and the Behavior of Domestic Animals," "Guide to Working with Farm Animals," and "Humane Livestock Handling."Her books "Animals in Translation" and "Animals Make Us Human" were both on the New York Times bestseller list. "Animals Make Us Human" was also on the Canadian bestseller list. Her latest book, "Calling All Minds", was a New York Times bestseller for middle school students. Her life story has also been made into an HBO movie titled "Temple Grandin", starring Claire Danes," which won seven Emmy awards and a Golden Globe. The movie shows her life as a teenager and how she started her career. In 2017, she was inducted into The Women's Hall of Fame and in 2018 made a fellow by the American Association for the Advancement of Science.You can learn more about Temple Grandin on her websites:https://www.grandin.com/https://www.templegrandin.com/And, you can connect with her:https://www.facebook.com/drtemplegrandin/https://twitter.com/DrTempleGrandin 

3 Books is a completely insane and totally epic 15-year-long quest to uncover the 1000 most formative books in the world. Each chapter is hosted live and in-person at the guest's preferred location by Neil Pasricha, New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Awesome, The Happiness Equation, Two-Minute Mornings, etc. Each chapter of 3 Books uncovers and discusses the three most formative books from one of the world's most inspiring people. Sample guests include: Judy Blume, David Sedaris, Chris Anderson of TED, the founder of the world's largest feminist magazine, the world's greatest Uber driver, Pete Holmes, Angie Thomas, and Malcolm Gladwell. Each of the 333 chapters is dropped on the exact minute of every single new moon and full moon until September 1, 2031. 3 Books is an Apple "Best Of" award-winning show and 100% ad-free, commercial-free, sponsor-free, and interruption-free. For more info check out: https://www.3books.co/ Chapter Description: Welcome to Chapter 61! I am delighted to bring you a conversation with the one and only Temple Grandin whose life has profoundly changed our preconceived notions on autism and neurodiversity, and whose work has heightened awareness of the importance of animal welfare. Born in 1947 in Boston, she was diagnosed with autism while still nonverbal at age 4. Told her daughter should be institutionalized, Temple’s Harvard-educated mother dismissed doctors and worked tirelessly to help her daughter blossom. A BA, MA, and PhD later, Temple is a lauded faculty member at the College of Agricultural Sciences at Colorado State University. She has authored over 60 scientific papers on animal behavior and is one of the first people with autism ever to document her own journey. This has contributed to her notoriety on many fronts: she was brought to prominence in the world by Oliver Sacks M.D in his book, An Anthropologist on Mars, she has authored her own books on autism, Thinking in Pictures: My Life with Autism and The Autistic Brain: Helping Different Minds Succeed, her TED Talk - The World Needs All Kinds of Minds has been viewed over five million times and the HBO movie, Temple Grandin, shed authentic light on her incredible story. As a respected spokesperson in the animal community, Temple is also celebrated for her re-design of slaughterhouses (yes, you read that right). She is outspoken in her belief that, “alleviating anxiety rather than extending life fully,” should be the priority for those raising animals. Her essay “Animals are Not Things” and her books Animals in Translation and Animals Make Us Human, have garnered her the highest regard, for her ability to empathize with animals is second to none. In this Chapter, we discuss: What is the state of autism in the world today? How do we nurture diverse minds? What is missing from our education system today? What are the ethics of eating meat? How can we value our elders more? And of course, her 3 most formative books. Ready to jump into my conversation with this beautiful and resilient soul? Let’s go! WHAT YOU’LL LEARN IN TODAY’S EPISODE: What is autism and what does ‘the autism spectrum’ really mean? What is missing from the education system today? Why should kids do more hands-on learning? What does it mean to be a visual thinker? What could have avoided the Fukushima nuclear disaster? What is animal welfare and why is it important? What is the future of our species? (big one!) How can we embrace getting older? How do we find our purpose? You can find show notes and more information by clicking here: https://www.3books.co/chapters/61 Leave us a voicemail. Your message may be included in a future episode: 1-833-READ-A-LOT. Sign up to receive podcast updates here: https://www.3books.co/email-list 

Do you wonder if your pet is happy, overall? There is something you can do to increase their mental welfare and make sure their emotional needs are being met. The key has to do with what you and your pet has in common - the core emotion systems in the brain. I’ll tell you about 5 of the 7 core emotions we share with our dogs and cats and then the guideline to follow. See the companion blog for episode 74 that lists all seven core emotions at www.raisingyourpaws.com. Is your dog or cat afraid of thunderstorms, fireworks or other very loud noises? Do you watch your pet suffer and wish there was something more you could do to help them?  My guest today is Dr. Karolina Westlund, of Animal Behavior Consulting and the author of the blog, Dogs and fireworks (30+ proven techniques to eliminate noise phobia,). We talk about why animals become afraid in the first place and what to do to help your pet, based on the latest research and current best practices. Additional Resources for the Show. One of the sources for the story about the core emotions – “Animals Make Us Human” by Temple Grandin. Dr. Karolina Westlund’s website. Blog’s mentioned on the show:   Blog - Dogs and fireworks (30+ proven techniques to eliminate noise phobia)

Overcoming challenges by autism spectrum disorder, Temple Grandin obtained a B.A. from Franklin Pierce College, an M.S. in Animal Science at Arizona State University and Ph.D in Animal Science from the University of Illinois. Grandin teaches courses on livestock behaviour and facility design at Colorado State University and consults with the livestock industry on facility design, livestock handling, and animal welfare. She has appeared on television shows such as 20/20, 48 Hours, CNN Larry King Live, PrimeTime Live, 60 Minutes, the Today Show, and many shows in other countries. She has been featured in People Magazine, the New York Times, Forbes, U.S. News and World Report, Time Magazine, the New York Times book review, and Discover magazine. In 2010, Time Magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people. Interviews with Dr. Grandin have been broadcast on National Public Radio and she has a 2010 TED Lecture titled "The World Needs ALL Kinds of Minds." She has also authored over 400 articles in both scientific journals and livestock periodicals on animal handling, welfare, and facility design. She is the author of "Thinking in Pictures", "Livestock Handling and Transport," "Genetics and the Behavior of Domestic Animals," "Guide to Working with Farm Animals," and "Humane Livestock Handling." Her books "Animals in Translation" and "Animals Make Us Human" were both on the New York Times best seller list. "Animals Make Us Human" was also on the Canadian best seller list. Her latest book, Calling All Minds, was a New York Times best seller for middle school students. Her life story has also been made into an HBO movie titled "Temple Grandin, staring Claire Danes," which won seven Emmy awards and a Golden Globe. The movie shows her life as a teenager and how she started her career. Temple was inducted into The Women's Hall of Fame in 2017.   In 2018 she was made a fellow by the American Association for the Advancement of Science.   - Grandin.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/iantrottier/support

The Dog Show #432 – June 7, 2017 Dr Temple Grandin, author of “Animals Make Us Human”, and many more publications! In anticipation of her visit and events as part of the Vashon Sheepdog Classic this year, we're airing Julie's … Read More

SHOW NOTES:  Summary: Julie Daniels has worked with dogs her whole lie. In fact, she learned to walk by holding onto a German Shepherd. Today she is one of the foremost names in the sport of dog agility in the United States. She's one of the early champions of the sport and helped many clubs throughout the country get up and running. She owns and operates both Kool Kids Agility in Deerfield, New Hampshire and White Mountain Agility in North Sandwich, New Hampshire. Julie is well known as a premiere teacher at all levels of play. She has competed, titled, and won with all sorts of dogs through the years including two Rottweilers, a Springer Spaniel, a Cairn Terrier, two Corgis, and four Border Collies. She's the only person to make USDAA National Grand Prix Finals with a Rottie or a Springer and she did it two times each. Links mentioned: Koolaid's Tantrum Sit www.koolkidsagility.com  Thinking in Pictures, by Temple Grandin Animals in Translation, by Temple Grandin Animals Make Us Human, by Temple Grandin Next Episode:  To be released 4/28/2017, featuring Julie Symons.  TRANSCRIPTION: Melissa Breau: This is Melissa Breau and you're listening to the Fenzi Dog Sports Podcast brought to you by the Fenzi Dog Sports Academy, an online school dedicated to providing high quality instruction for competitive dog sports using only the most current and progressive training methods. Today we'll be talking to Julie Daniels. Julie Daniels has worked with dogs her whole lie. In fact, she learned to walk by holding onto a German Shepherd. Today she is one of the foremost names in the sport of dog agility in the United States. She's one of the early champions of the sport and helped many clubs throughout the country get up and running. She owns and operates both Kool Kids Agility in Deerfield, New Hampshire and White Mountain Agility in North Sandwich, New Hampshire. Julie is well known as a premiere teacher at all levels of play. She has competed, titled, and won with all sorts of dogs through the years including two Rottweilers, a Springer Spaniel, a Cairn Terrier, two Corgis, and four Border Collies. She's the only person to make USDAA National Grand Prix Finals with a Rottie or a Springer and she did it two times each. Hey, Julie. Welcome to the podcast. Julie Daniels: Hi, Melissa. Melissa Breau: How are you doing today? Julie Daniels: I'm really ready for this and I'm doing great today. How are you? Melissa Breau: Good. Good. I'm excited to talk about this. I know we've talked a little bit in the past about other things, but I don't think we've ever had a chance to focus on the dog stuff. Julie Daniels: No. My first podcast. I'm used to be on TV with people making faces behind the camera to try to make me screw up, so this is very different for me. Lots of fun. Melissa Breau: Good. Good. Well, to start us out can you tell us a little bit about the dogs you have now and what you're working on with them? Julie Daniels: Oh, yeah. I currently live with three Border Collies plus my roommate's All-American mix, and I've got quite a houseful here. I often have dogs in for training as well. So our mix is always fluctuating and the personalities are always changing in their interrelationships. But Boss, my oldest, is eleven and a half years old, still strong and healthy, hale and hearty, runs with the boys and completely spoiled. Sport is my competition dog currently, he's going on nine years old, still competing well, fingers crossed of course. Over the years I've lost three top agility togs in their prime of life so I do hold my breath and count my blessings every time I'm able to go to the start line with Sport. But then I have a youngster and Karen also has a youngster. So we have two adolescent sport dogs in the household who need training every day. They are night and day in their personalities and just so much fun to work with every single day. So we have two youngsters and then the older dogs. Melissa Breau: What are the youngsters' names? Julie Daniels: Comet and Kool-Aid. Doesn't that just roll off the tongue? Karen's rescue mix is Comet who was not supposed to survive as a puppy. He has a liver shunt that was supposed to kill him and didn't so he's a real unique individual. And my young Border Collie is now a year and a half, Kool-Aid. She came full of confidence and Comet came full of fears and different issues. So they truly are night and day and they are best buds, best friends, absolutely perfectly compatible in their differences if that makes sense. Melissa Breau: Yeah. That's kind of awesome, actually. Julie Daniels: Yeah. Yeah. It is. It's awesome. Melissa Breau: So in addition to Comet I know most of your dogs right now are Border Collies, but you've had a lot of different experiences with a lot of different breeds. You've worked with a wide range of breeds and I really wanted to ask you kind of what the secret was, if you have any advice out there for people in the dog sports world who may be competing, whatever their sport, with just a breed that's not traditional for what they're doing. Julie Daniels: Oh, yeah. Yeah. Thanks for asking that because I think people do think of my sport, agility, as particular to a few breeds doing well, and it's really not that way at all. Any sport that you want to do can be enjoyed with any dog. I always tell people, start with the dog you love. That's the only way to do well anyway. And I think I can tell you from experience, all the extra work that it takes to make it in a sport with an unlikely breed, all I can tell you is keep at it because it's worth it. It's just plain worth it to go out there and do well with a breed or an individual dog, actually, of any breed who was not expected to do well. The pride just wells up in the teamwork that you accomplish over the years. I think no matter what your sport is that's the case. So don't worry about what breed you have. Choose the breed you love and play the sports that you're interest in. Melissa Breau: Your focus has been agility for the last while, but I was curious how you originally got into dog sports since I know you were in agility in the very early days, I'm assuming there's a story there. Julie Daniels: Yeah. I think you just called me old, Melissa. Melissa Breau: I didn't go that far. Julie Daniels: It's true, I was one of the early people who saw agility coming from overseas and just jumped and said this is the sport I've been waiting for, that is true. So before that I was into competitive obedience and I actually had a Rough Collie whom I had for 13 years who developed an overshot bite, actually not exactly an overshot bite but a faulty bite as in common in the breed, and that's the only reason why I went from breed to obedience. Of course like many people, just kind of never looked back, enjoyed the performance aspects more than the confirmation aspects, and just started down that road of dog sports as a team sport. That's where my interest lies. Melissa Breau: So how did you get from those initial days in obedience and become a positive trainer? Julie Daniels: Well, positive dog training. Well, it's been dogs and me my whole life, I mean, since before I could walk. My family loved dogs, my mother's father had favorite farm dogs. So having been raised with that kind of exposure and being a very young, small child in a big family I was raised with a good deal of what I would say benign neglect. All my dogs were walk-ins when I was a kid. My parents were all about, “You're not feeding that dog, are you? We didn't need another mouth to feed,” so to speak. Of course I lied, no, no, not feeding the dog, then pretty soon it's no, but look what he can do. So ta-da, meet my next new dog. So my parents were open as much as they didn't want me to have more animals I just had all kinds of animals as a kid from very, very, very young age. As a little kid overpowering an animal doesn't work, even a small animal, but certainly not big dogs, and relationship first and food second, that does work. I will say some of my earliest, fondest memories of being a small child in a big family, my mom was not particularly generous with praise, but one thing she said about me on a regular basis when speaking to other people, “Julie can do anything with any dog.” And I grew up knowing that was true, feeling that from the bottom of my heart from the time I was a tiny child. So yes, as an adult earning money in college by training dogs and that kind of thing, of course I got off on the bandwagons which were popular at the times, much more corrective methods in the era of choke chains and stuff. I went down that path too, just like most people did, but it wasn't really a stretch for me to come back, if you know what I mean, because I had such a base layer of success with positive reinforcement from the time I was a tiny child. Melissa Breau: So what got you from doing obedience over to agility in those early days and then what led you to really kind of champion it and help set up clubs and things like that? Julie Daniels: I saw agility first in…must I admit this? 1986. So my daughter was three years old, I was a stay at home mom, I had, oh, I don't know, four or five dogs at the time and all the neighborhood kids hung out at my house. I truly did see, I think I saw a book by Peter Lewis called The Agility Dog and I just jumped at it. I don't know how to describe it, but at the visceral level that's the sport I've been waiting for. So it really wasn't that hard once I started researching who was doing agility back then and trying to find out what was available in this country which was not much. And by the way, no internet, no cell phones, right? So my telephone bills were over 200 dollars a month, much more than I now spend on my cell phone which is kind of funny. But trying to make connections that we take for granted today back then was not simple and not easy. So anyway, I got in touch finally with the person who really was starting an organization, an official agility organization in the United States which is USDAA. Ken Tosh and I have known each other since 1986 and he put me together with other people around the country who also were like-minded and he also organized these trips which were grueling but so satisfying. I actually bought a trailer and literally brought equipment all over the East Coast and we operated at major horse shows like Dressage at Devon and Fair Hill and all kinds of prestigious horse shows where people just…we literally came in and set up an agility rink full of equipment and people just brought their animals. So listen, I got to work with pigs, goat, miniature horses, all the stable dogs. So it was a very exciting and wonderful way to spend a weekend. Over and over. My little girl came with me so Heather was exposed to all of this from a very, very early age too, my daughter's name is Heather. She's a very well-traveled individual. We literally brought the sport to new locations. And you know what? When I was younger I remember making fun of the Tupperware ladies because they had to cart all that stuff around so that's Karma for you. Melissa Breau: That's great. You mentioned traveling all around and by demoing it, it kind of sounds like, almost, letting people come in, try the equipment, how did it kind of get to that next stage, that next step? What was it like to kind of help it get its legs? Julie Daniels: Because I believe in this as a team sport, the best, most fun team sport I've ever played, it was easy for me to see that as a worthwhile way for me to spend my allowance and spend my vacation and travel time. So long before there were any official competitions there were a few of us diehards who were driving oh, certainly it was 800 miles down to Danville, Virginia, and I would drive that just to play with friends down there for a weekend on their equipment on their location. And there were no trials, so we're not even going for any kind of prestige, we just want to play the game. So to be in at the ground level, I think it's true in any endeavor but it certainly was true in agility, you just really had to want to play the game, and I don't think I've ever lost that. I love to play the game. It's the best team sport I've ever enjoyed. Melissa Breau: Well, I want to switch gears a little bit and talk about your recent Baby Genius class at the Fenzi Dog Sports Academy as well as the class you're offering this session, and I think the day this airs will actually be the very last day before registration closes. People have one more day to actually go sign up. Which is you're offering your adolescent sports dog class this session. Most people, when they first get a puppy, there's kind of a mix of emotions there, right? People are really excited but there's also this sense of fear, this fear of messing up that perfect puppy. So I wanted to ask you, any advice you have for kind of overcoming that fear to actually accomplish things? Julie Daniels: Yeah. I think that's a very important point, Melissa, because I think we all have that kind of fear and should embrace it and laugh about it. We all know with our positive training methods that one rep is only one rep. One session is only one session. So you got off on the wrong foot? Just go in a different direction and do better next time. It really is that simple. But I know that fear that you're talking about. Usually when I have chosen a dog or a dog has chosen me in the past I tend to gravitate towards dogs who have issues, what other people would not want to try to raise. But yeah, I do have the occasional puppy in my life. In fact, Kool-Aid is one of those, my current youngster, who really didn't come with any issues. She was beautifully bred, beautifully raised, a wanted child, and came without the problems that I normally embrace in a puppy and boy, did I ever have that feeling too. So when I first started Baby Genius class I thought, I just have to put that out there. So I wrote that, how does that feel? Exactly like you're saying it, I sure hope I don't screw this up, and I have that feeling just like everybody else has that feeling. Even though I know in my heart it's going to be a wonderful and beautiful relationship that will change and grow as we both grow together you can't avoid that feeling of gosh, I hope I don't screw this up, and did I cause every little thing that happens. Oh, no, did I cause this? Look at the monster I've created. But you have to embrace that, laugh it off, just like we have to do that with parenthood and human children, you know, any one day…in fact, I remember posting on Facebook when Kool-Aid was ten months about criteria and I had asked Karen to please tape because Kool-Aid was just in one of those adolescent moods that are so difficult to regain your equanimity with. She just was being a little brat at the door if you know what I mean. And by ten months old these criteria of being polite when the door opens, those are pretty well in place, right? But nothing is perfectly well in place with an adolescent. That's the beauty of the adolescent, you never know. She just was berserk. I can't describe it any other way. Screaming, flipping, pounding, rushing the door and banking off it, punching me, punching the other dogs. So my poor adult angels, you know, and are being long-suffering and polite at the door, and this little brat puppy is just throwing the tantrum of her life. So I remember posting it, putting it out there, and just saying, “I don't care who you are, your ten-month-old puppy can look perfectly trained day after day but then come tantrum day.” And I think it's very important to embrace. Tantrum day is a normal part of adolescence, a normal part of growing up, and not the end of the world. The test is for the handler, the owner, the dog mom to embrace the needs of the puppy in that moment. So the real question becomes, do I let her work this out? Do I help her by holding her collar? Do I let the other dogs go and make this dog stay behind? Which, by the way, don't do that. That's a mistake. What I ended up doing was a lot of fun. It was interesting for me and it sort of gave me the next phase of that work that I needed to do with Kool-Aid. I really didn't know that the tantrum was going to go on for a full two minutes. You don't know that kind of thing until you're in the moment, and it really did go on for two full minutes. I looked at the video afterwards and decided based on that… By the way, you should tape yourself, I don't care if you're taking a class or not, videotape is so incredibly useful. The camera can always see something that you didn't see in the moment nor should you see everything in the moment. You should be focused on your criteria and let the camera do its job of catching what's going on behind you. Anyway, a little bit aside, but a plug for videotaping yourself whether you're gold, silver, or bronze. Melissa Breau: So what did you wind up doing that day with her throwing her tantrum? Julie Daniels: Well, I truly did let her work it out, Melissa, and in the future I decided, no, I think because she really had so much trouble working it out I put my hand in the collar next time and just helped her. I didn't pull her down but I eliminated the option of, for example, charging the door and banking off of it or harassing the other adult dogs. I eliminated those options by just holding, slipping two fingers down through her collar. A bigger dog, more fingers, simple as that, and eliminating the options that I really did not want to see again, did not want her practicing which might inadvertently be self-reinforcing because they feel pretty good, that kind of venting. So eliminating those options actually helped her better herself in the future so that's the way I do it now with this particular dog. A different dog, if it had played out differently, letting her work it out might be the best way to go, but for Kool-Aid it wasn't. I'll have to share that video. It's not currently in one of my lectures for that class. I bet I should share that. Especially now people are going to want to see it. Melissa Breau: Yeah. Probably. To kind of talk back through that for a second, I was originally just going to ask you what's special about dogs at this phase of their life, kind of that ten month to two year old phase. Kind of what do you see…is it just that you should kind of expect that they're going to go through that testing boundaries phase and be prepared to deal with it? Is it something more than that? Julie Daniels: Yeah. I actually love that question, what's special about that phase, and I think there's one underlying common denominator and that's puberty. It is a special phase and I think what you said is true, you do need to embrace that the boundaries will be tested. I think any sport dog is going to be testing all your theories. So I think it's important to embrace that phase, but puberty changes everything. It's very, very different and we tend to expect that what was taught to the teeny baby is in there pretty good by virtue of our having taught it young, and I think it's fair to say it's in there, but what you said is absolutely true. In this stage of puberty everything will be tested. So all those things you thought were in there pretty good, they are still in there, don't worry about it, you'll get back to them, but you're going to have to earn them over and over again through adolescence. I think it's very important to embrace that stage. Melissa Breau: So is there anything that people can do when they're still dealing with a puppy to kind of help make that phase of their dog's life a little simpler? Julie Daniels: I think expecting and learning to predict your dog's likely behaviors is a very important part of getting through puberty. So as you get to know your adolescent dog better and better you become better, hopefully, at predicting how the dog will feel about a certain situation. So for example, I truly did learn from that ten month old example of full blown tantrum at the door over a behavior, mind you, which had been well taught. Well taught, well learned, well received, not particularly difficult or demanding. I think it's really important to learn from each development that surprises you and to adjust future expectations accordingly the way I did with Kool-Aid. So the next time at the door I didn't even wait to see whether there would be a tantrum or not, I just hooked a finger downward through her collar, I think it was just one little finger. She didn't look like she was going to throw a tantrum and she didn't, but just that little bit of reminder. It's not a reminder, don't worry, you're not going to be able to get away with this, it's a reminder, don't worry, I'm here to help you. That's really what the finger is saying. There's no pressure on the collar, it's just a little reminder that we're a team, we're in this together, if we stay connected at the door we'll all get outside much more quickly. Melissa Breau: Right. Right. I want to help you. There are rules but I'm going to help you get through them. Julie Daniels: Exactly. Melissa Breau: I kind of want to know if there are any other common threads that you kind of see running through that adolescent dogs class, any particular problems you see that come up over and over again? Maybe that you could kind of talk us through how you would handle them just so people kind of get a sense of what's in the class and also kind of your problem-solving style. Julie Daniels: I solve problems, first and foremost, through games. Games are powerful because they relax everybody, both the trainer and the puppy, and they remove the necessary behaviors from the context of the sport where they will be used. That's actually very, very important, that the behaviors are taught out of context first and then brought, you know, in a pretty well learned way, are brought to the environment where they will be used. So that's one reason that adolescent sport dog class is not sport specific. So we'll be using props of all sorts. I love props and they are very, very…well, the clicker is a prop. Well, every little tool that we use and then have to wean from is helpful to getting the behavior in the first place in a way that minimizes mistakes and maximizes the fun of learning. If your dog doesn't love school, I don't care what your sport is, you're going to have a little bit of trouble learning behaviors which require things like self-control, impulse control, focus, and heavy thought. It's very important that first and foremost your dog loves school. So obviously we start that in Baby Genius class. The most important thing that we can give the baby is not any particular skill, even a basic skill like sit, I'm probably one of the most lax people I know, for example, in requiring a baby dog to sit, to greet people. That is not my first priority at all. My first priority is I love people. So the decorum, the elements of decorum, come a little bit later for me than for some people, and obviously that's dog specific too. So if you have an adolescent Malamut jumping up on a human has to be long gone by the time they're ten months old. It does make a big difference how big or small the dog is. But it also is important even as we train these specific behaviors such as greeting behaviors, just the example that we're using, it's really important that we don't lose the joy of greeting. So this whole concept of my dog can do this, my dog can do that, and he's only x months old, I'm already competing and my dog is just 18 months old, I'm not likely to be doing that. I'm much more likely to be developing the teamwork, the love of the game, and the ability to work together than I am in being sport specific. So adolescent sport dog is not sport specific. It is advanced foundation work to be carried over into any active sport. It is designed for active sports therefore things like impulse control are hugely important and we will play with impulse control forwards, backwards, sideways, and inside out. So the dog really understands how to offer certain behaviors in the context of high activity and excitement. Melissa Breau: So I think that's really interesting because I think that's a problem a lot of people have found they have even with their older dogs. If they didn't curb it in adolescence they end up with a three or four year old or even five year old dog who may still be struggling with nice greetings or some of those behaviors that sounds like you're addressing really in this class. Julie Daniels: Yeah. I think the ability to think amid distraction is something that we all have to work on steadily, don't you, for the people as well as the dogs, right? Because it's very common for people to become disconnected from the dogs at the drop of a hat and that's part of this class too. It's not just the dog who needs to stay focused amid distraction, that focus and that team play are a very important two way street and we give, we will learn to give as well as we want to get. So the ability to tell the person who just came in the door to wait a minute without even looking at that person in order not to break the connection which you were in the middle of with your dog, I think that's a very, very important skill for a human to develop as a trainer. We have to give as good as we want to get. That's not simple and that requires multitasking skills which is also a focus of this class, the ability to take in peripheral information while we're operating on the information currently on the table, that's tricky, and it's tricky for both humans and dogs, and both members of the team need that skill. Melissa Breau: That's very interesting. I don't think I've ever heard that quite looked at from that angle before. Julie Daniels: I'm always siding with the dog, right? So it's always clear to me the unfairness of people requiring things from their dogs that they're not willing to give themselves. I call people on that all the time as gently as I can, although I admit that my in-person students are apt to say, “You're much gentler with your online students than you are with us.” I think that's true. That's true. Guilty as charged. Boy. I call people on things immediately when I'm looking at it in person, right? Melissa Breau: Of course it's real time and you can call them live whereas online it's after the moment, it's already passed. Julie Daniels: That's right. Melissa Breau: All right. To round things out I just have three more short questions. They're the questions I've asked everybody so far who have come on the podcast. The first one is what's the dog-related accomplishment that you are proudest of? Julie Daniels: Proudest of. I don't think I'm a very proud person in general, but no, there is something. Over the years I think maybe it's because I was involved in my sport of agility from the very beginning, before we had competitions, but I do think that over the years I've become both comfortable and philosophical about winning and losing even in big competition, even in very prestigious competition. I think one strength of mine is that I do not stand on a podium and think wow, I kicked everybody's butt. I don't think like that, I don't act like that. Instead, if I had to put it to words, I think it's more like, I have let this great dog down more times than I can count but not today. Melissa Breau: I like that. I like that way of looking at it. Julie Daniels: It's not world peace when I go to the start line with my dog, it's a game I get to play with this wonderful teammate that I enjoy every day. Melissa Breau: So my second and perhaps my favorite question that I ask the guests who come on is what's the best piece of training advice that you've ever heard? Julie Daniels: Yeah. I remember hearing that on the other podcasts and I remember thinking at the time, oh my God, how did they choose? It's such a difficult question. So I actually gave this some thought and obviously it is hard to choose, but I decided to go with some words that struck me at the time like a ton of bricks and still come back to me strongly almost every day when I work with other people's dogs particularly. And it's from an abnormal psych class that I took in college, but you said training, you didn't say dog training. So it pertains to everybody, it pertains to everybody including dogs. But this professor said in abnormal psych class, I don't remember the question he was asked that he was responding to, but it was about irrational fears, it was about irrational fears, phobias and the like, and this professor just, I remember the stroking the goatee type thing, and he says, “You can't help anyone unless you begin by accepting their premise as valid.” So I think I try to bring that acceptance to all my dog training. So therefore I'm less apt to judge the dog, I'm less apt to waste time trying to talk him into things that he's obviously loathe to do or certainly afraid to do. I go deeper, I get inside his head, I fell in love, and I help. And I help by starting where the dog is right now and I accept his premise as valid. Melissa Breau: And that premise can really be almost anything, it can be fear, it can be excitement, it can be joy, I mean it really can be almost anything. That's a really interesting angle to look at training, kind of a lens to look at training through. So my last question is who else is someone in the dog world that you look up to? Julie Daniels: Another tough one. I think one of the people who helped me the most with a couple of difficult training issues with my own dogs is Temple Grandin. I first saw her book, Thinking in Pictures, it's not her first book but it's the first book of hers that I saw. Since then, long since then a movie has been made of her life and the work that she's done with animals. She's primarily a livestock person but she actually likes dogs very much. Her three books that I would recommend everybody pick up, Thinking in Pictures, Animals in Translation which came after that, and then later than that, Animals Make Us Human. Temple Grandin, you would think because of her background with livestock would consider dogs and certainly my sport, dog agility, as absolutely frivolous. I mean, you could make a case for that, it's not the kind of thing that she works with. But I've been to three of her conferences, and actually she thinks dog agility is pretty cool. She loves the whole, as I do, loves the whole interspecies thing. I grew up with all kinds of different animals, and the whole interspecies relationship, interspecies communication thing is just fascinating and wonderful to me. I can't get enough of it. And Temple Grandin is like that. She's the kind of person who wants good for all creatures and really is one of the world's experts in accepting the animal…she doesn't say it this way, but she accepts the animal's premise as valid better than anybody else I know. Melissa Breau: I actually haven't read her books. Now I'll have to go pick them up. Julie Daniels: Yeah. She helped me a great deal with one very special dog I had named Superman, Clark Kent, my students used to say he's Clark Kent in the house but he's Superman in the arena. He was certainly an autistic dog, you know what I mean, more than ADHD, he really was challenging to train, and he became, ultimately made challengers round the only time he went to AKC National. So no slouch, the dog was, let's just say had a lot going for him but was extremely challenging to work with. She said to me about him, “You're treating it like he needs the big picture but he can't…there will never be a big picture. It's all detail. All detail. So when you give him cues you'll have to give them sequentially.” Of course me as a world class agility trainer I'm like, oh, you have to do at least three things at once. Who are you kidding? But she was absolutely right and when I started breaking down what she had said and trying to apply it to the way I was training Clark at seven yards per second she was absolutely right and that is what helped me more than anything else with being able to communicate at full speed with this phenomenal dog. So anyway, that's just one little example, but she's helped very, very many people by giving them a different way of looking at things, but it always, always embraces that premise that you have to accept the dog where he is, and that's your start point. Melissa Breau: Very interesting. Well, thank you so much, Julie, for coming on the podcast. Julie Daniels: Thanks, Melissa. Melissa Breau: And thanks to our audience for tuning in. We'll be back in two weeks with Julie Symons to talk about versatility in dog sports, obedience, and scent work. If you haven't already, subscribe to our podcast on iTunes or the podcast app of your choice to have our next episode automatically downloaded to your phone as soon as it becomes available. CREDITS: Today's show is brought to you by the Fenzi Dog Sports Academy. Special thanks to Denise Fenzi for supporting this podcast. Music provided royalty-free by BenSound.com; the track featured here is called “Buddy.” Audio editing provided by Chris Lang and transcription written by CLK Transcription Services. Thanks again for tuning in -- and happy training!  

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TEMPLE GRANDIN - Originally aired January 2010 WALTER ISAACSON - Originally aired May 2007 Two extraordinary minds: Interviews about a couple of individuals who, though slow learners as children, grew up to do amazing things. In the first half, I'll talk with Temple Grandin, PhD, probably the most accomplished adult with autism in the world. Now a Professor of Animal Science at Colorado State University and a designer of livestock handling facilities, Grandin, who didn't speak until she was three and a half years old, has become a prominent author, speaker and advocate on the issues of Autism and Asperger's Syndrome. The 2010 HBO film based on her life won seven Emmys, including Outstanding Movie Made for Television, Outstanding Directing - Mick Jackson, and Outstanding Actress - Clare Danes. In the second half, my guest will be WALTER ISAACSON, former managing editor of TIME magazine and Chairman of CNN, current head of the Aspen Institute, and the author of several bestselling books, including his biography of Steve Jobs. We'll talk about his biography, EINSTEIN: His Life and Universe. Einstein discovered, merely by thinking about it, that the universe was not as it seemed. His contributions changed the way we conceive of reality. A new biography makes the point that his scientific imagination sprang from his rebellious questioning of authority - a testament to the connection between creativity and freedom. In addition to his scientific genius, he was also noted for his social conscience Besides campaigning for a ban on nuclear weaponry, he denounced McCarthyism and pleaded for an end to bigotry and racism.

Point of Inquiry is on a short hiatus right now as we transition to a new podcast team. In the meantime, enjoy these classic episodes from the POI archives, featuring Neil deGrasse Tyson, Bill Nye, Susan Jacoby, and other luminaries in the science and secularism movement. According to the USDA, Americans produce and consume more beef, veal, and chicken than any other nation in the world. As a result, the status of animal welfare in the meat production industry should be of some concern to all Americans, regardless of dietary habits. One of the world's leading experts in livestock handling practices is Dr. Temple Grandin, professor of animal science at Colorado State University. In addition to gaining international recognition for her research on animal behavior and designs of feed yards and slaughterhouses, Dr. Grandin is also arguably the most famous high-functioning autistic adult. Her story has inspired countless individuals and families who have been touched by autism spectrum disorders, as well as other conditions that cause sensory hypersensitivity. In 2010, Claire Danes won both Emmy and Golden Globe awards for her portrayal of Temple in the critically-acclaimed HBO biopic Temple Grandin. This week on Point of Inquiry, we talk to Grandin about science, animal behavior, autism, ethics, and much more. Temple Grandin teaches courses on livestock behavior and facility design at Colorado State University and consults with the livestock industry on facility design, livestock handling, and animal welfare. She has appeared on television shows such as 20/20, 48 Hours, CNN Larry King Live, PrimeTime Live, the Today Show, and many shows in other countries. She has been featured in People Magazine, the New York Times, Forbes, U.S. News and World Report, Time Magazine, the New York Times book review, and Discover magazine. In 2010, Time Magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people. She has also authored over 400 articles in both scientific journals and livestock periodicals on animal handling, welfare, and facility design. She is the author of Thinking in Pictures, Livestock Handling and Transport, Genetics and the Behavior of Domestic Animals, and Humane Livestock Handling. Her books Animals in Translation and Animals Make Us Human were both on the New York Times best seller list.

Host: Indre Viskontas According to the USDA, Americans produce and consume more beef, veal, and chicken than any other nation in the world. As a result, the status of animal welfare in the meat production industry should be of some concern to all Americans, regardless of dietary habits. One of the world's leading experts in livestock handling practices is Dr. Temple Grandin, professor of animal science at Colorado State University. In addition to gaining international recognition for her research on animal behavior and designs of feed yards and slaughterhouses, Dr. Grandin is also arguably the most famous high-functioning autistic adult. Her story has inspired countless individuals and families who have been touched by autism spectrum disorders, as well as other conditions that cause sensory hypersensitivity. In 2010, Clare Danes won both Emmy and Golden Globe awards for her portrayal of Temple in the critically-acclaimed HBO biopic Temple Grandin. This week on Point of Inquiry, we talk to Grandin about science, animal behavior, autism, ethics, and much more. Temple Grandin teaches courses on livestock behavior and facility design at Colorado State University and consults with the livestock industry on facility design, livestock handling, and animal welfare. She has appeared on television shows such as 20/20, 48 Hours, CNN Larry King Live, PrimeTime Live, the Today Show, and many shows in other countries. She has been featured in People Magazine, the New York Times, Forbes, U.S. News and World Report, Time Magazine, the New York Times book review, and Discover magazine. In 2010, Time Magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people. She has also authored over 400 articles in both scientific journals and livestock periodicals on animal handling, welfare, and facility design. She is the author of Thinking in Pictures, Livestock Handling and Transport, Genetics and the Behavior of Domestic Animals, and Humane Livestock Handling. Her books Animals in Translation and Animals Make Us Human were both on the New York Times best seller list.

Aired 01/03/10 TEMPLE GRANDIN, who believes her autism allowed her to see the world more as an animal might, and led her to design enormous improvements in how we treat livestock. Her latest book is ANIMALS MAKE US HUMAN. TEMPLE GRANDIN, Ph.D., now a designer of livestock handling facilities and a Professor of Animal Science at Colorado State University, Dr. Grandin didn't speak until she was three and a half years old. Labeled "autistic," her parents were told she should be institutionalized. Roughly 50% of the beef that shows up on your plate came through improvements that she has made to the process of livestock management. Grandin has become a prominent author, speaker and advocate on the issues of Autism and Asperger's Syndrome because she has made a career of overcoming obstacles that have been placed in her path. She tells her story in the book EMERGENCE: LABELED AUTISTIC, and is also the author of ANIMALS IN TRANSLATION, THINKING IN PICTURES AND OTHER REPORTS FROM MY LIFE WITH AUTISM, THE WAY I SEE IT, and her latest, ANIMALS MAKE US HUMAN. http://www.templegrandin.com/

Grandin offers remarkable insights into animal behavior from her unique position at the intersection of autism and science. In her new book, she aims to revolutionize our ideas about what animals want and need-on their terms, not ours.

   David Jerome introduces us to Roastbeef's Promise...former joke writer for Jay Leno..visits Iowa.    Then,  Stan Johnson  is the Prophecy Club guy...thinks there's oil under the Dead Sea...wants to go get it.  Comin' to town.     Bob Vander Plaats worries about Iowa Democrats plan to end federal deductibility.   Temple Grandin...an autistic animal behaviorist...says Animals Make Us Human