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In this episode, Casey and Ferdie explores how to teach relaxation as an essential skill for pet dogs to learn in the modern world. We discuss:Obedience vs relaxation trainingBody language that helps clients recognize a truly relaxed dog vs one who may appear calm and quiet but isn't relaxedPreparing and executing relaxation exercisesA comparison of different relaxation exercises"Relaxation Sandwiches" and the "Fulfillment Funnel"Casey Matthews (Lomonaco), KPA CTP, FDM, FFCP (Trainer) is a behavior consultant at Behavior Vets. Casey has spent over two decades helping dogs and their families live more joyfully together. Casey started her training career operating Rewarding Behaviors Dog Training in Binghamton, New York. She has also served as the Director of Behavior and Training Programs at two different animal shelters in upstate New York. In addition to training, Casey has contributed to numerous print and online publications about dog behavior and training as both an editor and an author, including Dogster, Dog Star Daily, Karen Pryor Clicker Training, The APDT Chronicle of the Dog, and The Huffington Post. Casey is a former Board member for the Association of Professional Dog Trainers and has presented at numerous workshops and shelters throughout the country. In her spare time, Casey enjoys knitting, playing video games, cooking, watching sports, or snuggling and playing games with her Senior Chow mix, Austin.Learn more about Casey here.Links:Stressed Out to Chilled Out - Canine Relaxation (self-paced course)Really Real Relaxation Protocol by Suzanne ClothierDr. Karen Overall Protocol for RelaxationChill Out Fido by Nan ArthurFired Up, Frantic, and Freaked Out by Laura VanArendonk BaughRelaxation demo by Bobbie BhambreeContact Behavior Vets tweet us @BehaviorVets follow us on Facebook follow us on Instagram Online courses Webinars and seminars Email Ferdie at ferdie@behaviorvets.com

The choices we make regarding our reactive, sensitive and aggressive dogs is an important conversation to have. It is paramount that safety be a significant factor. This is especially true when we are considering whether to trial with our dog or not. We delve into this important topic in this podcast episode. If your dog is struggling with behavioral issues, please seek out professional, reputable help. This professional should be experienced in working with behavioral cases. Ideally, this professional will come and meet with you for an in-person initial consultation, to get a full grasp of what is going on. Afterwards, they may provide virtual follow-up sessions.  Here are some resources to find reputable professionals with behavioral expertise: Certification Council of Professional Dog Trainers (CPDT) International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants (IAABC) Other professional dog trainer directories: Karen Pryor Academy CATCH Dog Trainers Academy The Association of Professional Dog Trainers  Other resources: AggressiveDog.com Behavior Vets Grisha Stewart - BAT Training Conference Unleashed - Leslie McDevitt (Control Unleashed) and other speakers Relationship Centered Training Skills for Reactive Dogs with Suzanne Clothier Emma Parsons - Click to Calm and Teaching the Reactive Dog Class Fired Up, Frantic and Freaked Out by Laura VanArendonk Baugh Virtual Trialing Options: Cyber Scent Work NACSW Skills Challenge Fenzi Team Nosework ----more---- TRANSCRIPT Read the full transcript here. Scent Work University is an online dog training platform focused on all things Scent Work. Our online courses, seminars, webinars and eBooks are not only for those who are interested in competition, but also for those dog owners who are simply looking for something fun and engaging to do with their dogs. Check out Scent Work University today! Interested in other dog sports, helping a new dog or puppy learn the ropes to be more successful at home and when out and about? Check out Pet Dog U, where we offer online dog training courses, webinars, mini-webinars, seminars as well as a regularly updated blog and podcast for all of your dog training needs! #allaboutscentworkpodcast #competinginscentwork #competinginnosework #reactivedogs #sensitivedogs #aggressivedogs #learningaboutscentwork #learningaboutnosework #scentwork #nosework #scentworkpodcast #noseworkpodcast #scentworktraining #noseworktraining #onlinescentwork #onlinenosework #virtualscentwork #virtualnosework #scentworku #scentworkuniversity

Bent is track 7 on Where Quality is Job 1 (Recess Records) and track 27 on Where Quantity is Job #1 compilation (G7 Welcoming Committee Records).  Bent was written and performed by Sudden Impact and was originally released on the Freaked Out (1984) demo and No Rest From the Wicked (1986 LP).  Meandering Episode Intro: 00:00-18:00 Sudden Impact and Toronto Hardcore Intro: 18:20-49:55 Mitch Garvin interview: 50:30-1:35:10 More Greg and Steve: 1:35:10-END Tomorrow is Too Late Toronto 1980's Hardcore compilation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52zc7IHX45w Listen to No Rest From the Wicked: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1LCrV45tNo&t=798s Tomorrow is Too Late episode of Kreative Kontrol: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/ep-511-live-talk-about-tomorrow-is-too-late-toronto/id652522142?i=1000459280439 Tomorrow is Too Late Turned out a Punk episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWn_lsrA2EA UXB Press: https://uxbpress.bigcartel.com/

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Do strange and spooky things happen while hunting?  In this Halloween special episode of the Ducks Unlimited podcast, hosts Chris Jennings and Dr. Mike Brasher are joined by Kyle Philson and Cam Hale from the Expanded Perspectives Podcast. This episode explores a few spooky hunting destinations, bizarre stories and some of the folklore associated with them. The hosts talk about these locations, share their reactions, and Dr. Mike takes on the role of debunking and searching for facts. Get ready to have some fun and be spooked by stories of ghosts, ghouls, and more!Make sure you also check out the Expanded Perspectives podcast here… www.expandedperspectives.comwww.ducks.org/TheDUPodcast

The first Revolver World Championships at the spectacular Cameo range in Grand Junction, CO, is in the books, and Michael says it was Big Fun! There were also some important lessons learned. MichaelBane.TV - On the Radio episode # 190. Scroll down for reference links on topics discussed in this episode. Disclaimer: The statements and opinions expressed here are our own and may not represent those of the companies we represent or any entities affiliated to it. Host: Michael Bane Producer: Flying Dragon Ltd. More information and reference links: Cameo Shooting and Education Complex ICORE Ruger Super GP-100 Competition Revolver D&L Sports D&L Sports Crane Stop for S&W Revolvers “Chicago Armed Robbers on an Extraordinary Rampage: ‘Everyone is so Freaked Out!'”/Rick Moran. PJ MEDIA The Music of The North The Music of Paper Planes

I love a good string of lessons learned. Given the popularity of my post detailing the 9 Things I Wish Someone Told Me Sooner on Instagram, I thought I'd expand upon a few of them (and add one more!). It's been a wild and wonderful 19+ years in this space, and while I wouldn't change a thing, knowing some of this earlier on would certainly have saved me some late-night anxiety runs to the ice cream section of the grocery store! While I'll always support late-night ice cream runs, my hope is that this list will help you make them from a calm, happy space!MENTIONED RESOURCESCreating Captivating Audiobooks workshop with Drew LinsalataCarly Watters' Instagram post about author visibility challengesThe Book Writers Collective (monthly membership)Holy Sh*t…I'm Having Twins! The Definitive Guide to Remaining Calm When You're Twice as Freaked Out (still my top-selling book, even after 19 years!)Podcast Episode 9: What Makes a Book a Bestseller?WAYS WE CAN WORK TOGETHER ON YOUR BOOKBOOK EDITINGFor all the details on my book editing services, click here WRITE THE DAMN BOOK ALREADYA program for writing powerful, thought-provoking nonfiction or memoir so you can grow your business or simply share your story.This is for you if you:✍️ Want to write powerful nonfiction or memoir (and avoid common, unnecessary mistakes along the way) ✍️ Crave support, knowledgeable guidance, and compassionate ass-kicking when you begin feeling unsure of what you're doing, why you started, or whether it's going to be worth it (hint: it absolutely will)✍️ Group coaching/masterminding with Elizabeth every other week to help you navigate roadblocks so you can get to the finish line of writing a book you're immensely proud to release into the world Learn more >>  PUBLISH A PROFITABLE BOOKA complete step-by-step program to help you publish a book that's indistinguishable in quality from a New York Times bestseller.This is for you if you:

Kelly Rowland is a four-time Grammy Award–winning singer, songwriter, actress, and executive producer with over 40 million records sold. She's known worldwide as a founding member of Destiny's Child, one of the bestselling female groups of all time. Kelly is also the coauthor of Whoa, Baby!: A Guide for New Moms Who Feel Overwhelmed and Freaked Out (and Wonder What the #*$& Just Happened). She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two children. Please visit kellyrowland.com.Jessica MCKay is an educator living in Los Angeles with her husband and three children. While juggling work, family, and self, Jessica has always saved time to read. As an English teacher, she shares her passion for literature with her students. As a mother, she shares her love of books with her children. And now, as an author, she is sharing her first book with the world.Purchase Always With You, Always With Me here.Connect with Charnaie online in the following places:Blog: http://hereweeread.comPersonal Website: charnaiegordon.comPodcast Email Address: hereweereadpodcast@gmail.comFind Charnaie on the following social media platforms under the username @hereweeread: Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest.Feel free to share this podcast on your social media platforms to help spread the word to others. Thanks for listening!

What's up JT, good to chat again. When you aren't podcasting or consulting, what are you reading or listening to these days?Yeah I've been BUSY. Bobiverse books, of course but also lots of Mario with my kids – haha, my downtime totally spent on guilty pleasures.Haha yeah you had a head start on Bobiverse but I overlapped you… that's probably going to change soon for me… I don't think I've announced this on the cast yet but my wife and I are on baby watch, first born arriving at any second now which s why we need to record a few episodes hahaI've actually been getting back into podcasts lately. Maybe I'll plug a few of my favorites ahead of our next episodes. I've really been digging Making Sense of Martech lately. Juan Mendoza is the guy behind the podcast, he's a friend of the show and he's been doubling down on it, pumping out weekly episodes. If you want to go deep on some technical topics, in episode 37 he had the CEO of Hightouch Data on and he debates the merits of reverse ETL and they really unpack CDPs. Check it out.In the non marketing podcast world I've been taking a dive into the world of AI. No, not fluffy my top 10 ChatGPT prompts and buy my course type of content, way darker shit, like will marketing be replaced by AI in 10 or 20 years… sooner? My buddy Alex recommended The Ezra Klein Show. The episode is titled Freaked Out? We Really Can Prepare for A.I. On the show he has Kelsey Piper, a senior writer at Vox. She basically spends her time writing and being ahead of the curve covering advanced A.I.In that episode she says something like: “The AI community believes that we are 5-10 years away from systems that can do any job you can do remotely. Anything you can do on your computer.”Recently Goldman Sachs released a report saying AI could replace the equivalent of 300 million jobs. A day later Elon Musk, Andrew Yang, Wozniak and several other tech leaders wrote an open letter urging a pause in AI development, citing profound risks. So I went down a rabbit hole and it really prompted the next 4 episodes How fast could AI change or replace marketing jobs? How marketers can stay informed and become AI fluent Navigating through AI in your marketing career Find the top AI marketing tools and filter out the noise So basically1. How soon and how significantly will this impact my job2. How do I keep up with changes?3. Is it possible to adapt? How can I future-proof myself?4. How can I start right freaking now?!?Today we're going to be starting with setting the scene and covering how fast shit is changing right now. Here are some of the topics for this first episode: AI isn't new, especially for enterprise companies with lots of dataBut unlocking some of the potential for startups is going to be huge Will all these advancements just make marketers better and more efficient?or will it actually push founders to go to market without a marketer Marketing will have massive changes because we primarily rely on the ability to understand and apply existing rules and processes What does ChatGPT have to say about all this? What if AI is one day actually able to replicate human creativity and emotional intelligence? We'll talk about potential mass unemployment but the more likelihood of new job opportunities How fast AI has disrupted other jobs already How AI might simply only ever replace the shitty parts of marketing Here's today's main takeaway: It's not like our jobs are gonna vanish overnight, but the shift is happening faster than many of us realize. AI's no longer just a loosely backed buzzword; it's doing things today that we used to think were impossible. So, as marketers, we've gotta take this tech seriously.Instead of asking if AI's gonna replace our roles in marketing, we should be talking about how quickly it could happen and what it'll look like if it does.A bunch of really smart marketers (and non marketers) out there are saying we need to hit the panic button. They're predicting that in just 5 to 10 years, we'll see a massive change affecting all sorts of remote jobs. Times are wild right now. So, fellow humans of martech, let's keep our eyes on the future and continuously evolve and adapt.JT I don't want this episode to be fear mongering… I'd actually love to chat with people that are way smarter than us about AI and get both sides of the coin,  those who believe AI could have a fundamental impact on marketing jobs and that AI is as important of a paradigm shift as the Internet was… people like Darmesh Shah, like Scott Brinker,  and those who believe it will never completely happen and are still on the AI-skeptic side of things like Rand Fishkin I think it's ok to be a bit uncertain or even afraid of what the future may hold with this new technology.As humans, we face an interesting dilemma -- we are capable of using and creating technology that don't fully comprehend ourselves. Our society is built on layers of abstractions -- you don't need to know how water purification or plumbing works to turn on your tap and get a glass o water.My deepest fear is not that we adopt and use these technologies -- it's that we do so without considering the cost.The only thing worse than being afraid is being unprepared.I think marketers can benefit immensely from a boom in AI tech -- that easily could extend to basically any other human discipline.Truth is that we have to deal with the facts on the ground.I think there are a lot of smart people to consider following to get different takes on the potential of impact. We'll load the show notes with links so you can check out our research.AI in marketing has been around for a whileWe're not just waking up to AI for the first time lol we've obviously talked a lot about it on the cast and have been playing with AI and automation tools for a while right?ChatGPT is my big one – Really love it as a prompting tool to help me round out topics; I've used it for a personal coding project and I'm pretty stoked with what it can produce.But even before GPT, as marketing automation admins, we've actually been playing with ML features… maybe not considered AI for everyone but things like: Send time optimization Automated lead scoring Sentiment analysis tools And some cooler shit like propensity models It's worth saying that many enterprise companies who have data scientists and a boat load of data are already doing amazing things with AI.I've seen this first hand during my time at WordPress.com. Millions of users, billions of data points. We had an incredibly smart data team that built a UI that allowed marketers to build models predicting the likelihood that a user would do X or Y. We even had uplift models that allowed us to only offer discounts to users who were most likely to churn without a discount, but not offer them to users who would convert anyway. Many enterprises are doing this but the prereq is a lot of data, and the engineers to build the models.Yeah I haven't had the pleasure of working for an enterprise with anywhere near the amount of data required for ML applications but there has been a change. Startups have a data team now even if there isn't a ton of data.But what about for startupsRight so imagine a world where startups could do the ML applications described at enterprise companies without data scientists and without a ton of data. Using existing models like GPT-4 and basically everything available online as a dataset. But also in combination with all your valuable company data and tools (more on composability later). Imagine a world where as a founder, a non-technical founder, with AI tools, you can: design a prototype of your app build a website with a few instructional words build your own web app, including your backend write up a customized GTM strategy suggest growth tactics and even write message frameworks to help you generate users  leverage data from systems built on massive datasets to build your own propensity models  implement growth experiments We're actually way closer to this future than you might think. And you'll be able to do this: without a big marketing team  or a fancy marketing agency  and without a big team with expensive data engineers and data scientists. To be honest with you, what you described is a bit of a dream -- not in the sense it's not possible -- I think that you can do this today with some elbow grease.I think the interesting component is what role will humans play in this process. Are we directors nudging AI with prompts or additional data inputs? Is there creativity for us in that process?Even if a startup is spinning up the machine using AI, at some point a subject matter expert needs to get involved? Or is the future basically input an idea, output a fully baked product?Today, absolutely, in a few years probably… but in 5-10 years… maybe a lot less elbow grease than we're comfortable with? Will all these advancements just make marketers better and more efficient, or will it actually push founders to go to market without a marketerThis is the big point of contention: Will all these advancements just make marketers better and more efficient, or will it actually push founders to go to market without a marketer… The AI skeptics and downplayers are just focusing on the negative details. You've probably seen a lot of GPT downplayers who critique the current AI. Wow it plagiarized Bob Dylan when I asked it to write like Bob Dylan Wow it got this date wrong Wow it got this citation wrong We get it, it's not perfect, especially when you use it as a search engine or a fact checker. We can't forget that it's a text generator and a reasoning engine. It's not AGI yet. But it's already dramatically improved. In just a few months. Imagine in a few years or half a decade.What's your take JT? In our no-code tool episode, you argued that it helped remove the dependency on subject matter experts… Do you think AI tools have the same potential?AI tools come preloaded with more instantly referenceable information than we could imagine. I saw a post on Reddit last year where a programmer taught ChatGPT an alternative syntax to HTML called HBML, using braces instead of tags.First, ChatGPT picked up on the language insanely quick and was soon producing code independently. This is wild – it speaks to the vast intelligence literally at our fingertips.Yes, AI tools have, I think, virtually unlimited potential. I don't even think you have to remove the dependency on the subject matter expert to realize this potential – these tools can speed up experts to superhuman levels. How close are we to AGI?I'm obviously not pretending to be an expert here. I'm what you would call an enthusiast… Artificial general intelligence (AGI), aka strong AI or full AI, basically being able to understand or learn any intellectual task that human beings can.Open AI's whole mission is based on the premise that AGI will benefit all of humanity. It will “elevate humanity by increasing abundance, turbocharging the global economy, and aiding in the discovery of new scientific knowledge that changes the limits of possibility.”When will models achieve AGI is the big question. Experts don't all align here. Some think we're still super far off and doubt we'll ever get there, but others don't.I don't think this is some far off future. An analysis by Cornell University concluded that GPT-4 could reasonably be viewed as an early (yet still incomplete) version of an artificial general intelligence (AGI) system.The advancements from GPT3.5 to 4 in just a few months are pretty mind blowing. You've probably seen one of these exam results charts, and while human exams aren't ideal benchmarks for LLMs, it's worth noting that GPT-3.5 went from 10th percentile on the Bar exam to the 90th percentile after GPT-4 and from 40th to 88th on the LSATs.Source: https://cdn.openai.com/papers/gpt-4.pdf What are the implications for marketing?Yeah this is pretty wild speed of innovation… we know this tech curve is exponential as well… I want us to center this on marketing though. You said you've gone deep into this rabbit whole lately, what are tech experts saying about the effects of AI on marketing? Just a few years ago many believed that blue collar jobs would be replaced by robots way before white collar jobs, let alone programmers… but GPT has changed many people's minds right?Andrew Yang believes that tech, finance, and marketing are likely to experience a swift implementation of AI-driven automation due to their strong focus on efficiency. On the other hand, sectors such as healthcare and education, which are heavily regulated, are expected to adopt this technology at a much slower pace. So it might not go down exactly the same across all industries of marketers.  B2C might have to adapt faster because they have more users and data.  Healttech has so many privacy issues with HIPAA and PII… the speed of adoption here is likely to be way slower… I'm seeing this first hand right now haha. Known for his bangers on Twitter, Dare Obasanjo, lead PM at FB Metaverse said that AI is likely to cause significant changes in white-collar employment because  Many of these jobs rely on knowledge rather than intelligence.  The examples he uses are HR, law, marketing, and software development because they don't necessarily require individuals to engage in original thinking for the majority of their work.  Instead, they primarily rely on the ability to understand and apply existing rules and processes. I agree. In many cases, you could argue that having an AI perform the task is far superior than a human. Just think of someone in customer support using online chat today. What if you could train your AI in your product, give it every doc ever written, and set it loose? How do you compete with its ability to handle 100 chats at once? There is an elephant in the room around the ethics of using AI – but there's also an uncertainty as to how this might actually play out. The global economy depends on the Ford model of the worker being able to purchase the goods they manufacture or create – unless we're heading to a Star Trek like utopia, I think the rate of change will be limited by the economic implications.Additional thoughts: I agree with his take as well, most marketers are crappy and just remix other people's stuff… but the marketers who work on strategy and elements that do require intelligence aren't part of this description While creative and sound thinking is still necessary for about 20% of the work, the introduction of AI is more likely to augment and enhance these jobs rather than replace them entirely. In other words, AI is expected to act as a force multiplier, rather than rendering these jobs redundant. In these domains, the main challenge for AI will be the prompt engineer's skill in creating a suitable prompt that yields the intended output. This task will require some level of domain knowledge to execute effectively. As the saying goes, "garbage in, garbage out." I'm sure you've been asking GPT what its opinion is on all this right?What does CGPT have to say about itI've actually had many conversations with CGPT about this haha.I think inherently it's biased to not scare off users so it's overly positive in its assessment.The consensus from CGPT is that it is unlikely that AI will replace human creativity and strategic thinking in marketing. Citing specifically emotional intelligence that AI cannot replicate.Instead, AI will likely be used as a tool to augment and enhance human marketing efforts.So keywords here were human creativity, strategic thinking and emotional intelligence.So the next question then is

Today we are joined by New York Magazine's Shawn McCreesh. We talk to Shawn about the art of a good profile, his days at New York Times, and his connection to previous ISW interviewees.  If you have a story you want us to talk about, e-mail us at wretches@nebulouspodcasts.com. Sign up to our newsletter to receive show notes directly in your inbox Show Notes New York Magazine: Axel Springer CEO Mathias Döpfner's Politico Ambitions  New York Magazine: How SBF Sweet-Talked the Media  NYTimes: Opinion | In My Hometown, Opioids Are Still Stealing Lives  New York Magazine: Get Me Risa Heller!  Mediate: ‘I Was So F*cking Freaked Out': Ex-NYT Staffer Describes ‘Crying' and ‘Bloodthirsty' Colleagues Seeking Vengeance for Cotton Op-Ed  Guest Recommendations:  New York Magazine: Pete Hamill on the Revolt of the White Lower Middle Class  NY Times: Jamie Tarses' Fall, as Scheduled GQ: Ted Kennedy on the Rocks | GQ  The New Yorker: Ted Turner, the Lost Tycoon  Vanity Fair: OVITZ AGONISTES  NY Times: Woman of Mass Destruction  New York Magazine: The Death of (the Idea of) the Upper East Side

Ozzy Osbourne met Whitney Houston once and he was FREAKED OUT! Actually, the best part of the story is hearing Rob's "Ozzy" impersonation! Also, Rob covers AMAZING snack and not-so-amazing snacks on Japan Airlines. AND there's a super inspiring story about a cheerleader who performed alone at a competition and won big! It's all in "Trending on the 10's" with Rob and Joss on KyXy 96.5!

Cable news currently has its hands full with Tucker Carlson and Don Lemon. Tune in to get the latest on the New York Times outrage, Ron Desantis and this week's George Santos.   If you have a story you want us to talk about, e-mail us at wretches@nebulouspodcasts.com. Receive show notes directly in your inbox, subscribe to the newsletter here. Watch this episode on YouTube Time Stamps:  2:42 Front Page 47:27 Obsessions 55:18 Reader Mail  57:36 Favorite Items Show Notes:  NYT: Uproar Hits CNN as Don Lemon Is Rebuked for Comments About Women  Daily Mail: EXCLUSIVE: 'If Don doesn't go, we will!': Angry female staffers at CNN issue ultimatum over Lemon's sexist Nikki Haley comments and threaten to quit if he stays on-air WaPo: Opinion | Does Don Lemon's punishment at CNN fit the crime? Axios: Exclusive: Kevin McCarthy gives Tucker Carlson access to massive trove of Jan. 6 riot tape  News Channel 5: Businessman, economist, cop, international sex crimes expert? The stories of Congressman Andy Ogles Vanity Fair: Ron DeSantis Shouldn't Be Covered Like Just Another Republican The Dispatch: DeSantis Is (Almost) Right About Libel Law WaPo: Republicans use ‘wokeism' to attack left — but struggle to define it NewsMax: Sen. Tuberville: Newsmax Targeted to Silence Conservatives  NYT: ‘Chernobyl 2.0'? Ohio Train Derailment Spurs Wild Speculation. NBC News: Supreme Court rejects Ohio man's bid to sue police over arrest for Facebook parody NYT: James O'Keefe Leaves His Post as the Leader of Project Veritas Mediaite: Upcoming Oscars Ceremony Will Be Equipped With 'Crisis Team' in the Event of Another Will Smith-Style Stunt Obsessions:  Mediaite: ‘I Was So F*cking Freaked Out': Ex-NYT Staffer Describes ‘Crying' and ‘Bloodthirsty' Colleagues Seeking Vengeance for Cotton Op-Ed  NYPost: Censorship of Roald Dahl is more akin to China's cultural revolution than supposed democracies  Favorite Items of the Week:  The Athletic: Rosenthal: Remembering Tim McCarver, the ideal teammate in broadcasting and baseball  NYT: In a First, a Woman Issues a Thunderstorm Watch, Officials Say 

Church of Englands revs Tom Pelham and Jamie Franklin sit down to cover this week's biggest talking point. In Fatigued, Amused, Freaked Out: bizarre and hilarious comms at Canterbury Cathedral, Bridgen sues Hancock as major trash-talk is exchanged and paraphilia bingo in Sam Smith's perverse new music video. The Pelham Report takes in the latest on the Ukraine-Russian war, transgender update as "female" rapist is destined for women's prison, peace talks between Harry and Charles brokered by the Archbishop of Canterbury, and everyone - including teachers, nurses and the Bakerloo Line - is in on strike.The CofE gay marriage saga continues as important theologian Sandi Toksvig throws her hat in the ring and promises to get together with her "allies" to "see what can be done" about the situation. Some bishops make a slightly more orthodox statement on the palaver but is it enough? And major churches such as St Helen's Bishopsgate begin to pause their financial contributions to dioceses. Is this the beginning of the financial collapse of the Church of England?All that and much much more in this week's episode Irreverend: Faith and Current Affairs!For your merchandise needs: https://irreverendmerch.bss.designSupport us on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/irreverend) or Buy Me a Coffee (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/irreverend)Links: Extraordinary communication from Canterbury CathedralBridgen sues HancockSam Smith paraphilia bingoToksvig the TheologianStatement on marriage from more orthodox bishops St Helen's Bishopsgate pauses contribution to the common fund Notices:Find links to our episodes, social media accounts and ways to support us at https://www.irreverendpod.com!Thursday Circles: http://thursdaycircle.comJamie's Good Things Substack: https://jamiefranklin.substack.comIrreverend Sermon Audio: https://irreverendsermonaudio.buzzsprout.comSupport the show

Hey friend!On today's episode we're talking about something that I feel is one of the most personal topics I've covered: my weight.Last week I went to the doctor, stepped on the scale & FREAKED OUT over what I saw.Today I went to the chiropractor & was telling her about how frustrated I am with my body & she said, "you have to heal your body before your body can lose the weight," & that just hit me right in the heart. I realized, I'm probably NOT alone in how I feel about the scale & how I NEEDED to hear these words about healing my body first, & so, here we are.I'd love to know what you think about this episode & if this hit home at all.Let's focus on healing & celebrating our bodies. 

Are you one to freak out and over think things when you receive something that you didn't plan for? I'm here to teach you how you can stay calm, get back up and actually create MORE with curiosity!Many of us in this reality choose to “freak out” when we get ‘bad news' or something blindly hits us that was not in our plan. It's totally “normal” to freak out. It's normal to over react. What if we chose a different reality? YOUR REALITY. I've been using these tools I share with you in this podcast and they have been changing my world!! OMG! So much has shifted and opened up. And I wanted to share them with you so that you can create more ease and joy in your life! In this podcast I share with you 3 questions that I used 3 weeks ago (and all the time) when I got a NOT so fun text at 6am from one of my vendors who I've worked with for over 15 years. Are you willing to choose something different? DM me on Instagram with a “

HEY WEIRDOS! The Little Sleep Ladies are having ANOTHER Morbid Podcast themed episode. When we heard Alaina's book was finally being published we FREAKED OUT!! How exciting is it to read the words of someone you admire so much? (And how exciting when those words turn out to be so amazing?) We proudly read and discuss The Butcher And The Wren by Alaina Urquhart.

Italy's new Prime Minister DESTROYS the WOKE in EPIC speech and the LEFT is FREAKED OUT! Make Sure You Subscribe on Podcast & YouTube! Make Sure You Subscribe on Podcast! Available on Google Podcast, Spotify, Castbox, Apple Podcasts (ITunes): https://anchor.fm/blackandwhitesports Become a Paid Subscriber: https://anchor.fm/blackandwhitesports/subscribe The podcast is all about the world of sports news, sports reactions, and the games. Website: www.blackandwhitenetwork.com Get your MERCH here: https://teespring.com/stores/blackandwhitesports Use Promo Code "USAFIRST" for 25% off any of the merch! After Pay Now Available! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/blackandwhitenetwork/support

A NUCLEAR plan recently made a little OOOPSIE by publicly airing  a test warning telling people to evacuate a beach due to a nuclear meltdown. This was only a test, but still, people were FREAKED OUT! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

If you ever met your favorite actors, how would you react? Would you play it cool or flip out? In our intern Meredith's case she FREAKED OUT! She tried to keep her cool, but it was a struggle. Who did she met? She tells us!  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/the-bert-show.

Once upon a time, people FREAKED OUT if you had a bilingual brand or hinted at your ancestral roots. Things have changed (for the better) and in this episode I'll share my journey of creating a culturally centered brand back in the day, with advice and lessons learned so it's an easy and meaningful choice for you. Be your ancestors' wildest dream and put your stories, symbols, wisdom, and language front and center. ==================== Find out about the next session of my coaching circle, Personal Brand: reINVENTED on THIS PAGE

Mary Lynn Rajskub and Arden's bro Alarik join Arden and Dr. Banana for a very AUDIO CHALLENGED breakdown of a two hour audition to play the Bachelor! Boners that weren't! Frosted tips! Bathing suits in bedside tables! - Arden did NOT BUY ONE TEAR FROM CLAYTON!!!! - Mary Lynn was FREAKED OUT by those kids being on the Bachelor! - Alarik knows FOR SURE no 4th Grader could ever write a letter like the one that Clayton received from those kids! WANT MORE EPISODES??? Become a Patreon Member!! www.patreon.com/wyatr YOU GUYS! We are doing a live show / live stream for Arden's BIRTHDAY! IS SHE THE BACHELORETTE OF OUR HEARTS?? OF COURSE! The show is Thursday, December 9th at 7pm pst / 10pm est at Dynasty Typewriter! Arden Myrin is joined by Erin Foley, Rob Benedict, Paget Brewster, Bryan Safi, Carl Tart, Miles Gray, Gareth Reynolds, Wells Adams, plus Katie Levine and Anna Hossnieh!! We have limited tickets available for in person viewing (MUST BE VACCINATED TO COME!) and you can find those tickets here for $20. And then you can find the digital experience tickets here for $10 in advance (ticket price goes up day of show). We also have a special edition "Bachlorette facts" shirt you can buy with your ticket on the moment house ticket link! It's cheaper if you buy with your live stream ticket. Also if you just want to purchase just the shirt you can find it here on Tee Public. We can't wait for you to experience this wild ride of a show we have planned for you!! All that plus........TWEET OF THE WEEK! Like us on Facebook follow us on iTunes! EMAIL US!!! Rosepodcast@gmail.com Follow us on: Twitter/ instagram #WYATR @ardenmyrin Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Join us on a spooky haunted tour of the Edinburgh Vaults, as Lucy FREAKS Karen out (and herself in the process actually!) recounting tales of murder, witchcraft, fires (Yes sorry Karen, there was a great fire in Edinburgh!) and more importantly a hell of a lot of ghostly activity! Karen is promising that next week will be all rainbows, unicorns and fairies again because we are FREAKED OUT!! But seeing as this is spooky season we had to do our bit in scaring you a little - did we say we were FREAKED OUT?!!!! To see unedited versions of our podcast you can find us on YouTube at 1 scot 1 notYou can also find out more about us on our website: 1scot1not.com

On today's "We've Forgotten How to Human": Did you see the airline passenger who FREAKED OUT on the plane and what they did to restrain him?

Our listener was talking to her older sister about how much fun it would be if they were both pregnant at the same time. Their younger sister overheard the conversation and FREAKED OUT!She's getting married next year and doesn't want any pregnant women in her bridal party. She's worried that it will take the spotlight off of her.Is this an outrageous request? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ducko was asked give a poo transplant & Jess is FREAKED OUT!  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

One of the most common symptoms of menopause is memory loss. We can't find our keys, remember what we were just going to say, forget the word to describe that thingamajiggy we need. It starts off slowly but as we start to lose our nouns, we start to really worry that we might be headed for disaster. Recently in the news we'd read that there has been talk about a connection between menopause and Alzheimer's Disease. Naturally we FREAKED OUT! We thought this was a phase, not a predictor for a pretty scary future. So we did what anyone would, we sought out Dr. Gillian Einstein, faculty member in the Department of Psychology and the Founder of the Collaborative Specialization in Women's Health at the University of Toronto. Dr. Einstein studies women's brain health and aging. So while the media has been a little fear-mongering on this topic, it's not to be entirely dismissed. However, after listening to this podcast, you'll probably sleep better.    

A 53-year-old woman in Florida is facing charges after she FREAKED OUT and shoved her roommate through a tiki bar . . . because they wouldn't stop playing Chic's 1978 disco hit "Le Freak" over and over on a loop.

If your kid came home with a black eye, what would you do? Would you call the school and report the fight to the school's principal?In this case, Bert's friend's son got into a fight and didn't report it to the teachers. When he came home with a black eye, the mom FREAKED OUT!She thinks the school administration should get involved. But the dad thinks otherwise.Here's the latest update. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

If your kid came home with a black eye, what would you do? Would you call the school and report the fight to the school's principal? In this case, Bert's friend's son got into a fight and didn't report it to the teachers. When he came home with a black eye, the mom FREAKED OUT! She thinks the school administration should get involved. But the dad thinks otherwise. Who's right? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Join Joe as he and guest, Joshua Boswell shares the “3 New Persuasion Rules for Higher Conversions in a Jaded, Stressed, Freaked-Out and Fear-Filled Society.” Joshua is a master marketer who has helped hundreds of new copywriters find and land their first clients. The principle owner of Copywriter Marketer, he's spent over 10 years fine-tuning a proven system for landing great clients.

   I can never seem to make people understand that keeping busy is the way I rest. People see me staying busy and because they, themselves, are happy to spend time in front of Netflix, they think that’s the way everybody out to chill. “You need to take time to rest, Michael.” You’re going to kill yourself working so hard. You don’t always have to be doing something.”    And that’s where they err. I DO always have to be doing something because if I’m not, chances are my heart rate is up, I’m filled with anxiety, and I’m about to explode. My blood sugar raises to DEFCON 80 if I spend too much time idly watching TV that’s not something that teaches me “How-To” do a thing. My blood sugar goes up because I’m an emotional eater. And also, I have the palette of a four-year-old, so I go looking for Oreos or anything with milk chocolate in it. My hands HAVE to be doing something, so if I’m lying in the bed watching The Mentalist, I’ll unconsciously occupy them by frequently dipping my fingers in a jar filled from one of the four million bags of Cadbury Mini Eggs I bought for .89 cents at the local bin store. It’s just one of the aspects of being a Type A personality and I’m the poster boy. I’m Michael Blackston and this is a rather tedious look into my Funny, Messy, Life.   ________________________      I think it’s pretty important that people understand that there are different personality types and what’s good for the goose is not always good for the gander.    My wife needs to rest in the middle of the day. For the longest time, I considered her a little lazy because she’s always wanted to take a nap. It was well into our marriage before I realized that it wasn’t that she was lazy. Studies show that women require more down time, but being an introvert, her body also requires mental recharge time in order to function. Have you ever seen a person melt into unrecognizable goo after about 20 minutes in a crowd? Introverts do that. Kayla has friends who are also introverts that she can relate to. They make sure the other one is going to be at the same parties so they can huddle in a corner and not talk to anyone but each other. I figure the conversation probably goes something like:    “Hey. Glad you’re here so I don’t have to talk to anybody else.”    “Yeah, me too. But I still don’t want to be here, even though we’re friends. I love you and all, but ... you know ... there are people here. I want to be alone in the dark with my cats.”    “I agree. I think I’m gonna go.”    I understand that about her now, so when she’s taking a mid-day nap, it’s okay. I can go right on teaching myself to paint with watercolors and simultaneously learn the basics of arranging orchestral music for the hurdy-gurdy and the didgeridoo, and everybody’s happy.    Take this episode of the podcast for example.    When I left work to go to lunch, the folks in the office told me to take a load off for a while and not think about anything. I’d been tediously etching a triple portrait using a photo reference that was about as clear as that video of Big Foot walking through the woods.    When I said I’d be writing a blog post for a podcast episode, the lady behind the desk said, “Heavens no! You sit back and let your hands rest.” I was patient with her. I don’t visit that company very often and they don’t quite know my quirks yet, so I told her that writing was the way I relax and that I was looking forward to it. She didn’t believe me.    “You work too hard. You’re going to kill yourself.”    It’s constant because people who have a personality different from mine can’t get their heads around it, especially those who know what I do for a living and don’t understand how I can use my hands nonstop all day and rest by typing or playing my piano in my down time. It’s because I’m used to it and I don’t like down time. The last down time - I’ll call it an incident - that I tried to take, I ended up flying off the handle and going outside to completely rearrange the back yard, including the trees.    You might ask, What about vacations?    Well, I love a good vacation. Who doesn’t? But don’t expect me to sit around a pool all day or lay out on the beach. First, I’ll be the guy wearing a full body radiation suit because my skin bursts into flames when it comes into direct contact with the sun. Second, if I am at the beach, I’m probably body surfing or taking my daughter out in the waves or fighting off people who think I’m some kind of alien in my radiation suit. And you can ask my wife if you don’t believe me when I tell you that I will also have a pen or pencil and a notebook or sketch pad with me and I will bury myself in some sort of artistic endeavor.    We love us some Disney World, but if you’ve been there, you know it’s anything but relaxing. I may not be creating anything at the moment, but I promise I’m doing something constructive. I’m taking in the experience and trying to figure out ways to implement what I see around me into my daily life.    But you have to stand in lines forever. There’s not much you can create in the line for Pooh’s Happy Grand Adventure Time Experience Land.    I beg to differ the heck out of that, my friend.    I’m not looking at my phone like every other schmuck in line who’s trying to pass the time. I always bring a mechanical pencil and a pocket sized sketchbook. I sketch the scene around me. I’ve been known to draw architecture, characters, the people in line ahead of me, and once I drew a dude’s feet because he was wearing sandals and he had funky feet. It really should have been against the law for him to be wearing sandals. I also think I once rendered some big dude’s plumber’s crack in graphite.    But I still get grief from the people who have known me forever and should be aware that nothing they say is ever going to stop me from keeping busy.    When I direct a theatre show, I have my hands in almost every aspect of it.    My last show was Nunsense, I co-directed it, built the set, painted the set, planned the lighting scheme, built some of the props, cleaned parts of the theatre ... all because I wanted to and would’ve FREAKED OUT if I hadn’t.    My cast, entirely made up of ladies, told me I did too much and was going to give myself a heart attack, then they all laid down and took a nap.     They may have been right, though. Scientists have found that Type A’s are the greatest risk for heart disease.    But I’ll tell you this - try and stop me from constantly being on the go and I WILL DEFINITELY have a heart attack.    This isn’t a choice I’m making - it’s how I’m wired. I have to create, I’ve got to achieve. I MUST be productive. I don’t believe in the phrase, “I can’t” and I refuse to do “good enough.”    I have to try and master everything I put my mind to and if I fail, that’s okay because I gave it my best effort. I’ll also try, try, try, try, try, try again.    It can get annoying. My wife tells me to just sit down for a minute and for the love of all that’s pure and holy because I’m driving her crazy and she can’t sleep with all that moving around the house as I scrub the floor boards with a magic eraser. And sometimes I’ll give it a shot, but it usually ends up with me darting forth like a person who darts forth, yelling, “DO ALL THE THINGS!”    I guess you’d call it a blessing and a curse, but it’s one I have learned to cope with. And I’m thankful for it, too. It’s because I have a Type A personality that I’ve been able to write the Great American Novel ... two of them so far, actually, although I can’t be the one to call them great. That’ll be up to my readers, but at least I finished them, by thunder! I’ve written two stage plays and a musical, too, thanks to being a guy that never stops. So I won’t apologize.     Type A’s are go-getters. We get things done. We may have ulcers, but we get things done. Yay for Type A! And now the thing I need to go get done is to wake up my wife. She needed a nap.

An Album a Day is my exploration into the Korean music scene. This podcast will cover mainstream, indie and some underground artists within the scene and provide both factual and opinionated commentary. The biggest benefit to sharing my thoughts this way is that it will hopefully expose you to more great music and exploration of your own.Happy new year, listeners! 2021 is here and if youre on the shows newsletter email list, then you know I was so over 2020 that I mistakenly put 2019 as the Rookie Roundup year. Whew boy, Im glad its over and strongly encourage you to continue wearing a mask, keeping your body and surroundings as clean as possible, and respecting the boundaries that others have while we move into more months in the pandemic. Its not over, listeners be safe. Today not only marks the start of Season 5, but the first overview of 2020 rookie groups. These are not deep discography dives, but a sampling of what I experienced and potentially something might spark your interest. Aespa, B.O.Y. [B-Of-You], BAE173, Blackswan, and Botopass, right after the drop.Youre tuned into An Album a Day. Show start.Hey yall, if you still have not heard the final two episodes from Season 4, please continue to keep an eye out for when they publicly post. As previously mentioned, some podcasts experienced delays in publishing and distribution on various platforms over the holidays. It could very well impact this episode, too, but I at least have peace of mind that schedules were maintained nonetheless. Im happy to inform you that this and several upcoming episodes are sponsored by Melophile Candles, a brand creating ambiance for music lovers with candles and accompaniments. Visit www.melophilecandles.com to join the mailing list and follow the Instagram account at melophilecandles for updates. Lets traverse todays new groups, first with SM Entertainment girl group Aespa.Aespas debut was November 17, 2020, and caused quite a stir with their pre-debut teasers. You see, the four-member group arent just living, breathing new artists. The ae in the group name stands for avatar experience, as members Karina, Giselle, Winter and Ningning also exist virtually. Thus, aespa is to reflect the avatar experience and aspect of existing in two worlds. Beyond the interesting band name, the individual members names detract from their origin, so to speak. In recent years, Korean families have named their children with shorter names, but to fully omit traditional or modern Korean names for this group -- I mean, for what? International appeal has clearly been proven to not matter too much when it comes to members names since at least 2014, when Aespas senior labelmates Red Velvet came onto the scene. This choice sticks out more to me with girl groups than the guys. Why not use the Korean, Chinese, and Japanese names of these young women, versus perpetuating imperialism? I digress. Lets talk about the music.Aespas debut single, Black Mamba, was over-the-top, visibly expensive, and freaked me out because there was a giant virtual black mamba in it. I hate snakes, all reptiles, actually. So Im grateful that I dont take videos into consideration for this podcast because this would have a fat F for FREAKED OUT. As a fan of the League of Legends virtual group K/DA, there were noticeable thematic similarities but the songs are very different. And much like Red Velvet, the debut song is one Im fine with skipping. The choreography was dynamic while the costuming was -- you know what? Theyre 22nd century edgy Red Velvet. Im saying it now, based on vocal strength and diverting from the experimental vibes of disbanded SM group F(x). The song doesnt tell you much about how well the ladies sing, but SM Entertainments free online concert at the end and start of both years showed group

An Album a Day is my exploration into the Korean music scene. This podcast will cover mainstream, indie and some underground artists within the scene and provide both factual and opinionated commentary. The biggest benefit to sharing my thoughts this way is that it will hopefully expose you to more great music and exploration of your own. Happy new year, listeners! 2021 is here and if you’re on the show’s newsletter email list, then you know I was so over 2020 that I mistakenly put 2019 as the Rookie Roundup year. Whew boy, I’m glad it’s over and strongly encourage you to continue wearing a mask, keeping your body and surroundings as clean as possible, and respecting the boundaries that others have  while we move into more months in the pandemic. It’s not over, listeners… be safe. Today not only marks the start of Season 5, but the first overview of 2020 rookie groups. These are not deep discography dives, but a sampling of what I experienced and potentially something might spark your interest. Aespa, B.O.Y. [B-Of-You], BAE173, Blackswan, and Botopass, right after the drop. You’re tuned into An Album a Day. Show start. Hey y’all, if you still have not heard the final two episodes from Season 4, please continue to keep an eye out for when they publicly post. As previously mentioned, some podcasts experienced delays in publishing and distribution on various platforms over the holidays. It could very well impact this episode, too, but I at least have peace of mind that schedules were maintained nonetheless. I’m happy to inform you that this and several upcoming episodes are sponsored by Melophile Candles, a brand creating ambiance for music lovers with candles and accompaniments. Visit http://www.melophilecandles.com (www.melophilecandles.com) to join the mailing list and follow the Instagram account at melophilecandles for updates. Let’s traverse today’s new groups, first with SM Entertainment girl group Aespa. Aespa’s debut was November 17, 2020, and caused quite a stir with their pre-debut teasers. You see, the four-member group aren’t just living, breathing new artists. The “ae” in the group name stands for “avatar experience,” as members Karina, Giselle, Winter and Ningning also exist virtually. Thus, “aespa” is to reflect the avatar experience and “aspect” of existing in two worlds. Beyond the interesting band name, the individual member’s names detract from their origin, so to speak. In recent years, Korean families have named their children with shorter names, but to fully omit traditional or modern Korean names for this group -- I mean, for what? International appeal has clearly been proven to not matter too much when it comes to member’s names since at least 2014, when Aespa’s senior labelmates Red Velvet came onto the scene. This choice sticks out more to me with girl groups than the guys. Why not use the Korean, Chinese, and Japanese names of these young women, versus perpetuating imperialism? I digress. Let’s talk about the music. Aespa’s debut single, “Black Mamba,” was over-the-top, visibly expensive, and freaked me out because there was a giant virtual black mamba in it. I hate snakes, all reptiles, actually. So I’m grateful that I don’t take videos into consideration for this podcast because this would have a fat F for FREAKED OUT. As a fan of the League of Legends virtual group K/DA, there were noticeable thematic similarities but the songs are very different. And much like Red Velvet, the debut song is one I’m fine with skipping. The choreography was dynamic while the costuming was -- you know what? They’re 22nd century edgy Red Velvet. I’m saying it now, based on vocal strength and diverting from the experimental vibes of disbanded SM group F(x). The song doesn’t tell you much about how well the ladies sing, but SM Entertainment’s free online concert at the end and start of both years showed group member Winter blowing with the lung capacity of a seasoned vocalist. I am eager to hear more... Support this podcast

Multiple Sclerosis News Today's columnist, Jenn Powell, discusses a grant given by Israel to Owlytics to develop a wearable AI device in hopes of improving MS care. Plus, Multiple Sclerosis News Today's columnist, Jessie Ace, reads from her article entitled 3 Things to Do If You're Freaked Out by Blood Tests. Blood tests can be tough, especially if they make you highly anxious. Jessie Ace shares her advice on how you can make them easier. ===================================== Treatment for Relapsing MS Progression | MAYZENT® (siponimod) Read about MAYZENT, a once daily pill that can significantly slow down disability progression in people with relapsing MS. See full prescribing & safety info. http://ChangesInRMS.com ===================================== Are you interested in learning more about multiple sclerosis? If so, please visit: https://multiplesclerosisnewstoday.com/ ===================================== To join in on conversations regarding multiple sclerosis, please visit: https://multiplesclerosisnewstoday.com/forums/

Question: Have you ever had an encounter(s) with the paranormal or what you're convinced could be a ghost? When did it happen, and did it occur more than once? (eg. you're house was haunted when you were a little kid...all kinds of weird stuff happened, your room got cold and you saw your Grandma who just passed away, you went to an old abandoned psych ward of a hospital as a kid and got FREAKED OUT, glowing orbs appeared all the time in your old house, etc) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode, Lady GK and Mr. GK shoot the shit with Nick Alt and Jackson Krueger from Days of Fake Smiles. We are lucky enough to be able to debut a few tracks from their first EP, Freaked Out and Paranoid. Check out: https://bluelionproject.rocks/https://www.instagram.com/bluelionproject/https://www.facebook.com/BLP.MUSICK/https://twitter.com/BlueLionProjectDays of Fake Smiles:https://www.instagram.com/daysoffakesmiles_official/Spotify: Days of Fake SmilesEmail: daysoffakesmiles@gmail.comBandcamp: https://daysoffakesmiles.bandcamp.com/releases

.Unimpeachable episode 4 finds Jason and Nic discussing 2000's "Freaked Out and Small."  Subscribe to the StolenDress Sidecasts feed wherever you find podcasts.

SRT and SRG are BACK (Again!!) and they can barely talk about COVID-19 for even two minutes because there are more pressing silly matters to be discussed. SRT's cat scratches at the door for a large portion of the back half of this episode so don't get FREAKED OUT by this strange sound. We talk about nothing in particular but it is lovely to spend time with friends albeit virtually.

How to Stay well with "F" Words!...  Whether you’re reading this during or after the COVID-19 corona virus outbreak, this post can still be relevant for many stressful situations. My heart and prayers go out to everyone affected by this or any other crisis! Being an Italian from Boston and New Jersey, I’ve used the 4 letter “F” word many times to get through a tough situation.  I’ve also “Freaked Out” on occasion! . Just can’t help myself, but when I’m finished with those two, I settle down and go through a few more productive “F” words… The first one I go to is “Fundamentals” because this gets me back to the basics.  If I have food, water, shelter and clothing, etc, I can relax a bit knowing I have a strong foundation.  Organizing, taking inventory and getting all of my “Fundamentals” in place first can go a long way in feeling more secure and somewhat in control. My next “F” words are “Friends and Family"… Watch and read more below... How to Survive a Crisis with “F” Words Continued... "Friends & Family" - Be sure to reach out to your friends and family by phone, Facebook or any other means.  Try not to isolate and instead make it a point to reach out to people through your own network, groups, coaches and even agencies if needed. “Facts” – Make sure you have the facts and find them yourself!  This especially holds true on news segments because they usually only give you snip-its and there is always much more to the story!   Check the source and read the entire article before taking a side or getting sucked into their sensationalism! “Find”… Find yourself, find strength, find time, find new ways of doing things… And maybe you’ll even find some missing socks in the laundry!  Lol!! “Feelings” – Honor your feelings!  We’re all unsure at times and may feel like freaking out, but try to work through them by rationalizing. If you can’t work through them on your own, reach out to others who can help! “Freedom” – We may not have a lot of freedom in times of crisis, but to free yourself from within, let go of what you can’t take control of.  You do have control over yourself and what you do.  You have more control than you think!  Just be sure you free yourself from controlling others or it will make you miserable! “Face your Fears” – With a smile!  There are some things we don’t have control of, but we have to face them, rationalize them and let go of what is not in your control so you can do what you need to do for yourself and your loved ones! “Faith” – Have faith and hope that it will turn out ok.  No matter what your religion or belief system, you gotta have faith – Even in the most serious circumstances! Faith in ourselves and others brings hope! And, remember to put all of these “F” words together in any combination to help you feel better about any situation! Sincerely here to help you Feel Better in Your Body! CWC, NSPA CPT & REIKI III CERTIFIED PS – Be sure to request your copy of my Free 3-Part Well-Weight-Wise Audio Series on my HOME page or by filling out the form to the right!  It also comes with an action step download so you can start improving those areas in your life right away!

Jessica Nickson welcomes to the studio Dr. Tristan Bickman, MD., OBY-YN to talk about how to get pregnant and pregnancy tips. In addition to establishing a private practice in Santa Monica, Dr. Bickman co-authored a book, Whoa, Baby!: A Guide for New Moms Who Feel Overwhelmed and Freaked Out (and Wonder What the #*$& Just Happened), with friend and longtime patient, Kelly Rowland of Destiny’s Child. Now What is produced in partnership with PodcastOne and The Direct Message, executive producers Crystal Fambrini and John Ryan, Jr. (Co-Founders of The Direct Message). Producer Gary Smith. Follow our show page on instagram @nowwhatshow. Please Support Our Sponsors: Download Best Fiends FREE on the Apple App Store or Google Play Go to BioClarity.com and get 15% off EVERYTHING on their website when you use my code nowwhat at checkout

Do you have an experience where you were visiting a new country and got a little freaked out or scared? Brynn and Avery share their most worrisome travel stories and others they have heard from fellow travelers. They also derail and discuss how ubers can be sketchy and death while traveling. Be sure to follow us on Instagram and Facebook @travelbugpodcast to keep up with the latest. Stay groovy and keep traveling!

Happy Halloween PEC Podcast listeners!   While the PEC Podcast team has been working hard on several episodes coming in the following weeks, we're bringing back our 2018 Halloween special to help set the mood. If you haven't listened to this one, check it out and try not to get FREAKED OUT!!!   As always THANK YOU for listening! Hawnwan Philip Moy MD (@pecpodcast) Scott Goldberg MD, MPH (@EMS_Boston) Jeremiah Escajeda MD, MPH (@jerescajeda) Joelle Donofrio DO (@PEMems)  

If your doctor has called you average you should be FREAKED OUT. Average today is fat, with high blood pressure, low insulin sensitivity, hormone imbalances, and according to a recent study, rapidly decreasing libido. Committing to your health is the only way to NOT be average. To be different you must behave differently.  To have a fit life with longevity there must be a sacrifice. We dig into all this and more with episode 14 - you're going to love this one.     

Have you ever used a thermal IF device and tested the temperature of a cicuit breaker and FREAKED OUT. Well no worries as we explain all the in's and out's of the subject in this podcast.

Have you ever used a thermal IF device and tested the temperature of a cicuit breaker and FREAKED OUT. Well no worries as we explain all the in's and out's of the subject in this podcast.

This week, Steve and Remfry welcome our first ever regular contributor to Riot Act, the one and only Mr. Jamie Lenman. In his first of many contributions to Riot Act, Jamie gives an in-depth account of his love for The Presidents of the United States of America’s underrated third album ‘Freaked Out and Small’.Elsewhere, Steve and Remfry review new albums from the likes of Black Peaks, The Black Queen, Anaal Nathrakh and Restorations. They also discuss Metallica’s return to Europe’s stadiums next summer and what this means for Download festival, as well as Wolf Alice’s win at the Mercury Music Prize. And this week’s album trade-off is a British bonanza with Remfry assessing London-based alternative electronica three piece Public Service Broadcasting’s ‘Inform-Educate-Entertain’ and Steve sinking his teeth into ‘Got Your Brass’ by Barnsley punk n’ roll bruisers Cavorts. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

He's our current intro and outro music and he's one of our favorite friends. Dave Barnes popped into the studio today and when I told instastory the day we recorded, you guys FREAKED OUT. I mean, I knew you loved him, I did not know how deep that love ran! He's funny and gifted and an incredibly good singer/songwriter. His new album Who Knew It Would Be So Hard To Be Myself, released this week and it is so so good and now on repeat in my house for always. Remember you can use the code ANNIE to get 20% off anything in Dave's store from 2/8-2/15/2018! Definitely grab the new album and anything else that catches your eye!  http://davebarnes.com http://100daystobrave.com http://anniefdowns.com #thatsoundsfunpodcast ... join in the conversation wherever hashtags are welcome. :)  Thanks to our friends at Daily Harvest for sponsoring this episode! Head to dailyharvest.com and use the code: SOUNDSFUN for 3 free cups!

SUMMARY: Laura began training professionally in 1999, and is author of the best-selling book Fired Up, Frantic, and Freaked Out: Training Crazy Dogs from Over-the-top to Under Control and her newest book, released earlier this year, Social, Civil and Savvy: Training and Socializing puppies to become the best possible dogs. She owns Canines In Action, Inc. in Indianapolis, speaks at workshops and seminars, and is also a Karen Pryor Academy faculty member. Links Fired Up, Frantic, and Freaked Out: Training Crazy Dogs from Over-the-top to Under Control Social, Civil and Savvy: Training and Socializing puppies to become the best possible dogs Canines in Action, Inc. Next Episode:  To be released 10/27/2017, featuring Denise Fenzi to talk about the Fenzi TEAM Titling program and her upcoming book. 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 will be talking to Laura VanArendonk Baugh. If that name isn't familiar to you, no worries. Laura is actually our first non FDSP instructor to be on the show. Laura began training professionally in 1999 and is author of the best-selling book Fired Up, Frantic, and Freaked Out, training crazy dogs from over-the-top to under control. And her newest book, released earlier this year, Social, Civil, and Savvy: Training and socializing puppies to become the best possible dogs. She owns Canines in Action Inc. in Indianapolis and speaks at workshops and seminars. She is also a Karen Pryor Academy faculty member. Hi, Laura, welcome to the podcast. Laura VanArendonk Baugh: Hi, Melissa. I am thrilled to be here. Melissa Breau: Good. I'm looking forward to chatting with you. To get us started out, do you want to just tell us a little bit about your dogs and what you're working on with them? Laura VanArendonk Baugh: I have two dogs at this time. Penny is a Labrador who was raised as part of a Clicker training research project with guide dogs for the blind, and she actually ended up coming back to me. As a trainer, it's important for me to say her training was great. She did not come back to me for a training reason, which would've been fine too, but that's always like, my little, “No, I'm a trainer. She was good.” So anyway, so she now has very important tasks at home. She has to hold my couch down, she has to check my ponds daily to see if it's wet, so that's Penny's life right now. Melissa Breau: Critical. Laura: VanArendonk Baugh: Yeah, Yeah. Those are important tasks. I also have Undómiel, who is my young Doberman, and she's Danish, so she has ears and a tail and all the extra bits, and she's pretty high-energy, and pretty fun, and I actually have some guilt because you ask what I'm doing with them right now. Right now, they both are just dogs, which is a little weird for me because they spent so long in the dog sport world. And I took some time off mostly with Undómiel because she loves to work, but she wasn't loving mondioring, which is what we were doing with her as a puppy, and I think that was in part physical. I needed…she had some fairly loose joints and I think it just wasn't comfortable for her, so we could go back and do it now, but she's matured a little bit, but I've scheduled my life poorly so that's why we're in a holding pattern still, so yeah. Melissa Breau: Far enough. So I know I kind of mentioned you've been in personal training since 1999, but I wanted to ask a little bit about how you got into it. So how did you originally get into training professionally? Laura VanArendonk Baugh: I didn't want to do what I went to school for is the short answer to that question, so I graduated with a couple of degrees in, you know, mass communications, and a foreign language, and all these things that, you know, I'm like oh, okay, those are nice, but I don't want to do that. I ended up getting into…I'd done some obedience training and such previously. I ended up getting a job doing that actually at a big box store, so that kind of thing. I worked up there, became a regional manager for the training program, and it was actually while I was there that I went… I'm a crossover trainer and I was originally trained in more the Koehler approach and kind of encountered clicker training and was like oh, this makes sense, oh, this works really well, and then so I had my crossover experience, and yeah, just kind of never looked back after that, which is funny because for so many years I was like oh, food and toys are stupid, we don't bribe dogs, and that's totally not where I am now, so. Well, I'm still in the we don't bribe dogs, but toys and food are not necessarily bribing, so. Melissa Breau: Right. So is there anything in particular that got you started on that journey? What was kind of the switch or was there a particular experience, or anything kind of that you can point to? Laura VanArendonk Baugh: There were several things. I mean, I kept seeing people doing interesting things with Clicker training. That was nice.They were doing cute tricks and stuff. And then the kind of the clincher for me was one of my dogs at that time, her name was Chaucer, she was a brilliant little dog, and she was mildly reactive, and the longer we worked the more and more reactive she became, and nothing that I knew how to do was working, and in fact, everything was getting worse, so clearly the dog was stupid. It couldn't possibly be me. And so I ended up talking with someone about Clicker training and the nugget that I got from that was to click for the behavior that you want the dog to do, and I thought okay, I want her to be around other dogs without barking and launching, so I will wait until she looks at another dog and then I will click before she barks. So this actually makes great sense and we do it all the time now, and Leslie McDevitt called it the “look at that” game, so it sounds hilarious to say that I invested the look at that game as my first Clicked behavior, which in no way am I taking credit for that because I had no freaking clue what I was doing. It was one of those things that was very logical and I accidentally got it right, but was amazing about that is it worked, like, within seconds, and I guess that she was a brilliant dog, she made this work for me despite my absolute ignorance. And so I clicked her, she turned around and got her treat, and I clicked her again and she turned around, and I was like, oh, wow. Like, we're 10 seconds in and this is working, and you know, the effect of prompt reinforcement, it changed my behavior, and so that's where I started doing more research and saying oh, this is really cool. Melissa Breau: Yeah. I mean, especially since you've been trying other things for so long and probably got really frustrated, at that point, with the lack of results. Laura VanArendonk Baugh: Oh, there was a lot of frustration. Yeah. I was so ready for something to work and I think if you look at the dogs…a lot of the dogs that we work with, a lot of the reactive dogs, you know, they're very frustrated, they're ready for something to work, and just having that really powerful instance of positive reinforcement for a different behavior, it can be massively effective because, you know, I lived that, I'm not just making that up because that's the way the theory goes, that was my experience is I was so frustrated, I got something that worked so well, and I was like okay, tell me more. Like, I'm in now. Melissa Breau: Right. So I want to talk a little bit about your first book, and maybe…you just kind of share a little bit about this. What led you to write Fired up Frantic and Freaked out? Laura VanArendonk Baugh: I was... with Canines in Action. I do a lot of in-home sessions. I work with a lot of dogs that aren't equipped, for whatever reason, to come into a group class and I realized that about 70 percent of my cases were anxiety or reactivity, and I just kept saying the same thing over, and over, and over. I'm like oh my gosh, I should just write this down, save time, so I did so. So that's honestly kind of where that came out of was I was seeing so much of it, and doing so much of it. It was made partly as a reference guide for clients if they wanted a homework sheet, you know, here's a book to follow along with, and partly so that I would maybe not have to say it quite as so often in the future, which would be fantastic. Melissa Breau: So for those not familiar with the book, can you explain a little bit kind of about the main focus and what you talk about? Laura VanArendonk Baugh: The focus there is really on teaching dogs to think and to kind of be cognitive in the moment. One of the things I talk about is if you have a fear reaction or just a pure joyous, excitement reaction, those can frequently result in the same behavior patterns and problems because what you have is a dog who is just way too excited to think, you know, whether he sees eustress or distress, he's still stressed and aroused and not processing. So it's about teaching the dog to think in the moment, it's about reducing threshold, and it's especially about teaching the human end of the leash to develop a good splitting technique and utilize that to make it much easier for the dog to focus in a new situation. Melissa Breau: I definitely read your first book and one of the things that really stood out to me was the nice balance you managed to strike between the what and kind of the why, so it covers both the approach to training and kind of the science behind what's going on in the dog's brain, and I think you managed to do that in a pretty accessible way. You know, when I picked up the book I definitely did not have the background that I do now, and it really kind of helped build a base understanding for me. Can you talk a little bit about how you approach training for a dog that tends to overreact, like the approach that you use in the book? Laura VanArendonk Baugh: Well, first, I'm just so happy to hear you say that because I'm such a science nerd and I wanted to make that science very user-friendly, so thank you, that's awesome. So the mat is…and definitely, I am not the only person to use a mat in this way. I want to be up front. I don't want to claim credit where it's not due. There's a lot of really great matwork protocols out there, but what they all have in common is it's a really handy visual crutch for the dog and it certainly doesn't have to be a mat. There's a lot of just kind of physical or mental touchstones that could be used, but a mat is just so convenient and so easy for the human to use in that way... but what you're doing is you're building a fluency, you're building some patterns of behavior that a stressed animal can fall back on, but you're also building some patterns that they can work through, I guess on a more cognitive level. “Oh, when my mat is presented I should think about going to my mat, I should think about doing these behaviors on it.” And you can use it both as an emotional crutch. “Oh, I'm on my mat, nothing bad can happen to me,” or as a actual behavior prompt, you go through these physical actions and you can earn reinforcement for it. And then the big thing that the mat does so well, and this is why think it so useful, is it's so easy to split behaviors in a situation using that mat, so I can take it, obviously, from looking at the mat, touching the mat, going to the mat, down on the mat, chin down on the mat. But then I also have a nearly infinite number of positions that, that mat can be in, in or around a trigger, or whatever. So it's a very flexible tool, I can fade it, or not fade it based on necessity, it's just a really easy way for people to do that, and for me as an instructor. So I'm working with clients who aren't coming in with a huge skill set and a lot of background. It's easy for me to manipulate the mat and they can focus on the dog or their patterns, and it just takes some of the load off them. There's a lot of flexibility to it. I like it. Melissa Breau: It makes the criteria clear for the person as well as the dog. It's kind of neat looking at it. Laura VanArendonk Baugh: Absolutely, Yeah. Melissa Breau: Yeah. So I knew you mentioned you like to nerd out a little bit on that stuff and I'm going to give you full approval to go ahead and do that. So I wanted to have you share a little bit about kind of why it works and what's going on in the dog's brain, kind of what you're teaching when you introduce the mat work and begin to introduce triggers and all of that. Laura VanArendonk Baugh: Awesome. There's a lot going on in the brain, but what I'm specifically…what I think is great about these kinds of approaches is if I have a stressed dog and an anxious dog, and let's be honest, that's where almost all of aggression or reactivity comes from, and so I've got a dog who is not in a happy place in his head, and every time I click with a Clicker-conditioned dog there's a tiny little shot of dopamine that's going on, so if I'm bringing a dog into what could potentially be a trigger situation, and we start with low criteria and we're building up at a rate that he can be successful at, with a high rate of reinforcement, you know, constant reinforcement going on, and this dog is getting dozens or hundreds of little dopamine shots... It's free drugs. Legal. That you don't have to wrestle down his throat in a pill form. It's great. And so I think that's a really key thing that…you know, it's just built into the system. There's no way to mess that up if we've set up our Clicker and our training situation right that's going to work for us a hundred percent of the time, so I think that's great. And so yeah, a lot of it's just taking the dog…the visual I use, and I always tell my clients, you know, if this works for you, great. If this doesn't work for you, flush it. There will not be a quiz at the end of the day. But the visual I use is there's a continuum and the dog is limbic and reactive at one end, and he's very cognitive and rational, and analytical at the other, and he can't be both at once, so we're asking the dog to move away from reactive and toward proactive, and we do that by making him…that's why I love Clicker training, specifically shaping and capturing as opposed to luring, which there's nothing…you know, it's not a moral problem to lure, but it's less useful in this particular context because I want that dog being analytical, and kind of really just crunching down on what behaviors should I try next, and he can't do that while he's being reactive, so if I'm reinforcing being analytical it's going to change not only what he's doing, but it's going to change the chemistry in his brain. I've had this happen a number of times, but I'm thinking of one particular incident. I was working with a client and their dog for the first time. We're in their living room, we're in the front room and we've just been introducing the mat. The dogs not even fully down on the mat yet. He's experimenting with a number of things, but he really hasn't grokked yet that down is what we're after, and while we were working a FedEx delivery guy showed up at the front door, which is the dogs worse trigger, from what I've been told, and they're knocking at the door, he's leaning in, and he's 10 feet away from this dog and the dogs looks up from the mat and he just gets like…his forehead is creased, his little eyebrows are pushed together, and you could almost just see him be like, “dude, I'm busy,” and he looks back at the mat, and I am just clicking and treating, like shot gunning rapid fire because the dog's staying on the mat. And you could see he was just really tempted to… “there's a pattern that I'm supposed to go to, but I'm really concentrating on this right now,” and it's a physically different mode that they had to get into and just like it's hard for them to get out of that…you know, if you've ever tried to talk to dog out of that reactive burst when they're lunging and barking, and they can't snap back into rational thought. It's just as hard to go the other way. So we just put them in the rational thought and then it's harder for them to fall into limbic. Melissa Breau: Interesting. I love that example just because it really kind of illustrates what the purpose and kind of the effect. I have a change in brain space. Laura VanArendonk Baugh: I loved it because it was their first session and I was like, man, if I could have set this up any better to get client buy in, you know? This was great. Melissa Breau: I bet they followed through. Laura VanArendonk Baugh: Yeah. Melissa Breau: So I want to switch gears and talk a little bit about your new book. It's a fairly different topic, so what led you to write Social Civil and Savvy? Laura VanArendonk Baugh: I think it's really interesting that you say it's a different topic because I'm looking at it as these are the same things. For me, socialization is kind of the prequel, it's getting your dog to think proactively in a novel situation, potentially triggered situation, before we develop a problem, which of course is my idea. I think most trainers would love to put themselves out of business. You can always go and train, fun stuff, but you know, if we're working with reactivity and aggression and all of that we would love to put ourselves out of business there. But yeah, socialization is all about teaching young brains to look at a situation and go, “this is interesting, what can I do here to get what results,” so. Melissa Breau: So how do you actually define socialization, either for yourself, or you know, kind of in the book? Laura VanArendonk Baugh: That's a much wigglier concept than you would think. There should be a six-word definition that would be easy to apply, but you know, even when you get into psychology texts and stuff it's not that simple even in our own species. The way…I'm going to do this as a truly practical application, I want socialization to mean I am aware of my environment, I am making proactive decisions about my environment, and I'm still thinking about the environment, so even if something is new I can compare to things I've seen before, I can say, “huh, this is interesting, what happens if I try this.” You know, I want an animal whose thinking proactively is my ultimate goal there. Melissa Breau: Is there one place where people often kind of go wrong, or you know, kind of a misconception you think people have when it comes to socializing puppies that maybe sometimes causes more harm than good? Laura VanArendonk Baugh: Yeah, I think there's actually two. I think…and it's two ends of a spectrum where you have, you know, the I don't socialize at all, and a lot of times you hear trainers talk about…depending on what part of the country, but you'll hear trainers talk about winter puppy syndrome. The puppies come home in November or December, and the weather is horrible and nobody takes them out to do anything until spring, and by then you have dogs who are like no, no, the world looks like my living room, and then anything outside of that is scary. And in the other extreme is doing too much in the name of socialization and just really overwhelming a dog in teaching them that they don't necessarily have control of their environment and the world is a scary place, and I've seen a few articles circulating lately on the dangers of socialization, and you shouldn't socialize because it's bad for your dog, and on the one hand I was like hey, guys, you know. Several years ago I wrote an article called Don't Socialize the Dog, this isn't new, but the point is not that we don't socialize, the point is not to socialize badly, and I think if I take a dog to a situation that's overwhelming and I don't give him agency, choice and a way to affect his environment, yeah, I'm going to get myself in trouble. I'm teaching the dog that reactivity is his only choice, but that's not a fault of socialization. That's a fault of bad socialization. Melissa Breau: So I've kind of heard it expressed as, you know, it's not just that you want them exposed to things it's that you actually want to them to have positive experiences with things. Is that kind of… Laura VanArendonk Baugh: Absolutely. Melissa Breau: Okay. Laura VanArendonk Baugh: Yeah. I want every socialization experience, if I have perfect control of things, which we rarely do, but this is my goal. I want every socialization experience to end with “I win! What's next?” and that's…even if the dog starts off with a little bit of worry about something, or whatever, like, work through it, let the dog know that everything was a puzzle and he solved it, he's awesome. And you know, I want positive experiences and I specifically want positive experience where the dog felt like he had some control in that environment. So one of the big things…and this is why I think the socialization book and the fired up and frantic book are the same topic. Predictability and a sense of control are the two things that I tell my clients that we crave in order to feel safe, and you know, I want to know what's coming, and I want to have some say in what happens to me, and that is what socialization is. It's teaching the dog hey, this is how the world works, this is what you can expect to see, and this is what you do to manipulate your environment and get what you want. And manipulate is not a dirty word, it's just agency, so if you want people to pet you this is what you do, if you want people to leave you alone this is what you do, and giving them that sense of control, now there's nothing to fear. Hooray. We're done. It's awesome. Melissa Breau: So if people were to pick up the book, read through it, and only walk away with kind of one thing, or one message. What kind of key piece of information would you want them to learn? Laura VanArendonk Baugh: Give your dog a happy sense of control. I think. Is that a good…I don't know. That kind of condemns everything I just said. I want a happy puppy feeling he has choice, and yeah. Melissa Breau: I normally and every episode with kind of the same three questions, so I wanted to give you a chance to answer the same questions, and I'm actually really excited to post under somebody who isn't just an FDSA person, so this will be fun. So to start out, what is the dog related accomplishment that you are proudest of? Laura VanArendonk Baugh: I might have to say that's actually the first book just because I've gotten so many emails and stories about how that was really helpful not just to people and their dogs, which was the goal, but I've had people tell me that they used the techniques for themselves in their own personal human lives, and that's really awesome, so yeah. I mean, I feel some guilt because that doesn't even involve my own personal dog, but there's…you know, my dogs probably don't need that specific achievement to feel happy. They're having awesome lives hanging out with me. So let's just pretend that they didn't hear that question. Yeah. I'm going to say finding out that it was really helpful to people, so yeah, that's it. Melissa Breau: Okay. And then what is the best piece of training advice that you've ever heard? Laura VanArendonk Baugh: Oh, there's no way I can pick a single one. There are …can I choose two? Melissa Breau: Absolutely. Go for it. Laura VanArendonk Baugh: Bob Bailey once said…and I'm sure he said it to many people, but he did say to me also, you know, “Timing, criteria, rate of reinforcement. Those are your three things. If anything is going wrong it's in one of those three,” and I have never found that not to be true. So anytime I'm looking at a problem it's going to be in my timing, it's going I've set the wrong criteria, or my rate of reinforcement is wrong. Melissa Breau: Want to repeat those one more time for people just so that they can really get them down if they're listening? Laura VanArendonk Baugh: Sure. Sure. Because trust me, this is tattooed on the inside of my skull for easy reference. Timing, criteria, rate of reinforcement. Any problem you have it's going to be one of those, or maybe two, but it's something in there; don't go looking for weird esoteric stuff. It's going to be timing, criteria, rate of reinforcement. And then the other one…and I have to credit Steve White for this one because I'm one of those people who can get…let's say “focused.” Focused sounds like a nice way to put this, or you can get really intense on solving a particular problem or working a particular session, and Steve said, “The one to quit is the one before you say just one more,” and I was like oh, that's me. Melissa Breau: I don't think you're alone there. I think that's a common problem. Laura VanArendonk Baugh: Yeah. We should have membership cards, yeah. Melissa Breau: So my last question for you is who is someone else in the dog world that you look up to? Laura VanArendonk Baugh: There's a lot and I'm really hesitant to pick one because that's like picking favorite dogs, but probably Hannah Branigan. I would like to be Hannah when I grow up. That sounds like a good plan. Melissa Breau: Wouldn't we all? Laura VanArendonk Baugh: Yeah, yeah. She's got a lot of good stuff going on and she's got a lot of fantastic techniques, so I'm going to say Hannah, yeah. Melissa Breau: Excellent. Well, thank you so much for coming on the podcast, Laura. It was great to talk to you. Laura VanArendonk Baugh: Yeah. Thank you. Thank you. I really enjoyed it. Melissa Breau: And thank you to all of our listeners for tuning in. We'll be back next week with Denise Fenzi to talk about the TEAM program and her new book, which will be out later this month. Don't miss it. If you haven't already, subscribe to our podcast in 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.

Summary:   Loretta Mueller returns to talk about her upcoming class, Managing Multi-Dog Mayhem and we talk about the skills it takes to manage a multi-dog household, choosing your next dog, training several dogs at once and how she does it with 6 sports dogs. Links Managing Multi-Dog Mayhem: Description & Registration Next Episode:  To be released 10/13/2017, featuring Loretta Mueller to talk about managing a multi-dog household. 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 Loretta Mueller. For those of you who've been listening to the podcast since the beginning, you'll known this is Loretta's second time on the podcast. She first joined us back in February, for episode five, and today we've brought her back to talk about her upcoming class, Managing Multi-Dog Mayhem, on managing a multi-dog household, because the struggle is real, guys. All right, well welcome back, Loretta. Loretta Mueller: Thank you, very much, Melissa. I'm glad to be here again. Melissa Breau: So, to start us out, can you just remind everybody how many dogs you have now and kind of who they are? Loretta Mueller: Yeah, no problem. So, I have, currently, Klink, who is a 12-year-old, Gator, who's 11, Lynn, who's 8, Even, who is also 8, Gig, who's 3. They are all Border Collies, and then I have Crackers, who is a 9-year-old Jack Russell Terrier, all very high-drive, very motivated dogs. Melissa Breau: So, what led you to create a class specifically on this? Loretta Mueller: Well, I will, on occasion, post a video or two of the dogs waiting to work or going on walks as a group, and people would ask me how do you do that, how does that happen, as if it was some magical formula, and at first I kind of was thinking to myself, well, what, what do you mean how does it happen? It's very simple. And then I realized that the more I talked to people, they're struggling. People are really having a hard time managing extra dogs. One dog is easy, for the most part, right? We make mistakes with that first dog, but then we're like, hey, I've got this figured out, let me add a second dog, let me add a third dog, let me get addicted, and the next thing you know, you've got a lot of dogs and you have a lot of problems, and I started realizing that the way I train my dogs is very different because I specifically train them so that they are going to be a part of a multi-dog household, and for many people they don't do that. And so Denise and I were talking, and she said, you know, I think there's a place for this at the academy. And I said, well, you know what, after some thought, why not? Let's do it. And so, from there, it kind of became a thing. You know you put it on the forum and…or not the forum but the group, and people were very, very excited about it, and it was very funny because I asked for some videos of dogs that were doing this or that, and the number of videos that came in was a little overwhelming, and so what I really liked about this class is I'm going to be helping a lot of people, not just with agility, which is normally what I do, but with just life skills and people enjoying their dogs, and what I've found is there are a lot of people that have a lot of issues and are really struggling, and they just need a lot of advice and help on where to proceed, and I think with the more dogs you have, the more overwhelming it is, and so for me the goal is just to break this down into bits and pieces so that people can attack it with education, as opposed to just be frustrated with their dogs. Melissa Breau: So, you mentioned you kind of handle training so that the dog will feel like it's part of or know that it's part of a multi-dog household. So, how do you handle training multiple dogs and making sure everyone gets what they need, and you still manage to fit in training, and I mean how do you do it all when there's still only 24 hours in a day? Loretta Mueller: Well, to me, I'll be the first to admit, and people ask me, usually at every seminar that I teach, how soon do you train your dogs, and normally it's kind of an embarrassment because my dogs do not get long training sessions. Quality is important, not quantity, and people say that over and over again. The nice thing about those of us with multi-dog households is we don't have time to over-train because we're busy training too many dogs. So, that is one really big plus about having a lot of dogs is you're never going to over train anybody. You might under train someone, but you're never going to over train anyone. So, my dogs do not get long training sessions, 5, 10 minutes, usually every day, but I travel a lot, so some days they won't get anything. They do get walks, daily, as a group, and I think for me, being efficient is a really important part of it because I incorporate training into each of those walks, so, for example, recalls out of the group, impulse control when throwing toys for fetching, things like that. So, they are still getting some training, in a group, even if the days they have that pass that they don't get the individual stuff, but I really, really do try to focus for 5 to 10 minutes, every single day. You know training the dogs, it's a priority. You have to make sure it's a priority. Being that that's what I do for a living, the tendency is just to be, you know, exhausted at the end of the day. You're training other people's dogs. Those dogs become the focus, but I make sure that I do something every day with each dog, if I can, regardless of how old they are. I have a 12-year-old. She's doing nose work. You know you just want to make sure that these dogs have a really wonderful life and are happy and still working their brains as much as possible. Another thing that really helps me be super-efficient is I work really hard on my dogs being able to stay while other dogs work with me. So, my dogs are on mats or their own bed and they just stay there, kind of like, actually, a circus, if you ever go to the circus and you have the lions, you know, on the little stands, and they come off. They train, do the tricks, go back on the stands, things like that, definitely more positive, but my dogs are kind of like that. They just sit on their little mats or their beds, and I call them off individually, we train for a little bit, they go back to their bed, call the next dog off, and they all know the rules. They all know that they should stay there and wait quietly and things like that, and that's a big priority for me when I'm bringing these dogs up is I know that's going to be an issue, I assume it's going to be an issue, and there's so many people that say I can't train multiple dogs because my other dog screams or my other dog won't stay, and so, from the get-go, these dogs know nothing but that when they come into my house, and so I'm very, very clear with that, and if you can do that and you can train dogs out fairly efficiently, things go really smoothly and you can get dogs worked very quickly. Melissa Breau: For a lot of people, when they get a second dog, they think it'll actually be easier than it was with the first dog because they'll entertain each other, so I wanted to ask if that's true, and if so, why or why not? Loretta Mueller: That's a tricky one. I actually say yes and no. So, yes it's nice having another dog because, you know, dogs do well in groups. They're social animals and so I think having another dog around does fill part of that need for them as an animal, as a creature. Plus, you know, you've already made a lot of mistakes with your first dog, and you're like, okay, I got this, I can correct it, not a problem. However, if you're looking at it from the performance side, which most of the dogs at FDSA are looking to perform some sort of dog sport, task, it gets a little trickier. So, dogs can become very dog-focused, you know, I'll use the term doggy, which means they're so excited about other dogs that they kind of forget the human side of the equation. I mean, let's face it, dogs are awesome friends for other dogs, right? They speak the same language, there's no questions, for the most part, as long as everyone's temperamentally sound, there's a lot of wonderful communication that goes on between two dogs, and it's really hard for us to mimic that type of interaction, and so competing with that can be tough, as a handler. So, you have to be very careful with that and limiting, sometimes, the actual exposure or maybe I should say keeping the ratio correct. So, the dog should spend enough time with me versus the other dogs. So, it gets a little complicated that way, you know, and the other thing I find is they can get themselves worked up very easily, just bouncing off of, you know, each other, as far as energy goes, and things can get very out of hand, very quickly, and then a lot of times people just don't know what to do, and that's a big issue. So, you have to make sure the dogs have alone time with you. It's really, really important. It just requires more time, and sometimes it requires separation in the beginning. So, for example, if I bring a puppy home, do I just let it run amuck and you know run around with all my adult dogs in the group? No, I don't. There's definitely separation as far as, you know, just to protect the puppy from doing anything inappropriate, also protecting the older dogs in the group, you know? Some of them don't like being pestered by little, little puppies, and so it requires that, and I have raised littermates. As I said in the beginning of the podcast, I have Even and Lynn, both 8, both from the same litter. I will never do it again. It was horrible. I'll be honest with you. It was a very difficult situation because being that I had two puppies, in two crates, they both have to go to the bathroom, right, and first thing in the morning, you let them out of their kennels, you can't let them out together. Why? They'll play. They won't go to the bathroom. You let one out, it goes to the bathroom. By the time you come back in to get the other one, guess one? The other one's already peed. So, you have that whole dynamic that you have to think about. So, I always tell people it's wonderful as long as you can manage it and as long as you understand that in the beginning it's going to take some extra time on your part to set what you want so that the dogs view you as having a lot more value as the other dog, if that makes sense. Melissa Breau: So you touched on, a little bit, in there, kind of making sure that the dogs get time with you and talking about, you know, training for just a couple minutes with each of the dogs. So, is it important for each dog to really get one-on-one time? You know I guess if it's important, how important? Kind of what are your thoughts on that? Loretta Mueller: I think it's really important. We spend a lot of time building value in us as trainers, and these dogs learn to depend on us. They learn to trust us. They want to be with us, whether they just have a natural propensity, due to their breed or their temperament, or we've created it with training and things like that, and I think that, you know, the more dogs you get, the more difficult it is to get that one on one time, but I do think that you do have to make time for it, and it doesn't have to be a lot of time. Remember, dogs are social creatures. They like being in groups, so they do get a lot of, I think, enrichment from the other dogs in the house, but they do still want that time with you, and the thing that I find with a lot of my students is most of my students only make time for training, which is great, okay, because dogs, dogs love to train, if we do it right, hopefully, and if we've trained them to have value in the work, and we're rewarding heavily, and we're not confusing them, which is great, but what I've found is even the highest-drive dogs, those dogs that, you know, will work forever, if they only interaction you have with them is when you're training them, that's the only time, I've seen a lot of fallback from that. And the reason is, is because no matter how much you enjoy a specific hobby, if the only time you ever see someone, you have to do that hobby, and it happens every day, and there's pressures put onto it, right, expectations of competition or whatever, eventually you're going to need a little bit of a balance there, and so what I always tell my students is it doesn't have to be training, that one on one time. It can be just relaxing on the couch. It can be taking a nap with you. It can be just whatever. Be with your dog, and I think that's something that a lot of people, especially those that really, really love to train, they lose sight of that sometimes, and I, myself, have done it as well, and so it's just these dogs are so much fun to train, and you're having a great time, but then you also need to realize that every once in a while, you've got to throw in some of that actual just, I don't mean to sound kind of weird, but just kind of the act of being with your dog, being in the same space, touch, things like that, and so I do think it's very, very important. You know training counts, but it isn't the be all to end all with the one-on-one time. Melissa Breau: So, you kind of mentioned in there people who really like to train, and I think a lot of sports people, especially, have kind of a type when it comes to dogs. You know some like the really pushy, demanding dogs. Others prefer thinkers. You know once a household kind of goes beyond one dog, how much should people be weighing what they like in a training partner kind of against the other personalities they already have with their current dogs? Loretta Mueller: That's a really good question. I see that a lot. As someone who appreciates both the pushy, demanding dogs and the thinkers, it's not something that I really think about, I guess, as far as my own dogs, because I will assess a puppy and say is this puppy a thinker, is this puppy not? However, I'm always, in the back of my mind, thinking in terms of, again, multi-dog household. So, I could say, oh, well this is the type I want, but in reality, if I look at my subconscious, it's back there. It's always there. It's always thinking in terms of that. So, yes, absolutely positively people need to always take into consideration what dogs they have when adding another dog. It's very, very important to do that because what you're looking for is just a nice, peaceful group. You're not looking for turmoil, you're not looking for chaos, and if you start from the foundation of just is this dog temperamentally sound, is this dog super type-A, is it going to mess with the other dogs? If you start with that foundation set, everything becomes a lot easier, obviously. A house full of pushy, demanding dogs with type-A personalities? My goodness. It's going to be tough, and it's going to require a lot more training and possibly more management just because it's like putting a bunch of, you know, high-powered CEOs in a really small apartment and giving them limited resources and expecting them to, you know, passively work it out. It's probably not going to happen because they have that intense drive, that intense need to be first and top, and when you add that many dogs in a situation like that, you're going to have problems. It's just, it's part of it. Do I have several dogs in my group like that? Of course I do, but again, when you bring them in, you teach them, from the get-go, that there is part of the group that you have to take turns, and there is, in a way, kind of situations with sharing, and you have to only deal with your own resources and not worry about anybody else's, and things like that. So, yeah, it's extremely important to look at all the personalities you have as a whole. I have...a good example would be my first Border Collie Zip, who's no longer with me. She was a very type-A, dominant dog, extremely. She just wanted to do all the things and rules were silly, and that was just her personality, and so the next dog I got, after her, which I knew was going to be having to live with that, we always joked that if she was a human, she would have very few friends because she just was like all the things are mine, and this is mine, and everything's mine, and mine, mine, mine, mine, mine, and that was just her mentality, and so the dog I got after her, who's Klink, my 12-year-old, she doesn't care about much of anything. She's like super chill, so, in the house she doesn't do much of anything. She doesn't actually care about playing with toys when we're working. She's on and she wants to go, but as a puppy she was just that chill type of dog, and so that was of interest to me because I had the exact opposite, and it worked out really, really well because those two got along great. Zip cared about all the things. Klink cared about none of the things. Both of them were really, really wonderful working dogs, but it was just a really good choice on my part to get something that was not quite as intense all the time, and I think that that's kind of how I approach things is I look at…normally what I'll look at is my most, I guess, difficult dog in the group, the one that's, you know, wouldn't have friends type of thing, and if I have one of those, I'm going to base a lot of my choices of young dogs or a puppy off of that type of situation. So, which dog's going to get along with the one that's the most, I guess, apt to cause mayhem? So, yeah, it's really important, and a lot of times, you know, I, you always want to pick your own puppy, right? You always want to be the one to pick the puppy, but if you look at…if you're getting a puppy from a breeder or you're getting a puppy from a rescue group that has seen a litter grow up and things like that, I really do defer a lot to those people because they've watched these dogs grow up. If you're looking at getting a rescue dog, you know, do several meetings, if you can. Obviously do it appropriately where both dogs have space and stuff like that. There are going to be situations where dogs may or may not get along, and that's one of the nice things about the multi-dog class is that I show you how to assess that, and do we need to go into a management situation or can a lot of training be worked on to make things a lot more, I guess, easy on both dogs that are possibly having some conflict. Conflict is normal. There's going to be conflict in a group of dogs, and people, I think, have a tendency to get in a very utopic thought process about it and say, oh, my dogs are going to get along amazing, and everybody's going to great, and there's never going to be any discussions about things, and in reality that's not…that's just not the case. Anyone who read the sample lecture on the Fenzi site for my class, it says that, that there's going to be some occasional lip raises, there's going to be an occasional grumble, there's going to be things like that, and that's a normal thing. It's no different than me saying, you know, hey, Melissa, don't touch my breakfast, it's mine. Melissa Breau: Right. Loretta Mueller: And you know and so I would be considered a resource guarder because I really love food, a lot, and so I would be more apt to be like, you know, the fork on the table type of thing, whereas then you can teach the dog, you know, hey, you can't actually get quite that much, but you can protect your space, as far as food bowls and things like that, but you do it by using games and by using positive rewards and things like that because, you know, in negative situations what happens is that builds an emotional connection to the situation. So, if a negative thing happens every time the dogs are fed, for example, if you yell at the dogs, things like that, it creates that negative emotion, and then you're actually, in many cases, making it worse. So, my goal is to make these dogs feel safe, comfortable, happy, when they're having to share their space or resource with other dogs, and it just is so much simpler. It really is, so. Melissa Breau: So, we talked a whole bunch kind of about the importance of personalities. Are there other things that people should take into consideration when they're looking at adding another dog? Loretta Mueller: Yeah, actually, the age of the other dogs. So, I see this a lot, do you have an older dog, you know, does that dog need to have the last part of its golden years being bothered by a puppy? That's something that a lot of people don't always think about when they're looking at getting a puppy or another dog. Time constraints for you and your family, so, do you guys have time for another dog? And a big one, does everyone want the dog, you know, because if you've got some members of the household and some of them want the dog, some of them don't, that can cause a lot of issues. Some may train the dogs. Some may not. Space, do you really have enough space for the number of dogs that you're looking at getting and the size of dogs and the drive of dogs. So, a lot of times, for example, dogs with more of that, as I'll say in some of my lectures, introverted personality, do you have space for these dogs to go away from the main pack, or are they going to be all in a very, very small, contained area? And that's something, for a dog that needs to go away and get away from the group, that's something that you have to think in terms of is if I can't give that dog a basic need that they have to have, is that going to cause turmoil? And yeah, it is, for sure, and so you need to think in terms of do you have enough space to allow dogs to do what they would naturally do to get away from other dogs in their group. What if they don't get along? So, normally, with an older dog or a rescue dog, they're a little bit older, you kind of have an idea of what their temperament is, but if you're getting puppies, anyone who's raised a puppy knows that they go through all sorts of changes in temperament, and what if this puppy grows up and the two don't like each other? Can you…do you have the ability to separate and manage, do you want to manage? Is that something that you're willing to do? Some people don't want to do it, and so it's just, it's an understanding of exactly what these dogs need over what you need. You know I think that if you want another dog, getting a dog that isn't necessarily your type, as we talked about before, can actually be a really good thing. I've had several, and they've made me a better trainer and given me a much greater understanding of dogs as a whole. So, when people always ask me do you want a doer, you know, the pushy demander, or do you want a thinking dog, which one's your favorite? I've got both, and I adjust to both, so it's not a big deal for me. So, a lot of times if you have a real demanding dog, maybe getting a lower key dog would be a better bet, so you still get the addition of another dog, but you get a dog that's going to create less turmoil and less mayhem in the long run. So, that's what I usually tell people. Melissa Breau: So, if I was to restrict you to kind of one core piece of advice for people as they kind of make the move or when they make the move to becoming a multi-dog household, so going from that first dog to adding a second one, what piece of advice would that be? Loretta Mueller: Two dogs is a change. So, for most people, adding another dog is managed and it's easy, for the most part, with a bit of training. As you add that third dog in, something changes. So, you're dealing with a whole different set of dynamics, and things can get out of hand much quicker. It's best to start training as soon as your new dog or puppy comes home and by themselves, then add each dog in if things progress in a positive way, and never be upset or refuse to back up a step or two. That's one of the things that I try to tell people, when they see my six dogs all loose-leash walking on a flat buckle collar at a local park is this didn't happen in a week, right? This was systematically…Klink learned how to walk on leash, then Gator learned how to walk on leash, then the two are combined, and then you slowly add dogs in, and so it's not something that you're like, okay, well, everybody knows how to stay now, so we're all going to do group stays. Group stays are not part of the…they don't generalize, so staying on a mat, in the living room, is not the same as staying on a mat, in the living room, with five other dogs there, and so people have to definitely understand that is that you have to always tell yourself that I've got to get the behaviors down with one dog first and each dog individually and then you add the other dogs in, and then that will get you that group control, that group that's going to listen and behave because they know what's expected of them when there are multiple dogs around. So, that's the one piece of advice I think many people have a tendency…they want to just jump over that, and that's where people get themselves in trouble. Melissa Breau: So, talking about trouble, what are some of the kind of the common challenges that crop up when you have several dogs, especially several sports dogs, presumably all with drive and active interest in training? What happens? Loretta Mueller: Oh my goodness, demanding, pushy behavior for all of the resources, right, any and all resources, so you, food, toys, couches, spaces in the house. These dogs have been bred and trained to want to work for all the things, and so then all of a sudden they're like well that's mine and that's mine and that's mine, and they're very adamant and they're very intense about it. So, that's a big one, big, big, big one. You know big personalities can have big discussions about things, and most of the time those discussions are all, you know, mouth, but you have to understand that that could occasionally happen, and we're going to go over how to deal with that in a multi-dog class, how to effectively deal with it. We teach them to love the game, we teach them to love being with us, and so what we actually create by doing that, if we're not careful, is we create dogs that absolutely, positively do not want to share their training time with other dogs. They only want us. So, when we get another dog, it's very difficult for them to understand, well, why is this dog now at the lesson? Well, why is this dog getting my five minutes? And we created it. We did it ourselves, and so then we get upset because these dogs, who we've told to love the game and love us and love all the things that we reward them with, they're barking their heads off and we get frustrated. So, it's a balance that we have to create with our training that gives us a high-drive dog, on command for drive, ideally, that can patiently wait their turn, and I've had questions, before the class started, was do you do alpha deferment, so, that's something that did come up, and what that means is do I let the alpha dog in the group determine, like, for example, would I feed the alpha dog first, would I train the alpha dog first, would I, you know, anything first? And my answer is no. I train everything very randomly, so none of my dogs know when they're going to get picked to get trained. They just know they're on their mat, and as long as they stay, they'll get to work. So, it's just a matter of them understanding, all the dogs as a whole, that they have to share that time and that you have that balance between, you know, intense love of the game and also the understanding that there must be some semblance of impulse control in order to get, to play the game, and they have to share that with the other dogs in the group. So, that's a big thing that I find that comes up with people, and that's the most common thing I've heard from people that were interested in the class and just people in general that I teach at seminars was that they just don't know how to get their other dogs to be quiet or to sit still while they're training the other dog, and that's a big challenge, and it requires a lot of effort, requires a lot of training, but again, as soon as the dog comes into the household, if you start it immediately, it becomes they only thing they've ever known, and so they're like, yeah, well, we always share time, that's what we do, as opposed to, a lot of people, they're going to be starting from behind the ball, right? The dog's already been, for two years, going, no, this is all mine, mine, all those things are mine, you're mine, get that other dog out of here. Then it requires a little bit more energy on your part, but once the dogs figure it out, they actually really do roll with it pretty easily, because it makes sense to them, as opposed to the chaos of, oh my gosh, this is horrible, I can't believe she's training another dog. So, it does help, kind of. You know what I mean. They just get really upset. I mean some of these dogs get extremely upset and emotionally just, they become a mess because they don't know what to do, and if you show them what to do, when presented with that problem, all of a sudden they go, oh, okay, I can do this. All right, I can do this, this is good. And so then they have a plan, and that's really what the goal with this class is, to provide people with a plan so that they can start with the group of dogs they have now that may have 1 or 2 or 10 problems and then have a plan and a roadmap to work to a calm, peaceful multi-dog household. Melissa Breau: I mean if you went from having one significant other and suddenly started dating around, your significant other would probably have a problem with that too, so. Loretta Mueller: You think? Like, yes… Melissa Breau: I mean you can't really blame a dog that's thought you were going steady for getting too upset about that. Loretta Mueller: Yeah, we were exclusive. We were exclusive. What the heck? Yes, exactly. That is exactly what's going on, totally, and then we go I don't understand why you're not getting this, and the dogs are like really? Yeah. Yeah. Whatever. So, yeah, that's exactly what's happening, and so, again, you know, it's, to me it's very obvious that these dogs are doing that because of the fact that we've created such a wonderful relationship with them that we have to then show them, you know, there is going to be times where you're going to have to share me a little bit, and again, once they figure out the process, it actually goes pretty easily, so. Melissa Breau: So, we've talked a lot, I think, about kind of the idea of running a smooth household and management and training. I wanted to ask a little bit about how you balance the two, both in real life and kind of in the class. Loretta Mueller: I get this a lot, and sadly I can't give you a definite answer, and the reason I can't is because the dogs kind of decide what needs to happen, as far as management versus training. It is all about the dog. So, you know, with dogs that are temperamentally sound, with no major issues, and what I mean by no major issues is, you know, no severe resource guarding, no severe reactivity, things like that, so just a normal, you know, normal-tempered dog, after they understand the situation with the training and the taking turns and learning how they are supposed to behave when another dog is out and things like that, there's usually very little management after training, and I say management…some people have different terms of management. So, I'll go onto that in a second, but many dogs do have their quirks. I mean I have a houseful of Border Collies, so, they're their own little weirdos, you know, to begin with. I love the breed. I love them, but they definitely all have their quirks. Anyone that has a Border Collie will go, yeah, yeah, yeah. So, even I have dogs that are a bit on the odd side, and the key, I guess, with that, is to identify it early and see if training can fix it. You apply the training, does it get better, does it progress positively, yay. If it does not, are there other options? So, I will always defer to training first, if I can. You know, so, for example, this is a good example of something that I do with my dogs, and they only know this. They know no other way, training. My dogs are taught that the house is not a place to be in drive unless they're given a trigger word. So, for my dogs it's the word ready, which I'm really happy that I just said that and none of them are getting up off the couch, because they're all five of them currently are just sacked out in my living room with me. So, if I don't say that word, the assumption, to all of my dogs, is the house is a calm place. So, there's not dogs running around, throwing toys, there's not dogs running around, playing and going crazy in the house. It's just a place that they should be calm and out of drive unless asked into drive and the only place I will actually ask them to go into drive is in my training room, which is in my house, but it's a spare bedroom. So, if they go into the training room, that's when they will go into drive because the training room itself is a trigger. So, I will say are you ready to work or…I can't even say it because they're going to all get excited. So, that word means get going and let's get to business. Outside, when we go outside, as long as they behave themselves and go through doors correctly and you know are good with their impulse control, that's where they can be dogs and run around. So, they can go on off-leash walks, things like that, and if I do want them to go into a working drive, I would give them the same word, ready, and they would come to me and we'd work, if needed, and so it's very important because this rule creates a house that doesn't have dogs throwing toys me all hours of the day and night. There's no craziness. The house, to the dogs, is just like a crate, so a place to be calm, and it's something I just, I guess, took for granted because I was like I don't really want six dogs running around amuck in my house, just chaotic, but a lot of people don't do that. They, the house is a place to play and go crazy and get zoomies, and all these amazing things happen in the house, which is fine, but always be cognizant of what you're actually working, right, because something that might be cute in the beginning, when you add 4 or 5 dogs into the mix, it becomes a major, major issue, and that's the situation that I find with people is that they don't think in terms of the future. They think in terms of, oh, these two dogs are having fun in the living room. And so for me, if, for example, I had a dog that was wanting to play with my puppy in the house, I would most likely, if I could, take them outside and let them have fun outside, and then once puppy was tired, bring them back in the house. So, I'm just setting an example for calm, controlled behavior in my home, and then, when we go outside, they can be, you know, dogs, within reason, do dog things, run around, bark, things like that. So, I think it's something that people have to always think in terms of, and a lot of people don't because when you have one dog, it's not that big of a deal, but when you have five dogs, it becomes a major thing. So, and that's an example of training. So, for me, management can come in situations with just daily life. So, a good example of management that I do, myself, is not all of my dogs are loose in the house when I'm gone. It's an earned thing because some of my dogs are great in the house, and then I have some, a couple of them, that are a bit more naughty, and the naughty ones are crated, and it's just some people would call that, I guess, true management. I just call that putting dogs that are naughty in crates, and so that's, they can't be naughty when I'm not around. So, you know, that would be fine. That's just a standard that I have for my dogs. Do I have a dog or two that doesn't necessarily like the other dog? Yeah, I do, and so do those dogs, are they left out when I'm not around? No, they're crated, you know, and so if you have those kind of personality things, you say, okay, there's a personality issue here between two of my dogs. Therefore, I'm not going to create a situation where they have the ability to have any discussions. I'm going to remove that from the table so that the only time they have the ability to have a discussion is when I'm going to be around and I can distract them from it or whatever, if need be. But the dogs, to me, will really determine how much management's required. Many dogs, when I actually work through all the exercises in my class, don't have as much of an issue of space or reactivity, or they're greatly lessened just due to understanding, but you know, however, if you have dogs that are attacking other dogs, you know, you have to understand that there is a time for management, and sometimes it's just managing, like, situations we'll deal with in the multi-dog class, pinch points, so areas of conflict as far usually that's like space, so hallways, door entryways, things like that. If you acknowledge it and you manage little pieces, then you don't end up having to manage the entire situation all the time and keeping dogs completely separate. So, it's identifying those trigger or those pinch points that will tell you, hey, this is an area of conflict, I can do this, this, or this, and that will take care of it and get rid of the conflict. You get rid of the conflict, you get rid of the emotion, the dogs then relax and things become much better, and so it's about just observation and seeing exactly what's happening with your group, and that's going to be very, very important when you can decide whether you need to train something or it is a true management situation. Melissa Breau: Now, you kind of mentioned the loose-leash walking thing earlier, but I want to kind of circle back around to that. I know one of the most common requests, when it comes to having several dogs, is definitely loose-leash walking because there's definitely nothing crazier than having several dogs all pulling you in different directions when you're outside. Ask me how I know. So, I know that, you know, you've shared some pictures on the Facebook group and things of you with your crew, all leashes, nice and loose. Are you covering that in the class? Loretta Mueller: Yes, I am, definitely, absolutely. I will be going over it, and I'm going to be starting it on week two. I've just released lectures for week one. So, week two we're going to already start on some loose-leash walking, and again, the key is one dog at a time. When you add more dogs, it's not going to get better. It's going to get worse, and so I think as the people are like well, you know, they'll probably be okay, get the leash walking done well with one dog, and then we're kind of adding other dogs, and again, like I said before, people have a tendency to rush it, and then you end up with four dogs dragging you down the road, and that's not fun, and you also have dogs that, you know, they might be somewhat okay as a group on leash, but then a squirrel runs cross your path, and then you are now officially skiing, which we don't want that. We want you to not be ran into trees and not be drug through forests. I actually just got back from a camping trip, and I saw that in full force, a woman with four Goldens, not a cool situation. So, luckily my dogs are only about 35 pounds, but I do work with a lot of people that have dogs much bigger, and the bottom line is it takes patience, but the rewards are amazing, and I think that's the hardest part, for most people, when they're dealing with loose-leash walking is they want to just get it done and then add all 3, 4 dogs, and that's not how it works, and so again, laying those roadmaps on here's where you start and then there's how you slowly add in more layers, and a layer being distractions, and a layer being a dog, things like that, and that's one of the things we do in week one of this class, actually, is self-assessment of each dog, and I have a couple of the golds say do you really want me to write out everything for each of the dogs in my house? Yes, I do. I sure do, and the reason is, is because you can use dogs' personalities to benefit another dog's training. So, for example, if you have a really exuberant young dog that's learning loose-leash walking and has it, and has got it, and they're doing really well by themselves, and then you have the option of adding a 4-year-old, who is kind of high strung, your 12-year-old dog, who is not high strung, or a18-month-old young dog that doesn't know how to loose-leash walk. Which one do you add in? You're going to go with the older dog, right? So, you can use those personality characteristics to help you, but you have to understand what those characteristics are because we just have a tendency to look at the group as a whole and not these individual dogs, and you can use them so easily, and I do that a lot in my classes, where I'll deal with certain dogs who get overstimulated by a specific type of dog. I can use that dog for my group to work them through that, and it's the same thing that you'd be doing when you're dealing with multi-dogs. You can use the dog that best fits the situation that's going to put that positive progress into play, and that's going to be a really, really important thing when you're dealing with loose-leash walking. Again, I think people get on the verge of getting it and then they just lose patience, and I know nothing worse for me, personally, than dealing with a dog dragging me. That's just one of my things. Like, it makes a lot of stuff not fun, and so, for me, it's something that I really work on, and I think it's kind of fun to see a lot of these golds that are in the class, currently, are really excited about doing that. So, I see some really, really motivated people that are hopefully going to get some really good leash walking out of their dogs, and then again, once they get it on one dog, keep working on all the rest, and then we add them all in, as a group, slowly, and the rewards are awesome because you can just walk your dogs and not have to worry about being pulled or drug, and it's a really awesome thing. I mean I know it's not nearly as cool as doing weep holes or you know dumbbell retrieves, but the bottom line is you're probably going to spend a lot more time walking your dog on-leash than you are, you know, doing other stuff. So, that's going to be a really, really important thing. I'm excited about that, super excited, so. Melissa Breau: I think most of people taking the class are probably pretty excited about that, too. Loretta Mueller: Yeah, they are. Melissa Breau: So, I wanted to just kind of generally ask you a little more about what you will and won't cover in the class. What are some of the other topics? Loretta Mueller: So I'm going to cover just group mentality, assessing your dogs as far as their temperaments, common areas that cause issues with groups, games to help dogs learn to share and accept other dogs, share and accept resources, understanding what each of the dogs in your group needs to be happy and content, because that's a really, really important one. They're just like people. Some of them are extroverts. Some of them are introverts. It really depends on the dog, and just noticing those characteristics and giving them what they need so that they're more comfortable, and a big one is when you should look into a true management scenario. I think that's a hard one for a lot of people. I find a lot of people go into management before they've actually looked into training first, and I think that a lot of stuff can be accomplished with training, as, again, as long as you're dealing with a dog that's just maybe over threshold or things like that. Things I'm not going to cover, I'm not going to cover severe aggression issues between pack members, severe resource guarding issues, so dogs that are lunging while being fed, things that should be left to a certified behaviorist. To me, those things can't really be worked through via a lot of video because you're still going to be still missing out on some things or just discussion. I think that in those cases, with severe issues, you need one on one, in person time with a professional in that specific field, and so I think it's just really important that people understand that this is to fix tendencies or slight issues that don't involve severe massive aggression or severe resource guarding or also just, you know, if you're bringing a new puppy into the pack and you want to know how to raise this puppy in a way that it's only going to know that it's…that's how it lives, it's in a group, then the class is for you, but like I said, in severe issue…cases with aggression and resource guarding, I'm going to leave that to someone that is, you know, a professional in the field, and that's where I would send people to go, so. Melissa Breau: Kind of my last question here, is there, just generally, I guess, anything you'd add and either about the class or in general or maybe something you've learned over time or that hasn't worked, just kind of anything you'd add to anything we talked about? Loretta Mueller: Yeah. You know I think having a houseful of dogs can be really a fun experience. I love my group. I wouldn't trade them for the world, I'll be honest with you. One of the things I've learned, over time, and I think we've all kind of done it, probably out of frustration more than anything, is yelling or screaming or you know getting upset when the dogs are being silly in a group, it doesn't work. It just doesn't work. I mean it might make us feel a little bit better at the time, that we're trying to, you know, maybe fix something, but the bottom line, it really doesn't work. It's, the goal that you have to think in terms of, and this has taken me, you know, I've been dealing with multi-dogs for many years now, is just think in terms of divide and conquer. So, if your group is unmanageable, you need to work each dog on their own, get them the skills, and then, like I said, slowly add in dogs if things progress in a positive direction. If you bring dogs in, just assume it's going to be a multi-dog household, and all your training should be around that. If you only ever want one dog, it's a little different, but I think, to me, you know, every dog that comes in is going to understand that they will be in a group situation and they will have to have these specific skills and games that they have learned that will help them deal with that type of life, because it's different. I mean it's very different, especially going from one dog to multiple dogs, the dogs have to be accepting of personal space, possibly being invaded, things like that, and you have to work with them to develop that understanding and the tolerance to accept, you know, dogs in their space and things like that, and then, on the flip side, you also, as the trainer, have to understand how to make things less evasive and how to give dogs outs and options and things like that, and I think that something I've learned, a lot, just through the years is that incompatible behaviors, so, if you have a behavior you don't like, go the exact opposite and teach that. So, it's really hard for, example, a dog to run ahead of everyone else, and you'll see this common in a lot of the herding breeds, they'll nip. So, for example, if you let your dogs in the house, one dog in particular, normally, will run ahead of everybody because they're busting through the door, of course, and they will wheel around and nip those dogs coming through the hallway or through a door. So, you just think in terms of incompatible behavior, so, if the dog is waiting at the door to be released, is that compatible with running through the door and biting the other dogs? No. They can't do both, and so you want to think in terms of I want to find a behavior that they can't do simultaneously, and then you work on that as a trained behavior and you'll get that situation. So, one of the things that people will get used to, throughout this session, is in a group, my dogs are released to commands or to food or through doors by their names. So in agility, I say okay. That's their release word. In a group situation, because I would never do agility with my dogs in a group…that just sounds dangerous. It really does. I'm like I've got a little anxiety over that one, actually, but you, I would release them with an okay in agility, but in a group, and for example if I wanted them to come to the door, if I say okay, is that fair? Melissa Breau: Right. Loretta Mueller: It's, well, it is, technically, if I want them to all bust through the door at once, which is definitely not what I want, because they'll kill each other, but you know people are like okay, and then all five dogs jump up and bust through the door. Well, that's not what I want. So, in the situation of a group thing, I would be saying, Klink, and Klink means you are released to come to the door. If I want to tug with multiple dogs, for example, I would say Klink, get it, or Lynn, get it. So, it gives the dog's name and then something, and that way I can be very specific about what I want which dog to do, and that was something I didn't think about, actually. One of my students was just feeding her dogs cookies, you know, just cookies, and one of the dogs was getting a little guard-y, and what I realized through that was that I tell my dogs their names before I give them a cookie, if I have five dogs waiting at my feet, and none of them try to get the other dog's cookie, and I do have a couple dogs that are a little resource-guard-y, but unless they hear their name, they know not to get the cookie, and so it's just little things like that that if you're not training with multiple dogs, you don't think about, and then, all of a sudden, you add in that second dog, and you're like, oh wow, everything has changed now because my first dog doesn't want the other dog to get cookies, etcetera, etcetera. So, it's stuff like that that I've just naturally developed through the years of having multiple dogs that we will go through, and you know you don't have to say your dog's name. You can…one of my students has uno, dos, tres, one, two, three in Spanish. That's how she calls her dogs, as far as group stuff. So, her dogs are uno, dos, tres in a group, and then her dogs, you know, when they're individually training, have their names and things like that, and so, so my dogs' conceptual… Melissa Breau: I was going to say I'm assuming that's because she uses their names to mean something else in training. Loretta Mueller: Yes, exactly, yeah. Melissa Breau: Yeah. Loretta Mueller: And you know dogs, dogs are very good at figuring out scenarios. They're phenomenal at figuring them out. I mean my dogs know that if they come out of the house and we turn left, we're going to go into the agility field, but I never work five dogs in agility. So, they don't do agility. If I come out with one dog, and I turn left, and I go to the agility field, they know they're working. So, it's all about context. So, I teach my dogs that in context there's group context and then there's individual context, and they are very, very good at figuring that out, and so we'll be going through that, as well, in the class, but that's a big one is teaching them what they should expect in a group, and so a lot of these people, we're working on a lot of that stuff this, the next six weeks. So, I'm pretty excited about the class. Melissa Breau: It sounds awesome. Loretta Mueller: Yeah. Yeah. I'm excited about it. I'm looking forward to seeing the videos and seeing the starting points. I just released a lecture where it says I need to see the ugly, and so I'm kind of excited to go look at the forums and see some ugly, and then we can work on some stuff. So, yeah, it's going to be a fun class. Melissa Breau: For folks listening, we're actually recording this on the first day of class, on October 1. So, they won't hear this for a week or two, but for you, it's, today's the very first day of class. Loretta Mueller: Yes, it is. Melissa Breau: Well, thank you, so much, for coming back on the podcast, Loretta. This is great. Loretta Mueller: Yeah. You're welcome. Thank you for having me. I appreciate it. Melissa Breau: And thank you to all of our listeners for tuning in. We'll actually be back next week with our first non-FDSA interview. I'll be back with Laura VanArendonk Baugh. I pronounced that right, I'm pretty sure, and she's the author of Fired Up, Frantic, and Freaked Out, Training Crazy Dogs From Over-The-Top to Under Control, and Social, Civil, and Savvy, Training and Socializing Puppies to Become the Best Possible Dogs. Don't miss it. If you haven't already, subscribe to our podcast in 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. 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