Podcasts about standard poodle

In this episode of Untidy, Matty and Hannah are feeling a spring in their steps ... but, since when did pollen get hallucinogenic ...? Strap in dear listeners, this episode is a ride!Hannah's decided to date again and is stepping out with her statement dog Honey Traps. She reviews the Standard Poodle for efficacy. Matty's victimised in a retail store for concealer in her crow's feet and takes us to school on how to rescue a sister during a wardrobe malfunction.  From a style crisis in public to a style crisis at home, Motto Fashions @mottofashions challenges the girls to clamber out of their dressed-down, working-from-home style ruts and solve their outfit dilemmas with staple items from their ‘F*** It Era'. The challenge has been set—Matty is excited, and Hannah is nervous. Stand by for the results on Instagram! In a critical multi-chat, multitasking fail, Hannah confesses she's sent something incriminating into the wrong chat ... She's never blushed so hard on the pod. Thanks to the solidarity of the listeners, she's not alone ... #doinitforthepod If you enjoy this episode of Untidy, please support the show by subscribing in your podcast app and tapping the ‘+ follow' button. That way, you'll never miss an episode. Help us to keep building this supportive community – subscribe, share an episode with a mate, and chuck us a 5-star review. Thank you for listening and supporting our independent production! You're the best! Untidy is made for you – the people right at the heart of this steaming hot mess we call parenthood! Follow the show and DM us on Instagram @untidypodcast or email hello@untidypodcast.com. Your stories and ideas to help us shape the show! Find us online at Untidy podcast. Find Matilda at @matootles and get your copy of The Feel Good Guide. Find Hannah at @hannahedavison and her My Big Moments children's books at @mybigmoments. Enter code UNTIDY at checkout for 10% off your order.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

JeePee's Spaw offers quality grooming experiences for pets. They specialize in all dog and cat breeds at competition quality. Owner Olrand Ruiz says they named their business after their own 4-year-old pet and competition veteran Standard Poodle, who is always happy to say hello to customers. If you want custom or decorative pet grooming, they do that too! Co-owner Nimsay Rivera says they made a small yorkie mix look like a giraffe and gave a Siberian husky candy corn ears and a colorful tail. You can see samples of their grooming work on JEEPEESPAW.COM, or call them at 904.637.5335.

As any owner of a rare hunting dog knows, the reputation of that breed often rides on your shoulders when you show up for a hunt test or a day afield with friends. Your dog may be the only representative of the breed that your fellow hunters ever encounter, so it's likely to leave a lasting impression—good or bad. For Domenick Muoio and his Standard Poodle, this pressure isn't overwhelming; on the contrary, he enjoys the chance to show what Poodles can accomplish in the field. “I don't think that others really expect the level of performance that she has, so they tend to be pleasantly surprised. I get a lot of really positive comments about her, especially from judges who may have seen one or two Poodles in the past and were a little underwhelmed.”

In this episode, we introduce you to the wicked smart, Swiss Army Knife of breeds, the beloved Poodle.  Over the centuries, Poodles were bred as hunting companions but their versatility and intelligence led them to starring roles such as fashion plates, status symbols, comedians, rescue heroes, and crimefighters. Though often underestimated, underrated, and misunderstood, Poodles make excellent guide dogs, service dogs, and therapy dogs. Join us as we plunge into the history of these excellent swimmers and treasured family members. Bonafide Bits: In the 19th century, the French fell in love with the Poodle making it a cultural icon and the national dog of France. French legend has it that a black Poodle named  “Moustache” earned a grenadier's per diem and received a hero's burial after faithfully serving his country. In 1875, the Poodle first appeared in the Kennel Club's stud book. In 1935, Duke, a white Standard Poodle, was the first Poodle to win Best in Show at  Westminster. Elvis Presley gave Poodles as gifts to girlfriends. Featured Breeds: German Shepherd Dog There are many reasons why German Shepherd Dogs stand in the front rank of canine royalty, but experts say their defining attribute is character: loyalty, courage, confidence, the ability to learn commands for many tasks, and the willingness to put their life on the line in defense of loved ones. German Shepherd Dogs will be gentle family pets and steadfast guardians, but, the breed standard says, there's a “certain aloofness that does not lend itself to immediate and indiscriminate friendships.” Discover more about German Shepherd Dogs at AKC's German Shepherd Dog Breed Biography. Poodle (Standard) Forget those old stereotypes of Poodles as frou-frou dogs. Poodles are eager, athletic, and wickedly smart “real dogs” of remarkable versatility. The Standard, with his greater size and strength, is the best all-around athlete of the family, but all Poodles can be trained with great success. Discover more about Poodles at AKC's Poodle (Standard) Breed Biography. Poodle (Miniature & Toys) Poodles come in three size varieties: Standards should be more than 15 inches tall at the shoulder; Miniatures are 15 inches or under; Toys stand no more than 10 inches. All three varieties have the same build and proportions. At dog shows, Poodles are usually seen in the elaborate Continental Clip. Most pet owners prefer the simpler Sporting Clip, in which the coat is shorn to follow the outline of the squarely built, smoothly muscled body. Discover more about Miniature Poodles at AKC's Miniature Poodle Breed Biography. For more information about a specific breed visit the breed's parent club or AKC.org. Shareables: The traditional Poodle cut is more function than fashion. Poodles have been featured in artworks dating back to the 14th century. Poodle coats can also be corded and encouraged to grow into locks up to 20 inches long.

Katie discusses how to understand how your dog sees things. Plus questions about what a to feed a 4 month old Pup for good gut health. Standard Poodle questions. Supplements for an aging cat.

The Poodle, called the Pudel in German and the Caniche in French, is a breed of water dog. The breed is divided into four varieties based on size, the Standard Poodle, Medium Poodle, Miniature Poodle and Toy Poodle, although the Medium Poodle variety is not universally recognized. The Poodle most likely originated in Germany, although it is also claimed to be from France. The Standard Poodle was originally used by wildfowl hunters to retrieve game from water. The smaller varieties of the breed were bred from the original in France where they were once commonly used as circus performers, but have become popular companion dogs. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Rodeo Drive brings out the glamor in people – and their pooches – as leading fashion houses develop lines for pets and the luxury thoroughfare offers the red carpet treatment to canines and their pet parents. One of the dogs who might be seen strutting his stuff on Rodeo Drive is Sebastian The Standard, the show-stopping white Standard Poodle who is a fixture on Instagram and has starred in movies including Beyonce's “Black is King”. “The poodle has always been, for me, my dream dog,” says Allysa Payne, his pet parent and momager. “I think Sebastian looks like Beverly Hills to me.” Payne talks to host Pari Ehsan about her line of luxury shoes and handbags, keeping Sebastian camera-ready and why leading fashion houses are so eager to reach the pet market. “More and more couples are deciding to have pets instead of children. And so of course, they spoil them like children, buying them high quality, pet fashion,” says Payne.The best place to show the latest and greatest looks is on Rodeo Drive, which will offer photo opportunities for visitors and their pets this summer. Field correspondent Jason E.C. Wright learns more about the BOLD Summer Red Carpet Experience from Rodeo Drive Committee President Kathy Gohari. “We are having multiple, experiential photo moments, where you will be on the red carpet and you will be able to have your picture captured and to take something back home to show people that you were the star on Rodeo Drive for the day.” The red carpet opportunity will take place every afternoon from July 25 to August 21. It goes hand in hand with The Dreamer experience at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel, offering hotel guests the opportunity to live life for a day like the stars. Ehsan got a taste of that experience when she had her hair styled by the famed Léa Journo at her salon inside the Beverly Wilshire, A Four Seasons Hotel. Journo shares her amazing life story which began in Paris, France, where she was one of ten children and started cutting hair at age fourteen. On being invited to Los Angeles, she became one of the most sought after stylists in Hollywood, counting Kris Jenner, Britney Spears, Jane Fonda and Jennifer Aniston among her stellar client list. Journo says the secret to her success is finding the beauty in all women. “I always say every woman is beautiful. You just need to look at her very well, find her the right color and find her the right hair. Then she's the queen.”Season Three of Rodeo Drive – The Podcast is presented by the Rodeo Drive Committee with the support of the City of Beverly Hills, The Hayman Family, Two Rodeo Drive, Beverly Wilshire, A Four Seasons Hotel, the Beverly Hills Conference & Visitors Bureau, and MCM.Listen to Rodeo Drive – The Podcast and subscribe, rate and review wherever you get your podcasts.Watch moments from the series here and on YouTube.Check back in regularly for what's next in the series.Season Three Credits:Executive Producer: Lyn WinterHost: Pari EhsanField Correspondent: Jason E.C. WrightScriptwriter and Editorial Advisor: Frances AndertonEditor and Videographer: Hans FjellestadTheme music by Brian BanksProduction Assistant: Grace Fuh See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Best of After Bark is a compilation of previously recorded interviews from some of our favorite dog/human duos! Very few can pull off labels like “superstar” and “iconic” but these two make it look easy! Josh White and his rainbow unicorn Standard Poodle, Snow are back in the hot seat as we “dig in” to more of their story and how these superstars came to be the iconic brand, Josh and Snow!

Sandy Weaver is an author, consultant, and professional speaker who works with veterinarians to foster happier hospital cultures and more resilient teams. A citizen-scientist in the fields of neurology, neuroplasticity, and positive psychology, she gives individuals tools they can begin using right away to create more personal success and happiness. Her avocation is dog sports—she's an AKC judge and is owned by a Siberian Husky and a Standard Poodle. 

We are meeting with Peter Carlson, President of Pet Evolution Franchising, LLC.  Unlike your standard pet supply stores, Pet Evolution takes a health-driven approach to keep dogs healthy and their owners happy. Each location offers products that cater to specific pet diets and health concerns, along with specialty services like grooming, self-serve dog wash, and mobile nail trims. Every Business Has A Story Pet Evolution was founded in 2012 by friends Rian Thiele and Mike Osborn, both having watched their childhood dogs suffer through the itchy paws, chronic ear infections, and multiple vet trips of undiagnosed food allergies. Peter Carlson, President of Pet Evolution Franchising, LLC, suggested the brand begin franchising after falling in love with Pet Evolution. Once a loyal customer before joining the team, Peter turned to Pet Evolution as his Standard Poodle, Leo, struggled with digestive and allergy issues, following countless tries with other products with no results. After switching to products endorsed by their team, Peter immediately saw positive results to help his dog live a happier life. In Part Two, we play a clip from our popular Great Quotes in Franchising podcast. 

This week rounds out the month of June and We Know WeHo's month long Pride celebration of featuring LGBTQ+ owned businesses. Partners in life and business, Joshua White and Mehdi Elias Rezig from Dogue Spa in West Hollywood are our featured guests. Josh's love of animals and talents as a dog groomer and Mehdi's entrepreneurial business skills are the perfect combination to build their brand and Dogue Spa together. Josh is an LA native and the Co-Owner and Lead Groomer at Dogue with experience who competed on the "The Pack", an Amazon Original global adventure featuring 12 teams of dogs and their human companions in fun and exciting international adventures. You can find Josh and Snow, an elegant white Standard Poodle, at their West Hollywood canine spa - Dogue Spa. At Dogue, they offer a unique, high end salon experience to you and your four legged best friend. As a full service Spa, their main goal is to provide the highest level of excellence when styling your dog, starting with premium shampoo and conditioner. Each dog is given a thorough consult by the stylist to assure the best results, allowing our stylist to connect with both you and your dog. By the end of the consult, your stylist will recommend what's best for YOUR pet so that they can feel, look and smell his/her best. Please note that any coloring used on the dogs is vegan and non-toxic and completely safe for your canine friends. Insider tip: if you drop your furry pal off at Dogue, you might just run into Usher and his Goldendoodle Dog Scarlett. Website: https://www.doguespa.net/ Instagram: @doguespa | @joshandsnow Show Notes & Links: Dogue Spa After Bark Podcast "The" Pack on Amazon Prime ABC Pooch Perfect Rocco's Crossroads Used Clothing The Los Angeles Blade Sunday Service at the Abbey Mickey's West Hollywood Revolver Hollywood Bowl Yamashiro Merois at the Pendry The Edition West Hollywood Farm Cup Coffee “Sunset Hour” at Tesse Happy Hour at Madre Reel Inn Malibu Conservatory Olivetta State Social House Carlitos Gardel Spartina BIRD Scooters Le Parc Suites Rooftop Yoga Marisabel Bazan Art Mondrian

Dia Becker is the voice of Broke But Moisturized: a Substack newsletter on self-awareness and millennial culture. Her writing has been featured on The Huffington Post. When she's not haphazardly balancing four jobs, she can be found running the Schuylkill River Trail in Philadelphia, practicing Italian, and raising her Standard Poodle, Mousse. For reference, the word I was trying to find in this episode to describe Daniel's go-to coffee order when he's extra boujie is: allongéTo connect with Dia:BlogSubstackInstagramTwitterAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

This week we judge a Weimaraner, a Norwich Terrier, a Bloodhound, a Shih Tzu and a Standard Poodle to see who is best in show.   Who's your favorite dog? Who's your favorite couple?  

[NOTE: Check links under description!] The Service Dog Show is joined by Katie Jesseph and her husband Paul, who share their experience training Theo, a Standard Poodle. They discuss something a little different - getting a Service Dog from the civilian perspective.    *Got an idea for the Service Dog Show or want to be a guest? Then please feel free to contact Joaquin or Scav at any of their social media*  ---------- Nevermore's Mother's Funeral https://www.gofundme.com/f/nevermores-mothers-funeral  ---------- Read "The True Scav and Scout Chronicles" Now! http://www.lulu.com/shop/alyssa-kalo/the-true-scav-and-scout-chronicles/paperback/product-23919113.html ---------- Check-out Scav and Scout on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/scavandscout   **LINKS TO CHECK OUT** DV Radio On Patreon http://bit.ly/2Ji9uFk  ---------- WE'RE HIRING http://bit.ly/2HaXNhU  ---------- DV RADIO PARTNERS, SPONSORS, and AFFILIATES https://hypel.ink/DVR-Sponsors ----------   ALL THINGS DYSFUNCTIONAL https://hypel.ink/WhereIsDV ----------  Grab PTSDog's Book Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and the Service Dog At One Of These Links!! Booklocker (My Publisher!!) http://www.Booklocker.com/books/9895.html Barnes and Noble: https://bit.ly/2yNkSoG Amazon: http://a.co/fOjuMRt

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Welcome to The Profit Talk! In this show, we're going to help you explore strategies to help you maximize profits in your business while scaling and creating the lifestyle that you want as an entrepreneur. I am your host, Susanne Mariga! I'm a certified Mastery Level Profit First Professional. Let's dive into strategies to maximize profits in your business! In this episode I interview Tatiana O'Hara and together we explore team building and delegation to scale and elevate your business profitability. Tatiana O'Hara is an Agency & Team Operations Coach that helps successful, yet overwhelmed online business owners create the structure needed for their team & daily operations, so they can focus on scaling sustainably. She's helped dozens of leaders optimize their team and learn essential leadership skills that have yielded in hundreds of thousands of dollars in sales growth. She's helped many marketing agencies & VA agencies gain the structure needed to grow at exponential rates. She has also worked with business owners starting a team for the first time. Through her signature VIP Day, Tatiana O'Hara takes her clients from stressed, overwhelmed, and stuck at a plateau, to working less hours and sitting confidently in their role as the CEO of a company that scales. In less than 90 days from the initial session, her clients are seeing reductions in their work week as much as 20 hours! They have also been able to take on more clients, and increase monthly revenue. When she's not changing the lives of her clients, you can find her cheffing it up in the kitchen, watching Neflix, or going on walks with her boyfriend and Standard Poodle pup, Pluto. You may contact Tatiana at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1421176154754706 . Visit my FREE Facebook Group, The Profit First Masterclass, where I'll be sharing additional exclusive trainings to members of the community.  If you're excited about what's next for your business and upcoming episodes, please head to our itunes page and give us a review! Your support will help me to bring in other amazing expert interviews to share their best tips on how to powerfully grow in your business! DISCLAIMER: The information contained within these videos is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute, an accountant-client relationship. While we use reasonable efforts to furnish accurate and up-to-date information, we assume no liability or responsibility for any errors, omissions, or regulatory updates in the content of this video. Any U.S. federal tax advice contained within is not intended to be used for the purpose of avoiding penalties under U.S. federal tax law.

Introduction These two Martians, prompted by our probes on and around their planet, landed here in the US. They were looking for signs of intelligent life. That is the subject of today’s 10-minute episode.  Continuing Revolution 2.0™ stumbled into an exclusive interview with two self-professed Martians, Gog and Magog. I took them at their word about their planetary ethnicity because they were thoughtful enough to be small and green, arriving in a flying saucer; some stereotypes are downright helpful.  I call this meeting an interview, but as you will soon see, they asked most of the questions. I was out in our backyard, repeatedly saying “Good potty!” to our 9-week-old Standard Poodle. (BTW, lest you think the life of a podcaster is all glamour, consistently hobnobbing with presidents and celebrities, I do this a lot…:)  ). Their saucer landed a few feet away from our blazing fire pit.  As they emerged from their spacecraft, one of them said something that was entirely unintelligible. I responded with, “What? Who are you?” (Best I could do in the moment.) After apparently recalibrating their speech mechanisms, he spoke again. “We are Gog and Magog, from Mars. We were taking another lap in your ionosphere, saw your fire and thought this was as good a time as any to settle the question of whether there is intelligent life outside of Mars.”  “Would you like to sit down?” I asked, not really knowing if they were standing or sitting at the moment. “Thank you”, answered one, while identifying himself as Gog. They adjusted themselves in an odd way, which I suppose meant they were now sitting. “May we ask you some questions?”, asked Magog? “Feel free.” “We lubb the slogan ‘All Lives Matter’; why does it make so many people mad?” “Lubb?” I responded. “Sorry, translation error; I meant love. We love the slogan ‘All Lives Matter. We also hear slogans like ‘Black Lives Matter’ and ‘Blue Lives Matter’. Aren’t they simply subsets of the completely correct claim that ‘All Lives Matter’? It seems...” Gog interrupted with “What is a ‘Blue life’? We can’t find any Blue people.” Undeterred, Magog continued, “It seems that when some people hold up signs saying Black Lives Matter, others hold up signs saying All Lives Matter, and they start yelling and fighting. Then some other people hold up signs saying that Blue Lives Matter (he glared at Magog to keep him from interrupting again). The Blue people and the Black people also don’t seem to get along.” In the interval when I was trying to think of a way to explain this to an extraterrestrial, Gog, politely, this time, asked, “Who are the Blue people? And why does Black people mean people who are mostly not black, but various shades of brown? And why does White mean all those people who are not white? Isn’t your primitive printer paper white; do you know anyone who is that color?” Well, he had me there, but I offered. “Well, Blue means a profession, law enforcement, and Black means, well, anyone with African ancestry, or who looks like they might have African ancestry.” They looked confused, so I went on, “And White means that you are not Black, Latino, a Pacific Islander, from Spain, or Asian.”  They slumped a bit, looked at each other, then looked back at me, asking together, “Why don’t the colors work together?” At this point, I wished that I had not turned on my fire pit. I ventured, “Well, you see, everyone is looking for justice.” Again, together, they asked, “How do you get to justice for all by fighting each other? Is one side really the enemy?” I began to fidget, wondering how on earth (pun intended) I had gotten picked as the person to answer for all of this.  Gog changed directions slightly by asking, “If everyone wants justice, then everyone must want laws to be enforced. Why are so many people mad at the Blue people who enforce the law?” Thinking that at last I had one I could answer, I said, “Some people think that law enforcement is systemically ...

Tatiana O’Hara has helped dozens of leaders optimize their team and learn essential leadership skills that have yielded in hundreds of thousands of dollars in sales growth. She’s helped many marketing agencies & VA agencies gain the structure needed to grow at exponential rates. She has also worked with business owners starting a team for the first time. Through her signature coaching program, Becoming The CEO, Tatiana O’Hara takes her clients from stressed, overwhelmed, and stuck at a plateau, to working fewer hours and sitting confidently in their role as the CEO of a company that scales. In just 90 days, her clients are seeing reductions in their workweek as much as 20 hours! They have also been able to take on more clients, and increase monthly revenue. When she’s not changing the lives of her clients, you can find her cheffing it up in the kitchen, watching Netflix, or going on walks with her boyfriend and Standard Poodle pup, Pluto.

Tatiana O'Hara is a Team Operations Coach that helps successful, yet overwhelmed online business owners create the structure needed for their team & daily operations, so they can focus on scaling sustainability. She's helped dozens of leaders optimize their team and learn essential leadership skills that have yielded in hundreds of thousands of dollars in sales growth. She's helped many marketing agencies & VA agencies gain the structure needed to grow at exponential rates. She has also worked with business owners starting a team for the first time. Through her signature coaching program, Becoming The CEO, Tatiana O'Hara takes her clients from stressed, overwhelmed, and stuck at a plateau, to working less hours and sitting confidently in their role as the CEO of a company that scales. In just 90 days, her clients are seeing reductions in their work week as much as 20 hours! They have also been able to take on more clients, and increase monthly revenue. When she's not changing the lives of her clients, you can find her cheffing it up in the kitchen, watching Netflix, or going on walks with her boyfriend and Standard Poodle pup, Pluto. In this episode Tatiana explains what a KPI is, how to create them for your team, how to handle team members who aren't hitting the KPIs and all her wisdom around hiring and team management! This is such a good episode.   Website: www.becomingtheceo.co Instagram @_tatianaohara free training they can grab www.becomingtheceo.co/freetraining Delegation task matrix https://www.becomingtheceo.co/matrix   Want to transition to a profit focused schedule without long nights, unnecessary task switching and never ending to do lists? head to www.withhannahmurphy.com/free for a free training ->

Tatiana O'Hara is a Team Operations Coach that helps successful, yet overwhelmed online business owners create the structure needed for their team & daily operations, so they can focus on scaling sustainability. She's helped dozens of leaders optimize their team and learn essential leadership skills that have yielded in hundreds of thousands of dollars in sales growth. She's helped many marketing agencies & VA agencies gain the structure needed to grow at exponential rates. She has also worked with business owners starting a team for the first time. Through her signature coaching program, Becoming The CEO, Tatiana O'Hara takes her clients from stressed, overwhelmed, and stuck at a plateau, to working less hours and sitting confidently in their role as the CEO of a company that scales. In just 90 days, her clients are seeing reductions in their work week as much as 20 hours! They have also been able to take on more clients, and increase monthly revenue. When she's not changing the lives of her clients, you can find her cheffing it up in the kitchen, watching Netflix, or going on walks with her boyfriend and Standard Poodle pup, Pluto. In this episode Tatiana explains what a KPI is, how to create them for your team, how to handle team members who aren't hitting the KPIs and all her wisdom around hiring and team management! This is such a good episode.   Website: www.becomingtheceo.co Instagram @_tatianaohara free training they can grab www.becomingtheceo.co/freetraining Delegation task matrix https://www.becomingtheceo.co/matrix   Want to transition to a profit focused schedule without long nights, unnecessary task switching and never ending to do lists? head to www.withhannahmurphy.com/free for a free training ->

Hi Friends! In this Episode, I get to talk with Megan Bowman. Megan is a first-time puppy owner of a wonderful Standard Poodle that is now 1 year old! Listen to this episode to hear about her 1st year journey.

Meet the standard poodle! Did you know that the standard poodle is a hunting dog? Did you know that their grooming, that some say looks funny and "frou-frou," is actually functional? In episode #6 of Dog Nerd Show, we meet Pharaby Fable and her mom, Jen, to find out what it's like to have a standard poodle as a member of your family!Follow Pharaby on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/pharaby_fable/To adopt a poodle, visit: http://www.poodleclubofamericarescuefoundationinc.org/

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Another round of pop culture Jeopardy. A standard poodle wins the Westminster Dog Show. How did You Tube get its start? What the space between your eyebrows is called. Workplace jargon from around the world. A TV remake of The Mighty Ducks. "Parasite" gains 443% in ticket revenue. Disneyland prices are outrageous. Pamela Anderson writes a poem.

What Bernie Sander's New Hampshire Victory Means for the Democratic Primary Sen. Bernie Sanders won the New Hampshire primary on Tuesday. The Takeaway's Amy Walter weighs in on what the results mean for the weeks ahead. Is Abortion the Litmus Test for Democrats Today? At Friday's debate in New Hampshire, almost all the candidates went out of their way to reaffirm their support of abortion. Siba, a Standard Poodle, Wins 144th Westminster Dog Show Siba, a standard poodle, was crowned "Best in Show" at the 144th West Minister Dog Show in New York on Tuesday.

Introduction Like Dr. Martin Luther King, I have a dream. I dream that we will recognize and glory in our inherent differences, strengths and weaknesses, using our strengths to shore up each other’s weaknesses. And use that combined and multiplied strength to help us come together, discovering that not-so-far-down we all want the same things, we all have the same bedrock, common goals.   That’s why I am committed to Revolution 2.0™. That is the subject of today’s 10-minute episode.  Continuing After a year of written blogs, I switched, 200 episodes ago, at a faithful 2 episodes a week, to a combined written blog and audio podcast. About 4 years prior to publishing my first written blog, I had written a few for practice that I thought were just stellar. As I prepared to “go pro” with a live blog site, I went back and reread those “stellar” blogs. They were terrible. So, I set myself to the task of learning how to write in a way that others could understand without an interactive conversation.  Then I discovered I had no idea how to put up a working, decent-looking blog site. And I did not know where to start. After some expensive false starts, I went live.  Then another “Ah-ha!” moment. More people listen than read, so I decided to switch to an audio podcast, with a written summary. But how do you do audio? What software do you use? What home office audio gear? How do I do editing and compression, and what is compression anyway? How do I get it on iTunes, and where else should it appear? Well, after another round of expensive false starts, I got the audio podcast going, only to find that some followers wanted to read rather than listen, so I changed to the current format of a full written transcript of the audio podcast. What’s next? Likely video--I am already deep into round 3 of expensive false starts. Not sure when the videos will start. But they will. Also next, constant improvement on what I am doing now. Constant. The cover photo on today’s milestone episode number 200 shows part of my home office, facing the windows. It is a wonderful office, lots of space, a view, and the required technology. My frequent companion is Duc (“Duke”), my 11-year-old Standard Poodle. His favorite place is curled up under my desk. It takes many hours to create and post each episode, and sometimes I regret that I have committed to two per week. Newspaper columnists limit themselves to one a week. Even my spirit animal, the late Charles Krauthammer, insisted that he wrote only one per week. But I am committed to getting the word out, to sharing Revolution 2.0’s, dream, it’s vision.  Earlier I referenced Dr. King’s dream when mentioning mine. Make no mistake, I am not in any way shape or form comparing myself to MLK. While we both have dreams and visions, he had dreams that drove him, as I have mine, he is the better man, certainly in his results. One of my Father’s favorite quotes was from Rudyard Kipling’s 1890 poem, ”Gunga Din”, when the English soldier narrator in India said the final, heartfelt lines about the native Gunga Din, “You’re a better man than I am, Gunga Din!” Yes, go read the poem--after the episode…:). As I work in my office with my assistant, Duc, under my desk, I know when I am being guided about what to write, and when I am not on the right track. When I am off track, I simply can't get started. After enough attempts to make the topic at hand and my approach work, I will discover that this is not what I am to be writing about, and start over with another topic. Sometimes the topic works, but halfway through the episode, I find that I have revamped my approach as I rethink what I think I think. Real clarity can come from trying to share things with others in writing. Other times, the words flow--that’s when I know I am being guided, and that I am on the right track. Today is one of those days. And then I wait for feedback. Do you remember the question,

Soul Dog: Investigative Journalist’s Poodle JourneyEmmy award-winning investigative journalist Elena Mannes shares her story of the journey on which she embarked with her first dog, a Standard Poodle. http://mannesproductions.com/soul-dog-a-journey-into-the-spiritual-life-of-animals-new-book-by-elena-mannes/ (Soul Dog – A Journey into the Spiritual Life of Animals) chronicles Mannes’ determined quest to harness her inner dog whisperer by learning to decipher the unspoken language present in every animal-human relationship. “I brought Brio home… and it wasn’t really going according to plan. I really just thought I would get trainers and support and it wouldn’t really change my life to have a puppy,” Mannes said with a rueful chuckle. “One time, I had him in Central Park. I had started to have him off leash… he would take off and not come back when I called. I was walking backward, screaming at him to come. All of the sudden, there was no ground under me… I stepped off the edge of the boat pond and fell in…. Brio eventually came back and just stared at me.” Skeptic to believer“I felt sort of desperate. I didn’t talk dog. I heard about animal communicators, but I was a real skeptic. I’m a TV journalist, I don’t like woowoo things. “(Brio) changed me in so many ways as the years went by and the connection became so deep and really life changing for me,” Mannes said. Mannes also addressed her decision to choose a purebred dog. “I respect people who rescue, but in my situation at the time I really didn’t know enough. I had a sense of Standard Poodles that they were so smart. I was scared to death (of adding a dog to my life),” Mannes said, adding that the predictability of a purebred dog helped provide some comfort in this decision.*** Elena Mannes is a multi-award-winning independent documentary director/writer/producer as well as an author. Her first book, http://mannesproductions.com/2011/05/book-the-power-of-music-pioneering-discoveries-in-the-new-science-of-song-by-elena-mannes/ (The Power of Music: Pioneering Discoveries in the New Science of Song), is published by Walker Books/Bloomsbury USA (May 31, 2011). Her work has appeared on both public and commercial television. Her honors include six national Emmys, a George Foster Peabody Award, two Directors Guild of America Awards, and nine Cine Golden Eagles. Mannes developed and created a primetime PBS special, http://mannesproductions.com/blog/2009/06/pbs-the-music-instinct-science-and-song/ (The Music Instinct: Science and Song),a co-production with WNET/Thirteen. Mannes productions include the feature documentary film http://mannesproductions.com/blog/1990/05/pbs-amazing-grace-with-bill-moyers/ (Amazing Grace )with Bill Moyers (PBS) which won the Directors Guild Award as well as an Emmy for directing. For ABC, Mannes has produced a special with Diane Sawyer http://mannesproductions.com/blog/1997/06/abc-series-turning-point/ (The Amazing Animal Mind), exploring the intelligence and emotions of dogs and other animals, as well as other ABC hours including Ground Zero with Peter Jennings which won an Emmy for best Historical Program. Mannes has also produced and directed documentaries for CBS REPORTS and segments for 60 MINUTES and PRIME TIME LIVE (ABC).She worked with George Lucas to develop a television project incorporating documentary and dramatic sequences. Mannes is a member of one of the first families of American music. Her grandparents founded the Mannes College of Music in New York City; and her great uncle, Walter Damrosch conducted the Metropolitan Opera and instigated the building of Carnegie Hall. Pure Dog Talk is sponsored by:   Support this podcast

Welcome to Bark & Wag 15 Minute Vet Talk – I am your host Polly ReQua Today we are talking to Ames Grobstein and today we are discussing designer dogs. Dr. Grobstein is a Veterinarian from Dorr, Michigan.  Ames, thank you for taking the time to talk about designer dogs.  My girlfriend has a Puggle.  It barks like a beagle and snores like a Pug. What the heck is a designer dog? A "designer" dog (as the media has labeled them) is a cross between two purebred dogs. A purebred dog is one that has been bred over many generations to breed true, meaning each puppy that is born looks and has the same temperament and characteristics as the others. In most cases a standard is written and breeders must follow this written standard. Only dogs that make the written standard are to be bred. Purebred dogs are beneficial in that when you buy a purebred dog you know what you are getting. You know how big your puppy will grow and you know basically what type of care the dog will need. You know the dog’s limits, whether it is capable of agility, hunting, search and rescue, police work, herding, flock guarding, or just simply being a companion dog. You have a pretty good idea how much exercise the dog will require. When one breeds purebred dogs great care must be taken to ensure the lines do not become too thin. Even with all the best DNA testing available genetic problems can occur, however with the proper testing these problems can be greatly reduced. To give you a simple analogy, let's say there was a law passed that stated only people with red hair and green eyes with a high IQ could have children, with the end goal being everyone in the USA to be smart with red hair and green eyes. If this were to happen, as you can imagine, our gene pool would eventually become thin, and many genetic problems would occur. This is why it is very important to ask breeders of purebred dogs what types of genetic testing they perform. What's the difference between a designer dog and a mutt? Generally, a mutt is of uncertain ancestry. A designer dog has documented purebred ancestry, and one knows for sure what it is. The ACHC is the leading registry for designer dogs. So what's up with these hybrid "designer" dogs? Are they healthier? Hybrid dogs can still have genetic problems because you are crossing two first-generation dogs, however the percentage of hybrid dogs with genetic problems is much lower than purebred dogs because the gene pool is mixed. Breeders who breed purebred to purebred creating a first generation hybrid believe in the heterosis effect and hybrid vigor. Vigor means "physical or mental strength, energy, or force. "Unlike purebred dogs, when you adopt a hybrid, you do not know exactly what the temperament, size of the dog, or exact look of the dog will be. When you breed two different types of purebred dogs together you can get any combination of any of the characteristics found in either breed. If you are stuck on a hybrid dog how do you know which one to choose? Read the temperament and care for both breeds in the cross and be prepared for any combination of the two. If everything about both breeds matches your and your family’s personality and lifestyle, then you can most likely assume this cross will work for you. If there is ANYTHING about either breed in the cross that you do not feel matches what you are looking for, avoid that cross. Do not assume or take the chance that only the good characteristics will emerge. You may be in for a big surprise and it is not fair to the puppy to chance that. It is also important to be aware not all of these designer hybrid dogs being bred are 50% purebred to 50% purebred. It is very common for breeders to breed multi-generation crosses. A simple F1 generation cross is said to produce the most hybrid vigor in the dog and the further down the multi-generation chain, the more vigor is lost in the hybrid, but there are some benefits to multi-generation crossing. If you want to greaten your chances of certain traits, such as non-shedding, sometimes it is necessary to move further down the generation chain, risking less vigor. To help you understand this concept we will use the Goldendoodle as an example. A Goldendoodle is a cross between the Golden Retriever and the Poodle (usually the Standard Poodle). In general we will call the first purebred "purebred-A" and the second "purebred-B." Note: the examples of the differences in coat only apply to the Goldendoodle hybrid; all other hybrids will vary in their own way depending on what breeds are in the cross. F1=first generation puppy—50% purebred-A and 50% purebred-B. For example, a Golden Retriever to Poodle cross is first generation, resulting in healthier offspring. In this particular Goldendoodle cross, hair type can be smooth like a Golden, wiry like an Irish wolfhound or wavy/shaggy, they can shed or not shed and pups in the same litter can vary. This is not the best cross for people with severe allergies. F1b=backcross puppy—25% purebred-A and 75% purebred-B. For example, an F1 Goldendoodle and Poodle cross; this is a Goldendoodle bred back to Poodle— the wavy, curly, shaggy-look doodle (poodle cross) is very consistent in coat types. F1b is the MOST likely of any doodle to be non-shedding and allergy-friendly, and is the easiest coat to take care of. F2=second-generation puppy—F1 hybrid crossed with an F1 hybrid. For example, an F1 Goldendoodle crossed with an F1 Goldendoodle. In this combination you get the same percentage of purebred-A as purebred-B as you would in an F1 hybrid. In the case of the Goldendoodle, they are more likely to shed. F2b=second-generation backcross puppy—F1 bred to a F1b (hybrid backcross) F3=F2 hybrid to F2 hybrid Multi-generation=F3 or higher-generation hybrid crossed with F3 or higher-generation hybrid To sum things up: Purebred-A x Purebred-B = F1 Hybrid Dog F1 x Purebred-A = F1b Hybrid Dog F1 x F1 = F2 Hybrid Dog F1 x F1b = F2b Hybrid Dog F2 x F2 = F3 Hybrid Dog Dogs are not to be disposed of like old toasters when they do not perform as you wish. They are living creatures. Cross a Labrador with a Poodle (Labradoodle) and you may or may not get a dog that sheds. Most experienced breeders can give you a pretty good idea what characteristics in a pup will emerge as the puppy grows. For example, in the Labradoodle, some breeders are able to tell which coat the pup will have, the Poodle’s or the Labrador’s, but still, this cannot be guaranteed. Sometimes it is harder to tell what type of temperament the pup will take on, as some characteristics do not appear until the pup is older, past adopting age.  

Hello again, this is your host Will Luden with Revolution 2.0™, the proud inheritors of the breakthrough thinking and dedication of Revolution 1.0 in 1776. Welcome.  Defocus to Gain Focus (EP. 174)  Introduction “An unexamined life is not worth living.” -Plato That is the subject of today’s 10-minute episode. Continuing Surprised by this topic? Let me share why I picked it. You have heard the saying, “You don’t get strong in the gym, you get strong when you sleep at night.” You still have to do the hard work in the gym, but your recovery allows the muscles torn down by exercise to relax, repair and grow stronger. Let’s add one more layer to this analogy; the muscles repair best when recovery is aided by good nutrition.  In the same way, almost step by step, our minds, our ability to think, our ability to think more completely, precisely and insightfully, grows and becomes much more effective when it is allowed to rest, to defocus, after intense work. “The mind is a muscle.” -Yvonne Ranier, American choreographer and filmmaker. The steps are the same: 1. You work hard with your brain, reading and thinking, or in your work. For me it is researching and creating my blogs and podcasts. That’s the gym phase. 2. As with post gym periods, sleep helps. The mind processes when we sleep, even if we don’t dream. And we can recover from mental exercises while awake by letting our minds wander away from what we have been working on--what we have been concentrating on--trying ever so hard as we wrestle with our ideas, thoughts, and challenges. 3. Give our minds the nutrition they need by drinking deeply from good books and good people. Frequently, I will come close to completing an episode, then put it out of my mind until the next morning. When I tackle it again in the AM, I am no longer surprised that I have new insights, and new ways of wording thoughts to make them clearer and more interesting. The mind at rest not only recovers, but processes in new and insightful ways.  I also create opportunities for active mental rest here in Colorado Springs, right in my backyard, my Walden Pond. Here is a winter photo of a small slice of what I see. And, yes, active rest is a thing.  My Walden pond is Peregrine Creek (my name for our beautiful, 75’, but artificial creek with three falls), that starts right out the back door. My Life In the Woods starts about 70 yards from the creek, with access right across the road behind our home to endless miles of wilderness hills and trails. Blodgett Peak dominates much of the scene, soaring to 9,500 feet. Immediately adjacent to the Peak are the Rampart Range and Pike Nat’l Forest. If I had the hoo-ha, and I don’t, I could walk to Utah and never see anyone.  My time connecting to Peregrine Creek and the wilderness starts yards from my home, which allows me the time and mental space to challenge what I think I think as I hike. To let my thoughts find themselves before I share them with you. Duc (“Duke”), my 80-lb. Standard Poodle, is my constant companion out there. Out in the hills is where I let go of my oh-so-important (to me) thoughts. Perhaps more importantly, this is where I go to work on letting let go of my thoughts of self-importance. And it is here that I frequently find the truth, not so much in facts, but the truth in what is important.  “Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.”  ― Henry David Thoreau, Walden (Life in the Woods). Today’s Key Point. We all need to detach, to defocus from how we see others and the world. And do that regularly. And even when we are dead certain there is no time for anything but grinding away at the mission in front of us. In this detachment, this relaxing, will come perspective, calm, better thinking, strength, and the ability to forge ahead refreshed--ready for whatever may come our way. More specific to Revolution 2.0™ and political (and related) dialog,

A surprise guest today in the form of a neighbor chat. Also more about Sage Walker and Jim Sorenson, mentioned in yesterday's blog post, Do You Need a Critique Group – Or Something ELSE? Plus thoughts on science fiction, etc. Support the show (http://paypal.me/jeffekennedy)

Summary: Stacy Barnett is an active competitor in Nosework, Tracking, Obedience, Rally, Agility and Barn Hunt, but Scent Sports are her primary focus and her first love. She is an AKC Judge and contractor, as well as an instructor at FDSA. She hosts the Scentsabilities podcast and blogs regularly on nosework topics at www.scentsabilitiesnw.com. Links mentioned: FDSA Podcast Group Scentsabilities (Stacy's Site) Next Episode:  To be released 7/20/2018, featuring Deb Jones, talking about teaching people to teach dogs.  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 Stacy Barnett. Stacy is an active competitor in Nosework, Tracking, Obedience, Rally, Agility and Barn Hunt, but Scent Sports are her primary focus and her first love. She is an AKC Judge and contractor, as well as an instructor at FDSA. She hosts the Scentsabilities podcast and blogs regularly on nosework topics at www.scentsabilitiesnw.com — I’ll be sure to include a link in the show notes for anyone who is interested. Hi Stacy, welcome to the podcast. Stacy Barnett: Hi Melissa. Thank you for having me. I’m excited to be here. Melissa Breau: I’m excited to chat. To start us out, can you just remind listeners who the dogs are that you share your life with? Stacy Barnett: I have four crazy hooligans who live in my hut. They are; they’re nuts. I’ll start out with my older dogs. I have an almost 11-year-old Standard Poodle named Joey. He’s a brown Standard Poodle. He’s absolutely wonderful. I absolutely love him. I have a 7-year-old miniature American Shepherd, which is, you know, a mini-Aussie, named Why, and Why is actually his name. He came with it. I always have people ask me, “Why is his name Why?” And I always say, “Why not?” So I have Why, and then I have my two Labradors, who I refer to as my Dream Team. My Labradors, I have Judd, who’s almost 9 years old. He is my heart and soul. He’s actually the one that really got me going in nosework and is the reason why I ended up quitting corporate and pursuing a whole job in nosework. He’s my baby, he’s my Labrador, my 9-year-old Labrador. And then I have my youngest, who is a major hooligan. She is about 15 months old and she is a Labrador, a little shrimpy Lab. Her name is Brava, and I absolutely adore her. She’s the only girl in the house, so she’s like my soul sister. Melissa Breau: I’m sure she gets a little spoiled being the only girl in the house. Stacy Barnett: She does, and the boys love her. They absolutely love her. They fawn over her. We all do. We think she’s wonderful. Melissa Breau: Alright, so I know you’ve been on the podcast a few times now to talk about different aspects of nosework, but today I want to focus our conversation on how handlers can tailor nosework training to their specific dog. Is there a particular type of dog or particular skills or maybe a personality type that really lends itself to helping a dog become a strong nosework competitor? Stacy Barnett: There are, but at the same time I also want to emphasize the fact that every dog can do this sport. Maybe not every dog can compete in this sport, it really depends on the dog, but every dog can do this sport. There are certain aspects of the dog’s personality or what is intrinsic to the dog that will help the dog to become a really strong competitor in terms of being very competitive, or a dog that will really gravitate toward the sport and really, really love the sport. In my experience, all dogs do love the sport, but there are some that just seem to live and breathe for it. And the ones that seem to live and breathe for it, there are a couple of different things that contribute to that. Number one, the dog is a little bit more independent. If the dog is more handler-focused, I say if the dog is really into you and really cares what you think, those dogs tend to not be as gung-ho for the sport. The dogs that are a little bit more independent but have a nice balance between environmental and handler focus seem to do a little bit better. Above all, they have to have a natural love of scenting. Now, most dogs do have this natural love, but there are some dogs that just really, really love it. Those are the dogs I would say make the strongest nosework competitors. Melissa Breau: What other factors may influence how well a dog does when it comes to nosework? Stacy Barnett: One of them has to do with how motivated they are for food and toys. We tend to use food and toys as primary reinforcers for nosework. It’s very easy to reinforce with food, for instance, because it’s very fast. This is a timed sport. You have a certain amount of time to do the search, and typically, at least in the U.S., the fastest dog wins. If you can reward very quickly with food, you’re going to be at an advantage. Toys work really well too. Dogs like toys, they tend to work really hard for toys, you can use toys for a reward, but having a motivation for either food or toys is a real advantage. Another thing is the dog’s ability to think on their own and to problem solve. This goes hand-in-hand with dogs being independent, so if you have a more independent dog that can do some problem solving, you can do really well. I look at Brava, for instance. Brava, and I actually put a video of this on my Facebook page, knows how to open doors. She is a problem solver. The latch doors, the lever doors, she knows how to push down on the door and pull on it and open the door, which is really kind of amusing in some respects but kind of scary in other respects. But having that problem-solving ability can really help in nosework. The third thing that is not a requirement but is definitely helpful is physical fitness. Physical fitness is not a requirement. You know, this is a really great sport for older dogs, for infirm dogs, that sort of thing, but having that physical fitness can give you an edge in competition. There’s different sorts of physical fitness. There’s also fitness related to stamina. Stamina is important from both a physical perspective and a mental perspective. If you can have that mental stamina or that physical stamina, and I’m also thinking nasal stamina, dogs that can sniff for a long period of time, can help in competition. Melissa Breau: To dig a little more into it, you were saying about nosework being good for many different types of dogs. Can you talk to that a little bit more? What are some of the benefits of doing nosework? Stacy Barnett: Oh, there are so many benefits of doing nosework, and in fact I think we could do a whole podcast on this. I think we really could. I’m thinking of three different groups of dogs that really benefit from nosework from a therapeutic perspective. One of them is reactive dogs. For a reactive dog, what it can do is you can develop a positive conditioned emotional response to odor, and then if you have very mild triggers while the dog is experiencing — and I’m talking extremely mild, where the dog is under threshold — and the dog has a positive conditioned emotional response to odor, your dog’s reactivity level can actually go down. With my dog Why, for instance, he used to be extremely dog-reactive, and he was dog-reactive out of fear. So I started to train him in nosework, and he started to really enjoy nosework. At the same time, in doing nosework and having fun in doing nosework, he was also exposed to the smell of other dogs, not necessarily dogs in his surroundings, but the smell of other dogs. The end result was actually lowering of his reactivity level, which was really fantastic. So now he can be within about 8 feet of another dog, which is unbelievable. Older dogs. Older dogs are really super. It can keep their mind active. If they can’t physically do all of the things that they used to be able to do, they still have an active mind. They still want to do things. They may not be able to do agility or heavy-duty obedience or IPO or whatever, dock diving, I don’t know, whatever you’re doing. Even barn hunt. Barn hunt requires a certain amount of physical ability because they have to jump up and down hay bales. These are all dogs that when they get older they still want to work, they still want to do stuff. So if you do nosework, it exercises the mind and it keeps them busy because olfaction, the olfactory lobe, is one-eighth of the dog’s brain, so you’re really, really using the dog’s brain and they can stay engaged. I’ve seen it do incredible things for dogs with cognitive dysfunction who have gotten older. We have seen some amazing, amazing things with the older dogs. Then you have the young dogs. Young dogs, their joints are young, you don’t want to stress out their joints, you don’t want to over-exercise them, but yet you still have these energetic young animals who need an outlet. And it tires them out, which is super, because it does use so much of their brain. In AKC, for instance, you can even trial your dog as young as 6 months old. For a lot of dogs that may be too early, based upon their emotional maturity, but you can do this when they’re young and it’s not going to tax their bodies. So you can protect their bodies but you can still get them tired, which is a really, really great thing, trust me. Melissa Breau: Especially when you’ve got a drivey young dog. Stacy Barnett: I do, I do. She’s about 15 months old right now, and I have to tell you, nosework has been amazing for my sanity and for her sanity. Melissa Breau: I think most people probably start out teaching nosework by following a class or they’re using somebody else’s training plan. But at some point, all these different kinds of dogs, handlers need to tailor that training. How can a beginner handler tailor their training based on their dog’s stage of learning and their temperament? Stacy Barnett: You have to be in tune with your dog’s emotions. So whether or not you’re a beginner or not, you can still read your dog. You can still tell if your dog is confident, if they’re feeling motivation for an activity. You have to be able to read that confidence and that motivation because that’s really the core. Those are sacred. Confidence and motivation are sacred in my book. Once those are in place, you can start to build on skills. But you have to always think about having like a little meter on the back of your dog, like a little meter that says how confident they are, how motivated they are. But based upon that confidence and that motivation, you can tailor what you do with your dog. Maybe you want to build the confidence, or your dog is having some confidence issues — and I don’t just mean confidence in the environment, by the way. There are three different kinds of confidence that I talk about. There’s confidence in skills, which is basically does the dog believe in themselves. There’s confidence in the environment. That’s is the dog comfortable in the environment. Is the dog comfortable in new places. And then there’s confidence in the handler, and this is something that I think a lot of people don’t think about. That’s basically does your dog trust you. Does your dog trust that they’re always going to get their reward for the work that they do. Basically you need to evaluate all of these things and always check for that confidence and that motivation. If you have that, then you can work on the skills, because the skills should be secondary to the confidence and motivation. Melissa Breau: I know you’re a fan of Denise’s book, Train the Dog in Front of You. Can you share a little bit about how that concept applies to nosework? Stacey Barnett: Yes, I love that book. I love, love, love, love, love that book, and I’m not just saying that because she’s my boss. No, I really do, and I tell everybody it’s not a nosework book, but that doesn’t matter. It is such a good dog-training book, and especially chapters 2 and 3 — notice I even know the chapters — chapters 2 and 3 are especially applicable to nosework. Those are the chapters that relate to whether or not the dog is cautious or secure, and whether or not the dog is environmental versus handler focused. Because those are two really core things that affect the dog’s ability to do nosework. If the dog is cautious, for instance, you might want to work in a known environment. If the dog is more secure, maybe you want to work in more novel environments. The same thing goes with environmental versus handler focus. You’ve got to think of these things as spectrums. It’s not an either/or, it’s not whether the dog is handler or environmental focused. It’s on the spectrum. So if the dog is more environmentally focused, you might have a slightly different way of handling the dog, where you might be thinking more about distractions and how you’re going to work with distractions, or if the dog is more handler focused, you might want to be thinking about how to build independence. Actually there’s three different kinds of focus, although this is not in the book, this is more my interpretation. There’s environmental, there’s handler, and there’s search focus. So if you can understand where your dog falls on these spectrums that Denise talks about in terms of environmental and handler focus, you can figure out how do you then reorient your dog onto the search focus. Melissa Breau: Denise opens the book by asking handlers if they are handling their dog in a manner that builds on his strengths while also improving his weaknesses. I was hoping we’d get into that a little bit. Can you share some examples of how a dog’s personality or strengths might influence their nosework training? For example, if a dog is super-confident or less confident, how would that impact training? Stacy Barnett: Oh, absolutely, absolutely. I always talk about my pyramid. I have a pyramid of training, and that pyramid of training, there’s confidence on the bottom, then there’s motivation is the next layer, then skills, and then stamina. Basically, if you have a confident and a motivated dog, you can work on harder skills, because confidence and motivation, again, it’s sacred. You can also work on their personality strengths. If your dog is confident and motivated more naturally, maybe you can work on harder skills, or maybe you can work in new environments. The other thing is that it’s also important to really evaluate the dog’s resilience. From a resilience perspective, that will help you to identify whether or not your search is too challenging or not challenging enough. So you need to think about the dog’s natural drive levels, the dog’s resilience, and that can help you to understand how challenging of a search that you can make for your dog in order to keep the dog from … because you don’t want anxiety and you don’t want boredom. You can actually find a sweet spot based upon the dog’s resilience and the dog’s drive levels. But again, the basis, of course, is confidence and motivation. Melissa Breau: Funny enough, I was debating whether or not to announce it here, so I guess I will. We started a new Facebook group specifically for the podcast, and we’re going to encourage people to listen and then ask some questions, so maybe if anybody has a question, I’ll have to tag you.   Stacy Barnett: That sounds great. Melissa Breau: Come dish out a little more. I know you enjoy talking about this stuff. Stacy Barnett: I love this stuff. I love this stuff. I eat, sleep, and breathe this. Melissa Breau: What about natural arousal states? How might a handler tailor training based on those? Stacy Barnett: Arousal is one of those things that … don’t fear arousal. If your dog is high arousal, don’t fear it. Embrace it. Arousal is actually the key to really successful nosework trialing. What’s interesting is that dogs have a natural arousal state, so dogs either have what I call an arousal excess or an arousal gap. If you think about what your dog does when they’re at rest, where that arousal state is compared to their arousal state when they’re in drive, that will tell you whether or not you have an arousal excess or you have an arousal gap. The size of that gap is going to indicate how much work you have to do, because some dogs are a little bit closer to the ideal than other dogs. But what you want to do is when you train them and you’re actually working them, you always want to make sure that your dog is in drive — in drive approaching the start line and in drive while they’re actually searching. You can condition this arousal, because arousal is a habit, and if you can always work your dog in the right arousal state, you’re going to find that your dog is going to come more naturally to the start line and in the right arousal state, and the right arousal state is when the dog is in drive. That’s at the peak arousal. If we think about the Yerkes-Dodson Law, like the curve, it looks like a bell-shaped curve, for dogs who have an arousal gap, we want to increase the arousal to the point that they’re in drive. For dogs who have an arousal excess, we want to decrease the arousal to get the dog into drive, because just because you’re peeling the dog off the ceiling doesn’t mean that they’re in drive. And that’s not what we want. We don’t want the dog that we have to peel off the ceiling. For those dogs, we have to lower the arousal so that they can focus and they can really think. And working in drive really becomes a habit, so you always want to work the dog in drive and always want to work the dog in the right arousal state. Melissa Breau: Of course, if handlers are doing this well, as training progresses their dog will improve; but I think it’s common for trainers in all sports to find they are training the dog they used to have instead of the one that’s in front of them right now. How can handlers evaluate their dogs as they go along and avoid that misstep? Stacy Barnett: That’s really interesting, and I refer to something called typecasting. If you’re familiar with typecasting and you think about the movies, there are a couple movie stars that I can think of off the top of my head that definitely get typecasted. Typecasting is something where you have an actor who might be casted in a very similar role, regardless of the movie that they’re in. Two of the major type-casted actors that I can think of are Christopher Walken and Jim Carrey. Christopher Walken, he’s always kind of that creepy, funny dude. He’s always kind of creepy, he’s always kind of funny, he’s always in those creepy roles, he’s always in just this weird role, and then Jim Carrey is always in the role he’s very kind of a slapstick, silly, funny, not very serious role. And for type-casted actors, it’s very difficult for those actors to break out into another type of role. So it’s very possible that you have type-casted your own dog. If you think about Judd, he used to have a nickname. I used to call him Fragile Little Flower. He was my fragile little flower, and he had a hard time in obedience and rally and agility. He’d be the dog stuck at the top of the A-frame and that kind of thing, just very nervous, very shut down. He is no longer that dog, so I had to divorce that typecast of his. Now he is “I am Judd, hear me roar.” He’s this really great search dog. So I had to break that typecast, because if you have a preconceived notion about your dog, you can train to that preconceived notion and you can actually impose restrictions on your dog. So think about whether or not you can break that typecast. The other thing is have a framework. I suggest my pyramid, and I mentioned my pyramid before, earlier, where you have confidence, motivation, skills, and stamina. So always reevaluate your dog in every search session. Every time you do a search, is your dog confident, is your dog motivated, that sort of thing, especially confidence and motivation, what is the dog’s right arousal state. And sometimes recognize that your dog is going to have an off day. So reevaluate your dog with every search, but also, if you have an off day and all of a sudden your dog doesn’t seem very motivated, there could be something else that’s going on. Maybe say, “All right, today is not our day, and tomorrow’s a different day.” Those are the things I would do to make sure that from a handling perspective you’re always reevaluating your dog and you’re always training the dog in front of you. Melissa Breau: I’m not sure who said it, but somebody at one point mentioned if the dog doesn’t do something you’re pretty sure they’ve been trained to do, let it go. Happened once, don’t worry about it. If it happens two or three times, then it’s time to start thinking about how you can change your training. Stacy Barnett: Absolutely. Absolutely. Whoever said that is a genius. Melissa Breau: Are there any dead giveaways — or even something maybe a little more subtle — that indicate it’s time to go through that process in your own head and reevaluate the dog that you have and maybe your training plan a little bit? Stacy Barnett: Absolutely, absolutely. Things like if your dog is bored, or if your dog is anxious, these are the things where perhaps you’re not evaluating your dog’s resilience level or your dog’s drive level well enough. Because depending upon the dog’s drive level and the dog’s resilience level, you could easily put your dog into an anxious situation. Or if the dog is bored, then you need to reevaluate and say maybe you’re making your searches a little bit too hard, or maybe you’re making them a little bit too easy. Maybe the challenge level isn’t right compared to the dog’s skill level. The other thing is look for changes in the dog’s attitude, and whether or not they’re positive or negative, and then modify your approach based upon that, because you always want the dog to come thinking, This is the most fun part of my day, and if your dog isn’t having fun, you need to reevaluate what you’re doing, and maybe you need to reevaluate what your dog needs, so maybe your dog needs something different from you. Melissa Breau: To round things out, I want to give you a little bit of time to talk about some of the exciting things on the calendar. I know you’ve got a webinar next week on Setting Meaningful Scent Puzzles for Your Dog. Can you share a little bit about it, what the premise is? Stacy Barnett: Oh, absolutely. I can’t wait for that one. The keyword is meaningful. Because it’s not just about setting scent puzzles. We can all set scent puzzles. Scent puzzles are basically our way of creating problems for our dogs to solve so they can learn and build skills, and it’s all about skill building. However, it’s really, really important that we think about the word meaningful, and meaningful really refers to the resilience and the drive of the dog. For instance, I’m not a big fan of … sometimes we see this in seminars and it actually bothers me, where a clinician may set out a really, really hard hide and have green dogs work the hard hide. What you end up with is a dog that might lose their confidence or lose their motivation. So it’s really important that you set the right challenge and right challenge level for your dog, based upon the dog’s resilience and natural drive levels. That’s really what I want to talk about is based upon the dog’s natural drive levels and resilience, how do you know you’re setting a meaningful scent puzzle that’s going to build the skills at the same time as caring for the dog’s confidence and motivation. So it’s not just about building the skills, but rather it’s about how you build the skills so that you can preserve that. Melissa Breau: What about for August, what classes do you have coming up? Anything you want to mention? Stacy Barnett: Oh, I have three classes coming up. I’m teaching 101, so if you want to get into nosework and you haven’t started nosework, join me in NW101, that’s Introduction to Nosework. I’m also teaching NW230, which is polishing skills for NW2 and NW3. And the one that I want to mention today and talk a little bit about is Nosework Challenges. That’s NW240. That’s a series that I haven’t taught in a while, and I’m going to bring that series back. NW240 is Nosework Challenges. It’s a lot of fun. It’s going to be focused on skills, but at the same time what I’m going to do is I’m going to add in elements of this discussion around resilience and drive, so that we can make sure that we’re doing the puzzles in the right way. Melissa Breau: One last question for you. It’s my new ending question for people when they come on. What’s a lesson you’ve learned or been reminded of recently when it comes to dog training? Stacy Barnett: You have to actually train, which sounds kind of funny, but nosework can seem so natural, so it can be like, well, the dog is just scenting, they know how to find the hide, they have value for the odor, so they go out and they find the target odor. Well, that sounds great and all, but you really have to train, because it’s very possible now, with nosework being a lot more popular than it used to be, now with the addition of AKC out there and some other venues, there’s a lot of trialing opportunities and it’s very possible to get into a situation where you’re trialing more than you’re training. If that’s the case, that’s going to have a negative impact on your trialing. You’re going to find that having that competitive mindset instead of the evaluative context is going to be a detriment to your training. So it’s really important to work your dog while you’re evaluative versus competitive, if that makes sense. Melissa Breau: Absolutely. That’s great. I like that a lot. Thank you so much for coming back on the podcast Stacy! I really appreciate it. Stacy Barnett: I’ve had so much fun with this. This is a really great topic, a really, really great topic, and I really enjoyed this. Thank you so much for having me on. Melissa Breau: Absolutely, and I hope some folks come and join you for the webinars. Thank you to our listeners for tuning in! We’ll be back next week, this time we’ll be back with Deb Jones to talk about becoming a better teacher for the human half of the dog-handler team. 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. Thanks again for tuning in -- and happy training!

Joe recently found a, as Dog likes to call them, "sonuvabitch" Standard Poodle... should Dog go get him or no?

“Through discipline comes freedom.” (Aristotle) Today’s title is not about simply doing your homework early so that you have the freedom to play video games. Or obeying traffic laws so that you can continue to enjoy the freedom of the roads. It is about weaving discipline and obedience into the fabric of your life--living a life of freedom. Not just at certain times when pressed. Duc’s (“Duke”), my large, 9-year-old Standard Poodle has earned countless hours of leashless freedom on the mountainous trails adjacent to our home because of his obedience. He learned to come and stand by me regardless of the distraction; horses, runners, cyclists--or even other dogs. Along with his knowing not to get out of my sight. These disciplines have earned him the joyful freedom of being in the hills, chasing butterflies and deer, running this way and that for the sheer sake of running--joyfully leashless. I feel for the other dogs and and their humans as they both wrestle with leashes out there. Both obedience and discipline can be--should be--lifelong decisions. Not moment-to-moment choices that we have to sweat out repeatedly. Charles A. Lindbergh, of first solo air crossing of the Atlantic fame, had no money and no prospects when he made the decision to be the first. The power of his decision saw him through seemingly impossible odds. My stepmother’s Mother, “Auntoy” was my oasis of sanity, love and encouragement when I was first growing up. One of her quotes, “A coward dies a thousand deaths, a hero dies but once” stays with my today. Obedience and discipline are two sides of the same coin, using many of the same mental muscles. Obedience does not mean being obsequious or being a today. Freedom is neither anarchy not simply rebellion; both are traps which are the opposite of freedom. And discipline does not mean, say, doing 150 sit-ups  each day just to be disciplined. We all know where we need to be obedient and where we need to be disciplined. And those areas are likely different for each of us. And while freedom may be defined differently for all of us, it will feel much the same; glorious and satisfying. Let’s help each other to lead comfortable, sure and steady, lives of discipline and obedience. Please do contact me. Respond in my Revolution 2.0 blog, email me at will@revolution2-0.org. And I’m easy to find on iTunes, Google Play and the usual Bat Channels, including Twitter and Facebook. Will Luden, writing from my home office at 7,200’ in Colorado Springs.

Podcast Summary In this podcast, my primary intention is for us to get to know each other better. Quoting Henry David Thoreau from Walden-Life In the Woods, “Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.” Please note that Thoreau did not ask for his agenda to win out, to be right--or make others wrong. He asked for truth. Truth is where everything needs to start (but not end). My Walden pond is Peregrine Creek, right on my property. My Life In the Woods starts about 70 yards from the creek, with Blodgett Peak, soaring to 9,5K feet, the immediately adjacent Rampart Range and Pike Nat’l Forest, which the Rampart range is part of. If I had the hoo-ha, and I don’t, I could walk to Utah and never see anyone. My time connecting to Peregrine Creek and the wilderness that starts yards from my city-services home, allows me the space to challenge what I think I think. To let my thoughts find themselves before I share them with you. Duc (Duke), my 80-lb. Standard Poodle, currently wearing an Elizabethan Collar, is my constant companion out there. While it takes me a good two days to put together a podcast that I am happy with sharing, it is my decades of varying experiences that feed into those two days that give my thinking, content, depth and a focus. And the focus is on how to contribute; how to make people and things around me better. This podcast closes with a couple quotes. “An unexamined life is not worth living.” Plato “A life of contemplation and examination without action that changes things is waste of all that contemplation and examination." Will Luden Will Luden, writing from my home office at 7,200 feet in Colorado Springs.

Yesterday, we discussed the Golden Retriever Egg Challenge. Dog went home and tried it out with Chester The Standard Poodle and Hershey The Standard Step-Poodle. Head over to 937theriver.com or our Facebook page to see how they did!

Sad news. Chester The Standard Poodle made his Big Game pick yesterday... and (sigh) he chose the winning team. Which means, he is no longer winning at life.

Today, we have sad news. Chester The Standard Poodle chose Philly in his Super Bone Pick yesterday. He may have had the winning team, but he did not win at life...

SUMMARY: Stacey Barnett is an active competitor in Nosework, Tracking, Obedience, Rally, Agility and Barn Hunt, and the host of the Scentsabilities podcast -- but Scent Sports are her primary focus and her first love. Links www.scentsabilitiesnw.com Next Episode:  To be released 1/19/2018, and I'll be talking to Lori Stevens about how you can help your dog reach optimum fitness in about five minutes, so stay tuned! 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 Stacy Barnett. Stacy is an active competitor in Nosework, Tracking, Obedience, Rally, Agility, and Barn Hunt, and the host of the Scentsabilities podcast — but Scent Sports are her primary focus and her first love. Hi Stacy, welcome back to the podcast. Stacy Barnett: Hi Melissa. How are you? Melissa Breau: I'm doing well. So this is our third take, thanks to technology. So hopefully this time we have good sound and everybody does well. To start us out, Stacy, do you want to tell us just a little bit and remind listeners who your dogs are? I know since last time we talked you have a new addition, so maybe you could share a little bit about that. Stacy Barnett: I do, I do. I love talking about her anyway, so that's really great. I have four dogs now, so I'm getting closer to the “crazy dog lady” status. I don't think I'm there yet, but a little closer. I have four dogs. My oldest dog is a 10-year-old Standard Poodle named Joey, and Joey is competing in the NW3 level right now in nosework. I have a 6-year-old miniature American Shepherd, or mini Aussie, and he is at the end of E2 level. Then I have two Labradors now, so my main competition dog that I've done most of my competition with out of these dogs is Judd. Judd is — I can't believe it — he's 8 years old now. Time flies. He's an 8-year-old Labrador Retriever, and he's a dog that's my elite dog that I competed at the 2017 NACSW National Invitational this year. He's really the one that brought me into nosework in a big way. Then I have a brand new addition. I have a — she's going to be 9 months old, believe it not, this next week — and she is a Labrador Retriever from working lines. I'm very proud of her breeding and her breeder because they produce professional dogs for the professional sector, like FEMA dogs, cadaver dogs, that kind of thing. So she's bred for detection. She's definitely living up to her breeding, which is really exciting. But she's a really super dog, I absolutely love her, a little peanut, she's only about 35 pounds right now, but she may be small, but she's mighty. Melissa Breau: I know that you mentioned on Facebook a little bit, and some other places, that Brava's been a little bit of a change from some of your other dogs. She's a little different. Do you want to share a little bit about that? Stacy Barnett: Sure, sure. Brava is, she actually thinks her name is Bravado. That's her attitude. Her nickname is actually Big Bad. She's really a piece of work, but I absolutely adore her. She is what people would typically refer to as a high drive dog, but she's also a high arousal dog. With my other dogs, I can get them into drive, but they are not what I would call high arousal dogs. I would say that they're either low arousal or moderate arousal. But with her, she's a high arousal, so it's totally on a different side of the Yerkes-Dodson arousal curve. Melissa Breau: I want to talk a little more about that. Do you want to explain what the curve is and how it works, and what you mean by saying she's on one side and they're on the other? Stacy Barnett: Yeah, yeah, absolutely. I'm actually really interested in Yerkes-Dodson Law because I find that it is the number one success criteria. Like, if you want to be successful in nosework, and probably a lot of other sports, but the number one key to success is managing this curve. So this is a really important concept. Basically, with the Yerkes-Dodson Law — and it's a law, by the way — it's not something you can break. Picture a curve that looks like a bell curve. It's actually a normal distribution curve, but it looks like a bell curve. As your arousal increases, your performance increases. So as the dog — or whatever we're talking about, but we're talking about dogs right now — as the dog's arousal continues to increase and increase and increase, the dog's performance also goes up until it gets to a point at the peak of the curve. And at the peak of the curve, this is the point at which I consider the dog to be in drive, and that's at the point where you're going to get the highest amount of performance, the highest degree of performance, out of the dog. But now what happens is, as the dog continues to increase its arousal — so your high arousal dogs tend to live on that side, on the right side, of the curve — so as they continue to increase that arousal, their performance actually decreases. So as the dog is more and more aroused, the performance gets worse and worse and worse, and it gets to the point where it becomes beyond arousal. It's actually the high anxiety, and it's that anxiety that is kind of like there's a point of no return at that point, where the dog's totally out to lunch. That's basically the curve, and like I said, it's a law, so to be successful, you can ride the curve a little bit. So trying to figure out, you want to take a look at what your dog is giving you, where their emotional state is, and then modify that emotional state so that you can try to get the dog back to the peak. When you get the dog back to the peak, the dog's in drive and you're going to have the best performance. Melissa Breau: To talk about that just a little bit more, what does it look like when the dog is on that right side of the curve and getting to the point where they're so over-aroused that it's impacting their performance? Maybe what are some of the things people can do to bring that back down? Stacy Barnett: OK. Let's talk about the right side. The right side is — this is the part of the curve that Brava is really highlighting to me. I have to say, though, she's just to the right, like, she's able to focus, which is really nice. With a dog who is high arousal, you're going to see a number of different things. You can see … let's say the dog is waiting. Waiting is really hard on these dogs. They tend to sometimes … they might be barking. So if you see a dog and they're obviously very agitated, and they want their turn, they want to go now, they want to go now, they want to go now, they want to go now, those dogs that are barking, they're in high arousal state. Or if the dog is pulling you to the start line. Or they're coming off of the start line and they're exploding into the search area. These are indications that your dog's arousal is too high. It's basically picture a 3-year-old child on a sugar high. That is high arousal, right? They can't focus. Melissa Breau: Sort of the way people think of a dog who stresses up. Stacy Barnett: Yes, yes. And actually there is a direct relationship, like, if you think about stressing up. I actually like to think about this in terms of real arousal and perceived arousal. We perceive high arousal dogs that stress up to be high arousal dogs because it's very obvious to us. So the real arousal equals perceived arousal. Interestingly, there's also another kind of stress that we see that doesn't look like high arousal, but it really is, and that is when the dog stresses down. So the dog is still stressed, the dog still has high anxiety, and it's still on the right-hand side of the curve, but you see these dogs and they're shut down, and it's very easy to misinterpret this, to think that the dog needs to be lifted up in its arousal state. So sometimes you see people try to jolly the dog, or “Hey, let's go, let's go, let's go,” maybe some toy play, and all they're doing is actually increasing the arousal even more, they're increasing the dog's arousal even more, and the dog actually can't get out of that anxiety state. That's where the perceived arousal is very different than the real arousal. Melissa Breau: You started to touch on it there, the other side of that curve, the left side of that curve. By contrast, what does that look like, or how does that work, and what should people be looking at? Stacy Barnett: The left-hand side of the curve is our lower arousal. If a dog is really low arousal, he's basically asleep. So you have the really low arousal that might be a little … very laid back, very like, “Hey, I'm here,” they might be a little bored, they might seem bored, they might be a little slow, they might be a little over-methodical, they might be unmethodical. Those are the dogs where you just want them to give you a little bit more. Those are the dogs around the lower side, and as long as they're not too low on the arousal curve, it's actually pretty easy to get them up the curve. I actually find that the ideal state is slightly to the left as a natural state, because a dog has a natural arousal state, and then they have the state that they're currently in. So if their natural arousal state is slightly to the left, just the fact that being at a trial will actually put them at the top of the curve. I'm actually very lucky Judd's one of those. He's slightly to the left as his natural arousal state. I take him to a trial, he loves trialing, it puts him right at the peak arousal, and he's in drive. Melissa Breau: We all want that dog, right? Stacy Barnett: Yeah, right. Everybody wants Judd. Everybody loves Judd. Melissa Breau: We talked before this and we talked a little bit about this just kind of outside of this context, but I know another big thing for you is really adapting your handling and training to the dog you have, and not just in terms of arousal levels. You also talk about the importance of adapting your training and handling based on how secure your dog is, or how confident they are, and whether they're more handler focused or more environmentally focused. I wanted to ask you a little bit about that. Can you share what some of that looks like and how people can adapt accordingly? Stacy Barnett: Absolutely, absolutely, and I just want to give a little bit of a plug for Denise's book Train the Dog in Front of You. Now, again, this is focusing on nosework, but I think every competitor, if you do dog sports, buy the book. And no, she's not giving me any kickback on that — I just wanted to let you know! Basically because the most important thing that you can do from a dog training perspective is to know what kind of dog are you dealing with. I don't mean are you dealing with a Border Collie, a Labrador, or a Shih Tzu. It's the dog, the personality type, the very specific what makes your dog tick. What's really cool is Denise has actually broken down the dog's personality into dimensions, and these dimensions, if you can understand where your dog falls, it can give you insight into what's the best way to train your dog, which is really cool. For instance, what I like to focus on specifically, especially for all our nosework stuff, is there's two particular dimensions that I think are really important. One of them is, is your dog secure or is your dog cautious. The dog who is secure, that's ideal. We want that secure dog. The dog who's cautious might be a little bit more timid. Actually Judd, as an example, is a cautious dog. So you have a cautious dog, but then you compare that to Brava, who is very secure. You see the difference in their searching style. I did a search just the other day in my back room, and there was a tight space. Brava was really pushing into that tight space, where Judd was like, “Ooh, I don't know, it kind of makes me nervous.” So you have secure versus cautious. Then you have another dimension, which is also really important, which is either handler focused or environmentally focused. Along with other sports, we do like to have the dog fairly handler focused. However, in scent sports specifically, we need to have a dog that's a little bit more on the environmental side, but not so environmental that they're prioritizing their environment over target odor or over working with us as a team, because again, this is actually a team sport with you and your dog, and you have to work together as a partnership. So ideally you actually have a dog who is somewhere in-between handler focused and environmentally focused. But if you can understand which side your dog is, that can give you insight into how to train your dog. Melissa Breau: So what it seems to me is like what you're talking about really is balance, this idea that you want to hit this perfect in-between on a couple of things, right? Working to balance out our dog's natural tendencies, whatever they may be. So I wanted to ask about one more skill where balance is important. How do you achieve that right balance that you're talking about in teamwork, between teamwork and independence, especially during a search? Stacy Barnett: There are some handling things that you can do. For instance, one of these things, I actually call it proximity of influence — it's just a term that I coined — that the closer you are to your dog, the more influence you're going to exert on your dog. There's actually a sweet spot, and every dog is slightly different in terms of where their sweet spot is. You don't want to be so close to your dog that you're influencing your dog too much, because at that point you're providing a little bit too much input into the search, and let's face it, we don't have a nose. I mean, we have a nose, but it doesn't work very well. But you also don't want to be so far away that you're not a partner with your dog. So by understanding a little bit about is your dog environmentally or handler focused, it can tell you how sensitive they're going to be to your proximity. I know, for instance, with Judd, Judd is actually quite independent. He's pretty … from an environmentally focused perspective, he's more on the environmental side versus handler focused, and he will actually tolerate a lot of handler interference because he just tells me to get in the back seat anyway. Whereas if you have a dog like Joey, my Standard Poodle, who is actually very handler focused, he's very open to suggestions. I actually did a search this morning where I had a hide, and it was in the proximity of an area where there's probably a little bit of residual odor from a few days ago. Joey paused for a second and he looked at me. I made the mistake of saying, “Joey, go search,” because as soon as I did that, I actually prompted him, especially because of my proximity and where I was, it in effect prompted him to alert on residual odor, because he was like, “Oh, OK, you think this is where the hide is absolutely. I think it is too,” so he alerted. These are the types of things that had I been a little further away from him, or not talked to him, I think he would not have alerted there. So this is just an example, and the really cool thing is I got it on video. I love video so I can share it with people. It's different kinds of things like that, so you can really work that balance based upon the position of your body with a dog and your voice. Melissa Breau: I think when we talked about this before, you talked about there's a certain kind of angle that you like to see between you and the dog. Stacy Barnett: Yes. The 45-degree angle. Melissa Breau: Do you want to talk about that a little bit? Stacy Barnett: Sure, sure. This is something I actually talked a little bit about in my handling class, but it's also going to be in my Win By A Nose class. We'll talk about it there also. I think, personally, there is a perfect position in relation to the dog, when the dog is searching, for the handler to be. That position is actually 45 degrees behind the dog, but out away from the dog. You're not parallel to the dog. Let's say the dog is searching a vehicle. You're not parallel to that dog. You're actually behind the dog and at an angle of about 45 degrees. What this does is it puts you into a neutral position. That neutral position is something that helps to offset that suggestion that we have. Dogs are very suggestible, and some dogs are more suggestible than others. And understanding how suggestible your dog is actually is really good information to know. The interesting thing, this is my theory, is that our dogs don't understand that we have a really bad sense of smell. Our dogs don't know that because our dogs just assume that whatever they're smelling — they're smelling birch, anise, or clove — that we can smell it too, and a highly suggestible dog is going to be like, “Well, I think it's here. Do you think it's here? I think it's there. Do you think it's there?” And then they start an alert at you. Having a 45-degree angle can help to negate that and offset that. It's cool stuff. Melissa Breau: Yeah. I know that nosework isn't the only sport you've done. It's where your focus and where your career is now, but you started out in obedience, you've done a little bit of agility, so I was curious. Is there anything that you've learned from those other sports that has carried over into nosework for you? Stacy Barnett: Oh absolutely, absolutely, and I think a lot of the times with nosework, I think sometimes people forget that it's just another dog sport. Granted, the dog is out there, they're doing something that they are very adept at doing because they have this great sense of smell, and because it's a dog sport, it has a lot of corollaries to other dog sports. Those corollaries, things like the dog has to be able to acclimate, that sort of thing, and from a behavior, there's a lot of behavioral corollaries. There's also from the perspective of … so I'm going to use an example: movement. If you do agility, you'd learn that your body position and the way you move affects your dog. It tells your dog where to go. Now interestingly, the same thing happens in nosework. But in nosework we're sometimes very oblivious to that because we start off with the dog doing most of the work and we do like to have 80/20, we want the dog really driving the search. But it's very easy to forget that our body movement, our body motion, and our acceleration or deceleration, how we're standing in relationship to the dog, that all that is communicated to the dog. So if we look at, say, agility, and all the motion cues, and the body position cues, and all these cues that you give to your dog, you can actually look at that and say, “Hey, those are natural cues,” and those type of cues also apply to nosework. Melissa Breau: I know that your life has changed quite a bit since we last talked. Not just the new puppy, but you've been working with the AKC on their new scentwork program. I wanted to ask you what being an AKC contractor is about, what are you doing? Do you want to just share a little bit about what you're doing for them, what's involved there? Stacy Barnett: Sure, sure. I'm one of the contractors. There's a small handful of us. We're basically consulting, so we're helping the AKC with … we're just bringing some thoughts, some ideas, to making sure and really helping to support the program so that we end up with a really excellent sport coming out of it, because that is a new sport for the AKC. So we're helping to consult. We're also supporting some of the trials, like maybe if there's a new scentwork club or something like that, to make sure that they have the support that they need for trials, and to answer questions and that sort of thing. And we're working at doing some judges education, so we're helping to define what we need to do to help make sure that we have the very best judges out there. Melissa Breau: Last question. I know you've got your Win By A Nose class coming up on the schedule for February. Do you want to just share a little bit about how much of all of this is incorporated into that class, and maybe a little bit about what else you cover? Stacy Barnett: Yeah, so that's great. A lot of this will be incorporated, but the Win By A Nose class is all about successful trialing and training strategies. So it's how do you get from the point that you're going to be good to great? What is it going to take to help to become a really great competitor? And we're going to get into, there's probably going to be a little bit of mental management in there, there's going to be a little bit of this, a little bit of that, some different trialing strategies, different cue strategies. We'll be talking about arousal, we'll definitely be talking about a little bit of handling, a little bit of what's the best way to set your training strategies up so that you can get yourself ready for a trial, all this type of stuff that comes together to get to the point where you are really ready to go out there and hit a home run. Melissa Breau: Awesome. It sounds like a good class. Stacy Barnett: I think it's going to be fun. I think it's going to be good, yeah. Melissa Breau: Well, thank you so much for coming back on the podcast, Stacy, and for sticking through the technology fails. And thank you to all of our listeners for tuning in. We will be back next week, this time with Lori Stevens to talk about how you can help your dog reach optimal fitness in about five minutes at a time. 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. Thanks again for tuning in -- and happy training!

  SHOW NOTES:  Summary: Mariah Hinds' love affair with dogs and fascination with their behavior began young. She's wanted to be a dog trainer since she was eight years old. She's now been training dogs and teaching people for more than 14 years and is a Certified Professional Dog Trainer. Mariah has broad practical experience in the dog world, volunteering and working in kennels, shelters and veterinary hospitals, dog sitting and walking, fostering rescue dogs, and two years of veterinary technician college. She has a passion for finding the best way to communicate with the human half of the dog handler team, because she knows small changes in the handler and practice can yield big results in the long run. Her specialty at FDSA is teaching skills that require self-control from the dog including proofing, impulse control, stays and greetings while using positive training methodologies. Links mentioned: www.Mariahhinds.com Next Episode:  To be released 6/9/2017, featuring Deb Jones.  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 I'll be talking to Mariah Hinds. Mariah's love affair with dogs and fascination with their behavior began young. She's wanted to be a dog trainer since she was eight years old. She's now been training dogs and teaching people for more than 14 years and is a Certified Professional Dog Trainer. Mariah has broad practical experience in the dog world, volunteering and working in kennels, shelters, and veterinary hospitals, dog sitting and walking, fostering rescue dogs, and two years of veterinary technician college. She has a passion for finding the best way to communicate with the human half of the dog handler team, because she knows small changes in the handler and practice can yield big results in the long run. Her specialty at FDSA is teaching skills that require self-control from the dog including proofing, impulse control, stays, and greetings while using positive training methodologies. Hi Mariah. Welcome to the podcast. Mariah Hinds: Hi Melissa, it's great to be here. Melissa Breau: I'm so excited to get to talk to you for the podcast today. I think we've been talking about this for a long time so it's good to finally get you on. Mariah Hinds: Yes, absolutely. Melissa Breau: I wanted to get started with the same question that I ask pretty much everybody to start out, but I think you're the first person I've actually had on who I've actually met all of your dogs. Still, since the listeners haven't, can you share who they are and what you're working on with them. Mariah Hinds: Sure, yes. I have three dogs. Jada is my oldest. She's a Doberman. She'll be 11 years old next month. She's my Novice A dog and she has her Utility title. She occasionally makes appearances in my training videos. And my middle dog is Clever who I call Liv and she's four years old. She's a Border Collie and she's my first positive-only trained dog. She has her CDX and will be entering utility this fall and I hope to get an OTCH with her. I really think that she can do it. And my puppy is Talent who I call Tally. She's eight months old and we're just getting started. We've done some shaping and some obedience and agility foundations, but really the focus has been on house manners and socialization and focus and just enjoying each other's company. Melissa Breau: Well as I mentioned in the bio at the very beginning, you pretty much always knew you wanted to be a dog trainer... so I wanted to ask how you got started and about that "always a positive trainer" question. Mariah Hinds: So I'm…I was not always been a positive trainer. Jada actually is my crossover dog. I started off, as most people do, assuming that dogs really just play dumb and choose to ignore us and that some coercion is really required for training. But the more that I worked with dogs, the more I realize that they're really trying their best to interpret our world and I was what I would call a balanced trainer until I took the Susan Garrett Recallers course and saw dogs of all breeds coming when called in really challenging situations, and that really started my journey, and I spent the next two years watching every competition dog training video, every generic dog training video, and attending as many online classes and seminars as I could. And all the while I was training pet dogs for 30 hours a week doing private training sessions and so I was able to try new things with those dogs as well, and I decided to commit to raising my middle dog with only positive training methods and watching her thrive and learn and become so precise using only those methods, and incrementally setting her up to succeed, really cemented my commitment to positive training methods. Melissa Breau: Like you talked a little bit there about kind of how you crossed over and training pet dogs, so what got you into competition obedience? Mariah Hinds: Well so my first experience with competition obedience was I worked at PetSmart, that was my first job, and I had this dog and we took this…I took this class from a PetSmart trainer named Barb and she competed in obedience with her dog and invited me to go watch a competition obedience class and immediately I was hooked and the dogs were all heeling and paying attention to their handlers, even when they got close to other dogs and it just really looked like a lot of fun. So when I got Jada I knew that I wanted to do competition obedience and when she was four years old I finally found a place to train regularly and she was entered in novice that year and she got her UD when she was four and she really taught me a lot and I'm really proud of her. Melissa Breau: Was getting a Doberman partly inspired by the obedience? I'm always curious because now you have Border Collies, so what led you to start out with a Doberman? Mariah Hinds: So it's kind of interesting. So at the time, before I got my Doberman, I had a Standard Poodle that I was fostering and I kept getting these comments from my pet people saying, "Oh well, you know it's a fluffy dog, you know and you can't train a fluffy dog the same way as you train one of those hardcore breeds." And so I was like, okay, well I'll go get a Doberman because they're really pretty and I like them and so that's how I ended up getting a Doberman. Melissa Breau: I'd imagine that the Border Collies are very different to train. Mariah Hinds: They are different, you know, and I never would have gotten them as my first dogs, but really I love Border Collies. I think that they're a lot of fun and they're much easier to live with, or mine are, than most people think that they are. Melissa Breau: Interesting, and we were talking about that a little bit this weekend, just even the difference between the two that you have now, right? Mariah Hinds: Yeah, they're definitely different, but they have a lot of similarities as well, and part of that is just how I raised them. Clover was my first Border Collie and so I wanted to make sure I didn't have the same issue with Jada, like the checking out, so really did a lot of focus on building drive and with my young dog, I'm like, I know that it will come and yes we've done a little bit of drive building, but most of it has been, "all right I'm going to get you excited and then we're going to practice calming down afterwards," and so she was much better at that than my four year old dog. Melissa Breau: Most of your classes at FDSA kind of revolve around self-control on the part of the dog, like in one format or another, right? So just glancing over some of your upcoming classes, you have Proof Positive this session, a stay class in August, impulse control and a greeting class in October. What is it really about that topic that's kind of drawn you to teach it and that fascinates you so much? Mariah Hinds: Well, really it's that I think that reliability is greatly affected by self-control and not knowing how to teach impulse control and self-control positively to dogs initially is what held me back from crossing over just to being a positive trainer, especially early in my career as a pet trainer, and so when I realized that I had this gap in my understanding, I really pursued learning about it as much as I could. I also feel like reliability or the lack of it is really frustrating to most of us and we can greatly impact our relationships with our dogs by working on impulse control and building reliability and I really enjoy seeing people understand their dogs. We see their dog's point of view and ultimately have a better relationship with their dog. Melissa Breau: And I want to focus in on proofing for a moment there, so I wanted to ask how you define proofing and kind of how you approach it. Mariah Hinds: Well so I think that the traditional definition of proofing is to set the dog up to be wrong and tell the dog that he or she is wrong and hope that the dog can bounce back from corrections time and time again, and what we're going to do in proofing is set the dog up to succeed time and time again with tiny little increases in the difficulty level, and so what I find is that that really builds confidence by showing the dog that they are indeed correct and they have earned a reward for their effort. And so that's really the big thing of building their confidence and helping them understand that it's the same behavior even if it's slightly more challenging with a distraction. Melissa Breau: And I've heard a rumor about, something about costumes in this class. Is that right? Mariah Hinds: Yes. One of the games we're going to be playing is about having handler dress up and making sure that the dogs can do the behavior even with the handler dressed up or with a helper dressed up and I find that a lot of times that really impacts the dog because our body language is different, so really helping to again build that reliability. So the other thing that we're going to go over in Proof Positive is we're going to over covering maintaining criteria, and often times I find that we build these really beautiful behaviors that are really crisp and clean and fast, and when we add distractions then our criteria drifts and we lose some of that beautiful criteria. So we're going to go over how to maintain that while we're adding more levels of difficulty. Melissa Breau: I definitely think that's something a lot of people struggle with, just like figuring out how to do that and keep that really pretty behavior that they can get in their living room, when they're out in the real world, and then eventually in a show ring. Mariah Hinds: Yeah, it's definitely…it can be done, it can be done. Melissa Breau: So I wanted to make sure students got something, or listeners got something that they could kind of take away and act on as part of this, so I wanted to ask you if there's a common piece of proofing or if there's something else that jumps out to you, that's fine too, where you feel that students like usually struggle, and if so, kind of how you recommend working through it. Mariah Hinds: Well I think that most people struggle with seeing the benefit of systematically helping their dog overcome distractions, which is my definition of proofing. I think that a lot of people see it as mean or unnecessary, and personally I think that if we're going to enter a dog in a trial at some point, then they're going to need to be able to do the behaviors with distractions and that systematically helping the dog become reliable with distractions is a really kind thing to do to help them prepare for that environment. I think that the second most common struggle with proofing is really over-facing our dogs. We pick the distraction that's too challenging for the dog and the dog struggles to make the desired choice and then we get upset or disappointed in the dog, even if it's just a tiny bit, and then we're building stress into our behaviors and that's not the goal. So when a dog struggles with a distraction, then really distance is our friend, you know. We can always go further away from the distraction and then the dog is like, oh okay, I can do it now. Alternatively, we can dissect the distraction into its simplest parts and build back up from there, once the dog is successful with the individual components. So for example, if a dog struggles with a judge in the ring, then we want to work just on judge being far away and not work on it being a new location and having sounds and having food on the table and all those other things. And the bottom line is that we really want to build confidence with proofing, and not add stress. Melissa Breau: So do you want to talk just for a minute about how you can kind of tell when the dog is over faced versus kind of working through something or trying to make a choice? Like how do you walk that line? Can you just talk to that for a minute? Mariah Hinds: So a big part of that is body language. The other thing that I really make sure that I practice with my own dogs is that the 50, 60, 80 rule, and that rule to me is if they're 80 percent reliable and you've done it about five times, then we can make it slightly more challenging. If they're between 60 and 80 percent reliable and you've practiced it five times, then really we're doing okay. We can keep practicing at that level and the dog will figure it out. We might want to help them a tiny bit if they're leaning towards the 60 percent, and again, we still want to look at stress signals. If the dog is checking out or if they're looking worried, then definitely we need to make it easier. If they're below 60 percent successful, then we most definitely need to make it easier, and if they've failed to make the desired choice twice in a row, then again, we definitely need to back up and help them understand because they're not going to miraculously figure out that, oh I should be doing this behavior instead of that. Melissa Breau: You mean they can't actually read our minds? Mariah Hinds: No, they can't. If they could then they would do it already. Melissa Breau: All right. So I wanted to kind of round out things the way I normally round up a conversation, which is asking about the dog related accomplishment that you're proudest of. Mariah Hinds: So last year when I was in Florida, we had this competition called DOCOF, and what it is it that every year all the obedience clubs in Florida put together teams and then all those teams compete against each other in this one day event. And so last year we were entered in open and Liv won First Place in open with a score of 199 and a half and so I was very proud of that. There were a hundred dogs in that class and she beat several dogs who were really expected to win who were taught with traditional methods, and those trainers had told me in the past that dogs who are only positively trained can't win, but we did. So that was really exciting. So we tried for… Melissa Breau: I was just going to say, you've had a lot of success with her, right? I mean you guys have done a lot of really cool things. Mariah Hinds: We have done a lot of cool things. She's one really fun dog, you know. Yeah, she's a lot of fun and she loves to train, so we train a lot. And we trained for high in trial with my friend and we did a run off and we finished up in second place out of the 3 hundred dogs that were entered, and then in addition to our individual successes, our team was really supportive of each other and we celebrated each dog and handler's big and little successes, and we didn't let each other worry about the tiny baubles, so really overall it was a really great day. Melissa Breau: That's awesome. It sounds like a lot of fun. Maybe you have to start something like that here in NC. Mariah Hinds: I know, it would be fun. I really…it's one of the big things that I'm going to miss about Florida, not the heat, but I'll miss that. Melissa Breau: And what is the best piece of training advice that you've ever heard? Mariah Hinds: Well I think there is a ton of really great pieces of training advice that I've heard. My favorite piece of training advice is that training really should look like play. So my goal and my unedited training videos is that it really looks like play with just a tiny bit of training mixed in. But for me, the most impactful piece of training advice is that you don't have to end training on a success, and when I embraced that, it was really pivotal for me with Jada and my journey to positive training methods. Originally when a training session was going horribly, I would just keep going and build more and more frustration and anger with our repetitions instead of just calling it a day. And so once I was able to end a training session that wasn't going well and go back to the training board, then our relationship really improved a lot. So I guess ultimately, it's play a lot and don't be afraid to give your dog a cookie and end the training session when it's not going the right direction. Melissa Breau: So I'm really curious there. You mentioned your unedited videos kind of look like a play session with a little bit of training mixed in. I mean your dogs are pretty drivey, just kind of knowing them and watching you work with them. What ratio are you actually talking about? Are you thinking like five minutes of play, two minutes of work, or like what do you…can you break that out for me a little more and just talk a little more about it? Mariah Hinds: So I do a lot of focusing on tiny pieces of behavior. I know that a lot of people really work on sequences, but I don't focus on that really with my dogs. I focus on just tiny pieces of behavior, like five steps of heeling with some proofing. Or five steps of doing left turns and right turns and then rewarding that and making sure that each tiny piece is really crisp and so that's what I aim for in a training session, and so we do three minutes of work and they get kibble with that and then we do, after our three minutes, then we do a little bit of play and then we do it again. That's kind of what it looks like. I don't really do a lot of five minutes of training in one duration. Melissa Breau: So for our final question, someone else in the dog world that you look up to. Mariah Hinds: Well I really look up to Silvia Trkman. I love how she teaches heeling which is now how FDSA teaches heeling. I have no clue if that's really related or not, but I think that she's really an expert in shaping and she teaches her dogs some really fun tricks and the reliability that she gets with her dogs in really big events is awe inspiring and she does it all with positive training methods. So I also really like learning from Bob Bailey. He has some really important things to share regarding training, such as matching law, reward placement, and rewarding more substantially for duration behaviors and I think that these things really impact precision and reliability. So I love taking things that I learned from him and thinking about how I can apply that to 10 different behaviors or scenarios. Melissa Breau: All right. Well thank you so much for coming on the podcast Mariah, and thanks to all of our listeners for tuning in. Mariah Hinds: Thanks for having me. Melissa Breau: Absolutely. It was good to finally get to talk to you while the recording was running instead of just for fun. So in case you missed it last week, for all our listeners out there, you'll no longer have to wait two weeks between episodes. That's right. We're taking the podcast weekly which is why you're hearing this episode now, even though we just published the interview with Julie last week. And that means we'll be back next Friday, this time with Deb Jones to talk performance fundamentals, cooperative canine care, shaping and that all important topic, focus. If you haven't already subscribed 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 soon as it becomes available. CREDITS: Today's show is brought to you by the Fenzi Dog Sports Academy. Special thanks to Denise Fenzi for supporting this podcast. Music provided royalty-free by BenSound.com; the track featured here is called “Buddy.” Audio editing provided by Chris Lang and transcription written by CLK Transcription Services. Thanks again for tuning in -- and happy training!

Jenny has been sober for 13 months... This is her tale... Resources mentioned in RE 86: Connect with Cafe RE For $12.00 per month, you can have unlimited, private access to groups of like-minded people via in-person meet-ups, unsearchable Facebook groups, and travel. First month FREE with Promo Code: Elevator. Sobriety Tracker Support the Recovery Elevator Podcast by shopping at Amazon with the Recovery Elevator link: www.recoveryelevator.com/amazon/   SHOW NOTES Ok, so you’re doing a pretty good job of following your rules, your systems, or you're experimenting with sobriety… Have you ever said the words “I got this”? "I would say these words over and over again while putting these rules, systems, games, etc. in place when trying to get sober on my own…" Paul was sober for over 2 years when those mean little words came back, “You know what Paul, we got this… We’re totally good.” And, DAMN IT! After two years of sobriety, we drank (me and Gary)... “We didn’t got this…” If you ever catch yourself saying, “Hey, you got this…” be very cognizant, very aware, and very, very cautious... "I got this," the three most dangerous words an alcoholic can say. [ 05:33 ] Paul Introduces Jenny. Jenny has been sober for just over a year, since August 25th, 2015. “My life is better than it was when I was drinking.” Jenny grew up in Helena, MT and currently lives in Bozeman, MT. She is married to an amazing man and has 4 kids, ages 4-14. She loves to run, workout and go to the gym. “If it involves exercise, I love to do it!” [ 06:59 ] Jenny speaks about her drinking history. The alcoholic tendency has always been there for Jenny… “I don’t think that ever in my life I had just one drink. It was always like game-on. In High School I was “the party girl.” Jenny knew she had to stop before she hit the absolute bottom. [ 10:46 ] What was it like drinking and taking care of 4 kids? (Paul openly admits that he could barely take care of Ben, the Standard Poodle, when he was drinking…) “When the drinking started to escalate, it was sort of the perfect storm. My husband is a firefighter and started working 24-hr. shifts… Things really started to get out of control. When I was drinking, I felt like I was the best mom in the world… But, I was really checked out. I was selfish. In the back of my mind I was always concerned with refilling my glass.” Saying those words, “Yes, I am an alcoholic,” was the scariest thing Jenny has ever said… "Admitting that I didn’t have all of my shit together…” [ 14:06 ] Jenny talks about how admitting “I am an alcoholic” is liberating. “That dirty little secret I had been carrying around... I had been doing all of these things to convince myself that I didn’t have a problem. I was volunteering, doing insane workouts at 5am (sometimes still drunk)... After, a lot of moms came to me and said, “Hey, I think I have the same problem.” [ 16:43 ] Talk to me about Run for Recovery. Run for Recovery is a run supporting Alive Again Life Recovery Mission which exists for the purpose of creating a safe Christian environment for individuals of all ages to fellowship, learn and heal from addiction and addiction-related effects. Running and exercising has helped Jenny so much through this process (choosing sobriety). [ 18:39 ] How did you do it? What was Day 1 like? “I just did it. I just quit. I went moment by moment, minute by minute. I binge listened to Recovery Elevator. After about a week I got into my crying phase. I was ashamed. I beat myself up over poor choices and poor parenting…” [ 20:20 ] What other methods besides running do you use? “Reading a lot, educating myself, and sometimes just forcing myself to sit still. Forcing myself to feel those feelings.” Jenny has found that her athletic performance has increased since being sober. “I feel one million times better than when I was drinking.” Working out is definitely an outlet for Jenny. “It’s definitely better than vodka.” [ 29:06 ] What’s on your bucket-list? “Half marathons, Spartan racing, keep volunteering, discover more about myself, and to be a little kinder to myself…” [ 30:02 ] What have you learned about yourself? “I’m a type-A, over-achieving, control freak, and working on being a little nicer to myself… We need to be nice to ourselves. We need to talk to ourselves like we talk to a friend. We really beat ourselves up.” Jenny has learned about what triggers her and how to manage cravings (they do come). She finds other things to do, like playing with her kids, going for a run, or just sitting with the craving and letting it pass.   [ 35:17 ] Rapid Fire Round What was your worst memory from drinking?  “4 or 5 months before I quit drinking, my husband and I went to Las Vegas. My husband went to bed and I went to the "gift shop," which just meant that I went drinking. I couldn't get the key to work to get back into the room and I ended up passing out just outside of our bedroom. My husband found me at 3am.” Did you ever have an “oh-shit” moment? “That panicky feeling that would come when there were only a couple of drinks left in the vodka bottle, and over-thinking my kids activities because it was going to affect my ability to drink.” What’s your plan moving forward? “Continue to volunteer and be of service. Get more involved with RE and really staying accountable.” What’s your favorite resource in recovery? “Cafe RE, the Bubble Hour, going to the gym, getting out of my own head, staying in the moment…” What’s the best advice you’ve ever received (on sobriety)? “You can do anything, you just can’t do everything.” What parting piece of guidance can you give listeners who are in recovery or thinking about quitting drinking? “Set yourself up for success. Cut yourself some slack. Make sure you have a plan.” “You might be an alcoholic if you go to the liquor store and browse around, ask some questions, yet know full well that you’re going to go to the vodka section and buy something from the bottom shelf.”   Paul’s Life Hack: Take your ball and go home. You don’t have to put yourself in precarious situations. You don’t have to drink just to appease others. Just take your cell phone and go home. Be kind to yourself. Take your ball and go home. Take your beach toys, your camper, your R.V., your whatever… Take it and go home.   “We took the elevator down, we gotta take the stairs back up. WE can do this!” Sober Selfies! - Send your Sober Selfie and your Success Story to info@recoveryelevator.com Support the Recovery Elevator Podcast by shopping at Amazon with the Recovery Elevator link: www.recoveryelevator.com/amazon/ This episode was brought to you by Cafe RE and get your daily AA email here!

Well friends, the time has come to say farewell to our Produfus Travis! But don't worry, we send him off with an incredible episode! Maybe our best one yet! In Dogs We Met This Week, Bonnie the AussiePoo puppy! This week's Mutt Minute is all about the Standard Poodle! Don't let the name fool you, there's nothing ordinary about it! We are so excited to be joined by Kirby Howell-Baptiste and hear about the dog movie, dog tvshow and all the other animal related projects that she is working on! We also have a very special tribute to Travis that turns in to a big compliment/love fest! We also have this week's Facebook Thread of the Week! It's a great episode, don't forget to share with friends!

Hanovarian Breeding with Maryanna Haymon, is wheat good for horses, the Standard Poodle is the Breed of the Show, Hedwig is a toad licker and some horsemanship tips in the Coffee Klatch. Listen in...Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/user?u=87421)

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TODAY ON IT'S A DOGGIE DOG WORLD DJ BIG STEW BREAKS DOWN THE STANDARD POOODLE  Poodles may look dainty and demur, but in truth, these are high-stamina dogs with a stellar range of skills, including agility, obedience, hunting and herding. Your pretty Poodle could be a sporty competitor in addition to a beautiful show dog.    

Stacy Mantle from Pets Weekly joins us LIVE from BarkWorld in Georgia to tell us about the social media and blogging event and what's going on there, the latest products like really affordable home delivery pet foods, Quaker Pets Catnip infused toys, an activity monitor for dogs, and disaster prepared training like first aid and CPR for pet owners. Deborah and Stacy talk about every thing from sleeping bears, doggie yoga, cats who are fed up with their owners, and a poorly run doggie daycare featured on Tabitha's Takeover where dogs were sprayed with water for barking. It's an entertaining discussion about what's new and cool in the pet world right now. Got a pet problem? Email Deborah and she will solve it on-air. Check out kid-friendly www.petsweekly.com for jokes, quotes, and truthful product reviews. If you are wanting that ‘aaaaah' puppy moment, go to camp good dog on facebook at www.facebook.com/campgooddog and you'll see 4 week old Golden Doodle puppies eating and stumbling about like little cute potatoes. And coming very soon, maybe today, maybe tomorrow, newborn Standard Poodle puppies. Questions or Comments? Send them to: deborah@petliferadio.com. More details on this episode MP3 Podcast - BarkWorld LIVE with Deborah Wolfe var ACE_AR = {Site: '845738', Size: '468060'};