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Our One Wild And Precious Lives (And Our Dogs)

Our One Wild And Precious Lives (And Our Dogs)

By Caden and the dogs

A podcast about living off the beaten track, dogs and the overlap between the two, queer lives, mental health, anarchy and politics. Get a glimpse at the world - maybe a different world from your own - through storytelling. Here's to philosophy, conversations, change, training dogs and treating humans with kindness (mostly). Let's see where this journey takes us!

Canine nerd level scale for special interest episodes:
1: for pet or companion dog folks
2: for dog enthusiasts who want to learn even more
3: for training geeks who love digging into the details of philosophy and practice
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E38 The one with all the trigger warnings: a conversation with Sir Sue Alexander (part 1).

Our One Wild And Precious Lives (And Our Dogs)Mar 12, 2024

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E38 The one with all the trigger warnings: a conversation with Sir Sue Alexander (part 1).

E38 The one with all the trigger warnings: a conversation with Sir Sue Alexander (part 1).

Anyone catch the FRIENDS reference? Caden and Sue talk about ... all the things they didn't plan to talk about: hunting, maple sirup, prong collars, the supreme court of Alabama and human reproduction, medically assisted suicide ... But REALLY, this episode is about discussing different view points and disagreeing respectfully, and there's also something about pragmatic training and our canine and equine working partners in there. Promise!


Get in touch with Sue:

Dogs at the Park: https://www.dogsinthepark.ca/

The Dog Trainer's Crucible: https://www.thedogtrainerscrucible.ca/


Get in touch with Caden:

www.adventuredogsanarchy.com

caden.cristopher [at] gmail.com

⁠https://www.facebook.com/chrissi.schranz/⁠

⁠https://www.instagram.com/adogisabondbetweenstrangers/⁠

⁠https://www.youtube.com/@freerangingdogs⁠


Thank you ...


Thank you to Lesfm for providing our royalty-free intro, entro and outro music and to Isabelle Grubert for designing the show logo!

Mar 12, 202452:53
E37 The world we want to live in and queer Marxism: a conversation with M.E. O'Brien.
Feb 13, 202446:58
E36 Dog geekery: oops ... I (C) accidentally compared the R+ community to a "cult." Another conversation with Matthias Lenz.

E36 Dog geekery: oops ... I (C) accidentally compared the R+ community to a "cult." Another conversation with Matthias Lenz.

This episode is a 3/3 on the dog geekery scale - it may only be interesting for dog professionals since it's about humans working in the field rather than dog training.


The podcast Episode by Sarah Stremming Matthias refers to:

https://thecognitivecanine.com/punishment-within-lima/


The source of the definition of "aversive" Matthias quotes:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aversives


Get in touch with Matthias:


https://www.facebook.com/matthias.lenz.33


A list of free resources compiled by C - including trainers from all kinds of "camps":


https://chrissisdogtraining.com/free-resources-for-everyone-who-wants-to-take-their-dog-training-skills-to-the-next-level/


Get in touch with C:


www.chrissisdogtraining.com⁠

chrissi.schranz [at] gmail.com

⁠https://www.facebook.com/chrissi.schranz/⁠

⁠https://www.instagram.com/adogisabondbetweenstrangers/⁠

⁠https://www.youtube.com/@freerangingdogs⁠



Thank you ...


Thank you to Lesfm for providing our royalty-free intro, entro and outro music and to Isabelle Grubert for designing the show logo!

Jan 16, 202442:38
E35 Dog geekery: how to systematically increase difficulty and deal with juvenile dogs

E35 Dog geekery: how to systematically increase difficulty and deal with juvenile dogs

In today's episode, C answers two questions: what's a smart way to increase difficulty once you have trained a behavior? And what should you do if your dream puppy turns into a juvenile dog who doesn't even remember their name?


PS: if you have a brief question, just send it my way and I might answer it on one of the next episodes as well!


Link to a blog post that further goes into increasing difficulty and features an a-ma-zing visualization Jana Fuchsberger spontaneously made for me (THANK YOU; you rock!):

https://chrissisdogtraining.com/one-wild-and-precious-e35-once-ive-trained-a-behavior-how-can-i-increase-its-difficulty/


Get in touch with C:


www.chrissisdogtraining.com⁠

chrissi.schranz [at] gmail.com

⁠https://www.facebook.com/chrissi.schranz/⁠

⁠https://www.instagram.com/adogisabondbetweenstrangers/⁠

⁠https://www.youtube.com/@freerangingdogs⁠


Thank you ...


Thank you to Lesfm for providing our royalty-free intro, entro and outro music and to Isabelle Grubert for designing the show logo!

Dec 19, 202310:55
E34 Lions in the sand: politics, capitalism, structural versus personal issues ... A conversation with Rachel Finklestein.

E34 Lions in the sand: politics, capitalism, structural versus personal issues ... A conversation with Rachel Finklestein.

C and Rachel talk about all of the above, the conflict in the Middle East, identity and privilege, the stories we tell ourselves and/or others, the drawing (or not drawing) of lines and more.




Get in touch with Rachel:


https://www.instagram.com/rfinkles/

https://communityarte.com/



Resources mentioned in this episode:


Short documentary about foreigners moving to Mexico City (English; thoughtful but not very critical):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXHgc073nIs



Short documentary about foreigners gentrifying Mexico city (German; critical):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmcrkjHdSCg



Brené Brown's values worksheet:

https://brenebrown.com/resources/dare-to-lead-list-of-values/



Book:

M.E. O'Brien - Family Abolition: Capitalism and the communizing of care


Get in touch with C:


www.chrissisdogtraining.com⁠

chrissi.schranz [at] gmail.com

⁠https://www.facebook.com/chrissi.schranz/⁠

⁠https://www.instagram.com/adogisabondbetweenstrangers/⁠

⁠https://www.youtube.com/@freerangingdogs⁠



Thank you ...


Thank you to Lesfm for providing our royalty-free intro and outro music, to "Sounds for You" for the royalty-free rain sound track in this episode as well as to josibo for the royalty-free episode image of a lion in the sand!

Nov 14, 202347:41
E33 Marker-cue related dog training questions

E33 Marker-cue related dog training questions

C answers marker-cue related dog training questions: is it okay to praise in addition to using a marker cue? How do I get better at my mark-and-treat mechanics?


This episode is a level 2 and 3 on the dog geek scale.


Get in touch with C:


www.chrissisdogtraining.com⁠

chrissi.schranz [at] gmail.com

⁠https://www.facebook.com/chrissi.schranz/⁠

⁠https://www.instagram.com/adogisabondbetweenstrangers/⁠

⁠https://www.youtube.com/@freerangingdogs⁠


Thank you ...


Thank you to Lesfm for providing our royalty-free intro and outro music and to Isabelle Grubert for designing the show logo!

Oct 17, 202304:45
E32 Is it risky to tether your dog outside a store while running errands? An opinion.

E32 Is it risky to tether your dog outside a store while running errands? An opinion.

C talks about the fact that they regularly leave andtheir dogs tethered outside stores and never had a problem. They go into WHY it is important to them that their dogs be able to wait outside when running errands and stress the fact that, of course, opinions differ - to each their own!


Get in touch with C:


www.chrissisdogtraining.com⁠

chrissi.schranz [at] gmail.com

⁠https://www.facebook.com/chrissi.schranz/⁠

⁠https://www.instagram.com/adogisabondbetweenstrangers/⁠

⁠https://www.youtube.com/@freerangingdogs⁠


Thank you ...


Thank you to Lesfm for providing our royalty-free intro and outro music and to Isabelle Grubert for designing the show logo!


Sep 19, 202305:18
E31 When dog trainers accidentally talk about dating and purposefully talk about their wild and precious lives: a conversation with Kayla Fratt.

E31 When dog trainers accidentally talk about dating and purposefully talk about their wild and precious lives: a conversation with Kayla Fratt.

C and Kayla hang out at C's place, watch their dogs and Norbert the cat play and talk about travel, van life, conservation dog work, dating, childhoods and futures. A fun and fast-paced conversation about everything you never wanted to know about us! Yes, we are nuts and we like it that way.


Here's a link to a blog post featuring a few more thoughts and a video of the animals (and some good music!): https://chrissisdogtraining.com/one-very-wild-and-precious-e31/


Get in touch with Kayla


Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/collies.without.borders/

Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/kaylafratt

Conservation Dogs website and course: https://k9conservationists.org/


Get in touch with C


www.chrissisdogtraining.com⁠

chrissi.schranz [at] gmail.com

⁠https://www.facebook.com/chrissi.schranz/⁠

⁠https://www.instagram.com/adogisabondbetweenstrangers/⁠

⁠https://www.youtube.com/@freerangingdogs⁠


Thank you ...


Thank you to Lesfm for providing our royalty-free intro, en-tro and outro music and to Isabelle Grubert for designing the show logo!

Sep 05, 202351:34
E30 Dog geekery: when and how should I end toy play?

E30 Dog geekery: when and how should I end toy play?

Since C has been too busy to finish editing the long conversation they've had with a guest you'll all love - no guest episode. BUT they still want you all to have something new to listen to, so they recorded a quick one answering a student's question today! If you love the ins and outs of toy play - this one is for you!


Get in touch with C


www.chrissisdogtraining.com⁠

chrissi.schranz [at] gmail.com

⁠https://www.facebook.com/chrissi.schranz/⁠

⁠https://www.instagram.com/adogisabondbetweenstrangers/⁠

⁠https://www.youtube.com/@freerangingdogs⁠


Thank you ...


Thank you to Lesfm for providing our royalty-free intro and outro music and to Isabelle Grubert for designing the show logo!

Aug 22, 202303:35
E29 More on off leash dog lives and maintaining strong recalls

E29 More on off leash dog lives and maintaining strong recalls

An addendum to E27: C reflects on the dog keeping culture of Mexico City and shares their three rules for maintaining a strong recall once you have trained it to the degree you were aiming for.


Resources mentioned in this episode:


E27 of this podcast:

https://podcasts.apple.com/at/podcast/e27-when-do-you-trust-your-dog-off-leash-an-opinion/id1632769223?i=1000620741780


Get in touch with C


www.chrissisdogtraining.com⁠

chrissi.schranz [at] gmail.com

⁠https://www.facebook.com/chrissi.schranz/⁠

⁠https://www.instagram.com/adogisabondbetweenstrangers/⁠

⁠https://www.youtube.com/@freerangingdogs⁠


Thank you ...


Thank you to Lesfm for providing our royalty-free intro, en-tro and outro music and to Isabelle Grubert for designing the show logo!

Aug 08, 202305:32
E28 Queer Lives: Metal Muses in Mexico - a conversation with Bere Rosales.
Jul 25, 202330:11
E27 When do you trust your dog off leash? An opinion.

E27 When do you trust your dog off leash? An opinion.

This episode is a 2/3 on the canine nerd level scale.


C answers a student's question about when to let a dog off leash ... And as almost always in dog training, their answer is: it depends. In this case, at least as much on your dog as on you as a person!


Get in touch with C:


⁠www.chrissisdogtraining.com⁠


chrissi.schranz [at] gmail.com


⁠https://www.facebook.com/chrissi.schranz/⁠


⁠https://www.instagram.com/adogisabondbetweenstrangers/⁠


⁠https://www.youtube.com/@freerangingdogs⁠


Thank you ...


Thank you to Lesfm for providing our royalty-free intro, en-tro and outro music and to Isabelle Grubert for designing the show logo!

Jul 11, 202312:50
E26 The social injustice of digital Nomadland and a declaration of love to Mexico City: a conversation with Zane Selvans.
Jun 20, 202348:39
E25 Switzerland & Canada, Austria & Mexico: personality, punctuality and the warmth of human beings. A conversation with Matthias Lenz.

E25 Switzerland & Canada, Austria & Mexico: personality, punctuality and the warmth of human beings. A conversation with Matthias Lenz.

Matthias and C - two Europeans who have moved to the Americas - talk about living abroad and speculate about what personality traits might make you succeed at it. The cultural differences are certainly real - and these two Europeans love them. So much so that Matthias just became a Canadian citizen!


C and Matthias barely talk about dogs in this episode, which in and of itself should count as an accomplishment.


C is sorry about their less-than-stellar sign-off in this episode. You know how life sometimes just is A LOT? Well it is. No reason to not have a conversation on air with a friend - but sometimes, an elegant sign-off is too much to ask. As is publishing an episode on time. (And that's fine. We're a flaky Canadian and a flaky Mexican resident, after all! We WILL show up for you - we may just be a little late.)



Get in touch with Matthias


https://www.facebook.com/matthias.lenz.33


BC & Alberta Guide Dogs: https://bcandalbertaguidedogs.com/


Resources mentioned in this episode


Eckhart Tolle - The Power of Now (book)

Mae Martin - Collecting Snow Globes (YT): https://youtu.be/jE77WFTc8PI

Ten Percent Happier with Dan Harris - Modern Life Is Making You Sick, but It Doesn’t Have To - Dr. Gabor Maté (podcast episode):

https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/ten-percent-happier-with-dan-harris/id1087147821?i=1000605404890


Get in touch with C


⁠www.chrissisdogtraining.com⁠

chrissi.schranz [at] gmail.com

⁠https://www.facebook.com/chrissi.schranz/⁠

⁠https://www.instagram.com/adogisabondbetweenstrangers/⁠

⁠https://www.youtube.com/@freerangingdogs⁠


Thank you ...


Thank you to Lesfm for providing our royalty-free intro, en-tro and outro music, to tookapic for the free episode image (Pixabay) and to Isabelle Grubert for designing the show logo!

Jun 13, 202354:10
E24 Behavioral Euthanasia. A Conversation about Love and Loss with Deb Jones.

E24 Behavioral Euthanasia. A Conversation about Love and Loss with Deb Jones.

This episode is a 1-3 on the canine nerd level scale.


For more of C's thoughts on this topic, read on here: https://chrissisdogtraining.com/one-wild-and-precious-e24-behavioral-euthanasia-a-conversation-about-love-and-loss-with-deb-jones/


Resources mentioned in this episode:


When the Loss is Deep: A Companion Animal Grief Journal by Deborah Jones: https://www.amazon.com/When-Loss-Deep-Companion-Journal/dp/B0BW23BWD4/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1AFJIJOZ0BSM7&keywords=when+the+loss+is+deep+by+deborah+jones&qid=1684292456&sprefix=deborah+jones+loss+deep%2Caps%2C480&sr=8-1

Losing Lulu (behavioral euthanasia support group on FB): https://www.facebook.com/groups/losinglulu

Cooperative Care with Deb Jones (FB group): https://www.facebook.com/groups/258308611603015



Get in touch with Deb:


Deb's bio and upcoming courses at Fenzi Dog Sports Academy: https://www.fenzidogsportsacademy.com/people/786-people/faculty/48-deborah-jones

Deb's website: https://k9infocus.com/

Blog: https://k9infocus.com/blog/


Get in touch with C:


⁠www.chrissisdogtraining.com⁠

chrissi.schranz [at] gmail.com

⁠https://www.facebook.com/chrissi.schranz/⁠

⁠https://www.instagram.com/adogisabondbetweenstrangers/⁠

⁠https://www.youtube.com/@freerangingdogs⁠


Thank you ...

Thank you to Lesfm for providing our royalty-free intro, en-tro and outro music, and to Isabelle Grubert for designing the show logo! 

May 23, 202301:38:25
E23 A Slice of Chai
May 09, 202309:31
E22 Joy!
Apr 25, 202307:09
E21 Lessons from traveling and the people you meet on the road
Apr 11, 202311:00
E20 Dog geekery: the fallout of punishment (and the question whether it can be avoided), the Coonhound breed, and hog hunting in the Southern US

E20 Dog geekery: the fallout of punishment (and the question whether it can be avoided), the Coonhound breed, and hog hunting in the Southern US

Canine nerd level scale: 2.5/3: both for the engaged dog enthusiast who already knows things, and wants to learn even more, and for highly educated dog and animal training folks who love digging into the nerdy details of theory and philosophy.
C talks to their former student and fellow pet professional Morgan about changing training philosophies for individual dogs, the Coonhound breed and hog hunting in the Southern US. We also touch upon the personality trait of risk-seeking versus risk-avoidance (freedom versus safety) in humans and wonder whether this influences how much freedom we want our dogs to have. Get ready for a wild and somewhat eclectic, yet all connected deep-dive into recalls, training methods, personalities and hunting!


Get in touch with Morgan:

Reach out to C and they'll put you in touch! 


Resources mentioned in this episode:

E13 Dog geekery: negative reinforcement demystified


Thank you ...

Thank you to Lesfm for providing our royalty-free intro, outro and en-tro music, and to Isabelle Grubert for designing the show logo!

Mar 28, 202357:06
E19 Clarity, not quadrants! R-, P+ and all 9 yards.
Mar 14, 202312:49
E18 From rat race to Gemütlichkeit (and all the dogs!): a conversation with Kenne Young.

E18 From rat race to Gemütlichkeit (and all the dogs!): a conversation with Kenne Young.

C chats with their fellow dog professional Kenne Young. Originally from the US, Kenne moved, after living all over the world, all the way to Graz, Austria, where he and his wife Sarina run a unique dog boarding and daycare center: one where every dog who visits becomes a member of the family and is given all the love and freedom to live their best life. 

Doglovers is the only place in Austria I would board my own dogs. Even though what I set out to talk about with Kenne was going from North America to Europe and the cultural differences that most stood out to him, what we start with, end with, and keep coming back to is - of course! - the dogs.

This episode gave me a lot to think about. I've wanted to leave Austria ever since I was a teenager. There are many things I could criticize about it and Europe in general. Thank you, Kenne, for providing me a fresh perspective - and a reminder of the warmth, "Gemütlichkeit" and safety that exists in Austria and that I, having grown up there, sometimes take for granted or overlook. One of my favorite episodes so far - I can't wait to record another part! Thank you, Kenne!

Get in touch with Kenne

https://www.dogloversgraz.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DogLoversGraz


Get in touch with C

www.chrissisdogtraining.com

chrissi.schranz [at] gmail.com

https://www.facebook.com/chrissi.schranz/

https://www.instagram.com/adogisabondbetweenstrangers/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJJREwVukr_0qMsU5MLt9OA


Thank you

to Lesfm for providing our royalty-free intro, en-tro and outro music and to Da las gracias a EScience_AI_art_VSG for providing this week's episode image royalty-free on Pixabay!

Feb 28, 202301:00:44
E17 Colorado, more life and US immigration
Feb 16, 202313:41
E16 People are more important than podcasts
Jan 31, 202303:40
E15 Dog geekery: marker cues, my love! A conversation with Karen Deeds, CDBC

E15 Dog geekery: marker cues, my love! A conversation with Karen Deeds, CDBC

Canine nerd level scale: 3/3: for highly educated dog and animal training folks who love digging into the nerdy details of theory and philosophy.

C and Karen nerd out about about multiple marker cue systems, behavior cases, the slime factor of treats (a life quality issue!) and the all-important facts that ziplock bags are forbidden in Karen's classes and C can't stand the texture of shrimp. 

Is a clicker all you ever dreamed of ... or do you want MORE? Can you HAVE more? More clarity? A greater shared vocabulary with your dog? And even MORE fun? Fear no more, my friends and strangers, for today you shall be initiated:

How do marker cue systems make for clear-minded dogs? What makes them like a language? Can they help solve behavior issues and may even pet dogs benefit from them ... or are they just a sports dog thing? What's the correct order of events when marking and reinforcing? What made the number one dock diving Poodle in the United States number one? Is it blasphemy to have food in your hands? WTF is up with these hydrolized diets, and what should you name your child? These and many more questions will be covered in a fast-paced, fun and VERY nerdy episode! Come join us for a wild ride! Scatter, toss and treat FTW!

"Knowledge builds confidence. Confidence is power. Power reduces anxiety." (Karen Deeds)


Get in touch with Karen:

https://www.facebook.com/karen.deeds

https://www.deedscanineconnection.com

canineconnection [at] charter.net

The amazing trainers we're giving a shout-out to in this episode (chronologically ordered as their names came up; we're all standing on the shoulders of giants):

Shade Whitesel (specifically her Ready To Work protocol)

Sara Brueske

Sarah Stremming

Chad Byerly and Sarah Keegans at Posidog in Ohio, which is now CynoCentric

Bob Deeds, Karen's husband

Bob Bailey ("Practice makes perfect.")

Hannah Branigan, who presented about eating as a behavior at ORCA

Barbara Heidenreich, who did so as well

ORCA conference (Art and Science of Animal Training)

Leslie McDevitt (LAT and pattern games)

Melissa Breau's treibball workshop

Kathy Sdao (and specifically her webinar on eating) 

Karen's reactive integration workshop on FB

Nicole Wiebusch, who teaches heeling and rally at FDSA

Sue Ailsby (who C got the paper towel trick of drying treats from)


Thank you ... 

Thank you to Lesfm for providing our royalty-free intro and outro music, and to Isabelle Grubert for designing the show logo!

Jan 17, 202301:20:21
E14 Mental health through the lens of Control Unleashed: a conversation with Leslie McDevitt

E14 Mental health through the lens of Control Unleashed: a conversation with Leslie McDevitt

C and Leslie talk about the evils of the institutionalized education system, raising kids, neurodiversity, pattern games for humans, breathing, scary puzzles and so much more. Come, listen! Join the fun! 


Get in touch with Leslie:

https://www.facebook.com/leslie.mcdevitt.7

Friends of Control Unleashed Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/298300721554

Next online events: Leslie will be giving a talk about Barking ("Silence is Golden") at the Heart Equine Academy on January 21st, and speaking at the MET Conference on March 4th and 5th, 2023.


Books by Leslie:

Control Unleashed: Creating a Focused and Confident Dog. Clean Run, 2007.

Control Unleashed: The Puppy Program. Clean Run, 2012.

Control Unleashed: Reactive to Relaxed. Clean Run, 2019.


Resources and further information on names and places mentioned in this episode:

Temple Grandin (website)

Summerhill School website (sadly, I don't remember the name of the documentary I watched)

Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche on Youtube - look for the videos on anxiety

Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche. The Joy if Living: Unlocking the Secret & Science of Happiness. (The book Leslie recommends to get started.)

Sangha (Wikipedia)


Get in touch with C:

www.chrissisdogtraining.com

chrissi.schranz [at] gmail.com

https://www.facebook.com/chrissi.schranz/

https://www.instagram.com/adogisabondbetweenstrangers/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJJREwVukr_0qMsU5MLt9OA


Thank you ...

Thank you to Lesfm for providing our royalty-free intro and outro music, to Susanne Edele for providing the episode picture (catnip) royalty-free on Pixabay and to Isabelle Grubert for designing the show logo!

Jan 03, 202301:14:05
E13 The pet parent predicament: a conversation with Katie Homan, a philosopher of play (with a great Lab)

E13 The pet parent predicament: a conversation with Katie Homan, a philosopher of play (with a great Lab)

Dec 20, 202257:56
E12 Reflections on our wild and precious lives, friendship and the concept of home with Rachel Finklestein
Dec 06, 202249:46
E11 Dog geekery: A Dog's World - Imagining the Lives of Dogs in a World without Humans. A conversation with Marc Bekoff.

E11 Dog geekery: A Dog's World - Imagining the Lives of Dogs in a World without Humans. A conversation with Marc Bekoff.

Canine nerd level: 1/3 (for pet and companion dog owners)


C talks with evolutionary biologist and ethologist Marc Bekoff about A Dog's World: Imagining the Lives of Dogs in a World without Humans. C's translation of this book was recently released in German, and they took this opportunity to invite Marc on the podcast!


By the way: I would also love to take this opportunity to give a shout-out to two Austrian dog training colleagues who happen to be biologists, Christian Holeček and Bettina Wernisch! Thank you for helping me find the correct German equivalents for the scientific terms in the English book! You both rock!


Marc shares about living with dogs in the mountains outside of Boulder, Colorado, and C challenges the argument that dogs would be able to learn how to hunt cooperatively. Marc, of course, has lots of answers to get all of us thinking. 


The bottom line of the book, and the note we end on, is really about pet and companion dogs in a world with humans: dogs don't love us unconditionally! And giving them a soft bed and veterinary care may not be enough. We end with a number of tips about easy ways of increasing your pet dog's freedom at home or on a walk around the block.


For further reflections on my conversation with Marc - I realized we were coming at the topic from surprisingly different angles! - check out my blog post here: 

https://chrissisdogtraining.com/reflections-on-my-conversation-with-marc-bekoff/


Get in touch with Marc:


https://marcbekoff.com/


Resources mentioned in this episode:


Pierce, Jessica and Bekoff, Marc. A Dog's World - Imagining the Lives of Dogs in a World without Humans. Princeton University Press, 2021.

Pierce, Jessica and Bekoff, Marc. Die Welt der Hunde - ein Gedankenexperiment (the German version of the same book), Kynos, 2022.

Stephen, Spotte. Societies of Wolves and Free-ranging Dogs. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012.

Gompper, Matthew E. Free-Ranging Dogs and Wildlife Conservation. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014.

Roberto Bonnani is mentioned as the author of a paper on the behavior of free-ranging dogs outside the Rome airport. I could not track down the specific paper, but searching for Bonanni's name will give you several different papers on free-ranging dogs if you want to dig deeper!


Get in touch with C:


www.chrissisdogtraining.com

chrissi.schranz [at] gmail.com

https://www.facebook.com/chrissi.schranz/

https://www.instagram.com/adogisabondbetweenstrangers/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJJREwVukr_0qMsU5MLt9OA


Thank you ...

Thank you to Lesfm for providing our royalty-free intro, en-tro and outro music, and to Isabelle Grubert for designing the show logo!


Nov 22, 202237:07
E10 A Guatemalan anthropologist takes a critical look at the US (and misses her Schnauzer)

E10 A Guatemalan anthropologist takes a critical look at the US (and misses her Schnauzer)

C talks to Liesl, a Guatemalan anthropologist who is currently living, researching and studying in the Pacific Northwest. Liesl shares her experiences with racism, unexpected experiences that have made her laugh and the different people she has crossed paths with. She gives us a little glimpse into her current research project with a community of Guatemalan migrants, recognizes how different cultural and experiential backgrounds make us experience the world and the people around us differently and helps us make the step from social signalling - like having a Black Lives Matter sign or a Ukrainian flag in your front yard - to meaningful action.

"We are always suffering - but we suffer gracefully."
(Quote from
"La vida es increíble," a podcast by Liniers and Montt)

"Anthropology is a science which tells us that people are the same the whole world over ... except when they're different."
(Nancy Banks-Smith)


Resources mentioned in this episode:

Victor Jara - Las casitas del barrio alto (song on Youtube)

The definition of racism Liesl reads out loud is from the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Get in touch with Liesl

Send me (C) an email and I'll put you in touch. We've decided to not make Liesl's information public to protect her privacy and the privacy of others mentioned in this episode. 


Get in touch with C

www.chrissisdogtraining.com

chrissi.schranz [at] gmail.com

https://www.facebook.com/chrissi.schranz/

https://www.instagram.com/adogisabondbetweenstrangers/


Thank you ...

Thank you to Lesfm for providing our royalty-free intro, outro and en-tro music, to Victor Leal for the episode image of Guatemala City provided royalty-free on Pixabay, and to Isabelle Grubert for designing the show logo!

Nov 08, 202201:05:39
E9 Dog geekery: toy reinforcers - train'em, name'em, and think of them as behavior chains!
Oct 25, 202224:09
E8 Queer lives: growing up gay in a conservative Mexican city in the 90ies, queer rights today, and one special Jack Russel Terrier

E8 Queer lives: growing up gay in a conservative Mexican city in the 90ies, queer rights today, and one special Jack Russel Terrier

C talks with their friend Rodrigo about what it was like to grow up as a gay boy in a conservative city in the 90ies, queer rights in Mexico today and life in the city of Guanajuato as a queer person. Rodrigo shares his experiences of being bullied in school and at home, compulsory soccer and loneliness. We philosophize about the next generation of parents, the growing number of Mexican states with equal marriage rights and non-discrimination laws and end in a place of cautious optimism.

Today, Rodrigo is a linguist and Spanish teacher embracing his queerness and enjoying life in the city of Guanajuato with his sidekick Orisa, a one-of-a-kind Jack Russel Terrier. 


LINKS AND RESOURCES


Population size of the cities we mention, to give our listeners a point of reference

La Piedad in the state of Michoacán: 106 490 

Morelia, state capital and biggest city in Michoacán: 743 275 

Guanajuato, capital of the state of Guanajuato: 72 237

(Population numbers sourced from es.wikipedia.org, accessed on August 19, 2022)


Get in touch with Rodrigo (12/10 would recommend as a Spanish teacher!)

rodrigo.s.navarrete [at] outlook.com


Get in touch with C

www.chrissisdogtraining.com 

chrissi.schranz [at] gmail.com

https://www.facebook.com/chrissi.schranz/ 

https://www.instagram.com/adogisabondbetweenstrangers/


Thank you ...

Thank you to Lesfm for providing our royalty-free intro, outro and en-tro music, to photographer Michael Luenen for providing our queer lives episode picture royalty-free on Pixabay, and to Isabelle Grubert for designing our show logo!

Oct 11, 202201:02:45
E7 Dog geekery: pet dogs or free-roaming dogs - who's got it better? A conversation with Sue Yanoff, DVM.

E7 Dog geekery: pet dogs or free-roaming dogs - who's got it better? A conversation with Sue Yanoff, DVM.

This episode is of interest for everyone on the canine nerd level scale: level 1, 2 and 3!
C talks to their friend and FDSA colleague Sue Yanoff, DVM, about whether the ree-roaming dogs of Latin America or the average western-style pet have a better life: what does the data say? How much facts do we have and when do we need to rely on opinions? What is a dog's natural environment and behavior and what, in fact, IS a free-roaming dog ... OR a pet ... in the first place? Along with C, you'll learn about veterinary practice, and along with Sue, you'll learn about C's and Game's free-roaming friends.


LINKS & RESOURCES

For pictures and videos of the two injured free-roamers we discuss, see https://chrissisdogtraining.com/one-wild-and-precious-e7-dog-geekery-pet-dogs-or-free-roaming-dogs-whos-got-it-better/
For the occasional glimpse into the life of free-roamers, subscribe to C's Free Ranging Dogs Youtube channel.
Sue Yanoff, DVM:

Sue's bio
The webinars by Sue Yanoff and Jessica Hekman ("To spay spay or not to spay, that is the question") ran live on September 22, but may still be available for purchase here if you're quick! C attended both of them live and highly recommends both parts!
Click here for more info on Sue's canine sports medicine class! It will run again in April 2023 at FDSA (registration opens on May 22, 2023).


Get in touch with C:

www.chrissisdogtraining.com

chrissi.schranz [at] gmail.com

https://www.facebook.com/chrissi.schranz/

https://www.instagram.com/adogisabondbetweenstrangers/


Additional resources:

C's Youtube Channel on Free-Ranging dogs


Studies alluded to in this conversation (chronological):

Silja Griss, Stefanie Riemer, Charlotte Warembourg, Filipe Maximiano Sousa, Ewaldus Wera, Monica Berger-Gonzalez, Danilo Alvarez, Petrus Malo Bulu, Alexis López Hernández, Pablo Roquel, Salome Dürr, "If they could choose: How would dogs spend their days? Activity patterns in four populations of domestic dogs," Applied Animal Behaviour Science, Volume 243 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applanim.2021.105449.

Beck, Alan M., "The Ecology of Stray Dogs: A Study of Free-Ranging Urban Animals" (1973). Purdue University Press e-books. Book 3.

Paul, M., Sen Majumder, S., Sau, S. et al. "High early life mortality in free-ranging dogs is largely influenced by humans." Sci Rep 6, 19641 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/srep19641

Sep 27, 202201:10:56
E6 Mental health through the lens of radical life changes, and the virtuous cycle of pet ownership, Guatemalan travel and catnip smuggling

E6 Mental health through the lens of radical life changes, and the virtuous cycle of pet ownership, Guatemalan travel and catnip smuggling

In this episode, C and Peter talk to Valerie Russell. Originally from the US, she has studied forensics in the UK and worked in law enforcement in the New York metropolitan area for many years. After severe depression and a PTSD diagnosis, Valerie started her life from scratch: she moved to Guatemala and opened Due South Travels, a unique and successful travel business. Val is one of the first people I (C) met in Guatemala, and I admire her on SO many levels. She is brave, courageous, authentic and simply good people. 


In this episode, we talk about mental health, all the things the animals we share our lives with do for us, the broken system of law enforcement and health care in the US and smuggling cat nip. We hope you enjoy this conversation as much as the three of us did!


Get in touch with Val

https://www.duesouthtravels.com/

https://www.facebook.com/DueSouthTravels

https://www.instagram.com/duesouthtravels/


Get in touch with Peter

peterfrombelfast [at] gmail.com

https://www.facebook.com/mcgarrypeterj

Get in touch with C

www.chrissisdogtraining.com

chrissi.schranz [at] gmail.com

https://www.facebook.com/chrissi.schranz/

https://www.instagram.com/adogisabondbetweenstrangers/

Free-ranging dogs Youtube channel


C's upcoming online class at Fenzi Dog Sports Academy
Out and About


Resources mentioned on this episode:

The Blindboy Podcast (the episode C quotes from is from April 12, 2022, and is called "Intrapersonally Speaking")


Thank you ...

Thank you to Lesfm for providing our royalty-free intro, outro and en-tro music, to the photographer Susanne Edele who shared this week's episode picture (catnip) royalty free on Pixabay, and to Isabelle Grubert for designing the logo of the show!

Sep 13, 202201:01:32
E5 Dog geekery: to touch or not to touch, that is the question. A conversation with Amy Miller.

E5 Dog geekery: to touch or not to touch, that is the question. A conversation with Amy Miller.

Canine nerd level scale: 1.5 (for interested pet owners as well as enthusiastic dog folks who already know quite a bit)


C, Peter and Amy Miller discuss their perspective on living or working with dogs who don't appreciate being touched by strangers. This episode consists of three distinct stories: Peter's experience as a dog walker, boarder and vacation-experience provider, Amy's perspective as the owner of the lovely, but opinionated Marley and his protocol for meeting new (and familiar) people and C's experience as a trainer working with people who share their lives with dogs who'd rather not be petted. We don't only talk about our personal experiences, but also speculate on where the human desire to use our hands to greet dogs may stem from - and why canines might consider this rude. Most importantly, we dispel the myth that the best way of greeting a new dog is by sticking your hand in their face to sniff. 


LINKS & RESOURCES  


Amy:

Amy's Bio

Amy is one of the masterminds who make sure FDSA runs smoothly. Amy, you are doing A LOT of those things that seem entirely mysterious to me. You're among the ones pulling the strings in the back, making sure the experience for everyone else - instructors as well as students - is smooth and intuitive. You are a helpdesk and tech magician, and I - just as all of our colleagues - deeply appreciate the work you do!


Resources mentioned in this episode:

Jennifer Summerfield, DVM - a great vet, dog trainer, and FDSA guest instructor (as well as Marley's trainer): https://www.drjensdogblog.com/

Friends of Control Unleashed FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/298300721554

Keep an eye out for Julie Daniels' upcoming CU classes at Fenzi Dog Sports Academy: https://www.fenzidogsportsacademy.com/people/786-people/faculty/3636-julie-daniels


Get in touch with Peter:

peterfrombelfast [at] gmail.com

https://www.facebook.com/mcgarrypeterj 


Get in touch with C:

www.chrissisdogtraining.com 

chrissi.schranz [at] gmail.com

https://www.facebook.com/chrissi.schranz/ 

https://www.instagram.com/adogisabondbetweenstrangers/ 

Aug 30, 202201:00:26
E4 The unique city of Guanajuato, sharing a multicultural house, making panditas, and human connection
Aug 16, 202256:48
E3 Dog geekery: food motivation in dog training
Aug 02, 202219:00
E2 Meet C and Peter (and some of the dogs in their lives)!
Jul 19, 202253:09
E1 Intro: Everything that's scary and beautiful is on this side of life

E1 Intro: Everything that's scary and beautiful is on this side of life

Just a short intro, and one of the reasons I chose the Podcast title.

Intro and autro music provided royalty-free by Lesfm. 

Jul 02, 202213:29