Good Dogs! (07-06-2022) #6109: Carol Borden talks about how clicker training was developed for performing dolphins and then transferred to dog training. She discusses why it is not a good tool for human-dog communication because it is dependent on very subtle timing. Tracie talks about how using a clicker is something she could personally never […]
Good Dogs! (06-01-2022) #6107: Carol Borden, the Founder and Director of Guardian Angels Medical Service Dogs, talks about their pride in winning the Vetty Award for the second year in a row — an award sought out by organizations of all kinds that are dedicated to preventing suicide in veterans. Carol talks about their gratitude […]
Welcome Your Dog’s Love with Open Arms (Guest blog by Sindhoor Pangal) To put this piece in context, please listen to my conversation on DOG TALK® with the wonderful “dog lady of India,” Sindhoor Pangal, about being better friends to our dogs. [There was a previous interview about her revolutionary dog training theory and her […]
Dog Talk (And Kitties Too!) (12-05-2021) #756: Featuring David Yaskulka, Karim Ghonima, and Carol Borden. David Yaskulka — Sr. VP of Social Responsibility for MidAmerica Pet Food — discusses what sustainability and being a “social mission company” means in the pet industry; Karim Ghonima, the filmmaker who created the animated series “Nauticats 2020,” talks about […]
Good Dogs! (06-23-2021) #6086: Carol explains the laws and ethics of what constitutes a true service dog — specific tasks for which the dog is trained for that individual — unlike Emotional Support Animals who, like Therapy Dogs, have no special training or skills and are simply cherished companions. MP3 Audio [16 MB]DownloadShow […]
Good Dogs! (06-09-2021) #6085: What age do you start a dog’s training? What are the steps to teach a diabetic alert dog — Is seizure alert taught differently? What about Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI’s). Where do you get the samples on which you train the dogs? The detectable odors in the blood chemistry for a […]
Good Dogs! (03-10-2021) #6078: Tracie welcomes Carol Borden, the Founder of Guardian Angel Medical Service Dogs, who will be her new co-host on this training show. Carol talks about how she brought her years of dog training knowledge and applied it to rescuing, raising and teaching German Shepherd Dogs to become invaluable companions to people […]
Joe. Maisie. And the Cheese This is a little story about how dogs learn, and especially how we can communicate to them certain behaviors which displease us. Most importantly, it’s a story about how/when/if to reprimand a dog for having engaged in one of those behaviors. This story is especially useful for new dog owners, […]
Dog Talk (and Kitties Too!) (04-02-2016) #467: Karen Talbot founded Animal Aid USA to bring unwanted dogs to the Northeast from the South when she saw the huge homeless and discarded dog population in Georgia and now has 30 volunteers, 5 vans and a big rig to do monthly rescue transports; trainer Alison Denlea talks […]
The New Dog Flu — Coming to a Town Near You? I don’t like to be a fear monger, but the new strain of dog flu that killed and sickened many dogs in Chicago, has now spread to 12 states beyond Illinois. A few weeks ago, I wrote a blog about an episode of THE […]