Couch Wolves Podcast

On today’s podcast we discuss the immensely important topic of veterinary behavior and we leave nothing out! Dr. Lindsay Gallagher was kind enough to spend the hour with us chatting about all the important topics including:

Behavioral Medication

Working with a Veterinary Behaviorist

Cooperative Care

and more!

You can follow Dr. Lindsay Gallagher on her Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/drlindsaygallagher/

or say hi in the Couch Wolves Facebook Group.

Spirituality with our dogs is a challenging topic to discuss. There is a lot that is still unknown. Today we invited dog trainer Chrissy Messick CPDT-KA joins us to talk about how we can connect to our dogs on a spiritual level. We also geek out a little bit about the growing overlap between the spirit and hard science.

Enjoy a special connection and meditation session at 1:03.00

Plus we learn something really cool about Regina’s background I didn’t know about this podcast :)

0:21.00 Hierachy of Dog Needs

0:21.20 Chakra Information

0:23.00 Pineal Gland

0:30.30 Institute of Noetic Sciences

0:31.45 Higgs Boson

Peer-reviewed paper - The Scientific Basis of Integrative Medicine Len Wisneski, MP, FACP1 and Lucy Anderson, MSW - George Washington University Medical Center

For more information on spiritual communication or to contact Chrissy, you can reach her at:

The Nature of Animals

One of the most terrifying fears of dog ownership is the possibility of your dog getting lost. Today I interview Susan Piche of Granite State Dog Recovery about what to do if your dog gets lost, what the experience is like to try and recover a lost dog, and why primitive dogs are so hard to recover.

I’d like to personally thank Susan Piche and Granite State Dog Recovery for recovering my (former) foster dog Fancy <3

For more information on dog recovery and to contact Granite State Dog Recovery at the links below:

Granite State Dog Recovery Website

Granite State Dog Recovery Facebook

In today's podcast, find out why agility is so important and meaningful to competitors.

Guest Info:
Katie Brennan - @boundlessk9

Caitlin Puskas - @zipagility

Sara Zislin - @roxithebigpig

Primitive Livestock Guarding Dogs are a category all to themselves. Today dog (and cat!) trainer Tori Peterson joins us to talk about her life with a Central Asian Shepherd.

Today's podcast we are talking about Primitive dogs as Service Dogs!

Guests:
Regina Lizik (scarletandbuttons on Instagram)
and
Courtney Hume (chiyoatyourservice on Instagram)

We covered 5 powerful questions and their answers a fabulous!

Can a Primitive dog be a working dog?

What challenges does a Primitive dog bring to the working role?

Is it hard to advocate for a Primitive service dog?

What are your thoughts on fake service dogs?

What do you wish the public knew about Primitive service dogs?

Forgive the static and recording quality in a few spots... we're still learning! <3

When you're done listening, head over to the Couch Wolves Forum and chat with us!

Hi Couch Wolves Friends,
Welcome to the first Couch Wolves Podcast! This project has been a dream of ours since the website came into being a year ago. We're finally ready to share our thoughts and feelings in a candid audible setting. We're new to the whole audio recording and editing thing so please know that we hope to bring you better and better quality recording in the future.

Today's podcast is about the terrible dog training and behavior advice that we hear on a regular basis. We each brought up a few examples of advice that have been driving us crazy and explain the rational and a more grounded interpretation. We go off on some competition rants but that is to be expected from 3 dog sports competitors...

Guests: Katie Brennan and Caitlin Puskas

Chat with us at www.couchwolves.com/forum with your thoughts on the podcast and what you'd like to see in future podcasts.