How Dogs Make Choices
In this episode, Nikki touches on the neuroscience of making choices and how your dog's decision-making process isn't what you think. Geneti...
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DogSpeak: Redefining Dog Training
Understand your dog better with Nikki Ivey, a professional canine behavior specialist and dog trainer. It's not about how to fix your dog's behavior but why the behavior is occurring. Nikki...
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20 of 282 episodesCanine Couch Convo with Sandra Larson
In this episode, Sandra and Nikki talk ghosts. Pet guardians talk often about their dog exhibiting strange behavior; strange behavior that c...
Stress Isn't Just Stress: Understanding the Emotional Brain of the Dog
When we hear the word stress , most of us think of fear, anxiety, or overwhelm. But stress isn't always negative. In fact, stress is a norma...
The Day Chickens Changed My Dog Training, and other Ramblings
What do chickens have to do with dog training? More than you might think. In this episode, I share the story of how a 40-hour week spent tra...
Building a Dog Who Wants to Return
What makes a dog choose to come back? Many people think recall starts with teaching the cue "come," but reliable recall is about much more t...
Beyond the Six-Month Rule
For decades, dog owners were routinely told to spay or neuter their dogs at six months of age. It was a simple recommendation that became th...
Don't Train Me, Raise Me. (Part 2)
Don’t Train Me, Raise Me explores the difference between creating a dog that simply follows commands and raising a dog that understands how...
Why Running Your Dog Ragged Isn’t the Answer
We’ve all heard the advice: “A tired dog is a good dog.” But physical exhaustion alone does not create emotional stability, confidence, or g...
The Hidden Cost of “Including” Your Dog
Somewhere along the way, we started believing that a “good” dog is one who can go everywhere, meet everyone, and handle anything without hes...
Teaching Neutrality in a Stimulating World
Dogs aren’t struggling because they haven’t been exposed to enough—they’re struggling because of how their nervous system is processing what...
What You See Isn’t the Whole Story—It’s Just the Surface
Britteny joins Nikki for an honest conversation about Willow’s early behaviors—what felt concerning at the time, and how those same behavior...
It’s Not the Event—It’s the Feeling: Associations Are Built on Emotion
We tend to look at behavior and point to the obvious— that dog, that noise, that moment—and assume we understand what caused it. But what if...
Learning Starts in the Nervous System—Not the Quadrants
We’ve been taught that dog training comes down to four quadrants—reinforce what you like, punish what you don’t. Clean. Simple. Effective… r...
The Five Domains of Animal Welfare, Part 2
In this part 2, we dive into the Five Domains of animal welfare, exploring how environment, behavior, and mental state shape your dog’s well...
The Five Domains of Animal Welfare, Part 1
In this episode of DogSpeak, we explore two essential components of the Five Domains Model of Animal Welfare : Nutrition and Physical Health...
Messages from Our Dogs: An Interview with Animal Communicator Sandra Larson
In this episode, Animal Communicator, Sandra Larson joins Nikki in a deep dive of speaking with dogs, living or transitioned. Sandra's abili...
Say What You Mean: Helping Your Dog Understand Expectations
Episode Description: The words we choose matter more than we think. In this episode, we explore how unclear, emotional, or inconsistent lang...
The Healing Highway: Understanding Your Dog’s Vagus Nerve
In this episode, Nikki explores the vital role of the vagus nerve in your dog’s nervous system and how it directly influences behavior, stre...
How Focused Touch Can Help Regulate Your Dog's Nervous System
In this episode, I’m exploring the power of focused, intentional touch as a tool for nervous system regulation in dogs. We’ll break down thr...
What Predatory Motor Action Patterns Reveal About Canine Behavior
Imagine a wolf on the tundra. Every muscle, every nerve is geared toward capturing food. Today’s pet dogs still carry that legacy. But in ou...