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Explore the world of human behavior through the lens of a dog trainer. UNLEASHED (at work & home) with Colleen Pelar enables veterinarians, vet nurses, and other animal-care professionals to...
“Be kind” is the kind of advice we hear so often that it seems almost trite. But what does it really mean to be kind and why does kindness s...
Lili Chin didn’t set out to be an animal artist—she set out to be an animator. But a crisis with her own dog drew her into the world of dog...
“Have fun!” These are words we say fairly often, especially to kids. But do we ever say it to ourselves? Do we ever give ourselves permissio...
It’s never too late for old dogs—or humans—to learn new tricks. At 77, animal behaviorist and best-selling non-fiction author Patricia McCon...
The benefits of play therapy and animal-assisted therapy are both well established. Engaging in play and spending time with or learning to c...
Psychotherapist and dog professional Ann Howie built her professional life around doing animal-assisted therapy with her own dogs. Then for...
My guest today always thought she’d be a teacher when she grew up- and in a way she is, but not how she thought! Instead of teaching childre...
Dr. Melissa Trevatan-Minnis is not a pet professional, at least not in the way we traditionally think of them. However, as both a psychologi...
"Don't give up." It's advice we hear all the time, seemingly from everybody, about everything. We hear it so often that it can cease to have...
We often hear that life is short, but dog trainer Heide Maglott knows from personal experience just how true that is, and just how quickly t...
“It’s not about you!” So often, we hear those words used as a rebuke or as something said sharply to snap us out of a fit of self-centeredne...
Kim Palermo is a bit of an anomaly among the guests on this show—someone who is actually doing today what she hoped she would be doing when...
Empathy is a common trait among those of us who work with animals—one could even argue that sometimes we have too much of it. My guest today...
We’ve all heard and read about search and rescue dogs. Most of us doubtless have an image in our mind of intrepid canines locating people lo...
Normally on this podcast, we talk to people who work with animals. Today, we’re talking to the person who works with the people who work wit...
We often see people who take big risks or try daring things and admire what we see as their fearlessness. But are they really fearless? Are...
What do New York City, Hunter S. Thompson, and Latin legal terms have in common? Not much, but they’re all related to my guest today, who mo...
Social work is hard. Shelter work is hard. Putting the two of them together seems like it would be almost impossible. But that’s what my gue...
Yvonne Rosenberger hoped to be a flight attendant, ended up behind an insurance desk, and realized she didn’t want to die there, so she took...
Children, both animal and human, instinctively know how to play. The drive to have fun and engage in games is there right from the beginning...
Choice can be empowering. We all want to be in control of our lives and feel like we have some say in what happens to us. But how often do w...
There’s a huge world of dog training out there. Family dogs, competition dogs, working dogs, therapy dogs, search and rescue dogs, scent dog...
We often talk about dogs being “man’s best friend,” but very seldom do we stop to ask, “Am I my dog’s best friend?” Changing the way we thin...
With today’s twenty-four hour news cycle, coupled with the rise of social media, we often feel as though we are constantly being bombarded w...
A lot of dog trainers have come on the show, but most of them didn’t start out wanting to be dog trainers, or even realize that was an optio...
The modern world is full of noise. We are constantly surrounded by sound, always hearing something. But there’s a difference between hearing...
Grief, regret, and loss are not things any of us like to experience but they remain an inevitable part of life, particularly for pet profess...
When we talk about the “human-animal connection,” most of us tend to think of it in positive terms–therapy animals, childhood pets, and all...
Pet professionals, by and large, are giving people. We pour ourselves out in service to animals and their owners, often to the point of forg...
We often think of our human intelligence as being superior to that of animals. But what if we’re wrong? What if the intelligence of animals...
Bringing home a new dog is a major life change, bringing home a new baby even moreso. Yet resources designed to help families adjust to havi...
A little kindness can make all the difference to someone- and a lot of kindness can make even more. Especially in a world that seems increas...
Raised in Germany, educated in England, and currently training dogs in Alabama, my guest today has certainly had an interesting time! Like s...
“What do you want?” It’s a simple question and it seems like it should have a simple answer. Yet so many of us, especially as we get older a...
Slow and steady…gets the toenails trimmed? While that may not be my guest’s official motto, it’s one she would probably agree with. Dr. Deb...
Grief is a part of life for all of us, but--as too many pet professionals know all too well--there is a particularly deep strain of it that...
We hear a lot about the importance of “staying positive,” but with depressing headlines bombarding us what seems like every waking minute an...
Burnout is an issue that affects almost everybody at some point, and pet professionals are no exception. Often it seems to hit us out of now...
Debbie Martin isn't only a vet tech. She's also a subject matter expert, an author, a public speaker, and a “psychiatric nurse for dogs.” Co...
We often hear that we need to “find our purpose” in life. But so often, that’s easier said than done. What does it even mean to “have a purp...
Not everybody leaves a successful culinary career to take up dog training almost on a whim. But my guest today, Susan Marett, did just that....
As anybody who has ever loved one knows, animals can help us be better people. Emotional regulation, compassion, and trust are all things th...
At first glance, there wouldn’t seem to be much in common between interior decorating and dog training. But, like so many things in life, sc...
We talk a lot about the importance of “being yourself,” but what exactly does that mean? How are we supposed to do it? And how can we help o...
The term “free spirit” is frequently used to describe all different kinds of people--hippies, artists, slightly crazy geniuses. Really, almo...
Without meaning to- or sometimes even realizing it- it can be the easiest thing in the world to limit ourselves. All too often we allow outs...
Old age, death, and loss are topics most of us prefer to avoid. They’re uncomfortable, sometimes even painful to discuss, and most people do...
Everybody has a story that will break your heart. We all have our own traumas and dog trainers are no exception. Working with dogs and their...
Whether we like it or not, fear is a powerful force in our lives- fear of failure, fear of rejection, fear of losing the people and things t...
What we want to do is very often different from what we should do (or at least, what we think we should do). Obligations and responsibilitie...