Ruff Around The Edges
60 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsSharing stories of force-free dog training journeys with challenging, reactive and aggressive dogs and the impact living with those dogs has on our daily lives and our mental health. I hope that hearing these stories can help to make people feel less alone. We love our dogs to pieces but sometimes it's hard and then it's simply nice to hear from others going through something similar. This podcast is about us trying to teach our dogs, but more importantly, it's about what our dogs are teaching us.Find the show notes at https://kajsavanoverbeek.com/ruff-around-the-edges-podcast/
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010 | Liz & Titan
January 24, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour - 60.3 MBIn this episode I talk to Liz about her amazing blue heeler Titan. Titan was Liz’s obedience champion prospect and Liz had visions of him and her Shetland Sheepdog Tucker getting along and being best friends. Alas, the universe had different plans for all of them. Liz is able to articulate something that is dear to my heart as well. Teaching “obedience drills” or tricks is very different from behavior modification. We also talk about her moving away from positive reinforcement training i...
009 | Kajsa van Overbeek & Rusty
October 29, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 57.1 MBIn this episode, I get interviewed by previous podcast guest Leana Mayzlina about my dog Rusty, the Mascotte of the podcast. We discuss why I decided to get a puppy from a breeder rather than a rescue. We talk about starting out with positive reinforcement dog training and all the doubts that go with it, and how I wish I would have had more practical advice in the beginning stages. We also look at why regular puppy classes might not have worked as well for Rusty. We talk about the doubt...
008 | Hanna Fuqua & Keller
May 27, 2021 22:00 - 1 hour - 67.7 MBI loved talking to Hannah on the podcast. She has so much experience both as the owner/guardian of a reactive dog and as a dog walker and trainer. We discuss her move from rural Alabama to urban Richmond, Virginia. This involved shifting from the Alabama mindset of "Hey, I think it's kinda cool you alerted me to the delivery guy, cause we are out in the middle of nowhere" (ok, I exaggerate but you get my point) to the Virginia mindset of "Mweahhhh, it might not be so great for the neighbour...
007 | Forrest Duplantier & Tucker
May 06, 2021 22:00 - 58 minutes - 40.3 MBForrest's story is an absolutely lovely one and different from most of the stories so far. Forrest and his wife did not hire any trainer to help them with Tucker, but relied a lot on their own observations of him, figuring out what worked and what didn't along the way. Absolutely not an easy feat when you consider having to rely on dog parks (gasp!) for exercising an anxious dog together with a dog sister (Tsu), that is the polar opposite of him. No, she's not a golden retriever people :...
006 | Joanne Yip & Summer
April 16, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 73 MBBuckle up for a long podcast episode. Listen to it in two sittings if you wish, because there’s lots of good stuff in here. In this episode, we get to know all about Summer, a Singapore Special as rescue dogs are called in the island city-state. Joanne gives us a little background info on what it is like to live in Singapore, and what policies are in place when it comes to stray dogs. She gives us a feel of the general public’s awareness and perception of dogs so we have some more backgrou...
005 | Trillian Ross & Fenrir
March 13, 2021 15:00 - 1 hour - 45.5 MBTrillian shares her and Fenrir’s story, both the training techniques she tried as well as all the management involved. Fenrir is a stunning Czechoslovakian Vlcak (or Wolfdog) who’s no small boy, measuring 29 inches at the withers (if you’ve listened to the podcast you’ll know why that tidbit of information is in here). He suffers from pretty bad anxiety of which Trillian gives some examples. The management involved in giving him his best life is quite extensive. From providing Fenrir with 4...
004 | Vanessa O'Sullivan & Darwin
March 04, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour - 44.2 MBAfter several years an MRI finally reveals brain abnormalities in Black Mouth Cur Darwin’s brain. Rather than give up and accept the status quo, Vanessa keeps trying out new training ideas and management strategies to improve quality of life for everyone in the multi-dog (and cat!) household. Strap in for another long episode people. Follow along as Vanessa recounts how a perfectly behaved puppy changed to an anxious adult dog after puberty. We discuss how assumptions can lead to blind spo...
002 | Elissa Chasen & Bodhi
February 24, 2021 13:00 - 37 minutes - 25.6 MBOn this episode I talk to Elissa Chasen about life with her leash reactive dog Bodhi. We talk about the concept of “socialisation” and how we’re still not clear on it but that we’ve found out the hard way that it does not mean “meet every dog”. We discuss the differences we see in our dogs when we move them out of the trigger-rich city environment. Elissa mentions how she regrets not having filmed Bodhi’s reactions at first so she would have been able to better see his improvements. In tha...
003 | Leana Mayzlina & Atlas
February 24, 2021 13:00 - 50 minutes - 34.5 MBSooooo…. this episode is a long one, but in my humble opinion it is worth a listen. Though we talk about Atlas’ story, for the bigger part of the episode the talk is about acceptance and personal growth. Leana fell in love with the gorgeous black pup with the recently operated on, crushed, leg being fostered by her brother. That leg caused him to be on house rest for half (!) of the first two years of his life. During that time he slowly transformed from a mr. Wigglebutts to a fearful dog- ...
001 | Kate Oates & Vader
February 24, 2021 13:00 - 47 minutes - 32.6 MBIn the first episode of Ruff Around The Edges I talk to Kate Oates about her Australian Shepherd Vader. It seems only right she be the first to be featured on the show as she inspired the name. We talk about all the small things that in combination led to his reactivity, and about the the stress she felt when she got a warning from the municipality threatening her with a $2000 fine if Vader wouldn’t stop barking. We discuss how we each deal with “my dog is friendly” people and what feelin...