Latest Animal behavior Podcast Episodes
#33 Celia Haddon
What Makes You Click? - April 18, 2023 20:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 1 ratingIn this episode I get to chat with longstanding friend, journalist and best selling cat author, Celia Haddon, with whom I have recently co-authored my latest book "Being your cat - what's really going on in your feline's mind" (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Being-Your-Cat-Inside-Felines/dp/178840405X...
#32 Bob Cook
What Makes You Click? - December 14, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 1 ratingBob Cook is a pioneering equine veterinarian and emeritus professor at Tufts University, working in the field of ear, nose and throat medicine, who has championed a reconsideration of how we interact and communicate with horses. In his career he has identified many performance and medical proble...
#31 Turid Rugaas
What Makes You Click? - September 13, 2022 20:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 1 ratingI catch up with Turid Rugaas, who I first met at a conference at Cambridge, where she introduced her ideas on calming signals and reading dogs to many people in the UK for the first time. I immediately got where she was coming from, unlike some of the audience, as we both remember. We get to cha...
#30 Debbie Horwitz
What Makes You Click? - June 11, 2022 15:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 1 ratingIn this episode I chat to long standing friend Debbie Horwitz. It is very informal and just like old times. needless to say we chat about cats (mainly our own cats) but also dogs. Debbie has one of the most amazing videos that she leant me a long time ago, of a dog showing a sequence of signals...
#29 Kersti Seksel
What Makes You Click? - May 17, 2022 18:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 1 ratingI finally got to catch up and chat withKersti, who is a veterinary behaviourist certified in Australia, UK and North America. So she really does see the field from many perspectives. For her MSc she did a pivotal study which looked at what puppies actually gain from socialisation classes. We di...
#28 Linda Case
What Makes You Click? - March 18, 2022 15:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 1 ratingA book that anyone with an interest in companion animal including horse behaviour should read is "beware the straw man". In my latest podcast I get to catch up with its author Linda Case - The Science Dog. A terrific communicator of science, who has a wonderful way of highlighting how we need to...
#27 Pilley and Chaser
What Makes You Click? - December 20, 2021 18:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 1 ratingPilley Bianchi, also known as Debbie Pilley, is the daughter of the late John Pilley, the Psychology Professor who owned Chaser, the dog with the largest vocabulary of any dog ever recorded. In this episode, we catch up to chat about her life with both of these characters and her thoughts about...
#27 Piley and Chaser
What Makes You Click? - December 20, 2021 18:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 1 ratingPilley Bianchi, also known as Debbie Pilley, is the daughter of the late John Pilley, the Psychology Professor who owned Chaser, the dog with the largest vocabulary of any dog ever recorded. In this episode, we catch up to chat about her life with both of these characters and her thoughts about...
#26 David Applebly
What Makes You Click? - December 11, 2021 16:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 1 ratingIn this episode I chat with pioneering behaviourist and advocate for professional standards in clinical animal behaviour David Appleby. We talk about his early experience with the RAF and Guide Dogs for the Blind before he moved into managing problem behaviour, his work on effect of early expe...
#25 Alexandra Horowitz
What Makes You Click? - November 30, 2021 17:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 1 ratingIn this episode, I get to catch up with best selling author and canine psychologist Alexandra Horowitz. Famous for her research on the guilty look and olfactory mirror test in dogs amongst other things, we discuss this work further and her new book. Alexandra has long been interested in unders...
#24 Hal Herzog.
What Makes You Click? - November 14, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 1 ratingIn this episode I get to chat to someone I have always considered a deep thinker on human animal relationships and anthrozoology. I have often described him as "healthy sceptic" of the reported claims concerning the impact of pets on people., but he is also a leading figure in highlighting are ...
#24 Hal Herzog.
What Makes You Click? - November 14, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 1 ratingIn this episode I get to chat to someone I have always considered a deep thinker on human animal relationships and anthrozoology. I have often described him as "healthy sceptic" of the reported claims concerning the impact of pets on people., but he is also a leading figure in highlighting are ...
#23 Sandra McCune
What Makes You Click? - October 30, 2021 18:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 1 ratingIn this episode I get to chat with pioneer in HAI and visiting professor at Lincoln, Dr Sandra McCune. Sandra qualified as a registered veterinary nurse (Royal College of Veterinary Nursing) in Dublin before completing a degree in zoology from Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. She has a PhD in ...
#22 Patrick Pageat
What Makes You Click? - October 13, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 1 ratingIn this chat I catch up with French veterinarian and behaviour scientist Patrick Pageat. Patrick is the father of pheromonatherapy, being the person who developed the first commercial pheromone products for companion animals (Feliway and Adaptil). He is also the originator of what has become kno...
#21 Kendal Shepherd
What Makes You Click? - September 21, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 1 ratingIn this episode I get to catch up with Kendal Shepherd, who has created a range of resources to help reduce the risk of conflict between dogs and humans of all ages. Kendal has a remarkable ability to simplify complex ideas to make them more accessible. She is also a leading expert witness in ca...
#20 Christine Nicol
What Makes You Click? - September 12, 2021 18:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 1 ratingIn this episode I get to catch up with my former tutor at Bristol, Prof Christine Nicol. She discusses how nerve-wracking it was to start out at Bristol, but how she came to lead the development of perhaps the biggest animal welfare group in the world. We discuss ethical and practical issues con...
#19. Don Broom
What Makes You Click? - August 30, 2021 16:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 1 ratingI have known Don for many years, indeed he was my PhD examiner, and we had great discussion then! He was the first professor of Animal Welfare in the world - a truly amazing pioneer. Always thoughtful and thought-provoking. We discuss his early career and influences, the emergence of animal welf...
18. Dennis Turner
What Makes You Click? - August 30, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 1 ratingI catch up with pioneering cat behaviourist and anthrozzologist Dennis Turner. We talk about how he ended up in this field and some of the people he has met along the way. As always Dennis is candid aboout his opinions and provides valuable insight into various aspects of the field. I really enj...
17. Zazie Todd
What Makes You Click? - July 11, 2021 16:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 1 ratingIn this episode I catch up with companion animal blogger and psychologist Zazie Todd PhD. We discuss the public communication of science and some of the challenges associated with selling positive trainign methods. We also discuss her late arrival to the love of dogs.
#16a Simon Gadbois Part 1
What Makes You Click? - May 24, 2021 06:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 1 ratingIn this episode I catch up with Simon Gadbois. His father was a student of Piaget, and he himself did his PhD with the late great John Fentress ( a former student of Robert Hinde). So he has a really balanced view of the ehtological-psychological distinction. His work on how complex behaviours c...
#16b Simon Gadbois part 2
What Makes You Click? - May 23, 2021 19:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 1 ratingIn this second part of our chat we discuss issues rtelating to the learning quadrant: reinforcement and punishment, before moving on to misunderstandings concerning dominance especially in wolves
#16b Simon Gadbois part 2
What Makes You Click? - May 23, 2021 19:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 1 ratingIn this second part of our chat we discuss issues rtelating to the learning quadrant: reinforcement and punishment, before moving on to misunderstandings concerning dominance especially in wolves
#15 Roger Mugford
What Makes You Click? - March 11, 2021 19:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 1 ratingIn this episode I catch up with Roger Mugford. He was the person who first inspired me and many others to get into behaviour. Never one to avoid controversy, this episode may not be to everyone's liking as Roger argues about the importance of being able to find solutions, and I try to convince ...
#14 James Serpell
What Makes You Click? - March 05, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 1 ratingIn this episode I get to chat with pioneer in the field James Serpell. We talk about his amazing book, "In the Company of Animals", CBARQ and FeBarQ, and generally about HAI stuff. Lovely to catch up, even if I was thrown by his beard!
#012 Sarah Heath
What Makes You Click? - February 08, 2021 02:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 1 ratingIn this episode I chat with pioneering veterinary behaviourist Sarah Heath. I have known Sarah since we were both students at Bristol, and so this episode becomes quite a personal one. We discus important influences and in particular the importance of educating both vets and owners. We also loo...
#013b Clive Wynne [Part 2]
What Makes You Click? - February 08, 2021 02:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★ - 1 ratingIn Part 2 of my chat with Clive, we talk about his book "Dog is Love". In this we share our views of the dog-human relationship and its origins, and point to some future directions for research. Fascinating and illuminating!
#013a Clive Wynne [Part 1]
What Makes You Click? - February 08, 2021 02:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 1 ratingMy chat with Clive is divided into 2 parts. In part 1 we discuss animal cognition and his academic background, which gives him such a refreshingly balanced perspective on things. Always knew Clive was a deep thinker, but did not appreciate he was so aware of some of the other methods for evalua...
Karen Griffin and Daniel Mills on the potential wastage of resources in shelter assessments
What Makes You Click? - January 27, 2021 13:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★ - 1 ratingI catch up with my former PhD student Karen Griffin, and discuss the first paper we produced from her PhD and its wider implications : Griffin, K. E., John, E., Pike, T., & Mills, D. S. (2020). Can this dog be rehomed to you? A qualitative analysis and assessment of the scientific quality of the...
#011 Jean Donaldson
What Makes You Click? - January 27, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 1 ratingThis was such a blast! In this episode I get to catch up with my friend and world leading trainer Jean Donaldson, author of the pioneering text "the culture clash". We quickly get into our stride, and cover so much. Jean is quite a behaviourist, and her views about some of the more apparently "...
#010 Pam Reid
What Makes You Click? - December 23, 2020 19:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 1 ratingA series of conversations with academics, friends, pioneers and generally interesting people, hosted by veterinary behaviourist Daniel Mills
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