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Ep 77: The Antidote to Empathetic Distress with Jessica Dolce

Paws & Reward Podcast - April 16, 2024 16:36 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 81 ratings
In episode 77, Marissa Martino interviews Jessica Dolce about a very important topic in our profession, compassion fatigue, or what we're now calling it - empathetic distress. We explore what empathetic distress is, why it is common to experience as a caregiver, and what to do to avoid burnout. ...

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Ep 76: The Art and Neuroscience of Puppy Socialization with Dr. Kathy Murphy

Paws & Reward Podcast - April 01, 2024 12:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 81 ratings
In episode 76, Marissa Martino interviews Dr. Kathy Murphy on the art and neuroscience of puppy socialization. Dr. Murphy explores some common myths about puppy socialization, explains what is happening from a neuroscience perspective, why that matters to us (and the puppies), and how to support...

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Ep 75: Embracing your Dog as your Mirror with Annika McDade

Paws & Reward Podcast - March 17, 2024 22:21 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 81 ratings
In episode 75, Marissa Martino interviews Annika McDade to discuss the healing power of our canine relationships. Both Annika and Marissa have a passion for encouraging pet parents to see their relationship with their dogs as an opportunity for personal development. They get vulnerable during th...

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Ep 74: Supporting Frustrated Shelter Dogs with Tom Candy

Paws & Reward Podcast - February 26, 2024 13:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 81 ratings
In episode 74, Marissa Martino interviews Tom Candy about shelter dogs that experience frustration. They discuss the 3 R's - Risk assessment, Reduce (management strategies), and Resolve (behavior modification and teaching skills). Tom provides examples of interventions that he and his team imple...

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Ep 73: Stranger-directed Aggression with Lisa Mullinax

Paws & Reward Podcast - February 12, 2024 13:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 81 ratings
In episode 73, Marissa Martino interviews Lisa Mullinax to discuss stranger-directed aggression. Lisa defines the difference between reactivity and aggression. She talks about the reasons why these cases are high stakes and how to support both the dog and the client. Lisa also shares how she bui...

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Ep 72: Building Successful Training Plans with Allie Bender

Paws & Reward Podcast - January 29, 2024 13:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 81 ratings
In episode 72, Marissa Martino interviews Allie Bender of Pet Harmony to discuss the nuanced skill of building successful training plans for our clients and their beloved dogs. During this episode, they discuss why sustainable training plans are so important, the common mistakes most trainers ma...

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Ep 71: The Nuts and Bolts of Cooperative Care with Dr. Sophie Liu

Paws & Reward Podcast - January 15, 2024 13:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 81 ratings
In episode 71, Marissa Martino interviews Dr. Sophie Liu about cooperative care, a process offering choice and agency to our animals when it comes to training for husbandry procedures. Marissa and Dr. Liu met through a mutual client who needed support for her dog in a veterinary setting. During ...

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Ep 70: The Highly Sensitive Pet Parent with Brooke Nielsen

Paws & Reward Podcast - January 04, 2024 18:54 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 81 ratings
In episode 70, Marissa Martino connects with Brooke Nielson, a licensed therapist, writer, speaker, and teacher on the topic of Highly Sensitive People, and in this case, Highly Sensitive Pet Parents. Brooke explains what the Highly Sensitive Person is, the research behind the term, and the char...

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Ep 69: The Balance Between Welfare and Training with Sarah Stremming

Paws & Reward Podcast - December 18, 2023 13:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 81 ratings
In episode 69, Marissa Martino interviews her dear friend, Sarah Stremming of the Cognitive Canine on the topic of balancing welfare and training for our dogs. Spoiler alert, Sarah feels strongly that both meeting your dog's needs and teaching them high-level training skills are equally as impor...

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Ep 68: Joyful Recalls with Jenni Pfafman

Paws & Reward Podcast - December 04, 2023 15:26 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 81 ratings
In episode 68, Marissa Martino interviews Jenni Pfafman, a certified behavior consultant, on how she teaches her clients to have a joyful, rock-solid recall. Jenni lives in Crested Butte, Colorado, where almost every pet parent is active on trails and wants off-leash reliability and a whiplash r...

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Ep 67: Mood Matters with Karin Pienaar

Paws & Reward Podcast - July 13, 2023 16:17 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 81 ratings
In episode 67, Marissa Martino interviews Karin Pienaar, of the The Centre of Applied Pet Ethology (COAPE). During the episode, Marissa asks Karin about her new book, Mood Matters: MHERA: An Innovative Assessment Approach to Animal Emotionality in the Treatment of Behaviour Problems. Karin defin...

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Ep 65: Listen, then Train with Kathy Sdao

Paws & Reward Podcast - May 29, 2023 12:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 81 ratings
In episode 65, Marissa Martino and Kathy Sdao talk about a necessary topic for pet parents and pet professionals: listening. Some questions that are addressed during the episode include: What are the three levels of listening? Why is silence so important? How could our own best intention...

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Ep 64: Resolving Conflicts Between Dogs and Cats

Paws & Reward Podcast - May 15, 2023 21:01 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 81 ratings
In episode 64, Marissa Martino speaks with Naomi Rotenberg about resolving conflicts between your dog and cat. Some questions that are addressed during the episode include What expectations do we have for our pets that may or may not be realistic? How can we adjust our expectations? Does the...

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Ep 63: Assessing Canine Risk with Lisa Mullinax

Paws & Reward Podcast - May 08, 2023 12:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 81 ratings
In episode 63, Marissa and Lisa Mullinax discuss their risk assessment methods both for animal shelters and their private practices. Determining whether a dog will be at risk of doing harm to another can be a difficult process and one that needs a compassionate, nuanced, and multi-tiered approac...

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Ep 62: Exploring Grief with Belinda Breen

Paws & Reward Podcast - April 10, 2023 18:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 81 ratings
On episode 62, Belinda Breen, a dog behavior professional currently earning her doctorate in clinical psychology, and Marissa Martino talk about an important topic: grief. It shows up in so many different ways in our relationships with our dogs and therefore it’s important that we shine a gentle...

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Ep 61: Building the Relationship You Want with Your Dog

Paws & Reward Podcast - April 03, 2023 12:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 81 ratings
In episode 61 of the Paws & Reward Podcast, Marissa is joined by her clients and colleagues, Kelly Ferber, Tiffany Chen, and Jenni Pfafman, all of whom recently took my Reflective Relationship Program. A 3-month program where we explore ourselves through the relationship with our dogs. This prog...

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Ep 60: Navigating Difficult Decisions: A Story about Rehoming with Tara Stillwell

Paws & Reward Podcast - March 31, 2023 12:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 81 ratings
Listen to Marissa Martino chat with Tara Stillwell, a licensed family dog mediator about the challenging topic of rehoming a beloved pet. Tara was brave enough to come onto the podcast to discuss her recent rehoming experience with her dog, Eva. Marissa and Tara decided to discuss this topic on ...

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Ep 59: Compassionate Communication for Behavior Consultants with Lisa Mullinax

Paws & Reward Podcast - March 27, 2023 12:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 81 ratings
In Ep 59, Lisa Mullinax and Marissa discuss compassionate communication and how to have hard conversations in the most empathetic and effective ways. What leads to these difficult topics? How can we be better listeners? And what can we do when we come up against our own ethical boundaries? They ...

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Ep 58: The Fear Free Movement and Why it Matters for Your Dog with Tabitha Kucera

Paws & Reward Podcast - March 20, 2023 13:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 81 ratings
In episode 58, Marissa chats with Tabitha Kucera, a registered veterinary technician and certified positive reinforcement behavior consultant about the Fear Free Movement. They discuss why keeping data about your pet's emotional experience is so important for their well-being and how you can do ...

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Ep 57: Exploring Canine Exercise with Liza Radar

Paws & Reward Podcast - December 05, 2022 13:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 81 ratings
In episode 57 of the Paws & Reward Podcast, I speak with Liza Radar about their canine exercise framework and their unique approach toward exercise and physical enrichment. During the episode, Liza introduces their exercise framework. The framework includes four elements: 1) Physical Exercise, 2...

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Ep 56: Reactivity Set-Up Considerations

Paws & Reward Podcast - November 21, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 81 ratings
In episode 56 of the Paws & Reward Podcast, join Marissa Martino and Sarah Stremming as they dive into the nuances behind the different scenarios for setting up training sessions for leash reactivity. Trainers and behavior consultants routinely use setups as part of their approach when treating ...

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Ep 55: The Resilience Rainbow with Bobbie Bhambree-Wirkmaa

Paws & Reward Podcast - November 07, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 81 ratings
In episode 55 of the Paws and Reward Podcast, Marissa and Bobbie Bhambree-Wirkmaa, director of behavior services and a certified dog behavior consultant at Behavior Vets, discuss the Resilience Rainbow and cultivating resilience in our dogs. Resilience is the ability to adapt successfully to, or...

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Ep 54: Attachment Styles and the Human-canine Bond with Grisha Stewart

Paws & Reward Podcast - October 24, 2022 12:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 81 ratings
On episode 54 of the Paws and Reward Podcast, Marissa speaks with Grisha Stewart about attachment styles and the human-canine bond. Grisha is an author, international speaker, dog trainer, and online dog school facilitator based in Oregon. Grisha specializes in dog reactivity which led her to de...

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Ep 53: Critical Thinking with Emily Strong

Paws & Reward Podcast - October 10, 2022 12:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 81 ratings
In episode 53, Marissa speaks with Emily Strong about a necessary and possibly under-utilized skill for all behavior consultants to exercise and teach their clients- critical thinking. Critical thinking is defined as the objective analysis and evaluation of an issue in order to form a judgment. ...

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Ep 52: Cooperative Care with Laura Monaco Torelli

Paws & Reward Podcast - September 26, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 81 ratings
Join Marissa Martino and Laura Monaco Torelli for a conversation about cooperative care. Laura has a ton of experience working with many different species, teaching and training them complex, difficult behaviors. I had the pleasure of working with her on cooperative care techniques with Sully as...

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Ep 51: Building Community with Claire Goyer

Paws & Reward Podcast - September 14, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 81 ratings
Join Marissa Martino and Claire Goyer for a conversation about building community. Claire works for Grisha Stewart's Amazing Online Academy, where she builds community and helps people shine. Working in the dog training profession can be isolating at times for a variety of reasons. It's critical...

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Ep 50: Eat, Pray, Dogs with Sarah Stremming

Paws & Reward Podcast - September 05, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 81 ratings
Join Marissa Martino and Sarah Stremming to discuss Marissa's recent solo trip to Peru. They discuss what the street dogs of Peru taught Marissa about life, how both Sarah and Marissa are integrating these concepts, and their invitation to pet parents and trainers. Sneak peek: What is the gift a...

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Ep 49: Building a Strong Relationship Between Your Dogs with Sarah Stremming

Paws & Reward Podcast - August 22, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 81 ratings
In episode 49, Sarah Stremming and I will be talking about the necessary strategies used to strengthen and maintain a healthy relationship between the dogs in your home. Some of the topics we discuss involve proactive management strategies to prevent inter-household aggression, ways to increase ...

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Ep 48: Let's have TEA and CAKE with Andrew Hale

Paws & Reward Podcast - August 08, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 81 ratings
Join me as I speak with Andrew Hale (Bsc, ISCP.Dip.Canine.Prac), the owner, principal trainer and behaviorist at Train Positive in the UK, about emotional awareness and how that applies to dog training.  Both animals and humans have individual emotional care needs. They both need validation, p...

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Ep 47: The Humane Hierarchy with Dr. Chris Pachel

Paws & Reward Podcast - August 01, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 81 ratings
In episode 47, Dr. Chris Pachel and I will be talking about The Humane Hierarchy for both our dogs and their people. The Humane Hierarchy is a framework that trainers, behavior consultants, and veterinary behaviorists use when working with their clients. It's an ethical approach, inviting profes...

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