DogSpeak: Redefining Dog Training12 Elo 2025

Mixed Signals: How We Accidentally Confuse Our Dogs

In this episode, we break down the subtle — and not-so-subtle — ways humans miscommunicate with their dogs. From snapping commands to overusing the leash, to being inconsistent with rules, these habits can create stress, anxiety, and frustration for your pup. Learn how your dog is reading your body language, tone, and patterns, and discover practical ways to replace mixed signals with clear, consistent communication. Your dog will thank you with calmer, more confident behavior.

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The Dog Beneath the Behavior

What if your dog’s behavior isn’t the problem—but communication? In The Dog Beneath the Behavior, I take you beyond what your dog is doing and help you understand what may be happening underneath it. We’ll explore how chronic stress, fear, anxiety, and trauma can shape behavior—and how safety, connection, and compassion can create real change. If you’re ready to stop asking, “How do I fix this behavior?” and start asking, “What does my dog need?” then The Dog Beneath the Behavior is for you. Now on Amazon.

The Dog Beneath the Behavior

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Connected, Not Controlled-Canine Couch Convo with Britt

In this Canine Couch Convo, we’re talking about the dogs we know and love best—our own. We share some of our favorite things about each of our dogs, the traits that make them uniquely who they are, an...

9 Syys 41min

Drop It Without the Drama

Teaching your dog to drop something doesn’t have to turn into a chase or a battle over who gets to keep the item. In this episode, we’re talking about how to teach a reliable “drop it” cue through coo...

1 Syys 32min

Your Leash Shouldn’t Do All the Talking

Too often, we depend on the leash to communicate with our dogs—pulling them closer, steering them away, stopping forward movement, or physically managing every decision they make. But a leash should b...

25 Elo 33min

Dog Sports Without the Pressure

Dog sports can be an incredible way to provide enrichment, build confidence, strengthen your relationship, and give your dog an outlet for natural behaviors—but they don’t have to be about ribbons, ti...

18 Elo 34min

The Dog Beneath the Behavior

What if the behavior you’re struggling with isn’t actually the problem?In this special episode, Nikki introduces her new book, The Dog Beneath the Behavior, and explores the idea at the heart of it: b...

11 Elo 47min

Canine Couch Convo with Patricia McConnell, PhD

Nikki talks with icon, Patricia McConnell about her new novel, Away to Me, her first venture into fiction writing, ADHD in dogs, and the importance of the human part of the human-dog relationship. Pat...

4 Elo 49min

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. Genetics, learning history, nervous system, memory and so much mor...

14 Heinä 37min

Canine 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 can't be linked to a certain trigger or antecedent. Sometimes...

7 Heinä 1h 5min