Emily Bray, PhD: Maternal Care in Dogs
Emily Bray is an Animal Behavior Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Arizona and Canine Companions for Independence. Her area of interest is canine cognition, and she specifically studies the...
21 Jan 20211h 10min
Jane Lindquist: Puppy Culture
Jane Lindquist is the founder and owner of Puppy Culture, a widely used educational resource for raising and socializing puppies. She herself breeds and competes with bull terriers. As it turns out, s...
7 Jan 20211h 11min
Functional Dog Collaborative updates for October, 2020
The podcast is going on a short hiatus, and then will resume broadcasting biweekly. Meantime, catch up on what is happening with the Functional Dog Collaborative, including breeding cooperatives, news...
23 Okt 202016min
Sarah Stremming: Border Collies in Agility - We're All Weird Here
Sarah Stremming is an internationally known dog behavior consultant with a special niche working with sports dogs. She consults at The Cognitive Canine, teaches online courses on dog behavior, and hos...
15 Okt 20201h 10min
Elinor Karlsson, PhD: Genetic testing from a scientist's perspective
Elinor Karlsson, Ph.D., is the director of the Vetebrate Genomics Group at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard and (incidentally) my boss. She has a deep knowledge about both population genetics an...
8 Okt 20201h 12min
Oluademi James-Daniel: Overcoming Systemic Racism in the Dog World
Oluademi James-Daniel is a force for change in the dog world. Her Facebook group, Inclusivity in Dog Training, has become a major player in the conversation about whether the dog world is inclusive (s...
1 Okt 202055min
Eldin Leighton, PhD (pt 2): The International Working Dog Registry
Eldin Leighton has a PhD in animal breeding, and after a long career at The Seeing Eye, has founded the International Working Dog Registry, or IWDR. If you didn't listen to last week's episode where E...
23 Sep 20201h 16min
Eldin Leighton, PhD (pt 1): The Science of Animal Breeding
Eldin Leighton has a PhD in animal breeding and has wound up a long career managing the breeding program at The Seeing Eye, which is the largest guide dog organization in the US. In this episode, Eldi...
17 Sep 20201h 8min
