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Inspire Dog Podcast - Dog Training, Behavior, Sports and Lifestyle!Choosing the right frisbee to play disc with your dog!Send us a textA few times a week people reach out to us about how to pick the right frisbee for their dog. We go over it in our online disc dog courses, but also wanted to make this info even more accessible, so here it is in episode 11 of the Inspire Dog Podcast!If you’re interested in purchasing these discs for your dogs you can find many of them here:https://fairlyodddogsapparel.com/You can always find our shop and online courses here as well to train and pl...
2025-09-0236 min
Inspire Dog Podcast - Dog Training, Behavior, Sports and Lifestyle!Dog Body Language: Do they really want their belly rubbed right now?Send us a textHave you ever walked up to your dog and seen them flop on their back? Do you think this is for a belly rub? It might suprise you to find out that they actually don’t always want their belly rubbed. Sometimes they are actually doing an appeasement roll to defuse a situation. Join us for today’s inspire dog podcast episode where we do a mini-deep-dive into this form of dog body language so you can hopefully better understand how to communicate with your dog or puppy!Find all of our...
2025-06-1218 min
Inspire Dog Podcast - Dog Training, Behavior, Sports and Lifestyle!Importance of Your Dog’s Relationship Bank Account! 🐕💸🏦Send us a textYou and your dog have a relationship bank account together. This bank account is actually a driving force behind your dog or puppy truly valuing and enjoying working with you!I remember once seeing on social media a marriage counselor say that married couples that don’t have at least 3/4 of their interactions as positive interactions, they are likely to get divorced. With dogs we are looking for 9/10 to be positive to really grow a high end relationship together!Please follow and subscribe for more!Find all of...
2025-05-0213 min
Inspire Dog Podcast - Dog Training, Behavior, Sports and Lifestyle!Tips to Thrive through Puppy and Teenage Dog Stages!Send us a textAnyone who’s raised a puppy knows how intense it can be to make it through puppy stages. They go through fear periods, teething, adolescence, and much more! Many of these stages make people lose their minds, as the humans become really overstimulated. Many people go straight to punishment when they are overstimulated, and want to make sure they “correct” the behaviors. However, there are so many other strategies for helping you and your puppy through these struggles, but with a lot more kindness!If you’d like more personal 1 on 1 dog trai...
2025-04-2627 min
Inspire Dog Podcast - Dog Training, Behavior, Sports and Lifestyle!How a Dog’s Breed can Influence their Behavior!Send us a textWhy do golden retrievers and so many hunting dogs like to carry household items around so much? Why do herding dogs like Australian Shepherds like to round up the kids? Why is the terrier chasing all of the mice and rats? Why is the hound constantly sniffing instead of recalling? There are seasons our dogs do the things they do! Some of it is how they’ve been raised, and environmental factors. Other parts have been shaped through selective breeding over many years. This breeding for traits has ingrained strong natural behaviors in ou...
2025-04-1638 min
Inspire Dog Podcast - Dog Training, Behavior, Sports and Lifestyle!Disc Dog & Dog Sports: Advice, Stories, & Prep for UPDIF!Send us a textIn this episode we dig into how to prepare for major dog sport competitions like the UpDog International Finals! We will talk about not only what to pack, but also how keeping a sound mind will help you and your dog achieve the best results possible, while having the most fun possible! We will also share stories about UPDIF’s we’ve attended over the years, and how we get started in the wonderful sport of disc dog.If you’re looking to get into disc dog there are many co...
2025-03-3031 minInspire Dog Podcast - Dog Training, Behavior, Sports and Lifestyle!Common Dog Behavior Struggles People Want to “Correct”Send us a textAs professional dog trainers, we work with so many clients who want to correct behaviors with their dogs and puppies. In this podcast episode we will dive in to how we help with undesired behaviors. How to start catching your dog being good, instead of fixating on the bad things you want to correct. This can help change people’s entire outlook on their relationship with their dog! It also helps you approach training and raising them in a totally different way. In our last episode we talked about enrichment ideas. Enr...
2025-03-2717 min
Inspire Dog Podcast - Dog Training, Behavior, Sports and Lifestyle!All Things Enrichment for Dogs!Send us a textJoin us today for our episode that is all things dog and puppy enrichment! Sniffing, puzzles, exercise, digging, licking, and more will be covered in this episode!A dog who’s getting proper enrichment feel fulfilled, and is less likely to do undesired behaviors. So enrichment plans are crucial to helping dogs overcome undesired behaviors, and also just to live a fulfilled life!Find out top enrichment picks here and support our podcast! https://amzn.to/4kXJ7DILink to our shop for long lin...
2025-03-1933 minInspire Dog Podcast - Dog Training, Behavior, Sports and Lifestyle!Shoes for Dog Sports, Training & More!Send us a textIn today’s episode it’s time to take a look at YOUR health and wellness a bit. Feeling GOOD is paramount in order to have a sound mind to train and raise our dogs with as many positive reinforcement vibes as possible! Just as over 80% of dog aggression cases are pain related, human pain can make it hard for the human to make good decisions as well. The Inspire Dog Podcast Host, Ben Rimbey, is not only a professional dog trainer, but spent 12 years selling and fitting quality comfort shoes for c...
2025-03-1429 minInspire Dog Podcast - Dog Training, Behavior, Sports and Lifestyle!Dog Reactivity & More!Send us a textIn our second episode of the Inspire Dog Podcast we are hoping to bring you insights and inspiration into your dogs reactivity struggles!We work with reactivity struggles every single day with our clients through Lucky Mutt Dog Training. We’ve helped multiple of our rescue dogs with their reactivity struggles as well! If you’d like to work with us in the future, never hesitate! All of our contact info, socials, and much more can be found at the link below or email us at luckymuttdogtraining@gmail.com...
2025-03-1027 min
Inspire Dog Podcast - Dog Training, Behavior, Sports and Lifestyle!Managing Human & Dog Emotions with the Bucket 🪣 🦮Send us a textSeason 1 Episode 1 - Managing Human & Dog Emotions with the Bucket 🪣🦮Welcome to our VERY FIRST Inspire Dog Podcast episode! In our inaugural episode we’ll introduce you to our host, Ben Rimbey, and cover a subject that’s not covered enough in the dog world… emotional regulation for ourselves and our dogs! Emotional regulation and understanding how our dogs are feeling can play a massive role in almost all aspects of raising, training, and living with a dog.Ben Rimbey of Inspire Dog, the Fairly Odd Dogs and Lucky Mu...
2025-03-0617 min