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How To Train Your Dog With Love + Science - Dog Training with Annie Grossman + Anamarie Johnson PhDWhat happens when you publish a paper showing e-collars can be effective? Anamarie replies to negative feedback to her study. Plus: Annie tries to buy one.Anamarie and I recorded this episode separately because we had different things we wanted to communicate in a format that wasn't really right for conversation.Me first: What if you're someone who has strong feelings about putting dogs in shock collars and... one of your friends publishes a paper on research she did that involved putting shock collars on dogs?What if that person is your podcast host?Hi, I'm Annie, and this is my life.The day after I publish a book that is essentially a paean to...
2024-10-0149 min
How To Train Your Dog With Love + Science - Dog Training with Annie Grossman + Anamarie Johnson PhDProfessional dog trainers are really mad at each other! Also: Book Launch, Miniconference, and... New Co-Host!Meet Anamarie Johnson! She was one of my first hires at School For The Dogs nearly a decade ago. She recently got her PhD, and she'd coming on to join me as a co-host!Me= Annie Grossman, dog trainer, business owner, human. I started this podcast in 2018. I had to take a little time off, mostly because... I was working on a book! It comes out next week! Learn more at SchoolForTheDogs.com/book. It's called How To Train Your Dog With Love + Science and much of it stems...
2024-09-021h 02
How To Train Your Dog With Love + Science - Dog Training with Annie Grossman + Anamarie Johnson PhDAnnie sees Dog Daddy live. Also: Get to know Erin Whelan (2020 episode rebroadcast)Annie went to see Dog Daddy live in New Jersey this weekend and reports back about the odd experience of being in a room where what looked to her like animal abuse seemed didn't seem to bother anyone else. The episode then includes a rebroadcast of a 2020 interview Annie did with School For The Dogs trainer Erin Whelan. Erin was a professional French Horn Player. Then she adopted a beagle mix named Oliver and enrolled him in Puppy Kindergarten at School For The Dogs. Then she did the School For The Dogs Professional Program. Now, she...
2023-11-161h 15
How To Train Your Dog With Love + Science - Dog Training with Annie Grossman + Anamarie Johnson PhDDog Daddy, Part 2: Zak George calls out animal abuse masquerading as dog trainingZak George, one of the most influential dog trainers of the 21st century, has been using his large virtual platform to bring attention to the problematic methods being used by the Internet-famous dog trainer known as Dog Daddy. Zak and Annie discuss the origins of this work, his efforts to get his followers to picket Dog Daddy's events, and more. Annie also talks about why the conversation about whether or not it is advisable to use force in dog training feels especially important right now. Find...
2023-11-0833 min
How To Train Your Dog With Love + Science - Dog Training with Annie Grossman + Anamarie Johnson PhDThe SFTD origin story in "How We Got By" (Plus: Enter to win a "Hot Dog Trainer" Mug)Annie reads from How We Got By, a new book by Shaina Feinberg & Julia Rothman which includes a chapter about how School For The Dogs got started. She also gives an update on the bizarre/sad Dog Daddy world tour, and shares how excited she got when she first read about a man being called "the hot dog trainer." Who was the handsome fella?November giveaway: Enter to win a "Hot Dog Trainer" mug this month at http://schoolforthedogs.com/pod Apply to the SFTD Professional Course through Nov. 30th. http://schoolforthedogs.com...
2023-11-0209 min
How To Train Your Dog With Love + Science - Dog Training with Annie Grossman + Anamarie Johnson PhDWhy you (maybe) shouldn’t dress up your dog for Halloween (Replay 2021 episode)Annie talks about why she is generally against costumes for dogs and suggests some alternatives to dressing up your dog on Halloween. She also discusses some feedback she got about last week’s episode, which featured an interview with the lawyer representing the woman who was mauled by Cesar Millan’s dog. Lastly, she shares two anecdotes: one about how she is using a Buy Nothing group on Facebook to get neighbors to help her train her dog (unbeknownst to them) and the other about how her attempt to use negative reinforcement to get her daughter to brush her teet...
2023-10-2433 min
How To Train Your Dog With Love + Science - Dog Training with Annie Grossman + Anamarie Johnson PhDPrivate socialization lessons for "Misfit" dogs of NYC: A conversation with two SFTD (human) clientsThe term "misfit" originally referred to people who were considered to be not great fit for their surroundings -- an ill fit. I miss fit. At School For The Dogs, we see it as our goal to help dogs -- whenever possible -- exist comfortably in an environment that may not be the best fit for them. New York City certainly isn't the best fit for many individuals of any species, which is perhaps one reason why we have several programs specifically for Misfit dogs. In this episode, Annie talks to two School For The Dogs clients who have b...
2022-06-1032 min
How To Train Your Dog With Love + Science - Dog Training with Annie Grossman + Anamarie Johnson PhDElise Mac Adam, SFTD CPT, on how the grief of rehoming a dog led her to the School For The Dogs Professional CourseElise Mac Adam and Annie first met in 2002 when Annie wrote up Elise's engagement announcement for her column in The New York Observer. Both of them were terrier lovers, writers, and native Manhattanites: They became fast friends. When Annie and Kate first started School For The Dogs in 2011 and running classes out of Annie's Manhattan living room, Elise and her dogs were among their first clients. Elise, her sons, and her husband, have worked with half a dozen of School For The Dogs trainers over the last decade, with three of their dogs. She has, overall, clocked more sessions...
2022-05-2741 min
How To Train Your Dog With Love + Science - Dog Training with Annie Grossman + Anamarie Johnson PhDAn academic study of corgi butts on the Internet (and other animal content online): Univ. of Alabama's Jessica Maddox on Ukrainian kittens, cloned influencers, and the neoliberal "economy of cute"Jessica Maddox, an assistant professor of digital media at the University of Alabama, is the author of the forthcoming book The Internet Is For Cats: How Animal Images Shape Our Digital Lives. Her research has largely involved looking at how people share and consume photos of animals on the Internet. She and Annie discuss a variety of topics relating to social media pets. Maddox offers an academic take on why people create Instagram accounts for their pets, are drawn to stories about Ukrainian rescue cats, and more. What does Youtube have to say about the practice of tying puppies...
2022-05-2154 min
How To Train Your Dog With Love + Science - Dog Training with Annie Grossman + Anamarie Johnson PhDYou can say "hi" to my dog, but DON'T BE A DICK ABOUT IT! How well-intentioned people make dogs anxious on the street (and how you can help them be better dog lovers)Oftentimes, the toughest thing about training dogs is dealing with people. Strangers out in public, however well-intentioned, can be major obstacles to a fruitful training session, further complicating things in what is most likely already a high-pressure environment for your dog. Annie feels for dogs who are basically bullied (often unintentionally) by strangers, or even their own owners, during interspecies greetings. If people who love dogs so often make them uncomfortable without meaning to, is it fair to judge people by how they relate to their dogs? Maybe not. Annie reads aloud from an article that s...
2022-04-2222 min
How To Train Your Dog With Love + Science - Dog Training with Annie Grossman + Anamarie Johnson PhDBest Pet Ever: Katya Lidsky, host of The Animal That Changed You, on writing love letters to her dying dog. Also: Jonathan Safran Foer's case for eating... dogs.Annie interviews Katya Lidsky, a writer, podcaster and frequent dog fosterer who lives in Austin, TX. She recently started a podcast called The Animal That Changed You, and interviewed Annie about an animal that changed her (head over and check out the episode! https://www.katyalidsky.com/podcast).Katya, who refers to herself as a "soft core" animal activist, tells Annie about loving and losing a dog who helped her heal from her longtime struggle with an eating disorder. In her dog Ophelia's final days, Katya wrote her love letters daily. Annie lends her some advice...
2022-04-0246 min
How To Train Your Dog With Love + Science - Dog Training with Annie Grossman + Anamarie Johnson PhDOur Newest SFTD Certified Professional Trainer Ionelee Brogna on shock collars, horses, schnauzers, trick training, and learning empathy by selling used booksWhen Ionelee Brogna decided to bring a Miniature Schnauzer puppy into her NYC apartment a couple of years ago, she knew she didn't want to employ the punishment-based or "balanced" methods that her family had used on their dog back in rural Massachusetts. But she wasn't sure what other options there were. Her research led her to... this podcast! And then to classes at School For The Dogs, and then to our six-month-long Professional Course. Ionelee, who formerly worked in publishing and at New York's famous Strand Book Store, just finished apprenticing with us, and is now starting to...
2022-01-2958 min
How To Train Your Dog With Love + Science - Dog Training with Annie Grossman + Anamarie Johnson PhDBest Pet Ever: Writer/Producer Jessica Vitkus talks about Cookie and Coffee, her guinea pigsIntroducing a new series: Best Pet Ever! Wherein Annie talks to interesting people about their interesting pets. Inspired by Betty White's 1970s show, The Pet Set, Annie interviews one of her closest friends, Jessica Vitkus. Jessica is an East-Village based writer and TV producer — she was Annie's boss ten years ago on the Animal Planet show, Too Cute: Puppies and Kittens. Jessica, her kids and her partner Stephen recently got a pair of Guinea Pigs. Jessica talks about the world of Guinea Pig rescue, Guinea Pig Pavlovian Conditioning, and about how rodents may be an underused tool in couples th...
2022-01-0728 min
How To Train Your Dog With Love + Science - Dog Training with Annie Grossman + Anamarie Johnson PhDSFTD's Behavior Therapy Trainer Jen Nastanski on working with guide dogs, competitive Obedience and more (Also featuring special guest: Melanie Friedson)School For The Dogs' Behavior Therapy Trainer Jen Nastanski came to work at our New York-based facility after two decades of working with dogs at professional and competitive levels. She tells Annie about getting trained to be a trainer at PetSmart, getting involved in competitive Obedience using positive-reinforcement-based techniques, teaching (and helping to raise) guide dogs, and, most recently working at New York City's ASPCA, working to enrich the lives of dogs seized and held in custody by the NYPD. Special guest on this episode: Annie's friend Melanie Friedson, mom to Bichpoo, Herschel Stanley. ...
2021-12-3148 min
How To Train Your Dog With Love + Science - Dog Training with Annie Grossman + Anamarie Johnson PhDDon't chase your cat around the house with the Christmas tree: On the TikTokers who are "traumatizing" their cats in order to spare their holiday decorationsEarlier this week, TikTok user @becs.richards posted a video of herself chasing her cat around her house while holding her Christmas tree like a bayonet; in the text that goes with the video, she explains that she saw a TikTok explaining that if you traumatize your cat with your Christmas tree before you put it up, the cat will leave the tree alone. The video and a few follow ups (showing that the cat hasn't attacked the tree) have gotten over thirty million views and four million likes. Annie meditates on the strange way that this example of...
2021-12-0418 min
How To Train Your Dog With Love + Science - Dog Training with Annie Grossman + Anamarie Johnson PhDMaking dog training affordable: SFTD's Scholarship Fund, Black Friday Sale, on-demand offerings, and more. Plus: Jimmy Stewart's poem about his dogIt costs a lot to run a small business in New York City, which can be a conundrum for a mission-driven business like School For The Dogs. Annie talks about some of the ways that she and Kate have worked to offer services and goods at prices that can make "Good Dog Training" accessible to everyone, and what it means to "shop small" in a world when the little guys are selling products that can so often be purchased at big-box stores or on Amazon. Listen up for information on SFTD's Black Friday sale -- including an exclusive discount...
2021-11-2626 min
How To Train Your Dog With Love + Science - Dog Training with Annie Grossman + Anamarie Johnson PhDOn being a dog run snob! Also: The case for spending money on pets, and how to help your dog have a good Thanksgiving (Hint: Be your dog's advocate!)A bunch of media outlets have recently done stories about private dog runs in NYC, and have mentioned School For The Dogs' School Yard sessions, which are playtimes for dogs. School Yard is members-only, by-appointment and trainer-supervised. Annie talks about why the service is so special, and also why it's so expensive. She addresses some of the negative feedback she's gotten to the articles. She also discusses how she plans to train with her dog, Poppy, while visiting family, and suggests ways in which people can approach training a timid dog in new places or with new people over...
2021-11-1935 min
How To Train Your Dog With Love + Science - Dog Training with Annie Grossman + Anamarie Johnson PhDTwo things every dog needs to know: Find it and touch! Featuring SFTD apprentice Leeyah Wiseman. Also: What Nat Geo was told about Cesar Millan's techniques before The Dog Whisperer even airedAnnie is joined by School For The Dogs apprentice Leeyah Wiseman to discuss two super important behaviors: Touch and find it. She and Annie discuss the benefits of teaching these two things and talk about why both behaviors are such great starting places for many dogs and their humans. Check out @schoolforthedogs' Reels on Instagram to see Leeyah demo both! Annie also engages in some time travel, reading a letter that Dr. Andrew Luescher, a veterinary behaviorist at Purdue University, wrote more than fifteen years ago. It was addressed to National Geographic, which had asked him t...
2021-11-1224 min
How To Train Your Dog With Love + Science - Dog Training with Annie Grossman + Anamarie Johnson PhDShe helps Positive Reinforcement dog trainers grow their businesses using Instagram: Meet Tiffany Chen, aka PawsistantRight after getting a pandemic puppy, Tiffany Chen decided to see if she could build some sort of side hustle in order to get her out of the corporate world. She signed up for the Virtual Assistant Internship and learned that it's wise to pick a niche. While she was working on learning about training her own dog (and building his requisite Instagram persona) she started following a lot of positive reinforcement dog trainers. It occurred to her that maybe she could use her virtual assistant powers to help them improve their marketing. She and Annie discuss how fun...
2021-11-0535 min
How To Train Your Dog With Love + Science - Dog Training with Annie Grossman + Anamarie Johnson PhDBonus: Regarding Blippi, Duo Lingo's training of humans, Travis Barker's True Romance obsession, Nabokov's letters, the key to getting good at anything, and... a deathaversaryAnnie's life has two speeds right now. You'll find her physically trapped underneath her two young daughters using a suite of remote treat dispensers to train her dog, or she's at a local co-working space in a tiny room alone, talking to herself. In this bonus episode, on the one-year anniversary of her beloved dog Amos passing, she is in the latter mode, recording a kind of phone call to her late father, who she thinks would've enjoyed learning what she's learned about the Youtube star Blippi, aka Stevin John, fka Steven or "Steezy" Grossman (no relation). A line...
2021-11-0326 min
How To Train Your Dog With Love + Science - Dog Training with Annie Grossman + Anamarie Johnson PhDIlana Alderman talks to the animals--all of them: Training and enriching the lives of fish, mice, squirrels, dogs and toddlers, too.Dog trainer Ilana Alderman, one of Annie's closest friends, has a reputation at School For The Dogs for being a kind of Disney Princess: She looks sort of like Snow White, and seems to titter with birds and befriend fish like Cinderella or Ariel. For nearly a decade, Ilana has focused on training (and enriching the lives of) pretty much every animal she's come across. She has taught fish to play basketball, helped ring tail lemurs learn to step onto scales, taught goats to enjoy being milked, built tiny amusement parks for mice, and even trained the squirrels in...
2021-10-291h 20
How To Train Your Dog With Love + Science - Dog Training with Annie Grossman + Anamarie Johnson PhDWhy you shouldn’t dress up your dog. Also: Dog training with “Buy Nothing,” Tooth Fairy tales & moreAnnie talks about why she is generally against costumes for dogs and suggests some alternatives to dressing up your dog on Halloween. She also discusses some feedback she got about last week’s episode, which featured an interview with the lawyer representing the woman who was mauled by Cesar Millan’s dog. Lastly, she shares two anecdotes: one about how she is using a Buy Nothing group on Facebook to get neighbors to help her train her dog (unbeknownst to them) and the other about how her attempt to use negative reinforcement to get her daughter to brush her teet...
2021-10-2234 min
How To Train Your Dog With Love + Science - Dog Training with Annie Grossman + Anamarie Johnson PhDNutso men, a cranky kid & a self-appointed guard dog develops PTSD: Scenes from a dog trainer’s lifeAnnie shares two recent anecdotes from her life, both involving humans behaving in extreme ways and young animals she loves (her toddler and her dog Poppy) having meltdowns. These two events made her think about punishment, fear, socialization, behavioral expectations, generalizations, and the way in which people treat animals (dogs or humans) who are emotional, for whatever reason. The episode talks about counter conditioning, using punishment on animals who are experiencing fear, and looks at the weird ways in which different people react to scared dogs: from bellowing at them to getting down on all fours....
2021-09-1742 min
How To Train Your Dog With Love + Science - Dog Training with Annie Grossman + Anamarie Johnson PhDThe mainstream media is confused about dog training: Two journalists-turned-trainers discuss a misguided WSJ op-ed & more (featuring Kiki Yablon)Last month, the Wall Street Journal ran an opinion piece about how positive-reinforcement dog training is too much trouble, concluding that punishment-based training is faster and, overall, underrated. Quite a few dog trainers wrote to the Wall Street Journal, angry that such a major publication would run something with such spurious facts and no sources. Annie called up her long time friend Kiki Yablon to talk about why so much "journalism" about dog training goes wrong. Kiki, who is a Karen Pryor Academy faculty member and trains dogs in Chicago, was an editor for many years, and turned to...
2021-09-1054 min
How To Train Your Dog With Love + Science - Dog Training with Annie Grossman + Anamarie Johnson PhDCofounders in Cars: School For The Dogs' 10th birthday, classes for urban dogs, celebrity dog trainers, shock collars & moreKate Senisi and Annie Grossman founded School For The Dogs together in 2011. What a decade it's been! Kate, who oversees training and staff at School For The Dogs, is quite busy and can be hard to pin down. But, when trapped in a car with Annie, she agreed to record a casual conversation about the business, the specific challenges faced by city dogs and their owners, and SFTD's unique offerings. She also offered her tempered and reasonable views on two topics about which Annie tends to get highly fired up: Cesar Millan and shock collars. Learn m...
2021-08-061h 07
How To Train Your Dog With Love + Science - Dog Training with Annie Grossman + Anamarie Johnson PhDTraveling the world, training one animal at a time: Meet Maria Skorobogatov, CTCMaria Skorobogatov, CTC, is a dog trainer who has spent the last six years traveling the world training animals. She's worked with dogs in Hanoi, cats in Tunisia and Rome, and everything from pangolins to elephants to vervet monkeys in Malawi. Originally from Brooklyn, Maria discovered the joys of animal training when she lucked into a client service's job at The Houston Zoo. When she saw the work the trainers were doing there, she started taking classes in behavior at a community college, where she learned to train rats. She later moved to San Francisco, worked at an animal...
2021-07-0956 min
How To Train Your Dog With Love + Science - Dog Training with Annie Grossman + Anamarie Johnson PhDBonus: Annie reads animal trainer Ilana Alderman's 14 tips on getting a toddler to brush his teethOne of Annie's best friends is Ilana Alderman, an animal trainer who, over the last few years, has been using what she knows about behavior to help create fun games for her son -- games that enrich his brain and games that require her to consider consequences, appropriate rewards, and antecedent arrangements in order to help him engage in necessary behaviors using positive reinforcement rather than punishment or coercion. Episode features a special appearance by Magnolia Pedicone, who is 2.5 years old. Find Ilana on Instagram @baby_enrichment and on the web at Childcooperativecare.com. Find this blog post at: htt...
2021-06-0717 min
How To Train Your Dog With Love + Science - Dog Training with Annie Grossman + Anamarie Johnson PhDDog Training Q and A! 6/3/2021: On keeping a puppy from attacking a cat, and using Harry Potter spell names as cuesThis is a bonus episode: A recording of a live Q and A.Join Annie Grossman for a live Q and A most Thursdays on Instagram @schoolforthedogs.Get alerted about the next one or ask a question in advance at http://schoolforthedogs.com/qanda.She also sometimes goes live to answer questions on Clubhouse. Find her there: @anniegrossman.Today she answered a listener's question about keeping her young dog from attacking her cat. ---Partial Transcript:Annie:
2021-06-0312 min
How To Train Your Dog With Love + Science - Dog Training with Annie Grossman + Anamarie Johnson PhDDog Trainer (and NYC small biz owner!) Amanda Gagnon on parenting using behavior modification techniques learned from working with dogsAs far as Annie knows, there is only one other female-owned dog training storefront in Manhattan: Amanda Gagnon Dog Training. Both Amanda and Annie also have toddlers. Annie reached out to Amanda, whose daughter is a couple years older than Annie's, for advice on how to approach parenting in a reward-based, non-coercive way. Learn more about Amanda at http://www.amandagagnondogtraining.com/Canisius College's Masters in Anthrozoologyhttps://www.canisius.edu/academics/programs/anthrozoologyOh Crap! Potty Training: Everything Modern Parents Need to Know to...
2021-04-3059 min
How To Train Your Dog With Love + Science - Dog Training with Annie Grossman + Anamarie Johnson PhDHumans, and other mammals, can die from a broken heart: Annie reads "Dr. House, meet Doctor Doolittle" from ZoobiquityFollowing a tragic loss in her family this week, Annie, worried about how the death will impact the health of her grief-stricken loved ones, remembered the first chapter from the 2012 book Zoobiquity, on the potentially-fatal heart condition that was discovered separately by veterinarians and by human cardiologists: Broken Heart Syndrome. It's called Takotsubo (when it effects humans) and Capture Myopathy (when in other species). The chapter goes on to talk about the "One Health" movement and to argue that human doctors (aka veterinarians who only work with one species) could learn something from those who work with medical conditions...
2021-04-2822 min
How To Train Your Dog With Love + Science - Dog Training with Annie Grossman + Anamarie Johnson PhDBonus: Become a dog trainer with School For The Dogs! Annie answers questions from a listener considering a career in dog trainingSchool For The Dogs is currently taking applicants for its six month Professional Course, which begins June 1! In this episode, Annie responds to a listener who is interested in becoming a dog trainer, but is worried that she may end up in a program that is a scam... She describes the evolution of School For The Dogs' Professional Course, discusses some some others, and talks about the many different paths people take towards becoming a professional dog trainer. She also answers a listener's question about a young dog who is resource guarding her food. Apply to th...
2021-04-2218 min
How To Train Your Dog With Love + Science - Dog Training with Annie Grossman + Anamarie Johnson PhDBonus: Annie reads from The ABCs of Behavior by Marian Breland-Bailey and Bob Bailey from The Dog Trainer's Resources by The APDT Chronicle Of The DogIn advance of School For The Dogs April 24th screening of Bob Bailey's short film, Patient Like The Chipmunks, Annie is reading aloud some works by Dr. Bailey and his late wife, Dr. Marian Breland-Bailey. Today she is reading from their 2001 article, The ABCs of Behavior, from The Trainer's Resource: The APDT Chronicle Of The Dog. The ABCs are Antecedent, Behavior, and Consequences. Sign up for the screening at http://schoolforthedogs.com/bailey Purchase The Dog Trainer's Resource by The APDT Chronicle Of The Dog - https://amzn.to/2Rv3ZsU...
2021-04-1217 min
How To Train Your Dog With Love + Science - Dog Training with Annie Grossman + Anamarie Johnson PhDBonus: Training wisdom from page 9 of Dr. Bob Bailey's website (Plus: Join Annie for a film screening and Q and A with Dr. Bailey on April 24th)Bonus episode! Annie reads some casually-written but oh-so-important training tips from the website belonging to Dr. Bob Bailey, behavior1.com. Annie will be showing Dr. Bailey's film on the history of his company, Animal Behavior Enterprises, and the history of operant conditioning, and then hosting a conversation with Dr. Bailey, on April 24th at 4PM Eastern. Sign up at http://schoolforthedogs.com/bailey Dr. Bob Bailey is an animal trainer, inventor, designer, writer, teacher, diver, and photographer. He is the widower of B.F. Skinner's graduate student, Dr. Marian Breland Bailey. All proceeds from the screening w...
2021-04-0513 min
How To Train Your Dog With Love + Science - Dog Training with Annie Grossman + Anamarie Johnson PhDDog Training Q and A! 3/25/2021: Training a "Velcro puppy" to be more confident and independent in order to prevent separation anxiety in the futureThis is a bonus episode: A recording of a live Q and A.Join Annie Grossman for a live Q and A most Thursdays on Instagram @schoolforthedogs.Get alerted about the next one or ask a question in advance at http://schoolforthedogs.com/qanda.She also sometimes goes live to answer questions on Clubhouse. Find her there: @anniegrossman.Today, Annie spoke to the human belonging to Penny (@heytherepenny on Instagram) about how to help young Penny feel more comfortable alone and how to start to prevent separation...
2021-03-2522 min
How To Train Your Dog With Love + Science - Dog Training with Annie Grossman + Anamarie Johnson PhDBonus: One positive-reinforcement dog trainer's point of view on guns in AmericaAnnie reads a satirical essay she wrote, approaching the gun control debate from the point of view of a dog trainer. With dogs, we can create antecedent arrangements to control the environment in order to keep dogs from eating our shoes. If only it were so easy. If only it were so easy keep people from shooting each other...A FAREWELL TO FOOTWEAR: A DOG TRAINER WEIGHS IN ON THE SHOE CONTROL DEBATE by Annie Grossman As an animal trainer by profession, I am specifically interested in shoes that get into the hands, o...
2021-03-2217 min
How To Train Your Dog With Love + Science - Dog Training with Annie Grossman + Anamarie Johnson PhDThe queen of lickable treats: Meet Brandi Barker, creator of the Bark PouchSchool For The Dogs' trainers and clients love treats that dogs can lick straight from a container. One woman has cornered this market, and we're so glad. Her name is Brandi Barker. She started out training dog, but now is the fulltime force behind Bark Pouches, which are little squirt bottles filled with shelf-stable deliciousness. She and Annie talk about how she entered the world of dog training, how she came up with her product, and more. Get Bark Pouches at storeforthedogs.comhttps://storeforthedogs.com/collections/bark-pouchor at B...
2021-03-1924 min
How To Train Your Dog With Love + Science - Dog Training with Annie Grossman + Anamarie Johnson PhDDog Training Q and A! 3/18/2021: Keeping a dog off furniture, toys you can leave in the crate, using physical pressure during leash walks and moreThis is a bonus episode: A recording of a live Q and A.Join Annie Grossman for a live Q and A most Thursdays on Instagram @schoolforthedogs.Get alerted about the next one or ask a question in advance at http://schoolforthedogs.com/qanda.She also sometimes goes live to answer questions on Clubhouse. Find her there: @anniegrossman. Join her on Clubhouse tomorrow 3/19 at 12PM ET to give your answer to the question: What is a good dog? Need a Clubhouse invite? Text 917-414-2625.
2021-03-1834 min
How To Train Your Dog With Love + Science - Dog Training with Annie Grossman + Anamarie Johnson PhDBonus: Annie reads aloud Walden Two Revisited, the 1976 preface to BF Skinner's novel Walden TwoThis is a bonus episode in which Annie reads aloud the preface to Walden Two, BF Skinner's 1948 novel about a utopian community that he imagines could be closely engineered based on what we know about behavioral science, and cooperatively governed based on principles rooted in positive reinforcement. The book was called "fascism without tears" when it was published and also compared to a plan for a dog obedience school for humans. Three decades after writing it, Skinner wrote Walden Two Revisited, which reflected on how society still hadn't done enough to harness the power of non-coercive, non-punitive control in...
2021-03-1631 min
How To Train Your Dog With Love + Science - Dog Training with Annie Grossman + Anamarie Johnson PhDAir B and...Pee? Sniff Spot allows dog owners to rent people's yards! Genius!When David Adams' girlfriend traveled with her dog, she had an issue: The dog only liked to pee in yards. Adams, who had previously build a site for people looking for short-term apartment rentals, had an idea: What if there where people could rent... yards? So, he built SniffSpot.com, which allows people to rent out their fenced-in outdoor spaces to dogs, hourly. Annie and David discuss how this innovative service may revolutionize the way dogs are able to exercise and socialize. Learn more at SniffSpot.com. Like this episode! Please leave a re...
2021-03-1226 min
How To Train Your Dog With Love + Science - Dog Training with Annie Grossman + Anamarie Johnson PhDDog Training Q and A! 3/11/2021:Bringing a fearful puppy onto the city streets and/or to the dog parkThis is a bonus episode: A recording of a live Q and A.Join Annie Grossman for a live Q and A most Thursdays on Instagram @schoolforthedogs.Get alerted about the next one or ask a question in advance at http://schoolforthedogs.com/qanda.She also sometimes goes live to answer questions on Clubhouse. Find her there: @anniegrossman.Here, Annie talks to an SFTD client who has a young rescue dog who became frightened about going outside after some bad experiences on walks. The owner has been...
2021-03-1222 min
How To Train Your Dog With Love + Science - Dog Training with Annie Grossman + Anamarie Johnson PhDBonus: Annie reads aloud John B. Watson's 1913 essay "Psychology As The Behaviorist Views it"Professor John B. Watson's 1913 essay argues that psychology should be studied from a behavioral perspective, echoes some of the same conversations that are had today between dog trainers who are approach dog training as a science and those who approach dog training by making assumptions about dogs' internal feelings and motivations. Read "Psychology As The Behaviorist Views it" in full at http://anniegrossman.com/watsonessayThoughts on this? Join the conversation by downloading the School For The Dogs Community appfind it in iTunes: http://schoolforthedogs.com/app
2021-03-081h 00
How To Train Your Dog With Love + Science - Dog Training with Annie Grossman + Anamarie Johnson PhDDog Training Q and A! 3/4/2021: How SFTD hires trainers, dealing with a suddenly fearful dog + teaching a recall without treatsThis is a bonus episode: A recording of a live Q and A.Join Annie Grossman for a live Q and A most Thursdays on Instagram @schoolforthedogs.Get alerted about the next one or ask a question in advance at http://schoolforthedogs.com/qanda.She also sometimes goes live to answer questions on Clubhouse. Find her there: @anniegrossman. Here, Annie answers three questions: @gussiethehussie asks: "How do you vet the trainers you hire? What sort of continuing ed do they get?"@ar...
2021-03-0420 min
How To Train Your Dog With Love + Science - Dog Training with Annie Grossman + Anamarie Johnson PhDSFTD Off-Leash Manager Adam Davis on training as a teenager & developing a career specializing in helping dogs socializeWhen Adam Davis came to work at School For The Dogs in late 2019, he was only in his mid-twenties but already had a decade of working with dogs professionally under his belt. In particular, his background involved a lot of hours spent helping city dogs learn to co-exist, and play, off leash. Today, he runs School For The Dogs' unique School Yard program-- a by-appointment, trainer-supervised members-only dog run -- and also oversees puppy playtimes, in addition to working private with clients. He and Annie discuss his early introduction to the world of science-based training, his interest in police...
2021-02-261h 01
How To Train Your Dog With Love + Science - Dog Training with Annie Grossman + Anamarie Johnson PhDDog Training Q and A! 2/4/2021: Is it okay if my dog only "goes" once a day? Also: Counter surfing, curbing barking in the dog park, helping a dog feel okay about the car after a car crash, and moreThis is a bonus episode: A recording of a live Q and A.Join Annie Grossman for a live Q and A on Instagram most Thursdays.Sign up for the next one, and/or submit a question in advance, at http://schoolforthedogs.com/qanda.Discussed in this episode: -How do you get a dog to eliminate more than once a day? -My dog likes dogs on TV but not in real life -What do I do if my dog just wants to bark at...
2021-02-0429 min
How To Train Your Dog With Love + Science - Dog Training with Annie Grossman + Anamarie Johnson PhDSchool For The Dogs’ Group Class Manager Anna Ostroff on straddling a life of theater and dog training, fostering, teaching tricks & moreAnna Ostroff is a Tony-award winning theater producer and the head of a non-profit that brings arts education into New York public schools. Somehow, she also manages to work fulltime at School For The Dogs, where she trains dogs with behavior issues, manages (and teaches) group classes, and generally keeps everyone smiling with her sunny disposition and "can do" attitude. Here, she and Annie discuss her lifelong love of animals, her foster dogs, and her passion for teaching tricks to urban dogs and helping dogs deal with fear and anxiety. Anna's non-profithttp://w...
2021-01-2259 min
How To Train Your Dog With Love + Science - Dog Training with Annie Grossman + Anamarie Johnson PhDDog Training Q and A! 1/21/2021: Are day cares a good place to socialize your dog? Why did my dog stop liking the crate? Thoughts on wee wee pads?This is a bonus episode: A recording of a live Q and A.Join Annie Grossman for a live Q and A on Instagram most Thursdays.Sign up for the next one, and/or submit a question in advance, at http://schoolforthedogs.com/qanda.Here Annie addresses questions about socializing dogs during quarantine, using wee wee pads if the goal is to teach a dog to only go outside, getting a dog to like a crate again, using daycares to get a dog some social time, and more. ...
2021-01-2119 min
How To Train Your Dog With Love + Science - Dog Training with Annie Grossman + Anamarie Johnson PhDDog Training Q and A! 1/14/2021: On why it can be useful to teach a dog to go in a bagThis is a bonus episode: A recording of a live Q and A.Join Annie Grossman for a live Q and A most Thursdays.Sign up for the next one at http://schoolforthedogs.com/qanda.Here, Annie answers two questions, and offers a similar suggestion to help deal with both issues: Train a dog to go in a bag! K9 Sport Sack Dog backpacks: https://storeforthedogs.com/collections/backpacksBoat and Tote: https://amzn.to/3p8bhPm---Partial T...
2021-01-2025 min
How To Train Your Dog With Love + Science - Dog Training with Annie Grossman + Anamarie Johnson PhDSchool For The Dogs’ Trainer Em Beauprey on conformation, cats, bespoke dog walking and training trainersEm Beauprey came to School For The Dogs in 2017 when he was working as a vet tech and running his own dog walking business. He started out as an apprentice, and went on to build SFTD's walking program from scratch, and to helm our professional program. These days, when he isn't putting the finishing touches on Born To Behave, our forthcoming free and open-source course for aspiring professional dog trainers, Em can be found doing virtual training with puppies and walking his cat on the streets of Portland, OR. Em and Annie discuss a youth spent training dogs for...
2021-01-081h 04
How To Train Your Dog With Love + Science - Dog Training with Annie Grossman + Anamarie Johnson PhDDog Training Q and A! 1/7/2021: Lickable TreatsThis is a bonus episode: A recording of a live Q and A.Join Annie Grossman for a live Q and A most Thursdays.Sign up for the next one at http://schoolforthedogs.com/qanda or join in the School For The Dogs app at http://schoolforthedogs.com/communityIn this episode, Annie discusses why she loves using viscous treats with dogs, and reviews some of her favorite types of lickable treats. All of them can be found at storeforthedogs.com. https://storeforthedogs.com/collections/lickable-and-spreadable-treats
2021-01-0722 min
How To Train Your Dog With Love + Science - Dog Training with Annie Grossman + Anamarie Johnson PhDAnnie gets a puppy: On navigating Petfinder, vetting breeders, and falling in love with a new dogTwo months after losing her 15.5-year-old Yorkiepoo bestfriend, Annie and her family welcomed a new puppy into their home. In this episode, she talks about the experience of falling in love with rescue dogs on the Internet, conversing with breeders charging top dollar, and, finally, landing the perfect puppy for her family. Go to School For The Dogs' Instagram to see a picture of Annie's new puppy! https://www.instagram.com/p/CJhGbJFn6Ir/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_linkJoin the School For The Dogs Community at http://schoolforthedogs.com/c...
2021-01-0147 min
How To Train Your Dog With Love + Science - Dog Training with Annie Grossman + Anamarie Johnson PhDDog Training Q and A! 12/31/2020: Can I speak multiple languages to my dog? Is it okay if my dog watches TV? How do I keep my dog off my sofa? & MoreThis is a bonus episode: A recording of a live Q and A.Join Annie Grossman for a live Q and A most Thursdays.Sign up for the next one at http://schoolforthedogs.com/qanda or join in the School For The Dogs app at http://schoolforthedogs.com/communityHave a question? Visit AnnieGrossman.com/ask or upload a recording at anchor.fm/dogs.In this episode, Annie answers questions from: -A bilingual dog owner who is confused about what language to use with h...
2020-12-3128 min
How To Train Your Dog With Love + Science - Dog Training with Annie Grossman + Anamarie Johnson PhDSchool For The Dogs’ Private Training Manager Claire Cario on therapy dogs, deaf dogs, and moreMeet Claire Cario, School For The Dogs’ Private Training Manager. Annie interviews Claire about her journey into the world of dog training, which began with a childhood love of nature shows and eventually led to an array of interesting jobs working with dogs, from training dogs to herd geese in Prospect Park, to working with therapy dog teams at The Good Dog Foundation to evaluating dogs in New York City’s public shelter system and beyond. Claire also talks about the rewards, and occasional challenges, of living in New York with her deaf and partially-blind rescue dog, Otis.
2020-12-251h 00
How To Train Your Dog With Love + Science - Dog Training with Annie Grossman + Anamarie Johnson PhDDog Training Q and A! 12/17/2020: How can I get my dog to stop humping other dogs in order to exert his "dominance?"This is a bonus episode: A recording of a live Q and A. Join Annie Grossman for a live Q and A most Thursdays.Sign up for the next one at http://schoolforthedogs.com/qanda or join in the School For The Dogs app at http://schoolforthedogs.com/communityHave a question? Visit AnnieGrossman.com/ask or upload a recording at anchor.fm/dogs.In this episode, Annie talks about humping: Why dogs do it, how to get them to not do it, and why everyone should j...
2020-12-2216 min
How To Train Your Dog With Love + Science - Dog Training with Annie Grossman + Anamarie Johnson PhDDog training with Mary Poppins, Professor Harold Hill and Little Orphan AnnieDuring the dark days of 2020, Annie has been self-medicating. Her drug of choice? Watching clips from old movie musicals she loved as a kid. It turns out that there are a lot of lessons about behavior in these films, and storylines that unwittingly relate to dog training. In this episode, Annie gives a dog-trainer’s-eye-view analysis of Mary Poppins, The Music Man, and the movie Annie. See the full clips played in this episode when you join our new app: http://schoolforthedogs.com/communityMentioned in this episode: Animals Make...
2020-12-1137 min
How To Train Your Dog With Love + Science - Dog Training with Annie Grossman + Anamarie Johnson PhDAmosAmos Grossman Pedicone died on November 3, 2020. He was 15.5-years old, and lived with Annie Grossman since his puppyhood. He was a black Yorkiepoo who enjoyed playing fetch in the ocean, swimming in fountains, and learning new tricks -- sometimes pretty fabulous ones. But this episode isn't about his accomplishments, or about his braininess or cuteness. It's about death as part of dog ownership, and about how dog ownership can be part of a person's self-care. It's about how people can love a dog that doesn't belong to them. It's about how training can help us be able to enjoy...
2020-12-0438 min
How To Train Your Dog With Love + Science - Dog Training with Annie Grossman + Anamarie Johnson PhDDog Training Q and A! 12/03/2020: Answers to new dog owners' common crate training questionsJoin Annie Grossman for a live Q and A most Thursdays. Sign up for the next one at schoolforthedogs.com/qanda.Have a question? Visit AnnieGrossman.com/ask or upload a recording at anchor.fm/dogs.In this episode, Annie talks about using a crate with a new dog. Among the questions answered: Where should you put a crate? What kind of crate should you get? Do you have to use a crate? How can a crate help with housetraining?
2020-12-0324 min
How To Train Your Dog With Love + Science - Dog Training with Annie Grossman + Anamarie Johnson PhDCreating gear for dog adventurers: Meet Ruffwear designer Liz ZarroMeet Liz Zarro, a young designer at Oregon-based dog gear company, Ruffwear, which specializes in making products that help dogs and humans have outdoor adventures together. Liz and Annie discuss how Ruffwear's innovative products are developed, the thinking that goes into designing gear meant to please both dogs and humans, and how the products we use can affect how dogs are trained. You'll learn about the though process behind everything from treat pouches to dog seatbelts and more.This episode contains an Easter egg: a 25% discount on all Ruffwear products from now through 11:59PM ET on Mo...
2020-11-2739 min
How To Train Your Dog With Love + Science - Dog Training with Annie Grossman + Anamarie Johnson PhDSchool For The Dogs' Sasha Prasad on helping animals live happier livesSasha Prasad moved to New York City with her three rescue dogs last year in order to get a masters degree in Animal Behavior and Conservation from Hunter. She began working at School For The Dogs right away, and has been with us ever since, doing everything from walking to client relations to social media. Her passion is helping all animals live happier lives; dogs are just one of the creatures she wants to work with. She and Annie discuss how she built her own dog walking company, Freedom Tails, in Boston, her shelter-based education in dog behavior, and...
2020-11-2043 min
How To Train Your Dog With Love + Science - Dog Training with Annie Grossman + Anamarie Johnson PhDDog Training Q and A! 11/19/2020: Handmade gifts, dealing with a dog who bites the leash & dog training tips for a toddler momJoin Annie Grossman for a live Q and A most Thursdays.Sign up for the next one at http://schoolforthedogs.com/qanda.Have a question? Visit AnnieGrossman.com/ask or upload a recording at anchor.fm/dogs.In this episode: Annie talks about some of the awesome handmade products for sale at StoreForTheDogs.com and answers questions about a young dog who "submissive pees" and bites the leash on walks. She also talks about a friend who was receptive to Annie's dog training advice when it came to her kid th...
2020-11-1918 min
How To Train Your Dog With Love + Science - Dog Training with Annie Grossman + Anamarie Johnson PhDDog Training Q and A! 11/05/2020: Cody doesn't want to go out with walker, Peaches won't pee on the patio & moreJoin Annie Grossman for a live Q and A most Thursdays.Sign up for the next one at http://schoolforthedogs.com/qanda.Have a question? Visit AnnieGrossman.com/ask or upload a recording at anchor.fm/dogs.In this episode: A young labrador no longer wants to go to Fiesta Island with his walker. Is he being lazy? Peaches the Chihuahua doesn't understand why her human wants her to pee on the patio. Is it wise to get a second dog if a finicky dog seems more interesting in eating m...
2020-11-1227 min
How To Train Your Dog With Love + Science - Dog Training with Annie Grossman + Anamarie Johnson PhDSchool For The Dogs' trainer Erin Whelan on how dog training changed her lifeErin Whelan was a professional French Horn Player. Then she adopted a beagle mix named Oliver and enrolled him in Puppy Kindergarten at School For The Dogs. Then she did the School For The Dogs Professional Program. Now, she is a trainer and manager at School For The Dogs. Annie, who was once her dog trainer and is now her boss, is a big Erin Whelan fan. Annie and Erin discuss switching careers, Cesar Millan's best book, what it means to teach dogs virtually, human body language, and more.Sign up for a session with Erin, a...
2020-11-0653 min
How To Train Your Dog With Love + Science - Dog Training with Annie Grossman + Anamarie Johnson PhDDog Training Q and A! 10/29/2020: Helping a puppy pee when its pouring and how to occupy your dog insideJoin Annie Grossman for a live Q and A most Thursdays.Sign up at http://schoolforthedogs.com/qanda.Have a question? Visit AnnieGrossman.com/ask or upload a recording at anchor.fm/dogs.In this episode, Annie answers questions about how to deal with a young puppy who is scared to relieve himself outside when it is pouring, suggests how to keep dogs occupied inside, and discusses why dogs lift their legs when they pee, and more. ---Partial Transcript:Annie:
2020-11-0229 min
How To Train Your Dog With Love + Science - Dog Training with Annie Grossman + Anamarie Johnson PhDVirtual private training session: Yoshi, an adolescent Shepherd who jumps on people on the streetSit in on an initial virtual private dog training session with Annie Grossman and NYC resident Kari. Kari lives near School For The Dogs with an 8-month old Shepherd mix named Yoshi. Yoshi likes to jump on people when they're walking down the street, and he is quick to rollover on his back when people greet him. Annie gives Kari tips on keeping his attention while walking outside, suggests how to set up practice sessions with people approaching him, and gives Kari some fun and easy exercises she can work on with Yoshi in their home. B...
2020-10-3142 min
How To Train Your Dog With Love + Science - Dog Training with Annie Grossman + Anamarie Johnson PhDAnnie's BFF Daisy Carrington on growing up with a stolen dog, being a childhood loan shark & moreIn this bonus episode, Annie talks to one of her best friends, Daisy Carrington, who she has known since high school. After Daisy recently came in second place at a Moth story telling event, Annie asked her to share her story on this podcast. Her story doesn't really have to do with dogs, so Annie drilled her about her childhood with dogs to justify having her on as a guest. Daisy remembers her screenwriter father, who lived in Malibu with a stolen Staffordshire Terrier named Zeb who he loved "as if he were an ex-wife," and talks about the t...
2020-10-2741 min
How To Train Your Dog With Love + Science - Dog Training with Annie Grossman + Anamarie Johnson PhDDog Training Q and A! 10/22/2020: Taking the Karen Pryor Academy and e-collarsJoin Annie Grossman for a live Q and A most Thursdays.Sign up at http://schoolforthedogs.com/qanda.Have a question? Visit AnnieGrossman.com/ask or upload a recording at anchor.fm/dogs.In this episode, Annie answers questions about attending the Karen Pryor Academy. She suggests how you can deal with someone who seems to be needlessly yelling at their dog. A listener asks about Temple Grandin's use of e-collars and prey drive, and also asks about training using the beeping and vibrating function of a shock collar. Also: Ca...
2020-10-2544 min
How To Train Your Dog With Love + Science - Dog Training with Annie Grossman + Anamarie Johnson PhDThe "closet behaviorist" running for president: An interview with Libertarian candidate Jo JorgensenDid you know there is a woman running for president? Her name is Jo Jorgensen, she is the Libertarian candidate, and the only third party candidate who is going to be on the ballot in all 50 states. Dr. Jorgensen has a PhD in organizational and industrial psychology and teaches at Clemson University. She has a Basset Hound named Gertrude, and she has trained her to not beg at the table... but that's not actually why Annie wanted to talk to her. Annie wanted to talk to her because she has been trying to figure out if a world view an...
2020-10-2350 min
How To Train Your Dog With Love + Science - Dog Training with Annie Grossman + Anamarie Johnson PhDDog Training Q and A! 10/15/2020: Dealing with an adolescent dog and trying to find the perfect puppyJoin Annie Grossman for a live Q and A most Thursdays.Sign up at http://schoolforthedogs.com/qanda.Have a question? Visit AnnieGrossman.com/ask or upload a recording at anchor.fm/dogs.In this episode, Annie talks about her epically bad day. She describes how a teenager has trained people to stop leaving her voicemails. She talks to Joan, a Manhattan woman who has MS and an out-of-control adolescent shepherd in downtown Manhattan. She wants the dog to be a service dog, and also wants to b...
2020-10-221h 09
How To Train Your Dog With Love + Science - Dog Training with Annie Grossman + Anamarie Johnson PhDVirtual private training session: Heidi, a rescue greyhound living in ManhattanSit in on an initial virtual private dog training session with Annie Grossman and NYC residents Aquilla and Briana and their new rescue greyhound, Heidi. Heidi doesn't want to sit and is trying to get to Aquilla and Briana's food whenever they eat while sitting on the couch. Annie offers some practical solutions and shows them how to shape Heidi to lie on a mat. Annie also shares Norwegian writer/dog trainer Turid Rugaas' thoughts on why we shouldn't train dogs to sit at all. Book a private session: http://schoolforthedogs.com/services - Get a fre...
2020-10-2054 min
How To Train Your Dog With Love + Science - Dog Training with Annie Grossman + Anamarie Johnson PhDSociopaths as dog trainers, Negative Reinforcement at NXIVM & how to train humans to wear masksCreepy Episode alert! It's all about sociopaths and cult leaders today. Some are both cult leaders and sociopaths! And one is a president. And one is the Unabomber. Annie talks about animal behavior manipulation methods observed in the following shows: The Vow (https://www.hbo.com/the-vow), Filthy Rich (https://www.netflix.com/), The Social Dilemma (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaaC57tcci0), Manhunt (https://www.netflix.com/). And then she looks at how the President is curing the Coronavirus with positive thinking, and looks at the differences between positive thinking, positive psychology and positive reinforcements. And... Annie of...
2020-10-1639 min
How To Train Your Dog With Love + Science - Dog Training with Annie Grossman + Anamarie Johnson PhDThree funny things and one terrible thing just happenedAlternative titles Annie thought of for this episode: -Toddlers are hilarious and death sucks-And the dog dies in the endAnnie is doing a Q and A. Join at schoolforthedogs.com/qanda If you like this podcast, go leave a review on iTunes please. Thanks! Instagram: @annie.grossman, @schoolforthedogs---Partial Transcript:Annie:So, I think I'm posting this as a bonus episode because I already have an episode ready to go for tomor...
2020-10-1510 min
How To Train Your Dog With Love + Science - Dog Training with Annie Grossman + Anamarie Johnson PhDDog Training Q and A! 10/8/2020: Reactive Dogs, food toys, management of spaceJoin Annie Grossman for a live Q and A most Thursdays.Sign up at http://schoolforthedogs.com/qanda. Have a question? Visit AnnieGrossman.com/ask or upload a recording at anchor.fm/dogs.Here, Annie takes the following questions: How can you train a dog to not freak out if strange dogs, off leash, appear out of no where? What work-to-eat toys can you use with wet or fresh food? Can you train a dog to stay away from the litter box and the cat food...
2020-10-1253 min
How To Train Your Dog With Love + Science - Dog Training with Annie Grossman + Anamarie Johnson PhDBe your dog's superhero: An interview with UK-based trainer and pet business coach Dominic HodgsonHere's a cool approach to dog training: Teach your dog that you are a benevolent god. A superhero, if you will. That is UK-based trainer Dominic Hodgson's approach. In this episode, Annie interviews Dom about his journey from actor to tobacco salesman to dog walker to dog trainer to pet business consultant through his company, Grow Your Pet Business Fast. Annie learns about several dog business areas she never considered, and gets some great business advice from this titan in the field. Join Annie for a FREE Q and A next week! Sign up at http://sc...
2020-10-0957 min
How To Train Your Dog With Love + Science - Dog Training with Annie Grossman + Anamarie Johnson PhDQ and A! 10/1/2020: A new nervous rescue dog, working with dog barking, and helping a dog potty outsideJoin Annie for a live Q and A most Thursdays. Sign up at http://schoolforthedogs.com/qanda. Have a question? Email Annie@schoolforthedogs.com or upload a recording at http://anchor.fm/dogs Here, Annie takes the following questions: A new young rescue dog seems to be nervous about some men but not others. Why? A dog is barking: Do you need to say "quiet" and do you reward even if the dog is barking? What do you do when a Shih Tzu won't go to the bathroom in the yard?
2020-10-0641 min
How To Train Your Dog With Love + Science - Dog Training with Annie Grossman + Anamarie Johnson PhDWhen your home isn't the right home for your dog (and other subjects)Warning: This episode meanders a bit! Annie's Facebook friend made the difficult decision to rehome her rescue dog, and Annie considers what it means to decide that a different family might be a better fit for anyone you love, be it human or dog, temporarily or forever. What if all forms of parenting were truly voluntary? Is it a dog's fault if behavior problems are exacerbated by an environment that may have been chosen for him or her more or less at random? Were slaves insane if they tried to escape their masters? Annie follows a line of thinking...
2020-09-2542 min
How To Train Your Dog With Love + Science - Dog Training with Annie Grossman + Anamarie Johnson PhDA Different Kind Of Dog Photographer: Meet Andrea Castanon of BowieShootsA few years ago, Annie thought it'd be fun to do yearbook-style posed photos of dogs graduating from classes at School For The Dogs. She mentioned the idea to a few photographers and they all gave her blank stares. Then, she was scrolling through Instagram and she found a photographer whose entire feed was... posed, yearbook-style photos of dogs. Annie got in touch with the person behind the account: Andrea Castanon. Andrea was working as a professional photo retoucher and during her downtime was making these hilarious photoshopped portraits of her friends' dogs for fun, and to raise money f...
2020-05-0130 min
How To Train Your Dog With Love + Science - Dog Training with Annie Grossman + Anamarie Johnson PhDWhat dog owners need to know about the coronavirus with Dr. Lisa LippmanWelcome to Season 2 of School For The Dogs Podcast! This episode is a conversation show host Annie Grossman had with veterinarian Dr. Lisa Lippman about the thing we are all talking about: COVID19. Annie asked Dr. Lisa if our pets can get sick, if they can get us sick, and the two spoke about how to take necessary precautions to keep our dogs safe. Most of this episode is from a webinar Dr. Lisa and Annie did on March 4. It can be found here. Learn more about Dr. Lisa Lippman at...
2020-03-1613 min
How To Train Your Dog With Love + Science - Dog Training with Annie Grossman + Anamarie Johnson PhDAsk Annie: Dealing with humping and other annoying behaviorsAnnie addresses questions from people who are dealing with dogs who have habits that annoy other dogs, and, ultimately, their owners as well. One owner wants to know how to deal with a new rescue who is bothering the household's other two dogs and generally causing chaos in the home, and a dog walker asks about how to manage a charge who is constantly trying to hump his walking buddies. In addition to addressing setting up appropriate social situations for dogs, exercising them and using crates in multi-dog households, this episode offers a thoughtful take on why dogs hump an...
2019-05-0737 min
How To Train Your Dog With Love + Science - Dog Training with Annie Grossman + Anamarie Johnson PhDThe Museum of the Dog opens in NYCUp until last month, one of the world's largest collections of dog-related art resided outside St. Louis inside a museum that most of the locals didn't even know about: The Museum Of The Dog. That changed last month, when the museum officially relocated to midtown Manhattan. Annie interviews the museum's executive directly, Alan Fausel, about the museum's collection, history, and fan favorites. Annie will be doing a free training demo at the museum this Saturday, March 30th, at 1pm. Stop by! Learn More at museumofthedog.orgAre you enjoying School For...
2019-03-2631 min
How To Train Your Dog With Love + Science - Dog Training with Annie Grossman + Anamarie Johnson PhDAsk Annie: Separation anxiety, tips for crate training and an overview of attachment theoryIn this Q+A episode, Annie answers a question from a puppy owner whose dog is scared of the crate and stresses out when left alone, and then considers another dog owner who asks if "Attachment Theory" applies to dogs. Visit AnnieGrossman.com/ask or leave a voicemail at 917-414-2625.NOTESProducts:Annie's preferred crate, the Revol (get $25 off the Revol with code SFTD25 at checkout through March 31, 2019) - See through pen on Etsy by ClearlyLovedPets - See through crate on Etsy by PrettyKennels - Treat and Train...
2019-03-0451 min
How To Train Your Dog With Love + Science - Dog Training with Annie Grossman + Anamarie Johnson PhDNew "Diggs" for your dog: Zel Crampton's dog crate revolutionWe use dog crates every day at School For The Dogs. They're an integral part of dog training: We recommend them to clients who are house training puppies, incorporate them into class exercises, and transport dogs in them. And yet, all of us who work at our training center agree: Crates... kind of suck! They're clunky and ugly! Noisy! Storing them is a pain, and when you have to open and then collapse them all day long (like we do), you're going to suffer pinched fingers. It has long seemed like a problem with no solution, but Zel Crampton...
2019-02-1244 min
How To Train Your Dog With Love + Science - Dog Training with Annie Grossman + Anamarie Johnson PhDTeaching a stellar "Down" with a verbal or visual cueEvery dog already knows how to lie down -- your dog lies down all the time! The trick to training a "down" is to teach your dog to do it when you ask for it. That involves adding a cue. In this episode, Annie addresses the difference between a "cue" and a "command," and talks about some of the pitfalls people tend to fall into when attempting to cue a dog -- is the dog responding to your words? Or your body language? Or both? Or neither?! Annie goes over how to teach a "down" using two methods: Capturing...
2019-02-0633 min
How To Train Your Dog With Love + Science - Dog Training with Annie Grossman + Anamarie Johnson PhDLet’s talk about dogs & babies with Jessica Jacobson of Dapper Dog TrainingYou might consider your dog your "baby," but what happens if you decide to add an actual infant to your family? Jessica Jacobson, owner of NYC's Dapper Dog Training, has spent years coaching families on prepping their dogs for the arrival of a tiny non-furry new family member. Annie and she discuss how she built her career, and go over some key things to consider when training a dog for interspecies sibling-hood.Notes: Dapper Dog Training - Marilyn Ullman of the "Discover Your Dream Career" course - Association of Professional Dog Trainers' annual c...
2019-01-2949 min
How To Train Your Dog With Love + Science - Dog Training with Annie Grossman + Anamarie Johnson PhDLet's talk about NYC's 1st dog-friendly cafe with Logan MikhlyEarlier this year Logan Mikhly and her father Coppy Holzman opened a business unlike any other in NYC: A dog-friendly cafe. Logan has a background in animal rescue, Coppy is a dog-loving serial entrepreneur, and both are obsessed with coffee. Frustrated by the fact that New York's health codes make it nearly impossible for them to grab a cup of joe without having to tie their dogs to a streetlight, they contacted the Department of Health for a brainstorming session on how to make a place where beverages and quadrupeds could lawfully co-exist. The result is Boris & Horton. Named...
2018-11-0549 min
How To Train Your Dog With Love + Science - Dog Training with Annie Grossman + Anamarie Johnson PhDLet’s talk about the future of dog food with The Farmer's Dog's Brett PodolskyWhen Brett Podolsky's dog was chronically unwell, he had an idea: What if he bought the same ingredients listed and in the commercial brand he was feeding her, and made her fresh food? The change in her health was drastic, and led to Brett, who was then working as a comedian, convincing his best friend, Jonathan Regev, to start a subscription-based high-end dog food company with him. Now three years old, their Brooklyn-based company, The Farmer's Dog, has secured some ten million dollars in VC funding and their health-supportive recipes are being enjoyed by tens of thousands of grateful...
2018-10-0843 min
How To Train Your Dog With Love + Science - Dog Training with Annie Grossman + Anamarie Johnson PhDAsk Annie: Navigating dog runs and managing elevator mannersIn this Q+A episode, Annie discusses how to deal with dogs in elevators, and how to navigate dog parks. She also talks about what to do if your dog gets off leash, and how to help a dog who attacks her brother whenever they pass another dog. Have a question for a future episode? Visit AnnieGrossman.com/askShow notes - Products: Fleece Activity Mat - Wall-Mounted Slow Feeder - Freedom Harness - Liquid Treat Dispenser - Target Stick - Whistle Recall DVD - Grisha Stewart's BAT guide - Music: "Back To School Again"...
2018-09-0449 min
How To Train Your Dog With Love + Science - Dog Training with Annie Grossman + Anamarie Johnson PhDLet’s talk about SFTD's origins with co-founder Kate SenisiIn 2011, Annie Grossman and Kate Senisi were both trying to figure out how to make a business out of dog training. They met through the Association for Professional Dog Trainers' message board, and discovered they lived a block away from one another in Manhattan. They also discovered they had complementary talents: Kate had an eye for detail, a background in graphic design, a head for organization, and a passion for dealing with aggressive dogs; Annie had an entrepreneurial spirit, writing skill, and lots of creative ideas. They decided to join forces, and together turned Annie's living room into a...
2018-08-2745 min
How To Train Your Dog With Love + Science - Dog Training with Annie Grossman + Anamarie Johnson PhDWonderful "Work To Eat" toys: Feeding Dogs In Slow Food BowlsEvery time you feed a dog, you have the opportunity to channel some of her energy into an appropriate activity, to tire her out, and to give her a sense of purpose. "Work To Eat" toys provide dogs with jobs, and dogs like to be employed! If we don't give them jobs, they too often make up their own jobs, alerting you to every sound in the hallway, or redesigning the couch cushions with their mouths. There are lots of kinds of "Work To Eat" toys. In this episode, Annie talks about one type: Slow Food Bowls. These kinds...
2018-08-1322 min
How To Train Your Dog With Love + Science - Dog Training with Annie Grossman + Anamarie Johnson PhDLet's talk about dog walking with DivaDog's Shelley GoldbergIn New York City, a good dog walker can be hard to find. Dog owners open up their homes to them, and put their most beloved and vulnerable family members in their care, but a majority of walkers have no training or even interest in their chosen career. DivaDog is a walking company that strives to bring professionalism to the industry. Annie interviews its owner, Shelley Goldberg, about her three decades in the business, her hiring and management practices, and finding meaning and soulfulness in the pet care industry. You can reach Shelley at 707-DIVA-DOG...
2018-07-0943 min
How To Train Your Dog With Love + Science - Dog Training with Annie Grossman + Anamarie Johnson PhDLet's talk about dog photography with Milla ChappellThis episode is all about Real Happy Dogs, the NYC-based photography business started by Milla Chappell, who is known for her photojournalistic approach to capturing the lives of dogs and their humans in situ. Milla tells Annie about growing up as the daughter (and granddaughter) of veterinarians, and how she went from getting graduate degrees in linguistics and English to becoming a wedding photographer, before eventually finding a way to marry her passion for animals, her interest in writing, and her photography talents. Milla shares some tips for getting great photos of dogs, and tells the stories of some of...
2018-07-0337 min
How To Train Your Dog With Love + Science - Dog Training with Annie Grossman + Anamarie Johnson PhDAsk Annie: Curtailing jumping and helping scaredy dogsAnnie answers questions from listeners dealing with jumpy dogs, and also addresses how to acclimate a nervous dog to all the stimuli she needs to interact with on a daily basis. Have a training question? Leave a voice message at Anchor.fm or at 917-414-2625, or email podcast@schoolforthedogs.com. You'll learn: -Why dogs want to jump & why most attempts to punish jumping don't work -How to use treats effectively on the street -How to have people approach your dog on the street (& how to tell them to go away) -How to employ a remote-controlled treat dispenser to...
2018-06-2537 min
How To Train Your Dog With Love + Science - Dog Training with Annie Grossman + Anamarie Johnson PhDLet's talk about dog parties with Hayley MehalcoNot long after throwing her own English Bulldog a princess-themed birthday party, Hayley Mehalco decided to leave her job as an event planner at one of New York's poshest hotels in order to become a full-time party planner for the canine set. In this episode, Annie learns about the ins and outs of Puppy Parties NYC, a business that caters to "dog Instagram socialites," and talks about her own former tendency to roll her eyes at such things. Annie also asks some larger questions about modern pet ownership: Is it okay for people to treat their dogs as ersatz...
2018-06-1131 min
How To Train Your Dog With Love + Science - Dog Training with Annie Grossman + Anamarie Johnson PhDOur student Basket: Helping geneticists improve pedigreesSchool For The Dogs' clients Samantha Schwartz and Ben Ment wanted to find a mixed-breed Bernese Mountain Dog puppy, figuring that it'd be less prone to health issues than a purebred Bernese. When Samantha's email inquiries to breeders got posted to social media, she ended up being cyber bullied by hardcore breed enthusiasts/purists around the world. Samantha tells Annie about how this unexpected and bizarre turn of events led her and Ben to Basket, a puppy from the Bernese Mountain Dog Vitality Project, which is run by breeders and geneticists who are working to help modify the breed...
2018-05-2843 min
How To Train Your Dog With Love + Science - Dog Training with Annie Grossman + Anamarie Johnson PhDLet's talk about Pavlov with dog trainer Anamarie JohnsonAnamarie Johnson has been with School For The Dogs for three years, and, in that time, has won us all over with her pep, humor, and training chops. In this episode, we discuss her background in rescue work, her childhood pets (fruit flies and incestuous cats), the wonders of classical conditioning and why squirrels at her college were painted orange and green. Show notes: AnnieGrossman.com/podcast8 Please make sure to subscribe & rate 5-stars on iTunes! Annie Grossman owns and operates School For The Dogs in NYC. Studio: SchoolForThedogs.com Shop: StoreForTheDogs.com Facebook: Facebook.com/groups/schoolforthedogs Instagram...
2018-05-2154 min
How To Train Your Dog With Love + Science - Dog Training with Annie Grossman + Anamarie Johnson PhDLet's talk about veterinary house calls with Dr. Lisa LippmanDr. Lisa Lippman, a visiting vet in Manhattan, isn't just a knowledgeable medical professional: She is also a savvy business woman who is using the Internet to build her in-home practice. She and her comedian boyfriend Richie Redding, with whom co-hosts the Pets & Punchlines podcast, chat about the benefits (and occasional downsides) of having a vet come to your home, the "zoobiquity" movement, the 28-pound cat whose star turn that jumpstarted her practice, and more. Links:Show notes - VetsintheCity - Pets & Punchlines - Dr. Lisa Lippman - Richie ReddingPlease make su...
2018-05-0744 min
How To Train Your Dog With Love + Science - Dog Training with Annie Grossman + Anamarie Johnson PhDLet's talk about dogs in the workplace with Carly Strife of BarkAnnie interviews Carly Strife, COO and Co-founder of Bark, the company behind the incredibly successful BarkBox subscription service, which has earned more than half a million subscribers since it launched in 2012. Carly talks about the concept of turning dog toys into human entertainment, and she and Annie chat about the benefits and challenges involved in creating an office that caters equally to both people and pets.Links:Show notes - 8 tips for training the perfect office dog - Bark.co - "9 to 5" covered by Azalea GracePlease make sure to subscribe & rate 5...
2018-04-3044 min
How To Train Your Dog With Love + Science - Dog Training with Annie Grossman + Anamarie Johnson PhDOur Canine Cousins: On behavior & evolutionHumans and dogs have more in common than what initially meets the eyes. As non-extinct land dwelling mammals, we are both species that are in a special category that makes up 1/20th of 1/20th of 1 percent of all the species of animals who have ever lived. Annie attempts to look at the dog/human relationship from the long lens of the evolution of life on Earth, and helps us think about about what we can extrapolate about dog behavior based on what we know about ourselves. Show notes: http://anniegrossman.com/podcast5A dog t...
2018-04-0942 min
How To Train Your Dog With Love + Science - Dog Training with Annie Grossman + Anamarie Johnson PhDLet's talk about dog food with Hanna Mandelbaum of EvermoreAnnie interviews Brooklyn-based dog food entrepreneur (and sometimes trapeze artist) Hanna Mandelbaum on why it matters what we feed our dogs. Together, they consider some of the many choices, including dry vs. canned, frozen vs. fresh, and cooked vs. raw.Links:Show Notes - Evermore Petfood - School for the Dogs Facebook Group - School For The DogsPlease make sure to subscribe & rate 5-star on iTunes! NYC-based dog trainer Annie Grossman loves to find engaging ways to help both dogs & humans approach training as an exercise in better...
2018-03-2749 min
How To Train Your Dog With Love + Science - Dog Training with Annie Grossman + Anamarie Johnson PhDHow to house train a dogTraining a dog where to pee and poop is a major priority for most new dog owners. But there is a lot of misinformation on how to do it -- we don't even have a term for it that make sense! Are we training the house? Is it still "house breaking" if you live in an apartment? Annie breaks down how to take on this task in a way that can be easy and error-free using smart management tools, good timing, and well-thought out rewards. If you have a question for Annie or want to request a guest, join...
2018-03-1849 min
How To Train Your Dog With Love + Science - Dog Training with Annie Grossman + Anamarie Johnson PhDWhat is “Good” dog training?There are lots of approaches to training dogs, but they’re not all equally “Good.” Annie breaks down common labels for the kind of training School For The Dogs promotes, including “positive reinforcement training,” “clicker training,” and “science-based training.” Show Notes and full transcript: anniegrossman.com/2018/03/training/podcast-episode-2-good-dog-training/9257/ School For The Dogs: schoolforthedogs.com Store For The Dogs: storeforthedogs.com Please make sure to subscribe & give us 5-stars on iTunes! About: NYC-based dog trainer Annie Grossman loves to find engaging ways to help both dogs & humans approach training as a...
2018-03-0828 min
How To Train Your Dog With Love + Science - Dog Training with Annie Grossman + Anamarie Johnson PhDMeet Annie and learn how School For The Dogs came to beIn our very first episode, meet your host, dog trainer Annie Grossman, School For The Dogs' co-founder. Learn about her journey from average-jane dog lover to passionate defender of ethical dog training and ownership. Annie Grossman: http://AnnieGrossman.com Show Notes: http://schoolforthedogs.com/podcast School For The Dogs: http://schoolforthedogs.com Shop For The Dogs: http://storeforthedogs.com Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/schoolforthedogs Please make sure to subscribe & give us 5-stars on iTunes! NYC-based dog trainer Annie G...
2018-03-0459 min