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Ruff Around The EdgesMindset Episode 028 | I Would Never Let My Dog Behave That Way; Verbal CondemnationSend us a textA chat at the airfield turns into a round of “I would never…” and sparks this episode on what I call verbal condemnation. From “I’d never rehome my dog” to “My dog would never bite”, these statements often hide fear, not fact. I explore the defense mechanisms behind them, projection, denial, moral high ground, and why they sting so much when directed at us. Awareness isn’t about brushing things off. It’s the first step toward understanding what we’re really afraid of, and deciding what to do with it.
2025-06-1625 minRuff Around The EdgesMindset Episode 027 | Getting the Most Out of Your TimeSend us a textWe say things like “I just want to get the most out of life” all the time, especially when it comes to our dogs, who already feel like they’re on borrowed time. But when you stop to really think about it…what does that even mean?In this episode, I follow that thought down a bit of a rabbit hole. What does it actually mean to maximize life? For ourselves, for our dogs? Is it about time? Love? Impact? And who gets to decide whether we’ve done “enough”?As always, I...
2025-05-2625 minRuff Around The Edges039 | Gunilla Pedersen on Burnout, Boundaries, and Not Being GodSend us a textWhen your work is about helping others, whether it’s animals, people, or both, it can be hard to draw the line between care and self-sacrifice. In this episode, I talk to Gunila Pedersen, a veterinarian who dealt with burnout, left the field, and then returned on her own terms after becoming a coach. We talk about the pressure to be perfect, the weight of euthanasia decisions, what happens when clients can’t afford treatment, and how to live with imperfection in a system that tells you to do it all...
2025-04-021h 35Ruff Around The EdgesMindset Episode 026 | Not wanting your dog to suffer because of your choicesSend us a textIt's not my dog's fault I'm sick...It's not my dog's fault work's busy...So, that means I have to put them first.Not make them suffer for my choices.What's suffering though?Are they suffering?Are you?When do you get to put yourself first?That's what this episode is about.I give you some pointers as to how you can question your brain as well as some practical tips.Episode Website: https://kajsavanoverbeek.com/mindset-episode-026...
2024-12-1720 minRuff Around The Edges038 | Barbara van Rheenen over wanneer je hond aan de beurt is en wanneer jijzelfSend us a textBarbara van Rheenen is illustratrice en woont samen met haar twee witte herders Guzzi en Lupo.Recent schreef en illustreerde ze een boekje over wat daar bij komt kijken. Een boekje met tips over opvoeding, maar ook veel herkenbare anekdotes uit haar eigen leven, en natuurlijk met schitterende illustraties.Het schrijven van "Wittebroodsweken- Houden van je herder" leverder Barbara een hoop nieuwe inzichten op. En daar gaat het in deze aflevering over:- Hoe je je nog s...
2024-12-091h 12Ruff Around The EdgesMindset Episode 025 | Listening to Your No to Find Your Yes: How to Heed Your Gut to Find That NoSend us a text In this episode of Ruff Around the Edges, I explore the power of starting with a "no" to gain clarity on what we truly want. By identifying what we're not willing or able to do, we make it easier to figure out where we want to go — whether it’s choosing how to manage our dog’s behavior or making parenting decisions.I also dive into the importance of listening to your body’s signals to understand when something is a genuine no, and when it’s simply fear trying to h...
2024-09-2124 minRuff Around The Edges037 | Claire Martin & Ozzy of Motherpuppers on Shutting Up and Showing UpSend us a textClaire describes such familiar themes. Like what it’s like to look back at how her childhood dogs were treated with the knowledge she has now. How she thought she knew quite a bit about dogs until Ozzy came along.Ozzy was adopted from a charity, who had done a pretty great job preparing prospective adopters for what it’s like to bring a new dog into the home, and yet Claire, like many of us, still underestimated the reality, partly because she adopted Ozzy when he was still a pupp...
2024-09-041h 24Ruff Around The EdgesMindset Episode 024 | What do you do when you have no time to grieve?Send us a textWarning: this episode references euthanasiaWhat do you do when you have been dealt an emotional blow, and need time to process that, but time is the one thing you don't have?Because you have to get back to work so you can make rent for example?Or because you're parenting small children and you're happy to get 5 minutes of quiet time on the toilet?This episode tries to give some practical tips as to what you can do in situations...
2024-07-1021 min
Somatic HoundKajsa van Overbeek Mindset CoachMindset matters! Grow your emotional capacity by learning how to deal with stress and making room for feelings! Kajsa explains to us how radical acceptance of stressful situations and the feelings that they produce can bring us closer to a sense of peace and well being. Kajsa's Coaching Website: https://kajsavanoverbeek.com/Kajsa and Rusty on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theruscattledogRuff Around the Edges Podcast: https://kajsavanoverbeek.com/ruff-around-the-edges-podcast/Kajsa on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vanoverbeekfotografieSupport the showCanine Movement Lab:
2024-07-011h 04Somatic HoundSomatic Work and Your Dog as Your Mirror (Ruff Around the Edges)Hey! Today I give you something a little different where I was actually a guest on a podcast called Ruff Around the Edges, hosted by Kajsa van Overbeek. Kajsa is a mindset coach for people with reactive dogs. We had such a productive exchange here! I also interviewed Kajsa about her coaching business and how mindset is such an important factor when we face challenging situations with our doggos. Here you can find her website: https://kajsavanoverbeek.com/Follow Kajsa on IG: https://www.instagram.com/theruscattledogRuff Around the Edges Podcast Page...
2024-05-291h 11Ruff Around The Edges036 | Leah Lykos of Canine Movement Lab on Somatic Work and Your Dog as Your MirrorSend us a textLeah Lykos, a dog behaviorist out of Chattanooga Tennessee and guardian to three dogs, Eva, Biggie, and Mia explains how her focus is on movement and somatic work. That makes sense given that she operates from the philosophy that for dogs even more so than for humans there is no separation of mind and body.We discuss something new to me: resistance feeding.The idea behind resistance feeding is to not control the dog's behavior but to provide an appropriate outlet...
2024-05-281h 11Ruff Around The Edges035 | Matilda Kelsall & Rafiki and Nala on dog-sparked personal growth in leaps and boundsSend us a text[The audio of this episode is a bit wonky, but I hope you'll put up with it because the content is great]Matilda is a canine coach who creates all the things she wishes she would have had available when working with her dog Nala for her clients.We talk about how Rafiki, her second dog, helped her grow into the person she is now. (and what on earth possessed her to get a second dog after having a first dog who was Ruff Around the Edges)
2024-04-181h 38Ruff Around The EdgesMindset Episode 023 | When you can't find the muscle you're supposed to trainSend us a textWhen you have to train something you don't know how to identify, where do you start?Can you even start?I share the experiences a friend of mine and myself have had doing physical therapy, the lessons I learned from it and how they apply to life with our dogs.How do you find which dials to tweak?If the podcast resonates with you and you want to dig a little deeper, coaching is the tool to help you cope better with stressful situations, makes...
2024-03-1219 minRuff Around The Edges034 | Aimee of Pawfect Behavior on everything mindset and dogs and leaving the UK to be a Dubai dog trainerSend us a textHow does a UK national end up a dog (and other animals) trainer in Dubai? Just listening to Aimee's backstory will have you in awe of the way she has stayed true to herself making big life decisions.We talk about how she tries to make clients feel like they can share everything with her as a trainer so that they don't have to hide their feelings and frustration.We discuss how breed stereotypes and other assumptions may prevent us from recognizing our dogs are in pain. Are poodles s...
2024-03-021h 15Ruff Around The Edges033 | Agnieszka Janarek of Tromplo on errorless learning, (lack of) perfectionism and resilience in both humans and dogsSend us a textThis episode is for you if you identify as a perfectionist. Simply talking with Aga, the short version for Agnieszka about the concept of errorless learning has given me another way to look at perfectionism and how it can (often but not always) be unhelpful.Aga talks about training behaviors to fluency which is different from perfection, and about the benefits of playing by someone else's rules now and then, just to get you out of your comfort zone.She will have you...
2024-01-111h 05Ruff Around The Edges032 | Ninke Lemmens & Luka en Ellie over buitenlandse adoptie honden, de zoektocht naar hulp, en de rol van pijnSend us a textAls Ninke Luka adopteert heeft hij al twee jaar lang in een Russisch asiel gezeten. Eenmaal thuis in Belgisch Limburg durft hij niet eens binnen te komen, zo ontzettend moet hij wennen aan zijn nieuwe leven.Goedbedoelde adviezen als "da's een een scheper, die moet u wel bezig houden" blijken voor Luka helemaal niet te werken.Ninke vertelt over de omzwervingen die haar uiteindelijk naar Daniëlla van Paws in Touch leiden en wat haar overtuigde om toch nog weer meer geld in training te steken.Althans, het b...
2023-12-071h 15Ruff Around The EdgesNEW: Mind's Best Friend Group Coaching, deadline for enrolment November 5thSend us a textA spontaneous unscripted ramble about my new Mind's Best Friend group coaching program.If you like what you hear on the podcast and you have been wanting to dig deeper, now is your chance. You can find more information here:https://kajsavanoverbeek.com/november-2023-group-coaching/Or send me an email, or contact me on social media. I'll be happy to answer any questions.Do you want to start now and not wait for any New Year's resolutions to:Have better...
2023-10-2716 minRuff Around The EdgesMindset Episode 22 | Thinking about changing is changing, so is relapsing, so is not thinking about changing.Send us a textBeating yourself up about being stuck in the "I kind of want to change, but I can't get myself to change, so I must not want the change bad enough" is one of the most counterproductive ways to talk to yourself.Change isn't all about action. It starts with you (and your dog) just living your life (or lives), followed by as much time as necessary to consider if there is something you want to change and how. Change is also about falling back into old patterns and trying again....
2023-08-3125 minRuff Around The Edges031 | Georgie of Trickwoofs on compassion fatigue in the dog training world, the parallels with raising a human child, learning to love frustration and moreSend us a textIf you follow any kind of dog related social media, then you will know Georgie, where she posts under the handle @trickwoofs.You will have seen the lovely whimsical cartoons she draws about life with a reactive dog, which are so extremely on point they always make me laugh.A particular cartoon comes to mind that has the guardian and their dog navigating the urban jungle that is the city, James Bond style, ducking behind walls and sneaking around corners, all in an attempt to avoid triggers.
2023-08-241h 18Ruff Around The EdgesMindset Episode 021 | Considering where the other person's coming from, when you feel triggeredSend us a textDoes your partner brush off your dog's reaction like it was nothing? Don't they understand the concept op threshold and the importance of limiting reactions?It's enough to make you fume!What could be going on on their end though?Is your partner shouting at the dog? Do you so want to get in their face and tell them that's not acceptable?What could they be going through?Are people telling you to stay calm, because it's your anxiety that is making the vet visits problematic...
2023-05-0421 minRuff Around The Edges🇳🇱🇧🇪 030 | Isabelle Schippers & Thiseas, over omgaan met kritiek en trainen van probleemgedrag door er niet op te trainenSend us a textThis 50th jubilee episode of Ruff Around the Edges is in Dutch!Come back next episode for more English language content.[Waarschuwing: Rond de 20 minuten horen we Thiseas even blaffen]Maak kennis met Isabelle, het baasje van Thiseas, een adoptiehond uit Griekenland Na een stressvolle start in het leven (Thiseas wordt met 6 weken met een gebroken pootje langs de weg gevonden en nadien ook nog met het vliegtuig naar zij nieuwe thuis vervoerd) is al snel duidelijk dat Thiseas meer nodig heeft dan de “hij moet het...
2023-04-281h 09Ruff Around The EdgesMindset Episode 020 | How to believe in overall success so you can work through setbacksSend us a textIf only you knew you would get there in the end, then the setbacks wouldn't be so hard to bear.If you just had someone who could guarantee you that, yes, your dog's going to go after a couple more cyclists and there will be 4 more periods of regression, but for sure 100% guaranteed they're going to get there, then that would probably make it easier to deal with the hard times, wouldn't it?Knowing that spring is coming makes it easier to get through the winter (well, the winters...
2023-04-1118 minRuff Around The Edges029 | Ali & Indie of Rebarkable, on becoming and being a dog trainer and not burning outSend us a textAli was from London but now lives in MarylandWe talk about how she got into the business of dog training, which has a little something to do with her German Shepherd cross Indie.We talk about the widespread misunderstanding that all dogs should love all dogs and I may or may not tell an anecdote of me hugging a stranger to try and show them that they wouldn’t appreciate being crowded either. Spoiler alert: it didn’t work.
2023-03-081h 27Ruff Around The EdgesMindset Episode 019 | The best way to relax is not what you thinkSend us a textDo you ever have a hard time relaxing after something stressful happens?You want to be in control of your emotions so your bad mood doesn't rub off on your dog or others around you.If you're angry at something, you want to calm down so you don't accidentally start a fight by lashing out at another person or so that you don't end up being unnecessarily harsh with your dog.My guess is that one of your strategies is to focus on
2023-02-1721 minRuff Around The Edges028 | Jumy on no longer wanting to be the only R+ horse trainer in the U.A.E.Send us a textJumy is a positive reinforcement horse trainer from the U.A.E. who opened her own livery yard, malath paddock paradise, 3 years ago, but she’s been in the industry for 13 years already.I ask lots of no doubt cringe worthy questions, as I know nothing about horses, and we touch upon a ton of things.Of course I want to know how Jumy ended up in the force free training world.Unlike many dog guardians it wasn’t because she had exhausted puniti...
2023-02-101h 22Ruff Around The EdgesMindset Episode 018 | When something or someone always suffers because you're juggling too many thingsSend us a textThis podcast episode is a reply to an email I received from someone on my email-list.They wrote:I was constantly trying to manage between work, my dogs, my almost adult kids, my house, a big yard with a lot of plants, my husband, my extended family, and some time for myself!Sound familiar?You're juggling all the things, but no matter the effort, it seems like something or someone is always suffering, because you never manage to get it quite right. Guilt is inevitable. S...
2023-02-0123 minRuff Around The Edges027 | Haley & Scout (and Sean), on finding out where you and your dog fit in the (dog)worldSend us a textGrab your dog and plan a dog walk or two. Better yet, sit down, grab pen and paper and take notes. This episode is long and chock-full of wisdom. Here are just some of the things Haley of @paws.andreflect talk about:Why we choose to train the behaviors we trainChoice points: recognizing what you’re feeling and choosing to do something about it in a healthy and productive way rather than letting your feelings ruin your day.(What Haley describes are actually techniques you w...
2023-01-241h 52Ruff Around The EdgesBonus Episode 017 | Stress, how to feel it and think about it differentlySend us a textWould you categorize stress as a negative emotion? Are you willing to feel it? What do you do when something stressful happens on a walk? The answer to that question might already give you the answer to the first two questions.Do you compound your stress with anger at the dog guardian of the out-of-control dog accosting yours? Or do you blame yourself for having gotten yourself and/or your dog in that situation?How could you handle things differently? One of the answers is to lo...
2022-12-0728 minRuff Around The Edges026 | Grace & Piper, on being a veterinarian as well as the guardian of a reactive dogSend us a textUK veterinarian Grace and I talk about her Romanian Rescue dog Piper and how being the guardian of a challenging dog has impacted her work as a veterinarian.What were the advantages she had, being a vet already, in dealing with her dog?We also talk about all the terms and certifications being thrown around that relate to animal behavior and training. Are there vet behaviorists in the UK? Who can call themselves that?Did you know you can do a master's level studies in animal behavior in...
2022-11-011h 18Ruff Around The EdgesBonus Episode 016 | Stop chasing the wrong goal and limit frustrationSend us a textAre you going after the wrong goal?Is your goal to be able to trust your dog?Is your goal to not want to be afraid of something bad happening to your dog or because of your dog?Is your goal to be able to have relaxed non-training dog walks?Or is it to be able to be calm under all circumstances?You might be chasing after the wrong thing.
2022-10-1116 minRuff Around The Edges025 | Marissa Martino & Sully, on why “fixing” your dog’s behavior as a way out of discomfort won’t workSend us a textAfter she had gotten several shoutouts on the podcast already, it was about time I interview the one and only Marissa Martino of Paws and Reward herself. Or rather, I got lucky enough to have her on the show.If I were you, I would listen to this show twice. There are so many gems in there.Listen to it once, just to absorb what Marissa is saying, and then listen again and ask yourself how what she says applies to you and your situation. It will...
2022-10-051h 07Ruff Around The EdgesBonus Episode 015 | Spinning in Indecision, Why You Do It, and How to Get Out of ItSend us a textIf you agonize over decisions, research purchases to death before buying, and weigh the pros and cons seemingly endlessly, then this is the episode for you.There’s a reason your brain does this. It’s trying to be kind to you. And its kindness often hurts more than it helps.All is not lost though. We’re not at the mercy of our brains. We actually have a say in things, which is what I explain in the...
2022-09-2613 minRuff Around The Edges024 | Marijke Riddering (and Scott) & SupDog, a 1600-mile decompression walk on the Pacific Crest TrailSend us a textYou’ve heard of decompression walks, letting your dog enjoy nature and sniff away from the hustle and bustle of urban life.How about a 1600-mile decompression walk?Luna (Marijke) and Werewolf (Scott) hiked the Pacific Crest Trail (2650 miles) for their honeymoon and after clearing the desert section in Southern California, their dog SupDog (“real” name Balu) joined them for the remainder of the trail.Marijke tells us about the mindset they needed to be in (Hike Your Dogs Hike), the accommo...
2022-09-201h 38Ruff Around The EdgesBonus Episode 014 | Curiosity, Collar Pops, Caesar Milan and CrumbsSend us a textThis episode is all about how staying curious can help your dog, your relationships, and yourself.It was triggered by a conversation I had with a friend who wanted to know why I didn't use Caesar Milan's training style, because it seemed to be working for her.My conversation with her once more drove home the point I always try to make, which is that curiosity is the best antidote to judgment, both judgment of your dog, human others, and yourself.It's how we keep communication open...
2022-09-1323 minRuff Around The Edges023 | Megan and Luna, on the intersection of pica, food indiscrimination, and reactivitySend us a textMegan and I talk about all things complex dogs:- Labels and when to use them. Is Luna, reactive, aggressive, complex, or "simply" a dog dealing with health issues?-What are her health issues? What's causing her extreme pica and food indiscrimination?-Is pica a cause or symptom of Luna's anxiety?-What's behind her resource guarding of her own vomit? And what is making her vomit in the first place?-The importance of having a great primary care veterinarian, especially a force-free one
2022-09-061h 39Ruff Around The EdgesBonus Episode 013 | Overcoming perfectionism when learning languages and training our dogsSend us a textBeing perfectionistic is a badge we often wear with pride, but perfectionism mostly doesn't serve us.It doesn't serve us if we're learning new languages and it doesn't serve us when we are training our dogs.Have you ever refrained from saying something or asking a question because you didn't know how to word it quite right?Do you know you would make more progress if you didn't care about getting things perfect but you don't know how to get over...
2022-08-2724 minRuff Around The Edges022 | Logan, Nobu and Mona, on getting a new puppy after going through behavioural euthanasiaSend us a textTRIGGER WARNING: behavioral euthanasiaThere are so many different ways I could have titled this episode.The title could have said: on dealing with haters and threats, or on processing grief, or on the power of friendship and love from both friends and strangers, or on paying it forward and helping others by sharing their story.Logan, like so many of us, got way more than they signed up for when they rescued Nobu who was a victim of the dog meat trade.
2022-08-241h 28Ruff Around The EdgesBonus Episode 012 | A different way of looking at training mistakes and regretSend us a textDo you sometimes feel yourself end up living in a place of regret about things you wish you had done differently for and with your dog?Are you extra hard on yourself for having made mistakes?Do you go to the place of what ifs a lot?Then this episode is for you.I talk about what regret is and most importantly about the thought error you are probably making when it comes to what specifically you are blaming yourself for.Plus I give some...
2022-08-1631 minRuff Around The Edges021 | Sara Rafai and Kiwi, this Dubai team teaches us the importance of communicationSend us a textWhat do most guardians of our podcast dogs have in common? They go down the dog training rabbit hole, learning all there is to learn about dogs and dog training. At some point most of them have the thought: “I might as well become a dog trainer now!”Sara is no different.We talk about that, but also about the importance of communication in her journey with Kiwi, a desert mix, as Dubai’s strays are often referred to.What made her discontinue training with the balanced trainer...
2022-08-091h 23Ruff Around The EdgesBonus Episode 011 | How we think about our dogs matters for our own mental healthSend us a textIf the podcast resonates with you and you want to dig a little deeper, coaching is the tool to help you cope better with stressful situations, makes you more confident and daring, and all around feel better. We're starting a new small group coaching session in July. Read all about it and find more info here: https://kajsavanoverbeek.com/small-group-coaching/ Get on a free consult to see if it's for you here: https://kajsavanoverbeek.com/schedule-your-free-consult/
2022-08-0221 minRuff Around The Edges020 | Life Coach Rachel Hudson interviews Kajsa van Overbeek (me) on everything coaching, family and dogSend us a textIf the podcast resonates with you and you want to dig a little deeper, coaching is the tool to help you cope better with stressful situations, makes you more confident and daring, and all around feel better. We're starting a new small group coaching session in July. Read all about it and find more info here: https://kajsavanoverbeek.com/small-group-coaching/ Get on a free consult to see if it's for you here: https://kajsavanoverbeek.com/schedule-your-free-consult/
2022-07-261h 06Ruff Around The EdgesBonus Episode 010 | Weaponized incompetence, when you believe someone is sabotaging your training on purposeSend us a textWeaponized incompetence, had you heard of it? Until recently I had honestly never heard the term.It’s when someone pretends to be really bad at something in order to not be able to do it, like training or walking the dog…In this episode, I examine how mindset plays into that. Can incompetence be a weapon if we choose to not let it be?https://kajsavanoverbeek.com/bonus-episode-010-weaponized-incompetence-when-you-believe-your-training-to-be-sabotaged/If the podcast resonates with you and you want to dig a little deeper...
2022-07-1916 minRuff Around The Edges019 | Lauren and Stella, when you live in New York City with an anxious dogSend us a textImagine living in New York City with an anxious dog. I was pretty curious as to that experience and so when I found Lauren and Stella on Instagram, asked them to come on the podcast, and were there stories to tell. First of all we talk about how Lauren ended up choosing Stella, who is a she when she had set out to adopt a male dog. This had everything to do with Sammy her previous dog, who was also a little Ruff Around the Edges.Then th...
2022-07-121h 40Ruff Around The EdgesBonus Episode 009 | When there is no specific recipe for trainingSend us a textThere’s nothing more maddening than working off of a recipe that doesn’t properly specify the ingredients, or their quantities.It’s like when someone tells you to add a “dollop” of something and you wonder: Big dollop? Small dollop? Teaspoon full? Ladle? Internally you. are screaming for someone to please just give you an exact measurement already!We want the same when it comes to our dogs. We want a specific step by step training plan. All bases should be covered. We want every if-then-else scenario accounted for.
2022-07-0518 minRuff Around The Edges018 | Jay Gurden & Finn, how an anxious dog turned their guardian into a canine author who rallies to create awareness around imposter syndromeSend us a textVery fittingly. I learned about Jay, whose a canine author, blogger and freelance Writer, and her dog Finn through a piece of her writing.It was an article that Jay wrote for Dogs Today a while ago, but that still makes the rounds among guardians of challenging dogs. What she wrote resonates deeply with most of us.You can read the full article here:https://dogstodaymagazine.co.uk/2019/02/19/the-emotional-toll-of-reactive-dog/But here are two quotes:There are any number of articles that you can find...
2022-06-291h 12Ruff Around The EdgesBonus Episode 008 | Worry about being too emotional and passing stress down the leashSend us a textIn this episode, I address the concept of passing stress down the leash to your dog and all of its variants.I ask you to question what's the chicken and what's the egg? Which came first? Your stress or the dog's behavior? Is your stress the result of your dog lunging or the cause?What does worrying about your stress, sensitivity or emotionality do for you? Does it make you doubt yourself? Judge yourself? Try to...
2022-06-2115 minRuff Around The Edges017 | Airen & Pili, on the intersection of life as a trans and queer person and life with our challenging dogsSend us a textDo you have to deal with comments from others when you’re out and about with your (challenging) dog?Do you get remarks on working with food rewards?Made fun of for “rewarding” your dog for lunging or barking? Imagine going through that and getting snide remarks about your sexuality thrown into the mix.Like how of course it’s the dyke who brings a rug for their dog to relax on at a cafe.Airen has had to deal with experienc...
2022-06-141h 03Ruff Around The EdgesBonus Episode 007 | Are you categorizing your dog walks as good or bad?Send us a textIf you’re someone who comes home from a dog walk to then classify it as good, bad, great, a disaster, or only a step shy of Valhalla, then you want to listen to this episode.Consider that it is actually you who makes your dog walks “bad” or “good”. And I say that very lovingly. Because it’s good news. Awareness is everything. I explain some strategies you can follow to help you feel better about your dog walks, without having to resort to...
2022-06-0716 minRuff Around The Edges016 | Jennifer Cook & her motley crew of her own, foster and dog-walking dogs, a laid back Aussie attitude goes a long waySend us a textI loved this interview with Jennifer. Talking with her I understand 100% how she manages to work with all of her canine companions (and their people) so well.We talk about how she went from IT specialist to having a dog walking service and how she hasn’t regretted it at all.She talks about what it is like to foster dogs (and mentions that all of you who have adopted a dog from foster care should definitely feel free to keep photo updates on your dog coming indefinitely).Ea...
2022-05-3157 min
The Rachel Hudson PodcastEp. 48: Interview with Kajsa Van Overbeek - Life Coach for guardians of challenging dogsAre you an animal empath? Have you ever been challenged by your dog's behavior? If you're a dog lover and a dog guardian, you'll love this episode. In this episode, I interview my dear friend and fellow life coach, Kajsa VanOverbeek. We have an in-depth conversation about what mindset coaching is like around a reactive dog. We also chat about how your mindset influences life with your dog and mirrors what is going on in your own life. If you enjoy this episode and it inspired you in some way, I’d love to hear about it and your biggest...
2022-05-251h 04Ruff Around The EdgesBonus Episode 006 | Does doing the best for your dog have to feel hard?Send us a textSometimes we imagine that doing our utmost for our dogs has to feel like we are making a real effort. In other words, it has to feel hard.But does it really have to?Are we stressing ourselves out unnecessarily? Is it simply because we are not used to the fact that doing our best can feel like smooth sailing too?That’s what this episode is about.If the podcast resonates with you and you want to dig a little de...
2022-05-2413 minRuff Around The Edges015 | Meaghan Marton, Sunny & Puppy, on setting Sunny free from his troubled life on earth, and celebrating all that he was.Send us a textTrigger Warning: behavioral euthanasia This episode is full of amazement, wonder, celebration, grief, sadness, guilt, love and I want to say almost any and all of the emotions from all over the spectrum. It’s long and unedited because a story like that of Meaghan and Sunny, which unfortunately does not have a happy end, needs to be told in full. As you listen to the episode you’ll hear how close happiness and sadness really are. You may judge or not, you may fin...
2022-05-171h 45Ruff Around The EdgesBonus Episode 005 | Get-there-itis, parallels between flying and life with our dogsSend us a textIf the podcast resonates with you and you want to dig a little deeper, coaching is the tool to help you cope better with stressful situations, makes you more confident and daring, and all around feel better. We're starting a new small group coaching session in July. Read all about it and find more info here: https://kajsavanoverbeek.com/small-group-coaching/ Get on a free consult to see if it's for you here: https://kajsavanoverbeek.com/schedule-your-free-consult/
2022-05-1016 minRuff Around The Edges014 | Annie Phenix & her dogs, the shifts in our thinking about dogs and the sad topic of behavioral euthanasiaSend us a textTrigger Warning: Behavioral EuthanasiaMany of you will know Annie as the author of the book “The Midnight Dog Walkers” and as a dog trainer who specializes in dealing with reactivity and aggression cases and we do talk about that, but in this episode she also talks about life with her own dogs, Radar, Echo , Zimmie , Cooper and Finn (the latter two also being known affectionately as “the hooligans”).Annie explains how she shifted her thinking around what she wants from and for her dogs and how the paradigm shift sh...
2022-05-042h 14Ruff Around The EdgesBonus Episode 004 | Looking at training setbacks differentlySend us a textRemember the star charts for kids? You only add stars for good behavior and never remove any for bad behavior.How come we don't treat our dog training "star charts" with the same respect?When we are working with our challenging dogs, every setback makes us tear down the star chart and start from the beginning again. Why? And, also... stop it!What's a way to know if you're doing that? Listen to your self-talk. Anytime you hear yourself say "We were doing so well up until n...
2022-04-2609 minRuff Around The Edges013 | Karolina Joniec & Lou, a life altering travel souvenir from NicaraguaSend us a textA travel souvenir from NicaraguaImagine falling in love with two abandoned 5 weeks old street dog puppies whilst abroad in Nicaragua. The second you lay eyes on them you know you’re in trouble because you’re not going to give these dogs up.So you crowdfund in pre-crowdfunding days to get the money together to bring these dogs to the Netherlands. Once they get there you find out, that the vet abroad provided you with falsified papers and you lose your now-teenage dogs to a 4 months quarantine....
2022-04-2057 minRuff Around The EdgesBonus Episode 003 | Why trying to keep everyone in your household happy doesn't workSend us a textAre you always trying to keep everyone in your household happy? I was.In this episode, I talk about how that can backfire and create the opposite of what you want with examples from my own life.Fair warning, it was recorded on the fly, while walking Rusty, so the audio is not awesome, but the message might resonate.If you want to learn how to have a happier household without trying to keep everyone happy, then sign up for a free consult with me and learn...
2022-04-0812 minRuff Around The Edges012 | Tara Stillwell & Eva, Curri and DukeSend us a textSo much good stuff in this episode!I want to turn half of the quotes in this episode into memes.Like, how learning how to do agility with a border collie is like learning to drive in a Lamborghini.Meet Tara Stillwell and her dogs Eva, the red and white border collie, Curri, the sable border collie and Duke the mini-Aussie.It’s absolutely clear to me th...
2022-03-211h 01Ruff Around The EdgesBonus Episode 002 | How solid is your own drop it cue? Can you drop your expectations?Send us a textDo you have a drop it cue?Not your dog, you…Can you drop your expectations?Can you drop your frustration?Can you drop your anger?Can you drop your schedule and improvise when something doesn’t go according to plan?I know that you can. That you can be a champion at “drop it”.What if...
2022-02-2117 minRuff Around The Edges011 | Nicole den Broeder & Haley, Living Next Door to the Dog Who Attacked Your Spanish RescueSend us a textNicole den Broeder & HaleyImagine falling in love with a rescue dog from Spain, who started life by the side of a road, and then spent some days in the vet clinic fighting for her life.You decide to help find her a home by spreading her picture online. You then figure, why not foster her? And finally, she just becomes yours, but not without overcoming many difficulties.Imagine living in a flat, an apartment complex, the...
2022-02-111h 25Ruff Around The EdgesBonus Episode 001 | How feeling frustration can help you be less frustrated with your dogSend us a textIn this episode, I go a little meta on you. Do you know what frustration feels like for you in your body?I talk about the importance and benefits of being able to pinpoint different emotions in your body.How can being able to describe the physical sensation of frustration help you feel less frustrated about life with your challenging dog?The books I mention in this episode are:BurnoutBurnout: The secret to solving the stress cycle, by Emily N...
2022-02-0520 minRuff Around The Edges010 | Liz & TitanSend us a textIn this episode I talk to Liz about her amazing blue heeler Titan.Titan was Liz’s obedience champion prospect and Liz had visions of him and her Shetland Sheepdog Tucker getting along and being best friends.Alas, the universe had different plans for all of them.Liz is able to articulate something that is dear to my heart as well. Teaching “obedience drills” or tricks is very different from behavior modification.W...
2022-01-241h 27Ruff Around The Edges009 | Kajsa van Overbeek & RustySend us a textIn this episode, I get interviewed by previous podcast guest Leana Mayzlina about my dog Rusty, the Mascotte of the podcast.We discuss why I decided to get a puppy from a breeder rather than a rescue.We talk about starting out with positive reinforcement dog training and all the doubts that go with it, and how I wish I would have had more practical advice in the beginning stages.We also look at why regular puppy classes might not have worked as well for Rusty.
2021-10-291h 22Ruff Around The Edges008 | Hanna Fuqua & KellerSend us a textI loved talking to Hannah on the podcast. She has so much experience both as the owner/guardian of a reactive dog and as a dog walker and trainer.We discuss her move from rural Alabama to urban Richmond, Virginia. This involved shifting from the Alabama mindset of "Hey, I think it's kinda cool you alerted me to the delivery guy, cause we are out in the middle of nowhere" (ok, I exaggerate but you get my point) to the Virginia mindset of "Mweahhhh, it might not be so great for...
2021-05-281h 38Ruff Around The Edges007 | Forrest Duplantier & TuckerSend us a textForrest's story is an absolutely lovely one and different from most of the stories so far. Forrest and his wife did not hire any trainer to help them with Tucker, but relied a lot on their own observations of him, figuring out what worked and what didn't along the way.Absolutely not an easy feat when you consider having to rely on dog parks (gasp!) for exercising an anxious dog together with a dog sister (Tsu), that is the polar opposite of him. No, she's not a golden re...
2021-05-0758 minRuff Around The Edges006 | Joanne Yip & SummerSend us a textBuckle up for a long podcast episode. Listen to it in two sittings if you wish, because there’s lots of good stuff in here.In this episode, we get to know all about Summer, a Singapore Special as rescue dogs are called in the island city-state.Joanne gives us a little background info on what it is like to live in Singapore, and what policies are in place when it comes to stray dogs. She gives us a feel of the general public’s awareness and perception of dogs...
2021-04-161h 46Ruff Around The Edges005 | Trillian Ross & FenrirSend us a textTrillian shares her and Fenrir’s story, both the training techniques she tried as well as all the management involved. Fenrir is a stunning Czechoslovakian Vlcak (or Wolfdog) who’s no small boy, measuring 29 inches at the withers (if you’ve listened to the podcast you’ll know why that tidbit of information is in here).He suffers from pretty bad anxiety of which Trillian gives some examples. The management involved in giving him his best life is quite extensive. From providing Fenrir with 40 minute chews to buy the humans an hour out...
2021-03-131h 06Ruff Around The Edges004 | Vanessa O'Sullivan & DarwinSend us a textAfter several years an MRI finally reveals brain abnormalities in Black Mouth Cur Darwin’s brain. Rather than give up and accept the status quo, Vanessa keeps trying out new training ideas and management strategies to improve quality of life for everyone in the multi-dog (and cat!) household.Strap in for another long episode people. Follow along as Vanessa recounts how a perfectly behaved puppy changed to an anxious adult dog after puberty.We discuss how assumptions can lead to blind spots. For the longest time, Vanessa and Ryan ha...
2021-03-051h 04Ruff Around The Edges003 | Leana Mayzlina & AtlasSend us a textSooooo…. this episode is a long one, but in my humble opinion it is worth a listen. Though we talk about Atlas’ story, for the bigger part of the episode the talk is about acceptance and personal growth.Leana fell in love with the gorgeous black pup with the recently operated on, crushed, leg being fostered by her brother. That leg caused him to be on house rest for half (!) of the first two years of his life. During that time he slowly transformed from a mr. Wigglebutts to a fearful dog...
2021-02-2450 minRuff Around The Edges001 | Kate Oates & VaderSend us a textIn the first episode of Ruff Around The Edges I talk to Kate Oates about her Australian Shepherd Vader.It seems only right she be the first to be featured on the show as she inspired the name.We talk about all the small things that in combination led to his reactivity, and about the the stress she felt when she got a warning from the municipality threatening her with a $2000 fine if Vader wouldn’t stop barking.We discuss how we each deal with “my dog is f...
2021-02-2447 minRuff Around The Edges002 | Elissa Chasen & BodhiSend us a textOn this episode I talk to Elissa Chasen about life with her leash reactive dog Bodhi.We talk about the concept of “socialisation” and how we’re still not clear on it but that we’ve found out the hard way that it does not mean “meet every dog”. We discuss the differences we see in our dogs when we move them out of the trigger-rich city environment.Elissa mentions how she regrets not having filmed Bodhi’s reactions at first so she would have been able to better see his improv...
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