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The Fun | Focus | Play Podcast
Ever find yourself confused about what dog trainers are on about? In a world where dog owners are bombarded with dog training Jargon. Your Hosts Natasja and Wendy are determined to make the art of dog training easy to understand for all dog owners, we have even gone as far as banning all Jargon! So if you are struggling with your dog, don't understand what your dog trainer is telling you and you just want to learn how to have a dog that does as it is told and walks with you rather than piss off the moment you take him off the lead. This podcast is for you!
Episodes
38 episodes
Episode 37 - The Play Master: Craig Ogilvie
In today's episode, Natasja is joined by the Play Master himself: Craig Ogilvie. Craig is the Author of The Interactive Play Guide and together they have a chat about importance of using play to build and maintain your bond with your dog as wel...
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Episode 38
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Episode 36 The Rescue Dog Ranger
Today Natasja is joined by the lovely Suzanne Gould from Edinburgh Holistic Dogs. Suzanne is a rescue dog specialist and she has just published her first book The Rescue Rangers Roadmap.
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Episode 37
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Episode 35: Agility Tales with Lisa Jordan
In today's episode, Natasja is joined by Lisa Jordan from KIS Agility based in Kent. Together they have a chat about Agility. So pull up a chair, pour yourself a cup of your favourite hot drink and discover all there is to know about Ag...
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Episode 34: Breed Prejudice
This week Natasja is joined by the lovely Helen Bull from Calm Dog Training based on the Isle of Wight and together they deep dive into the topic of Breed Prejudice and all that entails. So pull up a chair, pour yourself a cup of your f...
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Episode 35
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Episode 33: Hoopers Poopers
Today Natasja is Joined by Carrie-Anne Sewlyn from Canine Hoopers World to talk about all things Hoopers. Carrie and Natasja discuss the benefits of doing hoopers with your dog and why it is so inclusive to all dog owners, breeds and abilities....
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Episode 32 - Coping with a nervous or anxious dog
On today's episode, Natasja is joined by Clair Hickson from Talk to the Paw. Clair is a Dog Trainer and Behaviourist from Bristol and specialises in helping dog owners improve the lives of their Shy, Nervous and Anxious dogs. Clair and Natasja ...
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Episode 31: The Barking Dog Interview
This weeks episode of the Fun Focus Play podcast is a little bit different. Today we are airing an interview about Barking Dogs that Natasja did with the lovely Claire Lawrence back at the end of 2018. the twist is that Claire was the interview...
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Episode 30 Help! My dog's coat is a mess.
In today's episode, Natasja is joined by Alexandra Noone, award-winning, stylist to the pooches from Berkshire to talk about looking after your dog's coat when you can't get to a groomer, and what you can do to keep your dog's coat in tip-top c...
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Episode 29: Coping with Lockdown
On today's episode of the Fun Focus Play Podcast Wendy and Natasja are talking about how life has changed since the Pandemic and how they are coping with the lockdown. So pull up a chair and grab your favourite tipple or hot beverage an...
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Episode 30
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Episode 28 Lockdown entertainment for your dog
The Lockdown has happened and Wendy and Natasja are having a chat about the restrictions and what they mean for dog owners as well as brainstorming ideas on keeping your dog entertained now that we are forced to stay at home. Pull up yo...
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Episode 29
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Episode 27: The Lead Perfect Puppy
Ever wondered why so many dog owners have dogs that pull on the lead? In this episode, Wendy and Natasja discuss how easy it is to teach a puppy to pull on the lead, without you realising that is what you are doing and we give you some pointers...
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Episode 26 - Stuck At Home With Your Dog
In light of the Coronavirus outbreak, Wendy and Natasja discuss how you can keep your dog entertained at home when our ability to walk them has been curtailed by self-isolation or in the event of a national lockdown that will severely limit our...
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Episode 25 Is this the one for you?
Ever wondered what the best way is to choose a puppy or a rescue dog? This week Wendy and Natasja tell the stories of how they chose the dogs they have and discuss how you can assess the suitability of a particular rescue dog and warn that prop...
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Episode 24 Do those who can do, and those who don't teach?
This week Wendy and I discuss what makes a good dog training instructor. We look at what it means to be a dog training instructor and what you as a dog owner should consider in a teacher before joining a class. So pull up a chair and gr...
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Episode 23: Is Counter Surfing Self-Rewarding?
Wendy and I sit in Wendy's kitchen, with the obligatory cups of tea, discussing the topic of self-rewarding behaviours and explore whether there is truly such a thing as self-rewarding when we talk about dogs or whether the dogs are just offeri...
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Episode 22: See, Like, Reward!
We are holed up in Wendy's kitchen for today's episode of the Podcast, talking about Capturing and why it is considered to be the laziest way of training your dog, our discussions lead up onto two other dog training techniques, Modelling and Mi...
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Episode 21 Mistakes can be easily made...
On Today's podcast, Natasja is joined by the lovely Sue Kewley from the Sue Kewley Practice in Suffolk. Together they discuss the intricacies of excitement and how this affects our dogs, both at home, on a walk and when competing in dog sports....
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Episode 20: Ghostly Encounters of a Dog Kind
Wendy and I sit down at the kitchen table with our regular cups of tea to talk about the weird, wonderful and sometimes outright spooky abilities of dogs. Do dogs have psychic abilities or are they just very perceptive? So if you like g...
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Episode 19: Taking the stabilizers off
Wendy and I sit down at the kitchen table with our regular cups of tea to discuss taking the stabilisers off when training your dog. By having a look at the processes of Luring, Prompting and Fading we show you how to refine your cues to your d...
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Episode 18 Things to do with your dog
Wendy and I sit in the kitchen drinking cups of tea and eating Leberkuche, following on from last weeks podcast we thought we would discuss the different dog sports that you can get involved in with your dog. Feel the inspiration a...
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Episode 19
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Episode 17 Get Dogs Fit!
Wendy and I are once again settled in my kitchen drinking cups of tea and eating biscuits. This time we are talking about keeping your dog fit and healthy and how a gentle exercise regime can help you and your pet lose weight and keep fit. ...
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Episode 18
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Episode 16 Building Habits
Wendy and I are drinking more cups of tea, and eating some lovely chocolate Biscotti biscuits while talking about building habits and we are launching the Fun Focus Play® 2020 Challenge and share how you can get involved.Pull up a chair...
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Episode 17
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Episode 15 Multidog Mayhem Myths
Today I am joined by Dog Trainer and Author Sarah Bartlett to talk about multidog household. We dive right in there and start busting myths about multidog households and cover every aspect of having more than one dog and managing the different ...
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Episode 16
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37:09
Episode 14: We do not condone the use of drugs.
Natasja is joined by yet another special guest: Author, Dog Trainer and Business Coach Dom Hodgson, aka The King of Canine Common Sense, and this time we are tackling how to be more f-ing interesting when walking our dogs so they will stick by ...
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Episode 14
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Episode 13: Bouncebackability Gold
This week Natasja is joined by a very special guest on the Podcast. Kerry Lawson the FairyDogMother from Leeds has joined me to talk about flexibility and why it is important to teach our dogs to bounceback and be flexible in their responses to...
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Episode 14
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