
Episode 365: Training dogs, avoiding burn out and alien invasion
About this episode
In Episode 365 of The Canine Paradigm, we work through listener questions and cover the kind of practical training issues that show up in real homes and real schedules. Along the way, we also talk about avoiding burn out, because training does not happen in a vacuum. If the handler is fried, the plan falls apart, so we discuss how to structure work in a way that is sustainable.
Then, because our TCP listeners keep requesting it, we take a sharp turn into alien territory. The conversation moves from dog training to aliens, and the result is exactly what you would expect. It is part training Q and A, part sanity check, and part alien invasion detour that somehow still circles back to how people think, decide, and cope under pressure.
If you want an episode that has useful takeaways but does not take itself too seriously, this one will land well.
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