Episodes

Uncomfortable questions are a part of everyday life. Most successful relationships are based around dealing what’s uncomfortable. Those of us in the professional dog training business know it’s unavoidable to have the occasional uncomfortable conversation. We are no strangers to the uncomfortable questions and responses. It’s not about being nasty or looking for conflict. Many times it’s just dealing with the reality of a difficult process. It can, if done well be a significant weight to unbu...

Ask us anything part 4 is another session where we draw on the questions from our listens and attempt to answer them. Fortunately, we have an amazing following of show listeners that throw anything and everything at us for consideration. The ask us segments are always great fun as we get more interactions with the people who have some amazing questions Further details If your looking for contact details, great trainers and supporters of The Canine Paradigm, look no further. Below is a vast a...

Matthew Boon the sales sniper joined us this week to discuss the very important and highly underestimated power of sales. It’s an area dogs trainers and small business owners usually suck at. We don’t realise how important it is until the phone’s not ringing ans the money isn’t coming in. Sales is an area that makes or breaks your company so it literally pays to get it right. Having a good coach help to get you there is the same for us in training dogs for clients. Good business coaching is a...

Red Team are a company in Australia providing specialist training in explosives and electronics around the world for public safety. They primarily focus their training for Government agencies looking at improving awareness around Home made explosives and detection techniques. This helps their own team by maintaining training standards. Glenn has joined Red Team as a consultant for the dog side and wanted to share the story of what these men are providing. You can find out more from Red Team r...

Following up on being bitten takes off from episode 132 where we initially spoke about the subject. Because we had so many people reaching out that had also been bitten, we decided it would be a good idea to follow up. So many of our listeners shared personal experiences of the personal anguish they were going through. We had to follow up as a testimony to their bravery, as being bitten and living with the memory can be difficult. Our listeners shared in their vulnerability, guilt and shame a...

Social nuances is described as a subtle or slight degree in difference. On the Canine Paradigm, the word nuances is often raised when we discuss training styles. however, it extends beyond just our interest of dogs and training. We are living in a time of many social nuances, some that are quite strongly projected. To best discuss this, we brought in someone smarter than us to help diagnose the subject. Birdy O’Sheedy has joined us again to offer her professional insight, not only on this but ...

Coping with being bitten is quite an undertaking as it can really change your perspective. It really can be something difficult to comprehend as it feels so personal. Being bitten can and does change your relationship with your dog as it can leave you feeling violated. It can make you question your confidence and safety with your dog and many times your ability as a trainer. In this episode we try and make a little sense of why these things happen and give suggestions on how to cope. However, ...

Scent detection is an art form in dog training that is best described as a methodology with many nuances. Two very well respected trainers who are well known for their work in scent training join us for this episode. Jerry Bradshaw and Cameron Ford join us again, this time together, to share their ideas and techniques in scent training. Like most trainers, both of these gentlemen have their respective style. Although we may have our preferences, we can’t deny good training and results. Making...

Sami Jo Menning has been learning to hunt with her father when she was a young girl. Now she has taken the next steps with her passion of hunting with dogs to teach other young ladies. Seeing that it was a difficult sport/ hobby to get into, Sami has set up a group called, Her wilderness so other ladies can learn and be involved. Not content at that alone, she is also teaching and competing in dock diving with her dogs. Sami is quite a dynamic young lady and a great role model for other ladies...

Interviewing a new trainer should be a process that all new and existing dog owners strongly consider. We say this because a lot of time, people end up with the wrong trainer for a range of different reasons. Many of these are because they didn’t do their homework in the first place. Other reasons include being duped by clever marketing. It’s forgiveable to assume, big add, lots of money so they must be a great trainer. It can also mean that they are just great at marketing and average at the ...

Jason Firmin is a name that has been attached to The canine Paradigm since our humble beginnings. In some ways, he’s the third musketeer, apart from Birdy. Firmin may sound like a gruff, grumpy old bastard, however in reality he has a heart of gold. He still is all those things and more but he will drop everything to help out his mates and the industry. Recently Jason has been embarking on an incredible weight loss journey which he really needed to do due to several health concerns. Firmin sha...

The role of the master coach ultimately is to empower the student to learn everything they can. It’s teaching a person to be empowered, not creating a dependant. In last weeks episode we spoke about dependencies. What’s interesting and disturbing is that some coaches exploit that. They become a drug dealer rather than a life dealer. Instead of coaching the bird to leave the nest and fly, they keep the bird small and make it feel helpless without the coach. A true master coach is not about vani...

Diminishing return is an episode that focus’s around a point of obsession. That area is based around people who too much of something, which throws their life plan out of balance. For example, think of a student who studies for a job. Once they get the qualification, they then feel that perhaps they should do some more study to stay ahead of the game. Then, after they finish that course, they enrol in another and then another and so on. Now they are in a phase of diminishing return. In the fie...

Peggy’s promise is a pet rescue charity organisation located on the central coast of New South Wales, Australia. It is mainly run by three ladies, Sharon, Eleni and Megan with a score of wonderful volunteers. These people give so much to all the throw away pets in society by opening their homes and their hearts. What most people don’t know is that rescue organisations like Peggy’s and so many more dip into their own pockets. Funding these operations are not cheap and there’s not a lot of deep ...

Keeping up with Jason Cohen is no easy task. This man is on the hop all day long as he has his finger in many pies. Being a dog trainer in Brooklyn, New York, he is dealing with a lot of people in a big city with a lot of dogs. Jason however has a great zest for life. He’s a really upbeat guy that likes to try and help everyone. You only have to ask Jason and he will try his best. Along with Glenn, Jason spends a large part of his time dedicated to the IACP but it doesn’t end there. You see, ...

Pat Nolan’s Covid project is a promising look into the potential of dogs being trained to detect Covid-19. We understand that there are no guarantees in this field, however it’s exciting nonetheless. We’re very supportive of Pat Nolan being a part of this project as it has potential to change the world. It’s a part of our life for now to keep hearing the word Covid – 19 or Corona virus. We’re sick of it for the most part as it has stopped the world and disrupped what we know as normal. However...

Training ideas during lock down is now the new norm for now which means we need to evolve. No one we know saw this coming, it’s the stupidest thing and it’s very serious. What is even more serious during this lock down process is how it will effect peoples lives and businesses. Not to mention the impact it’s already having on mental health. So the lock down means change to our life and to our income. Fortunately we have access to the internet and we can still be somewhat social. To many peopl...

Help your mates is a term touted in Australia ever since I can remember. For a while it seemed to run out of a bit of steam which is unfortunate. In some cases, people work on the premises of screw your mate. When you watch people beating each other over toilet paper, that makes you question the integrity of mates and mate-ship. In any emergency, you must take care of yourself first. You simply have to or the possibility of two accidents or worse exists. Then when you’re in a good position, tr...

The Fat commando may seem ironic as a heading and you may be wondering what’s the relevance? Well to answer that, you will have to listen to the episode smarty pants. While we are talking about smarties, Americans don’t even have real smarties like Australians do. I mean, WTAF? They are not the same and not delicious. Lift you game USA, because Canada knows what we’re talking about. We are living in strange times indeed and it has nothing to do with getting fat from eating delicious smarties! D...

The six p’s is an episode that focuses entirely on being a better organised dog owner or handler. The six p’s mean that proper preparation prevents piss poor performance. It’s an expression that’s been around for quite a while and is still used frequently in many services. When you think about it though, it’s hard to argue with. When you have a plan, it makes the operation so much easier. It relieves stress, because you’re organised, it increases the time factor, it prevents frustration and add...

Sara Brueske has the best last name by Australian standards. However, that’s not why she is so well know. Sara has made an international name for herself as a professional trainer mainly through disc dogs and dock diving. She has a long list of accomplishments after her name in not only competing, but judging and ambassadorial roles too. There’s a bunch of things we could tell you about Sara, however if you follow this link you can read about and see her in action. Zoom dog training Further de...

Never stop learning should be a mantra that most people adopt throughout their lives. When we open ourselves to learning something we expand so many opportunities. It enhances lives, communities, businesses you name it. The more we open ourselves up, the less ignorant we are and the more progressive we can be. rather than fight something on rumour or innuendo, we can really know what we’re fighting for. Students of dog training need to remain educated over being opinionated. We will all do fa...

Tobias Gustavsson is one of the team behind the Scandinavian Working Dog Institute. Tobias is not only involved in just training, he and his team are heavily involved in the science application. If you know anything about scent detection, you will know that it is considered an evolving science. There are so many areas about Canine olfaction we are still learning about. This is why it’s so important to have research teams like Tobias and his colleagues. if we want to get better at what we do, w...

Ben Geurts is well known in Australia for for producing quality working dogs for law enforcement agencies. Both he and his business partner Jason Kelly have valuable experience and backgrounds in canine training. Because of this, they saw it as a good opportunity to unite into a business. Along with the business, Ben runs a sport dog group and general obedience as well. So not only is it a job, it’s also a passion. Both Ben and Jason are located in the Perth region of Western Australian. For ...