Life With Your Dog

Stress and burnout is rampant within the canine industry. Perhaps it's a combination of a highly emotionally charged topic (trainers are rightly very passionate about their clients and animals), alon…

Brad Griggs is the founder of Canine Services International (CSI). He's been training dogs professionally for over 16 years. It’s his passion, his business and his hobby. Brad has earned and maintain…

Crate training is one of the most fundamental things you can teach your dog, yet there are naturally a lot of questions surrounding this topic. Spend the time to crate train your young pup (or even y…

This week we were privileged to sit down with Pat Stuart of The Canine Paradigm, which means we've now interviewed both of The Canine Paradigm lads! Pat is our first in-studio guest on Life With Your…

If you've listened to Episode 1 (Introducing Panos & Luke) you'll know Panos was originally a guest on Luke's old (no longer active) podcast, Our Human Condition. This podcast was recorded in June 20…

This week we were lucky enough to speak with Scott McGuinness of Canine Connect in Adelaide. Scott is one of South Australia's premier canine trainers and behaviour specialists. His passion centres a…

Today's episode covers 2 topics. Walking your puppy can be a challenge, and learning some basics can really help. Panos doesn't teach 'loose lead' walking for puppies under 6 months old, but building…

Dogs barking at the TV can be a fairly common problem. Interestingly, it is more prevalent with modern TVs as the old-style TVs (before LCDs) were very hard for dogs to actually see the TV picture.

P…

Responsibility as a dog owner refers to short-medium-long term commitments & obligations when living with your dog.

Make time for training & exercise. Source out an appropriate diet. This isn't only …

In this episode Panos covers the two types of leadership. One is more direct & authoritative. The other is more about being engaged & a team player with your dog. Panos also explains when to use each…

When walking a dog that is reactive to other dogs & people (or even when walking a puppy) we must have a level of awareness of what's in the environment around us.

Be a few steps ahead of your dog so…

In this Q&A episode we have a question from Erika via Instagram. Erika is asking for advice on the over-protective nature of her Cane Corso mix.

Topics covered:

• Have good leash handling,
• Don't reinfo…

This week we welcomed our first guest! We were very lucky to be joined by Glenn Cooke of The Canine Paradigm. We often reference Glenn & Pat's podcast on this show so it was great to sit down (remote…

Taking a break from our usual Q&A episode, this week Panos sits down by himself to mull over what dogs have taught him in his many years of working alongside these majestic creatures. In these uncert…

This episode comes to you from Coronavirus quarantine! Luke has been unwell so we took precautions and recorded this remotely over the internet.

"Punishment" can be a highly controversial topic withi…

This week we discuss the benefits of play, and different styles of play with dogs.

A game of tug or fetch can be used to reward behaviours in your training. It becomes a relationship-building exerci…

This week's question comes from Nick. He's asking a question relevant to a lot of people who adopt or buy dogs simply because they "feel bad" for them.

Panos dives deep into what are the motivations …