PPG Podcast

Join Niki Tudge as she chats with Dr. Marc Bekoff about his recent book,  Dogs Demystified: An A-to-Z Guide to All Things Canine , including some annoying dog myths that are covered in the book. ⁠The book is available on Amazon here.

Join Laura Cassiday and Joanna Wachowiak-Finlaison as they chat and chuckle with Beth Brown about Control Unleashed for cats! Beth Brown (CDBC, CCBC, CSAT, CPDT-KSA, CCUI, FFCP) is passionate about educating people to advocate for and use force-free approaches to living with their animals. Specifically, teaching people and animals to communicate more effectively together using Leslie McDevitt'...

Grab your favorite snack or beverage, and settle in to listen as the PPG Advocacy Panel discusses the why and how of teaching our students the importance of understanding our pets' emotions and body language. Don Hanson is your moderator for this discussion, and the panelists are Beth Adelman, Daniel Antolec, Judy Luther, Sandra Machado, Kim Silver, and Sam Wike.

Listen as the PPG Advocacy Panel addresses these five important questions: What are the PPG Guiding Principles? What is LIMA? How do the PPG Guiding Principles and LIMA differ, and why does it matter? How do we get our profession to better understand the differences between these approaches to self-regulation? How do we get the average person with a pet to understand the importance of ethical stan...

Join Laura Cassiday and Joanna Wachowiak-Finlaison as they chat and chuckle with Alejandra López Irala of Rasca y Pica in Buenos Aires, Argentina, about how to make your cat behavior consulting business stand out. Alejandra is a Certified Cat Behavior Consultant, CCBC. She is the owner of Rasca y Pica, whose goal is to help everyone learn about cats and highlight their welfare.  Her life focuses o...

Join Niki Tudge and Judy Luther as they chat and chuckle with Dale Ward of Dale's Dog Training Academy about her book, Raising the Worst Dog Ever: A Survival Guide —winner in the Human/Animal Bond category of the 2020 Dog Writers Association of America competition!

Join PPG's Feline Division Chair Laura Cassiday and Joanna Wachowiak-Finlaison as they chat and chuckle with Dr. Mikel Delgado of Feline Minds about play and enrichment for cats! Be on the lookout for Dr. Delgado's new book, Play With Your Cat , coming out in February 2024!

Join the PPG Advocacy Panel for a discussion about the most misunderstood facts about dogs. It's a long list! Your moderator for this panel is Don Hanson, and the panelists are Judy Luther, Sam Wike, K. Holden Svirsky, Aaron Jones, Sandra Machado, Kristi Benson, and Daniel Antolec. Enjoy listening to the Advocacy Panel's informal, free-flowing discussion of misunderstood facts about dogs!

Join Niki Tudge, Judy Luther and Kelly Fahey as they chat and chuckle with Hansa Bergwall of PocketSuite, a corporate partner of the Pet Professional Guild. Learn all about PocketSuite's features, benefits and tools to help your animal training business succeed!

Join PPG Feline Division Chair Laura Cassiday and Melissa Taylor as they chat and chuckle with Hanna Fushihara about nosework for cats! (Yes, you read that right!) Hanna runs  Nosework Cats  as well as  Hot Fuzz Dog Training  from her home in New York State. She has been training dogs for more than 10 years and began teaching canine nosework in 2018. She reached the NW3-Elite title level competing...

Join the Pet Professional Guild Advocacy Panel for this month's discussion: Words Matter—How the Words We Choose Influence Human Behavior.  Your Moderator: PPG Advocacy Division Chair Don Hanson Your Advocacy Panel for this discussion: Kristi Benson, Judy Luther, Pat Miller, Debbie Sheridan, Dr. Zazie Todd and Sam Wike. Pet guardians and pet professionals, listen as panel members share their...

Join Niki Tudge as she chats and chuckles with Dr. Kristina Spaulding of Science Matters Academy of Animal Behavior and Irith Bloom of The Sophisticated Dog about agency and choice, as well as slow thinking, stress, learned helplessness and much more! Pet guardians and pet professionals, enjoy listening as Dr. Spaulding, Irith and Niki share their expertise in a fun, free-flowing format!

Join PPG Founder and President Niki Tudge and Canine Division Chair Judy Luther as they chat and chuckle with Dr. Jennifer Nesbitt-Hawes of Pet Perspective in Australia about puppies! Pet guardians and pet professionals, enjoy listening as Dr. Nesbitt, Niki and Judy share their expertise in a fun, free-flowing format!

Join Niki Tudge and Judy Luther as they chat and chuckle with Carrie Anne Selwyn of Canine Hoopers World based in Surrey, United Kingdom, about hoopers! Learn why Carrie calls hoopers "the laziest dog sport for the handler," but also one of the most inclusive sports for dogs. Pet guardians and pet professionals, enjoy listening as Carrie, Niki and Judy share their expertise in a fun, free-flowing...

Join PPG Feline Division Chair Laura Cassiday and Joanna Wachowiak-Finlaison as they chat and chuckle with Parrish Warren of Space City Cats, based in Houston, Texas, about educating the public and handling misconceptions about Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) for community cats. Topics covered include: Working with feeders to gain their cooperation with TNR (people skills required!) Proper feeding of the...

Join the Pet Professional Guild (PPG) Advocacy Panel for a discussion on Anthropomorphism—Is It Relevant? Pet guardians and pet professionals, listen as panel members share their expertise in a fun, free-flowing format. Your Moderator: PPG Advocacy Division Chair Don Hanson Your Advocacy Panel for this discussion: PPG Founder and President Niki Tudge, Sue Kocher, Linda Michaels, Debbie Sheridan, D...

Join PPG Feline Division Chair Laura Cassiday and Joanna Wachowiak-Finlaison, also with PPG's Feline Division, as they chat and chuckle with Joey Lusvardi of Class Act Cats. Topics covered include: How they each got started as cat behavior consultants What sparked their career changes Getting experience volunteering with rescues and shelters Different courses available to help gain knowledge The i...

Join PPG Founder and President Niki Tudge and Canine Division Chair Judy Luther as they chat and chuckle with Veronica Sanchez of Cooperative Paws Service Dog Education , a PPG Corporate Partner. Veronica shares information about her Service Dog Coach certificate program that is opening for enrollment on Tuesday, January 31, 2023. Enrollment for this program opens only twice per year, so don'...

Join the Pet Professional Guild (PPG) Advocacy Panel for a discussion on What Do You Do When You're the Only Force-Free Professional in Town? Pet guardians and pet professionals, listen as panel members share their expertise in a fun, free-flowing format. Your Moderator: PPG Advocacy Division Chair Don Hanson Your Advocacy Panel for this discussion: PPG Founder and President Niki Tudge, Debbie She...

Join Laura Cassiday, PPG Feline Division chair, and Joanna Wachowiak-Finlaison, also of the PPG Feline Division, as they chat and chuckle with Jeanette Davis of the Feline Rescue Association and Silver Whiskers Animal Rescue in Baltimore, Maryland, about how to keep community cats warm in the winter.

Join PPG Feline Division Chair Laura Cassiday and Joanna Wachowiak-Finlaison, also with the PPG Feline Division, as they chat and chuckle with Sandra Grossmann of The Feline Consultant about feline nutrition and feeding cats.

Join the Pet Professional Guild (PPG) Advocacy Panel for a discussion on Top Tips on How to Network and Spread the Mission Pet guardians and pet professionals, listen as panel members share their expertise in a fun, free-flowing format. Your Moderator: PPG Advocacy Division Chair Don Hanson Your Advocacy Panel for this discussion includes: Aaron Jones of the PPG Inclusivity Division  and...

Join Niki Tudge and PPG Feline Division Chair Laura Cassiday of Pawsitive Vibes Cat Behavior and Training as they chat about cat declawing, current legislation banning the procedure and ways to advocate for cats to keep their claws.  Apologies in advance for some audio issues in this episode!

Join Kelly Fahey and PPG Canine Committee Chair Judy Luther as they chat and chuckle with Veronica Boutelle and Gina Phairas of dogbiz about the THRIVE! program.  THRIVE! is an online program of dogbiz’s that provides group coaching and a supportive community to help R+ dog trainers and their businesses thrive.

Join hosts Niki Tudge and Lorena Patti of PPG's Inclusivity Division as they celebrate LGBT History Month and World Mental Health Day (Oct. 10)! Featured guests are Lottie Bennett, Valarie Ross, Angel Rowe and Debbie Sheridan.