Enlightened By Dogs: Living with Cooperation, Not Obedience

This dog training mistake puts your dog in danger and is likely to cause you to feel frustrated when your dog won't come when you call. Yet, dog lovers make this recall mistake over and over - and it's so easy to fix!   Your dog's recall and response are super important to building a solid and loving relationship between you both. So much rides on your dog's willingness to listen to you, and their...

Trusting partnerships, building trust and loving leadership are the topics of this episode of the Enlightened By Dogs show! From the clarity questions that will guide us to the best possible situations, all the way to insights on what makes a great leader, Kathy is taking us through the necessary steps to plug those trust leaks and get back to loving and enjoying the relationship with our dogs!  ...

Paws for a Cause is impacting the community one nail trim at a time! Sally Krostal is passionate about dogs, people and the organizations that help along the way. She founded her non-profit to help dogs and cats in low income neighbourhoods get free nail trims in an effort to raise awareness and encourage ID tagging. She is also very involved in efforts to reunite lost dogs with their owners!   In...

Welcome back to the Enlightened By Dogs Podcast! Kathy is excited to welcome the amazing Debbie Bauer to the show. Debbie's been working with dogs for over 25 years and specializes in working with dogs that a specially abled. She also runs a program called Both Ends Of The Leash for the benefit of dogs, and the positive impact they have on the people they connect with. Stay tuned to learn more!  ...

Welcome back to the Enlightened By Dogs Podcast! Kathy is all about building healthy relationships between people and their dogs. In this episode Kathy tells a story about her dog Max, and how his loss opened the door to learning about a holistic lifestyle.   In This Episode: Kathy finds out that she's allergic to everything. The results of a holistic perspective, and the rippling impact it create...

Welcome back to the Enlightened By Dogs podcast! Thanks for tuning in. In this episode, Kathy tells us about Maya, and how she found her way from being one household's trash, to being Kathy's treasure.   In This Episode Why Kathy decided to welcome an "untrainable" dog into her home How hard can it really be to train a 6 month old Border Collie? Maya becomes part of the family, and Kathy shares ho...

In This Episode of Enlightened By Dogs, Kathy shares a surprising truth about what your dog wants more than anything else on earth. She also gives real life scenarios of when they're not being met, and when they are. Finally she shares how to properly meet these needs in order to build a deep connection and solid foundation to build from.   In This Episode: How dogs and humans are socially similar...

Welcome to another episode of the Enlightened by Dogs podcast! In this episode, Kathy gets into the topic of enlightenment, and how we gain enlightenment from our relationship with our dogs. She also describes a certain mirror effect that our dogs create, and how we can misunderstand it, as well as use it for our benefit.   In This Episode The definition and meaning of enlightenment How the mirror...

Kathy is back for another episode of Enlightened By Dogs and she's thrilled to have us along for the ride! In this episode, she shares with us the 3 major mistakes she made while training her dog Phoenix, who she talked about in the last episode!   In This Episode The biggest shock of all when training her dog Being responsible and collaborative as a dynamic dog duo How to be the right kind of lea...

Welcome to the first episode of Enlightened by Dogs! Our host, Kathy Kawalec shares the spotlight of episode 1 with her friend Shelli Varela! Shelli gives us an opportunity to get to know our host on a deep level, and discover the purpose of the show!   In This Episode Kathy's connection to dogs, and where it began How she has learned to develop bonds between people and dogs. Where people tend to...