Kathy Callahan & Mike Tomai

Pick of the Litter Podcast

Kids EN ↓ 27 episodes

Dog training advice is everywhere on the internet and social media — but how do you know what to trust? Join trainers Michael Tomai and Kathy Callahan as they discuss the experts, ideas and techniques that really help dogs and their people live more happily together. Each episode will leave listeners with something simple to try, a game-changing idea to ponder, and a big name whose books or videos are gold.

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Kathy Callahan & Mike Tomai

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Pattern Games from Leslie McDevitt 17.03.2023 54:30

In this episode, we focus on the work of dog trainer and behaviorist Leslie McDevitt. Her deceptively simple pattern games are huge favorites with our clients for good reason: they’re easy to use, and they work. We cover our favorites, explaining how to do them, when to use them, and why we love them: The Up-Down Game, Ping-Pong, 1-2-3, Go & Come Game, Look & Sniff Game, and Look At That...

Positive Reinforcement & Kathy Sdao’s ”Plenty In Life Is Free” 05.02.2023 40:35

We’re going to kick things off by introducing you to the work and wisdom of Kathy Sdao. Not only does she have an overall philosophy that we’d love to burn into the hearts and brains of our clients, but she also came up with our very favorite training exercise, the one we both use with almost every client, called SMART x 50, which we’ll explain in this episode