Positively Dog Training - The Official Victoria Stilwell Podcast

What do the Beatles, Rolling Stones and Long Lost Family have to do with dogs? BAFTA winning radio and TV presenter, Nicky Campbell joins Victoria to talk  music, TV, animal welfare, and how our friendship with dogs enriches our lives.

Obedience training has long been the accepted path to teaching dogs’ manners, but the concept of obedience might be doing dogs a disservice. Andrew Hale joins Victoria to go beyond the operant.

What is ACE Free Work and how do dogs benefit? Dog behavior expert Sarah Fisher joins Holly and Victoria to discuss hidden pain in a dog's spine, neck, joints, and legs and how Free Work is helping adolescent and senior dogs all over the world.

After a second ‘nipping’ incident in the White House, Victoria is joined by Veterinary Behaviorist Sarah Heath to discuss why some dogs like Major Biden show conflict behavior, and why understanding dogs’ emotional experience is the first step to helping them acclimate to new environments.

Do all dogs have their own genius? Dog cognition researcher Adam Miklosi, ethologist and founder of the Family Dog Project in Budapest, Hungary, talks with Victoria Stilwell about social learning and other wonders of the canine mind.

How can we help shelter dogs get adopted more easily, and what can we learn about our own pet dogs from their ancestors? Dog researcher and ethologist Clive Wynne joins Victoria and Holly to talk about adoptable dogs and wild wolves.

Aggression is a serious behavior issue that is all too common in our domestic dogs. Michael Shikashio joins Victoria and Holly to talk about why dogs become reactive and aggressive.

Why do some dogs become anxious when left home alone and how can this common behavior problem be overcome? Dog trainer Lisa Waggoner joins Victoria and Holly to talk about how we can identify and treat separation anxiety using desensitization games, sound therapy, and other approaches.

Do people respond differently to rescue pitbull type pet dogs ? Holly and Victoria are joined by Heather Paul from State Farm. They talk about their own wonderful rescue dogs and compare the realities of insurance data versus public perception about pitbull type dogs and risks.

Victoria and Holly are joined by actor and animal activist Peter Egan to discuss dogs, moon bears, and how dogs and other animals can make us more compassionate human beings.

Victoria is joined by dog behavior expert and a driving force behind the UK Dog Behaviour & Training Charter, Andrew Hale, to discuss the interesting results to come out of the latest dog electronic shock collar studies. Does this type of research get to the heart of behavior change?

The rescue of 180 Chihuahuas sparks a larger conversation between Victoria Stilwell and Aly Lecznar about  how to transition dogs from crisis situations into homes. 

How do dogs perceive sound and can music help dogs suffering with separation anxiety and aggression? Joshua Leeds and Alynn Lecznar join Victoria for part two of this fascinating exploration into a dog’s ear.

How does sound help reduce canine anxiety and can music really help prevent and reduce canine fear and noise phobias? Sound researcher and founder of Through A Dog’s Ear Joshua Leeds, joins Victoria along with Animal Scientist Aly Lecznar, to discuss the latest research on how sound can prevent and treat canine anxiety.

What should you do if your pet is stolen and why should veterinarians scan new patients for a microchip? Debbie Matthews from www.vetsgetscanning.co.uk joins Victoria to talk about pet theft, Fern’s Law and the importance of compulsory scanning.

Victoria is joined by Certified Animal Behaviourist Andrew Hale, to talk about the new UK Dog Behaviour and Training Charter and how a different way of viewing canine behavior can improve the human/canine relationship.

In this episode, Aly Lecznar joins Victoria to talk about canine fitness and how to exercise safely with your dog.

Holly is back to give a journalist’s perspective on latest events and to talk about her senior dogs and canine cancer.

Victoria explores why teaching obedience cues like ‘sit’ should not be the focus of dog training.

Victoria is joined by VSPDT Kat Kekel, Behavior Tech at Cherokee County Animal Shelter to talk about sheltering, fostering and adopting animals during the pandemic.

Petrepreneur marketing guru J. Nichole Smith joins Victoria to discuss the importance of identifying and building around your ‘why.’

Victoria is joined by Holly Root-Gutteridge, post-doctoral researcher at the University of Lincoln, to talk about how science is unlocking the canine mind.

Do dogs feel love? Are they capable of hatred? Victoria connects with one of her favorite dog experts, Clive Wynne to explore.

Is your dog happy? Victoria is joined by Zazie Todd, author and creator of Companion Animal Psychology to discuss her upcoming Dog Behaviour Conference presentation.

Victoria talks with veterinary behaviorist Dr. Meghan Herron about training methods, modifying behavior in a shelter environment, as well as her work for Gigi’s, an Ohio based organization that helps homeless dogs get into homes sooner.