The Canine Paradigm

Kathy Santo is one hell of an impressive lady. She’s an accomplished trainer, author, show co host and successful business owner. We were so glad to be able to have a conversation with her so Kathy could provide us with a small snapshot of her time in dogs. There are so many cool people out in our community with great stories to share and experiences. We’re very happy to get to know Ka...

Rules of reinforcement is really the umbrella of schedules of reinforcement. This can be a really easy to follow discussion and yet it can be incredibly difficult. In this episode we get into the weeds a little more of talking about our understanding thus far on the rules and how we apply them. Further details If your looking for contact details, great trainers and supporters of The Canine Paradig...

Hard rules in training can be your certain rules that you just don’t break. Some people have reasonable rules that they put in place for ethical reasons. Other people have rules that are contradictory or even confusing. We have our own set of rules and standards that we try and abide by. We also audit those rules and allow flexibility if they need to be modified. What are your hard rules in...

Industry frauds you say? They are out there. Some know they are frauds and know exactly what it is they are doing. Others have no idea. They think they are amazing and what they are putting out is solid up to date work. Some of these people are harmless and just need to be shown the light. Others, they are dangerously naive. If in doubt, do back ground checks. If they don’t seem right, or it...

The circle of trust goes round and round! If you have seen the movie, Meet the Fockers, the basis is about trust, or rather a lack of it. So if we are going to open with trust, our audience usually trust us to do a show based mainly around dog training. This weeks episode is more so focused on the human. Trust is a hard thing to earn and a quick one to lose. This is especially the case in the dog...

Uncomfortable questions are a part of everyday life. Most successful relationships are based around dealing what’s uncomfortable. Those of us in the professional dog training business know it’s unavoidable to have the occasional uncomfortable conversation. We are no strangers to the uncomfortable questions and responses. It’s not about being nasty or looking for conflict. Many ti...

Ask us anything part 4 is another session where we draw on the questions from our listens and attempt to answer them. Fortunately, we have an amazing following of show listeners that throw anything and everything at us for consideration. The ask us segments are always great fun as we get more interactions with the people who have some amazing questions Further details If your looking for contact d...

Matthew Boon the sales sniper joined us this week to discuss the very important and highly underestimated power of sales. It’s an area dogs trainers and small business owners usually suck at. We don’t realise how important it is until the phone’s not ringing ans the money isn’t coming in. Sales is an area that makes or breaks your company so it literally pays to get it righ...

Red Team are a company in Australia providing specialist training in explosives and electronics around the world for public safety. They primarily focus their training for Government agencies looking at improving awareness around Home made explosives and detection techniques. This helps their own team by maintaining training standards. Glenn has joined Red Team as a consultant for the dog side and...

Following up on being bitten takes off from episode 132 where we initially spoke about the subject. Because we had so many people reaching out that had also been bitten, we decided it would be a good idea to follow up. So many of our listeners shared personal experiences of the personal anguish they were going through. We had to follow up as a testimony to their bravery, as being bitten and living...

Social nuances is described as a subtle or slight degree in difference. On the Canine Paradigm, the word nuances is often raised when we discuss training styles. however, it extends beyond just our interest of dogs and training. We are living in a time of many social nuances, some that are quite strongly projected. To best discuss this, we brought in someone smarter than us to help diagnose the su...

Coping with being bitten is quite an undertaking as it can really change your perspective. It really can be something difficult to comprehend as it feels so personal. Being bitten can and does change your relationship with your dog as it can leave you feeling violated. It can make you question your confidence and safety with your dog and many times your ability as a trainer. In this episode we try...

Scent detection is an art form in dog training that is best described as a methodology with many nuances. Two very well respected trainers who are well known for their work in scent training join us for this episode. Jerry Bradshaw and Cameron Ford join us again, this time together, to share their ideas and techniques in scent training. Like most trainers, both of these gentlemen have their respec...

Sami Jo Menning has been learning to hunt with her father when she was a young girl. Now she has taken the next steps with her passion of hunting with dogs to teach other young ladies. Seeing that it was a difficult sport/ hobby to get into, Sami has set up a group called, Her wilderness so other ladies can learn and be involved. Not content at that alone, she is also teaching and competing in doc...

Interviewing a new trainer should be a process that all new and existing dog owners strongly consider. We say this because a lot of time, people end up with the wrong trainer for a range of different reasons. Many of these are because they didn’t do their homework in the first place. Other reasons include being duped by clever marketing. It’s forgiveable to assume, big add, lots of mon...

Jason Firmin is a name that has been attached to The canine Paradigm since our humble beginnings. In some ways, he’s the third musketeer, apart from Birdy. Firmin may sound like a gruff, grumpy old bastard, however in reality he has a heart of gold. He still is all those things and more but he will drop everything to help out his mates and the industry. Recently Jason has been embarking on a...

The role of the master coach ultimately is to empower the student to learn everything they can. It’s teaching a person to be empowered, not creating a dependant. In last weeks episode we spoke about dependencies. What’s interesting and disturbing is that some coaches exploit that. They become a drug dealer rather than a life dealer. Instead of coaching the bird to leave the nest and fl...

Diminishing return is an episode that focus’s around a point of obsession. That area is based around people who too much of something, which throws their life plan out of balance. For example, think of a student who studies for a job. Once they get the qualification, they then feel that perhaps they should do some more study to stay ahead of the game. Then, after they finish that course, the...

Peggy’s promise is a pet rescue charity organisation located on the central coast of New South Wales, Australia. It is mainly run by three ladies, Sharon, Eleni and Megan with a score of wonderful volunteers. These people give so much to all the throw away pets in society by opening their homes and their hearts. What most people don’t know is that rescue organisations like Peggy’...

Keeping up with Jason Cohen is no easy task. This man is on the hop all day long as he has his finger in many pies. Being a dog trainer in Brooklyn, New York, he is dealing with a lot of people in a big city with a lot of dogs. Jason however has a great zest for life. He’s a really upbeat guy that likes to try and help everyone. You only have to ask Jason and he will try his best. Along with...

Pat Nolan’s Covid project is a promising look into the potential of dogs being trained to detect Covid-19. We understand that there are no guarantees in this field, however it’s exciting nonetheless. We’re very supportive of Pat Nolan being a part of this project as it has potential to change the world. It’s a part of our life for now to keep hearing the word Covid –...

Training ideas during lock down is now the new norm for now which means we need to evolve. No one we know saw this coming, it’s the stupidest thing and it’s very serious. What is even more serious during this lock down process is how it will effect peoples lives and businesses. Not to mention the impact it’s already having on mental health. So the lock down means change to our li...

Help your mates is a term touted in Australia ever since I can remember. For a while it seemed to run out of a bit of steam which is unfortunate. In some cases, people work on the premises of screw your mate. When you watch people beating each other over toilet paper, that makes you question the integrity of mates and mate-ship. In any emergency, you must take care of yourself first. You simply ha...

The Fat commando may seem ironic as a heading and you may be wondering what’s the relevance? Well to answer that, you will have to listen to the episode smarty pants. While we are talking about smarties, Americans don’t even have real smarties like Australians do. I mean, WTAF? They are not the same and not delicious. Lift you game USA, because Canada knows what we’re talking abo...

The six p’s is an episode that focuses entirely on being a better organised dog owner or handler. The six p’s mean that proper preparation prevents piss poor performance. It’s an expression that’s been around for quite a while and is still used frequently in many services. When you think about it though, it’s hard to argue with. When you have a plan, it makes the oper...