Your Family Dog Podcast

YFD 033: Making Happy Dogs Happier!

Dr. Zazie Todd joins Colleen Pelar and Julie Fudge Smith in a discussion of how to make happy dogs even happier with simple and easy enrichment games.
 
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YFD 032: Dogs on the furniture

Colleen Pelar and Julie Fudge Smith talk about dogs and furniture. When is it okay and when isn't it appropriate to share your couch or bed with your dog.
 
 
 
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YFD 031 Sports: Agility and Lure Coursing

Dr. Suzanne Terrant joins Colleen Pelar and Julie Fudge Smith in a discussion about the rather speedy dog sports of agility and lure coursing. Zoom on!
 
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YFD 030: Puppy Nipping

Oh, those sharp puppy teeth! Julie Fudge Smith and Colleen Pelar discuss how to handle puppy nipping and how to teach your pup appropriate use of his mouth.
 
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YFD 029 Sports: Scent Work for Search & Rescue

This week Dr. Wendy McIlroy joins Colleen Pelar and Julie Fudge Smith to discuss scent games and how to get started on Search and Rescue with your dog.
 
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YFD 028: LIstener Q&A: Resource guarding, noise phobias, and difficult neighbors

Colleen Pelar and Julie Fudge Smith answer three questions from listeners: 1) What to do with a puppy who is showing early signs of resource guarding;  2) What to do about a dog who has developed a noise phobia and a fear of the kitchen; and 3) What do you do about the neighbor's aggressive dogs who threaten your dog and make it hard to use your backyard? 

YFD 027: Knowing When It's Time to Say Goodbye

In part 2 of our series on older dogs, Dr. Alicia Karas, of Tufts University, joins Julie Fudge Smith and Colleen Pelar to talk about the most difficult question: How do you know it's time to say goodbye?
 
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Two terrific resources are Dr. Karas's Comfort Diary for Dogs and the HHHHHMM scale.

YFD 026: Giving Older Dogs the Good Life

Dr. Alicia Karas DVM of Tufts University joins Colleen Pelar and Julie Fudge Smith in a conversation about care for your elderly dog. Included in the discussion are signs and symptoms that indicate your dog needs some special care and Dr. Karas' Comfort Diary.
 
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YFD 025: Failure to Launch: what to do when you don't connect with your dog.

Do you find it hard to build a relationship with your dog? Colleen Pelar and Julie Fudge Smith discuss what you can do to  strengthen your bond with your dog when your relationship has failed to launch.
 
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YFD 024: Literary dogs

Colleen Pelar and Julie Fudge Smith invite writer Ellie Hicks to join them in a discussion of books with or about dogs and their favorite literary pups. 
 
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Ellie's blog on 10 of the Best Literary Dogs