Helping Shy Fearful Dogs Gain Confidence with Breanna Norris
Follow Los Angeles-based Certified Dog Trainer Susan Light as she seeks to learn from the industry’s best and become worthy of the title: Sensei of the Doggy Dojo!!
Susan interviews experts from all over the world about their specialties in the Dog world and shares the conversations with you, the dog lover!
Lisa Radosta DVM, DACVB
Dr. Radosta graduated from the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine in 2000. She completed a residency in Behavioral Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. During her residency, she was awarded the American College of Veterinary Behaviorists Resident research award two years in a row.
Dr. Radosta is the owner of Florida Veterinary Behavior Service, a specialty behavior practice in southeast Florida and co-owns Dog Nerds, an online educational resource for owners whose pets have behavior disorders.
She is a sought after speaker nationally and internationally. She is a coauthor of several books including: Behavior Problems of the Dog and Cat, 4th edition and From Fearful to Fear Free. She is a contributing author for Blackwell’s Five Minute Veterinary Consult, Blackwell's Five-Minute Veterinary Consult Clinical Companion: Canine and Feline Behavior, Decoding your Cat, Canine and Feline Behavior for Veterinary Technicians and Nurses and Feline and Small Animal Pediatrics.
She has published research articles in the Journal of Applied Animal Behavior Science, Journal of Veterinary Behavior and The Veterinary Journal and written review articles for Advances in Small Animal Medicine and Surgery, Compendium, NAVC, Veterinary Team Brief, Clinician’s Brief and AAHA Newstat. She has served on the Fear Free Executive Council and the AAHA Behavior Management Task Force.
She has been interviewed for many publications including Cat Fancy, Dog Fancy, Palm Beach Post, NAVC Clinician’s Brief, Sun Sentinel, WebMD, AAHA trends, Real Simple, Good News for Pets, Catster, DVM 360 and AAHA News Stat. She has appeared on Lifetime television, Laurie Live, local news in southeast Florida, Mitch Wilder's Amazing Pet Discoveries, Nat Geo Wild, Animal Planet, Steve Dale's Pet Talk and Dogs, CNBC and Cats and Scapegoats.
Legal Disclaimer: This podcast is intended for educational purposes only and does not constitute advice or professional services by either the host nor any of the guests.
Website: https://drlisaradosta.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drlisaradosta/
Recommends: Dr. Evan Maclean, Director of the Arizona Canine Cognition Center https://dogs.arizona.edu/people/dr-evan-maclean
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Breanna Norris has experience helping her own shy fearful dogs come out of their shell and gain confidence!
Breanna Norris owns and operates Canine Insights and is a certified trainer through the Karen Pryor Academy (KPA-CTP). She has been seeing dog training clients since 2013. Currently she coaches all her clients online and sees clients all over the U.S. and Canada.
Before 2013 she was working with horses, first as a farrier and then a training assistant. Breanna has worked training a variety of animals including some of her favorites, cats, chickens, goats, pigs and rats.
For several years Breanna taught Animal Training at Unity College in Unity, Maine. Breanna is currently completing her Masters of Science at Canisius College in Buffalo, NY in Anthrozoology, with a focus on the relationship between humans and their dogs.
Her passion is helping people form a partnership and deep bond with their dog through training and care that lasts a lifetime. Breanna occasionally fosters dogs and cats that require some special care. Currently Breanna shares her home with two middle aged cats, two mixed breed senior dogs, a very energetic puppy and a patient husband. When she is not training you can find her reading books about training and behavior or hiking in the Maine woods.
Learn More About The Guest and Host
You can find her on instagram @canineinsights
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/CanineInsights
And at her website https://www.canineinsightsllc.com/
Breanna and I talk about some of the following tactics to help shy/fearful dogs gain confidence. Click the links to learn more!
Pattern Games by Leslie McDevitt
Starting Sensitive Dogs on Scentwork
You can find me, Susan Light at www.doggydojopodcast.com/work-with-susan/
The Music was written by Mac Light, you can find him at www.maclightsongwriter.com
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I’ll see you next Tuesday for a new episode of Doggy Dojo!
