The Doodle Pro® Podcast: Positive Training Tips for a Calm & Well-Behaved Doodle - Advocate for Your Doodle Around Children: Even doodle mixes can bite a child, learn how to create a safe relationship between kids and your dog

Advocate for Your Doodle Around Children: Even doodle mixes can bite a child, learn how to create a safe relationship between kids and your dog

08/15/22 • 58 min

The Doodle Pro® Podcast: Positive Training Tips for a Calm & Well-Behaved Doodle

On this episode, Corinne interviews child and dog expert and trainer Michelle Stern, owner of Pooch Parenting. Michelle helps dispel common and oftentimes dangerous myths surrounding child and dog safety and empowers parents to keep their children safe and their dogs relaxed when combining the two in one household.
Michelle and Corinne address Doodle specific issues and genetics to consider when looking to add a doodle to your family or to keep in mind when managing and training a doodle around children.
Supportive and informative, this episode is rich with great takeaways from anyone who has a child who might be near a dog or has a dog who might be near a child!
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Previous Episode

How to Get Your Doodle to Stop Jumping: Stop being embarrassed when guests come over & on walks & be proud of your doodle's polite behavior!

Are you at your wit's end trying to stop your doodle from jumping on people? Are you embarrassed when they jump all over your guests or repairman?

Animal trainer Emily Martin, owner of Pawsitively Pets, is on the show today. Emily shares how her zoo background of over two decades led to her successful Colorado dog training business. She also shares her expert advice on how to teach your doodle to stop jumping on people and give a more polite greeting.
Highlights include:

Training with treats (5:05)
Use of Aversives (9:32)
Society Polling Results (13:50)
Why Do They Jump (17:11)
Techniques to Stop Trying (19:26)
Techniques that WORK! (26:12)
Expectations (36:52)

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Next Episode

How to Brush a Doodle: Best slicker brush, tools, and techniques to make sure your doodle never gets shaved (again!)

In this quick episode, Corinne will walk you through the best doodle brushes, tools, and techniques to get your doodle the look you want while also keeping them comfortable and healthy. She answers doodle parents top grooming questions including:

What's the best slicker brush and how do you use a brush on a doodle?
What is the best grooming kit for a doodle?
How often does a doodle need grooming?
Why do groomers shave doodles' coats and why do they find mats even if I brush daily?
Which is the best detangler and when do I need to use it?
Can my doodle air dry after a bath?
What cut should my doodle get if I want to skip brushing?
Is your doodle embarrassed after grooming?
How to take care of a doodle's hair?

This episode is great for all people brushing and grooming goldendoodles, bernedoodles, labradoodles, sheepadoodles, aussiedoodles, cockapoos, cavapoos, yorkiepoos, australian labradoodles, cobberdogs, Portuguese Water Dogs, maltipoos, mini-goldendoodles, mini-labradoodles, and all poodle and poodle mixed dogs and puppies.

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The Doodle Pro® Podcast: Positive Training Tips for a Calm & Well-Behaved Doodle - Advocate for Your Doodle Around Children: Even doodle mixes can bite a child, learn how to create a safe relationship between kids and your dog

Transcript

Welcome guests to The Doodle ProTM interview with parent and dog expert, Michelle Stern. I'm so happy to have her here today. She has been a school teacher and is a certified dog training expert, and I'm thrilled to have her with us today to talk about dog and child safety together. Hello. Hi, thanks for having me. How are you?

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