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Episode 283 - canine cognitive skills and the herbal dog

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Released Sat January 25, 2025
Length: 1:07:15
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Canine Cognitive Skills

Kay Attwood is one of the UK's leading trainers specialising in positive reinforcement. She knows the power of encouraging your dog's cognitive abbilities. This is going beyond basic training, and giving the dog a chance to think and problem solve. In this amazing interview, Kay reveals that she has seen dogs learn to count, pick the letters from their name, among displaying many other amazing abilities.

As well as teaching many classes developing dog's cognitive skills, Kay has written a book on the subject - Canine Cognitive Skills, which you an find out more about at her website.

As a professional dog trainer of many years standing, I have yet to meet a stupid dog!
 - Kay Attwood

The Herbal Dog

Rita Hogan is a canine herbalist who has helped many dogs live their best, healthiest lives. She was always interested in herbalism, and started studying it seriously after realising there was a better way than kibble and pills to enable dogs to thrive. Rita is now passing her knowledge on to other students of herbalism. Herbs can be used to support and enhance our dogs' health in numerous ways.

She has also written a book, which you can find out more about at her website. You can also find out more about canine herbalism here.

I was very interested in herbalism - I just thought there has to be a better way than giving me a bag of kibbles and a bag of pills.
 - Rita Hogan
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