Ruff Around The Edges
Sharing stories of force-free dog training journeys with challenging, reactive and aggressive dogs and the impact living with those dogs has on our daily lives and our mental health. I hope that hearing these stories can help to make people feel less alone. We love our dogs to pieces but sometimes it's hard and then it's simply nice to hear from others going through something similar. This podcast is about us trying to teach our dogs, but more importantly, it's about what our dogs are teaching us.Find the show notes at https://kajsavanoverbeek.com/ruff-around-the-edges-podcast/
Episodes
66 episodes
039 | Gunilla Pedersen on Burnout, Boundaries, and Not Being God
When your work is about helping others, whether it’s animals, people, or both, it can be hard to draw the line between care and self-sacrifice. In this episode, I talk to Gunila Pedersen, a veterinarian who dealt with burnout, left ...
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1:35:10
Mindset Episode 026 | Not wanting your dog to suffer because of your choices
It's not my dog's fault I'm sick...It's not my dog's fault work's busy...So, that means I have to put them first.Not make them suffer for my choices.What's suffering though?Are they suffering?Are you?When do ...
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038 | Barbara van Rheenen over wanneer je hond aan de beurt is en wanneer jijzelf
Barbara van Rheenen is illustratrice en woont samen met haar twee witte herders Guzzi en Lupo.Recent schreef en illustreerde ze een boekje over wat daar bij komt kijken. Een boekje met tips over opvoeding, maar ook ...
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Mindset Episode 025 | Listening to Your No to Find Your Yes: How to Heed Your Gut to Find That No
In this episode of Ruff Around the Edges, I explore the power of starting with a "no" to gain clarity on what we truly want. By identifying what we're not willing or able to do, we make it easier to figure out where we wan...
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037 | Claire Martin & Ozzy of Motherpuppers on Shutting Up and Showing Up
Claire describes such familiar themes. Like what it’s like to look back at how her childhood dogs were treated with the knowledge she has now. How she thought she knew quite a bit about dogs until Ozzy came along.Ozzy was adopted fr...
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Episode 61
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1:24:39
Mindset Episode 024 | What do you do when you have no time to grieve?
Warning: this episode references euthanasiaWhat do you do when you have been dealt an emotional blow, and need time to process that, but time is the one thing you don't have?Because you have to get back to work ...
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Episode 60
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21:35
036 | Leah Lykos of Canine Movement Lab on Somatic Work and Your Dog as Your Mirror
Leah Lykos, a dog behaviorist out of Chattanooga Tennessee and guardian to three dogs, Eva, Biggie, and Mia explains how her focus is on movement and somatic work. That makes sense given that she operates from the philosophy that for dog...
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Episode 59
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1:11:51
035 | Matilda Kelsall & Rafiki and Nala on dog-sparked personal growth in leaps and bounds
[The audio of this episode is a bit wonky, but I hope you'll put up with it because the content is great]Matilda is a canine coach who creates all the things she wishes she would have had available when working with her dog Nal...
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Episode 58
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1:38:33
Mindset Episode 023 | When you can't find the muscle you're supposed to train
When you have to train something you don't know how to identify, where do you start?Can you even start?I share the experiences a friend of mine and myself have had doing physical therapy, the lessons I learned from it and how th...
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Episode 57
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034 | Aimee of Pawfect Behavior on everything mindset and dogs and leaving the UK to be a Dubai dog trainer
How does a UK national end up a dog (and other animals) trainer in Dubai? Just listening to Aimee's backstory will have you in awe of the way she has stayed true to herself making big life decisions.We talk about how she tries to make c...
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Episode 56
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1:15:29
033 | Agnieszka Janarek of Tromplo on errorless learning, (lack of) perfectionism and resilience in both humans and dogs
This episode is for you if you identify as a perfectionist. Simply talking with Aga, the short version for Agnieszka about the concept of errorless learning has given me another way to look at perfectionism and how it can (often b...
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Episode 55
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1:05:38
032 | Ninke Lemmens & Luka en Ellie over buitenlandse adoptie honden, de zoektocht naar hulp, en de rol van pijn
Als Ninke Luka adopteert heeft hij al twee jaar lang in een Russisch asiel gezeten. Eenmaal thuis in Belgisch Limburg durft hij niet eens binnen te komen, zo ontzettend moet hij wennen aan zijn nieuwe leven.Goedbedoelde adviezen als "da...
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Episode 54
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1:15:04
NEW: Mind's Best Friend Group Coaching, deadline for enrolment November 5th
A spontaneous unscripted ramble about my new Mind's Best Friend group coaching program.If you like what you hear on the podcast and you have been wanting to dig deeper, now is your chance. You can find more information here:...
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Episode 53
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Mindset Episode 22 | Thinking about changing is changing, so is relapsing, so is not thinking about changing.
Beating yourself up about being stuck in the "I kind of want to change, but I can't get myself to change, so I must not want the change bad enough" is one of the most counterproductive ways to talk to yourself.Change isn't all about act...
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Episode 52
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031 | Georgie of Trickwoofs on compassion fatigue in the dog training world, the parallels with raising a human child, learning to love frustration and more
If you follow any kind of dog related social media, then you will know Georgie, where she posts under the handle @trickwoofs.You will have seen the lovely whimsical cartoons she draws about life with a reactive dog, which are so extremel...
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1:18:01
Mindset Episode 021 | Considering where the other person's coming from, when you feel triggered
Does your partner brush off your dog's reaction like it was nothing? Don't they understand the concept op threshold and the importance of limiting reactions?It's enough to make you fume!What could be going on on their end though?
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Episode 51
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21:56
🇳🇱🇧🇪 030 | Isabelle Schippers & Thiseas, over omgaan met kritiek en trainen van probleemgedrag door er niet op te trainen
This 50th jubilee episode of Ruff Around the Edges is in Dutch!Come back next episode for more English language content.[Waarschuwing: Rond de 20 minuten horen we Thiseas even blaffen]Maak kennis met Isabelle, het baasje van...
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Episode 50
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1:09:36
Mindset Episode 020 | How to believe in overall success so you can work through setbacks
If only you knew you would get there in the end, then the setbacks wouldn't be so hard to bear.If you just had someone who could guarantee you that, yes, your dog's going to go after a couple more cyclists and there will be 4 more perio...
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Episode 49
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18:42
029 | Ali & Indie of Rebarkable, on becoming and being a dog trainer and not burning out
Ali was from London but now lives in MarylandWe talk about how she got into the business of dog training, which has a little something to do with her German Shepherd cross Indie.We talk about the widespread misunders...
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Episode 48
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1:27:24
Mindset Episode 019 | The best way to relax is not what you think
Do you ever have a hard time relaxing after something stressful happens?You want to be in control of your emotions so your bad mood doesn't rub off on your dog or others around you.If you're angry at something, you...
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Episode 47
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21:28
028 | Jumy on no longer wanting to be the only R+ horse trainer in the U.A.E.
Jumy is a positive reinforcement horse trainer from the U.A.E. who opened her own livery yard, malath paddock paradise, 3 years ago, but she’s been in the industry for 13 y...
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Episode 46
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1:22:46
Mindset Episode 018 | When something or someone always suffers because you're juggling too many things
This podcast episode is a reply to an email I received from someone on my email-list.They wrote:I was constantly trying to manage between work, my dogs, my almost adult kids, my house, a big yard with a lot of plants, my husband, my...
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Episode 45
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23:22
027 | Haley & Scout (and Sean), on finding out where you and your dog fit in the (dog)world
Grab your dog and plan a dog walk or two. Better yet, sit down, grab pen and paper and take notes. This episode is long and chock-full of wisdom. Here are just some of the things Haley of @paws.andreflect talk about:
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Episode 44
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1:52:07
Bonus Episode 017 | Stress, how to feel it and think about it differently
Would you categorize stress as a negative emotion? Are you willing to feel it? What do you do when something stressful happens on a walk? The answer to that question might already give you the answer to the first two quest...
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Episode 43
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28:43
026 | Grace & Piper, on being a veterinarian as well as the guardian of a reactive dog
UK veterinarian Grace and I talk about her Romanian Rescue dog Piper and how being the guardian of a challenging dog has impacted her work as a veterinarian.What were the advantages she had, being a vet already, in dealing with her dog?...
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Episode 42
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1:18:23