The Connection
Hey there! Welcome to The Connection.
My name is Lauren and I have been training dogs for years. Through my training sessions I often form connections from my clients/dog to things in the world of faith and family.
If you are not a person of faith, no worries! I wasn't at one point either so I promise you'll feel welcomed here! You might actually find this faith filled podcast refreshing since a conversation about God isn't being preached from a pulpit or conversed about in a pues. Just a dog trainer with mic and a whole lot of stories and experiences of "Connecting" to God and why the heck it even matters.
Are you a person who has a thriving faith, buckle up as we have hard conversations with the goal of digging our faith roots even deeper so we will be able to withstand the hardest of storms in life.
Are you a parent of little ones? If so, get ready to be poured into with encouragement and practical advice. (Advice that I have picked up from people who are much smarter than I. Honestly, half of my brain cells are fried from the sleepless nights and toddler tantrums, but I have always been able to regurgitate great content to others when I hear it.)
Not a parent? Don't you worry! Although often time I will be giving examples from my perspective from a mom of small children, the overall principles apply to anyone in any area of leadership. This is a place where we talk about discipline, why it matters, and how to get it right.
Dog lover? Yes! Let's go!
As owner of Rock Kennel Training, and serving pet owners for almost 15 years, I am continuously humbled with the fact that I don't know it all, however... I have accumulated years and years of experiences, data, trends, and stories that I hope help set you free.
I will also be talking extensively about my passion for balanced dog training (and if you're a "force-free warrior", please know you are loved despite our vastly different views of how to help a dog become the best version of themselves. I hope you'll stick around to hear a logical conversation seasoned with grace and empathy opposed to the conversations that left you with battle wounds from heated and hurtful arguments.)
All in all, thank you for joining me! I look forward to chatting with you every other Friday for heart felt stories, compelling and motivating content, and hopefully a chuckle or two as my dramatic, theatrical, and inner cheerleader self starts to sneak out.
https://www.rockkenneltraining.com/
Episodes
29 episodes
Bless Not Impress
What's your heart behind hosting? A clean house? A well trained dog? In today's episode we talk about our motive to either BLESS others or IMPRESS others. As I walk through several scenarios throughout our fall hosing events this past ...
Need to be Needy
I'm okay with the fact that I have needs- like sleep. (Because I have a little baby) So I am not going to write a description, I'm just simply going to bed right now! If you struggle with feeling you always need to be "strong", just have a ...
ENJOY Your Life... (Until you cant)
Today is a reflection over the past year as we have grieved the loss of our mom/mom-in-law/nana. Here are the things she taught me that I want to pass along to you for encouragement. -Put family first-Rest-Don't try to do so muc...
Will You Let Me Hold You?
"Just be Held" by Casting CrownsWhat in the world is baptism and why it's important
It Doesn't All Depend on You- The power of rest!
So... I kinda sorta have been holding in a secret for the last 32 weeks! I am beyond excited to share with you why it has been so hard to step away from my business and enter into a season of rest as we prepare to welcome baby #3 into ...
Battle Belongs to you- A Lesson from Stranger Danger Dogs
Gosh darn it! I love bringing you content that hopefully encourages you as it convicts me! This is one of those episodes where I am preaching at myself today! Do you feel like you are capable? Have the ability to change other's actions an...
The Battle Belongs to You~ A lesson from Leash Reactive Dogs
Do you have people in your life who are hard to love? Struggle with a desire to “get even”? Been holding on to bitterness from the wrong people have done? We want to battle, fight, and lash out in our frustration and insecurity. But how is t...
R.A.R.A. - Are you Strugglin' like a Wolf or Abiding like a Dog?
So often, we act as if we don't have someone who is not only capable but WILLING to help us with our problems in life. We attack the things that plague us (like relationship tension, hard decisions, triggers that cause us to slip up every time)...
R.A.R.A. - Why does the rehabilitation process have to be so hard?
Stay strong my friend! If you're going through something hard, God is going to use it to make you stronger! In order for us to become the best version of ourselves, it requires some form of rehabilitation-- and that process is never easy. <...
R.A.R.A - Will You Let Him Adopt You?
Today, we have a lot of fun talking about 3 dog's adoption stories and relating them to our lives. Is your life similar to Noah? Do you have specific parts of your life that are killing you, like Sully? Do you feel "too far gone" like Scooter? ...
R.A.R.A - What Do You Need Rescued From?
Today, we begin a 4 part series explaining God through the lens of a dog trainer, but this time, our focus will be on the animal welfare world. Just as we Rescue, Adopt and Rehab our beloved dogs, so does God do with us. So as we s...
Kindness or Nonconfrontational
Oh boy ya'll! Today we have a very honest conversation that hopefully sets you free. I share a story about being "kind" (or so I thought) to a worker in Aldi this past week, However, the truth of the matter is I was using "kindness...
It's Hard to Wait!
Are you in a season of waiting? Me too! Why does it have to be so hard though. We wait and wait and wait but instead of being patient we grow frustrated, angry, bitter, you name it. And if we are honest, impatience doesn't look good o...
It's Not Fair!
Are you going through something right now in life that just isn't fair? You and your spouse still don't have a positive pregnancy test? You drove home last week with the worst possible health diagnosis. You are grieving the loss of someone who ...
Our Job is to Prepare not Protect
Do you have a tight grip on the ones you love? Whether that's a child or a dog or a significant in your life? Me too! I have found myself lately "white knuckling" the ones I hold closest in fear that something will happen to them. I want to pro...
Slow and Steady
We push ourselves! We run so fast trying to accomplish all the things in our heads. But what if you are in a season, like I openly explain I am, where in order to win this race... you need to traveling at a slow and steady pace.
BIG ANNOUCEMENT- Membership Launch Month (and set a calendar trigger for Dec.1st)
Working with our dogs can be frustrating. Our dog's behavior can leave us feeling embarrassed and isolated. On top of that, when we do attempt to train, there are so many opinions and schools of thought our heads are often left swirling with an...
It ain't easy- So we need community
I share a story in today's podcast about how a group of moms to young children got in a room together and just immediately started bawling from the power of being in a community who aren't alone in their short comings and the reality of how har...
Plain & Simple
We bend over backwards, we twist our brains trying to figure "it" out (either in parenting or dog training) and oftentimes the solution is plain and simple. For those of us who love to learn, grow, discover, and unpack...
How's that bath water feelin'? Side effects to training with only one side.
Picking up our conversation from last week, today we are asking the question, are there side effects from training with positive punishment? Cliff notes answer (if you were like me in school and hated reading) the answer is YES. Of course there...
Should we fear God? Should our kids/dogs fear us?
Whelp, here we are... our first controversial conversation on the connection. My ask is you would listen to the full length of this podcast (even though I let myself go wild and free and completely blow past my 20-30 minute committed time frame...