Welcome back, listeners, to the podcast that explores the professional and private lives of working dogs of all kinds! Today I'm sharing with you a portion of a conversation I had with Judy Fridono. Judy is a dog trainer in San Diego and founder of the nonprofit Puppy Prodigies.

This episode features Elaine Reiter of Wildside Unlimited in San Diego, California. Elaine is an animal trainer and has an extensive background with training all manner of animals, including marine mammals. Beginning her career at the Miami Seaquarium in the late '80's, Elaine still works with marine mammals today, but her true passion is working with dogs.

Welcome back, listeners, to the podcast that exists to celebrate the working dog! The Hero Beside Me explores the professional and private lives of working dogs of all disciplines. Today I bring you a conversation I had with Brittney, a 30-year-old children's daycare professional who has MS and uses a wheelchair.

Welcome back, listeners, to the podcast that celebrates the professional and private lives of working dogs of all disciplines. I'm so glad you're here! In this episode, I speak with my guest, Amy Boggs, who works as a bed bug detection dog handler for Innovative Pest Solutions in California.

Welcome back, listeners, to the podcast that celebrates the professional and private lives of working dogs of all disciplines. I'm so glad you're here! In this episode, I speak with Michael Hingson, who is a New York Times Bestseller as well as a speaker and business owner.

Welcome, listeners! In today's episode, I speak with Denise Sanders of the National Search Dog Foundation about disaster search dogs.

Welcome, listeners, I'm so glad you're here! In today's episode you'll hear from Amy, an all-star mother of three, a flight test engineer, and a retired military spouse. Two of Amy's children have autism, and her son also has an autism assistance dog.

Welcome back, listeners, to the podcast that explores the professional and private lives of working dogs of all kinds! Today I'm sharing with you a portion of a conversation I had with Judy Fridono. Judy is a dog trainer in San Diego and founder of the nonprofit Puppy Prodigies.

Welcome back, listeners, to the podcast that exists to celebrate the working dog! The Hero Beside Me explores the professional and private lives of working dogs of all disciplines, and today we're delving into the world of conservation detection dogs.

Welcome back, listeners, to the podcast that celebrates the professional and private lives of working dogs of all disciplines. I'm so glad you're here! In today's episode, my guests and I discuss the value of a psychiatric assistance service dog to people who are suffering with PTSD.

Welcome, listeners, I'm so glad you're here! In honor of Veteran's Day, today's episode features an excerpt of my conversation with Krystal Tronboll of The Ddamien Project. Krystal is a former U.S. Navy dog handler and has a very special relationship with our nation's K-9 veterans.

Welcome back, listeners, to the podcast that celebrates the professional and private lives of working dogs of all disciplines. I'm so glad you're here! In this Thanksgiving episode, in honor of our American tradition of having our Thanksgiving meal center around turkey, I decided to take a deep dive into how game birds find their way onto our plates.

Welcome, listeners! In this episode, I invite you to journey with me into a world where the gold standard of leadership in politics is demonstrated by a golden retriever! Tune in as I visit Mayor Max (the 2nd), who reigns supreme as the no kidding official mayor of the town of Idyllwild, California.

Merry Christmas, listeners, I'm so glad you're here! Today's BONUS episode is my Christmas gift to you! Today, we're going to broaden the umbrella of our topic just a bit to discuss dog sports.

Happy New Year, listeners! On today's episode we have special guests Kentucky and Derby from Amazon Prime's show, The Pack! The Pack is very much like the show, The Amazing Race, only with a twist - instead of featuring teams of two humans on a worldwide race against competitors, the teams on The Pack are human/canine teams! On the show, Kentucky, a human from, you guessed it - the state of Kentucky!

In this episode I share my conversation with Dr. Laurie Marker, founder and Executive Director of Cheetah Conservation Fund. Dr. Marker talks about how her organization employs dogs in Africa and around the world to help preserve the dwindling population of wild cheetahs.

In this episode I invite you to come with me to Rancho Luna Lobos, a dog rescue and rehabilitation center/professional dogsled racing kennel that also offers educational dogsled tours in Park City, Utah.

Welcome, listeners! In today's episode I talk with Jeff Schettler, a living legend in the world of dog tracking. Jeff and I chat about his personal career, which includes having been a K9 handler for police departments in California, being attached to the FBI's Hostage Rescue Teams' K9 Assistance Program, being a trainer for military dog handlers, training law enforcement and search and rescue teams around the globe, and authoring four books to date.

Welcome, listeners! In today's episode we're going to be taking a look at our topic from a different angle than we usually do, and talk about some of the scientific research being done about working dogs.

When you ask little kids what they want to be when they grow up, how often do you hear the answer "fireman!"? Did any of you listening to this episode want to be a firefighter when you were a kid? Firefighters are society's heroes...their job requires running toward danger in order to keep others safe.

Listeners, in today's episode you'll hear from two former military dog handlers on what it takes to be a K9 service member in our Armed Forces, as well as what it takes to be a K9 handler.

Listeners, welcome! In today's episode I bring you with me to the snowy world of the Mt. Rose Ski Resort near Lake Tahoe to hang out with some avalanche rescue dogs. This week's guest, ski patroller Paulette Schneider, takes us behind the scenes at a training exercise for the Mt.

Welcome back, listeners! In today's episode, we're talking about HRD - human remains detection - canines, also known as cadaver dogs. I invite you to listen in on my conversation with two veteran K9 search and rescue volunteer dog handlers who partner with their HRD dogs to assist law enforcement in in finding missing persons who are thought to be deceased.

In today's episode, you'll hear a conversation between myself and Jamie Robinson of Canine Bio Detection Services. Jamie has been a dog trainer for almost fifty years, and today she's going to be telling us about the work of medical alert and bio detection dogs specifically.