Rescue Tails (Nihal Salah)

In this episode, I chat with Debby Lucken about how to choose and introduce a rescue dog into a family with young children. 

We talk about how to assess a dog before taking it home and the signs that the dog might be uncomfortable with children.  

Debby also explains how she teaches children to interact with dogs and spot the signs a dog is stressed or fearful.

Debby is the founder of Kids Around Dogs, an association of Dog Trainers and behaviourists who specialise in helping families with children to train their dogs and live in harmony together.

If you have children, you will learn lots from this episode!

For more content like this, make sure you come join the Rescue Tails Facebook group!

Check out these links to find out more about Debby and Kids Around Dogs: 

www.facebook.com/groups/KADkidsarounddogs

www.kidsarounddogs.co.uk/,

www.twitter.com/kidsarounddogs

www.youtube.com/channel/UCCh-dcJfnFn4LKuV4F1Ow-Q

www.instagram.com/kadkidsarounddogs/

In this episode, I chat with Katherine Porter about how we can  support sensitive dogs who display aggressive behaviours using positive reinforcement techniques.

Katherine is the founder of Four Paws and You Dog Training. She is a force free, reward based dog behaviour consultant. 

Many of her clients come to her with Pitbulls, German Shepherds Rottweilers and other powerful breeds. Her training techniques have enabled her clients to take shock collars and prong collars off and reduce sensitivities to other dogs. 

As always, I hope you enjoy this episode! And if you’d like more content like this, make sure you join our private Facebook group. 

In this episode, we're going to be talking about the seven things you must do to settle your adopted rescue dog. So, if you are thinking about adopting a dog or you recently have, then this episode is a must listen!

To find out more about Rescue Tails, visit us at www.rescuetails.co 

In this episode, I chat with Kristin Neal about why our dogs eat poop and what to do about it. We also talk about why some dogs will rip apart the trash as soon as their guardian goes out even if they’ve eaten. 

Kristin is a certified veterinary technician and force free dog trainer. She has extensive experience and training in dog and cat anaesthesia, surgical nursing, nutrition, behaviour and rescue work. 

She is an avid horse lover and trains her horse with force free methods, as well. Kristin has a strong belief in taking a holistic approach to animal care and feeding, and supports keeping animals in a biologically appropriate manner. Her unifying passion is improving quality of life for companion animals and their people.

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Here is the research Kristen mentioned on the show: 

The paradox of canine conspecific coprophagy

https://ucdavis.pure.elsevier.com/en/publications/the-paradox-of-canine-conspecific-coprophagy

For more on the latest research on dog nutrition, check out CANWI - Companion Animal Nutrition & Wellness Institute

https://canwinstitute.org/ 

If you’re interested in a workshop with Kristen, contact me on nihal@rescuetails.co 

For more content like this and to be part of the Rescue Tails community, come join the Rescue Tails group on Facebook!

In this episode, I chat with Freya, the adoption manager at Miracle's Mission and Emma Mclean, behaviourist and founder of Hound Charming, about why many disabled dogs make amazing companions. We bust many of the myths about disabled dogs and the lives they live, plus Emma and Freya also give a breakdown of some of the costs involved and how organizations like Miracle's Mission support with financial costs. 

To learn more about the dogs featured in this episode, visit https://www.miraclesmission.org/.
To find out more about Emma's services, visit the Hound Charming website: https://www.houndcharming.com/ 
For more about Rescue Tails, visit rescuetails.co 

Welcome to the Rescue Tails podcast, the show dedicated to helping you settle your adopted rescue dog.

In this episode I chat with Amina El Shazly about the changing perception of stray dogs in Egypt and why more people are opting to adopt rather than shop.

Amina is the co-founder of Leaf Animals, an organisation that helps alleviate the pressure on rescue centres and individuals by helping them find forever homes for the animals in their care.

Amina did her masters thesis on Egypt's Baladi dog (Baladi is the term used to refer to strays in Egypt. It translates to 'my country' but unfortunately the term is now often used to describe things that are tacky or unwanted). 
Through her research she found that these animals were once very highly regarded by ancient Egyptians and often even buried with them. She explains how the stigma of adopting Baladi dogs and cats is starting to die down slowly. 

I'm half Egyptian and I lived in Egypt for 18 years so I've seen first hand how dreadful life can be for Egypt’s stray animals with everything from sanctioned poisoning campaigns to pet abandonment and road accidents.

Awareness and interest in animal welfare in Egypt is on the rise and more people are choosing to adopt rather than shop. However, there is still an informational gap and many people struggle to settle their adopted rescue. I'm sure the work Amina and many others are doing will change this over time.  

As always, I hope you enjoy this episode and if you'd like me to cover specific topics on future episodes of the podcast, drop me an email at nihal@rescuetails.co. 

In this episode, I chat with dog behaviourist Viviane Arzoumanian about why our dogs bark and what we can do about it.  

Vivian is the founder of Pumpkin Pups Training and is based in New York. She offers online and in-person consults.

Website: PumpkinPups Dog Training

For Free: Ask The Trainer - Saturdays at 11am EST.

PumpkinPups Dog Training Clients & Friends - Closed Facebook Group -  All the questions must be answered to be approved.

Article about how to talk to your dog.
Podcast episode about Separation Anxiety with one of the world's leading experts, Moira Hechenleitner. 

For more about Rescue Tails, visit: www.rescuetails.co
 Check out our Facebook page
Follow us on Instagram: @Rescuetails.co

In this episode I chat with Andrew Hale, about the emotional experience of our rescue dogs and how we, as dog parents, can better support our furry friends to work through some of their emotional challenges.

Andrew explains why it is so important that we understand the underlying causes of our dogs’ behaviour rather than just trying to ‘fix’ the behaviours.

We also talk about how you can help your rescue dog to settle in the first few weeks of bringing it home and Andrew shares some of the dos and don'ts!

Andrew is a Certified Animal Behaviourist with more than 10 years’ experience working in animal behaviour. He follows a Dog Centred Care approach, working with empathy and compassion to try and understand why a dog is exhibiting the behaviours the dog owner might concerned about. 

You can find our more about Andrew via his website and his Facebook group Dog Centred Care.

As always I hope you enjoy this episode! If you have a rescue tail you’d like to share on the podcast, reach out to me on Facebook or Instagram on rescuetails.co  

In this episode, I chat with Maxine Easey about how our animals learn and how different training approaches impact their emotional states and experiences. 

Max is the founder of Horse Charming and she has been training horses and their owners since 2007. 

You’re probably wondering why I’m interviewing a horse trainer on a podcast about rescue dogs! Well, it’s because Max is a leading authority on force free training and how animals learn and she's studied and worked with some of the world's leading trainers.

In this episode, we talk about how our dogs perceive the world around them, the importance of understanding your dog’s hierarchy of needs and why it’s so important to understand our own emotions and how they impact how we treat our dogs. 

To find out more about Max and her work, visit her website Horse Charming. 

For more content like this and to be part of the Rescue Tails community, come join the Rescue Tails group on Facebook.

Welcome to the Rescue Tails podcast! This week, I chat with Emma McLean about what it really takes to settle a rescue dog. Emma is a canine behaviour practitioner and founder of Hound Charming, an animal welfare organisation that specialises in the force free training of hounds and their humans. In this episode, we talk about what to expect when you first bring your rescue dog home, the importance of understanding your rescue dog's emotions and how to read its body language so that you can give it the support it needs. We also discuss how to use distance rather than treats to earn your dog's trust, especially if it's really fearful. We touched on what force free training is and why it's so effective. Do you have questions about settling your rescue dog? Let me know by emailing me on nihal@rescuetails.co and we'll cover those questions in future episodes.

In this episode, I want to have a chat with you about how YOU feel. We talk about settling your rescue dog on this podcast a lot. It's what it’s all about. But now that I’ve had my dog Rosa for 8 months, I realise the importance of talking about our emotions as humans.
Once your rescue dog has settled in, you're probably going to start seeing some behaviour changes and not all of them are easy to manage without professional help. And some behaviours can be really stressful for us as the humans in the relationship. 
So in this short episode, we talk about what to do if you're feeling emotionally overwhelmed. 

If you ever need to chat, feel free to reach out to me via email nihal@rescuetails.co or on Instagram @nihal_and_rosa.

In this episode, I chat with the wonderful Moira Hechenleitner about how we can help our dogs overcome separation anxiety. Moira is one of only 200 Certified Separation Anxiety Trainers (CSATs) in the world. She graduated from Mayor University College of Veterinary Medicine in 2007, in Santiago, Chile and has a postgraduate in Animal-Assisted Therapy.

Moira is a founding board member of the Chilean Association of Professional Dog Trainers (APDT Chile).

She has spent the last 12 years offering consultation services to pet owners, and teaching courses to dog trainers.

Moira is a speaker on the topic of Separation Anxiety, giving seminars internationally in English and Spanish.

She currently resides in Mystic, Connecticut and helps dogs and their families from all over the world overcome separation anxiety.

 

Find out more about Moira's work here.

For more about Rescue Tails, visit: www.rescuetails.co
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In this episode, I chat with Kristin Neal about what we should and shouldn’t be feeding our dogs. 

We talk about the impact of food on our dogs’ behaviour and why a high carb and high processed diet can be the cause of aggressive behaviour. 

Kristin is a certified veterinary technician and force free dog trainer. She has extensive experience and training in dog and cat anaesthesia, surgical nursing, nutrition, behaviour and rescue work. She is an avid horse lover and trains her horse with force free methods, as well. Kristin has a strong belief in taking a holistic approach to animal care and feeding, and supports keeping animals in a biologically appropriate manner. Her unifying passion is improving quality of life for companion animals and their people.

You can get in touch with Kristen on Facebook.
For more on the latest research on dog nutrition, check out CANWI - Companion Animal Nutrition & Wellness Institute

For more content like this and to be part of the Rescue Tails community, come join the Rescue Tails group on Facebook!

In this episode, I'll be sharing a short story about how my rescue dog, Rosa, had me completely fooled with the behaviour she recently learned. You know that saying "fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me"? Well, keep that in mind. As you listen to this one! 

In this episode I chat with Nadine Hagar, about her rescue dog Zoey. 

Nadine fostered Zoey when she was 6 months old. Like many of us who start off as a fosterer, she fell in love with Zoey and decided to adopt her and be her forever home. 

Now seven years on, Nadine shares the ups and downs of her journey with Zoe and the lessons she’s learnt as a first time adopter. 

As always I hope you enjoy this episode! If you have a rescue tail you’d like to share on the podcast, reach out to me on Facebook or Instagram or email me on  nihal@rescuetails.co.   

Thinking about adopting a rescue dog? Or have you recently adopted one and are struggling to help him or her get settled? 
You’re not alone! It can be really stressful for dogs and their human companions in the first few days, weeks and even months. 

When I brought my dog Rosa home, we had a really tough start. She was too scared to come inside the apartment and slept by the front door for the first few days. She was scared of pretty much everything including cars, people, other dogs. 
This is quite common with rescue dogs. 

But fast forward 6 months later and she’s as happy as can be! 

So in this episode, I want to share some of the lessons I learnt and the 6 things you must do to help make the transition as easy as possible for your new furry friend. 

www.rescuetails.co 

In this episode, I chat with Debby Lucken about how to support your dog if he or she is scared of children. Debby explains why dogs can develop a fear of children and how it can manifest in different behaviours.

Debby is the founder of Kids Around Dogs, an association of Dog Trainers and behaviourists who specialise in helping families with children to train their dogs and live in harmony together.

If you have children, you will learn lots from this episode!

Check out these links to find out more about Debby and Kids Around Dogs:

www.facebook.com/groups/KADkidsarounddogs
www.kidsarounddogs.co.uk/
www.twitter.com/kidsarounddogs
www.instagram.com/kadkidsarounddogs/

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As always I hope you enjoy this episode! If you have a rescue tail you’d like to share on the podcast, reach out to me on nihal@rescuetails.co.   
www.rescuetails.co
Join our private Facebook group: facebook.com/groups/rescuetails.co 
Follow us on Instagram: @Rescuetails.co

In this episode, I chat with Helen Coen, about Separation Anxiety.  
We talk about the different types of separation anxiety including isolation distress. Helen explains how to spot the signs and what you can do to help support your dog to overcome separation anxiety and what you can do to help prevent them in the first place. 
 
Helen is a professional dog trainer and a fully qualified and certified Separation Anxiety Professional trainer. She is the founder of Fairy Tails Dog Training in the UK and is also an approved Kids Around Dogs Trainer.  

You can find out more about Helen on her website and social channels: 
www.fairytailsdogtraining.co.uk/
www.facebook.com/fairytailsdogtrainingmarlow
www.instagram.com/fairytailsmarlow/

Check out Julie Naismith's podcast on Separation Anxiety 
https://spoti.fi/3k1HneT
or her website: 
www.subthresholdtraining.com

In this episode, I invited behaviourist Angie Cook back to the podcast to talk about reactivity. We chat about why some dogs become reactive or sensitive to other dogs and what to do about it. 

Angie explains that our dogs often give us signals that they are uncomfortable well before they get anywhere near an approaching dog. We talk about how to read those signals and respond to them to avoid the reaction in the first place. 

We also chat about some of the behaviours that dogs naturally do that we as dog parents would prefer they don’t like rolling in dirt, barking or eating poop. Angie explains how suppressing a dog’s natural behaviours can in some cases lead to reactivity so we need to find a balance between managing behaviours and trying to stop them altogether. 

Angie is a certified Dog Behaviourist and a certified Family Dog Mediator with the Dog Door Behaviour Centre in North Carolina.  

As always I hope you enjoy this episode. 

Links we love 🧡

Listen to the first interview with Angie - https://www.rescuetails.co/podcast/episode/1e1195c6/why-our-dogs-are-reactive-to-other-dogs-and-what-we-can-do-to-support-them 

Read Kim Brophey's book, Meet Your Dog - https://www.meetyourdogbook.com/ 

Connect with Angie on https://www.facebook.com/angie.wilt.1 

Follow The Dog Door on instagram - https://www.instagram.com/thedogdoor/ 

Visit The Dog Door Website  - https://www.dogdoorcanineservices.com/

In this episode, I chat with dog trainer and behaviourist Anthony De Marinis about why our dogs behave differently with different people. 

I asked Anthony to join me for this episode because I noticed that my dog, Rosa, has been behaving very differently when on walks with me versus when she’s with my husband. 

Anthony explains why this happens and why some dogs can display aggressive behaviour when out with one person and not another. We discuss what we can do to address this and some mistakes most of us don’t even realise we’re making. 

As always, I hope you enjoy this episode! 

 Links We Love 🧡

To find out more about Anthony's services, visit his website: https://demarinisdogtraining.com

For more about Rescue Tails, visit: www.rescuetails.co

Check out our Facebook page

Follow us on Instagram: @Rescuetails.co

This episode is all about puppies! 

They’re cute, they’re cuddly but they can really be a handful and what you do in the early days with your puppy will have a huge impact on their behaviour when they get older.

So in this episode, I chat with dog trainer and behaviourist Anthony De Marinis who reveals some of the biggest mistakes you want to avoid making with your puppy. 

Anthony will also teach you how to potty train your puppy and he’ll talk you through what to do if your furry friend is mouthing or biting excessively. He also explains why you need to start teaching recall from day one. 

As always, I hope you enjoy this episode! 

Links We Love 🧡
To find out more about Anthony's services, visit his website: https://demarinisdogtraining.com

Read more about what to do if your puppy is teething in this blog post: https://demarinisdogtraining.com/beast-teeth-puppy-mouthing-biting/

Read more about resource guarding in this post: https://demarinisdogtraining.com/resource-guarding-in-dogs
To learn more about breed groups, read Kim Brophey’s book, Meet Your Dog - https://www.meetyourdogbook.com/ 

Welcome to the Rescue Tails podcast, the show dedicated to helping you settle your adopted rescue dog! 

In this episode, I chat with Richard Maxim Walter about how you can choose the right rescue dog for you. All dogs need daily mental and physical exercise as well as emotional support. But depending on the breed or breed mix and the background of the dog, they might need significantly more than what you might be prepared to or able to offer them. 

We talk about the specific questions you need to ask the shelter before adopting to make sure you're aware of any potential emotional, behavioural or health issues. 

Richard is a certified dog trainer at Club Canino Sant Cugat in Spain, and he is a member of the International Association of Canine Professionals. He's also currently working on his certification from the Certification Council for Professional Dog Trainers. 

As always, I hope you enjoyed this episode. And if there were any specific topics you'd like us to cover in future episodes of Rescue Tails, drop me an email at nihal@rescuetails.co or reach out to me on our Facebook page or website.

You can find out more about The Flaneurs Barcelona, check out their website and you can follow them on Facebook and Instagram. 

The truth is, not all adoption stories have a happy ending. Many dogs are sent back to the shelter because of behaviour challenges. It’s estimated that 1 in 5 dogs end up back in shelters every year. And we all know that behind every statistic is a heartbreaking story.

This is the problem Emma Jane-Lee is working tirelessly to help solve.

Emma is a teacher, writer, assessment consultant and canine behaviourist based in France.

In this episode I chat with her about what drives people to adopt a dog and why you shouldn’t judge a dog’s behaviour when it’s in the shelter.

Emma offers behavioural support to people who have adopted dogs from her and other local shelters.

Sometimes her work involves dogs who owners want to keep instead of surrender their dog but they have run out of options. She specialises in working with dogs who have a history of aggression and bites.

Emma is a member of the Pet Professional Guild and is a certified shelter dog behaviour consultant by the International Association of Animal Behaviour Consultants.

She’s written a book to help dog trainers. It’s available on Amazon as a digital download and also a paperback. Client-Centred Dog Training is aimed at helping dog trainers get the most out of their human clients.

Links we love 🧡

Read Emma’s fantastic blog on her website 
Check out her Facebook Page

 
Resources to help you with Separation Anxiety 

Julie Naismith: Be Right Back! 

Julie also has a network of SA specialists called SA Pro where people can find trainers who use her Sub-Threshold Training.  

Malena Di Martini: Treating Separation Anxiety in Dogs.

Malena also has a network of certified dog trainers through her own certification programme, most of whom work virtually. 

James O'Heare: Canine Separation Anxiety Workbook. 

A useful study from de Assis et al (overseen by Daniel Mills) 

To find out more about Rescue Tails, visit www.rescuetails.co

In this episode, I chat with Angie Cook, about what leads dogs to become reactive or sensitive to other dogs and what to do about it. We also discuss resource guarding - we chat about why it’s so important to understand why your dog is resource guarding before trying to address it. 

Angie has years of experience working with dog shelters so we also talk about the dos and don’ts of settling your adopted rescue dog. 

Angie is a certified Dog Behaviourist and a certified Family Dog Mediator with the Dog Door Behaviour Centre in North Carolina.  

Angie used to be the Director of Operations at the Animal Compassion Network (now part of the Ashville Humane Society) where she oversaw the development of behaviour programmes. 

Links we love 🧡

Read this article: The “Love Hormone” Oxytocin can also give rise to aggressive behavior

Read Kim Brophey's book, Meet Your Dog

Connect with Angie on Facebook

Subscribe to The Dog Door’s Youtube channel

Follow The Dog Door on instagram

Visit The Dog Door Website  

In this episode I chat with Sally Adly about how we can communicate more effectively with our rescue dogs. When you bring your dog home, it will probably feel overwhelmed and quite scared. But it takes time for a dog to settle in its new home and it’s so important to learn how to listen to and respond to your dogs needs beyond the basics of food and shelter. 

Sally also talks about the importance of taking a force free or punishment free approach to training. She shares some interesting research that shows the negative impact of using aversive or forceful approaches to training. This is such an important topic for all dog owners. 
And I would urge anyone who is working with trainers who suggest they use things like shock collars, choke chains, hitting the dog or any force/punishment to look at what the evidence shows. You really are putting yourself and your dog at risk with these approaches. 

Here are the research papers Sally referenced in our conversation: 

Survey of the use and outcome of confrontational and non-confrontational training methods in client-owned dogs showing undesired behaviors

Efficacy of Dog Training With and Without Remote Electronic Collars vs. a Focus on Positive Reinforcement

Does training method matter? Evidence for the negative impact of aversive-based methods on companion dog welfare

 
Sally is the founder of Kelabi, a free educational platform that helps dog owners understand more about canine communication. She is also the founder of Egypt’s top rated dog hotel where she hosted and worked with hundreds of dogs over the years.

You can find them on Facebook or Instagram. 

As always, I hope you enjoy this episode! If there is a topic you'd like us to cover in future episodes, reach out to me on nihal@rescuetails.co.

In this episode we talk about the importance of managing our expectations of our rescue dogs.

In this episode, I chat with dog behaviourist Viviane Arzoumanian about how to settle your adopted rescue dog if you live in a chaotic city.
We also talk about how to better communicate with our dogs and what to do if your dog is a persistent barker! 

Vivian is the founder of Pumpkin Pups Training and is based in New York. She offers online and in-person consults.
She has some fantastic blogs on her website including one of my favourites “YES” training vs. “NO” training

For more about Rescue Tails, visit: www.rescuetails.co
Check out our Facebook page
Follow us on Instagram: @Rescuetails.co

In this episode, I chat with Kim Brophey about why we need to rethink our relationship with our dogs and move away from thinking of our dogs as pets and of ourselves as ‘dog owners’ but more like dog parents or carers. 

We also chat about why it’s so important that we are more aware of how our emotions get in the way of our dogs' ability to learn and live happy lives. 

Kim is an applied ethologist and professional Family Dog Mediator working to solve problems between people and dogs with modern science. If you’re wondering what an ethologist is, well they’re scientists who study the behaviour of animals in their natural environment.  

Kim is a certified dog behaviour consultant and a certified dog trainer. She’s also an author of the must read book, Meet your Dog. 

Kim is truly breaking the mould in the pet dog industry in order to facilitate a long overdue paradigm shift in our relationships with our dogs.

Links we love 🧡

Read Kim's book, Meet Your Dog
Connect with Kim on Facebook

Subscribe to Kim's Youtube channel

Follow Kim on instagram