FitPet Boston Talks
This podcast is hosted by Boston MA area dog trainers Leah & Lori Lodato. Historically, this has been is a platform for people who are dog trainers, walkers, groomers, vet techs, rescue workers etc, to tell their stories! As of 2023, the show deep dives on specific dog training/handling topics important to the hosts and their clients. If you're a dog person there is no doubt you will enjoy listening and learning from these local pros.
Episodes
Boston area dog trainers Leah and Lori discuss:
Michael Jackson, Coyote Encounters, Potty Training Cases, Behavior Cases, Navigating People Greetings, Fetch Collective Events, IACP dumpster fire, advocating for ourselves as Balanced Trainers and more!
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There's a residental neighborhood in Winchester MA called "the flats" and recently, it's becoming popular to walk dogs off leash in this neighborhood grid. We weigh in on whether or not this is a good, bad or neutral trend. We also discussed shortcomings of electric fence containment systems. If you have a dog trained on the electric fence, please listen to this one and share it with your friends.
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Dog trainer Jackson Cullinan owns The Educated Canine and trains and walks dogs in Massachusetts USA. Recently, Jackson took on a behavior case and filmed some of his training. After posting his training, the training video was widely criticised. We talked about how he handled the situation and what the end results were for the dog he was training.
We also discuss Jacksons 3 dogs and how he works with them daily. Our discussion to...
Boston area dog trainers Leah and Lori discuss rehab for dogs post surgery and answer questions from our listeners. Topics include: balanced training, working in the weather, introducing dogs, enrichment and more! This is a good one, be sure to listen until the end and give us some love on whatever platform you're listening on.
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Jen Banks is a dog trainer in Massachusetts USA. Jen owns The Right Paw training school and competes in AKC rally and obedience with her dogs, Ru and Moon Pie. Jen is a TWC certified trainer, CGC evaluator and IACP member. Below are reference links from our chat. Thank you Jen for sitting with me for this great conversation and for the training session that followed. Great way to spend a Friday!
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Does dog training actually work? Don't take our word for it, listen to the owners! Megan has been working with A Better Companion Dog Training for the past year and is here to share her story. Luca is a Great Dane and Megan is as dedicated an owner as they come. These episodes are very important to us! This episode is for regular folks looking to help their dogs. If you need training, reach out! abcdogtraining1@gmail....
Boston MA area dog trainers Leah and Lori discuss:
- Are leafblowers annoying or necessary?
- How to walk puppies
- Re training the remote collar stimulation to a dog that is confused from prior training
- The weirdest place someone has asked us dog training advice
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Boston MA area dog trainers Leah and Lori discuss:
- Bathroom training dogs
- Loading dogs in and out of the car
- Keeping a clean car
- Being selective about pet care professionals
- Training heeling with an energetic dog
- and more!
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Current legislation proposition HB2342 is before the House Ways and Means Committee in Massachusetts. The bill would limit training tools and training techniques for dangerous dogs. This bill is a bad idea. Please email our state representatives if you are a balanced trainer or if you have benefited from real dog training. Follow the link below to the IACP website and consider becoming a member of the IACP.
Carole is back talking about her dog Maple. Carole is 100% commited to Maple's health and Carole shares some recent injuries Maple has sustained as well as changes in Maple's diet. These owner episodes are very relateable. We thank Carole for coming on and speaking so eloquently about her experiences.
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Dog trainers Leah and Lori meet with Shauna to talk about dog training, dealing with injuries, dogs/kids and more! Shauna and Lori connected through Granite State Working Dog Club and Shauna owns and trains three working dogs. Shauna gave us some wonderful insights on the biggest lessons she's learned while training dogs. Thank you Shauna for spending your Sunday with us!
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Boston MA area dog trainers Leah and Lori discuss:
- Staging the Poker shoot. Check it out on our instagram if you haven't already.
- Seminar Debrief. Lori took off to go to the Joel Silverman, Larry Krohn and Jay Jack seminar.
- Happenings at the Fetch Collective
- Upcoming guests
- And....and ending that doesn't end, as ususal!
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Dog owner Molly sits down with dog trainers Leah and Lori to discuss dietary changes for Molly's rescue dog Sam. Sam dealt with chronic diarrhea and Molly addressed this issue by working with Leah. Together, we changed up Sam's diet by adding whole food recipes and found a commercial kibble that worked for him.
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Boston area dog trainers discuss canine nutrition consultations with Leah and activities at our dog sport club The Fetch Collective.
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Boston area dog trainers discuss the topic of dog breeds for first time owners. We give 2 breed reccomendations for owners and 2 breeds we would not reccomend for first time dog owners. This discussion obviuosly doesn't cover our beloved rescue dog community but they deserve an honorable mention.
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Boston area dog trainers opine on a local court case that has gained nationwide attention. If you follow the Karen Read trial, have you wondered about the injuries that John O'Keefe sustained before he tragically passed away on January 29, 2023?
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This episode is mostly ETC but nestled in the middle are a few tips for those attending the Beginner Clinic for Disc Dog Sports in June! Thank you for listening us jabber about dog training and our own dogs and we hope you enjoy the show.
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Boston area dog trainer Leah discusses a new dog sport club in the metro west. Check out our webstie The Fetch Collective
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Lori recently attended a week long seminar hosted by Joel Silverman on training dogs for TV and Film. She had a great time with Buddha! Stay tuned for their adventures.
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Boston area dog trainers Leah & Lori discuss:
- The importance of checking over your dog whether you are an owner, trainer, walker, groomer or daycare provider
- Avoiding problems on neighborhood walks
- Feeding questions
- Warm up/cool down/stretching
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