[Episode 127] Shelly Wood - Introducing new dogs into your home & to your other animals...

3:10 - Shelly takes us back to where her journey begin with positive reinforcement animal training. 19:30 - Ryan asks Shelly to share her work with children at Epic Pals - pairing children with dogs preparing to be adopted. 23:20 - Ryan and Shelly discuss the use of PORTL and resources used in the Epic Pals program and how it impacts the children 25:00 - Ryan asks where you can find out more about Shelly’s work at ‘Drop your jaws dog training’ and ‘Epic’ 26:00 - Ryan introduces the new program that Shelly will be hosting for the ATA community. 27:45 - Shelly shares what makes it an exciting program for her to host and introduces the first members that she will be interviewing. 31:05 - Ryan reveals the expected launch date of the new podcasts! 31:50 - Ryan moves the conversation forward to look closer at Shelley’s experience with animal introductions. 33:50 - Shelly explains how she found her first foster dog and how her resources and knowledge and the ATA community has supported her through the experiences 37:15 - Ryan asks about the specific processes, techniques and strategies that have been helpful to implement when introducing new animals. 40:55 - Shelly talks us through the parallel walking process that she uses when introducing dogs 44:10 - Shelly introduces us to her new puppy, Castor and what she has been working on with him recently. 45:30 - Ryan asks a few questions regarding how Shelly has come to be able to bravely share her training and learning online with others. 49:15 - Ryan introduces a summary list: ‘5 things to consider when introducing animals in your house to each other’ 50:35 - Ryan asks Shelly what the most reinforcing part of the process is for Shelly as a human learner in the processes [when sharing your training online] 54:05 - Shelly explains how important it is to choose where you share your training videos when you want feedback and support. 55:05 - Ryan asks Shelly to return to the time when she first brought home fosters and explain what was the antecedent set up in her home to make it more successful. 57:55 - Shelly explains what she may do differently next time and her favourite moments during introductions and with her foster dog Cross. 1:00:00 - Ryan asks Shelly to travel into the future and say what she would like to see happen over the next 5-10years.