Enrichment for the Real World

#186 - Your "Good Enough" Enrichment Plan

If you’ve ever lay away at night running through the list of everything you didn’t do for your pet today… welcome to the club.  In this episode, Emily and Tiffany discus

#185 - Troubleshooting: Perfectionism's Worst Nightmare

Last episode, Emily and Ellen talked about how perfectionism can keep you stuck waiting for the “right” time, circling the perfect plan. And when Plan A is the only plan

#184 - Perfectionism is Your Enemy

Perfectionism is a fickle little creature. It doesn’t always show up as striving for exact perfection. Sometimes, it’s the little bouts of waiting for the next “right” th

#183 - Beccy Hughes: There's No Wrong Way in Animal Care

In this week’s episode, we’re joined by Pet Harmony’s newest consulting team member Beccy Hughes! With decades of animal care and training experience, Emily and Beccy tal

#182 - What If You Used the Enrichment Framework on Yourself? 4 Real Stories

Enrichment is just for pets. It’s for the humans too. It’s for pet parents trying to keep their cool while their dog parkours around the house or their cats who keep maki

#181 - Sneak Peek! What's New in the Pet Harmony Enrichment Framework

It’s been seven years since Canine Enrichment for the Real World came out, and you know what, you learn a lot in 7 years. After teaching hundreds, if not thousands, of pe

#180 - 5 Things That Burn Out Pet Professionals

You didn’t get into animal care work because you wanted an easy career. You got in because you care about animals and the people who love them, well past the point of con

#179 - My Dog Is Burning Me Out

“I did not sign up for this.”  It’s the one little sentence that flashes in your brain as you clean up another accident, watch your dog blow up over the sounds of a car

#178 - Amelia Nagoski: Burnout

You’re tired. You’re deep in your soul, day in and day out, exhausted. In a world where everything is hard, the stress keeps on coming, and pushing is applauded while res

#177 - When You Can't Give Your Dog What They Want

We’ve all been there. The standoff where your dog is dancing and staring, waiting for you to do the thing, and you’re trying to negotiate a different plan. Maybe it’s 105

#176 - My Dog's Barking Is Destroying Me

Does your dog barking make you jump out of your skin? Or send you down a shame spiral? Or have your dog’s triggers become your triggers? You are very much not alone. In t

#175 - Get Your Dog to Relax

If you’ve been struggling to help your dog rest or relax, despite following protocols and trying your dangest, it’s time to zoom out and look at the environment.  This w

#174 - How to Calm Down a Hyper Dog

Y’all, we gotta give a little warning with this one, it may get a little spicy. To prep for this episode, we turned to the internet to see what advice pet parents are lik

#173 - 5 Ways You’re F*cking Up Your Leash Reactivity Plan

Dealing with leash reactivity can really be a drag (only moderate pun intended 😂). Jokes aside, if you have a dog that does the whole barky, bitey, lungey thing on leash,

#172 - If Treats Fixed Reactivity, You'd Be Done By Now

You bought the “good” treats, you know, the all-natural, human-grade, $14-a-bag ones. You've got the *perfect* dedicated pouch after hours of research. You’ve studie

#171 - No, Not All Dogs Need Walks

You've been told your dog needs daily walks. We get it; everyone has.  When you were a kid and wanted a dog, your guardians probably said something like, “Okay, but

#170 - Q&A: How to Multi-Pet Household

In this Q&A episode, Allie, Emily, and Ellen tackle the questions they hear most often from clients, mentees, and the internet: Should I get another pet? How do I treat m

#169 - Kiki Yablon: Why Your Dog Won’t Settle When You’re Busy

This week we’re joined by Kiki Yablon, behavior analyst, dog trainer, KPA faculty member, and general bad a**. Kiki’s incredible skills of observation, communication, and

#168 - Stop Waiting to Know the Right Thing. Here's How to Decide

You know that feeling where you're staring at what feels like a total dumpster fire, and you’re just… frozen? It’s not because you don't care or because you don

#167 - Are You Designing Plans for Your Dog... or for Your Anxiety?

Hey, hi, hello. Do you also fall into the pet parent spiral? Worrying that you aren’t a good pet parent, that your dog is suffering, and that you aren’t doing enough. Aft