Episodes
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In this episode Justina shares her experience about a dog trainer course that she took in 2021. A relaxed conversation between the hosts of the show is a bonus episode to the first season of the podcast.
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The first episode introduces you to the hosts of the podcast - Justina and Brian - as we chat with our first guest - Dan Dangler. Dan is one of the biggest dog enthusiasts who shared the craziest dog (and people) trick on the planet! The episode also brings you a conversation with Majori Meijer. She is a dog behaviorist and a trainer who works at the second largest animal shelter in Europe - DOA (Dierenopvang), Amsterdam. Majori tells about the daily life in the shelter, how and what kind of animals end up there, how they are trained and rehomed. We also talk about predisposition of certain breeds to certain behaviors and what people should be prepared for when getting a dog . Learn more about DOA here: https://www.doamsterdam.nl/
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In the second episode Justina and Brian exchange stories about their first dogs. This conversation serves as an intro into the main theme of this episode - the connection between dogs and people. We could not have found a better person to discuss this with than a psychology professor Clive Wynne who directs the Canine Science Collaboratory at Arizona State University in Tempe. Clive shares various stories about the research of the dog's mind and behavior, we discuss the origins of the dog and many misconceptions that we form about this animal. All of which can help us understand what dogs actually are and how we can give them the best lives possible. You can learn more about Clive's work and his book - Dog is Love - here: https://www.clivewynne.com/
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The third episode dives into the topic of domestication of dogs with professor Greger Larson. We talk about the path that the grey wolf had to take to become the modern dog, how domestication in general affects people's lives and what we can and cannot learn from genes. https://www.arch.ox.ac.uk/people/larson-greger. Funny enough, domestication of dogs leads us to another animal - foxes - about which we chat with Kristina Wieghmink. Kristina and her husband share their lives not only with four dogs but two foxes. Gaia and Inali have brought a lot of change into the couple's lives but the constant amusement they provide made it all worth it. You can learn more about living with foxes here: https://www.youtube.com/c/GaiaFoxInali
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This episode is dedicated to a cousin of a dog - jackal. Our friend Anurag Chaudhary introduces us to the image of the jackal in Indian culture. He shares some folk tales and personal experiences about this animal. Having heard the stories of Anurag, we wanted to learn more about jackals. So we spoke to Nathan Ranc who worked on a research project about golden jackals in Europe. Nathan debunked some myths about jackals, explained their place in the canid family and told us interesting stories about wildlife ecology overall. You can learn more about Nathan's research here: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Nathan-Ranc
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In this episode we talk about the main character in dog's history - the wolf. Professor Luigi Boitani - a leading wolf researcher with years and years of experience - throughout our conversation generously sheds light on the behavior of wolves. We dive into the family structure of this animal, we talk about the challenges of living with a wolfdog - hybrid, sharing our lives with dogs and much more. Follow Luigi's research here: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Luigi-Boitani
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A lot of us picture dogs as daily human companions, spread out in our beds, drooling onto our laps during dinner time. Yet the majority of dogs on Earth are not at all pet dogs in the traditional sense. Dr. Anindita Bhadra shared fascinating stories about the lives of street dogs in India. Her attitude and approach to dogs taught us so much about our connection with the canines. Learn more about her research here: https://www.iiserkol.ac.in/~abhadra/Anindita.html
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A story of our friend - Carly Ottenbreit - paves the way for the main topic of this episode. Most (if not all) dog parents would say that dogs changed their life for the better. Believers in this idea took it even further and created special rehabilitation programs for prisoners. Groups of prisoners in multiple countries learnt how to train dogs which led to various positive changes in their lives. Mina Sild, Emma Jäger and Barbara Cooke helped us learn more about this phenomenon from their own unique perspectives. You can checkout Emma's dog training school here: https://www.koertekoolkratt.ee/ Also - learn more about Barbara's research here: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Barbara-Cooke-2
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Last but definitely not least in the first season of Dogstorian comes a very special episode which we recorded live at Werner Freund Wolfpark in Merzig, Germany. The caretakers of the park - Tatjana Schneider and Michael Schönberger - walked with us through the woods which is a home for around 20 wolves. They shared the details about their routines in the park, told us jaw dropping stories about the family lives of these animals, gave us insights into the exceptional personalities of wolves, compared them to dogs and much more. Find more information about the park here: http://www.wolfspark-wernerfreund.de/
