Episode 12: Zach Skow (Pawsitive Change Program & Marley’s Mutts Rescue)

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Welcome to ”Dog Training Bytes” – the show where canine professionals share their key takeaways, big a-ha moments, and hardest lessons learned from working with dogs.

On today’s episode, for the Season One Finale, Mattison is speaking with Zach Skow!

Zach’s story begins not as a dog trainer, but as a human who saw his life slipping away from fatal liver disease at the age of 28. Through a power I’m very familiar with, Zach’s dogs gave him a reason to live and to start fighting for something greater. In 2009, Marley’s Mutts was born, a rescue with a focus on community outreach through their brilliant and transformative program, Pawsitive Change. The Pawsitive Change program brings together dog rescue and incarceration through a powerful business model that provides endless benefits to multiple areas of our community. Prison inmates receive life-changing and recidivism-ending skills as dog trainers, and rescue dogs avoid euthanasia in over-crowded shelters while they learn the skills that can help them successfully transition to THEIR new life.

You can connect with Zach on Instagram and Facebook, and through his rescue Marley’s Mutts and the Pawsitive Change Program.

Dog Training Bytes was created, produced, and edited by Mattison Simpson. You can connect with Mattison on Instagram at @DogTrainingBytes and @FreedbyTraining. For information on guests and resources for help with your dog or your dog training education, visit www.dogtrainingbytes.stream. Visual design by Mattison Simpson and music by Alexi Action.

Looking for more? Listen to my other show, unPACKed – a clinical dog training podcast co-hosted by Sailor Jerri the dog trainer.

Come back in two weeks for a very exciting Season 2 Premiere!

Episode 11: Lauren Sisak (Sit. Stay. Stella.)

Welcome to ”Dog Training Bytes” – the show where canine professionals share their key takeaways, big a-ha moments, and hardest lessons learned from working with dogs.

On today’s episode, Mattison is speaking with Lauren Sisak.

Lauren is a certified professional dog trainer with advanced certifications such as puppy start right instructor via the Karen Pryor academy and Michael Shikashio’s Aggression in Dogs Master Course. Her business, Sit. Stay. Stella., provides training, sitting, and boarding with a dash of, and I quote “spunk and sass, adding a playful spark to every moment” (I can personally attest to witnessing this). Lauren believes in the power of unwavering support, patience, and (something we both built our businesses on), second chances.

From Lauren:

This episode is dedicated to my dear friend Sasha who passed away earlier this year. You taught me so many things, of course tons of dog training knowledge, but the most important lesson was believing in myself. We became friends during a really challenging period of my life and you’ll never know how much your kindness and badassery meant to me. I think about you often when I’m approaching a complex case and wish I could bounce ideas off of you still. Thank you Sasha for teaching me more than you’ll ever know.

You can connect with Lauren on Instagram @sitstaystella_ and find out more about her services at https://www.sitstaystella.com/

Dog Training Bytes was created, produced, and edited by Mattison Simpson. You can connect with Mattison on Instagram at @DogTrainingBytes and @FreedbyTraining. For information on guests and resources for help with your dog or your dog training education, visit www.dogtrainingbytes.stream. Visual design by Mattison Simpson and music by Alexi Action.

Looking for more? Listen to my other show, unPACKed – a clinical dog training podcast co-hosted by Sailor Jerri the dog trainer.

Episode 10: Em Breslin (Straight Up Dog Talk)

This episode is brought to you by Straight Up Dog Talk!

Welcome to ”Dog Training Bytes” – the show where canine professionals share their key takeaways, big a-ha moments, and hardest lessons learned from working with dogs.

On today’s episode, Mattison is speaking with Em Breslin.

A retired vet tech, pet sitter, and dog walker, Em has 30 years of hands-on experience working with animals.

Straight-Up Dog Talk is a longtime dream turned reality, inspired by her deep experience and passion for educating and providing resources to dog owners.

Her objective is to normalize tough but necessary conversations about dog ownership, which she guides through the lens of someone who has been behind the treatment room doors.

Em currently has two dogs of her own, Toby and Fitz, who share the spotlight on her Instagram account.

You can connect with Em on Instagram @em_lovesdogs and @straightupdogtalk and find out more information about her podcast and training at www.straightupdogtalk.com .

Dog Training Bytes was created, produced, and edited by Mattison Simpson. You can connect with Mattison on Instagram at @DogTrainingBytes and @FreedbyTraining. For information on guests and resources for help with your dog or your dog training education, visit www.dogtrainingbytes.stream. Visual design by Mattison Simpson and music by Alexi Action.

Looking for more? Listen to my other show, unPACKed – a clinical dog training podcast co-hosted by Sailor Jerri the dog trainer.