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Unleashed & Unhinged

Ian Shivers

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Frequency: 1 episode/9d. Total Eps: 48

A podcast for dog lovers, dog trainers and dog nerds. I’m Ian Shivers, a behaviour consultant, mentor to other dog professionals, podcaster and all round animal geek. You can find me in Sydney where I run Bondi Behaviourist, a training company that works city wide, Canine C.A.R.E.givers, an online platform for dog owners to learn about training and behaviour, and Mutley, an all in one platform and community with the goal of supporting the amazing professionals in our industry. For some insane reason, as if I wasn’t busy enough I set up this podcast too, in which I’ll dive into a dog topic and unpack it. I hope you enjoy the show.

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🇺🇸 USA - petsAndAnimals
22/12/2025
#85
🇬🇧 Great Britain - petsAndAnimals
18/11/2025
#95
🇬🇧 Great Britain - petsAndAnimals
17/11/2025
#81
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#59
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11/11/2025
#35

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Episode 49: Canine Caregivers - How NOT To Socialise Your Aggressive Dog

Episode 50

Monday, July 29, 2024 • Duration 23:24

Dominique Hone of Canine Caregivers joins me again for another Canine Caregivers episode.

In this episode we discuss "How NOT to Socialise Your Aggressive Dog"

If you want to learn more about Canine Caregivers, a platform in which we provide courses and webinars on how to live a healthy and happy life with your dog, visit caninecaregivers.com.au because we've got a ton of resources available.

Dominique also operates as 'The Dog Behavioural Trainer' in Sydney where she helps people and their dogs with training and behavioural issues. You can find her website here: https://thedogbehaviouraltrainer.com.au/

Don't forget to follow the show and leave a review if you're feeling generous.

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Episode 48: Canine Caregivers - Are Board and Trains a Good Idea?

Episode 49

Monday, July 29, 2024 • Duration 24:11

Dominique Hone of Canine Caregivers joins me again for another Canine Caregivers episode.

In this episode we discuss "Are Board and Trains a Good Idea?"

Don't forget to follow the show and leave a review if you're feeling generous.

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Episode 38: Canine Caregivers - The Bridge Of Trust

Episode 39

Monday, February 5, 2024 • Duration 33:37

Dominique Hone of Canine Caregivers joins me again for another Canine Caregivers episode.

In this episode we discuss "The Bridge of Trust".

The bridge of trust is a concept that Dominque talks a lot about with her clients. It is what strengthens the bond and communication between both ends of the leash and ultimately is at the core of the relationship.

Trust is earned and listening to Dom break this down is a great insight into how important it is as well as some classic do's and don't when it comes to building trust.

Don't forget to follow the show and leave a review if you're feeling generous.

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Episode 37: Hannah Branigan - Positive Reinforcement And Obedience

Episode 38

Monday, January 29, 2024 • Duration 01:03:56

Hannah Branigan is someone that I have personally learned a lot from. I have listed to every single episode of her awesome podcast "Drinking From the Toilet" which is a fascinating deep dive into the use of postive reinforcement in a variety of contexts. It's also a really cool show because over time, you really feel like you're getting to know Hannah which in my opinion, everyone is better off for doing so.

Hannah is fascinated by behavior and learning, and passionate about bringing innovative, science-based solutions to the dog/human learning space. Hannah has a background in both human sports and biology. Now she applies that knowledge and experience to the world of animal training and canine competitive sports.

Hannah not only trains people and professionals she also enjoys competing in a variety of sports, and has titled her dogs in Obedience, Agility, Conformation, IPO (Schutzhund), and Rally. Her competition obedience DVDs, Obedience FUNdamentals and Beyond FUNdamentals, have received rave reviews from trainers all over the world, and her students have earned advanced titles and in multiple countries.

While primarily interested in the training process, she finds the high scores, prestigious awards, and national rankings she has earned to be very reinforcing. Hannah is the host of the popular dog training podcast, Drinking from the Toilet, which focuses on the (often inconvenient) intersection between positive reinforcement philosophy and reality.

As always, I loved this episode and getting to meet Hannah was a highlight of my year, so jump in, have a listen and give us a like and follow while you're at it.

To learn more about her work and the show itself, follow the links to the resources below.

Episode 36: Canine Caregivers - Resource Guarding - Food Against Humans

Episode 37

Monday, January 22, 2024 • Duration 29:44

Dominique Hone of Canine Caregivers joins me again for another Canine Caregivers episode.

In this episode we discuss "Resource Guarding" In particular, resource guarding food against humans..

Unfortunately there is still lots of really bad advice floating around out there given to dog owners that can make this so much worse and in attempts to prevent this, are actually INCREASING the likelihood of it happening.

Don't forget to follow the show and leave a review if you're feeling generous.

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Episode 35: Jill Hassevoort - Cooperative Care

Episode 36

Monday, January 15, 2024 • Duration 01:11:33

Jill Hassevort is a Certified Training Partner through Karen Pryor Academy and holds a BA from the University of Michigan.

It was during her time at U of M that she spent a summer living with a dog (named Jack) for the first time ever. Her time with him led her to understand how amazing dogs are as a species. Later, Jill adopted a dog, an American Staffordshire Terrier, also named Jack! It was her desire to dispel the myths about his breed and provide him with the best life possible that led her to learn more about dog training and how dogs learn – bringing her to where she is today.

Before making the career change to dog training, Jill taught high school Spanish. Her experience in the classroom gives her the teaching skills that she employs when working with clients. Her combination of top-notch education and real-world experience makes her the trainer you and your dog want in your corner.

In this episode we discussed one of her area of expertise, Cooperative Care. This is an area that Jill is particularly passionate about and has a wealth of knowledge and experience.

I loved this episode so jump in, have a listen and give us a like and follow while you're at it.

To learn more about Jill, her work and the show itself, follow the links to the resources below.

Episode 34: Canine Caregivers - Can You Reward Fear?

Episode 35

Monday, January 8, 2024 • Duration 26:05

Dominique Hone of Canine Caregivers joins me again for another Canine Caregivers episode.

In this episode we discuss "Can You Reward Fear?".

When people are discussing how to handle unwanted behaviours, too often we hear people and even some misguided professionals give the advice... "Don't do that to them then, you'll reward the behaviour and make them want to feel scared again". Which just DOES NOT MAKE ANY SENSE!!

It is impossible to use any amount of positive reinforcement to make another individual WANT to feel a negative emotional state again!

If I've had a bad day at work and my amazing wife gave me a beer when I got home because I was moping around and feeling angry, it would increase the likelihood of me wanting to come home feeling angry and behaving that way again.

So, it's impossible to reward fear... but does that mean we need to start being permissive of fearful behaviours? Is that the solution?

This topic is layered, so we unpack this all in this episode! Tune in!

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Episode 33: Train Your Dog To Wait From A Young Age

Episode 34

Monday, January 1, 2024 • Duration 19:40

There are some skills that just make life easier and being able to buy ourselves time is something that I think we would all love to be able to do more easily.

One thing that I see people consistently struggling with their dogs is that they often feel rushed by their dog. But it really doesn't have to be this way.

Now of course if our dogs NEED something, then we should move at their pace. Plus there are times that we're just normal people doing normal things and we're going to give our dogs things simply because they indicated they wanted it.... and that's not a problem in most normal circumstances.

But a skill that I recommend people practicing with their dogs, no matter what age but the earlier the better is to practice waiting when asked. It could be for simple life rewards such as getting to 'go' once they've waited by your door as you've brought the shopping in and out. It could be while we put their leash on so that we're not scrambling around teaching them that they can outrun us.

The skill of being able to go 'wait' there until it's clear to move again has to be used carefully, not to trap and not to bully, but when practiced well can be one of the best skills we teach them. It can be for their safety or our sanity.

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Also, go check out the new Facebook group for the podcast and say hello and let us know what you thought of this episode: https://www.facebook.com/groups/unhingedandunleashed/

I hope you enjoy the episode and the many more than will follow it.

Episode 32: Canine Caregivers - Expectations Of Our Dogs

Episode 33

Monday, December 25, 2023 • Duration 25:47

Dominique Hone of Canine Caregivers joins me again for another Canine Caregivers episode.

In this episode we discuss "The Expactations People Put on Their Dogs".

We often find that when our dogs cognition, age, species and not to mention the social norms, barriers and freedoms that are in the way that what should be expected from the dog and what is being asked are drastically out of sync.

So much of our job as behaviour consultants can be about setting realistic expectations.

Too many people think that behaviour can just be 'fixed'. There are still cowboy professionals out there making it harder for everyone actually doing great work by offerring 'guarantees' on behaviour and other shady marketting and sales techniques to win clients over.

We dive into this hot topic and we'd love to know what you think. We've even set up a new Facebook group, so jump in and say hello: https://www.facebook.com/groups/unhingedandunleashed/

Don't forget to follow the show and leave a review if you're feeling generous.

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Episode 31: Train For A Healthy Emotional State Over Obedience

Episode 32

Monday, December 18, 2023 • Duration 25:47

Having worked in this industry for many many years now I can confidently say that when it comes to general goals that people have got consistently wrong with their dogs over the years is that they prioritise obedient behaviour over healthy emotional regulation.

Obedience is one of those words that I automatically cringe at anyway. The thought of anyone being obedient to me makes me automatically think that this is an unhealthy one side relationship that I would need to reconsider how I communicate with that individual.

But the big thing that I think people don't recognise is that so many unwanted behaviours our dogs display comes down to emotional dysregulation. If they get stressed, frustrated, anxious, fearful, angry or any other emotion then their behaviour is a reflection of this. If we aim for healthy emotional regualtion in our day to day lives and training plans with our dogs then not only will we see fewer unwanted behaviours in the first place but we will also have happier dogs and healthier relationships because our understanding and empathy towards our dogs will only increase as we look at things through their lens.

This is at the core of my work with dogs and their caregivers, so take a listen to learn more why it's so important in more detail.

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We've even set up a new Facebook group so that you can reach out to Ian and sometimes even the guests. So come on over and say hello: https://www.facebook.com/groups/unhingedandunleashed/

I hope you enjoy the episode and the many more than will follow it.

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