Best CTP Group Podcasts (2025)

This week I'm talking to Dr Laura Sharkey, dog trainer turned dog breeder, who runs the Bosun Dog Project. This project produces lovely mixed breed dogs who are bred to fit well into homes as companions. This episode was actually recorded in person with me and Laura in the same room. We started talking about what we would talk about and then I real…

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Micah Halpern, PhD: Canine Genetic Testing 1:01:55

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This week I'm talking with Dr Micah Halpern, a geneticist who has worked with many species including zoo animal population health, and is currently the pricipal scientist and owner of GenSol Diagnostics. Micah and I got nerdy about genetic testing for canine health and other traits - what are some of the different technologies involved, and how do …

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Liz: Fighting fires and tackling terrorists with London Fire Brigade 32:24

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In this bonus episode, our guest talks about how she followed family footsteps into the fire service, working her way up the ranks and directing major incident response. She’s now a group commander with the London Fire Brigade, overseeing around 100 fire officers who are charged with keeping London safe. She’s also a National Interagency Liaison Of…

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Cassandra: 40 years of forensics and CSI, giving a voice to those who no longer have one. 32:51

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In our final episode, our guest has spent the last 40 years working in one of the most specialised areas of policing and one of the most familiar to crime drama fans. Now one of Counter Terrorism Policing’s most senior forensics experts, she's honed her skills investigating crime scenes across the UK and, as she describes it, giving voice to those …

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Heidi: secondary school teacher turned intelligence analyst 35:05

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In our fourth episode, our guest spent the first part of her career in a classroom and is a great example of when career changes go right. After a successful teaching career and some advice about her job application skills from a friend, she joined counter terrorism policing in 2023. Now she works as an intelligence assessor, which means she plays …

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Dr. Hille Fieten, Copper Toxicity 1:03:43

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Dr. Hille Fieten is veterinary researcher and clinician specializing in internal medicine. She is is the coordinator of the Center for Expertise in Genetics and Veterinary Medicine at Utrecht University. I have received multiple requests to talk to her about her research into the genetics of copper toxicity in dogs. Some of her research has been us…

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Jess: the woman leading counter terrorism investigations 36:42

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In our third episode, our guest has had an incredible career spanning almost 20 years in policing. Currently a Counter Terrorism Senior Investigating Officer working on high profile terrorism investigations and incidents, she started out in frontline policing moving through a range of truly fascinating but challenging teams and roles including fugi…

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Jo: from a rural town to banning extremist groups 36:25

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In our second episode, we hear from a woman who secured a degree in sports science and was headed for the physiotherapy room when she had a change of heart and direction. Applying successfully to be a police officer, she's had an interesting journey from the frontline to counter terrorism policing. Working in prisons, serious and organised crime, a…

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Emma: the woman recruiting our covert human sources 37:09

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In our first episode you will hear from someone who can never discuss a lot of what she does. She has worked in cybercrime teams tackling sexual predators, then moved into counter terrorism surveillance. Today she works in human intelligence, working as a handler of covert sources. It’s her job to identify, recruit and train human covert sources, w…

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Hekman and Stremming: New paper on prevalence of behavior problems in dogs in the US 48:53

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A new paper, "The prevalence of behavior problems in dogs in the United States," is getting people upset - is it true that 99.78% of owners think their dog has a behavior problem? That's not actually what the paper says, and I'm here with Sarah Stremming of Cog Dog Radio for a joint episode. We talk through the paper's findings and what it means fo…

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Trailer: Inside Counter Terrorism Policing 0:30

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Coming soon: Inside Counter Terrorism Policing. Have you ever wondered what it’s like to tackle terrorists as your day job? This International Women’s Day, we’re taking you behind the scenes and revealing the untold stories of women across the country working in Counter Terrorism Policing. The good stuff, the bad and their advice about working in p…

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Episode 112 - Sean's Team with Fire Chief Pat Kenny 1:44:28

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One word to describe Fire Chief (Ret.) Pat Kenny’s story is heartbreaking. But you could also describe it as raw, honest, inspirational, optimistic, and most of all…a call to action. In this episode, we talk to Pat about his son’s mental illness, Sean’s suicide, and the helplessness that he and his wife felt trying to save their son. We also talk a…

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Dr. Paula Boyden: Puppy Smuggling in the UK 1:09:03

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Dr. Paula Boyden is the veterinary director of Dogs Trust UK, an animal welfare organization that, among many other things, investigates illegal importation of animals to the UK. Paula and I talked about puppy smuggling - why it happens, how it happens, the animal welfare implications, how hard it is for puppy seekers to detect it, and potential so…

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Sara Reusche: Breeding Sports Lite Dogs 57:27

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This week I welcomed back Sara Reusche (she/her)! Sara is a CBCC-KA, CPDT-KA, CVT, and owns Paws Abilities Dog Training, LLC in Southeast Minnesota and the Twin Cities metro. Sara and I talked about what we mean by the term sports lite versus sport bred, what the sports lite dogs she's bred look like - and how everyone deserves an easy dog, even th…

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Carm Aufderheide, CSAT, MS-CRES: How we change minds 1:30:37

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Carm Aufderheide, CSAT, KPA-CTP, CTDP-KA, MS-CRES, is a dog behavior consultant with a master's degree in conflict and dispute resolution. In this episode, Carm and I talk about conflict in the dog breeding world - and in dog training, human politics, and other parts of life. Why are we as humans so likely to fall into conflict with others? Why is …

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Episode 111 - Parallels and Extreme Ownership with Chris Welchel 1:46:12

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For this episode, we sit down with Chris Welchel, co-owner of the Towing and Recovery company Welchel Enterprises, to talk about leadership; specifically the concept of “extreme ownership.” What it is, how to walk the walk, and how to get your followers on board. But along the way we also end up finding out that the towing and recovery industry is …

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Rowena Packer, PhD: How people think about brachycephalic dogs 1:24:47

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Dr. Rowena Packer is a Senior Lecturer in Companion Animal Behaviour and Welfare Science at the Royal Veterinary College in London, where she studies dog breeding with an eye to maximizing physical and emotional health of dogs. She also studies how health affects canine behavior and welfare, and - the reason I asked her on for this episode - how co…

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Episode 110 - Do We Need To Demystify Leadership? (Part 2) 45:49

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This is the second part of our discussion on whether this podcast’s focus on the challenges of leadership are discouraging the next crop of leaders from stepping up. If you haven’t listened to Part 1, go give that a listen first.By The CTP Group

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Genetic Testing Cavaliers for Heart Disease 30:15

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This episode is just me (Jessica Perry Hekman, DVM, PhD) - talking about a new genetic test for the risk of mitral valve disease in Cavalier King Charles Spaniels. Cavs are at incredibly high risk of this disease and get it at much younger ages than other breeds. What does this new test mean in terms of predicting if your Cav is at risk, and whethe…

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Episode 109 - Do We Need to Demystify Leadership? (Part 1) 34:32

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This episode grew out of a discussion while hiking that maybe we have talked about great leadership to the point where anyone starting out on their leadership journey may think good leadership is almost unattainable. Have we elevated the discussion to mythic proportions? In our pursuit of sharing the challenges of leadership on so many episodes of …

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Kim Kavin: The Dog Merchants 1:18:30

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Kim Kavin is an award-winning freelance writer who is also passionate about better understanding where dogs come from in the United States. Her book, The Dog Merchants, is a fascinating read for anyone who wants a look at places few of us are able to go, such as a dog auction or a high volume kennel-based breeding operation. Kim and I talked about …

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Daniel Mills, BVSc, ECAWBM(BM), PhD: Pain and behavior problems 1:01:27

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This week I'm talking to Daniel Mills, Professor of Veterinary Behavioural Medicine at the University of Lincoln and director of the University Animal Behaviour Clinic. Daniel is internationally recognized as an authority on companion animal behavior, cognition, and welfare. His lab studies, among other things, the association between untreated pai…

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Episode 108 - The Most Sacred Leadership Principle 24:54

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On this episode, we examine the crash of a B-52 in 1994, and the events leading up to it, through the actions of two of the four USAF officers killed: the pilot whose disregard for safety led to the crash, and the copilot who had tried to have him grounded. This is a story about missed opportunities and what can happen when warning signs are ignore…

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Dr. Cat Henstridge: Unlicensed fertility clinics in the UK 1:01:10

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This week I'm talking with Dr. Cat Henstridge. Cat, who is a primary care veterinarian in the UK, has been on several TV series, including the Pets Factor. She writes for veterinary and non-veterinary publications, and is known as Cat the Vet to her many, many social media followers. Cat and I talked about the rise of unlicensed fertility clinics i…

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Jane Ladlow, VetMB, DipECVS, MRCVS: Brachycephalic Obstructive Airway Syndrome 1:09:34

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This week I'm talking to Dr Jane Ladlow. Jane is a veterinary surgeon who is widely known as an expert on BOAS, or brachycephalic obstructive airway syndrome. BOAS is the umbrella disorder that covers a variety of different airflow obstructions in different flat-faced breeds such as the pug, French bulldog, and English bulldog. Jane developed the R…

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Gina Bryson and Drs O'Neill and Packer: The Doodle Dilemma 1:34:23

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Today I'm talking with the researchers who recently published a paper that's been getting a lot of social media buzz. The paper's title is "The doodle dilemma: How the physical health of ‘Designer-crossbreed’ Cockapoo, Labradoodle and Cavapoo dogs’ compares to their purebred progenitor breeds." This interview was a big party featuring Gina Bryson, …

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What is the coefficient of inbreeding (COI) and why does it matter? 39:32

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This week you get just me (Jessica Perry Hekman) talking at you! I'm talking about the coefficient of inbreeding (COI), a measurement of genetic diversity that's commonly mentioned in discussions of individual and breed health. I talk about what it is, how to interpret it, how to get the measurement done for your own dog(s), why we care about it, a…

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REPLAY: Jane Lindquist: Puppy Culture 1:11:19

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I will have new content for you all soon - but for now, enjoy one from the archives! -- Jane Lindquist is the founder and owner of Puppy Culture, a widely used educational resource for raising and socializing puppies. She herself breeds and competes with bull terriers. As it turns out, she is very thoughtful when it comes to how to apply science to…

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Episode 107 - Substitution In Decision-Making 33:59

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We hijack Daniel Kahneman’s idea of substitution and apply it to decision-making in the fire service. How reliable is your decision-making on scene if your brain unknowingly substitutes a logical question with an emotional one?By The CTP Group

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Episode 106 - Is Emotion the Charging Elephant in the Room? 34:56

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A recent discussion with one of our listeners led us on a discussion of what part emotion plays in our roles as firefighters and our responses on this podcast.By The CTP Group

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Mary Peaslee, MD, MPH: Breeding for Population Health 1:29:41

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This episode I welcome back Mary Peaslee, MD, MPH, to talk about a breeder's perspective on all the advice Dr Dan O'Neill gave us in his recent episode on how to approach disorder testing. Mary works in population health and brings that perspective to her breeding practice. So what does all this stuff look like in the real world? How can breeders f…

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Jessica Hekman, DVM, PhD, on "Lifetime Prevalence of Owner-Reported Medical Conditions" 1:02:17

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We have a flipped episode this week with Sarah Stremming of Cog Dog Radio interviewing me. We're talking about the new paper out of the Dog Aging Project, "Lifetime Prevalence of Owner-Reported Medical Conditions in the 25 Most Common Dog Breeds in the Dog Aging Project Pack." There's been a lot of buzz on social media about this paper and we wante…

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Episode 105 - Falkland's Law (with guest host Scott Sellers) 33:09

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This episode is about delaying decision-making. Or maybe it’s not. We really don’t know what to think of Falkland’s Law, but we have a good time not getting anywhere.By The CTP Group

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What's up with FDC and the podcast 15:06

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There's a lot going on behind the scenes of the Functional Dog Collaborative and I have a lot of plans for upcoming podcast episodes. I also have had a bunch of people say they can't record this summer and so it may be a few weeks until I get the next episode out. So here's some stuff to tide you over - explanation of what's going on and what episo…

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Dan O'Neill, MVB, PhD, FRCVS: Disorder Testing 1:32:12

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Last episode I talked with Dr. Dan O'Neill, a veterinary epidemiologist who studies canine disorders that have an inherited component - what the rest of us might call "genetic diseases." During that interview he mentioned that he didn't think disorder testing - what most of us call health testing - has been workinig to improve canine health. I cut …

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Episode 104 - Lē'•der•shǐp' (noun) 1:13:11

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We talk about it A LOT, but we’ve never really tried to define what we think leadership is. In this episode, we discuss various definitions of leadership; what we like and what we don’t like.By The CTP Group

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Dan O'Neill, MVB, PhD, FRCVS: VetCompass and Inherited Disease 1:23:46

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Dan O'Neill, MVB, PhD, FRCVS is a veterinary epidemiologist who studies canine disorders that have an inherited component - what the rest of us might call "genetic diseases." He is the author of more than 95 papers, mostly on the prevalence and risk factors of disorders in dogs based on data drawn from VetCompass, the large scale veterinary databas…

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#143 - Getting under my skin - Abawi v Allianz 17:30

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In Abawi v Allianz, the Medical Review Panel looked at whether a laceration to the skin fell within the definition of a "threshold injury" in s 1.6 of the Motor Accident Injuries Act 2017. Principal Peter Hunt reviews the decision and adds his own commentary on the issue.By McCabes

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Danika Bannasch, DVM, PhD: The Dalmatian Outcross Project 1:09:33

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Danika Bannasch, DVM, PhD returns to the podcast to talk about the Dalmatian Outcross Project. Danika's laboratory found the genetic mutation that was targeted in this outcross, and she had a front row seat to the project's path to acceptance by the AKC and the Dalmatian Club of America. She is also herself a past breeder of Dalmatians. Danika walk…

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Danika Bannasch, DVM, PhD: Chondrodystrophy 1:22:50

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Danika Bannasch, DVM, PhD is the owner of Pint, the famous UC Davis football tee retrieving dog. She also happens to run a genetics lab, also at UC Davis, where she studies the genetics of inherited diseases in dogs and other animals. She is known for her work associating genetic variants with a variety of traits including coat color and skull shap…

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Lisa Gunter, PhD, CBCC-KA: Shelter Dog Welfare 1:04:43

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Lisa Gunter, PhD, CBCC-KA is an Assistant Professor at Virginia Tech in the School of Animal Sciences and directs the Laboratory for Animal Behavior and Welfare. Lisa’s research explores the behavior and welfare of companion animals, specifically our interactions with them, as it relates to animal sheltering, behavioral issues, and training. Lisa c…

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Breeding for Companion Personalities: Carolyn Kelly, RN and Erica Pytlovany, KPA CTP 1:15:10

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Carolyn Kelly is a registered nurse with over 30 years of experience in human health including in labor and delivery, and in mental health. She also holds a Masters Degree in Nursing Leadership. She runs a mixed breed companion dog program, Old Mission Retrievers. Erica Pytlovany, KPA CTP, is an experienced behavioral consultant at WOOFS! Dog Train…

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Episode 103 - What Would Ted Do? 22:10

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Photo Credit: Cottonbro Studio Whenever you lose your way as a leader, you can always ask yourself, “What would Ted do?”By The CTP Group

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Claire Wade, PhD and Sophie Liu, DVM: The Doberman Genetic Diversity Paper 1:25:18

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This week I'm talking to Drs Claire Wade and Sophie Liu about their paper on genetic diversity in the Doberman breed. Dr Claire Wade is the Chair of Computational Biology and Animal Genetics at the University of Sydney, where she studies canine behavioral genetics. Dr Sophie Liu is a veterinarian specializing in behavior and the founder of the Dobe…

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Lisa Wagner: Breeding Frenchies for Health 46:10

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I've wanted to interview Lisa Wagner about her breeding program for a while now. I keep hearing about the great work she is doing to address health issues in her French bulldogs, and I was so enthusiastic to get a chance to ask her for more details. Lisa is a CKC registered breeder. Her breeding program is called Of Autumn, and you can most easily …

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Episode 102 - Building Experience And Turning It Into Expertise 59:48

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In this episode, we dive into how firefighters’ decision-making process works, and how critically reliant that process is on experience. So, where are we missing opportunities to build experience and convert it to expertise? We’ve come up with a new concept called DIFOS that is a series of questions that can be asked to really examine how a decisio…

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Sarah Stremming, CDBC: The Dog Sourcing Crisis 1:10:48

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This episode is jointly released through the Functional Breeding Podcast and Cog Dog Radio, which is hosted by Sarah Stremming. Sarah is an internationally known dog behavior consultant with a special niche working with sports dogs. She consults at The Cognitive Canine, teaches online courses on dog behavior, and hosts the Cog Dog Radio Podcast. I …

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#142 - Exploring Traumatic Brain Injury 20:07

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In this episode of The Proper Lookout Podcast, Principal Peter Hunt discusses the traumatic brain injury with friend of the podcast, Professor Associate Joseph Suttie.By McCabes

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#141 - Does Surgery Render A Below-Threshold Injury Above-Threshold? 5:38

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In Mandoukos v Allianz, the Supreme Court considered whether a cervical surgery could transform a below-threshold injury into an above-threshold injury. In this episode of The Proper Lookout Podcast, Principal Peter Hunt discusses the scope of the decision and the implications.By McCabes