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Jun 2021
1h 17m

Self-Regulation with Shade Whitesel

SARAH STREMMING, THE COGNITIVE CANINE
About this episode
Shade Whitesel is a dog trainer and IPO (Schutzhund) competitor with twenty years of experience working with sport and pet dogs. Shade is a sought-after seminar presenter and a thorough and compassionate online teacher. She and Sarah sat down to talk about the nuanced and complicated topic of self-regulation in dogs. Find Shade here: http://shadesdogtrain ... Show More
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