Interviewing Greg Tonkins has been on the cards for a while. A fellow Aussie, larakin and bushy from the outback. Greg is well known for several reasons, one of them being great at pig hunting and training pig dogs.

Ending dog world friendships can be a tough thing to do. Quite often these people are considered to be our family. They are people we may know very well and have been a part of each others lives for years.

Whelping, raising and training puppies is an important conversation in most professional training circles. We know it comes with some backlash at times too by groups who want to see more rescue options. Rescue is an important choice,

Jay Jack GRC update. Always wonderful to have our close personal friend Jay Jack back on the show. Being a fellow podcaster and one of our inspirations in creating our own show, we wanted to catch up. On top of that,

Our thoughts on group classes came about from a show listeners who asked a variation of good questions. Some of those questions were in relation to how to run the best type of class. Another question was, what would that look like?

Trial preparedness and nerves is something all dog sport competitors go through. In fact most people are nervous in trials. There's something about putting it all on the line that scares the bravest of us. However,

Cannabalism in the indutry is also about a lack of support in the industry for each other. We find it incredibly frustrating that small groups of people just seem to want to go it alone. Can you imagine how much better it may be if we joined forces?

Urban myths in training. there's literally hundreds of them. Some are funny, some are silly and some are harmful. The harmful dog training myths are the problem ones as they are passed on to people by professionals.

Trainers making terrible videos does not portray our industry well. It creates ammunition for the parties already with agendas. In this pod-cast, we discuss our concerns around the videos but also ask what could be done better?

Who governs the animal law makers is a question most of us should be asking. It's important to know who writes our laws and why? Who are the key stakeholders the benefit from the news laws or even many of the old ones?