Foundations of Dog Behaviour In this episode of A Modern Animal, Gabe and Dr Mike are joined by one of Australia's (and world's) leading animal behaviourists, Glenn Cooke. Together they explore: How Glenn first got introduced to animal and canine behavioural scienceThe critical period of social and neurological development in dogsThe key requirements we need to be aware of as per parents Relationship with veterinariansThe right dietAdequate education Love, affection & plan Why aiming for a win/win relationship with your dog is critical "Teach your dog what the game is and how to win it" Glenn Cooke ABOUT OUR GUEST - GLENN COOKE: Training director for Canine EvolutionGeneral Manager for Pet Resorts Australia Glenn has a long-standing career in the professional pet care and training industry. He is the training director for Canine Evolution and has been training people and their dogs for over 3 decades with specific expertise in behavioural problem solving, aggression management, puppy raising and development, socialisation and environmental conditioning, and advanced obedience. Glenn is highly qualified in Dog Behaviour and Assessment with a Certificate IV in Training and Assessment. He is also an active member of the National Dog Trainers Federation (NDTF). Glenn frequently consults for various government and law enforcement agencies to help train and handle explosive detection dogs. Glenn is also the General Manager for Pet Resorts Australia, one of the leading and finest pet care facilities in Australia. Finally, in his spare time (what spare time ??) Glenn co-hosts one of the world’s most successful training podcasts - The Canine Paradigm We are extremely privileged to have Glenn with us on the show. SHOW NOTES: Learning resources for teaching canine behaviour which has many hours of education. https://www.patreon.com/thecanineparadigm www.petresortsaustralia.comwww.canineevolution.com.au Podcasts Glenn is involved with and produce are: The Canine Paradigm https://thecanineparadigm.com/podcasts/ The Podcast for Pet Carers https://www.instagram.com/podcastforpetcarers/ TRANSCRIPT: Hey, everyone, I'm Gabe Perera. And welcome back to another episode of A Modern Animal. With me, of course, the inimitable the gorgeous Dr. Michael Woodrow. One of those words, I can spell them. We're incredibly fortunate to have with us one of Australia's, I'd probably say even say one of the world's top animal behaviorists, Glenn Cooke. Glenn, welcome. That's incredibly generous intro. Thank you. Glenn, if you'll permit me. And if our listeners will permit me, I've printed off your bio just because it is rather expensive. And behind the scenes, Glenn is the partner of Narelle Cooke, who was the incredible animal naturopath that we had on a couple of episodes ago. So, Glenn, thank you very much for joining us. And thank you, Narelle, for introducing us to Glenn. So, Glenn, it says here that you've been successfully training people and their dogs. And I think that's a critical point for more than 28 years. And I know you've just finished a whole body of work, I think, with police dogs. Am I getting that right? So I just finished a two week stint with a company called Red Team, where they work with government agencies on teaching the canine unit homemade explosives. So my expertise in that is working with the dogs. So there's a team of three. One of the gentlemen, Andrew Co, is a major in the army. He also has a chemistry background. The other gentleman, his name is Quinton. He's a warrant officer, and he's also been a bomb technician. So he has expertise in field, and my expertise was in the dog work. So we combined together to come together, and it's a whole education package. And there's nothing like it. It's absolutely brilliant. And I'm incredibly fortunate to be included in that team and be a part of that educational for our armed forces and our government agencies. Amazing. You're active at a national level from an association point of view. You also own and manage pet resorts. You told me at the outset of the call you're involved in multiple species between dogs and cats as well. Sorry, I don't own it. I just better put that caveat in there. I'm the general manager. I beg your pardon. Where did you get your start with animals? I mean, you've obviously got an incredible passion and now a level of expertise that's probably, as we said earlier, world class. How did you get your start? Long story short, I've always been extremely fascinated with dogs. It was my Uncle Lee who introduced me to dogs. He had a wife, Marana, and he was very actively involved in hunting and shooting and, sorry, hunting and fishing. And he took me away with him. And I was watching his dog work in the field with him. And I just couldn't believe that this animal like if we went rabbit shooting or something like that, this dog would go actually go running off into the Bush, sit there for ten minutes at a time, find the ...
