#157: Rescuing RiffRaff, Pt 2: Placing a Dog With a Bite History with Gaby Boijsen
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Drinking from the Toilet: Real Dogs, Real Training
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🗓️ 12 April 2022
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
What kind of people adopt a dog with a bite history? This episode is the second in a 2-part special series following the journey of RiffRaff, a rescue dog with some seriously problematic behavior.
In this episode, we discuss what was Gaby even thinking when she was working with this dog?, did she ever think about just giving up?, what kind of people would adopt a dog that bites?, and how did she arrange the transition to RiffRaff’s new home?
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| 0:00.0 | We'll write about all his issues and nobody is going to want to adopt him, obviously. |
| 0:06.4 | And then we will just live our lives like this, but we will be martyrs. |
| 0:09.6 | And I'm very good at being a martyr, so it's okay. |
| 0:12.1 | I'll just be like, look at me sacrificing everything for this dog. |
| 0:16.4 | I love that self-awareness. |
| 0:17.9 | That's great. |
| 0:37.6 | Either fellow training nerds, you're listening to drinking from the toilet. |
| 0:43.9 | If you like to geek out about combining the science of behavior with positive reinforcement philosophy in real life, you've come to the right place. |
| 0:48.8 | I'm your host, Hannah Brandigan, teacher, trainer, podcaster, and author of the book Awesome Obedience, and its companion Awesome Obedience, The Field Guide, which are both available from clickertraining.com. |
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| 1:17.7 | slash dFT. Okay. I know that you have been dying to know what happened with refraff. |
| 1:26.0 | And I am sorry, not sorry, to leave you with such a cliffhanger |
| 1:28.7 | last week. Oh my gosh. So much drama, right? But I think it was worth it. It was worth the weight. |
| 1:34.0 | I hope it was worth it. And that you're not mad at me. If you wanted to reassure me that you |
| 1:38.3 | aren't mad, I wouldn't mind so I could stop worrying about it. I also want to, before we jump back into that conversation, remind you that |
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