#93: Genetics and Behavior with Dr. Jessica Hekman
Drinking From the Toilet: Real dogs, Real training
Drinking from the Toilet: Real Dogs, Real Training
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🗓️ 17 July 2019
⏱️ 70 minutes
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In this episode, we're diving into the connection between behavior and genetics in dogs. I'm joined by Dr. Jessica Hekman, who is a postdoctoral associate at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, where she researches how genetics affect behavior in pet and working dogs.
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| 0:00.0 | they can make breeding decisions based on all of those numbers so they can take a list |
| 0:05.6 | and say, okay, well, what are the top things we're interested in breeding for? |
| 0:08.9 | Well, this kind of cancer is a problem right now, so we're going to prioritize breeding against |
| 0:12.7 | that. |
| 0:13.5 | Heart of sensitivity, you know, fear of thunderstorms, or whatever it is, take their top goals, |
| 0:18.5 | and then they can make intelligent breeding decisions based on data, |
| 0:22.9 | which I know you love. |
| 0:43.4 | Hey guys. Welcome to drinking from the toilet, the podcast for serious training nerds. |
| 0:46.9 | If you're looking to combine the science of behavior with positive reinforcement philosophy in real life, you've come to the right place. I'm Hannah Branigan, teacher, trainer, podcaster, |
| 0:52.0 | and author of the book, Awesome Obedience, which you can pick up right now from clickertraining.com. I've got a few updates for you before we jump into the main part of the episode. So first, save the date for that live workshop with Emily and Eva of Carpy Momentum. That's going to be on Tuesday, September 24th, and we'll be talking about how to handle errors when they |
| 1:12.0 | happen in training. As usual, there will be some homework for you to do in advance before the |
| 1:16.5 | live portion, which will be recorded if you can't make that time slot. Make sure you're on my |
| 1:21.1 | email list to get more information about that workshop as it becomes available. Also, if you |
| 1:26.9 | liked the episodes that I did recently on |
| 1:29.1 | loose leash walking and you wanted to see that process broken down a little more, maybe with more |
| 1:33.9 | visuals, my online life skills class will be available as a self-study course through FDSA, |
| 1:40.5 | Finzi Dog Sports Academy, starting on July 22nd. That's not a live class, but you'll be |
| 1:46.3 | able to get access to all the lecture materials and the videos that go through how I teach |
| 1:50.4 | loosely walking and related lifestyle behaviors like greeting, et cetera. But it is very much geared |
| 1:55.9 | towards trainers and not casual dog owners. In fact, the kind of audience that I had in mind when I was developing |
| 2:01.6 | that course was all of my friends who are sport dog trainers who are really competitive in a variety of sports, |
| 2:08.0 | but maybe struggle with or haven't quite taken the time to approach everyday pet manners with the same |
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