The Cognitive Canine with Sarah Stremming CDBC

09/07/2025

"If you are brave enough to leave behind everything familiar and comforting (which can be anything from your house to your bitter old resentments) and set out on a truth-seeking journey (either externally or internally), and if you are truly willing to regard everything that happens to you on that journey as a clue, and if you accept everyone you meet along the way as a teacher, and if you are prepared - most of all - to face (and forgive) some very difficult realities about yourself... then truth will not be withheld from you."
(Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love)

Thank you, Felix. For flipping every single thing I’d ever been taught on its head. You were a gift and I will miss you for the rest of my life.

June 3, 2015–September 6, 2025

07/11/2025

🎉 EPISODE 400

🎙️Cog Dog Radio is 9 years old and 400 episodes deep. Thank you for listening, and I hope you enjoy this conversation about capacity with Karishma Warr.

In this special episode of Cog Dog Radio join Sar…

06/18/2025

Are mistakes necessary for learning? Are they ever beneficial?

Dog trainers LOVE to talk about errorless learnin…

06/11/2025

Your response to any given trigger matters.

Should you approach your young dog’s reactions to…

06/03/2025

Sit down this week with Sarah and Tara Stillwell, a licensed family dog mediator of the working division who co-owns Glimmer Dog where the innovative Forrest School operates. Forrest School integrates natural environments, stable social groups, and support and skill development to solve all manner of behavioral concerns in dogs.

Join Tara June 16 for her webinar all about Forrest School, and use the link below or the discount code COGDOG20.
https://glimmer.dog/forrest-school-webinar?promo=COGDOG20

Sit down this week with Sarah and Tara Stiwell, a…

04/15/2025

In dog sports the dog can’t be an equal teammate because the human is fully in charge. But a dog can be treated like a partner or they can be treated like a tool, and it is important in either case to know what your values are and stick to them.

In dog sports the dog can’t be an equal teammate …

04/01/2025

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Happy Trans Day of Visibility. We see you. 🏳️‍⚧️

03/05/2025

Did you hear about this paper? Do almost all dogs have behavior problems?

A recent paper (The Prevalence of Behavior Proble…

03/04/2025

🤩Cog Dog Club tonight!
⭐Cog Dog Club happens monthly, and my members as well as my Patrons get access.
⌚️5pm pacific
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Tonight it's all about dealing with social triggers vs non-social triggers. What's the difference? How should we approach them? How do we know how much to guide vs let the dog lead?

Here's Carson dealing with a bit of both:

02/28/2025

🎧 Did you catch this episode?
💊 What is a “red pill moment” you’ve had?

Congratulations, you’ve taken the red pill. Now a…

02/05/2025

More on resilience and tenacity this week 🤓

Are resilience or tenacity fixed? What can we do …