014 Introducing Your New, Adopted Dog to the Family & Stories from a Dog Handling, Secret Service Agent

Summary: Ensure that the initial meetings between your newly adopted dog and your human and canine family members goes well, by following these guidelines. Then, Dan Hughes, Co-owner of Dogs for Defense (http://www.dogsfordefense.us/) who works with explosive and narcotic detection dogs, tells stories about when he was a U.S. secret service agent working with dogs as partners. Plus, there is something much more effective to do than shouting ” shut up” at your dog that will interrupt and stop its barking. You’ll want to try this technique. Resources for this episode: Dan Hughes website Source for story about how to stop the yelling and the barking: The Other End of The Leash by Patricia B. McConnell, Ph.D. (https://www.amazon.com/Other-End-Leash-What-Around/dp/034544678X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1523898306&sr=8-1&keywords=the+other+end+of+the+leash+by+patricia+mcconnell) Written list of Steps for introducing the adopted dog to the family and the full show notes for this episode can be found at www.raisingyourpaws.com (http://raisingyourpaws.com/2018/04/worry-about-bedbugs-in-hotels-dogs-to-the-rescue/). Please support this podcast by subscribing and telling your friends. To subscribe on iTunes so you can hear each episode-https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/raising-your-paws/id1313060210&ls=1 (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/raising-your-paws/id1313060210&ls=1)