Non-stop dogwear

Unleashed

A Pets & Animals and Kids & Family podcast

#198 in Pets & Animals · 🇳🇿

Good podcast? Give it some love!

About the show

Unleash your potential

Newest episodes

05x03: Jessie Main I A van travel across Europe with a dog

Feb 17, 2025 17 min

In this episode of the Unleashed podcast, we talk about the amazing traveling adventures of Jessie and Nala. Answering questions:- What journey are they planning to take?- How did Jessie come up with this particular route?- Have they traveled a lot before this big expedition?- Is there anything specific they're looking forward to?- How does Jessie manage the temperature differences between cold Norway and warm North Africa?- How does she tackle dog food for Nala?- With all these activities - how does Jessie ensure that Nala gets enough rest?- After the first 2 weeks of living like this. How do they like it so far?- What has been their favorite moment so far?- How do they find those hidden local gems?- Where can we follow their journey?Through this podcast, we want to inspire you to live an active lifestyle with your dog by talking to experts and asking how-to questions about various topics. Let us know in the comments what topics you want us to cover!

05x02: Marte Eirin Solhaug I Pulka and combined explained

Jan 26, 2025 20 min

In this episode of the Unleashed podcast, we talk with World Champion in pulka and combined, Marte Eirin Solhaug. Answering questions: - What is Nordic style and pulka? - How did it start? What is the history behind it? - How do dogs react to pulling such a heavyweight? - Why is it that they are using this shaft in the pulka? - What do you feel is the difference compared to skijoring? - Is there anything you have to pay more attention to when you’re doing the pulka compared to other categories? - When you start training, do you use the 70% weight in the pulka, or do you train with lighter weights? - Why do you think people who can do Nordic skiing or skijoring should start pulka? Why should they try it out? - Are the dogs going gallop the full way, or can they trot? - When can they start to train their dog with it? - Is there anything to keep in mind in the first sessions? And many more pro tips! Through this podcast, we want to inspire you to live an active lifestyle with your dog by talking to experts and asking how-to questions about various topics. Let us know in the comments what topics you want us to cover!

05x01: Julie Thue Holthe I Everything you need to know about skijoring with dogs

Jan 12, 2025 14 min

In this new season and the first episode of the Unleashed podcast, we talk all about skijoring with the national team and World Cup winner, Nordic-style athlete Julie Thue Holthe. Answering questions: - What is skijoring? - What equipment does one need for this sport? - Should people be good skiers before starting skijoring? - Are there specific dog breeds better suited for skijoring? - What are common beginner mistakes in skijoring? - How do you build up the distance from 6 km in dryland races to 15 km in skijoring? - How does a professional athlete train for skijoring? - What temperatures are suitable for training and competing in skijoring? - How would you recommend starting skijoring with a dog that has never done pulling sports? - How would you help a dog that is scared of skis get used to them? And many more pro tips! Through this podcast, we want to inspire you to live an active lifestyle with your dog by talking to experts and asking how-to questions about various topics. Let us know in the comments what topics you want us to cover!

Similar podcasts

Shaped by Dog with Susan Garrett Susan Garrett

Help! My Dog: The Podcast. Dog Behaviour & Training Strategies that Work! Dr Tom Mitchell

No Bad Dogs Podcast Tom Davis

The Canine Paradigm Glenn Cooke & Pat Stuart

Happy Horse Nutrition MyHappy.Horse

The Pawsitive Post in Conversation by Companion Animal Psychology Zazie Todd PhD and Kristi Benson CTC

Mark Langley Horsemanship Solutions for Partnership Mark Langley

The Thinking Horse and Rider: Helping Riders Understand Their Horses | Anna Fox Equus Enlightened

All episodes

05x03: Jessie Main I A van travel across Europe with a dog

Feb 17, 2025 17 min

05x02: Marte Eirin Solhaug I Pulka and combined explained

Jan 26, 2025 20 min

05x01: Julie Thue Holthe I Everything you need to know about skijoring with dogs

Jan 12, 2025 14 min

04x10: Marte Eirin Solhaug I How to teach your dog to pull?

Nov 24, 2024 20 min

In this episode of the Unleashed podcast, we talk all about pulling with World Champion, Marte Eirin Solhaug. Through this podcast, we want to inspire you to live an active lifestyle with your dog by talking to experts and asking how-to questions about various topics. Let us know in the comments what topics you want us to cover!

04x09: Rachel Pohl I The story behind the NEW collection

Nov 10, 2024 21 min

In this episode of the Unleashed podcast, we sit down with Rachel Pohl, the artist behind our latest collection. We dive into the inspiration behind the vibrant colors, intricate patterns, and unique artwork that define her designs. Rachel also shares stories about her life with dogs in the stunning landscapes of Lofoten, Norway. Through this podcast, we want to inspire you to live an active lifestyle with your dog by talking to experts and asking how-to questions about various topics. Let us know in the comments what topics you want us to cover!

04x08: Tessa Philippaerts I Canicross Q&A

Oct 27, 2024 1 hr 0 min

In this episode of the Unleashed podcast, we answer YOUR questions about canicross with a canicross World Champion, Tessa Philippaerts. Do you want to now: - Does your dog have to pull all the time? - At what point can you try racing? - How to train on trails with a lot of wildlife? - Can you train on concrete roads? - How to start with canicross? - Can you try canicross with small dog? - Does the bungee length matter? - And many many more... Through this podcast, we want to inspire you to live an active lifestyle with your dog by talking to experts and asking how-to questions about various topics. Let us know in the comments what topics you want us to cover!

04x07: Lena Boysen-Hillestad I Passing

Oct 13, 2024 19 min

In this episode of the Unleashed podcast, we talk about passing training with a 25-time World Champion Lena Boysen-Hillestad. Do you want to know: - Why is it important to train passings with your dog? - How do you start training passings? - How the passing looks like when the dog knows it? - What commands do you use when passing a scary things near the road? - What can you do after your dog has had a negative experience passing another dog? - What do you do when your dog stops pulling after we pass the dog in the front? - Is a passing done automatically by the dog, or do you always use a command? - Do you announce to people that you will pass them? - Is there a specific side you have to pass on? - Pro tip Through this podcast, we want to inspire you to live an active lifestyle with your dog by talking to experts and asking how-to questions about various topics. Let us know in the comments what topics you want us to cover!

04x06: Andre Boysen-Hillestad I Line-out training

Sep 30, 2024 19 min

In this episode of the Unleashed podcast, we talk about line-out training and being calm before the start with Andre Boysen-Hillestad. Do you want to know: - What is line-out? - Is the line or a bungee tight when standing in line-out? - Do you have a preference if the dog should stand, sit or lay on the start line? - How to teach a puppy to do line-out? - How to teach an older do to do line-out? - What advantage does teaching your dog line-out give? - Do you see any disadvantages? - Do you ever get impatient and let the dogs just run without waiting for them to be calm? - Do your dogs act the same on the competition day as they do at home? - Do you feel that connection with your dog got better after teaching them to do line-out? - Do you have any tips when the dog is not standing still in the line-out? - When do you start the line-out training with your dog? - Is it better to train this with other people or alone? - How long did it take your dogs to go from crazy to calm in line-out? - Do you need to have some basic obedience with your dogs to do line-out? - How are you going from the car to the starting line? - Did you get any tips from others before you started to teach your dogs the line-out? - Pro tip Through this podcast, we want to inspire you to live an active lifestyle with your dog by talking to experts and asking how-to questions about various topics. Let us know in the comments what topics you want us to cover!

04x05: Sophia Hutchinson I Travelling with dogs

Sep 1, 2024 17 min

Dog photographer - Sophia Hutchinson shares her experiences with travelling with dogs. Do you want to know: - Why did you start travelling with your dogs? - Can you travel with high-energy dogs? - Does your dog find it challenging to be in new places and experience all the change? - Did you ever get in a situation where you had to change plans or resign from it because of the dogs? - When travelling in the UK, do you also use a campervan, or do you use your own car? - What type of accommodation do you choose when travelling with dogs? - Do you have any special way to prepare to sleep in a new place with dogs? - Do dogs get used to travelling? - How to find adventures in your local area? - How do you balance the safety of the routine when you're travelling? - How to travell with dogs in summer? - Extra tip Through this podcast, we want to inspire you to an active lifestyle with your dog by talking to experts and asking how-to questions about various topics.Let us know what topics you want us to cover!

04x04: Tessa Philippaerts I Building a habit

Aug 18, 2024 40 min

In this episode of the Unleashed podcast, we talk about habits with World Champion Tessa Philippaerts. Do you want to know:- What is a habit for you? - Do you think it's easier to stick to something if it's a habit? - Are there any habits you consider necessary for successful canicross training? - How do you build up a habit for yourself? - How to get back to a lost habit? - What can you do when you can't go out training with your dogs? - How to stay motivated in colder, darker months?- a pro tip from a World Champion? Through this podcast, we want to inspire you to an active lifestyle with your dog by talking to experts and asking how-to questions about various topics.Let us know what topics you want us to cover!

04x03: Eva Behrmann I Obstacle racing

Aug 4, 2024 16 min

In this episode of the Unleashed podcast, we talk about obstacle racing with a K9 biathlon Champion! Do you want to know: - What dog equipment do you need for the obstacle race? - What shoes should I use for the obstacle race? - What do you do with water obstacles when your dog doesn't like water? - How can you prepare? - Do you use specific commands? - Is it okay to start with a dog that's reactive or shy - Are there any dogs you don't recommend trying obstacle racing with? - How can you get better at obstacle races? - Are the obstacles usually the same every year? - Does one always get this dirty? - Taking treats and toys with you from the race - Is there anything a dog should know before starting with the obstacle racing? - a pro tip from a K9biathlon Champion? Through this podcast, we want to inspire you to an active lifestyle with your dog by talking to experts and asking how-to questions about various topics. Let us know what topics you want us to cover!

04x02: Lena Boysen Hillestad I Summer training with your dog

Jul 22, 2024 18 min

In this episode of the Unleashed podcast, we talk about your dog's summer training with 25-time World Champion Lena Boysen Hillestad! Do you want to know: - what do you do for summer training? - how long breaks do you normally take after a season? - how do you transition from season to off-season? - what's the maximum temperature you can train with your dog? - what are the signs of heat exhaustion in dogs? - when do you start training after the summer break? - why is humidity an important factor to consider when training your dog? - do you have the same routine for all the dogs? - is there any way to prepare your dog for warmer days? - a pro tip from a World Champion? Through this podcast, we want to inspire you to an active lifestyle with your dog by talking to experts and asking how-to questions about various topics. Let us know what topics you want us to cover!

04x01: Jeanette Sandbæk Håland | SUP with dogs

Jul 5, 2024 33 min

With this episode, we're launching the new season of our Unleashed podcast! Through this podcast, we want to inspire you to an active lifestyle with your dog by talking to experts and asking how-to questions about various topics. Let us know what topics you want us to cover!

03x02: Elisa Deutschmann | Trailrunning with dogs

Jul 9, 2020 18 min

JEANETTE: Nearly 40,000 people are following the adventures of today’s guest and her husky, Finn. They have traveled to eight countries together, and today she will share her best tips on trail running with her dog. Elisa Deutschmann from Germany, welcome. ELISA: Thank you, thank you. Nice to be here. JEANETTE: Yes, we’re very happy to have you here. You are an influencer? ELISA: Yeah, that’s right. JEANETTE: You and your dog, Finn. Can you tell us a bit more about yourselves? ELISA: My name is Elisa, as you already have heard. I’m living together with my husky, Finn, normally in Germany. I think for two years, I started to share all my photos and adventures which I and my dog are doing to Instagram. I uploaded pictures and videos about my life, about all the sports we are doing together, and yeah, it started to get more and more popular, and I think people like it and love to see what we’re doing. That’s why we’re always out and having fun. It’s nice to see that people get motivated about it. I think it’s nice. It’s a little bit more about how everything works with him, because it’s always important to do something together. JEANETTE: And you really are an outdoor person, and so is your dog. Can you tell us a bit more about Finn? ELISA: It’s my first dog ever. Before I got him, I knew I need a dog which was really robust so he can do everything I do and I don’t have to bring him warm jackets or so that he’s safe and ready for adventure. So I chose a Siberian husky. I got him when he was 8 weeks old, and now he’s already five and a half. We’ve made a lot of adventures together, and it works really well. So that was the point – that was when I said, okay, I need a Siberian husky. After five and a half years, I really know it was the right decision, and we’re a really good team together. I can’t think of a life without the dog. JEANETTE: Can you tell us a bit about the adventures you’ve had so far? You’ve visited many countries and you...

03x01: Viktor Sinding-Larsen | How to train like a World champion in bikejoring

Jun 17, 2020 23 min

JEANETTE: If you like biking, you will probably like this episode as well, as today’s guest is the World Champion, European Champions, and Norwegian Champion in bikejoring. He also competes in scooter and Nordic with skijoring, pulka, and 4-dog sled. Viktor Sinding Larsen, welcome. VIKTOR: Thank you. JEANETTE: You have achieved some impressive results throughout many years, so of course we want to know: how are you training yourself and your dogs? Now it’s offseason. VIKTOR: It is. We just finished the winter season. Every year, we give the dogs an 8-week offseason period where we do other things, like not competition-specific training. We try to build up their strength, so we do some power training, a lot of core training. But in general, fewer hours than what we normally do. If some of the dogs come out of the season with small injuries that we do not see, these 2 months normally will heal all kinds of small potential injuries so that when we start again in 2 months, we know that they’re ready for a new year of training and competition. JEANETTE: How do you build your training throughout the rest of the year? VIKTOR: When the offseason period is over, we start very, very light. Only short trainings, maybe 1-2 kilometers in the beginning. Then we build up. Normally when the weather gets colder, it’s possible to do longer trainings. We start 1-2 kilometers and we try to end when the dryland competition is getting closer. We build up so that we are on 9-10 kilometer trainings. Then we prepare for the dryland competitions, and when the dryland competitions are done, we have a lack of time, trying to prepare for the winter season, trying to catch up. All the Nordic guys have been training huge amounts through the fall, so then we have to program the dogs for longer distances, train big amounts in November/December, preparing for competition. JEANETTE: You divide your training into light, medium, and hard weeks. What’s the difference between...

02x06: Line Østerhagen | How much should I exercise my puppy? | SEASON FINALE

Apr 17, 2020 22 min

JEANETTE: I see a lot of questions on social media about what distances a puppy can walk, when they can start pulling or carrying a backpack, or whether they should walk on stairs or not. Today’s guest has worked with physical therapy for 20 years, and she can help find answers to these questions. Line Østerhagen, welcome. LINE: Thank you. JEANETTE: Your goal is to make life better for dogs by spreading knowledge about how their bodies are working and how we can take care of them in the best way possible. Therefore, you have been working on a book for the past year. LINE: Yes, during 20 years of work and contact with dog owners, I found out that many courses and many places where they teach normal dog training, they actually don’t teach training physiology. So there is a lot of myths and wrong information out there, and I wanted to create a book with all the things that I think are missing from all the ordinary courses and all the important knowledge to all the dog owners so they can take good care of the body of their dog. My book is about training exercise, but also about making a well-balanced program for the dog, how to train strength, endurance, and core muscles, and also how to put all these training methods together. But it’s also about how to train a dog according to their age, because there are certain practices that you need to take care of when maybe you’re training a puppy or training a grown dog. But it’s also a little bit about rehabilitation, harness, and how to actually do an easy physical checkup routine for your own dog and a little bit of stretching and massage. I think my book can help a lot of dog owners out there. JEANETTE: The beginning of the dog’s life is very important. As a puppy, how do you prepare it for an active life? LINE: There are so many misunderstandings, so many myths. Many people say that you have to keep the puppy quiet, don’t do any physical activities, be careful about exaggerating their training. But...

02x05: Steve Walsh | Q&A with a dog trainer

Apr 10, 2020 36 min

JEANETTE: We wanted to involve our listeners in today’s episode, so we’re doing a Q&A with dog trainer Steve Walsh from McCann Dogs. Welcome. STEVE: Good morning. How are you? Well, good morning over here. I guess good afternoon over there? JEANETTE: Yeah, it’s afternoon for us. You’ve had dogs for more than 30 years and taught classes for the last 15. Is that right? STEVE: Yeah, at least. They’ve been a part of my life since I was a little guy. Always something that I’ve had a lot of fun with. Training was always the most important thing to me, and actually, it was the most fun, more so than anything else. [laughs] JEANETTE: What kind of dogs have you had throughout the years? STEVE: My first dog when I was a kid was a black standard poodle. She was the worst trained dog ever. [laughs] JEANETTE: She taught you a lot, I guess. STEVE: Yeah, she was a dog that when you walked out the front door, you had to try to close the door really fast so she wouldn’t run away. I think that probably started me on this idea of wanting to train dogs. Since then, I’ve had several Irish wolfhounds and whippets and border collies and things. I have two border collies right now and an Irish wolfhound currently in the house. JEANETTE: You’ve been competing in different kinds of dog sports? STEVE: Yeah, I’ve done a fair bit of lure coursing with the sighthounds and stuff, and now my main focus is agility. I’ve been lucky enough to represent Canada overseas at the European Open and national events around here as well. I’m very, very lucky to be able to do that. JEANETTE: That’s good. So you have a lot of experience. STEVE: Well, there’s always things to learn. [laughs] That’s the one thing I’ve learned. I never know enough, so I’m always trying to learn more. JEANETTE: That’s good. Our listeners seem to be eager to learn more as well. We asked everyone on Instagram to send us their questions, and we got a lot, actually. There seems to be a lo...

02x04: Ben Robinson | How to train like the fastest canicross duo on Earth

Apr 3, 2020 26 min

JEANETTE: Today’s guest is actually the fastest 5k runner in the whole world. Assisted by his dog Blake, Ben Robinson from the UK beat the world record with the time at 12 minutes, 24 seconds. I met him at the World Championships in Canicross in Sweden some months ago to find out how he is training. After they won, he was already more than 30 seconds ahead of #2. How is that possible? BEN: It’s a combination of factors. I just had really good preparation. We started preparing for this race in the spring. Throughout the summer, I did whatever I could with Blake in terms of heat acclimatization, and obviously in the end we actually had slightly warmer temperatures than expected, but Blake was able to deal with those. Obviously I’m very lucky that Blake’s an exceptional dog. And just massive athletic preparation myself as well, away from canicross, and then just put the two together, and the result was pretty good for us. JEANETTE: There’s a lot of good runners out there, but you seem to be one step ahead all the time. How are you training? BEN: I train in athletics and canicross, obviously with the dog. A lot of my training will be on my own, but at the same time I place a great importance on working with Blake. I think we’ve seen in the past some really strong athletes, but then maybe don’t have the bond with the dog. So all the time, even when I’m training say an average week where I’ll train most of the time myself, I’m with Blake, walking him, whether that’s on lead, whether it’s off lead, scooter training, free running. I’m always with him. He lives at home with the family as well. So I think it’s a combination of my athletic ability, obviously his incredible ability as a sport sled dog, and then still keeping that bond and importance on that bond. JEANETTE: How does a normal week look for the two of you? BEN: An average week, I would run most days. Maybe the odd rest day, so one day off. Probably two interval sessions for myself, one hills-based session an...

02x03: Ole Einar Bjørndalen | Mental training secrets of an Olympic athlete

Mar 26, 2020 20 min

JEANETTE: These days are putting our mental strength to the test. We need some motivation and inspiration. Today’s guest might be able to help with that. Through 25 years at the top of his sport, the “King of Biathlon” has impressed the world with his abilities to handle challenges and pressure. Ole Einar Bjørndalen won 13 medals in the Olympics, 45 medals in World Championships, and had 95 individual World Cup wins before he retired a couple of years ago. One incident in particular at the very start of his career set a standard. OLE EINAR: That was quite many years ago. It was in 1998 in Japan, in Nagano. I was very well-prepared for this competition. It was a 10 kilometer sprint. The race went really well. Around 2 kilometers before the finish, they cancelled this race because it was too much wind and too much bad weather, so they felt it was not a fair competition. I was in the lead. I got a message from my staff people. They said I was 15 seconds in front, so that was my first gold medal, I thought. But as you remember, directly before I finished, they cancelled the race. I got really angry up in the mountain there and smashed my skis and poles on the track, for sure. But then I understood that this race was not finished after a few minutes. I needed to come back to the stadium. So I skied slowly down to the stadium again, and then I saw a lot of media and journalists and I knew exactly what they would ask me about. I thought, “Why should I speak to them? This race is not finished. I used 4 years for this competition; I don’t want to miss this competition again.” So I went straight forward, didn’t speak with anyone, no media, nothing, because I had no reason because the race was not finished. I would make this race finished before I spoke with anyone. Then I went into my wax cabin, and in my wax cabin, my waxer was sitting in a corner there and he was more sad than me. He was sitting and crying because he lost also one gold medal. I remember the words I s...

02x02: Elisa Deutschmann | Ski mountaineering with dogs

Mar 19, 2020 13 min

JEANETTE: Ski mountaineering with a dog is getting more and more popular, and one of the influencers you can see doing this is Elisa Deutschmann from Germany and her husky, Finn. Welcome. ELISA: Thank you. Nice to be here. JEANETTE: You get a lot of questions about ski mountaineering with dogs. First of all, what equipment do you need for yourself and your dog? ELISA: Finn and me are always out in the mountains, and it’s quite important that the dog use the right equipment to go out there. For that, I use the Freemotion Harness. I’ve used it now since 6 years, when I started to ski with my dog. I also use the running line because I think it’s super nice, and it has a flexible part in it. I always attach the line to my backpack so he’s not pulling that hard, the flexible part, and it’s nice for my back. These two are I think the most important things I use for Finn, and he feels really good in it. JEANETTE: A question I guess you get a lot is, what kind of skis do you use when ski mountaineering with a dog? Because you see these horrible pictures of steel edges causing some bad injuries. ELISA: Yeah, it’s true. I still use normal ski mountaineering skis, but I trained with Finn from the very beginning when we were going down that he’s always 5 meters away from my skis. It’s really important that you don’t crash into it. I think that’s a point which you have to train really in the beginning, and I did it. I ski up with my dog, and Finn is normally always on the leash in front. Sometimes if it’s a nice area, he’s loose. When we are up on the top, then he gets unleashed, and then I say the training word. It’s called “hinter”. Then he knows he has to go behind me. Then we start to ski. If you want to train with your dog so that he’s not going into your skis, I always use my ski poles. I put them in the back and I always make sure he’s far away. Of course, I look that I don’t touch him and that everything is fine. I think that’s a nice way that he...

02x01: Claudia Zenner & Gail Melson | How dogs affect children

Mar 13, 2020 35 min

JEANETTE: I did not grow up with a dog myself, but had animals around me all the time, and I know it had a good effect on many aspects of my life. Therefore, I wanted to find out more about the human-animal relation. I have talked to one parent and one professor. Let’s start with the parent. Claudia Zenner from Germany has been doing agility for more than 20 years. Claudia did not grow up with dogs herself, but got a Staffordshire Bull Terrier as soon as she moved out from home. They started doing agility and qualified for national teams and world championships. They even won a gold medal with the team, and she has been at the top level with several dogs ever since. One of the Zenner family’s dogs is a 7-year-old Kelpie. He is the former competition dog of Claudia’s husband Jörg, but now he’s running with their 7-year-old daughter. CLAUDIA: They grew up together, and since my daughter was 5 years old, they started to do some agility. Now she’s 7 and is ready for competition, and yes, they are doing pretty good. JEANETTE: Who wanted to start with agility? Was it your daughter, or was it you as parents that thought it would be nice for her to try? CLAUDIA: If your kid is sharing the same interest and the same hobby, of course you like this very much. But it was not us to tell her, “Okay, get the dog and start agility.” It was just her, because we are an agility-addicted family. We are crazy about the sport, and we are on the training field very often. We do a competition almost every weekend. Since she was a baby, she’s with us all the time and she grew up with it. One day she said, “Okay, I want to do agility too. Can I just join the training?” So it all started. And she was really talented and got better and better and better. JEANETTE: I guess it’s either/or because some kids growing up with agility get sick and tired of it. Do you have any tips and tricks for other parents with kids to avoid this? CLAUDIA: You never can tell how it will develop, bu...

01x06: Nick & Joy | Never give up on your dog

Nov 1, 2019 40 min

JEANETTE: According to ASPCA, 3.3 million dogs enter shelters each year in the United States, and there are millions of dogs waiting in shelters for a forever home. For some, it’s a bit harder to find new families than others. There could be many reasons for that, but a common reason is that they are too demanding. You guys often end up with these dogs. Why? NICK: We got into dog powered sports because as a kid, I always wanted a malamute. We ended up getting a malamute that had been returned because he was too high energy. The family couldn’t handle him. So it was my opportunity for us to get a malamute. We got him, and he was going to destroy our house. We had to find something to keep him from destroying our house. We were not going to give up on him. I started in canicross for that reason. I just started running with him to burn off energy so that he could get the exercise he needed to be a good dog. That just let us see that there was really a need for high energy rescue dogs to have a place that – they need a family where they can burn off that energy and be the good dogs that they really are deep down inside. JEANETTE: But it can be quite hard to find that good dog sometimes. Do you have some tips and tricks to share? NICK: The biggest tip, really, is exercise. In the U.S., we have a saying, “a tired dog is a good dog,” and that’s really it. It’s about getting them the exercise that they need to find that inner calmness that they all have. JEANETTE: Is this often underestimated when somebody gets, for example, a malamute or a husky or a border collie, the level of activity these dogs need? NICK: Absolutely. In fact, almost all of our dogs have had homes before us where someone got them and underestimated how much work they were going to get. For example, the dog that Joy ran with in the first World Championships that we competed in was a dog that someone applied to a husky rescue. The rescue said, “Your life is not right for a husky.” They said, “Too bad, I w...

01x05: Tessa Philippaerts | Canicross: Best tips when running with a dog

Oct 25, 2019 40 min

If you like to be active with your dog, canicross is the perfect sport for you! Everyone can do it - both proven runners and people who have never participated in competitions before. In this episode, Multiple World Champion Tessa Philippaerts from Belgium shares her tips on everything from how to get started to what to remember at a competition. JEANETTE: Today’s guest was a Top 5 track and field athlete in Belgium. Now canicross is her main discipline, and today the three-time world champion will share some tips and tricks. Tessa Philippaerts from Belgium, welcome. TESSA: Hi. Welcome. JEANETTE: Thank you. First of all, can you tell us a bit what is canicross? TESSA: Canicross is basically running with your dog, but you’re connected to your dog. The dog is not free-running, and the dog is wearing a special type of harness in which he can pull freely, and he’s connected to the runner by this elastic line. The runner is wearing a special type of belt. Usually they run basically anywhere they want. They can go off-road, they can run a little bit on the road. JEANETTE: So it doesn’t need too much equipment. This is basically something everyone can do. TESSA: Yeah, everybody can do canicross. It’s really easy. You just need basic equipment and a pair of running shoes, and then you’re good to go. JEANETTE: How did you come into the sport? TESSA: I was doing track and field from when I was 7 years old, I think, and I always hated to do the long distance running training that I had to do by myself. I really liked dogs, but after our last dog died, my father said, “No, we do not really want to have a new dog anymore. It’s so much time.” So I kept on nagging and nagging and nagging to get a new dog. My father saw I was struggling with my training and he said, “Yeah, maybe if I can buy you a new dog that can join you on your training runs, will you then go and do it more often?” I was like, “Yeah, of course. Of course I would love to have a dog to join me on my runs.” We basi...

01x04: Trude Mostue | First Aid

Oct 18, 2019 44 min

Do you know what to do if your dog gets a paw cut, suffers from diarrhea and vomiting, or eats a plate of chocolate? Veterinarian Trude Mostue shares her best first aid tips. JEANETTE: I remember rushing home from riding lessons every Wednesday to catch the latest episodes of Vet School and Vets in Practice, where today’s guest was one of the stars. The student from Bristol School of Veterinary Science became well-known in England as well as other countries. Later, she started her own veterinary clinic in Norway, and now she’s leading the vets in FirstVet. Trude Mostue, welcome. TRUDE: Thank you very much. That was very impressive, actually. All the things you mentioned, I’d almost forgotten all of it because it’s a long time ago. But I have very nice memories from that time. I spent so much of my career on camera. It was very unusual, but at least I can say that I’ve been working as a veterinarian all these years. Now it’s actually 20 years. JEANETTE: Now you are the boss of I think 15 vets in FirstVet. What is FirstVet? TRUDE: This is really exciting, actually, because for so many years I’ve been working in the ordinary veterinary practices – which is very exciting and very nice. You meet people and you see the patients and you do diagnostics and you operate. And I still do that one day a week, but times are changing. I’ve been so lucky to take part in the newest of developments when it comes to what we call telemedicine, which is actually that you can have your veterinarian on your mobile. So if you have a question or if you’re worried about your pet, let’s say, you’re out in the woods or if you’re in the mountains, on a boat or wherever – I actually did have a patient that called me from a sailboat the other day, and they were worried about their dog. It was vomiting. Maybe it was seasick. They were far away from the vet and they called me on video cam. This service is actually based on consultations via video cam on your mobile, so I consult my patients by talk...

01x03: Tom Andres | No leash, no trouble

Oct 11, 2019 52 min

JEANETTE: Today’s guest is Tom Andres from Germany. He is doing sprint and middle distance. Can you tell us a bit about how everything started? TOM: It started now 25 years ago with my first Siberian husky, which was a show dog. After school, I was of the opinion I needed to have a dog. I needed to have a friend beside myself, doing many sports. So I thought it was a good opportunity to have a dog. Of course, it had to be a Siberian husky. It was nice-looking, black and white, blue eyes. So I bought the first one. It was a kind of show dog, but with already a nice body for running. Then I started to meet the first people out of the competition scene who compete in the sled dog sport. I was interested, and half a year later I had four dogs and bought the first running Siberian huskies and started to compete in the sport. Two years later it was then 16 Siberian huskies, so I was the guy who was jumping up very fast with the amount of dogs – which brings also some problems, because you should grow inside. Especially a kind of dog like this, which has not always the best behavior and it’s hard to teach them because they have their own head, and it’s a strong head. But I managed it after a few mistakes and after a few years. From mistakes you can just learn. JEANETTE: What kind of challenges did you face? TOM: One of the big challenges perhaps was the collecting of good dogs out of different kennels. If you want to have a good start, you need to go to the best kennels. But every kennel wants to reduce the problem dogs, so I was the one who got the best fighters. This was a problem, but I think it was very good for the purse of the veterinarians because I was there many times in the first years. But we managed to do it on the other side. These dogs’ heads, really strong heads, which the people who sold me the dogs can feel after the first two years, when I started winning the races against them with the dogs they sold because they had a problem with this dog. I managed to...

01x02: Eli Beate Sæther | Agility, physical training and mental strength

Oct 4, 2019 1 hr 3 min

JEANETTE: Today’s guest is one of the world’s best athletes in agility. With her Shetland sheepdog Zelda, she placed third in this year’s European Open, and they have been on the podium at the World Championship two times. Eli Beate Sæther, welcome. ELI BEATE: Thank you. JEANETTE: Agility might look very easy when you look at some good athletes doing it, but it’s a lot of hard work behind it. ELI BEATE: I thought that as well. When I first saw someone do agility, it looks like a dance, kind of, when you are handling your dog through the course. It’s nice when you’re seeing someone that has this good connection with her or his dog. You have to have a good basic to get this good rhythm, to get it to look like this dance. Absolutely much hard work to come there. I think for someone it’s hard to get this rhythm through their whole career, but if you are always trying to find the small key points, I think you will come there. JEANETTE:: On the course you are communicating with your dog in different ways, and everything goes so fast, but you use body language. You use your voice. What do you do to tell your dog what to do on the course? ELI BEATE: I started with agility in 2008, and then I was just 12 years old. So I was very young myself. I had a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel and his name was Todd, and he didn’t want to work. He was just walking through the course. Then I didn’t have this much speed either, so the rhythm was not so good then. But after two years, I got my first Shetland sheepdog, Siraja. She is now 10 years old. With her it was much more speed. The good thing with Todd was that I had to learn how to take – you have different ways to handle a dog through the course. You have front cross, you have rear cross, you have blind cross, and then you have different techniques you can use on the jump obstacles or the tunnels. With Todd, I really had to learn his crosses in a good way because it was so slow. Slow is smooth and smooth is fast. It was never fa...

01x01: Dallas Seavey | Building a team

Sep 27, 2019 52 min

JEANETTE: Hello and welcome to the first episode of our brand new podcast! We`re starting with one of the best mushers in the world. He won the Iditarod 4 times and broke the record 2 times. When he's not training or racing with his dogs, he is sharing his philosophy on how to build a team with everything from athletes to business leaders, and today he will share it with you – Dallas Seavey, all the way from Alaska – welcome to Norway! DALLAS: I'm happy to be here in Norway once again. I've raced the Finnmark now twice and over the last two years I think I have been in Norway about five months. Mostly of course for the races but also coming over in the fall and preparing things or like now – coming over for a visit! JEANETTE: Dogs have been a big part of your life, as far as I know since you were a kid? DALLAS: My family has been mushing for 55 years now. It started with grandfather moving to Alaska because he was interested in sleddogs and the Alaskan way of life. It was supposed to be a couple of years, but he got hooked, and sleddogs have been a big part of my family's life ever since. I was born into a kennel of mini dogs, so all of my memories are around sleddogs, my earliest memories with sleddogs. That has been my life, yes. JEANETTE: But you started doing a totally different sport when you were younger, you did wrestling? DALLAS: Yeah, I wrestled for about seven years where that was my main focus. That is also something both my dad and grandpa had done. That was my experience as human athlete which I think has really been helpful in many ways to be more of what I consider is a coach – teaching athletes, which in this case is dogs. In a 1000 mile race the human has to be a part of that team and be an athlete as well, but our main value is supporting the dogs so that they can perform at their best. It is about developing a team that will do anything for you. I would not say make them do something for you, but make them a part of the team, and whatever that te...

00x00: Teaser

Sep 5, 2019 1 min

Teaser

–

0 ratings from members

Rate this podcast

No reviews yet — be the first member to rate "Unleashed".

This podcast, its content and its artwork are not owned by, affiliated with, or endorsed by Castquire.

05x03: Jessie Main I A van travel across Europe with a dog

Share this podcast

Live Chart rankings

#198 Pets & Animals 🇳🇿 NZ

Chart history

🇳🇿 Pets & Animals Best #198

Holding at #198 — the line fills in as this chart moves.

Podcast details

Created by: Non-stop dogwear
Status: Inactive
Latest episode: Feb 17, 2025
Episodes: 28
Release period: Every two weeks
Avg. episode length: 28 min
Explicit: No
Language: English

Links

Official website ↗ Apple Podcasts ↗ RSS feed ↗

Is this your podcast?

Claim it to show it on your profile. Using the email from your RSS feed approves it instantly.

Keep listening

Discover more podcasts like this.

Browse podcasts See the charts