Podcast Episode #104 - Ayoka Bubar: Dog Sports as Enrichment

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#104 - Ayoka Bubar: Dog Sports as Enrichment

Flyball, Agility, Tracking, Rally Obedience, Trick Titling, Conformation, Herding, Mondioring, Obedience, oh my! If you’re into canine sports or looking to learn more about them, Ayoka is your person. Get ready to step into the world of R+ dog sports!

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Meet the Guest

Ayoka Bubar

Ayoka is a Certified Professional Dog Trainer – Knowledge Assessed and a Certified Control Unleashed Instructor who has been teaching and competing successfully in dog sports since 2006.

Ayoka has experience in training Flyball, Agility, Tracking, Rally Obedience, Trick Titling, Conformation, Herding, Mondioring and Obedience. Ayoka’s current Rottweilers have earned advanced titles in Conformation, Herding and Rally Obedience.

This broad range of experience provides her with a unique perspective and a wealth of knowledge to draw upon to help dog and handler teams reach their training goals. Ayoka is sought after as a seminar presenter and online workshop instructor.

Ayoka believes that dog training should be fun for dogs and their humans and she likes to employ a number of positive reinforcement techniques to help handlers communicate more effectively with their dogs.

Meet the Hosts

Allie Bender, CDBC, CPDT-KA, SBA

Allie Bender is a Certified Dog Behavior Consultant, Certified Professional Dog Trainer- Knowledge Assessed, and a Shelter Behavior Affiliate. She has been in the animal welfare industry since 2006 and professionally training since 2012. She is the founder and co-owner of Pet Harmony, co-author of Canine Enrichment for the Real World, and a national speaker.

While in the animal sheltering industry, Allie realized that her passion lied in helping pets with maladaptive behaviors. Specifically, she wanted to help prevent animals with rehabilitatable problems from being euthanized. She loves working with dogs and cats displaying stranger danger, resource guarding, and leash reactivity. Her favorite thing about working with pets and their people is seeing relationships grow and seeing harmonious households develop.

Emily Strong, CDBC, SBA

Emily Strong is a Certified Dog Behavior Consultant and Shelter Behavior Affiliate. She has been in the animal welfare industry since 1990 and has been a behavior consultant since 2008. She is the co-owner of Pet Harmony, co-author of Canine Enrichment for the Real World, and a national speaker.

Emily started working with animals at a young age and struggled with the notion that you have to hurt, scare, or intimidate animals to help them. When she discovered the behavior sciences and learned that it wasn’t necessary to do so– that we can care for emotional, mental, and physical health simultaneously– she plunged headfirst into animal behavior. Emily loves helping current and prospective behavior professionals and working with pet parents through our in-depth services. She enjoys working with all species.

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