Podcast Episode 58: Christina Horne

#58 – Christina Horne: Systems for Navigating Service Dog Training & Society

#58 - Christina Horne: Systems for Navigating Service Dog Training & Society

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In this week’s interview episode, we’re joined by Christina Horne. Christina delights in working with people and animals alike and has such a fresh take on teaching and training and the relationship between teachers and learners.

In this episode, you’re going to hear Emily and Christina talk about:

Giving your learners space to just do things
The power dynamic in the teacher/learner relationship
Acknowledging privilege and marginalization
Check yourself before you wreck your learner

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Meet the Guest

Christina Horne

Christina is an armed forces brat with a degree in Psychology and a concentration in Philosophy and Behavior Analysis. She delights in working with people and animals alike! She began her professional training journey in 2004 at Petsmart and has trained everything from humans to marine mammals. Curious by nature and a perpetual student, she jumps at the opportunity to have an adventure. Whether it’s volunteering at her local Search and Rescue chapter or going on road trips with colleagues to teach workshops in the middle of the desert, she is there with a smile and infectious enthusiasm.

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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