unPACKed

Welcome to unPACKed, an open-minded podcast taking a clinical, *not political*, approach to help pet parents around the world. Join Sailor Jerri and Mattison, certified trainers and canine behavior experts with a combined 3 decades of experience in behavioral dog training.

This episode is a Training Touchbase with the trainer who donated 4 weeks of daily training to one of our guests. 

In this episode, we're talking with Kirsten of The Canine Detective about the process of working through Stella's plan with Grace real-time over several weeks of daily virtual training. 

To a...

Welcome to unPACKed, an open-minded podcast taking a clinical, *not political*, approach to help pet parents around the world. Join Sailor Jerri and Mattison, certified trainers and canine behavior experts with a combined 3 decades of experience in behavioral dog training.

In this episode, Ruth shares her journey with Corn, a reactive rescue navigating life in downtown Toronto. While they've made great progress, unpredictable triggers like off-leash dogs and strangers continue to challenge them.

We explore how environmental stress, trigger stacking, and nervous system regulation impact behavior—and how shifting from obedience to emotional sup...

Welcome to unPACKed, an open-minded podcast taking a clinical, *not political*, approach to help pet parents around the world. Join Sailor Jerri and Mattison, certified trainers and canine behavior experts with a combined 3 decades of experience in behavioral dog training.

In this episode, we sit down with Emma to discuss her two rescue dogs, Bounty and Galaxy, and their challenges with reactivity and fear. After relocating to Kuwait, Bounty’s triggers—bikers, cars, and strangers—have intensified, while Galaxy remains unpredictable in her confidence. Emma shares her struggles with training in a high-stimulation environment and managin...

Welcome to unPACKed, an open-minded podcast taking a clinical, *not political*, approach to help pet parents around the world. Join Sailor Jerri and Mattison, certified trainers and canine behavior experts with a combined 3 decades of experience in behavioral dog training.

In our first LIVE unPACKing of 2025, we're talking with Grace about her rescue dog Stella. 

Stella came to Grace from a neglectful situation where she was crated with two other dogs.  And although Stella has clear discomfort with the kennel, the most impactful behavior in Grace's life is Stella's intense stranger danger (both at...

Welcome to unPACKed, an open-minded podcast taking a clinical, *not political*, approach to help pet parents around the world. Join Sailor Jerri and Mattison, certified trainers and canine behavior experts with a combined 3 decades of experience in behavioral dog training.

We are beyond excited for the next evolution of unPACKed that will bring even more transparency to this project.  This season, we are going to be doing LIVE unpacking episodes with our guests before they train with an intern. Don't worry, we'll still have follow-ups with the trainers and guests to hear how things have pro...

unPACKed Podcast Presents...
Life Change Survival Guide: How to keep your human life from derailing your dog

Learn the strategies you need to help prepare your dog for big life events like moving, a new baby, divorce, sudden loss, and so much more.

Purchase the replay at: www.unpacked.stream/seminar 

Welcome to unPACKed, an open-minded podcast taking a clinical, *not political*, approach to help pet parents around the world. Join Sailor Jerri and Mattison, certified trainers and canine behavior experts with a combined 3 decades of experience in behavioral dog tr...

unPACKed Podcast Presents...
Life Change Survival Guide: How to keep your human life from derailing your dog

Learn the strategies you need to help prepare your dog for big life events like moving, a new baby, divorce, sudden loss, and so much more.

Purchase the replay at: www.unpacked.stream/seminar 

Welcome to unPACKed, an open-minded podcast taking a clinical, *not political*, approach to help pet parents around the world. Join Sailor Jerri and Mattison, certified trainers and canine behavior experts with a combined 3 decades of experience in behavioral dog tr...

unPACKed Podcast Presents...
Life Change Survival Guide: How to keep your human life from derailing your dog

Learn the strategies you need to help prepare your dog for big life events like moving, a new baby, divorce, sudden loss, and so much more.

Purchase the replay at: www.unpacked.stream/seminar 

Welcome to unPACKed, an open-minded podcast taking a clinical, *not political*, approach to help pet parents around the world. Join Sailor Jerri and Mattison, certified trainers and canine behavior experts with a combined 3 decades of experience in behavioral dog tr...

unPACKed Podcast Presents...
Life Change Survival Guide: How to keep your human life from derailing your dog

Learn the strategies you need to help prepare your dog for big life events like moving, a new baby, divorce, sudden loss, and so much more.

Purchase the replay at: www.unpacked.stream/seminar 

Welcome to unPACKed, an open-minded podcast taking a clinical, *not political*, approach to help pet parents around the world. Join Sailor Jerri and Mattison, certified trainers and canine behavior experts with a combined 3 decades of experience in behavioral dog tr...

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Welcome to unPACKed, an open-minded podcast taking a clinical, *not political*, approach to help pet parents around the world. Join Sailor Jerri and Mattison, certified trainers and canine behavior experts with a combined 3 decades of experience in behavioral dog training.

This is an unPACK session - a shorter episode where we are giving you an inside look at the conversations we are having with REAL guardians as we unPACK their dog's very real behavior training plan.