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The group calls, recorded. Open one to see its chapters and the questions members asked, then click any line of the transcript to hear that exact moment.
- 37 calls
- 54.6 hours
- Fri 3 Apr 2026 to Wed 11 Nov 2026
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1 call on barking
Sun 6 Sep 2026 · 57 min
Diagnosing a Shih Tzu's barking: data gathering and the play ritual
The call opened with a quick consult on a dog passing yellow, fat-laden stools, where Sunny explained that undigested fat (not worms) was the cause and fat had to be cut from the diet. The main session was a case-study exercise where members practiced diagnosing a Shih Tzu that barked continuously at her human, using a structured data-gathering framework built around the six rituals (walk, socialising, discipline, play, affection, feeding). Sunny showed how the group jumped to labels like attention-seeking or demand barking too quickly, and walked them through reading the barking and timing as clues, revealing that the real issue was insufficient and badly timed play for a young, high-drive dog. The call closed with breed history on Shih Tzu and Lhasa Apso instincts and housekeeping on the new call schedule and pending evaluations.
12 chapters · 17 member questions · case study, behavioural, barking, training