STSE #79: Looking for the Joy

Sometimes There's Side Eye · May 29, 2026 · 23m · transcript

This week we are talking about when social media looks impressive but there is more to the dog's behavior than meets the eye. We recently saw a video that showed a group of dogs behaving militantly and when a little bit of enthusiasm was shown by one dog it was immediately corrected and shut down. While controlling a large group of dogs may appear impressive initially, once the body language of the dogs is taken into account it is obvious the dogs are all lacking joy. We talk through having a relationship that leads to better behavior versus forcing a dog to behave regardless of what that…