Understanding your dog changes you.
A podcast about dogs, people, and the relationship that changes them both. Named Sniffspot's #1 Dog Training Podcast of 2026
What Is The Dog Who Asked for More?
The Dog Who Asked for More is a podcast and educational resource for people whose dogs changed more than their daily routine.
Some arrived because they were trying to understand reactivity. Others because their dog wouldn't settle, something about their behavior didn't make sense, or they couldn't shake the feeling they were missing part of the picture. Many stayed because they realized those conversations were never just about their dogs.
Created by Em, a dog trainer, certified professional canine nutritionist (CPCN), and retired veterinary technician (LVT), The Dog Who Asked for More is built on a simple belief: behavior is communication.
Around here, you'll find conversations about behavior, body language, nutrition, enrichment, and the relationships we build with our dogs. You'll also find honest conversations about grief, guilt, burnout, joy, and the ways dogs quietly change who we become.
This isn't a podcast about having the perfect dog.
It's about understanding the dog in front of you, trusting yourself again, and discovering that sometimes the relationship changing your dog is changing you, too.
About Em
Em is a dog trainer, certified professional canine nutritionist (CPCN), retired veterinary technician (LVT), and the creator of The Dog Who Asked for More®.
She's spent more than 20 years helping people understand dogs through veterinary medicine, behavior, nutrition, and enrichment. But the work that shaped The Dog Who Asked for More didn't happen in a clinic or classroom. It happened living with dogs who asked more of her than she ever expected to give.
She's been the professional. She's also been the person sitting in the car after a walk, wondering why nothing she'd been told was working.
She created The Dog Who Asked for More because she couldn't find the conversations she needed when she was living them herself. Conversations that recognized the emotional reality of life with dogs, not just what to do next. So she built the place she wishes had existed when she needed it most.
Today, her work helps people look beyond the behavior to better understand what's influencing the dog in front of them, so they can make decisions with more clarity, confidence, and compassion.
Clarity without judgment. Education without pressure. Support without shame.
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