Welcome to The Dog Who Asked for More formerly known as Straight Up Dog Talk
Welcome to The Dog Who Asked for More
Named Sniffspot's #1 Dog Training Podcast 2026. Ranked top 3% internationally.
What Is The Dog Who Asked for More?
The Dog Who Asked for More is a podcast and educational resource for dog parents navigating behavior, reactivity, nutrition, and enrichment — especially when life with their dog feels more complicated than expected.
Created by Em, a dog trainer, certified professional canine nutritionist, and retired veterinary technician with over 20 years of hands-on experience. Built on the belief that behavior is communication, not failure.
Many dog parents find this show after searching for answers to things like:
- Why their dog won't settle
- Why training isn't working
- What their dog's behavior actually means
- What to feed when nothing seems to help
This isn't a podcast about fixing dogs. It's about learning to understand them — especially when things feel messy, emotional, or complicated. Episodes explore reactivity, enrichment, nutrition, and the emotional side of life with dogs, including burnout, grief, guilt, and the pressure to do everything right. Some episodes are practical. Some are emotional. Many are both.
About Em
This isn't a podcast about fixing dogs. It's about understanding them — especially when life looks different because of your dog.
Em is a dog trainer, certified professional canine nutritionist (CPCN), and retired veterinary technician (LVT) with over 20 years of hands-on experience across veterinary medicine, behavior support, enrichment, and nutrition. She is the creator of The Dog Who Asked for More®.
But more importantly, she's someone who has lived the reality of loving dogs who weren't easy. She's been the professional, the educator, and the dog parent crying in the car, exhausted, wondering why nothing seemed to help the way she was told it would.
She didn't start this podcast because she had all the answers. She started it because she was missing honest conversations — the kind that acknowledge how complex life with dogs can be when behavior, health, or regulation don't fit the normal mold.
Her work focuses on helping you understand what's influencing your dog's behavior — including stress, environment, nutrition, enrichment, and the human-dog relationship — so decisions feel grounded instead of frantic.
Clarity without judgment. Education without pressure. Support without shame.
Welcome to The Dog Who Asked for More
Formerly know as Straight Up Dog Talk.
New Name. New Look. New Content!