The Davidthedogtrainer Podcast
Aug 25, 2026 · 58 min · 9 segments
today we read a letter we got in the mail from someone who is attempting to convince us that using aversives is bad. We use this as an opportunity to revisit the force free / balanced dog training…
David TirpakHostJoshHostAnyway, we got fan mail today.
Look

Even if you want to send me mean fan mail, I would love to get mean fan mail in the mail.

And when I say it's not often, I mean this quite literally is the first piece of fan
mail we've ever gotten in 250 episodes.
And I would argue that...

But nonetheless, somebody takes the time to send me some fan mail and I have to talk about it, obviously.
Anyway, we got fan mail today.
Look

Even if you want to send me mean fan mail, I would love to get mean fan mail in the mail.

And when I say it's not often, I mean this quite literally is the first piece of fan
mail we've ever gotten in 250 episodes.
And I would argue that...

But nonetheless, somebody takes the time to send me some fan mail and I have to talk about it, obviously.
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