EP 17 CAROLINE ALUPPO

The speaker shares a personal experience of reacting to potential danger after a traumatic car accident, and highlights the importance of considering how dogs may feel in similar situations. They introduce Carolina Lupo, a dog psychologist with expertise in animal behavior, who has worked with dogs facing behavioral issues for almost 20 years. It is mentioned that dogs are believed to experience flashbacks, nightmares, and PTSD, just like humans. The speaker expresses enthusiasm about having Carolina on the show and encourages the audience to look forward to meeting her. Three, two, one. You're driving down the road and suddenly in the corner of your eye, you see a car and it's barreling towards you. So quickly, you reach over and you put your arm out to protect your dog. It's basically the same thing you do for any passenger. But now years later, every time you see something in your peripheral vision, you immediately flinch. It's a subtle reminder of that trauma you went through when that car just slammed into you. In fact, you probably haven't given much thought of what your dog may feel when they go through the same situations with you or they're on their own. I sure hadn't. In this week's episode, Carolina Lupo joins me. Now, she's a dog psychologist with a master's in etiology, basically the study of animal behavior. Now, she's devoted almost 20 years in the dog industry working with dogs struggling with behavioral problems. Now, here's a little tidbit. Did you know it's believed that dogs have flashbacks and nightmares and that they have PTSD? Think about it. The military and police dogs and what they also go through. And when you think about it and you really think about it, it just makes sense. The day too can be drastically affected as well. I'm so excited for you to meet Caroline. She's just so intelligent and she's so logical and informative and I feel so privileged that she joined me. And I just can't wait for you to meet her too.