Best CTP Group Podcasts (2024)

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Jessica Hekman, DVM, PhD, on "Lifetime Prevalence of Owner-Reported Medical Conditions" 1:02:17

9d ago1:02:17

1:02:17

We have a flipped episode this week with Sarah Stremming of Cog Dog Radio interviewing me. We're talking about the new paper out of the Dog Aging Project, "Lifetime Prevalence of Owner-Reported Medical Conditions in the 25 Most Common Dog Breeds in the Dog Aging Project Pack." There's been a lot of buzz on social media about this paper and we wante…

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Episode 105 - Falkland's Law (with guest host Scott Sellers) 33:09

10d ago33:09

33:09

This episode is about delaying decision-making. Or maybe it’s not. We really don’t know what to think of Falkland’s Law, but we have a good time not getting anywhere.By The CTP Group

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What's up with FDC and the podcast 15:06

21d ago15:06

15:06

There's a lot going on behind the scenes of the Functional Dog Collaborative and I have a lot of plans for upcoming podcast episodes. I also have had a bunch of people say they can't record this summer and so it may be a few weeks until I get the next episode out. So here's some stuff to tide you over - explanation of what's going on and what episo…

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Dan O'Neill, MVB, PhD, FRCVS: Disorder Testing 1:32:12

1M ago1:32:12

1:32:12

Last episode I talked with Dr. Dan O'Neill, a veterinary epidemiologist who studies canine disorders that have an inherited component - what the rest of us might call "genetic diseases." During that interview he mentioned that he didn't think disorder testing - what most of us call health testing - has been workinig to improve canine health. I cut …

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Episode 104 - Lē'•der•shǐp' (noun) 1:13:11

2M ago1:13:11

1:13:11

We talk about it A LOT, but we’ve never really tried to define what we think leadership is. In this episode, we discuss various definitions of leadership; what we like and what we don’t like.By The CTP Group

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Dan O'Neill, MVB, PhD, FRCVS: VetCompass and Inherited Disease 1:23:46

2M ago1:23:46

1:23:46

Dan O'Neill, MVB, PhD, FRCVS is a veterinary epidemiologist who studies canine disorders that have an inherited component - what the rest of us might call "genetic diseases." He is the author of more than 95 papers, mostly on the prevalence and risk factors of disorders in dogs based on data drawn from VetCompass, the large scale veterinary databas…

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#143 - Getting under my skin - Abawi v Allianz 17:30

3M ago17:30

17:30

In Abawi v Allianz, the Medical Review Panel looked at whether a laceration to the skin fell within the definition of a "threshold injury" in s 1.6 of the Motor Accident Injuries Act 2017. Principal Peter Hunt reviews the decision and adds his own commentary on the issue.By McCabes

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Danika Bannasch, DVM, PhD: The Dalmatian Outcross Project 1:09:33

4M ago1:09:33

1:09:33

Danika Bannasch, DVM, PhD returns to the podcast to talk about the Dalmatian Outcross Project. Danika's laboratory found the genetic mutation that was targeted in this outcross, and she had a front row seat to the project's path to acceptance by the AKC and the Dalmatian Club of America. She is also herself a past breeder of Dalmatians. Danika walk…

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Danika Bannasch, DVM, PhD: Chondrodystrophy 1:22:50

4M ago1:22:50

1:22:50

Danika Bannasch, DVM, PhD is the owner of Pint, the famous UC Davis football tee retrieving dog. She also happens to run a genetics lab, also at UC Davis, where she studies the genetics of inherited diseases in dogs and other animals. She is known for her work associating genetic variants with a variety of traits including coat color and skull shap…

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Lisa Gunter, PhD, CBCC-KA: Shelter Dog Welfare 1:04:43

5M ago1:04:43

1:04:43

Lisa Gunter, PhD, CBCC-KA is an Assistant Professor at Virginia Tech in the School of Animal Sciences and directs the Laboratory for Animal Behavior and Welfare. Lisa’s research explores the behavior and welfare of companion animals, specifically our interactions with them, as it relates to animal sheltering, behavioral issues, and training. Lisa c…

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Breeding for Companion Personalities: Carolyn Kelly, RN and Erica Pytlovany, KPA CTP 1:15:10

6M ago1:15:10

1:15:10

Carolyn Kelly is a registered nurse with over 30 years of experience in human health including in labor and delivery, and in mental health. She also holds a Masters Degree in Nursing Leadership. She runs a mixed breed companion dog program, Old Mission Retrievers. Erica Pytlovany, KPA CTP, is an experienced behavioral consultant at WOOFS! Dog Train…

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Episode 103 - What Would Ted Do? 22:10

6M ago22:10

22:10

Photo Credit: Cottonbro Studio Whenever you lose your way as a leader, you can always ask yourself, “What would Ted do?”By The CTP Group

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Claire Wade, PhD and Sophie Liu, DVM: The Doberman Genetic Diversity Paper 1:25:18

6M ago1:25:18

1:25:18

This week I'm talking to Drs Claire Wade and Sophie Liu about their paper on genetic diversity in the Doberman breed. Dr Claire Wade is the Chair of Computational Biology and Animal Genetics at the University of Sydney, where she studies canine behavioral genetics. Dr Sophie Liu is a veterinarian specializing in behavior and the founder of the Dobe…

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Lisa Wagner: Breeding Frenchies for Health 46:10

8M ago46:10

46:10

I've wanted to interview Lisa Wagner about her breeding program for a while now. I keep hearing about the great work she is doing to address health issues in her French bulldogs, and I was so enthusiastic to get a chance to ask her for more details. Lisa is a CKC registered breeder. Her breeding program is called Of Autumn, and you can most easily …

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Episode 102 - Building Experience And Turning It Into Expertise 59:48

8M ago59:48

59:48

In this episode, we dive into how firefighters’ decision-making process works, and how critically reliant that process is on experience. So, where are we missing opportunities to build experience and convert it to expertise? We’ve come up with a new concept called DIFOS that is a series of questions that can be asked to really examine how a decisio…

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Sarah Stremming, CDBC: The Dog Sourcing Crisis 1:10:48

8M ago1:10:48

1:10:48

This episode is jointly released through the Functional Breeding Podcast and Cog Dog Radio, which is hosted by Sarah Stremming. Sarah is an internationally known dog behavior consultant with a special niche working with sports dogs. She consults at The Cognitive Canine, teaches online courses on dog behavior, and hosts the Cog Dog Radio Podcast. I …

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#142 - Exploring Traumatic Brain Injury 20:07

9M ago20:07

20:07

In this episode of The Proper Lookout Podcast, Principal Peter Hunt discusses the traumatic brain injury with friend of the podcast, Professor Associate Joseph Suttie.By McCabes

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#141 - Does Surgery Render A Below-Threshold Injury Above-Threshold? 5:38

10M ago5:38

5:38

In Mandoukos v Allianz, the Supreme Court considered whether a cervical surgery could transform a below-threshold injury into an above-threshold injury. In this episode of The Proper Lookout Podcast, Principal Peter Hunt discusses the scope of the decision and the implications.By McCabes

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#140 - More Threshold Injury Questions: Is Radiculopathy Always Necessary? 4:40

10M ago4:40

4:40

In this episode, Principal Peter Hunt discusses the decision in Mohmand v Allianz, where the Supreme Court looked at whether a Claimant always needs to exhibit radiculopathy to demonstrate that their cervical spine injury is an above-threshold injury for the purpose of s 1.6 of the Motor Accident Injuries Act 2017.https://mccabes.com.au/firm/resour…

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#139 - Threshold Injury Review: Breast Implant Rupture 7:53

12M ago7:53

7:53

Are artificial members part of the body? And, if they are damaged, are they non-threshold injuries? In this episode of The Proper Lookout Podcast, Principal Peter Hunt discusses what a PIC Review Panel thinks on these questions.By McCabes

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#138 - Threshold Injury Review – Injury To The Skin 11:00

1y ago11:00

11:00

Does injury to the skin, alone, entitle a Claimant to ongoing statutory benefits and common law damages? In this episode of The Proper Lookout Podcast, Principal Peter Hunt reviews three PIC Review Panel decisions which consider whether injury to the skin falls within the statutory definition of a "threshold injury".…

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#137 - Art and Artificiality: The rise of ChatGPT 14:09

1y ago14:09

14:09

In this episode of The Proper Lookout Podcast, Principal Peter Hunt joins Associate Professor Joseph Suttie to explore the impact of artificial intelligence, like ChatGPT, in the workplace.NOTE: no AI was deployed in recording of this Podcast episode. All thoughts are those of the participants!By McCabes

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#136 - Combatting Burnout 18:34

1y ago18:34

18:34

All organisations, including insurers and law firms, are confronted with employees at the risk of burnout. In this episode of The Proper Lookout Podcast, Principal Peter Hunt discusses the issues with Associate Professor Joseph Suttie.https://sarsfieldconsulting.co/who-we-are/By McCabes

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Episode 101 - Bob Maynard Part III - The Black Box 35:27

1y ago35:27

35:27

Bob (left) on the Appalachian Trail. In Part 3 of our interview we pick up where we left off and get into how we evaluate accidents in the fire service, what we might be able to learn about that process from the airline industry, how to remove dominoes, and we give Bob “The Questions.”By The CTP Group

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Jessica Hekman, DVM, PhD: State of the Functional Dog Collaborative 59:30

1y ago59:30

59:30

This episode, Ji Khalsa is interviewing me, Jessica Hekman, DVM, PhD. I'm a veterinarian turned behavioral geneticist turned teacher and founder of the Functional Dog Collaborative, or FDC. I graduated from Tufts Veterinary School in 2012 with a dual veterinary and master's degree, which was on stress in hospitalized dogs. I completed a veterinary …

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Episode 100 - Bob Maynard Part 2: Purposeful Non-Compliance 38:31

1y ago38:31

38:31

Photo credit: Maarten Visser This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license. Bob is the first guest we’ve had to show up to the recording with a powerpoint presentation. And while that gave us a chuckle, it’s a presentation filled with concepts that blew us away…and it’s a presentation that he “threw to…

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Episode 099 - Bob Maynard Part 1: The Most Interesting Man In The World 39:23

1y ago39:23

39:23

By The CTP Group

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Laura Sharkey, PhD and Carolyn Kelly, RN: We All Have the Same Goals 59:20

1y ago59:20

59:20

This week we have Laura Sharkey and Carolyn Kelly back on the podcast. They are the co-founders of the Copilot Pet Dog Breeding Cooperative, and I always love to talk to them because of their fascinating insights into breeding dogs to be really good pets. We're talking about social media culture and how we love it and hate it - and how all of us lo…

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#135 - Page Limits – A View From The Bench 17:40

1y ago17:40

17:40

In this very special episode, Principal Peter Hunt talks to The Honourable Geoffrey Bellew SC, a former Justice of the Supreme Court of NSW, about the challenges of life on the Bench, including those which arise when the parties tender large volumes of irrelevant material.The discussion is topical for CTP insurers and practitioners as the Personal …

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Ji Khalsa, MS: Guardian Homes 44:18

1y ago44:18

44:18

This week we have Ji Khalsa back on the podcast. Ji is the founder of Midwoofery, a highly respected science-based educational resource for responsible dog breeders. She has a Masters degree in Microbiology and Biochemistry from Arizona State University, including independent studies in the link between canine genetics and behavior. She has decades…

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Alison Skipper, PhD: the history of breed registries 1:35:05

1y ago1:35:05

1:35:05

This week we welcome back Dr. Alison Skipper to talk about the history of breed registries. Dr. Skipper is a veterinarian and historian at the Royal Veterinary College, London. She has an interest in the history of the health and welfare of purebred dogs. She works as a veterinarian at Crufts, has been on Kennel Club committees, and is very involve…

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#134 - Borderline Personality Disorders 20:03

1y ago20:03

20:03

Most claims managers have probably experienced Claimants who demonstrate obsessive personality traits in the context of the management of their claim. In this episode, Principal Peter Hunt discusses Borderline Personality Disorders with Associate Professor Joseph Suttie and how they might impact the claims experience.…

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Sarah Stremming, CDBC: Fear Periods 1:03:34

1y ago1:03:34

1:03:34

This episode is jointly released through the Functional Breeding Podcast and Cog Dog Radio, which is hosted by Sarah Stremming. Sarah is an internationally known dog behavior consultant with a special niche working with sports dogs. She consults at The Cognitive Canine, teaches online courses on dog behavior, and hosts the Cog Dog Radio Podcast. I …

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Carolyn Kelly, RN: Litter Highlight 1:13:17

1+ y ago1:13:17

1:13:17

Carolyn Kelly is a registered nurse with over 30 years of experience in human health including in labor and delivery, and in mental health where she witnessed the power that animal assisted interventions can play in the healing process. She holds a Masters Degree in Nursing Leadership and runs a small mixed breed companion dog program, Old Mission …

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Mary Peaslee, MD, MPH: Deep Dive on Hip Testing, Part 2 1:08:36

1+ y ago1:08:36

1:08:36

This is the second part of my epic interview with Mary Peaslee about hip testing. As I said in part one, I highly value Mary's insights about hip testing for a whole bunch of reasons. She's a medical doctor with an additional master's in public health, specializing in preventive medicine, so she has extensive training in understanding screening tes…

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#133 - Artificial Intelligence & Autonomous Vehicles 16:49

1+ y ago16:49

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What happens if an autonomous vehicle thinks a tree blowing in the wind is a pedestrian about to run across the road? How might the autonomous vehicle behave when it perceives this "danger"? In this episode, Peter Hunt interviews Associate Professor Joseph Suttie about the AI used in autonomous vehicles.…

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Mary Peaslee, MD, MPH: Deep Dive on Hip Testing, Part 1 57:00

1+ y ago57:00

57:00

This episode I'm talking to Mary Peaslee about hip testing. I highly value Mary's insights about hip testing for a whole bunch of reasons. She's a medical doctor with an additional master's in public health, specializing in preventive medicine, so she has extensive training in understanding screening tests just like the kinds of tests we do for hip…

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#132 - Amendment to PAWE provisions 7:15

1+ y ago7:15

7:15

The Motor Accident and Workers Compensation Amendment Act 2022 made some amendment to the calculation of weekly benefits under MAIA. In this episode, Julia Douglas-Oliveira and Raissa Galang discuss the changes.By McCabes

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# 131 - Amendment to No-Fault Provisions 6:59

1+ y ago6:59

6:59

In this episode, Raissa Galang and Julia Douglas-Oliveira discuss how the Motor Accident and Workers Compensation Amendment Act 2022 amended the "no-fault" provisions in Part 5 of MAIA.By McCabes

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Episode 098 - Technical Expertise vs. Judgment 33:37

1+ y ago33:37

33:37

By The CTP Group

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Dr. Alison Skipper: the Health and History of Brachycephalic Dogs 1:06:30

1+ y ago1:06:30

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Dr Alison Skipper is a veterinarian and historian at the Royal Veterinary College, London. She has a particular interest in the health and history of brachycephalic dogs, and has authored multiple peer-reviewed articles about the subject. She works as a veterinarian at Crufts, has been on Kennel Club committees, and is very involved in the purebred…

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Midwoofery and the FDC Breeder Curriculum 36:15

1+ y ago36:15

36:15

This week we have Ji Khalsa back on the podcast to talk about her highly regarded breeder educational resource, Midwoofery. Ji has a solid science background herself and has built a science-based curriculum (and we'll talk about what that means). Ji and I talk about how Midwoofery came to be, how it works, what courses she has, and what to expect f…

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#130 - FEDERAL JURISDICTION – Are the Commission's power's administrative or judicial? 10:50

1+ y ago10:50

10:50

The Personal Injury Commission can not be exercising the judicial power of the Commonwealth if it does not exercise judicial power at all. In this episode, Peter Hunt discusses recent Court decisions which discuss whether the PIC's functions are administrative or judicial.By McCabes

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#129 - Amendments to Celebrate MAIA's 5th Birthday 9:24

1+ y ago9:24

9:24

In this episode, Peter Hunt discusses the Motor Accident Injuries Amendment Bill 2022 which has passed both Houses of the NSW State Parliament.By McCabes

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Litter highlight: Sara Reusche 1:13:47

1+ y ago1:13:47

1:13:47

We are pleased to have Sara Reusche (she/her) back on the podcast! Sara is a CBCC-KA, CPDT-KA, CVT, and owns Paws Abilities Dog Training, LLC in Southeast Minnesota and the Twin Cities metro. Sara is back to update us on her multigen mixed breed breeding program and her new litter. She talks about transparency in breeding and making hard decisions …

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Episode 097 - George Cowgill on Resigning, Retiring, and Leaving the Birmingham Fire Department 1:13:24

1+ y ago1:13:24

1:13:24

Former Birmingham Firefighter George Cowgill posted a very personal account of his time as a firefighter, and why he’s leaving that behind. If you’ve read it, you’re probably not surprised that it went viral, which is how we came across it. In this episode, we interview George (in Birmingham) by telephone as he discusses how he decided it was time …

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Episode 096 - We Debate What the Hell a Psychological Contract Is (and Whether You Can Break One in Good Conscience) 40:45

1+ y ago40:45

40:45

Like the picture above, psychological contracts can be binding, circular, heavy, old, rusty, and sometimes broken. Before this episode, two of us hadn’t ever heard of a psychological contract, but apparently we all have them. What they really are, who you have them with, and whether or not it’s okay to break them are questions that aren’t so easily…

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Ji Khalsa and Alicia Hobson: the Genetics of Coat Type and Color 45:04

1+ y ago45:04

45:04

This week we're getting nerdy about the genetics of dog coat color and type with two breeders, Ji Khalsa and Alicia Hobson. Ji has a Masters degree in Microbiology and Biochemistry and has done additional work in genetics. She has bred and trained working dogs most of her adult life. She is the founder of Midwoofery, a highly respected science-base…

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The Co-Pilot Breeding Cooperative 1:05:58

2y ago1:05:58

1:05:58

This episode I'm tallking to two breeders who have joined forces to set up a new cooperative and registry for breeders as part of the FDC, with a focus is on breeding for health and specific companion temperament goals regardless of breed mix. Laura Sharkey is the owner and Training Director at WOOFS! Dog Training Center in Arlington VA. Laura hold…

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What is ”Functional?” with Sarah Streaming 1:15:26

2y ago1:15:26

1:15:26

This episode, I am the interviewee! Sarah Stremming (internationally known behavior consultant and podcaster, and member of the FDC Advisory Board) and I dig in to what the "functional" in "Functional Dog Collaborative" means. What are the FDC's guidelines in terms of health and behavior for dogs in a truly "functional" breeding program? How can yo…

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