Zen Dog Training cover art

Zen Dog Training

Zen Dog Training

By: Just Curious Media & Zen Dog Training
Listen for free

About this listen

A unique dog training podcast sharing a peaceful approach to raising your dog with Zen.

Hosts: Jason Connell, award-winning documentary producer & dog lover & Gordon Fontaine, master dog trainer & founder of Zen Dog Training.

© 2026 Just Curious Media LLC
Personal Development Personal Success
Episodes
  • Zen Dog Training Is People Training (Rereleased)
    Jan 28 2026

    Zen Dog Training
    Episode 64: Zen Dog Training Is People Training (Rereleased)

    Jason Connell and Gordon Fontaine rerelease E15 and disdiscuss the key component of training people in Zen Dog Training.

    Dedicated to Dr. Neil Wiseman. Remember to not expect too much from other people, our families, or dogs, and to give ourselves a little slack. Accept that everyone is doing the best they can with what they have.

    At first dog training is hard because it requires mutual communication and you must act and speak in counterintuitive ways to help your dog better understand you.

    Dog training is people training. At Zen Dog Training we teaching people to remember the counterintuitive aspects of how dogs learn differently than people as a way to help you train your dog a little easier.

    Recorded: 06-14-24
    Studio: Just Curious Media
    Partner: Zen Dog Training

    Listen:
    Apple Podcasts
    Buzzsprout
    Spotify

    Watch:
    YouTube

    Hosts:
    Jason Connell
    Gordon Fontaine

    #justcuriousmedia #zendogtraining #mrjasonconnell #gordonfontaine #pets #puppies #dogoftheday #doglover #ilovemydog #puppylove #animals #doggy #doglife #lovedogs #animal #doglove #bestwoof #mansbestfriend #dogtraining #puppytraining #zen #dog #training

    Send us a text

    Show More Show Less
    15 mins
  • Stopping Unwanted Behaviors (Rereleased)
    Jan 14 2026

    Zen Dog Training
    Episode 63: Stopping Unwanted Behaviors (Rereleased)

    Learn how to stop unwanted behaviors in gentle (often counter-intuitive) ways that helps your dog better understand you, without yelling, getting angry, or trying to punish or correct your dog.

    In this rerelease of E14 Gordon Fontaine and Jason Connell discuss how interrupting behaviors is one of the most important aspect of Zen Dog Training.

    In addition to positive reinforcement training and helping dogs learn to become calm and relaxed, you needs to ways to stop unwanted behaviors, without getting angry, trying to scare or startle your dog.

    Recorded: 06-14-24
    Studio: Just Curious Media
    Partner: Zen Dog Training

    Listen:
    Apple Podcasts
    Buzzsprout
    Spotify

    Watch:
    YouTube

    Hosts:
    Jason Connell
    Gordon Fontaine

    #justcuriousmedia #zendogtraining #mrjasonconnell #gordonfontaine #pets #puppies #dogoftheday #doglover #ilovemydog #puppylove #animals #doggy #doglife #lovedogs #animal #doglove #bestwoof #mansbestfriend #dogtraining #puppytraining #zen #dog #training

    Send us a text

    Show More Show Less
    16 mins
  • Do You Have To Be The Alpha? (Rereleased)
    Dec 31 2025

    Zen Dog Training
    Episode 62: Do You Have To Be The Alpha? (Rereleased)

    Jason Connell and Gordon Fontaine rerelease E13 and discuss the common misconceptions of Alpha based training.

    Recorded: 06-14-24
    Studio: Just Curious Media
    Partner: Zen Dog Training

    Listen:
    Apple Podcasts
    Buzzsprout
    Spotify

    Watch:
    YouTube

    Hosts:
    Jason Connell
    Gordon Fontaine

    #justcuriousmedia #zendogtraining #mrjasonconnell #gordonfontaine #pets #puppies #dogoftheday #doglover #ilovemydog #puppylove #animals #doggy #doglife #lovedogs #animal #doglove #bestwoof #mansbestfriend #dogtraining #puppytraining #zen #dog #training

    Send us a text

    Show More Show Less
    15 mins
No reviews yet
In the spirit of reconciliation, Audible acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.