Canine Conversations: Top Podcasts for Dog Lovers
Podcasts are powerful community builders for dog aficionados. Check out these five-star podcasts barking up the right tree.
The podcast industry is quite oversaturated, making it difficult at times to cut through the noise and find your niche listening experience. Although the 'dog podcast' category may seem appropriately specified, the podcast boom has ensured that every subtopic, every hyperfixation, and every emerging brand prompts a new vein of listening.
Indeed, canine-centered podcasting runs the gamut of approaches and contains many subcategories: lifestyle content, canine health and wellness, education and science, the adoption process, pop culture, etc. Whether you're looking for casual listening for your commute or brain food for your downtime at home with your canine companion(s), Roch's curated list of top-notch dog podcasts has something for everyone.
The Baroo: A Podcast For Dogs and Their People
This modern lifestyle podcast looks to "help make humans better companions for dogs." The Baroo was created by Charlotte Bayne, who has over 10 years of professional canine-care experience via her "dog walking and care business called Hiking Tails," based in Pacific Palisades, California.
Bayne has fostered a fun, approachable atmosphere for casual conversation with animal industry experts, providing listeners with both heartwarming canine companionship tales and practical tips and tricks. After a short hiatus, The Baroo looks to be back in the swing of things in early 2025, returning to its biweekly program.
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Mystic Dog Mama
For those who appreciate a more holistic approach to dog care, Mystic Dog Mama brings soul into the world of canine well-being. The podcast's eponymous 'dog mama' is Dr. Alexia Mellor, a former artist and academic turned canine nutrition and wellness guru. Her refreshing mind-body-soul approach to canine (and human) health rests on the assertion that "dogs are our healers, as well as our sacred mirrors."
Weekly episodes hover at an hour run-time and dive into a variety of unique subjects, from canine energetics and herbalism to canine-ified astrology. With a constant flow of inspiring guests, Mystic Dog Mama candidly examines "how our dogs are teaching us about what it means to be human."
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All The Good Dogs
All The Good Dogs is a feel-good pick-me-up podcast that moves between canine pop culture (movie and book reviews) and heartwarming dog-owner interviews. Regarding the former, hosts from other podcasts (like the Shelf Aware Podcast) join in on the fun and lend their literary gusto to discussing dog books, which are, funny enough, not "all good."
You may also find some Q&A hours sprinkled into this long-running dog-savvy series (originally called Pups n Pop Culture). Episodes tend to be on the lengthy side (up to two hours), making this the perfect podcast to help pass the time and increase that attention span! If you want to see all the film reviews covered thus far, check out their convenient IMDb dog movie list.
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The Long Leash with James Jacobson
This podcast features unscripted interviews with fascinating personalities in the dog world, including but not limited to: authors, trainers, animal advocates, celebrities, and entrepreneurs. The Long Leash is but one of the expanding catalog of shows from the first-of-its-kind Dog Podcast Network, also founded by James Jacobson.
Jacobson's life-long passion for radio and podcasting carries over into his storytelling approach for The Long Leash, which trades prim and proper interviews for inviting personable chats. With a very warm, radio voice that always feels familiar and easy to listen to, Jacobson showcases how dogs unfailingly and inspiringly unite humans.
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The Long Leash with James Jacobson
The Long Leash with James Jacobson
The Long Leash with James Jacobson
Pod to the Rescue
Focused on dog rescue and rehabilitation, Pod to the Rescue is a fantastic resource for anyone involved in or interested in rescue work and championing second chances for canines. Hosts Emily Wolf and Libby Felts provide actionable advice for animal rescuers, dog foster caregivers, volunteers, adopters, and all-around dog lovers, covering everything from behavioral challenges to fostering best practices.
Pod to the Rescue emerges from Summit Dog Rescue in Boulder, Colorado, an all-volunteer-run organization that has been saving thousands of animals since 2009. The podcast wrapped Season 4 in May of 2024, and Season 5 is on the way with a new co-host: Jenni Pfafman, a founding member of the Humane Alliance of Rescue Trainers (HART).
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K9 Conservationists Podcast
This Natural Sciences podcast is unabashedly excited about everything to do with conservation, ecology, and detection dogs! Host Kayla Fratt highlights the incredible work of conservation detection dog teams, discussing training techniques, success stories, and the science behind the craft. It's a must-listen for anyone curious about the diverse roles working dogs play in our world.
The podcast, which releases episodes biweekly, is an informative outgrowth of the K9 Conservationists company, which specializes in training and deploying canines to aid in wildlife conservation. Their small but mighty team focuses primarily on Latin America and the Intermountain West of the United States.
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