The host and producer of The Big Bark is dog lover Darragh, a dog owner with a passion for canine Psychology and behaviour. Darragh started this podcast on a voluntary basis in 2019 is joined for 2024 with a team that is made up
I’m Darragh and I’m that crazy dog guy you hear about. In 2019, I decided I wanted to understand what my dogs were telling me, and I embarked on a crazy journey to obtain my diploma in Pet Psychology which has opened up my eyes to the extraordinary workings of a dogs mind. I wanted to share my knowledge with others and wanted to create a platform where dog owners could hear from all pet professionals in one place and thus, The Big Bark was born.
I have three beautiful dogs, who you see pictured with me here – Milly is a Golden labrador who loves attention more than anything – we call her the princess and then Bruno a Bloodrador (black Lab X Bloodhound) who can be a bit of a shy fellow but has a complete heart of gold. Roxy is a golden labrador who is a year old – all she wants to do is jump around so I think that should be her theme song when she comes into the studio. She chews everything, she digs the lawn, I call her a contractor because she starts digging up the weeds in one place and then jumps to another spot without finishing the first job. To say she is hard work would be an understatement but we’re having lots of fun along the way and Bruno and Milly have made a new best friend too.
I’ve been following a number of practices and training methods while training Roxy and the one piece of advice that I can offer is that patience is the most important aspect when training a puppy. It’s all starting to pay off now and Roxy has really become a wonderful member of our little family here.