☾ Episode 4: Secure attachment is the medicine ☽
In this heartfelt and reflective episode, Surabhi explores the concept of secure attachment as the foundation of healing—both in human relationships and in our bonds with dogs. This isn't just theory; it's nervous system-level medicine—a form of connection that reshapes how we and our animals relate, cope, and heal.
She also offers a special invitation to deepen your relationship with this medicine (details below ⬇️ )
In this episode, listeners will:
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☾EP05: Relating Beyond Empire: Dogs, Liberation & the Undoing of Power ☽
In this episode of Kinship, Surabhi explores how dog-human relationships can serve as portals to decolonial, anti-capitalist, and relationally just ways of being. Moving beyond obedience and ownership, she asks: what happens when we choose connection over control? What does it mean to listen, not lead?
Through reflections on free-living dogs, ancestral relational wisdom, and everyday acts of consent and co-regulation, this episode invites you into a radically different kind of love—one that heals systems, not just behavior.
This is not training. This is unlearning. This is kinship.
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☾ Episode 3: Balancing assertiveness and receptivity ☽
In this episode of Kinship, Surabhi gently unpacks one of the most essential questions in relational life with dogs: How do we hold boundaries with love while staying open to communication?
Through stories, nervous system wisdom, and practical guidance, we explore how blending clarity with curiosity can help us move beyond control—and into connection.
In this episode, listeners will explore:
𖤓 How to move beyond the binary of “firm or kind” toward relational leadership
𖤓 What healthy, grounded assertiveness looks and feels like in practice
𖤓 Why receptivity is not indulgence—but a vital form of listening and attunement
𖤓 A simple, step-by-step practice for integrating direction with compassion during moments of conflict
𖤓 How embodying both assertiveness and receptivity becomes an act of cultural and nervous system healing—for us and our dogs
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☾ Episode 1: Softness is a praxis ☽
In this gentle, reflective episode of Kinship, Surabhi explores softness not as fragility, but as a radical, relational practice—one that invites deeper connection with our dogs and ourselves.
Together, we examine how choosing tenderness in moments of dysregulation can transform how we show up in relationship.
In this episode, you will explore:
𖤓 Why softness is a form of resistance—not weakness—in a culture obsessed with control
𖤓 How to meet canine behavior with curiosity instead of correction
𖤓 The link between fear, control, and our nervous system responses
𖤓 What it means to create safety through attunement rather than obedience
𖤓 Daily practices to reclaim tenderness as a path toward healing and connection
You can also engage with some inquiry after the episode:
🌹 where do yo feel the urge to control your dog? What might that urge be protecting or compensating for?
🌹 When you think about “softness,” what emotions or memories arise? Is there resistance? Grief? Relief?
🌹 what’s one small way you can practice softness this week—in how you respond, how you speak, or how you approach a situation?
Hope you enjoy this episode ❤️
Ready to step into this reimagined relationship with your dog? 💕
Apply for my 1:1 coaching container where I guide women dog guardians on moving into deep and meaningful attunement with their dogs and themselves.
Take this free quiz and find out your Empowered Guardian Archetype ⬇️
If you are ready to stop comparing yourself to other dog guardians and move into feeling more confident, empowered and fulfilled in how you care, then take the Empowered Guardian Archetype Quiz and reclaim your own unique and much needed care language.
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☾ Episode 2: The violence of obedience ☽
What if this expectation of obedience from dogs and ourselves is actually perpetuating a culture of violence?
In this vulnerable episode of Kinship, Surabhi introduces the idea that demanding obedience from our dogs is an act of violence. It sounds loaded, doesn't it? It is, it really is.
She supports this with personal stories and reflections and arrives at through multiple lenses - toxic systems, nervous system understanding and more.
In this episode you'll explore:
𖤓 The hidden costs of obedience
𖤓 Obedience as a tool of control and power
𖤓 What dogs teach us about consent and autonomy
𖤓 The nervous system and trauma of coercion
𖤓 Reframing the relationship beyond obedience
Through this episode, I invite you to reimagine dog companionship based on trust, co-regulation, and mutual respect—where saying “no” is honoured, and softness becomes a radical act of connection.
Ready to step into this reimagined relationship with your dog? 💕
Apply for my 1:1 coaching container where I guide women dog guardians on moving into deep and meaningful attunement with their dogs and themselves.
Take this free quiz and find out your Empowered Guardian Archetype ⬇️
If you are ready to stop comparing yourself to other dog guardians and move into feeling more confident, empowered and fulfilled in how you care, then take the Empowered Guardian Archetype Quiz and reclaim your own unique and much needed care language.
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I'm back after an 8 months hiatus. And I'm moving into a new season of this podcast called...KINSHIP 🐶 👩
Kinship is a grounded, relational podcast exploring attachment-rooted approaches to canine behaviour. Through personal reflections and gentle inquiry, we decondition from toxic dog culture, corporate capitalism, and patriarchal systems, reclaiming softness, attunement, and relational integrity with our dogs—and ourselves. Inspired by free-living dogs and interspecies kinship, this is a space for those who want to walk the path of connection over control.
I invite you to join me in this journey of returning to safer, tender and more sacred ways to connect with dogs, ourselves and the world around us 🥹 ❤️
In this episode, I chat with Deepti Rao, founder of For the Love of Dog. Her brand is one of the first brands to introduce snuffle mats, long lines and more into the Indian dog household.
We talk about her journey of setting up a pet product business in a niche that was extremely new to the Indian dog parent consumer and her journey of navigating through the highs and lows. As a dog trainer herself, she brings great insight into balancing what both the dog needs but also what the dog parent looks for with products.
If you are small, women-led business, this is a great listen!
Check out the incredible products made by the For The Love of Dog here: https://fortheloveofdog.co.in/
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Welcome to episode 21 and what a fabulous episode this is. I'm so excited and honoured to have Sophie Gamand and Sindhoor Pangal join me for this lovely conversation.
We talk about approaching art keeping in mind the dog's autonomy and agency, how the "pet" industry has persistently commodified dogs and the influence that has on our relationship with them and how dogs are not just a window into the natural world.
I hope you enjoy this episode and are moved by it and left with lots of interesting thoughts and questions for your own journey.
Check out Sophie's work: https://www.sophiegamand.com/
Check out the courses at BHARCS Education: courses.bharcs.com
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Welcome to episode 20 of The Luchi & Mutton's Podcast. I think this episode is a total banger because of 2 reasons:
I'm chatting with some of my favourite people, Sowjanya & Eva, both are BHARCS graduates, running their own consulting practice;
I'm talking about something I've wanted to for a really, really long time and there was no better platform this.
I hope you enjoy this episode and find lots of insights & nuggets of powerful self-reflection - we will be back with a few more episodes on similar themes. See you soon!
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To follow Sowjanya's work, check out Dog Pawmise on Instagram & Facebook; to follow Eva's work, check out Noiacanins on Instagram
In episdoe 19, I chat with UK based dog trainer Niki French on whether dogs are really important for all dogs. Niki has been working with dogs for the last 5 years and she's the author of the best selling book, STOP! Walking your dog - a guide to walking with nervous, reactive and over sensitive dogs. She's done such a fabulous job of pushing this awareness that the UK now celebrates a #dontwalkyourdogday.
If you have a nervous/reactive/oversensitive dog with whom walks are a struggle, this episode is for you.
Find out more about Niki French here: https://puptalk.co.uk/
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I chat with Jessica Hyams from Little and Large Dogs, a certified canine behaviourist based out of London with a special focus on bull breeds. We talk about some of the 'traps' bull breed training fall into, what their complex and horrific history about this breed tell us about their behavioural responses and what could a kinder approach to support them look like. It's an incredible episode and I hope you enjoy it.
About Jessica:
She has spent years in non destruct rescue work, rehabilitating bull breeds. As a behaviour consultant, she focuses on the relationship between pain & behaviour, emotional regulation through enrichment and offering a neurological and ethological perspective on these breeds. She can be found at @littlelargedogsldn on Instagram and her website, littleandlargedogs.com
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Tune into episode 17 where I chat with Helen Moore, a canine behaviour coach with 14 years of experience and based out of Canada. She specialises in anxiety and trauma related behaviours. She’s also a certified EFT Tapping practitioner which allows her to support human caregivers, who share share our lives with dogs who are struggling with day-to-day life.
You can follow her work on Instagram at @caninewellnessandeft and @wholesomecanine
Check out: https://wholesomecanine.ca/
To know more about EFT Tapping, check out the following links:
Brad Yates https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiHZMZejDS4RIxDdBwoie9A
@tapwithbrad
https://www.thetappingsolution.com/
@thetappingsolution
Sacha Bryce
www.coresoulwork.com/welcome@sachabryce.eft
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I sit down in this episode to chat with Soniksha, a relational psychotherapist, to discuss attachment styles in our relationships (amongst humans and with dogs) and the complexities of them. We talk at length about secure attachment, the importance of caregiving, tolerating separation and more. It's an evocative conversation that discusses attachment in non mainstream ways, so do tune in and let me know what you think of it.
ABOUT SONIKSHA VENKATESH:
Soniksha is a practicing psychotherapist based out of Goa, India. She currently runs a virtual practice, engaging with clients all across the country and world. She can be found at soniksha08@gmail.com
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Welcome to The Luchi & Mutton's Podcast! In episode 15, Anushree and I talk about what it takes to help a multi dog feel safe and connected with each other. Through our own personal journeys & professional expertise, we share common mistakes that dog parents end up making, explore the intricacies and complexities of dog to dog relationships in the same home and reconsider our role as in a set up like this. It's a conversation that's filled with lots of nuggets and insights. Hope you enjoy it!
Anushree Thammanna is a BHARCS certified consultant, an individual rescuer, a co-founder for a rescue organization committed to rescuing and rehabilitating pugs and a dog mom to 5 dogs. She can be found at https://www.anushreethammanna.com/
Download a helpful and short guide on setting up your multi dog home for success: https://www.anushreethammanna.com/registration
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Welcome to the Luchi & Mutton's Podcast. I'm your host, Surabhi Venkatesh, and I run Luchi & Mutton's Dog Behaviour & Nutrition here in India.
Happy Valentine's Day! In our 14th episode, I chat with lovely Andrew Hale on holding space, love & more for our dogs' lived experiences, his journey as an advocate for a more relationship & care based approach with our dogs (v/s a solely task based & obedience oriented approach) and his lovely, inspiring virtual Facebook community, Dog Centred Care.
Andrew is a certified animal behaviourist who works with dogs with a clinical behaviour approach. With over 15 years of experience, he follows a Dog Centred approach that's rooted in compassion & empathy to understand dogs better. Know more about his work: https://trainpositive.co.uk/
Check out the Dog Centred Care group on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/dogcc
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I came across this question - "best tips to address counter surfing?" and I thought that this would make for a great episode. Find out what counter surfing is, why dogs engage in it and how we can address it, gently and with love.
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Welcome to the first episode of the new year! In this episode, I deep dive into the importance of sleep for our dogs' physical and behavioural health and why so many of them perhaps struggle with sleep deprivation. At the end of the episode, I invite you to engage in an exercise that will help you understand your dog's sleep habits better and support them in meaningful ways.
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In this episode, I share my observations of free living dogs in North Goa and what these taught me about dogs, our relationship with them and much more. Give it a listen and let me know what you think.
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I can't get over the fact that I have dedicated an entire podcast episode to spirulina but it's true - the lessons I learnt from feeding it to my dogs are so valuable. This isn't your usual safe/unsafe/superfood conversation - it's so much more. I hope you enjoy listening to it! Let me know what you think of it.
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September is Pain Awareness Month - it's an opportunity to learn more about pain in our dogs, its manifestations with behaviour , ways to manage it and so much more. Pain & discomfort often goes unnoticed in our dogs and so in this episode, I share the different ways that pain can show up for our dogs, both in terms of behaviours and other physiological conditions. I also talk about the role of stress in heightening and numbing pain perception and why this is a welfare issue for our dogs.
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Access the following resources to support your dog better:
Galen Myotherapy: www.galenmyotherapy.com
Canine Arthritis Management (CAM): https://caninearthritis.co.uk/
Pain always affects behaviour: https://blog.bharcs.com/2018/07/28/pain-always-affects-behaviour/
