{"podcast":{"title":"Soul Touched by Dogs","slug":"soul-touched-by-dogs-6619614","podcast_index_feed_id":6619614,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/soul-touched-by-dogs","website_url":"https://soultouchedbydogs.com","image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/FdhzIRkj_rft2MCANJ-0ZQW88lT1ipgXJxAbKs5GCwk/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8wOGZh/MzRiNTI3NWRlYzQ0/MDliYmYzNGY2NDA3/YmZjZC5qcGc.jpg","author":"Anke Herrmann","episode_count":129,"summary":"Welcome to the Soul Touched by Dogs Podcast, the show for dog lovers who see dogs not as toys or tools, but as wise souls worth our respect and care. The 30-minute interviews with \"Pawsome Humans\", people who do great work for dogs and their people, you're listening to here on the podcast are one of the ways we celebrate the human-canine connection and advocate for holistic approaches to canine health and well-being.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-26T12:17:42.240939+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/soul-touched-by-dogs-6619614"},"episode":{"title":"Herding Dogs & Rotational Grazing: Building Connection Over Control | with Seth Thompson","slug":"herding-dogs-rotational-grazing-building-connection-over-control-with-seth-thompson","published_at":"2026-05-11T20:06:17+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/soul-touched-by-dogs-6619614/herding-dogs-rotational-grazing-building-connection-over-control-with-seth-thompson","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/soul-touched-by-dogs-6619614","url":"https://soultouchedbydogs.transistor.fm/episodes/herding-dogs-rotational-grazing-building-connection-over-control-with-seth-thompson-d53db670-e772-4e89-b9ad-ff61843f8ebf","audio_url":"https://p.podderapp.com/1495290720/media.transistor.fm/16d9a10f/b1e33dde.mp3","summary":"Herding goats with a working dog isn't about force or control—it's about partnership, patience, and understanding what your dog was bred to do. In this episode, we meet a farmer who traded in his old life three years ago to become a goat herder in Wisconsin, bringing regenerative agriculture to his land with the help of his English Shepherd, Dutch. Their work together is a beautiful reminder of what happens when we honour a dog's natural instincts and let them do what they were born for. WHAT YOU'LL LEARN Why goats need a different kind of herding dog than sheep, and how \"loose-eyed\" breeds like English Shepherds work up close and personal with stubborn livestock What it takes to train a herding dog from scratch when you've never trained a dog before, including why you have to wait a full year before introducing a puppy to stock How rotational grazing with a working dog can heal degraded soil while producing high-quality goat milk for soap making The importance of always backing up your dog around livestock, even when things don't go to plan—and how discouragement can ruin a working dog's confidence What a typical day looks like moving goats from barn to pasture, and how farmer and dog work as a team to guide the herd How working dogs stay engaged during winter months when there's no grazing, and why skills like \"steady\" help a dog learn to respect the bubble of space around stock Why early socialisation between young dogs and livestock matters, and how encouragement builds a dog's ability to be the calm, confident leader of the herd A FAVOURITE MOMENT \"I feel bad that I'm the only person here. I think more people should be able to see this.\" — Seth ABOUT SETH Seth is a farmer and goat herder at New Plymouth Farm in Wisconsin, where he produces goat milk soap using reg…","meta_description":"Herding goats with a working dog isn't about force or control—it's about partnership, patience, and understanding what your dog was bred to do. In this ep…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1807,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/soul-touched-by-dogs-6619614/episodes/herding-dogs-rotational-grazing-building-connection-over-control-with-seth-thompson/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/soul-touched-by-dogs-6619614/herding-dogs-rotational-grazing-building-connection-over-control-with-seth-thompson.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}