{"podcast":{"title":"The Dog Behind The Human","slug":"the-dog-behind-the-human-6472985","podcast_index_feed_id":6472985,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/the-dog-behind-the-human/","website_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/the-dog-behind-the-human/","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/82e36248-e497-46ad-8d0d-cae9e17ced37/White-Blue-and-Yellow-Modern-Personal-Show-Podcast-Cover.jpg","author":"Siri Media Productions","episode_count":10,"summary":"The Dog Behind The Human is a podcast hosted by Dog Coach Francis that explores the relationship between dogs and the people who love them — from the science of behavior and the realities of training, to the culture, controversies, and untold stories of the dog industry. Each episode pulls back the curtain on what it really means to live with, raise, and understand a dog in today's world. Whether it's a deep dive into a training debate, an honest conversation with a fellow dog professional, or an unexpected guest who just happens to have a great dog story — the show is always rooted in one belief: that understanding your dog starts with understanding yourself. Expect candid discussions, expert insight, and the kind of conversations that dog owners actually need to hear — not just the polished talking points, but the real stuff. The controversies. The mistakes. The breakthroughs. If you've ever wondered why your dog does what it does, or what kind of human you are to your dog, this is the podcast for you. New episodes weekly. Subscribe and join the pack.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-dog-behind-the-human-6472985"},"episode":{"title":"The Clown with a Broken Heart: The Real Story of the Boxer","slug":"the-clown-with-a-broken-heart-the-real-story-of-the-boxer","published_at":"2026-05-01T23:55:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-dog-behind-the-human-6472985/the-clown-with-a-broken-heart-the-real-story-of-the-boxer","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-dog-behind-the-human-6472985","url":"https://the-dog-behind-the-human.captivate.fm/episode/the-clown-with-a-broken-heart-the-real-story-of-the-boxer","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/6f9be19a-263f-4bff-97c4-280a0353f323.mp3","summary":"The Boxer is one of the most recognizable breeds in the world. It currently ranks among the top twenty in AKC registrations and has held that position for decades. It became a cultural fixture in the 1950s when a Boxer named Bang Away — the great-great-grandson of dogs that a German breeder had sold abroad to prevent them from starving in wartime — won Best in Show at Westminster and became the first dog of any breed to achieve 121 Best in Show wins. That story goes deeper than most people know. The Boxer's path from a medieval hunting dog in Germany to the dog in your living room passes through one of the most remarkable figures in the history of any breed: Friederun von Miran-Stockmann, a sculptor who fell in love with a Boxer named Pluto and spent sixty years keeping the breed alive through two World Wars, Nazi interference, near-starvation, and the loss of dog after dog to combat. She fed her remaining dogs by cycling miles to source cow intestines and rummaging in military dumpsters. When she could no longer sustain them, she sold her best dogs to America. They became the genetic foundation of every Boxer alive today. The Boxer is no longer primarily a working dog in the way it once was. The German Shepherd and Belgian Malinois have largely taken over modern police and military roles. But the Boxer remains a working dog in police forces across Europe — particularly in Germany, where the breed originated — and its working drives are fully intact in every dog sitting in a living room anywhere in the world. And inside those working drives, in a significant proportion of the breed, is Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy — ARVC. A hereditary heart condition that replaces normal cardiac muscle with fatty tissue, generates dangerous arrhythmias, and in its mo…","meta_description":"The Boxer is one of the most recognizable breeds in the world. It currently ranks among the top twenty in AKC registrations and has held that position for…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2399,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-dog-behind-the-human-6472985/episodes/the-clown-with-a-broken-heart-the-real-story-of-the-boxer/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-dog-behind-the-human-6472985/the-clown-with-a-broken-heart-the-real-story-of-the-boxer.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}