Olympic Champion Victoria Pendleton: Dogs, Fear & Finding Courage

Olympic cycling legend Victoria Pendleton joins Jack, Seann and Sara this week. Victoria tells us about her inspiring new book, The Fear Opportunity, and why stepping outside your comfort zone can transform your life. From Olympic gold medals to skydiving, fear of failure, and learning to embrace new challenges, it's a fascinating conversation about courage, resilience and growth. Plus, we meet Victoria's beloved dogs Valor the Belgian Malinois and Leilo the Rhodesian Ridgeback, and hear why high-drive dogs need jobs to do, and discover how dogs have helped bring balance to her life. And of course, the all-important question: does Victoria let her dogs kiss her on the mouth? Become part of our "Off The Lead" Pack on Patreon: patreon.com/omdpod See Seann live: seannwalsh.com See Jack at the Palladium: jackdeecomedy.com Join more than 185,000 people in signing the petition to shut down MBR Acres: https://act.animalrising.org/shut_down_mbr_acres Email us: hello@omdpod.com 00:00 Heatwave dog chat & where's Mildred? 07:03 Remembering Hugo 11:49 Rescue Hotel update & listener gifts 15:10 Dolly's summer groom 16:40 Dogs before and after grooming 18:02 Dog paddling pools and staying cool 20:31 Mildred escapes through the fox hole 23:22 Victoria Pendleton joins the show and we meet Valor 24:30 How Victoria got dogs as an adult 25:48 Leilo the Rhodesian Ridgeback 28:04 Feeding giant dogs 28:57 Living with a Belgian Malinois 30:22 Dogs and Olympic training 31:24 Why two dogs are better than one 32:10 Victoria's new book: The Fear Opportunity 33:20 Fear, courage and stepping outside your comfort zone 35:02 Sara's skydiving story 36:25 Victoria's skydiving obsession 37:03 Fear of failure and elite sport 39:07 The inspiration behind the book 40:13 What neuroscience teaches us about fear 41:34 How dogs help anxiety and stress 43:29 Where the dogs sleep 44:33 Does Victoria let her dogs kiss her? 45:52 The police dog that flattened Seann Walsh 46:16 Jumping out of planes with military dogs 47:53 Why Victoria wouldn't recommend a Malinois 48:12 Life lessons from Victoria Pendleton 51:51 Signing off and Patreon.com/omdpod for more! #OhMyDogPodcast #VictoriaPendleton #Dogs #DogPodcast #Cycling #Olympics #OlympicChampion #FearOpportunity #MentalHealth #FearOfFailure #PersonalGrowth #RhodesianRidgeback #BelgianMalinois #JackDee #SeannWalsh #DogLovers #Adventure #Inspiration