Susan Garrett

Susan Garrett holding Prophet as a puppy

About Susan Garrett

Susan Garrett is a world-renowned dog trainer with over 30 years of experience and multiple national and world championship titles in dog agility. She is the founder of DogsThat and host of the Shaped by Dog podcast, where she has helped hundreds of thousands of dog owners worldwide build calm, connected dogs that are a joy to live with through game-based, positive training.

Transcript of Episode 297: Why In 2025 We Still Have Dog Trainers Who Believe “Reinforcement Dog Training Doesn’t Work”

2025-03-12T21:49:11+00:00March 12th, 2022|

Have you heard the news? Apparently, reinforcement-based dog training doesn't work. Well, that's according to a lot of dog trainers with huge social media following. And it [...]

Episode 142: Giving And Receiving Constructive Feedback About Your Dog Training

2022-07-16T00:05:17+00:00March 2nd, 2022|

The only way we can make the world a better place for all the dogs is to inspire everyone with a dog to want to train. But to want to train your dog, you need to receive good [...]

Episode 141: Average Or Better Dog Training Question: What Did You Just Reward?

2022-02-28T03:20:04+00:00February 24th, 2022|

Imagine if you and your best friend both got puppies who are littermates. And you both train your puppies the same about of time every week, use the same training rewards [...]

Transcript of Episode 296: Reactive Dogs! Why Dog Owners Need To Know About Green, Yellow And Red Zones And Social Sensitivity

2025-02-21T16:27:24+00:00February 21st, 2022|

One of the most common questions we get asked about here at DogsThat is that of the response people's dogs have to other dogs, particularly when they meet them on [...]

Episode 139: Remove Confusion And Build Your Dog’s Confidence With One Simple Dog Training Habit

2022-02-18T13:56:18+00:00February 16th, 2022|

I use a simple dog training rule with all my dogs and teach that same rule to my students. The rule is easy to implement and will exponentially improve your dog training success [...]

Episode 136: Help Your Excited Dog Calm Down And Stop Barking, Lunging, Spinning, Nipping

2022-02-03T17:37:41+00:00February 3rd, 2022|

Have you ever thought to yourself, “I can’t wait until this dog calms down!”? Or maybe you are embarrassed by your dog’s behavior when you are walking, or [...]

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