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.

Episode 134: How To Teach A Dog Stay WITHOUT Luring, Collar Pops Or Using The Word “Stay”

2022-01-25T23:31:25+00:00January 19th, 2022|

Do you ever wish your dog could really stay when you ask? Like when you're eating dinner, and you ask your dog to go on their mat, or maybe you put them[...]

Transcript of Episode 295: Fear Of Criticism? Why Facing The Camera Is The First Step To Becoming A Better Dog Trainer

2025-01-17T17:49:36+00:00January 17th, 2022|

Have you ever walked away from a training session thinking, “Why can't my dog get this? Like, I've been practicing, and my dog just isn't picking it up.” And it might be super [...]

Transcript of Episode 294: Survey Shows 63% Of Dog Owners Currently Don’t Use This Essential Dog Training Tool

2025-01-08T15:34:11+00:00January 8th, 2022|

Imagine if one of the best dog trainers in the world told you, your dog training could exponentially improve if you just owned this one thing. There's a very good chance if that [...]

Episode 130: Conditioned Responses: The Magic Every New Puppy (And Dog) Owner Must Know About

2022-01-26T02:10:51+00:00January 5th, 2022|

Have you ever had your dog’s bowl, picked up your car keys, or the doorbell rings, and your dog gets super excited? That excitement in your puppy or dog is a [...]

Episode 129: Shaped By Dog Year In Review: Your Most Popular Dog Training Episodes

2022-01-26T02:49:17+00:00December 22nd, 2021|

As we wind down the year, we’re looking at the most popular Shaped by Dog podcasts over the last 12 months, and they are all about dog training. The episodes on [...]

Transcript of Episode 293: MRI: A Simple 3 Part Dog Training Formula To Fix Problems Like Counter Surfing, Reactivity And More

2024-12-20T15:35:27+00:00December 20th, 2021|

Imagine having the confidence to tackle any dog training challenge that you come across, to know exactly what to do in the moment and what you should do next. Today, I'm [...]

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