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 204: Dog Behavior And Diet: Recovery For This! Beyond Dog Training Part 2

2025-02-24T19:41:23+00:00March 31st, 2020|

If you listened to podcast episode number 203, you would've heard the story of my journey with my two-and-a-half-year-old Border Collie This!. If you haven't [...]

Transcript of Episode 203: Reactive, Unmotivated and Fearful: Finding Resiliency For This! Beyond Dog Training Part 1

2023-03-29T21:54:56+00:00March 29th, 2020|

Over the last several months, I have hinted to the fact that I was going to share a deep dive into some of the history of my, now two-and-a-half year old dog, This!. Some [...]

Transcript of Episode 202: Getting A Happy Well Behaved Dog With The ABCs Of Training

2023-03-24T20:54:36+00:00March 24th, 2020|

Today's podcast is really for my online students, but if you are listening to this podcast, chances are you've been following along with previous episodes, and I consider [...]

Transcript of Episode 201: Can Dog Training Be Effective, Efficient AND Compassionate?

2023-03-22T17:17:21+00:00March 22nd, 2020|

We get a lot of great comments over on our YouTube channel and my team and I try to answer each and every one of them. But every once in a while, I come across [...]

Transcript of Episode 200: Solve Your Dog’s Separation Anxiety With FRIDA: Expanding Calm With Functional Relaxation

2025-11-19T17:39:27+00:00March 8th, 2020|

If you've ever owned or seen a dog that suffers from extreme separation anxiety, you know how heartbreaking that can be. Today, I'm going to share with you a 10-step [...]

Transcript of Episode 199: Puppy Fear Periods: Help For Socializing Puppies Or Rescue Dogs Scared Of People

2023-03-03T21:54:50+00:00March 3rd, 2020|

In case nobody told you, pretty much all puppies will go through what's called a fear period. A period of time during their growth that they're afraid of things. And it may [...]

Transcript of Episode 198: What Does “Positive Is Not Permissive” Really Mean In Dog Training?

2023-03-01T22:03:42+00:00March 1st, 2020|

Last week I mentioned that I was a guest on another podcast. A podcast given by a very well-known balanced trainer. A trainer who's a big proponent of using tools such as [...]

Transcript of Episode 196: Why Mastering Reinforcement Is The Linchpin To Reinforcement Based Dog Training

2023-02-22T22:50:38+00:00February 22nd, 2020|

If you follow my podcast, there's a very good chance that you, like me, want to train your dog with reinforcement. It aligns with the kind of person you want to be both for [...]

Transcript of Episode 195: Making Your Mind Your Most Powerful Dog Training Tool

2023-02-15T23:06:48+00:00February 15th, 2020|

Last week I got tagged into a conversation on the Facebook page of a balance trainer, which is not a place I find myself very often, but I thought, “Let's go and approach [...]

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