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 148: Your Dog Listening At A Distance Part 2: Critical Timing Of Distractions

2022-05-12T20:41:24+00:00May 12th, 2019|

There are two ways for dog trainers to work distractions with their dogs. Unfortunately, most dog training schools all over the world will only teach you one way [...]

Transcript of Episode 147: Teach Your Dog To Listen Off Leash And Far Away

2022-05-06T20:45:00+00:00May 6th, 2019|

How well does your dog respond to your cues from a distance? Like imagine if you're out walking in the woods and you find you’re on one side of a path and the dogs on the other side [...]

Transcript of Episode 145: 10 Ways To Teach A Dog To Lay Down And How To Shape It Without Luring

2022-03-18T19:09:54+00:00March 18th, 2019|

First of all, why would you even want to teach a dog down? Like, why do you care? The dog can sit. They can stand. They can down. It's just a family pet. Why do I care? [...]

Transcript of Episode 144: Teach Your Dog To Listen No Matter What… Even If You Think They Are Stubborn

2022-03-17T20:32:31+00:00March 17th, 2019|

If you’ve ever said, “Why won’t my dog just listen?” or “He does this at home.” or “He's being stubborn.” or “He's just blowing me off.” well, my friend if you've said [...]

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

2022-03-04T21:56:57+00:00March 4th, 2019|

The only way we can make the world a better place for all the dogs in it is if we can inspire the people who own those dogs to want to train the dogs. But that's not [...]

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

2022-02-28T03:18:59+00:00February 28th, 2019|

Imagine if you and your BFF both got litter mates. And you both trained for exactly the same amount of time every week. You used exactly the same training treats [...]

Transcript of Episode 197: Outsmarting Distractions: How To Use Environmental Reinforcement in Dog Training

2023-02-25T04:00:30+00:00February 25th, 2019|

In Las Vegas at the casinos, they have this expression, “The house always wins.” In dog training, there is a similar expression and that is: “The environment always wins.” [...]

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