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 70: Critical Info for Your Puppy’s First Day and Night at Home

2022-02-19T08:20:30+00:00February 19th, 2019|

This is so exciting. You are getting a new puppy or maybe it's somebody you know that's getting a new puppy. It's so exciting. Do you know that when a puppy comes [...]

Transcript of Episode 72: Preventing Dog Aggression: Introducing Dogs or Puppies with Project Togetherness

2022-02-19T07:33:03+00:00February 19th, 2019|

When you have two or more dogs, your wish as a dog owner is that they all get along fantastic but sometimes it just doesn't happen. Well today, I'm going to share [...]

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

2022-02-18T13:51:43+00:00February 18th, 2019|

If I told you I have a simple dog-training rule that I use with all of my dogs and I teach it to all my students and this simple rule will actually exponentially improve your dog [...]

Transcript of Episode 73: Why Your Dog Is Still Pulling on Leash And How To Fix It

2022-02-16T09:46:13+00:00February 16th, 2019|

Imagine if you came to me and said, “Hey Susan, could you teach me how to juggle?” And I said, “Sure, grab a bike.” “A bike?” “Yeah. A bike.” And while you were [...]

Transcript of Episode 75: Stop Motion Sickness: Helping Your Puppy or Dog Love the Car

2022-02-16T01:56:00+00:00February 16th, 2019|

If you've ever had a dog or a puppy that has routinely got carsick when you've taken him for trips, you know how heartbreaking that can be. Well today, I've got some [...]

Transcript of Episode 76: Leash Walking: Distracted, or Reactive Dog? These Games Will Help!

2022-02-15T08:59:34+00:00February 15th, 2019|

A common complaint we get from people who are pretty new to our programs they'll say, “Okay Susan, I played the first couple of games but my dog's still chasing [...]

Transcript of Episode 77: Conversations with Uncontrollable and Untrainable Dogs

2022-02-15T08:32:33+00:00February 15th, 2019|

If you have followed me on my blog in the past, you've probably read that I believe dog training is like a conversation with a friend. Challenges happen with that [...]

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