Last week, I set out to do a podcast episode explaining why I choose not to use an electric collar with my dogs and with my students' dogs. And it sent me down a spiral of looking [...]
A common question that we get asked here at DogsThat is, “How long should it take to train my dog because my dog seems to be taking a long time,” and that's a question I've [...]
Over the years, I've had students join our program and say, “Susan, I love everything you do. I love the shaping approach to dog training.” Except I would never do that for [...]
A common question our online students ask of us is, “What can I do when I get stuck?”, “What can I do when training just doesn't work?”, “What can I do when I don't know what [...]
In July of 1996, I won the largest Agility Championship in North America at the time, the USDAA National Championship. I, also that month, was on a Flyball team that set [...]
When I was a kid, there was a cartoon, and I honestly don't remember what it was called. And at the beginning of it, it was like a caveman kind of a cartoon. In the opening [...]
Our last Shaped by Dog episode, podcast number 297, created a lot of conversations over on YouTube. And I thank each and every one of you for contributing to that conversation [...]
Teaching your dog to lay down on cue is a great life skill for many situations. There are 10 different ways to train your dog to drop. Having a dog who downs immediately when [...]
If you’ve ever said, “why won’t my dog just listen,” or “he does this at home,” or “he’s being stubborn,” or wondered why your dog just does not listen, this episode is for you. [...]
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 [...]
