Episode 78: How to Train a Rescue Dog with Behavior Problems
When you bring a rescue dog into your family, you want your dog to settle in and be home for life. There are five key things you can do to set your new rescue dog up for [...]
Transcript of Episode 271: Structure Your Dog Training To Create Food Drive In Your Treat Fussy Dog
If you are one of the people trying to train a dog who really is indifferent about food, you may think ‘this dog training is never going to work for me.’ And you know [...]
Transcript of Episode 270: Goals, Challenges And Joy: Reflections On The Canadian World Team Dog Agility Tryouts With This!
Last weekend, I competed at the Canadian Agility Dog World Team Tryouts, and I competed with my dog This!. Now, every dog I have ever tried out for the Canadian [...]
Transcript of Episode 269: Why Do Some Dogs Seem to Have Less Food Drive Than Others – 10 Reasons to Consider
At the time of recording this podcast episode, there are 650 videos on our YouTube channel, and most of them have graphic demonstration on how to train your dog [...]
Episode 77: Conversations with Uncontrollable and Untrainable Dogs
Does your dog sometimes seem to be out of control? Do you sometimes think your dog is untrainable? Does your dog not appear to listen to you? I believe that dog training [...]
Episode 76: Leash Walking: Distracted, or Reactive Dog? These Games Will Help!
I’m sharing games to help improve your dog’s loose leash walking that will help turn your dog’s focus to you when there are distractions ahead. It starts easily at home [...]
Episode 75: Stop Motion Sickness: Helping Your Puppy or Dog Love the Car
Car sickness in a dog or puppy can be heartbreaking. My puppy has been getting car sick, and I’ve been documenting what I’ve been doing to help her. If your [...]
Transcript of Episode 268: Training Thresholds: A Strategy For Balancing The Emotions Of Anxious Or Over Excited Dogs
In podcast episode number 258, I described “The Threshold Game.” And it's a game that I put together for one of my students who had an over exuberant puppy [...]
Episode 74: Yes, Susan Garrett’s Dogs Sniff On Walks
If you are like most people, you take your dog for a walk for exercise or for a potty break. Surprisingly, one of the questions I get asked frequently is when and [...]
Transcript of Episode 267: How To Use A Training Den To Fast Track Your Dog’s Success: No Space? No Problem!
As we kick off the fourth season of Shaped by Dog, I decided that I would share a lesson directly from our online classrooms. And I think this lesson, in a large part [...]