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 [...]
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 [...]
One of the most common questions we get asked about here at DogsThat is that of the response people's dogs have to other dogs, particularly when they meet them on [...]
Have you ever walked away from a training session thinking, “Why can't my dog get this? Like, I've been practicing, and my dog just isn't picking it up.” And it might be super [...]
Imagine if one of the best dog trainers in the world told you, your dog training could exponentially improve if you just owned this one thing. There's a very good chance if that [...]
Imagine having the confidence to tackle any dog training challenge that you come across, to know exactly what to do in the moment and what you should do next. Today, I'm [...]
