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Episode 82: Resource Guarding in Puppies: When Your Puppy Biting Seems Aggressive
Imagine if your cute, cuddly puppy suddenly turned aggressive on you. You might think your puppy is trying to dominate you or acting out to spite you, but that is not [...]
Episode 81: Sudden Aggression and Your Dog’s Thyroid
Have you experienced sudden onset aggression, fear or behavior change with your dog? Imagine if I could give you a pill to solve any behavior challenge. Now, in some [...]
Episode 80: Does Your Dog Love You? Let’s Talk Relationships
Many dog owners wonder, “does my dog love me?”. We’d all like to think our dogs love us, but how can we tell? It could all come down to the relationship you have with your [...]
Episode 79: Reduce Anxiety and Grow Your Dog’s Confidence with These Pro Dog Training Tips
The best thing we can do for our dogs is to protect and grow confidence. But what does that really mean? What is a dog who is worried, or fearful, or growling, or showing [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Episode 73: Why Your Dog Is Still Pulling on Leash And How To Fix It
If you’d like to train your dog to walk beside you on a leash without pulling, you are in the right place. There is one mistake that most people make when they are training [...]
Episode 72: Preventing Dog Aggression: Introducing Dogs or Puppies with Project Togetherness
Safe, structured introductions for a new rescue dog or puppy will set everyone up for success. When you have two or more dogs, your wish as a dog owner is that they all [...]
Episode 71: Pro Dog Trainer’s Secret to Help Your Naughty Dog
There is one thing that you can do easily to help overcome any dog training challenge you might have. That one thing is something I’ve been talking about and doing for [...]
Episode 70: Critical Info for Your Puppy’s First Day and Night at Home
The first day with your new puppy is a critical start your relationship. When a puppy comes into your home, they are fully capable of learning the moment they arrive. [...]
Episode 69: Clicker Training: Will It Work For Every Dog?
How do you decide when to use a clicker and what to use it for in dog training? That’s a question recently asked on my Instagram and what we’re covering in this episode. [...]
Episode 68: 3 Easy Tricks Every Dog Should Know
We’re talking about trick training for dogs; it’s fun and easy! Can you remember the very first thing you trained a dog to do and how you went about training it? [...]
Episode 67: Are You Stressing About Your Dog’s Stress?
I’ve been thinking about stress and how we deal with it. Consider your dog and any challenges you might have in your training. Those challenges could be creating anxiety [...]
Episode 66: Resource Guarding: Dog vs Dog Aggression
Resource Guarding between dogs is a big topic. It’s also one of the most requested for me to cover on my podcast. Over the past week, my six month old puppy has started [...]
Episode 65: The Secrets of What Your Dog Really Knows
Have you ever asked your dog to do something, and he does the opposite? Have you ever thought “but he knows it!”. Maybe he raided something from the kitchen, and when [...]
Episode 64: Help! How Can I Tell My Dog He’s Wrong?
Success in dog training comes down to three things. The reinforcement we are using, the training plan, and the environment where we are training our dog. But what happens [...]
Episode 63: Why Some Dogs Just Don’t Get It
The inspiration for this episode comes from a walk with my dogs. My puppy, This!, was on leash, and my adult dogs were milling about freely. All of a sudden, a large [...]