Shaped by Dog with Susan Garrett

Shaped by Dog with Susan Garrett

Susan Garrett, world-renowned dog trainer, multi-time champion of dog agility, and leading educator on all things canine shares everything related to dogs! Susan understands dog behaviour and wants you and your dog to have the best life together possible.

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Susan Garrett, world-renowned dog trainer, multi-time champion of dog agility, and leading educator on all things canine shares everything related to dogs! Susan understands dog behaviour and wants you and your dog to have the best life together possible.

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Episode 246: Susan Garrett’s Puppy Socialization Strategies For Raising Confident, Happy Dogs

Socializing pups for confident life skills, connection with you and positively conditioned emotional responses.

Episode 245: Make Dog Training Easy! Quick Guide To Antecedent Arrangements

Antecedent Arrangements and “the thing before your dog’s thing” in creating brilliant dog behaviors.

Episode 244: Dog Myths Debunked: Separating Canine Facts From Fiction

Debunking 14 common dog training myths, from senior dogs learning new tricks to puppies loving hugs.

Episode 243: Training My New Puppy, What He Knows So Far: Susan Garrett’s Plan And Puppy Schedule

My puppy Prophet's daily routine, training plan, progress, and tips for raising a confident dog.
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Episode 242: Help! Why Won’t My Dog Pay Attention? (Secrets Of Focus)

How to keep your dog’s focus on you even near high level distractions and training games to play.
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Episode 241: Halloween Prep For Dogs: Tricks To Make Celebrations A Treat For Everyone

Halloween training challenge countdown and how to keep dogs safe around candy and trick-or-treaters.

Episode 240: Stop Barking Dogs! Step-By-Step Action Plan And Anti-Bark Strategies To Avoid

Step-by-step anti-barking protocol plus the consequences of my using a bark collar in the Nineties.
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Episode 239: Barking Dogs! How To Help Your Dog Be Quiet And Stop Annoying Barking

7 training games to reduce nuisance barking and how unwanted barking gets unconsciously reinforced.
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Episode 238: Barking Dogs! Understanding Canine Vocalization To Prevent Nuisance Barking

5 reasons dogs bark and identifying different meanings of canine communication with vocalization.
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Episode 237: A Plan For Your Fearful Dog (Part 2): Susan Garrett’s Strategic Plan For Anxious Dogs

My detailed strategy for helping scared, anxious, and reactive dogs grow into confident family.