So we open the cabinet where the nail trimmers are and our dogs run away.

And I'm like, you brilliant animal, you just showed me a specific context cue that means I'm

about to trim your nails.

You just showed me that opening the cabinet begins a series of things that are stressful

for you.

Hey there, fellow training nerds. You're listening to drinking from the toilet.

And I'm your host, Hannah Branigan, teacher, trainer, podcaster, and author of the book, Awesome Obedience, and its companion, Awesome Obedience, the field guide, both of which you can pick up right now or

anytime from clickertraining.com. Before we jump into the episode, I have an announcement. I want

to remind you that the fall enrollment for my program zero to

CD is going to open up on October 25th. If you're interested in this, you've been waiting for

this to open. Make sure to get on the email list so that you will get notified the moment that

the cart opens. We only have limited spots available each time, and I only open this up twice a year,

so next time won't be until next spring. And historically, this is always sold out in the first

few days, way before we technically close enrollment. Last, in the spring of this year, it filled

in less than 24 hours. So I wanted to give you a heads up, because I know the number of you

have reached out to tell me that

you're waiting for enrollment to open and I don't want you to miss out because you, you know,

wait to click over on like a Wednesday or Thursday. So look out for that Monday, October 25th. If you're

not familiar with zero to CD, this is a program that I put together to help experience trainers who

want to get started in competitive obedience,

but don't necessarily have a lot of experience in competition or in obedience. So you want to have

good basic positive reinforcement dog training skills, but you don't need to have any knowledge

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