And in rugby's case, he takes it a step further in that he puts his paws up on my knee so that I can hold out the collar and he can reach it and he puts his head and then I just snap it.

Makes getting out the door easier, makes me bending over less because I also usually have a backpack on and bending over to reach a short dog when you have a backpack is

like how you can like crack yourself in the back of the head. I've heard. I've not done that

repeatedly to myself all of the time, all the time. So those are some really useful behaviors that I

have found super helpful to train. Hey there, fellow training nerds. You're listening to Drinking from the Toilet.

If you like to geek out about combining the science of behavior with positive reinforcement philosophy in real life, you've come to the right place.

And I'm your host, Hannah Branigan, teacher, trainer, podcaster, and author of the book, Awesome Obedience.

I almost said exhausted obedience. What a Freudian slip that would be? Awesome obedience and its

companion, awesome obedience, the field guide. I hope I said it right that time. But no matter how

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those. I understand they make great Christmas gifts. Whether or not the people on

your list are into dogs or training or obedience, there's so many uses for them. Okay, so this

week, we are talking about things that are saving my life right now. And maybe I mean that

figuratively, and maybe I mean that literally. I guess you can

decide that for yourself. It probably depends on the day. But either way, this episode is brought to you by

on-Q training treats from Karen Pryor, Clicker Training, and some truly amazing folks who support this podcast on Patreon. So this week, I want to

send out special thanks to Shelley P, Shelley L, and Sage G for bringing some really interesting

and thought-provoking questions to this month's Q&A. We talked way over time about things like

rowling in a crate, exercises to keep our dogs fit

over the winter, and what it would look like to design a training session from the perspective

that our dogs are always training us. I couldn't pick a favorite. They were all really

interesting, and I'm sure we went way deeper and farther than the questions were originally

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