It's pretty easy to incorporate things without equipment that engage some part of the dog's body.

And, I mean, sometimes I even just stop Cassie on the stairs with her front feet further up than her back and let her experience that for a little bit.

Or curbs outside, do ipsilateral targeting on curbs.

You know, the whole world is a fitness gym to me.

Hey guys. Welcome to drinking from the toilet, the podcast for Real Training Nerds.

If you're looking to combine the science of behavior with positive reinforcement philosophy in real life,

you've come to the right place.

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

which is available right now from clickertraining.com,

if you're into that kind of thing. I know it's been a little while since I've brought you a full-length

episode, and I know that you have dog shows to drive to and private lessons to drive to,

and you have dogs to walk, and you need something to listen to while you're doing all those

important things. So don't worry, I've got your back.

I've been traveling a lot and I've been away from the microphone.

I've recently been to Clicker Expo in Portland, Oregon.

And then I'm just freshly back from presenting at the Art and Science of Animal Training Conference in Texas, which is put on by the Orca folks, which is a really cool conference.

You should check it out if you're not familiar with it. I highly, highly recommend it.

If you're interested in this podcast, you're really going to love that. In fact, while I was

at that conference, I was able to sit down with the keynote speaker. You'll hear more about him

in a little bit, a couple of weeks, and record a conversation for you guys. And it is a very long one. So don't worry, I've got something coming up for you. I just need to

sit down with it and edit it. So stay tuned for that for a couple of weeks. It's going to be a real

mindbender. This week, however, I got to hang out with our fellow Clicker Expo presenter,

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