AMA: Aggression? Agility? This!? Belief? Routine? Dog Training? And More Questions Answered #223
Shaped by Dog with Susan Garrett
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4.8 • 679 Ratings
🗓️ 4 August 2023
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
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I’m answering your questions on dog agility training, helping anxious, aggressive, and fearful dogs, crate training, dog ears, junior handlers, my daily routine, managing canine pain, socializing puppies, and so much more. Hear how I got my start in professional dog training and what’s most essential for me in my relationship with my dogs.
In this episode I’m asked:
• Advice for pet-sitting a seemingly aggressive dog.
• What my competitive dog sport goals are for This!.
• About my daily and nightly routines and habits for sleep, dog training, fitness, and centering.
• If I use target mats for training running contacts.
• The relationship essentials for my dogs.
• About when pain changes a dog’s behavior.
• My unlikely origin story as a dog trainer.
• How to introduce puppies to other dogs.
• What junior agility handlers can do to excel.
• About my Border Collies’ prick ears.
• Advice for nervous and/or reactive dogs in competitive sports.
• About the brilliant behaviors and skills dogs learn in Recallers.
• How my sport-mix puppy, Belief, differs from my Border Collies.
• How to overcome separation anxiety in dogs and the protocols to use.
• How playing Crate Games helps dogs love their kennel; and more!
Resources:
1. YouTube Playlist: Dog Bite Prevention with Susan Garrett - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLphRRSxcMHy2Cvc3386SVYrHSEgh5Pl0b
2. Podcast Episode 203: Reactive, Unmotivated and Fearful: Finding Resiliency For This! Beyond Dog Training Part 1 - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/203/
3. Podcast Episode 204: Dog Behavior And Diet: Recovery For This! Beyond Dog Training Part 2 - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/204/
4. Agility Nation - https://www.agility-nation.com/
5. Podcast Episode 196: Why Mastering Reinforcement Is The Linchpin To Reinforcement Based Dog Training - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/196/
6. YouTube Playlist: Dysregulated Dogs: Emotional Coping Strategies, Co-Regulation, Self-Regulation, and Habituation with Susan Garrett - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLphRRSxcMHy0ZnXC_lczh942HhB0Vdo5v
7. Podcast Episode 176: Why Your Dog’s Emotions Are A Critical Element Of Dog Training - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/176/
8. Podcast Episode 37: Dog Training as a Career - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/37/
9. Podcast Episode 72: Preventing Dog Aggression: Introducing Dogs or Puppies with Project Togetherness - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/72/
10. YouTube Playlist: Fearful Dogs Help with Susan Garrett - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLphRRSxcMHy0KAsqgnkMWv0v-5JGjNQG_
11. Recallers - https://recallers.com/
12. YouTube Playlist: Loose Leash Walking with Susan Garrett - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLphRRSxcMHy1mGMfdVKXq_hiJ27Ej1shW
13. Podcast Episode 86: How to Train Unmotivated or Overexcited Dogs - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/86/
14. YouTube Video: How To Get Your Dog To Listen Outside Off Leash (Step By Step Guide) - https://youtu.be/Ei0lWFyAE50
15. Book: Shaping Success by Susan Garrett - https://dogsthat.com/product/shaping-success-2/
16. Crate Games Online - https://get.crategames.com/
17. Podcast Episode 191: Get Your Dog To Calm Down With This Common Sense Protocol For Relaxation - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/191/
18. Podcast Episode 200: Solve Your Dog’s Separation Anxiety With FRIDA: Expanding Calm With Functional Relaxation - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/200/
19. Watch this Episode of Shaped by Dog on YouTube - https://youtu.be/PvHqBoOFhIA
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Every once in a while, my team will post a Ask Me Anything post on social media where you can fill |
| 0:06.9 | in any question you want. And that happened last week. I didn't get around to answering your |
| 0:11.5 | questions. I will today. And there's some interesting ones. We should do this more often. Let's get |
| 0:16.8 | to it. |
| 0:32.5 | First question, how would you handle a dog that is barking and lunging at you if you were a pet sitter in the dog's home? Well, first of all, it would really depend on if the owner was there or if they |
| 0:39.8 | weren't. Did I know the history of the dog or didn't I? Did I know the dog had a bite history, |
| 0:45.3 | that they were a danger? And you know, all that information would be very pertinent. But obviously, |
| 0:50.8 | I would call up my friend Michael Shikasio and say, hey, do you got something you |
| 0:54.8 | do for pet sitters? Because I'm kind of curious. If I really knew the dog, I just wanted to |
| 1:01.4 | mitigate the situation, I probably grab a handful of attractive treats, say search, |
| 1:06.0 | toss them on the ground and then, you know, keep doing that until he goes, oh yeah, it's you. |
| 1:10.6 | You know, but you're not |
| 1:11.3 | going to do that if you don't know the dog because you could get bit. Okay, next question. Do you |
| 1:16.5 | have international aspirations for this? What a great question. So if you've been following the |
| 1:23.4 | podcast, you've heard my story with this, how we've struggled to get to a place where she |
| 1:28.9 | finds joy in the work she does. Do I have international aspirations? My goals with my dogs |
| 1:36.0 | are never to be or win or do. My goals are always to bring out, bring out the absolute best of that dog. |
| 1:47.7 | If that absolute best means we would be going to a world championship representing my country, |
| 1:54.7 | I'm open to that. |
| 1:55.9 | But if her absolute best is just enjoying the sport and having fun, I'm open to that too. |
| 2:04.2 | So, you know, the sport is evolving so fast and there's so many good dogs. |
| 2:09.0 | Even if I did think this dog's got what it takes to be on the podium at a world championship |
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