Here in the U.S., it's Thanksgiving today, so I want to do a little gratitude post for our dogs.

Thanks for joining me.

Welcome to the puppy training podcast. I'm Amy Jensen, founder of Baxter and Bella, the online

puppy school. Here, we are all about helping you create the best possible experience raising a puppy,

from training tips to practical tricks,

all aimed at fostering a happy, well-behaved dog who truly feels like part of the family.

So if you are ready to enjoy the journey and strengthen the bond with your dog, let's get

started. Welcome back to another episode of the puppy training podcast. Today's episode is a little

slower, a little softer, and it's filled with something we all could use more of

gratitude. It's Thanksgiving here in the U.S. and whether it's your dog's first holiday season or their

10th or maybe you're not even celebrating Thanksgiving, we can all be a little more grateful, right?

The first recorded history of dog training goes way back to around 127 to 116 BC.

There was a Roman farmer named Marcus Varro.

He wrote about his way of raising and training puppies

for hurting livestock. And then you fast forward hundreds of years later until the 1800s when we got

into Ivan Pavlov and classical conditioning and the sound of the bell and associations, B.S. Skinner,

all of the dog trainers started to come up out and training evolved over

time and today many of us have dogs that are part of the family they live with us in our homes

and we while we try not to humanize them right you guys we often do we've come to value dogs more

in our society and in our homes and families. With dogs so fully

integrated into family life, it's natural to have high expectations for them, especially on

days like Thanksgiving. So I just want to remind you today that as you're celebrating and

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