Hey everybody, welcome to Shape by Dog.

I am Susan Garrett and today is a topic we have had a lot of people request.

It is the topic of counter surfing or the ability for your dog to get up on the

counter or the table and steal food that you would rather he not be stealing. I'm going to share

with you why it may be happening and how you can turn that around. I'll give you the spoiler alert.

It really all comes down to your dog

isn't learning what you are teaching. And it's always the dog that knows what we're trying to teach.

So we have to adjust that and I'm going to show you how. First, I'm going to share with you

a couple reviews. You guys take the time to leave me a review and I want to from time

to time reinforce you for doing that because I love, love, love reading the reviews that you

leave me here on Shape by Dog. First one is from Orange Lent who writes, I, now I got to admit

I had to look up one of the words in this review. Not because I hadn't heard the word before,

but I'd never seen it in print. So I'm like, is that what I think it is? See if you guys are

more clever than me. Learner centered. I really enjoy Susan Style and her use of

mnemonics like temp. See, even swagger had to put an exclamation point around the word

mnemonics. And other strategies for remembering content. Susan uses great analogies and is

obviously passionate about her work. Susan is interested in her listeners as learners, not as consumers.

Shape by dog is informative and engaging. Thank you so much, Orange Lint.

And from Marty Magic, that's a cool handle, who gives a five-star rating for a five-star trainer is the

title. Cannot recommend these podcasts enough. Excellent for on-the-go dog owners,

excellent advice and guidance on so many levels

by an experienced down-to-earth dog owner and international trainer, Susan Garrett.

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