Hey, everybody, welcome to Shape by Dog.

I am Susan Garrett.

And I'm going to start today by asking you a question.

When do you consider your dog to be trained? Like, the box is checked.

I've trained my dog. It's done. He's good. Is it, like for some people, it might be when

you've trained them to not pee on the carpet, like to use the go potty outside. For others,

the dog pees in the apartment or in the house like for their entire life. I've seen people put up with that. That bar set really low.

When do you consider your dog trained? When he won't like run away, when he comes when he's called,

when he will not pull on a leash, when he doesn't bark or

jump on your guests, doesn't steal food from the counter. When is your job done? When is that dog

trained? Hmm. While you're thinking about that, I'm going to tell you what I've got going on

today. I am going to share with you my answer to the

two most common questions that I get. I get these questions all the time. But before I get to

those, I'm going to ask you to think about this. Do you own a car? Trust me on this one. We're

getting somewhere. If you don't own a car, do you know

anybody who owns a car? Now, if you own a car, very likely you do regular maintenance on it.

Like what? How often does that happen? Every three, four months? I don't know. Depends how much

you drive, I guess. You might need the oil change more often than that. But if you do regular

maintenance on that car, then you could just use it, right? Just drive it. Don't give it another

thought. You could check your box. My maintenance is done. But let me tell you, that's a machine

and dogs aren't machines. So you can't check a box with dog training. It's not

done. And today I'm going to share with you why it's not done. Two most common questions I get

...