How To Teach Your Dog Anything With My Training Plan #172
Shaped by Dog with Susan Garrett
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🗓️ 24 August 2022
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
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A good dog training plan will set you and your dog up for success and protect your confidence. The planning I do for myself and my students includes 10 key elements. We’re covering what the 10 elements are, along with how to grow the layers to take training from your living room to the bunny farm.
In the episode you'll hear:
• Why the detailed planning I do for myself and my students starts with criteria.
• Tips to prevent cheap or toxic behaviors when you are training.
• That breaking down your ultimate goal into smaller criteria fast tracks dog training.
• Why our aim is always a positive conditioned emotional response first.
• How to set up the environment for dog training success no matter where you are.
• Why to consider the age and stage of your dog or puppy when you are training.
• Why to know the sights, sounds and scents that will be distracting to your dog.
• About knowing what you’ll be using as a reward in your training.
• Why planning props, locations, reinforcements, and equipment ahead of time will help.
• About balance breaks and playing games to maintain your dog’s optimal arousal state.
• How we use stations and plan transitions between stations.
• That Pavlov is always on your shoulder and the need for awareness of what you are conditioning.
Resources:
1. Podcast Episode 171: Dog Training With Layered Shaping: Why Classical Conditioning Must Come First - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/171/
2. Podcast Episode 131: How Would Susan Garrett Plan Your Dog Training Sessions? - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/131/
3. Podcast Episode 149: Superstitious Behavior In Dog Training: Beware The Killer Bees! - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/149/
4. YouTube Video: Understanding Your Dog's Reinforcement Zone (RZ) with Susan Garrett - https://youtu.be/OaUAScgaFAg
5. YouTube Playlist: Loose Leash Walking with Susan Garret - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLphRRSxcMHy1mGMfdVKXq_hiJ27Ej1shW
6. Recallers - https://recallers.com/
7. Podcast Episode 6: The Art of Manipulation - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/6/
8. Podcast Episode 167: Reduce Your Dog’s Stress And Anxiety In Training - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/167/
9. Podcast Episode 24: Help for the Dog who Chases Chipmunks, Bicycles, and the Neighbor’s Cat - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/24/
10. Crate Games Online - https://crategames.com/
11. Sniff Spot - https://www.sniffspot.com/
12. Podcast Episode 133: Become Your Own Dog Training Coach With This Video Strategy - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/133/
13. Podcast Episode 57: Why Balance Breaks Fast Track Your Dog Training - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/57/
14. Learn to Play ItsYerChoice - https://recallers.com/iycsummit-join/
15.Podcast Episode 157: Dog Body Language: Understanding Canine Communication Signals And Emotions - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/157/
16. Watch this Episode of Shaped by Dog on YouTube - https://youtu.be/rRJM93aC1Ro
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Did you catch podcast episode number 171, the one we just did? Super important there. |
| 0:04.7 | I shared exactly what I want when I'm putting together a training plan for my dog. |
| 0:11.1 | The goals that I have. And guess what? It's exactly the same when I'm putting together |
| 0:15.0 | training plans for my own students. Today, we're going to do a deep dive into what that looks |
| 0:20.6 | like. |
| 0:31.0 | Hi, I'm Susan Garrett. Welcome to Shape by Dog. Now, you may be saying, hey, Susan, |
| 0:34.9 | didn't you just do something on training plans on podcast number |
| 0:38.2 | 131? I did. But there I helped you write a training plan or protocol for your dog. When I'm doing |
| 0:47.5 | him for my own dogs or in our online classes, they're a little bit more involved. And so today, |
| 0:52.3 | I just wanted to let you know what that looked like. |
| 0:55.0 | I hope I'm not going to scare you. I don't want to put you off. I just want to give you some more |
| 0:59.9 | options that you can include or share the reasons why it may be worth investing in yourself, |
| 1:06.4 | investing in your dog and just joining one of our online programs instead of trying to figure |
| 1:10.7 | all of this out for |
| 1:11.4 | yourself. But by the end of this program, you're going to have a good understanding of 10 |
| 1:16.8 | elements that are super important. So let's get started. Number one is that of criteria. And |
| 1:23.3 | what we want to begin with is what is the final product? So, if you're an agility student, |
| 1:29.2 | you're going to want to teach how to get my dog to maybe do a set of weave poles. Now, |
| 1:34.3 | we're going to start and break that down into many different stages. So, what are all those |
| 1:39.7 | different stages? What does that look like? What is the criteria? Well, obviously, agility dictates. |
| 1:45.7 | There's criteria how a dog has to complete the weaves, but you're going to include your own, |
| 1:50.3 | like the speed that your dog goes or the focus that the dog has. If you were teaching like a |
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