How to Train a Rescue Dog with Behavior Problems #78
Shaped by Dog with Susan Garrett
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4.8 • 679 Ratings
🗓️ 21 April 2021
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
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When you bring a rescue dog into your family, you want your dog to settle in and be home for life. There are five key things you can do to set your new rescue dog up for success. These tips apply to all dogs! Often rescue dogs might have behavior issues, but you can help with good training and by creating clarity and structure for the new member of your family.
In the episode you'll hear:
• The biggest mistake you can make with a rescue dog.
• Why we want to change patterns of behavior rescue dogs might have.
• About the honeymoon period when a new dog enters your family and settles in.
• What our rescue dog Tater Salad was like when he came home.
• The 5 keys to having success when you rescue a dog.
• Why to give your rescue dog a new name for a new life.
• How to prepare for your dog arriving home and what you need.
• About having a daily schedule for your rescue dog.
• Why not to take anything at face value until you get to know your dog.
• How to keep a journal for your rescue dog.
• Why to get real and get honest and to believe your dog.
• About creating daily clarity for an amazing life for a rescue dogs.
• Why playing ItsYerChoice (IYC) will lift a weight from your dog.
• About the importance of focusing on the awesome!
ItsYerChoice Summit:
Join in with Susan's free online dog training workshop: Click here for the ItsYerChoce Summit
Resources:
• Podcast Episode 6: The Art of Manipulation - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/6/
• Podcast Episode 27: Do Dogs Need Rules? - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/27/
• Video Blog: Help! My Dog Hates His Nails Cut … What Do I Do? - https://susangarrettdogagility.com/2020/01/my-dog-hates-his-nails-cut/
• Podcast Episode 70: Critical Info for Your Puppy's First Day and Night at Home - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/70/
• Podcast Episode 13: Naming Your Puppy or Dog - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/13/
• Podcast Episode 30: Why Dog Crates Are Not Dog Cages - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/30/
• Podcast Episode 40: Using a Head Halter on a Dog, Why My Approach is so Different - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/40/
• Podcast Episode 58: How to Create Kid Friendly Dogs and Dog Friendly Kids - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/58/
• Podcast Episode 24: Help for the Dog who Chases Chipmunks, Bicycles, and the Neighbor's Cat - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/24/
• Podcast Episode 32: 20 Easy Ways to Exercise Your Dog at Home - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/32/
• Podcast Episode 71: Pro Dog Trainer's Secret to Help Your Naughty Dog - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/71/
• ItsYerChoice Summit - https://recallers.com/iycsummit-join/
• Ex-Pen: Rover Modular Pet Enclosures - http://dogsthat.com/roverpanels
• *Ex-Pen: Plastic 8-Panel - https://geni.us/ex-pen-white
• *Ex-Pen: Folding Metal - https://geni.us/ex-pen-metal
• Watch this Episode of Shaped by Dog on YouTube - https://youtu.be/-WTjF2ll7Xc
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | May 20th is National Rescue Dog Day. |
| 0:12.4 | And in honor of that, I thought I would do a podcast sharing how your next rescue dog, |
| 0:18.1 | when you bring it home, it can be home for life. |
| 0:22.4 | Hi, I'm Susan Garrett. |
| 0:23.7 | Welcome to Shape by Dog. |
| 0:25.3 | And don't worry if you have a new puppy rather than a rescue dog or even if you are just |
| 0:30.4 | challenged with the dog you've got at home. |
| 0:32.5 | There is something for everyone in today's podcast. |
| 0:35.7 | But it is going to be focusing on rescue dogs. So, |
| 0:38.3 | if you're watching this on YouTube, go ahead and hit the light button now, an appreciation |
| 0:43.3 | of rescue dogs worldwide and the people who are in any way contributing to helping |
| 0:51.3 | these dogs get a better home. Well done you, raising the roof for all of you. |
| 0:56.4 | Personally, I have rescued many dogs over my lifetime. I've rescued several Jack Russell's |
| 1:02.5 | and border collies. I had a three-year-old golden retriever that was within minutes of being |
| 1:10.7 | euthanized that I rescued from a veterinary clinic, |
| 1:13.3 | went on to live to be 15 years old and had an amazing life with my niece. And you probably are |
| 1:18.6 | aware of the most recent rescue dog in my life, the one and only tater salad, who is a bulldog, |
| 1:25.7 | Boston Terrier pug rescue dog. And I'm going to tell you, all rescue dogs, |
| 1:31.1 | kind of like all dogs, they come with behavior issues. And with rescue dogs, it might be one |
| 1:37.7 | or many behavior issues. But there is one thing that people do that contributes to this. It actually is the |
| 1:46.4 | biggest mistake you can make if you have a rescue dog. And that is this. You get one chance. |
| 1:53.4 | You know, if you heard that expression, you get one chance to make a first impression. Well, |
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