Not Seeing Results In Dog Training? Why Layers Of Learning Lead To Real World Success #307
Shaped by Dog with Susan Garrett
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🗓️ 13 June 2025
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
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Not seeing results in dog training? I’m breaking down why that happens and how layering your dog’s learning is the key to creating real-world success. We often believe our dogs are “trained” when things look great in controlled settings but when connection disappears, distractions take over, or confidence fades in new environments, it’s a sign that a layer of learning is missing. I’ll walk you through how the layers of the 5C Pyramid build lasting reliability and focus, a personal story from my own training, and how shaping behavior through intentional layers leads to long-term success in agility, sports, and everyday life.
In this episode, you’ll hear:
• Why your dog might be great in training games but struggle in real-world situations.
• How building intentional layers in training leads to real-world success with your dog
• The concept of “real world success” and how it evolves as your relationship with your dog grows.
• A deep dive into the 5 Cs of dog training: Connection, Clarity, Confidence, Challenge, and Complexity.
• The difference between a connected, driven, and detached dog and why that matters.
• A powerful question to ask yourself in every training moment to stay aligned with your long-term goals.
• How intentional layers build deep connection and lasting success.
• A personal story about my own dog and how the layers of learning led us all the way to the world championships.
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Resources:
1. Podcast Episode 171: Dog Training With Layered Shaping: Why Classical Conditioning Must Come First - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/171/
2. Podcast Episode 21: The 5 Critical Dog Training Layers for Confidence with Anything - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/21/
3. Podcast Episode 202: Getting A Happy Well Behaved Dog With The ABCs Of Training - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/202/
4. Podcast Episode 18: 4 Puppy and Dog Training Games for Acquired Bite Inhibition - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/18/
5. Podcast Episode 68: 3 Easy Tricks Every Dog Should Know - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/68/
6. Watch this Episode of Shaped by Dog on YouTube - https://youtu.be/FGu03YVsN1k
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Imagine you invested time in a dog training program and maybe even a year, maybe more, |
| 0:07.3 | and you didn't get the results you expected. |
| 0:09.2 | I'm sure you would be disappointed. |
| 0:10.9 | Well, today I'm going to share with you why that may happen and how we can make sure it doesn't happen to you. Hi, I'm Susan Garrett. |
| 0:30.6 | Welcome to shape by dog. |
| 0:32.6 | Today, I want to talk about how to build the layers of dog training to bring you real world success. |
| 0:41.5 | And there's several things that prompted this. I've been watching agility training seminars |
| 0:46.6 | over the last three days. And coincidentally, I saw a note in our online recallers community |
| 0:52.9 | of somebody who said, I feel like I can play |
| 0:56.4 | all 40 of the recaller games really, really, really well. |
| 1:00.1 | And my dog has an amazing recall everywhere except at dog agility. |
| 1:05.4 | And the dog doesn't listen to me and we'll run off and I can't remember the exact wording. |
| 1:09.6 | But my first thought was, is it even possible that you can be brilliant at all of our |
| 1:13.7 | recaller games and not have success? |
| 1:16.5 | Because my brain said, no, no, it's not possible. |
| 1:19.3 | She must have done something wrong. |
| 1:20.4 | And then I said, let's ask a better question. |
| 1:22.6 | How would it be possible for somebody to have played all the games, have great success |
| 1:27.1 | with the games, |
| 1:27.9 | but still doesn't have success. A sport like dog agility. And then the flood of answers came to me. |
| 1:34.3 | So what we need to identify first is, what is real world success to you? Now, when we start out |
| 1:41.5 | with our first dog, we may not know. My very first dog, real world success, |
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