Puppy Selection: How I Do It and Why I Didn't This! Time #36
Shaped by Dog with Susan Garrett
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4.8 • 679 Ratings
🗓️ 9 October 2020
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
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How do you pick a puppy? Even if you are not selecting a puppy, a lot of these concepts apply to a rescue dog. I’ve just raised a litter of puppies, and one will stay with me as my next dog, so I’m covering my tips, plus how my puppy chose me!
In the episode you'll hear:
• How our rescue dog Tater feels about living in a family of Border Collies.
• The considerations about what sort of dog is best for you.
• How Tina the Poodle came into our family when I was a kid.
• Why to set an intention about your next dog.
• The three areas I look at when picking my puppy.
• What to consider about structure and temperament.
• What you need to know about puppies and temperament tests.
• About what your heart tells you and why I’m big on the woo.
• Why to trust the breeder of your puppy if you have done your research.
• The reason to not second guess yourself.
• About the adventures that led me to my new puppy.
• Who my next dog is and her name!
Spoiler Alert Puppy Names:
Moira Rose - Say Yes to Inspired Moments - Dream
Alexis - Say Yes to Playing for the Moment - Swish
David - Say Yes to Making the Moments Count - Mission
Stevie - Say Yes to Being in the Moment - This!
Resources:
• Podcast Episode 13: Naming Your Puppy or Dog - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/13/
• Book: What's Your Angle: Understanding Angulation and Structure for the Performance Dog by Helen Grinnell King - https://geni.us/whatsyourangle
• Book: Picking your Performance Puppy by Helen Grinnell King - https://geni.us/performancepuppy
• Avidog Website (Search for the word Temperament) - https://dogsthat.com/breeders
• Book: The Resilience Project: Finding Happiness Through Gratitude, Empathy and Mindfulness by Hugh van Cuylenburg - https://theresilienceproject.com.au/shop/product/book-finding-happiness-through-gratitude-empathy-mindfulness/
• "This Is Me" by The Greatest Showman Cast from 'The Greatest Showman Soundtrack' (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEJd2RyGm8Q
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Susan only recommends products she uses herself, and all opinions expressed here are her own. The link above is an affiliate link that, at no additional cost to you, we may earn a small commission if you decide to buy from it. Thank you!
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everybody, welcome to Shape by Dog. I am Susan Garrett and today is the big day. |
| 0:15.3 | On today's podcast, I am going to answer the number one question I've been asked all over social media in the last |
| 0:25.1 | month and a half, what puppy am I picking? I'm going to share with you how I go about picking |
| 0:33.2 | a puppy, either for myself or if a student asked me to pick a puppy for them, this is how I go |
| 0:39.0 | about doing it, which is something that I rarely do anymore. But I'm going to start with a review. |
| 0:44.1 | I love reading your reviews. So please, please, please, wherever you are listening to this podcast, |
| 0:49.9 | leave me a review. And if you are listening to this podcast, I strongly encourage you to go on |
| 0:57.9 | over to YouTube. YouTube.com forward slash dogs that and watch this episode. This episode in |
| 1:05.9 | particular, lots of graphics to go with this one. All right, this review, it comes from a listener in Great |
| 1:13.7 | Britain with the handle of Agility Sequin. And the title of this review is More Gems. I've been |
| 1:20.4 | following Susan for years and these podcasts are adding another layer to my dog training and my |
| 1:25.5 | life in general. They make me a better person, |
| 1:27.8 | a better dog owner, a better parent, and look at life in a different way. I'll give you an |
| 1:33.2 | example. I love this story, by the way. My three-year-old started nursery school after a year |
| 1:39.3 | of being stuck in lockdown with pretty much just me during the day. On collecting him, it was far from |
| 1:45.9 | the movie moment of him running into my arms. In fact, by day three, he was crying when I turned |
| 1:53.2 | up to get him. It's heartbreaking. Why am I laughing? Oh my. Being dragged away from all of that |
| 2:00.7 | play and his peers, it was not cool. |
| 2:03.4 | His response to seeing me was getting worse and worse each day. I was at first very upset. |
| 2:10.6 | It was soul destroying as we had such a lovely relationship. I just happened to be driving home with a Susan Garrett podcast on. |
| 2:20.4 | Make everything a game and add value where you can. I did just that. The next day, amongst his |
| 2:28.2 | tears, I asked him to race me to the van. I told him to stretch out his arms to touch the van as |
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