Are you the sort of person who likes to watch dog training videos and then learn something and try it on your own dogs?

If you're like many people, you might not be doing it right. There is actually a way to watch a video and get the

most learning so that you absolutely get the best results with your dog training. And today,

I want to talk all about

what that looks like and how you can do it starting tomorrow.

Hi, I'm Susan Garrett. Welcome to Shape by Dog. Most of us watch videos without a real

intent to learn. We're watching from a place of recognition, meaning we'll watch the video

and we'll nod in agreement, we'll see things that are similar to what we're doing.

We might see some steps that are something we've never seen before,

but we agree, oh, that looks pretty simple. I get it. I get what you mean. I can do that. I can

do that. And then you finish the video and you jump on over, grab the dog and you try it.

But what's happened is you've only got a general view of the skill. You haven't

dug down and got the nuances, the specifics. So, the difference between learning and just this

overview is watching from a place of recognition and watching from a place of recall. And I don't mean like,

come when you're called. I mean like I can recall really well. When you're watching a video

from a place of recall, your focus is on the learning. Your focus is on the ability to reproduce

the exact results you're seeing without the use of the video. When you've watched from a place of

learning, you have the ability to recall with precision. And that's what I would like for you.

Think about this. If you were changing a transmission in a car, would you watch a video on how to

change a transmission in a car and then go out and start going at it at

your car? No, you wouldn't. Why? Because of the consequence of messing up your car. Well,

there is a consequence when we do the same thing with dog training in that you are messing up

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