Hey, everybody. Welcome back to Shaped by Dog. I am Susan Garrett. And today, we're going to do a deep dive

on the art of what I think is one of the main reasons why I am a good

dog trainer, one of the main reasons why I believe I'm a great educator. And that is because I'm

great at manipulation. Now, before you unsubscribe to this podcast and get yourself off of any lists that I may be sending

you email from, I'd like you to consider everyone out there is manipulating. It's just for how long

and when that makes the difference.

Stick with me on this.

I promise you're going to embrace and love the idea of manipulation.

The challenge is our brain immediately goes to deception when the word manipulation hits your ears.

And I need you to consider that what I'm talking about is manipulation with an overarching

set of core values.

So, anytime I'm training or interacting with my, my dog or puppy,

or whoever it is, my team, my goal is to build their confidence, always, deep in my relationship

and trust always, help them to have an amazing life, which means they can grow. I see for my dog that that

amazing life means they get more and more freedom from me. Everybody is manipulating

in their relationship with their dog. It's just for how long and when it happens. And I'm

going to give you more on that in just a second. I want you to consider though, I'm talking

about not manipulating the dog in that, like I've got a big meatball and I'm going to drag you

and I want you to go where I want to go. That's a form of manipulation. What I'm talking about is manipulating the dog's environment,

which sets them up for more successful interactions and training with me.

A fellow by the name of Kell Newport, he wrote this book, a book called Deep Work, which is a

great book. I'll put a link to the show notes to that. And he described that in today's

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