Hey, everybody. Welcome to Shape by Dog. I am Susan Garrett. And today we're going to talk about

one of my favorite topics. That is the power of permission. This is the reason I have

success training dogs in an environment without intimidation or physical punishment.

This is huge and it's going to be, I'm sure, the first of many, many podcasts on this topic.

I'm going to give you an example, a scenario. So, let's say you have a 15-year-old boy and he's

your son. And he says, hey, one of my rich friends' fathers giving him a Lamborghini for his

birthday. So he's having a party on Friday night.

I'm invited. We're all going to get a chance to drive this Lambo during the night around a racetrack

after we take some shots and do some cocaine. And it's not going to cost anything because his dad's

covering the cost of everything. Yeah, is it okay if I go? Well,

that's a no-brainer, right? That's an obvious no. No, I really don't think that's a good idea.

It's like you're walking your dog down the street and it's a really busy streets. You're a little

bit nervous because it's a lot of traffic on the street. All of a sudden you see a cat dart

in front of your path out into

the traffic. Now, this, you know, cats have nine lives. This cat is able to weave his way through

this busy street, get to the other side. But your dog lunges on the leash and goes, oh my gosh,

I need to chase that cat. Do you take off the leash and say, well, have

at it because I think you could be lucky too? No, no. In both cases, the permission to go could

lead to something, an outcome you don't want, even though to the dog and to maybe your 15-year-old

kid, it looks like, you know, things could be fun

if you were given that permission. So, permission creates a expectation. The opposite of

permission is entitlement. Entitlement is, I just, I want this, I get it. There's a lot of times

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