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🗓️ 11 July 2025
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Message From Susan
Hey everyone, it’s Susan, and you’re about to hear one of my training tips and tidbits. These are quick, actionable strategies to help you and your dog in everyday life or for dog sport. Often our short videos with tips are created from your most popular segments of podcast episodes. So, let’s dive in!
Training Challenges Are Feedback: What To Do When Things Don’t Go To Plan
Training challenges are feedback, and when things don’t go to plan, it’s often a sign there’s something new to discover. I’m sharing what to do when progress feels stuck and how to turn challenges into learning opportunities for you and your dog.
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0:00.0 | I have on my coffee mug and I read this every day. |
0:10.2 | And it says, the more I learned, the smarter my dog appears. |
0:14.8 | And that's so empowering because if my dog isn't making those choices, I've got to learn more. |
0:20.6 | I've got to dig more into the Shape by Dog podcast. |
0:23.4 | I have to jump over to YouTube and really devour those shape by dog episodes. |
0:28.1 | The more you learn, the smarter your dog's going to appear. |
0:31.7 | I promise you that. |
0:33.5 | So, the things that are not within your control, those are likely the ones that are going |
0:38.4 | to get you a little bit more discouraged. So now we need to dial in that moment of discouragement. |
0:46.3 | And how can we respond to that? Instead of going to, why does this always happen to me, |
0:52.6 | your brain's going to give you that list. Or I'm never |
0:54.9 | going to get this or my dog's never going to get this. Let's think of how we can reframe what |
1:01.2 | is happening and think about it's happening for you. It's an opportunity for growth. And guess what? |
1:07.4 | Growth is brilliant. It means you're learning. It means you're discovering, you're having |
1:11.6 | experiences that it's going to take you to a better place. Maybe it's going to take you to working |
1:17.9 | with me full time. Wouldn't that be awesome? I think I would like that. And so, when something |
1:23.7 | happens, the first thing you've got to do is catch yourself. This is going to be |
1:28.7 | difficult. You're not going to immediately be in control of your emotions. But the moment you feel |
1:35.0 | you go from outcome to response, check it down and say, okay, why am I frustrated? And is this |
1:43.8 | truth? Is this a universal truth or is this my perception? |
1:47.7 | Now, if it's your perception that your dog never seems to get this right, how does that perception |
1:53.6 | serve you? It probably doesn't, does it? It doesn't empower you. It doesn't raise your |
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