Have you ever seen a dog that when their owner wants to take them for a car ride or out for a walk

or maybe they're entering an agility trial and the dog's going ballistic, jumping, whining,

barking, maybe nipping, pulling, like having an emotional meltdown because they're so excited for what's about to happen.

Have you ever saw that and wonder, what's going on? And how do we get to this point?

Well, to quote a line from all the president's men, yes, I'm that old. Did I remember that movie?

The line is, follow the money.

Okay. I remember that movie. The line is, follow the money. Hi, I'm Susan Garrett. Welcome to Shape by Dog. And Follow the Money is a great phrase for you to remember in all dog training. It doesn't matter what the problem is that you are seeing. Follow the money. The money is the reinforcement the

dog is getting for doing the thing that you don't want them to do. There is reinforcement

happening. I promise you it's there. Somebody that was training here this week, she let her dog in the

building and the dog instantly ran to go up one of the obstacles in A-frame. And she said,

no, don't go over there. Don't go over there. Don't go over there. And then as she was getting

ready, the dog went on the dog walk. And she said, oh, it's two ladies on the dog walk.

So then she said the word target to tell

the dog to come into position. Follow the money. Why does your dog constantly try to get on

contact equipment? There is some reinforcement and even if you didn't give them a cookie for coming

into position, you told them to go into position, which is reinforcing. So let's get back to our dogs spinning,

barking, whatever they're doing fast when you want to go out for a walk or you want to go

for a car ride. Follow the money. Why? Are you seeing that? Because they are anticipating

something amazing is about to happen. And if you're like many of us, you might

have even added a trigger to that. So, Barbara Woodhouse said, walkies. So the dogs learn that

we're going for a walk. I am a little bit more simple and I just say, who wants to go for a walk?

Who wants to? Are three words that piqued my dog's interest, ears up, eyes bright, but no,

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