Welcome to the Absolute Dog Sex and a Squirrel podcast. I'm Lauren Langman. I'm one of the world's leading dog trainers and it's my mission to help owners become their dog's top priority. In each episode, you'll discover how to gain trust and communicate with your dog like

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Bonnie's top three games.

Now, Alice, I've challenged you to Bonnie's best three Games Club games.

How are you doing this? How are you even going to

handle giving us just three? Outrageously mean. I can't believe you're limiting me to three.

But I'm going to try. I'm going to try. And I can say for the start, her top three concepts will

start there for her have always been calmness,

disengagement and optimism. These are the three main concepts that she really did not come with

and that we've grown and we've built over time and, you know, her transformation has been

remarkable and continues to be. But these are the three main areas that we keep

topping up and keep sort of focusing on. So can I pause you there? Tell everybody who's

listening are amazing listeners. And I know they're sharing this, loving this. They want to hear

from real owners like you and your gorgeous dog, Bonnie. Tell us, Alice, what does that actually

mean practically? Like when someone says disengagement, you're like, yeah, that sounds like a good word Alice, what does that actually mean practically?

Like, when someone says disengagement, you're like, yeah, that sounds like a good word.

But what does that actually mean?

So what does it mean to you?

What does it mean to Bonnie and why is it important for you going forward before we dive into the games?

Yeah.

So when we got Bonnie, she definitely saw that there was, there was, there was value and there

was importance in paying attention to just about anything and everything and in her

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