Why Balance Breaks Fast Track Your Dog Training #57
Shaped by Dog with Susan Garrett
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🗓️ 8 January 2021
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
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There is one thing that I do intentionally in my dog training that makes all the difference in the world to the joy and success that my dogs and I have together. That one thing is using Balance Breaks. I'm sharing exactly what a Balance Break is, why it's essential, and the mechanics of how I do it. Let me know when you try it!.
In the episode you'll hear:
• My 5 steps to an amazing dog training experience.
• About the power of D.A.S.H. (Desire, Accuracy, Speed, Habitat).
• Why training your dog is like starting a motorcycle.
• How dog training is better is slices.
• Why to make a joy sandwich for you and your dog.
• All about Balance Breaks and how to use them.
• The importance of your dog's physiology.
• How to think about your training as being on stage.
• Why breaks for transitions keep your dog training flowing.
• The guidelines for using Balance Breaks successfully.
Resources:
• Blog Post: The Secret Sauce For Enthusiasm … Balance Breaks!-https://susangarrettdogagility.com/2019/01/the-secret-sauce-for-enthusiasm-balance-breaks/
• Podcast Episode 6: The Art of Manipulation-https://dogsthat.com/podcast/6/
• Blog Post: Planning for a Successful Shaping Session with Your Dog-https://susangarrettdogagility.com/2019/09/plan-a-successful-shaping-session-with-your-dog/
• Blog Post: Got D.A.S.H. (Desire, Accuracy, Speed and Habitat)?-https://susangarrettdogagility.com/2017/01/dash/
• Podcast Episode 35: Pro Dog Training Tip to Improve Your Dog's Focus-https://dogsthat.com/podcast/35/
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| 0:00.0 | Today is a super big day for you. Because today on the podcast, I am sharing one thing that I do in my |
| 0:18.3 | dog training, that I do intentionally in my dog training that makes |
| 0:22.5 | all the difference in the world. I'm going to share with you what it is, why it's important, |
| 0:26.9 | and how I do it and the exact mechanics on how I do it, because if you mess this up, |
| 0:32.1 | bad things could happen. I'm not dangerous, but like, you know, not great. |
| 0:36.6 | Okay, hey, I'm Susan Garrett. Welcome to Shape by Dog. |
| 0:39.4 | All of this is going to be free. |
| 0:41.2 | Free because it comes in the form of a podcast and, of course, podcasts are free. |
| 0:45.0 | However, if you're watching this on YouTube, you could show your appreciation by giving me a thumbs up right now. |
| 0:53.2 | That would be awesome. |
| 0:55.3 | I got you. Okay. Okay. That's, you know, everyone appreciates reinforcement. Not exactly what I had in |
| 1:04.2 | mind, but you know, I appreciate the thought. Within the body of what I've got for you, |
| 1:08.9 | I'm going to give you a five-step formula for your |
| 1:12.5 | training. You keep this checklist, close to your heart, print it out. And if you follow it, |
| 1:17.9 | every time you train your dog, kaboom. Like, I think little cherubs will be singing, you know, |
| 1:23.3 | like, ah, every time you train your dog, good things are going to happen. I promise you. |
| 1:29.0 | So, I'm going to start right off. I'm just going to tell you what those five steps are. |
| 1:35.3 | And if you are listening to this in the car, I promise you will want to take notes. |
| 1:40.5 | But don't take notes when you're driving. Trust me, I've tried that. It's not a really good plan. What you should do is come back and watch this on YouTube with a pen and paper and take |
| 1:48.5 | notes. Okay, so really quick, I'm going to whip through these five steps and then I'm going |
| 1:51.9 | to go back, retract and tell you what I mean by all of them. The first two we've talked about |
| 1:56.6 | on many podcasts before. Number one, have a plan. So, before you get your dog out, Bob Bailey, |
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