Why Your Dog’s Emotions Are A Critical Element Of Dog Training #176
Shaped by Dog with Susan Garrett
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🗓️ 7 September 2022
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Having coached thousands of people in dog training, I’ve observed that their dogs seem to fall into three categories. The dogs who seem to hate training sessions, the dogs who are so over the top about the training they are frantic, and the dogs who are driven and focused and absolutely love it. It’s not the
breed of dog or their personality that determines the category, and it’s not the trainer or trainer’s experience; it’s about understanding you’re not only training a behavior but also an emotion.
In the episode you'll hear:
• That your dog’s emotions get built into what you are training.
• What “Pavlov is Always on Your Shoulder” means.
• What compulsion trainers get wrong about a dog's emotions.
• How to gauge your dog's emotional state for training.
• My top 7 tips to help your dog love training with you.
• Observations on why dogs leave work or get distracted easily.
• The reason to know competing reinforcements in your dog's environment.
• Why not to keep going at half speed because half speed is an emotion.
• About keeping dog training sessions very short and using balance breaks.
• About getting “buy in” from your dog before training begins.
• That your dog is also teaching you, so believe them.
Resources:
1. YouTube Playlist: The Emotional State of Dogs with Susan Garrett - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLphRRSxcMHy29pv3_9b7DZdMFJL9ZJPMy
2. Podcast Episode 146: Balanced Dog Training: Does It Really Exist? - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/146/
3. Podcast Episode 106: Consent In Dog Training: The Misuse, Misunderstanding And Misapplication - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/106/
4. Podcast Episode 107: Pedicure Please: 3 Steps To Dog Nail Trimming Or Grooming Success At Home! - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/107/
5. YouTube Video: Vet Visits For Dogs: How To Create A Positive Experience For Everyone - https://youtu.be/VJc42BfNre4
6. Podcast Episode 132: All The Things Your Dog Hates And How To Fix Them - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/132/
7. Podcast Episode 174: Dopamine In Dog Training: Anticipation, Rewards, And The Transfer Of Value - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/174/
8. Podcast Episode 167: Reduce Your Dog’s Stress And Anxiety In Training - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/167/
9. Podcast Episode 175: Food Luring VS Shaping In Dog Training: How Science Changed How I Teach Dogs - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/175/
10. YouTube Playlist: Loose Leash Walking with Susan Garrett - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLphRRSxcMHy1mGMfdVKXq_hiJ27Ej1shW
11. Recallers - https://recallers.com/
12. Podcast Episode 57: Why Balance Breaks Fast Track Your Dog Training - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/57/
13. Crate Games - https://get.crategames.com/
14. Podcast Episode 86: How to Train Unmotivated or Overexcited Dogs - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/86/
15. Watch this Episode of Shaped by Dog on YouTube - https://youtu.be/zT1mzPhmGdo
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Having coached a lot of people with their dogs, it seems that dogs kind of go into one of three |
| 0:05.0 | categories. Either they absolutely hate being trained. It's second just behind getting their nails |
| 0:10.8 | trimmed. I don't like being trained or they're so crazy about training. They're frantic and |
| 0:16.8 | can barely think or they are driven and focused and absolutely love being trained. |
| 0:22.8 | What about your dog? |
| 0:23.8 | One of those three categories. |
| 0:25.1 | Think about it. |
| 0:26.0 | More of one or more of the other. |
| 0:28.1 | That's the topic of today's conversation. |
| 0:30.5 | Hi. Hi, I'm Susan Garrett. |
| 0:42.4 | Welcome to Shape by Dog. |
| 0:44.0 | And you could say, oh, it's the breed of dog. |
| 0:46.2 | Like some breeds, they're just not made to be trained. |
| 0:50.0 | They kind of like more freedom. |
| 0:51.6 | They're a little bit more feral of a dog. |
| 0:54.1 | Or, you know, |
| 0:55.2 | other people say, oh, these dogs, they're so crazy for work. They get really, really high and |
| 1:00.4 | you really can't get through to them because they're just not thinking. Well, today I'm going to share |
| 1:06.4 | with you, it isn't necessarily the breed of dog. It isn't the trainer. It isn't this dog just |
| 1:13.8 | doesn't listen. There is one key thing that you may not be considering and I'm going to help you |
| 1:20.1 | with it today. It doesn't matter if you're a brand new trainer. It doesn't matter if you're |
| 1:24.0 | an experienced world-class trainer. This thing is going to help everybody. |
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