Shaped by Dog Podcast with Susan Garrett - Get a Behaved Dog by Celebrating Milestones! #41

When you get a puppy or dog, what are your expectations of your new family member? Do you have a vision of how your dog will fit into your home? What does it look like, and how do you convey your expectations to your dog? You can deepen the bond with your dog by knowing what your basics, manners and extras are. In the episode you'll hear: • All the things you probably don’t want your dog to do. • How expectations set people up for success and why that relates to your dog. • Why you need to know how you want your dog to behave. • The milestones you can set for your life with your dog. • Why there are three areas of focus for your dog to meet your expectations. • The basics of sleeping through the night, not going to the bathroom in the house, not biting and not destroying stuff. • How manners should be an area of focus once the basics are met. • Why teaching your dog a trick and retrieve helps in your life together. • All the extras you can introduce in your life with your dog. • How the more you welcome your dog into your heart the more milestones you can set to deepen your bond. • Why milestones are something you and your dog reaching together. • How exercise reduces your dog’s naughty behaviours. Resources: Podcast Episode 26: Pro Dog Training Tips to Get Your Puppy to Sleep All Night - https://youtu.be/Fd8wkmmZnvs If you would like to have fun while showing your dog your expectations on manners, train a trick, teach your dog to fetch, and have ways to exercise your dog at home, you can join me in Home School the Dog through to the end of October. - https://dogsthat.com/home-school/ P.S. Subscribe to our YouTube Channel so you get notifications of new videos! - - - - - - - Dogs That is brought to you by Susan Garrett and the Say Yes Dog Training Team. Susan Garrett’s interest in animal behaviour started at the University of Guelph where she earned a Bachelor of Science majoring in Animal Science. Since then she has developed into a preeminent dog trainer and canine sports instructor and competitor. Susan is one of the most successful agility competitors of the last three decades. She has won multiple Gold Medals at National or World Championship events with every dog she has ever owned over the past 30 years. A natural teacher and an entertaining speaker, Susan is world renowned as a leading educator of dog trainers. Her understanding of how to apply science-based learning principles to both competitive and family pet dog training has been pivotal in changing how dogs are trained. Susan is now helping many thousands of dog owners in 82 countries have the best relationship possible with their dogs. The real joy for her comes from bringing confidence to dogs and their owner through playful interactions and relationship building games that are grounded firmly in the science of how animals learn. - - - - - - - Our Website: https://dogsthat.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SusanGarrettDogAgility/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/SusanGarrettDogsThat/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dogsthat LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/dogsthat Pinterest: https://pinterest.ca/dogsthatcom/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/susangarrett There’s always something new happening at Dogs That, so if you’d like to be the first to know, visit our website, register to receive updates, and we'll keep you in the loop. https://dogsthat.com