I’m answering your questions on dog agility training, helping anxious, aggressive, and fearful dogs, crate training, dog ears, junior handlers, my daily routine, managing canine pain, socializing puppies, and so much more. Hear how I got my start in professional dog training and what’s most essential for me in my relationship with my dogs.
🐾 Key episode moments: 00:00 Ask Susan Garrett Anything 00:29 Pet sitting an aggressive dog. 01:15 Competitive aspirations for This! 02:50 A day in the life of Susan Garrett. 06:53 Target mats for training running contacts. 07:12 Healthy dog relationship qualities. 07:57 Coping with health-related dog behavior changes. 08:54 When and why I became a dog trainer. 11:01 Socializing a 10-week old puppy. 11:14 Advice for junior agility handlers. 12:40 My Border Collies’ prick ears. 13:20 Nervous/reactive dogs in agility. 14:04 What dogs learn in Recallers online dog training. 15:51 Adjusting training for my different dogs. 18:08 Crate Games, separation anxiety and FRIDA protocol.
In this episode I’m asked: • Advice for pet-sitting a seemingly aggressive dog. • What my competitive dog sport goals are for This!. • About my daily and nightly routines and habits for sleep, dog training, fitness, and centering. • If I use target mats for training running contacts. • The relationship essentials for my dogs. • About when pain changes a dog’s behavior. • My unlikely origin story as a dog trainer. • How to introduce puppies to other dogs. • What junior agility handlers can do to excel. • About my Border Collies’ prick ears. • Advice for nervous and/or reactive dogs in competitive sports. • About the brilliant behaviors and skills dogs learn in Recallers. • How my sport-mix puppy, Belief, differs from my Border Collies. • How to overcome separation anxiety in dogs and the protocols to use. • How playing Crate Games helps dogs love their kennel; and more!
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.
