About Susan Garrett

Susan Garrett is a world-renowned dog trainer with over 30 years of experience and multiple national and world championship titles in dog agility. She is the founder of DogsThat and host of the Shaped by Dog podcast, where she has helped hundreds of thousands of dog owners worldwide build calm, connected, and easy-to-live-with dogs through games-based, positive training.

Goal Setting, Defining Moments and Being the Best for The Dog You Love

"All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better!" ~Ralph Waldo Emerson When I was 10 years old I wanted to play organized ice hockey... you know, with coaches and team jerseys the whole big shebang. The only problem was there were [...]

2018-04-13T12:47:12-04:00January 6th, 2016|7 Comments

Defining Moments: How Decisions In Life Guide Our Dog Training Path

Everyone has “their story.”  Think about your life. Our stories are a collection of defining moments one stacked on the next that have created the life we now enjoy. Who we married or didn't marry, what adventurous trip we decided to take or not take. A [...]

2020-01-11T19:46:56-04:00January 4th, 2016|33 Comments

Recovering From Loss: What Are You Focused On?

Tragedy can be permanently scaring to those it touches. Disoriented, confused, mixed with feelings of anguish and guilt makes it difficult to know how to move forward. Last night many people from my local agility community gathered here at Say Yes to celebrate the life [...]

2018-04-13T12:51:12-04:00December 19th, 2015|17 Comments

Leash Aggression in Dogs: Are We Trying To Put Out A Fire With Gasoline?

I spent six days last week working from a beach house in Los Angeles, California. Hermosa Beach to be exact. It was an unbelievable week for many reasons. A big part of it was the people who were there with me. I have belonged to a small mastermind [...]

2020-09-16T11:25:55-04:00November 16th, 2015|387 Comments

Planning For Success With Your Dog Training

"To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe." -Anatole France My puppy “Momentum” turned eight months old last week. This picture was taken during a live training session we did last week for our "Recallers" students...here [...]

2020-01-11T19:54:00-04:00November 1st, 2015|77 Comments

I Just Knew There Had To Be A “Silver Lining!”

Last weekend was the 2015 European Open. In March I was named to the Canadian team with my two dogs Feature and Swagger. It should have been an event I was really looking forward to, however, I was heading into it with mixed emotions. Several times in the past [...]

2020-01-11T19:54:38-04:00July 27th, 2015|57 Comments

Recallers Dogs and their Extraordinary People

Recallers has always had a wonderful community of like-minded dog owners, and Recallers Dogs are recognizable by the games they play and the joy they express. This year, with the opening of our Critical Core (or FREEcallers) to everyone for free, our community has proved [...]

2020-01-11T19:57:15-04:00July 13th, 2015|76 Comments

Celebrating Recallers: Champion of the Champions Announced!

Celebrating Recallers and the Dog Loving Community World Wide! This year is the 5th Year Anniversary of something very special …”Recallers”. To celebrate over this past week we have brought you a Best of the Best Recallers Video Contest, as voted on by you. Today [...]

2018-04-13T15:50:10-04:00June 29th, 2015|8 Comments

Celebrating Recallers: Champion of the Champions! Grand Finale

The Grand Finale of our Celebration Video Contest! How much fun this has been, so many great memories, and much anticipation for the future!  And now today is the day…our final round of the Champion of the Champions video contest. The Top 3 as voted [...]

2018-04-13T15:53:46-04:00June 26th, 2015|10 Comments
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