Can Your Worst Challenge Make You a Better Dog Trainer? #50

When I was 12 years old, I experienced the most humiliating event of my young life with a doctor who was trying to be helpful. That event changed who I was and how I processed information and led me to become the dog trainer that I am today. What if the things that we look at as our greatest challenges are actually our biggest blessings? And how could that help our dogs?

In the episode you'll hear:
• About my family and my introduction to riding a bike.
• Why my brothers talked about my determination as if I were an alien.
• My love of Nancy Drew books as a child.
• How an ophthalmologist changed my young life forever.
• Why I thought I was weird and how I just tried to figure things out.
• My experience at University in an English course and why I stopped reading.
• The years I spent with undiagnosed dyslexia and how that shaped me.
• What I want you to know about answers existing.
• About not giving anyone the power to make you feel less than.
• How there are dogs out there who need us.

Resources:
Blog Post: “Each of us is Somebody’s Weirdo” -
https://susangarrettdogagility.com/20...
Book: Shaping Success by Susan Garrett -
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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.
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