Welcome to Teacher’s Pet!

Listen to Sarah Wilson's real-life, humor-filled tutorials on how to communicate with and train your dog. Teacher's Pet focuses on command training - and command training is as simple as (and as complicated as) communicating clearly with your dog. Dog's aren't born understanding what sit or come means. Every single thing your dog understands about a command - both the good and the not so good - he learned from a human, probably you! So, if your dog doesn’t obey as you would like, guess who has to change? You do - your dog can change but you have to change first.

One thing Sarah makes clear - there are no perfect trainers. We're all learning all the time. Each dog is a little different, each person, too. We're all on this journey together so hop on! If you have a question - ask. If you don't agree - pipe up! No stubborn, spiteful or stupid dogs here and no silly, stupid or "bad" questions – just confused dogs and puzzled people. Sarah's known for her friendly, helpful, sensible advice which is both pro-dog and pro-person. Send your questions to: Sarah@petliferadio.com

At Teacher’s Pet obedience training is something to do with your dog, not to your dog and it is fun – for both ends of the leash so - give us a try!

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Sketches Handblocking....Tootsie Throwing Downs..........Xia With Curb

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Hand Blocking, Creating Success and Mobility Assistance Dogs!

In this episode, you get three short training sessions where you'll see hand blocking with a young pup who has never done it before (it takes 30 seconds - go see for yourself!), rewarding a pup's interest, a pulsing on lead situation and how Sarah handle's an "oops" moment (everyone has them) and then you get an interview with Shirley Minatelli about life with her Mobility Assistance dog, Xia. Enjoy!

Have questions? Want Sarah to work with your video clip on air?
E-mail her at Sarah@petliferadio.com

Links to the clips can be found at PetLifeRadio.com - Teacher's Pet - the Episode Info page for this Episode!

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Mother May I Pip Food......Mother May I Pip Play..... Mother May I Tootsie

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Mother May I Sketches.......Xia & Dishwasher .

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Mother May I

"Mother May I" is a game out of Sarah's book My Smart Puppy (written with her partner and husband, Brian Kilcommons) with the goal of teaching your dog to look to you whenever something tempting (or concerning) comes into view. Each piece of this game is taught separately but you can see the end result in the two video clips of Sarah working her rescue dog, Pip. This episode also includes a fun and creative trick that Shirley Minatelli taught her service dog, Xia. What a tidy pair these two are! All Video Clips can be found HERE

Have questions? E-mail Sarah at Sarah@petliferadio.com or visit her website: MySmartPuppy.com and post a question on the friendly community boards.

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.....Gypsy Call Backs..............Gypsy Downs..............Gypsy Simple Sit

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Simple Sit, Guided Down, Beginning of Come & More!

See the Simple Sit, learn what part a slack lead plays in the guided down, hear how to turn that head turn into a consistent Come!, find out Sarah's suggestions for a listener's question and, want to know how Sarah answers a bystanders friendly suggestion to just put the puppy Sarah's working in the back of their car? Tune in!

Have questions? Want Sarah to work with your video clip on air?
E-mail her at Sarah@petliferadio.com

Links to the clips can be found at PetLifeRadio.com - Teacher's Pet - the Episode Info page for this Episode!

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.......Vicki and Tally.................Place for Pip..................Catch My Drift

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Walking On Lead 1: Games to Play

Listen (and watch) to Sarah coach a friend with her puppy then see Sarah working with a German Shepherd Dog puppy - learn a few tricks of the trade and some tips on how to build success with this universally challenging behavior: walking on a loose lead. Also, see how Sarah uses Place for Pip at meal time as well as how Pip "begs" for her supper, after that, we'll check in on the cheese retrieve.

Questions or Comments? Email Sarah at: Sarah@petliferadio.com - also, Check out Sarah's Teacher's Pet Blog & visit her at the free, moderated message boards at www.MySmartPuppy.com.

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Sarah works with Harrington..................................Melissa works with Milo

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Head Turn

This week learn how to create better control around distractions. See Sarah work with a 12 week old puppy, watch Melissa Fischer (www.puppyhomeschool.com) work with her sensitive Beagle, Milo, and then listen to a more advanced session with Melissa and her Australian Shepherd, Petra. This work is easy, fun, and every dog/ handler would benefit from it. After that, learn a creative way of using place to problem solve and hear Pip's second session in the Cheese Retrieve. Enjoy!

Questions or Comments? Email Sarah at: Sarah@petliferadio.com - also, Check out Sarah's Teacher's Pet Blog!