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This Or That's: Your Dog's Decision-Making Blueprint #332
Episode 332
Friday, 24 July, 2026
Visit us at shapedbydog.com This or That games create a decision-making blueprint that helps your dog learn to make brilliant choices. In this episode, I share the five stages that grow simple choices into confident everyday decision-making. You'll also discover the common mistakes that can take choice away from your dog and how to know when they're ready to progress, so you can grow a confident decision-maker who knows how to choose well, even when life gets exciting. 🎉Join the free ItsYerChoice Summit and be added to the waitlist for the Recallers Archetype Series event coming in late August: https://dogsthat.com/y/332/iycsummit In this episode, you'll hear: • Why there can be a big gap between teaching behaviors and expecting good decisions around distractions. • How your dog's behavior gives you feedback about what they actually learned. • Why This or That games pair one well-understood response with another. • The five stages of This or That games: Spotlight Choices, Choice Pairs, Choice Challenges, Choice Chains, and Choice Living. • How Spotlights are used to create clarity, with examples of the ones I use ("cook," "search," "chow," "strike," and "bring"). • Why I make failure inexpensive for dogs. • How Buzz's love of swimming became a game of waiting for permission to enter the pond. • How to know when a dog is ready to progress in the 5 Stages. • The common mistakes that can remove clarity or sacrifice joy as the games progress. • How to join the free ItsYerChoice Summit and the waitlist for my Recallers Archetype Series event. Get Crate Games Online: https://get.crategames.com/ - https://get.crategames.com/ Learn ItsYerChoice & Join The Recallers Archetype Waitlist: Join The ItsYerChoice Summit & Recallers Archetype Waitlist - https://dogsthat.com/iycsummit-join/ Resources: 1. DogsThat YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/dogsthat 2. Podcast Episode 331: This Or That's: Why Most Dogs Never Become Decision-Makers - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/331/ 3. Podcast Episode 327: Beyond "Yes" And "Good": Why Your Dog Needs "Spotlights" - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/327/ 4. Podcast Episode 245: Make Dog Training Easy! Quick Guide To Antecedent Arrangements - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/245/ 5. Podcast Episode 174: Dopamine In Dog Training: Anticipation, Rewards, And The Transfer Of Value - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/174/ 6. Podcast Episode 89: Why Dogs Should Not Tug: The Truth Revealed - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/89/ 7. Podcast Episode 224: Unleashing Fluency In Dog Training: Cracking The Canine Communication Code - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/224/ 8. Watch this Episode of Shaped by Dog on YouTube - https://youtu.be/NTldhunMtrA
