# @susangarrettdogsthat on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DaLYXm_t9cS
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/67346931-susangarrettdogsthat-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-06-29T17:18:01.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Susan Garrett (@susangarrettdogsthat) — https://gondola.cc/susangarrettdogsthat

## Caption

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗶𝗴𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗱𝗼𝗴 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗶𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲-𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸…

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗶𝗴𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗴𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲?

This video doesn’t show dogs recalling away from empty spaces.

It’s a 5-month-old Terrier leaving another dog in the midst of play. A rescue Bulldog-mix abandoning an out-of-sight-hunt.
A Border Collie recalling from 200 feet away while nose-to-nose with temptation.

No stern, loud voice, no fear, no intimidation, no tools applied.

Just a relationship built through games, choice, and reinforcement that makes coming back the best decision.

People will tell you game-based training doesn’t hold up in the real world.

The dogs here share a different version of the truth.

The goal was never to create a ‘robotic dog’ that obeys because they have to. The goal is always to build a relationship that results in a dog choosing you because they want to.

Training this way is rehearsing daily KINDNESS that changes who you are as a person. 

Creating a relationship of trust. And trust goes further than control ever will.

#GameBasedLearning #Kindness #RecallersDog

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kindness, recallersdog, gamebasedlearning

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