# This Or That's: Your Dog's Decision-Making Blueprint #332

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Podcast: [Shaped by Dog with Susan Garrett](https://stenobird.com/podcast/shaped-by-dog-with-susan-garrett-487351)
Published: 2026-07-24T13:42:00+00:00
Episode link: https://dogsthat.com/podcast/332/
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## Resource

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-…

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