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Everybody , welcome to a podcast for dog

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people . I'm John and I'm Jamie and we

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are your personal dog experts . We're

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here to help you better understand your dogs in the wide

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spectrum of behaviors they exhibit , so

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join us on this journey to learn everything

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. Dog . Hello

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and welcome to another episode of

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the podcast for dog people by Paulson University

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. I am Jamie Cabanetta . I am

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your host . I am flying solo

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today without John . If you

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are new to us , john

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usually does this with me . Go through our other

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episodes . So I am flying solo today . I'm

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gonna try this out and see how it goes . A little

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nervous , but I don't know why , cuz I can talk to a wall . So

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bear with me . I'm gonna go over some fun things today

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some Thanksgiving stuff , christmas , puppies

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, expectations , puppyhood

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in general . We're kind of we're kind of still flying

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with our Instagram

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week of puppyhood . We

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did it for two weeks . We're kind of keeping it going until

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after Thanksgiving . So , if you

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are listening in , I am recording this

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on Tuesday before Thanksgiving and

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Really excited to be here with you guys . John

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is not with me . I'm gonna go over that real quick . John is

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not with me right now because he is out in our

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barn , or our kennel , so to speak

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, and he is fixing it . We've

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talked about this Once or twice

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on a few of our last episodes , but

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one of our kennels

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one of our actual like rooms in

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our barn Got destroyed by

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one of our boarding dogs that was here . If

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anybody is new , we will

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board dogs here . Technically , I guess

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you would call it a board and train I hate that phrase , though

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For dogs that need to be rescued

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. We work with a lot

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of rescues in our area that are struggling

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to get specific dogs Adopted

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. If they are , you know , at

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youth , are at risk of euthanasia

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, we will take them and

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work with them on whatever issues they are struggling

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with . That is not allowing them to

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get adopted or they're just showing really poorly

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wherever they are being held . If

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they are not , you know , able to be in foster

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for whatever reason stress , anxiety

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, reactivity , aggression

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, whatever they are dealing with we will take

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them here so they can

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improve , get some decompression time and

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really get a little bit of more

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of the limelight on our Instagram page . So

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if you ever see one of those , please share them

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, even if it's to random people , even

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if they're not interested . It definitely gets the

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algorithm moving and gets these dogs seen

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to , hopefully , their future families

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. But right now John

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is outside in that kennel

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trying to fix it . We had a dog with

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us . His name is Duke . He

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has severe separation anxiety

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and he actually managed to

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dig a hole in the foundation

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and rip up

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the turf completely , which I was . I wasn't

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even that . I was legitimately impressed . I was like

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, wow . I Was only

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gone for a half an hour and

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I was like , wow , you did , you did some legitimate

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damage . I was really impressed

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by what I saw . But it also being really sad

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because obviously he's feeling really Stressed

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out when he's alone . So

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thankfully his rescue came back to grab him

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. He's doing just completely fine . They

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basically run a sanctuary so they think that

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his best option is to live

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his days out with them . I truly

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think that he can be in a home

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with another family as long as their

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home . Most of the time . He has no issues

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with other dogs . He's actually really well

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behaved . He's just super anxious when left alone

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. So that's his biggest thing and a lot of people don't want

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to deal with that . They like to leave the house . So he

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is , you know , he needs that unicorn

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family that lives at home and wants to be

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at home all time home bodies anyway . So

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he's cleaning up that , that kennel

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, and making sure that it

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is safe and sound for another

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dog that we are getting Brought to us

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on Wednesday . If

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you have been following us , you know a little bit

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about Clarence , who is currently with us . He's

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a dream . We absolutely love Clarence

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. If anybody is interested in adopting a

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dog or you know if somebody who needs a dog

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you know , before this holiday season

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he is the sweetest boy . He has

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slight reactivity to other dogs but he did really

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well with Oakley . Just kind

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of fearful from the beginning , but he's not this

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dog that like sticks to

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his guns . He is very

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easily won over , whether

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it's people or dogs . As long

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as you don't become a threat , he is like

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okay , we can be friends . He's really not a tough

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cookie when it comes to that . Just the initial

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fear is what spikes

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him . But he's been doing great

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with us . He's . He's a sweet boy . He's very funny , rolls

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around . He likes to play , likes to go for walks . He's

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very well-natured , very

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obedient dog . I literally hate that word . I

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don't like that . What comes with it . But he is like

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you ask him to do something , he's like , okay , ten hot

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like he is very , like , let's do

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it . But he doesn't look like he's

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fearful of it . He just kind of wants

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to please and that's that's . He's

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really good at that . He has

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a very good ability of like staying focused

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and not getting distracted . So

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, yes , clarence is in need of adoption

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. And then we have the other dog , turtle , coming

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on Wednesday and we will see what his deal

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is . I think he doesn't like a lot of chaos

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, he likes a quiet life . So we'll see . He'll be

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decompressing for the first week . So

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, moving on to the

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meat and potatoes and

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Thanksgiving . So , meat and potatoes , fabulous . So

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Thanksgiving is upon us . If you're

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listening to this before Thanksgiving , everything

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I'm saying here can kind of be

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applied to Christmas as well , or whatever

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holidays that you celebrate in the

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next two months . A lot of holidays

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coming up , you know , new Year's

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Eve included . That's when people get a little rowdy

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, so that's even more so what you can

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apply to keep our dogs

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safe . By everything

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that I'm gonna say , you're gonna hear . What am I saying

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? To protect your dog . Right

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, we obviously wanna protect your guests if your dog has

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, you know , some reactivity and is a bite

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risk , but really we're looking to protect

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the dog , because if the dog feels protected , you

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won't have to protect your guests . So really

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, we're making sure that our dogs are super , super

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comfortable and making sure that our expectations

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are proper , right . So if your dog

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is not used to guests coming over and you're

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planning on having Thanksgiving , do

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not have high expectations for your dog

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to enjoy this situation . It's

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just not gonna happen . You're gonna set yourself up

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for failure to now not enjoy

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your day . You can have proper expectations

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for how things are gonna go or

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even dull them down slightly , have

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like negative expectations . Then when your dog actually

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surprises you , you'll be feeling really good

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about it . But do not put them on this pedestal where

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they have to climb up there to

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get your approval for how the day

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is gonna go right . So we're gonna meet them where they're

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at and really help them succeed

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. So this will pretty

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much be making sure that our dogs

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needs are met prior to guests coming

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over mental stimulation

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, frozen bones , frozen congs , one-on-one

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time . Obviously the holidays are stressful

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. Right , you might be cooking , you might be getting

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the house ready to go , but there should be

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other family members around that are like willing

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to help you . If you have kids

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, give that task

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to your kids , right ? Maybe we're

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exercising the dog before our guests are coming

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over , not over-exercising

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, like not crazy behavior

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. We're not playing like Frisbee and Fetch . Those

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tend to overstimulate , overtire

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our dogs , especially the quantity of time , right

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? So if your dog does like to Fetch

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, you wanna make sure that they stay away

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from obsessive tendencies . Where it's like they can't stop

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, it's like OCD , like need to play , need to

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play , need to play . Just a little

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bit of play , maybe 10 minutes , 15 minutes

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. Then go for a nice risk walk . This

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is not a stressful walk , this is just , you

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know again , 10 , 15 , 20 minutes of

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just calm walking and sniffing

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. We're not really asking any big things

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of them . We're not asking them to , you know

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, do crazy things and not

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be themselves . We're just kinda letting them get their yayas

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out , letting them work it out , let them self-regulate

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, let them stimulate , and then take them home

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and give them some time to chill with that enrichment inside

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, whether it's in a room alone or on

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the couch or wherever they like , to just relax and

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they're the most calm . That's what we're gonna head

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to do , okay , and then when your guests come

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, if your dog is on the overexcited

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part of this and not like the

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get out of my house reactive side of

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this . You're going to make

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sure that you are introducing

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your dog to your guests properly , right

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that we're not allowing our dogs to kinda

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run all over our guests and be crazy , because our

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dogs cannot stop that behavior . They

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don't have the self-regulation or

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the developmental place where

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they can discern what is good and what is

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bad when they are overstimulated okay . So

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when they are doing that , we need to

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set them up for success and say , okay , what

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are we gonna do to make sure that you don't

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get yourself overexcited , right ? So maybe we're putting

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them on a leash , especially if we have a larger dog that's gonna

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knock down our older guests . Putting them on a

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leash can actually really help us out here . Now , we're

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not using the leash for corrections and we're not using

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it to hurt our dogs or restrict

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them in a aversive way . We

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are basically creating space for

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them to calm themselves down and we're walking

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them around . We're not being stagnant just expecting

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them to wait there . Right , move them around

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a little bit . Move them around your house , praise

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them , treat them , even when they have crazy behavior

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. Okay , they just need someone to talk to them

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, talk them off the ledge , get them down where

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they need to be , and then you

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can have your guests or one of your family members

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hand off again a frozen bone or a frozen

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conk , a bully stick , a yak

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bone , something safe that is high

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value for your dog . That's gonna never be safe . Oh

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, split my brain into doing this really awesome

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thing with my mouth and also really

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getting affection and love from the people and the guests

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that are here , without jumping and being crazy

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, because now I have this thing to hold in my

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mouth and it's actually gonna calm me down quite

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a bit when we do this . This actually

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helps our dogs be more natural , right

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? A lot of times when you hear training , we're like sit

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, stay , don't let anybody go near

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the dog unless they're completely calm . That's

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unrealistic . One , your guests don't

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wanna do this and two , your dogs are freaking

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out and what it tells them is nobody

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loves me unless I

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do XYZ perfectly , and

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that's not really what we're saying . Right

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, it's not really what we want for

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our dogs . We don't wanna say I only love

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you when you do this , right , we don't

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wanna do that to our kids either . I only love you

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when you behave . No , that's how we get

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like abandonment issues and like anxiety

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and just you know , socially awkwardness

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, right , and we don't want that for our dogs

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. We wanna say we love you and

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we see you're having a really hard time , so let us help

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you through this and let us help you self-regulate

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, right ? So what we're gonna say is we're gonna say calm

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ourselves down , you're still getting love , you're still getting

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attention and food , but we're not gonna allow

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you to continue the crazy behavior

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of jumping on people to continue , right

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? So maybe you have your dog on your leash a little bit away

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from your guests and your guests can talk to your dog

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or they can meet your dog on

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their level on the floor . If you have a guest who

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is willing to do this , even better , right , our

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older family members not so much . We don't want them getting knocked

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down , but if someone is willing to get

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on your dog's level , get down on their knee and

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really give your dog some pets while

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you're feeding them and keeping them on the

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floor , your dog is golden . Because

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then they're gonna say , okay , I'm getting love

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, praise , affection , pets and

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food all in this moment . All my needs are getting

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met and I'm not physically jumping . Okay

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, this is the key , right ? That

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is a huge thing if we're actually just authentically

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showing them what works , what

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gets their needs met , because that's really all they want . They don't want

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to jump . The reason why they jump is because they feel

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like they're not getting what they need and that's the only way to make

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it work . So we're gonna try and take that off

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the table right . Tell your guests to get down on their

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level and give them that love

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, give them that food . I always tell people to palm

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a treat in your palm and let your dog

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work at that . Don't immediately shove it down their throat

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. Make them work at it right , super high value

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, right in your palm , and then you can have them strongly

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in on your body while you pet them and they calm

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down . They self-regulate on their own . Nice , calm

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, praise , they're not overexcited . I know that's hard for a lot

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of our guests to not get overexcited and go oh , my goodness

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, I love you so much . Right , come

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say hi to grandma . We want to try to

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deter from that if our dogs are easily sparked

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by that . If your dog is reactive

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, really fearful , all right , your job

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is definitely to protect your dog this holiday

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season . Okay , you

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want them to feel safe in their own home

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and you want to do what works for them . Some

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dogs get really weird if a guests come in and

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they ignore them . A lot of people say ignore them

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, don't look at them . That works for a lot of dogs . Some

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dogs are like why aren't you looking at me

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? What's wrong with you , right ? So you have to figure out what works

12:29

for your dog . Some dogs want

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the space , but do want the acknowledgement

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and the treats and for them to get paid

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attention . To Remind

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your guests , if this is your dog , no

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one pets or approaches . This is

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a big one approaches . You should not be physically

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walking up to a dog . If the dog is not

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soliciting attention from you , okay , if they're

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fearful , it needs to be

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their idea . Okay , this

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is big and it's really hard for humans because

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our impulse control when a dog is around

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is garbage . We're like

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dog let me love you , right ? No

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, let me try . Let me reach my hand out for

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you to smell me . They smelled you the

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moment you walked in the door . You're scent at this

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point is the point is moot . Okay , it's

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more so . What can you do

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to meet their needs

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right Now , if you are someone listening and you're

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going to someone's house who has a dog who's reacted , this

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is for you , okay . Respect

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the dog's space . Respect what the dog

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is showing you and telling you . If

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they don't look happy , if they're giving you

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whale eyes , if their posture is tense

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, back it on up . Do not make direct

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eye contact . Back it on up . Make

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yourself not a threat . Okay , don't

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be one of those people that's like . I'm a dog person

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. Let me try . Don't be that person this holiday season

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. Don't do it . No one likes it . Don't do

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it , okay . Create

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time , all right . Or separation in a different

13:49

room for decompression time . Decompression

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time is huge , okay . So if your dog is overstimulated

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, overtired or they

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are reactive and fearful , they

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need time away from everybody to recharge . Just

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like our introverted people

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, we need breaks to recharge our brains

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so we can act appropriately and like , continue

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with conversation and be normal . Our dogs

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need the same exact thing . So , whether it's them being in a crate

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in a different room with enrichment , or they're

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in a room by

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themselves with the door closed , or

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you have a dog walker that they really love to come and take

14:21

them for a walk on Thanksgiving , to be

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walked around the block for 15 minutes , anything

14:25

to kind of get them out of the chaos and

14:27

the hustle and bustle so they can think clearly . Do

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not expect your dog to be able to hang out with

14:32

your family that's chaotic and loud like

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mine , I have an Italian family . On both sides

14:36

it's loud , it's a lot

14:38

, and when our expectations are high

14:41

to make our dogs endure that for long

14:43

periods of time , they will lose

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it . They will lose it and they will make a mistake and the only

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one that's at fault is us . So take

14:49

them out of the situation . Acknowledge when

14:51

they look like they're getting a little bit stressed . Honestly

14:53

, I usually tell people don't wait for the

14:55

stress indicators , just take them out of the situation

14:57

. If they've been in the situation for 45

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minutes to an hour , it's time and you know

15:02

they have a problem with this . Give them a break . Let

15:04

them take a nap . Nothing wrong with that . They can

15:06

rejoin the party after another half an hour . 45

15:08

minutes of decompressing and having some alone

15:10

time , even if they're just with another

15:12

family member in that back room . That's

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what you can go for . That

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is a really , really big thing , right . Giving them

15:19

some outside time if they so choose

15:21

, and the number one advice

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I can give is do not change

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the way that you treat them when your

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guests come into the home , because that's all

15:30

they will remember . Everything was great

15:32

. Every day is normally fine between me and my parents

15:34

and my family members , but the second that we have

15:36

guests over , everybody's mad at me , everyone's yelling

15:39

at me . They don't understand that . It's

15:41

their behavior that is the problem for you . They're

15:43

understanding what's the common denominator , who's

15:46

different ? Who came ? What changed

15:48

the guests ? The guests are here

15:50

now I'm getting yelled at . It's the guest problem

15:52

. It's their fault that I am getting yelled

15:54

at , right . So now they're going to

15:56

internalize that they don't like guests . I

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don't like when guests come over . I do not have a good connotation

16:01

with this whole situation , and the next time it'll be even

16:03

worse and you'll just kinda go up this ladder

16:05

and you're like I don't know what changed . You have

16:07

to understand how you are acting and

16:10

how it is portrayed , and what is it telling

16:12

to our dogs ? Okay , so try and

16:14

have a really positive outlook , but

16:16

our expectations are low . Right , we

16:19

are helping our dogs succeed in

16:22

the best way they can do for us , and I will tell

16:24

you right now , if anybody here listens to Renee

16:26

Brown . She talks about people

16:29

are doing the best they can . Our dogs

16:31

are doing the best they can with what they

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know . They are not purposely trying to do

16:35

anything to us . They are

16:37

most of the time in survival mode and

16:40

getting my needs met mode . So

16:42

if you can tell yourself

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my dog is doing the best they can , you

16:47

will change your mindset for this holiday and

16:49

you will actually set them up for success . Help

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them do the best that they can by putting

16:53

them in a good position . All right , so

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that is my conversation on the holidays and

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what to expect this holiday season

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. Where to get your minds right . We're gonna dive into this

17:02

more as the month goes on , because we're

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quickly going into December , but

17:08

this is , you know , just getting this out there for the Thanksgiving

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Day coming up in two days , I

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am going to kind of swiftly go

17:15

into a new offer that I'm going to be offering

17:18

soon . I wanted to get everyone's

17:20

ideas on this and what they're feeling

17:22

on it . I really wanna connect with all of you

17:24

and figure out what do you need

17:26

so I can make this program amazing . Now , this

17:29

is what I'm tentatively calling it

17:32

. I may change it , I'm not sure . But basically

17:34

, puppy-parenthood group coaching

17:36

okay , a lot of

17:38

people that have reached out to me over the years , you

17:41

know they come to me with their issues . Whether it's

17:43

puppy , adult dogs doesn't matter

17:45

, and price is a problem

17:47

for a lot of people . Right , we want the

17:49

one-on-one care . We want as much as we

17:51

can for our dogs , but good training

17:54

, good , proper training , is expensive

17:56

. I love what I do , but

17:59

I do have my bills to pay , right . So I still need

18:01

to know my worth and make sure

18:03

that I am getting exactly what I need

18:05

to give the world the help that they need . And

18:08

what I've decided to do is to meet

18:10

both needs and really get a really good camaraderie

18:12

here and actually really help people

18:14

more . So I learned this from my

18:17

own business coach , jess

18:19

. She's amazing . She's

18:22

been doing this for business owners and now I'm

18:24

gonna do it for puppy owners , for puppy parents . I'm

18:26

gonna create a group of 10 parents

18:29

per group and we

18:31

are going to have weekly training

18:33

calls for

18:35

three months . Every week there will be

18:37

a training call and we can talk about

18:39

a specific topic , whatever the group is

18:41

struggling with at whatever time . That

18:44

is what we're gonna get into . Potty

18:46

training , teething , jumping

18:49

. Maybe we're seeing some advanced

18:51

behaviors kind of pop up at an unusually

18:53

young age some guarding , maybe

18:56

some reactivity and some fear , separation

18:58

, anxiety , all of the things

19:00

, all the things . There's nothing that is off

19:02

limits for this group . I'm

19:05

targeting my puppy parents first

19:07

, because this is where it all starts . If

19:10

we have a fabulous puppyhood and

19:13

you give your dog everything they need , their needs

19:15

are met , their socialization is up

19:17

to snuff , they're just chugging along

19:20

, they get socialization with babies and dogs

19:22

and other people and they're

19:24

just like filling

19:26

their cup every day and you're

19:29

doing it easily and you're not resentful and you're

19:31

not exhausted , you will

19:33

have the best relationship with your dog and that

19:35

is what I am trying to grow and

19:37

invite you to all grow with me . We're

19:40

gonna have this group where we're all talking

19:42

to each other . We're gonna have a Facebook group aside

19:45

from those weekly sessions , and we're

19:47

gonna talk in there constantly . My

19:49

dog just did this , as anybody

19:51

in the group experiencing this as well , what's

19:54

working and I can critique on

19:56

a daily level on what

19:58

you're doing and how to shift this as

20:00

per your dog's personality and because

20:02

this is a group setting , there are gonna

20:04

be other dogs in the group that are just like your dog

20:06

. But there's gonna be other dogs in the group who are not like

20:09

your dog . Okay , they're gonna have different personalities

20:11

, they're gonna have different struggles and you'll be able

20:13

to learn these things . Just in

20:15

case your dog is going to experience them

20:17

later down the road

20:19

or you eventually get another

20:21

dog one day that has the same personality

20:24

as that other dog . You're not gonna have to do the

20:26

group again because you already have all the information

20:28

. So everything is gonna be there , okay

20:30

, not only on top of all the other things that

20:32

I've already listed . We're gonna do

20:34

all the obedience cues . We're gonna do look

20:36

, we're gonna do wait , touch , leave

20:39

it , drop it up down , stay

20:41

. Well , I don't really do stay , I do wait or

20:44

go lay down . That's my thing if I want my dogs to go

20:46

lay down and they realize that we're not doing a release and we're

20:48

not doing anything crazy . Up , go lay down and they're like okay

20:50

, not going anywhere anytime soon and the communication

20:53

is clear , right , and I'm gonna

20:55

go through all of these things with you and your family

20:57

are allowed to sit on these calls . These are gonna be Zoom

20:59

sessions . There's gonna be so many resources

21:02

and videos for you guys to look over and check

21:04

over that you will have consistently

21:06

. It's not like , if you can't make the Zoom , call

21:09

your SOL and you don't have the information

21:11

. All this stuff will be recorded for everybody in your family

21:13

to re-watch . There's gonna be a ton

21:15

of videos to go over

21:17

as your puppy gets older and

21:20

content that maybe your puppy

21:22

is not experiencing at that very moment that we're talking

21:24

about it , but you're gonna be able to go back to it and

21:27

you're gonna be able to utilize that at any

21:29

given moment . So

21:31

this is my new offer . This is what I'm really excited

21:33

, and this is gonna be at an affordable rate . What

21:37

we're looking for is the 150

21:40

range a month 150

21:43

every month for three months and you are

21:45

going to pay 450 total for

21:47

basically what ? Four sessions

21:50

a month . That's 12 sessions . Okay , that's

21:53

like unheard of of me just answering

21:55

all your questions in live time and

21:58

being able to help you on a daily basis in that Facebook

22:00

group with anything that you're consistently struggling with

22:03

. I think this is super valuable because

22:05

a lot of people do not

22:07

have their trainers that they hire

22:09

at their back and call whenever

22:11

they need them on a daily basis when we're in

22:13

crisis in that moment , and this

22:16

will be the system that

22:18

will give you what you need daily . So

22:20

that is our new offer that will

22:23

. If you wanna get on the waiting list , you

22:25

wanna get on our radar

22:27

for that and you wanna learn more about it , I'm

22:29

gonna have John link something

22:31

in the show notes or on our Instagram

22:34

to have you put down your name and your

22:36

email so you can get steady emails

22:38

on when that's gonna start and the pricing

22:40

and all the things that are included in that

22:42

, so you can tell me if that's

22:44

something that you're interested in . We're

22:47

also going to be

22:50

changing some things around . What we would like

22:52

to do is take our current Facebook group that

22:54

we have for tips and tricks and we're gonna turn this into

22:56

our podcast group . We are

22:58

going to really ask you guys

23:00

to come out of the woodwork . I know a lot of you are probably driving

23:03

while you listen to this episode

23:05

or all of our episodes , if that's what

23:07

you do , but I really

23:09

would love for you to find us on Facebook

23:11

. It's gonna be

23:14

I'll probably rename it , I

23:17

guess the podcast for dog people instead of the Possum

23:19

University podcast . Yeah , where it's gonna be

23:21

the podcast for dog people . Look for us

23:23

on Facebook . I'll get you

23:25

added . You'll see all of these things that we're

23:27

gonna be posting on a daily

23:30

level Our Instagram posts , our Facebook

23:32

posts , our episodes

23:34

, all of our links , any

23:36

free videos that we're gonna be making at the time , all

23:39

of our blog posts . I'm gonna have John

23:41

post there for you guys to look at and see

23:43

. Whenever we post them . It's

23:45

free content . You'll

23:48

have it at your disposal . Please join

23:50

our group . We wanna learn and connect

23:52

more with our podcast family

23:54

. There's a lot of you . There's a lot of you

23:57

that we don't hear from and we would love

23:59

to . I wanna know what you guys wanna hear , what

24:01

you guys wanna learn about . I wanna know all the topics

24:03

so we can meet all of those needs and

24:06

really give you guys what you truly want

24:08

to listen to . So please

24:10

join that Facebook group and let us

24:13

know what episodes you'd like , what topics you

24:15

want us to cover . Another

24:17

thing that we're going to be doing that . I just got

24:19

the idea this morning and I really wanna run with it , but I

24:21

have a question . I wanna do an

24:23

advent calendar opening every

24:26

day of December until Christmas

24:28

with our dogs , and I'm wondering

24:30

if I should get three advent

24:32

dog calendars or just one . Would

24:35

you think it funny to have three

24:37

different ones and watch each dog's

24:39

different response to each of these treats , or

24:42

do you think just one advent calendar for the

24:44

three of them would suffice

24:46

? Let me know what you wanna see , what

24:48

you guys wanna hear from us about , and

24:50

, yeah , we'll just kinda keep it moving . Now

24:53

we're gonna get into the closings . I'm gonna

24:56

talk about our Black Friday deals . I

24:59

think they're pretty awesome and I'm actually really excited

25:01

because this is the first time we've ever done Black Friday

25:03

deals . We've never done them before , but we have

25:05

a lot of offers right now that I think deserve some

25:07

discounts for you guys , because you guys work

25:09

hard and it's holiday season and it's

25:11

all about giving back , right ? So these are our

25:13

Black Friday deals Right now . Until

25:16

so it's Tuesday , november

25:19

21st , until

25:21

Sunday at midnight

25:23

, we are offering

25:25

10% off all of our bundles

25:28

. Okay , so we have two bundles the deluxe

25:30

, which is five full sessions , five 15 minute follow

25:32

calls , and then our basic , which

25:34

is three full sessions and two 15 minute

25:37

follow calls , with all the resources talking

25:39

to me , texting me , emailing me in

25:41

between your sessions , your homework , your protocols

25:44

, all that good stuff , 10% off . If

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you go to our website , right on the homepage

25:49

it will say Black Friday deals . Click

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on that and you'll see all the options . The

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other two are one of them is buy

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one , give one advanced

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26:01

you buy one for yourself and then

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you get another login for

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a friend , a family member Okay

26:08

, this course

26:10

is for all of the

26:13

anxious , anal , hovering

26:15

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26:17

who constantly think their dog is

26:19

dying or think that or they have

26:21

an accident prone dog . Maybe

26:24

your dog is like super active , but

26:26

also super accident prone . You

26:29

like to travel with your dog , you

26:31

like to go hiking . You like to be active . You

26:33

take them out of the house , you accidentally

26:35

put them in harm's way quite often and

26:39

you wanna make sure that you have every

26:41

tool in your toolbox , in your

26:43

brain and physically to

26:46

fix a problem if

26:48

it arises . Your dog gets stung by a bee

26:50

, your dog gets bit by a snake , your dog has

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a wound , a really ridiculous

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wound , that they are in

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harm's way . This is the

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amazing , and not just because he's my husband . This

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. It is like it's

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life changing . It's life changing and it's life saving

27:11

. Okay , there are so many things , so many times

27:13

where we've seen

27:15

our friends and family whisk off to the vet

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so quickly because

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they haven't taken this course and in reality , they

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would save thousands of dollars by listening to

27:24

it first and really learning . Not

27:26

only that , but this course comes with

27:28

certification card and

27:30

it's good for two years , but you

27:32

have the program to recertify every

27:35

two years . Because you don't have to pay again . The course

27:37

is yours for life . So you are paying

27:39

to redo this over

27:42

and over and over again and you'll get new

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cards and new certifications

27:46

. So buy one , get one

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. You get one for yourself and then you gift

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the other one , okay . The other

27:53

Black Friday deal is buy

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our dogs and babies course . This is for

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all expecting or parents

28:00

who already have their children and

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have a dog and are struggling . Or

28:04

maybe your dog is good with your kids , but

28:07

kids in your neighborhood

28:09

, your kids friends , wanna come over . This

28:12

is the course for you , okay ? So

28:14

when you buy the dogs and babies course , you

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28:21

for the price of one . This is amazing

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. Not only will you get your dog

28:26

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in harm's way . So those are our three

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one , get one . And then , yeah

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, visit possumuniversitycom . Slash

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those deals right there . I'm

28:48

really looking forward to helping you all

28:50

this holiday season . Please

28:53

do us a huge , huge favor . Help us reach

28:55

our people that need

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to hear us but haven't found us yet . Please

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rate us five stars . If you are listening on

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would really appreciate it . That's

29:07

all we have for today . I hope

29:09

you all enjoyed me flying solo

29:11

and you didn't think that's stale or insane

29:13

or me just rambling on . This

29:16

is what it sounds like in my head all the time too , so

29:18

welcome . That's

29:20

all we have for today . Until next week

29:22

, have a very happy Thanksgiving and

29:24

class dismissed .