May 9, 2025 • 28 mins
The transformative power of rescue dog adoption takes center stage as Drew and Gabe open their hearts and share their deeply personal journeys with their beloved shelter pets. Their stories reveal how these special dogs found their forever homes and forever changed their humans' lives in the process.
Gabe's experience with Oliver begins at a local shelter where his family discovered a tiny three-month-old puppy with mismatched ears who had been found as a stray. For just $50 (thanks to grandma's senior discount!), they welcomed this shepherd-terrier mix into their family, never imagining he would grow into the massive, loyal companion he became. Through puppy challenges, training triumphs, and discovering Oliver's quirky personality traits – like his perfect response to "no begging" – Gabe illustrates how this unique rescue became an irreplaceable family member.
Meanwhile, Drew's path with Oakley takes an unexpected turn when what was meant to be temporary fostering of a seven-year-old Swiss White Shepherd becomes a profound connection neither could deny. "It felt like we just picked him up from vacation," Drew explains, describing an instant bond that seemed destined. Learning that Oakley had bounced between multiple foster homes and faced potential euthanasia only cemented their decision to make their "foster fail" official within just one week.
Both hosts candidly discuss the realities of rescue adoption – from recognizing trauma responses and managing socialization challenges with large dogs to the practical consideration of shepherd-level shedding (be ready to vacuum constantly!). They offer invaluable guidance for prospective adopters, emphasizing preparation, commitment, and the option of fostering to test compatibility before permanent adoption.
Looking to bring a rescue into your life? Follow our social channels to see Oakley, Oliver and our office pups in action, and reach out if you're in Southern California seeking shelter recommendations. We'd love to hear your own rescue stories – perhaps as a future podcast guest! Remember, as Drew and Gabe affirm: "Everything that you give them, they'll give you right back."
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Welcome to the Fresh Patch Podcast, where we talk
about everything from dogtraining to potty talk.
It's time to save your rugs andget real.
This episode is brought to youby Fresh Patch, featured on
Shark Tank, Oprah and the TodayShow, and here are your hosts,
Drew and Gabe.
Speaker 2 (00:22):
Welcome to episode six of the Potty Talk Podcast.
My name is Drew and I'm just soso, so, so, so, so so so so, so,
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, so, so so about ourexperiences with being dog dads
(00:44):
and actually having two rescuesas well.
So yeah, we're just going todive in and kind of give you
guys background of if you're,you know, looking to adopt or
you know you're hesitant on arescue or whatnot.
We're going to tell our storyand just really make sure you
guys know what's up in ourexperience too, right, gabe?
Speaker 3 (01:01):
Yeah, absolutely.
I mean, everyone knows gettinga dog can be a stressful
experience, especially with arescue.
You know, you never really knowwhat you're going to get.
So you know, hopefully you canglean some stuff off of our
experiences and, you know, makesure that your pet experiences
is as good as ours.
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (01:20):
Yeah, I know, I mean we're not trying to toot our own
horn, but we have some gooddogs and we are very thankful
and blessed that we're able tofind such great rescues and
stuff, For sure.
Speaker 3 (01:30):
Some special pups, no doubt about it.
Speaker 2 (01:31):
Some really special pups.
So we kind of got two differentstories.
So you get both perspectives oflike.
I know you got Oliver as apuppy.
Yes, I got Mr Oakley right hereon the couch as a
seven-year-old.
Yeah, I'm talking to you, I'mtalking about you.
So kind of just talking aboutyou know the difference between
(01:52):
getting a puppy as a rescue andor an older dog.
I know some people are hesitantwith getting older dogs.
My man Oakley here was hoppingaround a lot but yeah, maybe if
you want to start it off, sinceyou're the puppy guy.
Speaker 3 (02:00):
Yeah, for sure.
I mean he's getting up now.
So this is the guy right here.
This is Oliver, Very, verysweet individual and an absolute
giant.
I don't know if the cameras canreally pick it up, but he is.
He is a huge dog.
Speaker 2 (02:16):
Yeah, we got the two biggest dogs in the office for
sure on the pod.
So easily.
Speaker 3 (02:20):
And the funny thing is, like you said, we got him as
a puppy.
We had no idea the size he wasgoing to, but he came home.
He had these giant paws andeveryone who would see him would
be like yeah, just buckle up,because he's gonna keep growing
that's the telltale sign rightthere absolutely the big paws
you're like oh yeah, it's gonnabe a big boy.
So yep and what?
Speaker 2 (02:37):
what breed is oliver?
Speaker 3 (02:38):
so, oliver, it's funny you know again, he was a
rescue so we weren't ever reallyquite sure.
But my mom got him one of thosedoggy DNA tests and it turns
out that he is half shepherd,half terrier, like pit bull kind
of dog.
So he is tall like a shepherdand he's bulky and muscular like
(02:59):
a pit bull.
He's got that big head like apit bull Big old head big old
square jaw you know the workshad like a pit bull, big old
head, big old square jaw.
You know the works exactly, uh.
But yeah, like with oliver um,you know we had grown up, we had
a labradoodle, um, who we gotfrom a breeder and you know he
was a very sweet dog.
I love labradoodles.
They're super high energy andfun and smart, super smart um.
(03:20):
So that was like our childhooddog, um, as me and my sisters
were kind of getting to that agewhere we're, you know, starting
to go to college and stuffgetting towards the end of high
school.
Unfortunately, you know, hepassed away pretty early and
that was a bummer.
That was a huge, hugelydevastating thing to happen to
our family.
And you know, at first we werelike, hey, maybe you know we
(03:41):
don't need a dog, maybe it'llmake our lives a little easier.
But it got around six monthsafter he passed and we all kind
of were like it's too quiet.
Yeah, you start missing them.
Speaker 2 (03:50):
We need something here, we're bored.
Speaker 3 (03:54):
Yeah, yeah, yeah for sure.
And so originally what hadhappened was my parents kind of
made a date to go to the shelterand check out some dogs.
So that's kind of what we did.
We went over to the shelter.
It was really really coolexperience.
I let you go around and look atall the dogs and, um, I think
part part of uh, like my family,like we kind of wanted a puppy
(04:18):
just so we could, like you know,raise it from a, from a uh, you
know little little guy and havethem grow up with us and get
comfortable with us and thatsort of thing.
To those of you thinking aboutdoing that, just be prepared.
That puppy stage is insane.
That first two years of owninga dog is like it's a lot of work
.
Speaker 2 (04:39):
It's a child.
You're raising a little baby.
Pretty much they don't knowwhat's going on.
They're new too.
It's new to your house.
Speaker 3 (04:47):
Oh yeah.
Speaker 2 (04:48):
You got a lot of training and stuff that goes
with Fresh Patch too.
That kind of works.
That's really cool.
Did you take a while at theshelter to find him?
Speaker 3 (04:58):
Yeah, definitely.
Speaker 2 (05:00):
He was one of the first.
Speaker 3 (05:02):
It's kind of funny how it worked out.
We were kind of funny how itworked out, like, we were kind
of like taking note, we're like,oh, this one's great, you know
like, oh, this one has a coolvibe about it.
There was a couple that we kindof like they let you pull out
and play with them.
My sister came across oliver hewas like three months at the
time, um, and he was a dog thatthey found on the street.
So, you know, we don't know hishistory or like where he came
(05:22):
from or whatever.
Yeah, but he was just thislittle pup, um, kind of like
oakley.
He had, you know, apparentlythis happens with a lot of
shepherd puppies, but he had oneear that was like this and the
other like that, and he was alittle little tiny puppy sitting
in his crate and my sister waslike this is the one.
So we pulled him out, we played, we played with him for a
little bit and he was a greatfit for our family.
(05:42):
So we were like, yeah, let's doit.
And the best part about it, um,we had our, my grandma with us,
um, so we were able to get thatsenior discount for him.
Speaker 2 (05:51):
That's right yeah, so I think it was like like give
us the paper, give us thepaperwork, come on, exactly.
Speaker 3 (05:57):
It was like 50 bucks for this guy, so that for an
invaluable member of your family, 50 bucks.
You know I'll pay lifelongmemories.
Speaker 2 (06:04):
Yeah, they become one member of your family.
$50, I'll pay that.
Speaker 3 (06:07):
Exactly.
Speaker 2 (06:07):
Lifelong memories, yeah, they become one of your
family, exactly.
Oh yeah, that's an easy, easypayment right there.
Speaker 1 (06:10):
For sure.
Speaker 2 (06:10):
And that's the great thing about rescue too.
I mean, you avoid the heavyprice tags of breeders and stuff
and you still get a great dog,still get a puppy too.
I know a lot of people do.
You know, like I want a puppyFor sure.
Go to your local shelter.
Like they're getting puppiesall the time, absolutely, and
like it's probably the breedthat you're looking for too,
maybe a little mix, but likethey're so great, you know, and
(06:31):
it's always better to you know,rescue and or get from a shelter
.
You know, yeah, the way.
Speaker 3 (06:35):
I kind of see it is like you know, you know all
about the dog breed andeverything, or you kind of you
get one from a shelter and it'slike they have their own story.
You know, they're kind of liketheir own unique dog.
And I can say that for OliverLike every once in a while we'll
come across a dog.
We're like that kind of lookslike him, but it's never A
(07:03):
spitting image.
No, it's kind of looks like him, but it's never like you know
the combination.
You know.
So he's unique For sure and um,so, as I mentioned, like he was,
he was a street dog, like theyfound him on the street, um, so
you know there were little kindof quirks about him and I know,
like, once you get into Oakley,like you'll get into that as
well, yeah, for sure, to wherewe were like oh, like there's
(07:26):
some sort of like trauma there.
You know, like my sister'sboyfriend at the time would go,
would do this thing, where he'dput his arms up like this and
kind of like march towards himand he would like freak out Like
yeah, same thing with Oakley.
Okay, yeah, yeah, yeah you knowJason did.
Speaker 2 (07:45):
One time he ran at him in the hallway and.
Speaker 1 (07:46):
Oakley freaked out, ran away.
Speaker 2 (07:50):
And like after that it was just like yeah, and every
time you run out like just putyour arms up and run after him.
Speaker 3 (07:53):
He just like puts his head down and he's like I'm out
, Like what's going on.
Funny story about that, Likewhen I trying to rouse him up
and get him to play, like I'llkind of hunch over and put my
hands on my on my thighs hereand I'll be like what's up, you
know, like kind of get themgoing.
Speaker 2 (08:08):
I did that to.
Speaker 3 (08:08):
Oakley.
Speaker 2 (08:08):
Big mistake, yeah Not like he doesn't take it kindly.
Speaker 3 (08:11):
No, he did not.
Speaker 2 (08:12):
No, all the trust goes out the window when you do
that with him, and I meanhistory either.
You know he's an older dog.
We did not get him as a puppy,so yeah trying to figure out
that trauma is a little hard,you know, and for sure you find
those little things where it'slike okay, maybe we don't do
that to him, because itobviously bothers him you know,
(08:33):
and stuff.
So trying to make them happylike I mean any rescue and stuff
and you get from a shelter,especially older dogs.
Yeah, you don't know theirhistory, so yeah you don't want
to mess with them, and if you dofind out that stuff does bother
them, I'd refrain from it Steerclear, yeah, steer clear, yeah,
absolutely You're not givingthem a good time.
You're here to give them a goodhome, good rest of their life.
Speaker 3 (08:52):
Definitely.
But ultimately he did grow up.
Those first couple years he wasextremely hyper as a giant dog.
It was a little bit crazy tomanage.
But man, like right around thattime he turned like two or
three boom, just calmed down,was the chillest dog and, like
to this day, so loyal.
(09:12):
So like listens and like youknow he's such a good dog yeah,
the commands are great.
Speaker 2 (09:16):
I mean, I love the no begging.
Yes, that's like I know that'sthe best thing we ever taught
him.
Speaker 3 (09:22):
Yeah, so like, uh, just to like explain a little
bit.
You know, whenever we're eating, eating our food, and Oliver
comes up and he's like you knowhe gets those big eyes.
You know he just looked at himand he said no begging, and he's
like okay, kind of you knowsaunters off.
I wish I could do that yeah,you say no begging to him.
Speaker 2 (09:43):
He's like he's like the coolest.
I don't think I've ever met adog that knows that command as
well as Oliver, so weird.
Speaker 3 (09:49):
It's one of those things where we didn't even
really he kind of intuited it.
We didn't really set out toteach him it.
Speaker 2 (09:57):
You didn't reward him if he did and stuff.
I know it's so funny.
I almost feel bad when I do itto him when I'm eating lunch or
something, because he just putshis head down and his eyes are
still all big, he gets all sad.
Yeah, and I'm like oh, I didn'tmean it, but I did mean it,
don't worry, he's fed well.
Speaker 3 (10:11):
He gets treats.
He gets treats when I leave inthe morning.
He gets treats when I get back.
Speaker 2 (10:16):
There's a scavenger hunt waiting for him.
Oh yeah.
Speaker 3 (10:23):
I think he's just like the prime example of like,
if you're looking to get arescue, it's just such a good
option because you know you canreally like build that
connection with that dog andit's a really special connection
, yeah, definitely.
So, kind of like bridging into,like your story with Oakley.
(10:43):
I know it's like you know,obviously it's a very similarly
deep connection, but it'sdifferent because you mentioned
that like you didn't get him asa puppy, correct?
So, like what was the processlike for you getting Oakley?
Speaker 2 (10:56):
Yeah.
So, um, it all started with mygirlfriend.
Um, she was the one you know,like we need a dog, like I'm
sick of not having.
She's always had a dog in herlife, I've always had a dog in
her life, I've always had a dogin my life.
And when we moved in togetherand stuff it was like okay, like
(11:16):
something's missing from ourlives, it's a dog.
So she signed up to be a fosterum through ace of hearts, in
the pacific palisade slash,santa monica area, um, and at
first I was just like, hey, youknow, like I'm not actually want
, like I'm down to fosterbecause I don't want to fully
commit to a dog right now, youknow, just financially, you know
time, what, everything.
I was just like I'm not, I love, love dogs, but like right now
it's just not the right timeit's a serious commitment it is.
(11:37):
It's a very serious commitment.
So she signs up, we're gettingoffered dogs left and right to
just house for like a week at atime and stuff.
But, um, it was kind of coolactually, because we would be
like we get contacted, hey, wehave this dog, and then like a
few hours later like, oh,actually, like we found a family
for it or an adopt, so that'sawesome.
We actually went like a monthwithout even fostering anything
(11:59):
or any any dog and stuff, and wewere just kind of in the
waiting game and they actuallyoffered us oakley like a couple
times.
And then they're like oh,actually we found a home for him
, like for the week, so like youknow everything.
But then he kept kind of poppingback up and you know, after
like I think it was like a monthand a half, I mean, I don't
remember exactly but they werefinally like hey, like yeah, you
need to go pick up this dogbecause the current foster like
(12:22):
is allergic and he sheds a lotand stuff.
So they got a switch and mygirlfriend and I were like yeah,
no problem.
Like where is he at?
They're like santa monica.
Okay, great, we'll go get him.
So we get in the car and we goup to this apartment that, uh,
with those fosters he was at,and we opened the door and he
like was crying and not cryingbut like excited crying you know
(12:44):
, I know, yeah, you know.
So he was stoked and we're like,okay, like what's up, buddy?
You know, like this is so cool,you're awesome, like, and stuff
.
And then we talked to the otherfosters and they explained, you
know, like my allergies are bad.
Okay, he sheds a lot.
Get kind of get some quickdetails about him.
And here's his leash,everything okay, cool.
So let's go.
And he just went down thestairs like no problem, and and
(13:08):
I took him on a quick little runbefore we drove home.
It was like an hour drive home,so hey, let's go potty real
quick and get some energy out ofyou.
And he ran with me like it waslike I've been with him forever
and it was like this weirdestfeeling, like we get him in the
car and like he's licking me andmy girlfriend on the face, and
it really felt like we justpicked him up from vacation,
(13:29):
like we went on vacation andthey were just watching him Like
he's always kind of been inyour life.
Yeah, it was the weirdestfeeling to me, like I've never
felt that big of a connectioninstantly, I mean especially
with a dog, and it was reallycool and I was like, okay, this
is different.
I've never fostered beforeeither.
So I was like, is this just afeeling like I love dogs?
You?
know you get instantly connectedand stuff.
But I was still trying to be inthe headset of like we're not
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gonna keep him, you know, and Iwant to find him a good home and
stuff, and like we signed up tobe fosters to really help out.
After a day it was like me andmy girlfriend looked at each
other.
We're like this is it he's.
He's so cool and like I mean Iwill be honest, look at him.
Just yeah, look at this guy,I'm talking about you bud,
Little big boy over here, yeah.
So I will be honest, though, hedid play us.
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He was quiet, he didn't make apeep, he was just the goodest
boy that you know.
Ate just kind of hung out andthat's what the previous foster
told her.
Like the previous foster toldher, like he just chills, he
likes belly rubs, like you know,he just kind of hangs out and
whatever.
We're like okay, cool, ended upadopting him.
After like a week we called back.
We're like, hey, I'm going toadopt him, we're going to keep
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him because they wanted us.
It was like every other week hewould go to Petco down there
and they would like you'd haveto bring your dog back and
hopefully, you know, promotethem to get adopted.
And we were just like no, he'snot going, like we're keeping
him and like apologetic to have,like I know we signed up to be
fosters and help out.
But like this is just a crazyconnection.
And they were stoked.
You know they're trying to findhim a home, trying to find him
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a home, and he had been househopping a lot, you know so and
we felt really bad.
We don't know his story either.
Um, we were told he's seven.
I don't believe he's actuallyseven.
He, like I said he kind ofplayed us and then his energy
and his personality came outafter like three months of
having him.
So, um, he's just the best, thebest dog I've ever had.
Like it's, it's so cool.
And that just goes back torescuing and fostering, Even if
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you want to start out as afoster.
We call them a failed fosterbecause, yes, we did fail and,
you know, connected with theminstantly.
Speaker 3 (15:27):
I have to say, if I fostered I would absolutely fail
too.
Speaker 1 (15:31):
I don't think I have the heart to like.
Speaker 3 (15:33):
yeah, it's so tough, it's so tough, but, like you
said, giving them.
So it's tough.
Speaker 2 (15:42):
It's tough giving them more life.
Yeah, and he was actually on,you know, like one of the
euthanasian uh lists too, so hewas gonna be put down if we
didn't find him a home and likehe was just on that fence and
that made it even more of aconnection, because it's like
okay, we're actually like savingthis dude and it just it just
sucks.
Like I know the, the fostersystem and everything, like
there's only so much they can doand like there is a lot of dogs
(16:04):
out there, but like the actualputting down is it sucks.
And like meeting him andgetting to know him and like
being like wow, like no onepicked him up, no one wanted him
.
What is wrong with?
Like notice nothing wrong withhim.
Like yeah, he sh, he sheds,okay, he's a big dog, okay, but
like I don't know, I don't knowand we don't know his story.
He has his, he has his swaghere, as we call it.
(16:25):
You guys camera can't see itright now, but um, we you know
we can.
Speaker 3 (16:40):
He hates it when I touch his feet, so maybe he'll
pop his head up.
If I, for those of you couldn'thear, he gave me a nice little
grumble there, so um he'ssensitive sometimes he is yeah,
no, absolutely um, but yeah, no,uh, oakley.
Oakley's ear, um, you know it'skind of goes down like this, but
not typical, not the typicalkind of shepherd ear where it
flops, but it's kind of like youcan tell.
(17:00):
You know it's kind of goes downlike this, but not the typical
kind of shepherd ear where itflops, but it's kind of like you
can tell.
You know he was in a fight orwho knows.
Speaker 2 (17:06):
Yeah, exactly, and that's just will always be a
mystery, but I mean he's thesweetest thing, I mean he gets
along great Sometimes, him andOliver just because they're both
shepherds, I think.
Speaker 3 (17:16):
Yeah, 200-pound dogs in a hallway bumping each other.
It's not like they get pissedat each other.
Speaker 1 (17:21):
Yeah they're just.
Speaker 3 (17:22):
Oakley's a little fussy, though.
Speaker 2 (17:23):
Yeah, he is sometimes , but like he just.
Speaker 3 (17:26):
No, he's such a sweet guy.
Speaker 2 (17:27):
Yeah he just wants to be included.
That's what my girlfriendalways says he just wants to be
included and like he doesn, andthen the other dogs are like
what's going on?
Speaker 3 (17:40):
He's confused now because they're ignoring him,
see that's why him and Oliverare a good match.
Because, they're both like hugeawkward dogs Exactly.
So you know like yeah, but thenyou get him with Tommy, I don't
know.
Speaker 2 (17:51):
I mean if you follow us on social media and you see,
our stories and stuff.
I mean best buds and it's thecoolest thing to see, especially
you know, knowing that he is arescue and everything, and you
never know what you're gonna get.
But then you bring him aroundother dogs.
Speaker 3 (18:04):
They get to know each other and like he's, I would
say like one of the cutestthings that you'll see here in
the office is oakley.
Oakley likes to give other dogskisses, like that's kind of his
affection, like go up and givehim a licks on the cheek.
Yep, oliver hates it yeah can'tstand it.
Speaker 2 (18:19):
He still does it, but oliver just kind of sits there
and goes yeah, no, I know hedoesn't get the cues of yes you
know, and I tell him to him likehey, oliver doesn't like that,
and I'm, you know, doing theyeah, get off me bro.
Speaker 3 (18:32):
Yeah, get off me um, but yeah, tommy, little tommy
man, oh he loves it.
They have such a sweetconnection and like they'll sit
there and kiss.
Tommy, and Tommy will kiss himback, and it's just like oh man,
I think we have some videos ofit, but it's the most adorable
thing ever.
Speaker 2 (18:46):
Yeah, and I think honestly it's an anxious thing
with Oakley, especially with themore hyper ones or the other
dogs are moving around whenOakley doesn't want him to move
around and once he finally getssettled he'll just go lick their
face and stuff and be like hey,man, you can chill, we're just
all here, it's adorable.
Speaker 3 (19:02):
I wish he loved it.
I know right.
Speaker 2 (19:05):
I know that's what I mean by.
He doesn't know how to fit in,so he's just like it's that
awkward, I'll just go lick yourface because I don't know what
else to do right now type of.
Speaker 3 (19:14):
It's tough too, this problem with Oakley.
But trying to socialize LikeOliver, he chilled out a lot as
he got older so this problemkind of went away.
But like I don't know if youhad this problem with Oakley
where you try to socialize himwith smaller dogs and they're
kind of afraid of him, you know,and Oliver is just such a
social, like sweetheart, like hejust wants to play, and they're
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like get away from me, dude.
Speaker 2 (19:41):
So it's just like it's tough.
Yeah, it is, and honestly,Oakley off the leash is a night
and day difference when he's onthe leash.
It's crazy, like on walks.
Even in the car, driving past adog, he'll start barking, going
crazy.
Like we never go to dog parksbecause he just I don't know
it's the weirdest thing.
But like I don't know it's theweirdest thing.
But you bring him here and hewalks out like a dog.
We can literally open a doorand they go face to face and
(20:02):
then they just walk past eachother Versus if that happened in
public, he would freak out.
Save us up, bro yeah exactly,and I know it's just because
they are coworkers.
They're here every day and outin the real world it's the first
time and he's trying to assertdominance or whatever, but I
don't know.
I just find it funny that hecan just get along so well.
And it's honestly embarrassingtoo when I'm on walks and he's
(20:24):
tugging me and stuff.
Speaker 3 (20:25):
I'm like you're such a different dog at work.
I hope none of my neighbors arewatching this, because they are
not fans of Oliver.
Speaker 2 (20:33):
sadly, as soon as you say it.
Speaker 3 (20:35):
Someone say neighbors .
Oh, yeah, yeah no, he's a bigblack dog and he barks a lot.
That's kind of like his thing,is he's territorial?
Speaker 2 (20:43):
Yeah, I feel like that's just a shepherd thing,
especially when it comes totheir family.
I mean, that's like a livingjoke with German shepherds and
white shepherds too Oakley'sactually a Swiss white shepherd.
Speaker 1 (20:54):
So when we first got, him.
Speaker 2 (20:55):
we just thought we didn't really understand the
difference between breeds,thought we didn't really
understand the differencebetween breeds, and we did some
research and it's like, okay,you got german shepherds and you
got swiss white shepherds.
Speaker 3 (21:03):
So it makes sense, if you ever see like a wolf, like
a wolf in the wild, like a snowwolf, you know that's okay, yeah
, I was literally just walkingaround watching a documentary
the other day and I was like itwas a white wolf and I was like
I'm looking at, looking down athim looking, I was like wow, I
was like this guy's hunting forfood.
Speaker 2 (21:19):
Yeah, you're begging for food.
Look how far you've come, yeahyour ancestors.
Speaker 3 (21:23):
But my question is how?
How did this guy end up insouthern california?
You know what I mean.
Speaker 2 (21:27):
Exactly I know that's what I'm wondering too.
I'm like you, like love you,but yeah you know you definitely
deserve to be, but it is funnywe actually took him to the snow
back in on new year's oh, I bethe loved it, but like didn't
love it at the same time.
Oh really.
Speaker 3 (21:40):
It was kind of weird.
Speaker 2 (21:40):
Like we thought he would be way more like get the
zoomies on the snow.
Speaker 1 (21:44):
Yeah, rolling around in it.
Speaker 2 (21:51):
Yeah but, he just was like, oh, I'm out like just a
normal day and I was like maybeyou are used, like you mean he
was stoked but you know didn'tget the zoomies and everything.
I was like oh okay, you know,you know what the stuff is.
Does he get hot in the summers?
Yes, kind of like I don't knowLast.
I mean, we've only had him onesummer, so I've only had him for
a little over a year now.
But, um, we aren't shedding.
(22:12):
I mean, he's shedding likecrazy.
He sheds like oh my gosh.
So if you are looking to get ashepherd of any sort, be
prepared for the shedding.
Oh my gosh, they will, you will.
I mean, I vacuum five times aday and even bringing them to
work, I show up and I'm like howdoes their hair?
Because I vacuum.
Before I left he was with meall day.
Speaker 3 (22:33):
It's the wildest thing because, like I go home
and I change my shirt and I lookat it and I'm like, oh, there's
black hair on here and there'swhite hair on here, Like yin and
yang of dogs, you know, gettingtheir fur all over me.
Speaker 2 (22:44):
So shout out to the shepherds of the Fresh Patch
office Straight up, yeah.
So if you are interested infostering, um, I really
encourage it.
I mean it's or just rescuing,like it is so heartwarming and
you really, I mean I feel like Igot me and my girlfriend got
really lucky with oakley, butalso I feel like it was like
destiny, like he was meant forus.
(23:06):
You know we were supposed to gopick him up and stuff, so you
will always find the one um, Imean.
And if you do want to get apuppy, like we're not here to
say don't get a puppy from likeno way, yeah, but getting that
rescue is.
It's so heartwarming and youknow you really feel good,
especially getting him out of asituation like oakley was in,
where he might get put down andstuff and you know, giving him
(23:28):
that life that he deserves tolive.
And he's living life now.
I mean he's got a job, he's gota roof over his head, gets
great food, oh yeah.
Treats all the time, constantly, constantly, oh my gosh, yeah
so and this guy, like giving himtreats, like he'll take your
his head, gets great food,treats all the time Constantly
and this guy giving him treats.
Speaker 3 (23:43):
He'll take your arm off If you're not careful.
Speaker 2 (23:46):
he will snap real quick, but if you're on top of
him, he will.
Do you want to lift your headup, Oakley?
Show the people Oliver's hiding.
Speaker 3 (23:54):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (23:54):
Oliver's hiding.
Speaker 3 (23:56):
He wants to go home.
It is late in the day, so theyare ready to go this.
Speaker 2 (24:02):
He wants to go home.
Speaker 1 (24:03):
Yeah, it is late in the day, so they are ready to go
.
This is usually what it lookslike, oakley.
Speaker 2 (24:07):
Oh, you are knocked out.
Speaker 1 (24:08):
I'm sorry.
Speaker 2 (24:09):
I kind of feel bad.
Oh my gosh.
Speaker 3 (24:10):
His eyes rolled back.
Speaker 2 (24:11):
Oh jeez, okay, oh, you're knocked out, okay, yeah.
So this is.
You know, I just wanted to hopon this podcast.
Speaker 3 (24:18):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (24:19):
Episode to just you know Talk.
Just wanted to hop on thispodcast episode to just you know
talk to the people that mightbe interested in you know
rescuing or or people who haverescues and maybe have like
similar stories, exactly Like wewant to hear about all of that
For sure, and you know it'salways a good choice.
Yeah, I love this guy.
I love him.
I couldn't imagine my lifewithout him now, like it's only
(24:40):
opened a little over a year andit's just like, yeah, it felt
like I've had him forever andlike, going back to what I said,
it felt like we were justpicking him up from vacation,
you know.
So, um, yeah, yeah, love you,oakles.
Good guy, you're the man.
Speaker 3 (24:49):
You too, Oliver.
Yeah, Oliver, you're a cool-assdude too Awesome.
Speaker 2 (24:55):
So, yeah, a little shorter episode this time and
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(25:15):
Send us some messages too.
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Speaker 3 (25:21):
Also, guys, keep your eyes peeled on our social
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You will see Oakley on there.
You will see Oliver on there.
Speaker 2 (25:29):
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Speaker 3 (25:46):
Uh, the gang, she and everybody.
We got a new dog too, riven.
Yes, maybe she'll make anappearance on here soon.
Speaker 2 (25:52):
Yes, she will be making an appearance soon, at
least on our socials.
Yeah, oh for sure.
But yeah, if you guys ever haveany questions regarding Fresh
Patch in general, please feelfree to reach out to us via DM.
You can always contact ourcustomer service.
Speaker 3 (26:05):
Yes, and if you're in Southern California and you're
looking for good shelters to goto, we work with a bunch of them
, so feel free to reach out tous.
Speaker 2 (26:12):
We're happy to help with that as well.
Definitely, definitely.
And if you are interested inbeing a guest on our podcast, dm
us as well.
We are looking for more guestsand stuff.
So if you want to tell yourstory or just get on and talk
fresh patch with us talk dogs,we're down.
Yeah, absolutely yeah, send usa dm and yeah, I think that
(26:36):
about covers it.
Speaker 3 (26:36):
um, yeah, I think I could I mean, I could talk about
my dog forever oh man, we keepgoing, we could keep going, we
could get into the stories ofyou know, but oh, there's so
many, yeah, yeah too too many,maybe you know, I'm sure, like
in future episodes it'll comeback out and yeah, we'll die
back definitely but if you'relooking to create memories, go
check out some rescue pups.
Speaker 2 (26:54):
You won't be disappointed.
And take your time.
I mean, walk around, take alook, go foster too if you yeah,
you know if you're hesitant oryou just want to see if you're
even fit for having a dog getused to like having a dog,
exactly, and you're you'rehelping out, uh tremendously, by
finding them a home, even ifyou're not going to keep them,
or if you do keep them like.
Speaker 1 (27:12):
I did with.
Speaker 2 (27:12):
Oakley, you know you're giving them that forever
home.
Speaker 3 (27:14):
Yeah, and I just want to say like one thing before we
go, you know kind of, you knownot to bring down the mood, but,
like you know, if you'relooking to adopt a dog and
you're thinking about it, justmake sure that you're ready,
because it can really mess themup psychologically.
So just keep that in mind andbe open-minded and be ready to
(27:40):
change your life around and yourschedule.
Yeah, exactly Everything thatyou give them, they'll give you
right back, exactly.
Speaker 2 (27:47):
Yeah, all right, I think it's time to wrap it up.
Oliver is huffing and puffing.
Now he's laughing.
It is late in the day.
It is time for us to go home.
So thank you guys for tuning into episode six of the Potty
Talk podcast.
My name is Drew.
This is Gabe and pleasure, andcatch you on the next episode.
Absolutely See you guys nextweek.
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Speaker 2 (00:22):
Welcome to episode six of the Potty Talk Podcast.
My name is Drew and I'm just soso, so, so, so, so so so so, so,
so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so,so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so,
so so so so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so
, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so
, so, so so about ourexperiences with being dog dads
(00:44):
and actually having two rescuesas well.
So yeah, we're just going todive in and kind of give you
guys background of if you're,you know, looking to adopt or
you know you're hesitant on arescue or whatnot.
We're going to tell our storyand just really make sure you
guys know what's up in ourexperience too, right, gabe?
Speaker 3 (01:01):
Yeah, absolutely.
I mean, everyone knows gettinga dog can be a stressful
experience, especially with arescue.
You know, you never really knowwhat you're going to get.
So you know, hopefully you canglean some stuff off of our
experiences and, you know, makesure that your pet experiences
is as good as ours.
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (01:20):
Yeah, I know, I mean we're not trying to toot our own
horn, but we have some gooddogs and we are very thankful
and blessed that we're able tofind such great rescues and
stuff, For sure.
Speaker 3 (01:30):
Some special pups, no doubt about it.
Speaker 2 (01:31):
Some really special pups.
So we kind of got two differentstories.
So you get both perspectives oflike.
I know you got Oliver as apuppy.
Yes, I got Mr Oakley right hereon the couch as a
seven-year-old.
Yeah, I'm talking to you, I'mtalking about you.
So kind of just talking aboutyou know the difference between
(01:52):
getting a puppy as a rescue andor an older dog.
I know some people are hesitantwith getting older dogs.
My man Oakley here was hoppingaround a lot but yeah, maybe if
you want to start it off, sinceyou're the puppy guy.
Speaker 3 (02:00):
Yeah, for sure.
I mean he's getting up now.
So this is the guy right here.
This is Oliver, Very, verysweet individual and an absolute
giant.
I don't know if the cameras canreally pick it up, but he is.
He is a huge dog.
Speaker 2 (02:16):
Yeah, we got the two biggest dogs in the office for
sure on the pod.
So easily.
Speaker 3 (02:20):
And the funny thing is, like you said, we got him as
a puppy.
We had no idea the size he wasgoing to, but he came home.
He had these giant paws andeveryone who would see him would
be like yeah, just buckle up,because he's gonna keep growing
that's the telltale sign rightthere absolutely the big paws
you're like oh yeah, it's gonnabe a big boy.
So yep and what?
Speaker 2 (02:37):
what breed is oliver?
Speaker 3 (02:38):
so, oliver, it's funny you know again, he was a
rescue so we weren't ever reallyquite sure.
But my mom got him one of thosedoggy DNA tests and it turns
out that he is half shepherd,half terrier, like pit bull kind
of dog.
So he is tall like a shepherdand he's bulky and muscular like
(02:59):
a pit bull.
He's got that big head like apit bull Big old head big old
square jaw you know the workshad like a pit bull, big old
head, big old square jaw.
You know the works exactly, uh.
But yeah, like with oliver um,you know we had grown up, we had
a labradoodle, um, who we gotfrom a breeder and you know he
was a very sweet dog.
I love labradoodles.
They're super high energy andfun and smart, super smart um.
(03:20):
So that was like our childhooddog, um, as me and my sisters
were kind of getting to that agewhere we're, you know, starting
to go to college and stuffgetting towards the end of high
school.
Unfortunately, you know, hepassed away pretty early and
that was a bummer.
That was a huge, hugelydevastating thing to happen to
our family.
And you know, at first we werelike, hey, maybe you know we
(03:41):
don't need a dog, maybe it'llmake our lives a little easier.
But it got around six monthsafter he passed and we all kind
of were like it's too quiet.
Yeah, you start missing them.
Speaker 2 (03:50):
We need something here, we're bored.
Speaker 3 (03:54):
Yeah, yeah, yeah for sure.
And so originally what hadhappened was my parents kind of
made a date to go to the shelterand check out some dogs.
So that's kind of what we did.
We went over to the shelter.
It was really really coolexperience.
I let you go around and look atall the dogs and, um, I think
part part of uh, like my family,like we kind of wanted a puppy
(04:18):
just so we could, like you know,raise it from a, from a uh, you
know little little guy and havethem grow up with us and get
comfortable with us and thatsort of thing.
To those of you thinking aboutdoing that, just be prepared.
That puppy stage is insane.
That first two years of owninga dog is like it's a lot of work
.
Speaker 2 (04:39):
It's a child.
You're raising a little baby.
Pretty much they don't knowwhat's going on.
They're new too.
It's new to your house.
Speaker 3 (04:47):
Oh yeah.
Speaker 2 (04:48):
You got a lot of training and stuff that goes
with Fresh Patch too.
That kind of works.
That's really cool.
Did you take a while at theshelter to find him?
Speaker 3 (04:58):
Yeah, definitely.
Speaker 2 (05:00):
He was one of the first.
Speaker 3 (05:02):
It's kind of funny how it worked out.
We were kind of funny how itworked out, like, we were kind
of like taking note, we're like,oh, this one's great, you know
like, oh, this one has a coolvibe about it.
There was a couple that we kindof like they let you pull out
and play with them.
My sister came across oliver hewas like three months at the
time, um, and he was a dog thatthey found on the street.
So, you know, we don't know hishistory or like where he came
(05:22):
from or whatever.
Yeah, but he was just thislittle pup, um, kind of like
oakley.
He had, you know, apparentlythis happens with a lot of
shepherd puppies, but he had oneear that was like this and the
other like that, and he was alittle little tiny puppy sitting
in his crate and my sister waslike this is the one.
So we pulled him out, we played, we played with him for a
little bit and he was a greatfit for our family.
(05:42):
So we were like, yeah, let's doit.
And the best part about it, um,we had our, my grandma with us,
um, so we were able to get thatsenior discount for him.
Speaker 2 (05:51):
That's right yeah, so I think it was like like give
us the paper, give us thepaperwork, come on, exactly.
Speaker 3 (05:57):
It was like 50 bucks for this guy, so that for an
invaluable member of your family, 50 bucks.
You know I'll pay lifelongmemories.
Speaker 2 (06:04):
Yeah, they become one member of your family.
$50, I'll pay that.
Speaker 3 (06:07):
Exactly.
Speaker 2 (06:07):
Lifelong memories, yeah, they become one of your
family, exactly.
Oh yeah, that's an easy, easypayment right there.
Speaker 1 (06:10):
For sure.
Speaker 2 (06:10):
And that's the great thing about rescue too.
I mean, you avoid the heavyprice tags of breeders and stuff
and you still get a great dog,still get a puppy too.
I know a lot of people do.
You know, like I want a puppyFor sure.
Go to your local shelter.
Like they're getting puppiesall the time, absolutely, and
like it's probably the breedthat you're looking for too,
maybe a little mix, but likethey're so great, you know, and
(06:31):
it's always better to you know,rescue and or get from a shelter
.
You know, yeah, the way.
Speaker 3 (06:35):
I kind of see it is like you know, you know all
about the dog breed andeverything, or you kind of you
get one from a shelter and it'slike they have their own story.
You know, they're kind of liketheir own unique dog.
And I can say that for OliverLike every once in a while we'll
come across a dog.
We're like that kind of lookslike him, but it's never A
(07:03):
spitting image.
No, it's kind of looks like him, but it's never like you know
the combination.
You know.
So he's unique For sure and um,so, as I mentioned, like he was,
he was a street dog, like theyfound him on the street, um, so
you know there were little kindof quirks about him and I know,
like, once you get into Oakley,like you'll get into that as
well, yeah, for sure, to wherewe were like oh, like there's
(07:26):
some sort of like trauma there.
You know, like my sister'sboyfriend at the time would go,
would do this thing, where he'dput his arms up like this and
kind of like march towards himand he would like freak out Like
yeah, same thing with Oakley.
Okay, yeah, yeah, yeah you knowJason did.
Speaker 2 (07:45):
One time he ran at him in the hallway and.
Speaker 1 (07:46):
Oakley freaked out, ran away.
Speaker 2 (07:50):
And like after that it was just like yeah, and every
time you run out like just putyour arms up and run after him.
Speaker 3 (07:53):
He just like puts his head down and he's like I'm out
, Like what's going on.
Funny story about that, Likewhen I trying to rouse him up
and get him to play, like I'llkind of hunch over and put my
hands on my on my thighs hereand I'll be like what's up, you
know, like kind of get themgoing.
Speaker 2 (08:08):
I did that to.
Speaker 3 (08:08):
Oakley.
Speaker 2 (08:08):
Big mistake, yeah Not like he doesn't take it kindly.
Speaker 3 (08:11):
No, he did not.
Speaker 2 (08:12):
No, all the trust goes out the window when you do
that with him, and I meanhistory either.
You know he's an older dog.
We did not get him as a puppy,so yeah trying to figure out
that trauma is a little hard,you know, and for sure you find
those little things where it'slike okay, maybe we don't do
that to him, because itobviously bothers him you know,
(08:33):
and stuff.
So trying to make them happylike I mean any rescue and stuff
and you get from a shelter,especially older dogs.
Yeah, you don't know theirhistory, so yeah you don't want
to mess with them, and if you dofind out that stuff does bother
them, I'd refrain from it Steerclear, yeah, steer clear, yeah,
absolutely You're not givingthem a good time.
You're here to give them a goodhome, good rest of their life.
Speaker 3 (08:52):
Definitely.
But ultimately he did grow up.
Those first couple years he wasextremely hyper as a giant dog.
It was a little bit crazy tomanage.
But man, like right around thattime he turned like two or
three boom, just calmed down,was the chillest dog and, like
to this day, so loyal.
(09:12):
So like listens and like youknow he's such a good dog yeah,
the commands are great.
Speaker 2 (09:16):
I mean, I love the no begging.
Yes, that's like I know that'sthe best thing we ever taught
him.
Speaker 3 (09:22):
Yeah, so like, uh, just to like explain a little
bit.
You know, whenever we're eating, eating our food, and Oliver
comes up and he's like you knowhe gets those big eyes.
You know he just looked at himand he said no begging, and he's
like okay, kind of you knowsaunters off.
I wish I could do that yeah,you say no begging to him.
Speaker 2 (09:43):
He's like he's like the coolest.
I don't think I've ever met adog that knows that command as
well as Oliver, so weird.
Speaker 3 (09:49):
It's one of those things where we didn't even
really he kind of intuited it.
We didn't really set out toteach him it.
Speaker 2 (09:57):
You didn't reward him if he did and stuff.
I know it's so funny.
I almost feel bad when I do itto him when I'm eating lunch or
something, because he just putshis head down and his eyes are
still all big, he gets all sad.
Yeah, and I'm like oh, I didn'tmean it, but I did mean it,
don't worry, he's fed well.
Speaker 3 (10:11):
He gets treats.
He gets treats when I leave inthe morning.
He gets treats when I get back.
Speaker 2 (10:16):
There's a scavenger hunt waiting for him.
Oh yeah.
Speaker 3 (10:23):
I think he's just like the prime example of like,
if you're looking to get arescue, it's just such a good
option because you know you canreally like build that
connection with that dog andit's a really special connection
, yeah, definitely.
So, kind of like bridging into,like your story with Oakley.
(10:43):
I know it's like you know,obviously it's a very similarly
deep connection, but it'sdifferent because you mentioned
that like you didn't get him asa puppy, correct?
So, like what was the processlike for you getting Oakley?
Speaker 2 (10:56):
Yeah.
So, um, it all started with mygirlfriend.
Um, she was the one you know,like we need a dog, like I'm
sick of not having.
She's always had a dog in herlife, I've always had a dog in
her life, I've always had a dogin my life.
And when we moved in togetherand stuff it was like okay, like
(11:16):
something's missing from ourlives, it's a dog.
So she signed up to be a fosterum through ace of hearts, in
the pacific palisade slash,santa monica area, um, and at
first I was just like, hey, youknow, like I'm not actually want
, like I'm down to fosterbecause I don't want to fully
commit to a dog right now, youknow, just financially, you know
time, what, everything.
I was just like I'm not, I love, love dogs, but like right now
it's just not the right timeit's a serious commitment it is.
(11:37):
It's a very serious commitment.
So she signs up, we're gettingoffered dogs left and right to
just house for like a week at atime and stuff.
But, um, it was kind of coolactually, because we would be
like we get contacted, hey, wehave this dog, and then like a
few hours later like, oh,actually, like we found a family
for it or an adopt, so that'sawesome.
We actually went like a monthwithout even fostering anything
(11:59):
or any any dog and stuff, and wewere just kind of in the
waiting game and they actuallyoffered us oakley like a couple
times.
And then they're like oh,actually we found a home for him
, like for the week, so like youknow everything.
But then he kept kind of poppingback up and you know, after
like I think it was like a monthand a half, I mean, I don't
remember exactly but they werefinally like hey, like yeah, you
need to go pick up this dogbecause the current foster like
(12:22):
is allergic and he sheds a lotand stuff.
So they got a switch and mygirlfriend and I were like yeah,
no problem.
Like where is he at?
They're like santa monica.
Okay, great, we'll go get him.
So we get in the car and we goup to this apartment that, uh,
with those fosters he was at,and we opened the door and he
like was crying and not cryingbut like excited crying you know
(12:44):
, I know, yeah, you know.
So he was stoked and we're like,okay, like what's up, buddy?
You know, like this is so cool,you're awesome, like, and stuff
.
And then we talked to the otherfosters and they explained, you
know, like my allergies are bad.
Okay, he sheds a lot.
Get kind of get some quickdetails about him.
And here's his leash,everything okay, cool.
So let's go.
And he just went down thestairs like no problem, and and
(13:08):
I took him on a quick little runbefore we drove home.
It was like an hour drive home,so hey, let's go potty real
quick and get some energy out ofyou.
And he ran with me like it waslike I've been with him forever
and it was like this weirdestfeeling, like we get him in the
car and like he's licking me andmy girlfriend on the face, and
it really felt like we justpicked him up from vacation,
(13:29):
like we went on vacation andthey were just watching him Like
he's always kind of been inyour life.
Yeah, it was the weirdestfeeling to me, like I've never
felt that big of a connectioninstantly, I mean especially
with a dog, and it was reallycool and I was like, okay, this
is different.
I've never fostered beforeeither.
So I was like, is this just afeeling like I love dogs?
You?
know you get instantly connectedand stuff.
But I was still trying to be inthe headset of like we're not
(13:51):
gonna keep him, you know, and Iwant to find him a good home and
stuff, and like we signed up tobe fosters to really help out.
After a day it was like me andmy girlfriend looked at each
other.
We're like this is it he's.
He's so cool and like I mean Iwill be honest, look at him.
Just yeah, look at this guy,I'm talking about you bud,
Little big boy over here, yeah.
So I will be honest, though, hedid play us.
(14:14):
He was quiet, he didn't make apeep, he was just the goodest
boy that you know.
Ate just kind of hung out andthat's what the previous foster
told her.
Like the previous foster toldher, like he just chills, he
likes belly rubs, like you know,he just kind of hangs out and
whatever.
We're like okay, cool, ended upadopting him.
After like a week we called back.
We're like, hey, I'm going toadopt him, we're going to keep
(14:36):
him because they wanted us.
It was like every other week hewould go to Petco down there
and they would like you'd haveto bring your dog back and
hopefully, you know, promotethem to get adopted.
And we were just like no, he'snot going, like we're keeping
him and like apologetic to have,like I know we signed up to be
fosters and help out.
But like this is just a crazyconnection.
And they were stoked.
You know they're trying to findhim a home, trying to find him
(14:59):
a home, and he had been househopping a lot, you know so and
we felt really bad.
We don't know his story either.
Um, we were told he's seven.
I don't believe he's actuallyseven.
He, like I said he kind ofplayed us and then his energy
and his personality came outafter like three months of
having him.
So, um, he's just the best, thebest dog I've ever had.
Like it's, it's so cool.
And that just goes back torescuing and fostering, Even if
(15:22):
you want to start out as afoster.
We call them a failed fosterbecause, yes, we did fail and,
you know, connected with theminstantly.
Speaker 3 (15:27):
I have to say, if I fostered I would absolutely fail
too.
Speaker 1 (15:31):
I don't think I have the heart to like.
Speaker 3 (15:33):
yeah, it's so tough, it's so tough, but, like you
said, giving them.
So it's tough.
Speaker 2 (15:42):
It's tough giving them more life.
Yeah, and he was actually on,you know, like one of the
euthanasian uh lists too, so hewas gonna be put down if we
didn't find him a home and likehe was just on that fence and
that made it even more of aconnection, because it's like
okay, we're actually like savingthis dude and it just it just
sucks.
Like I know the, the fostersystem and everything, like
there's only so much they can doand like there is a lot of dogs
(16:04):
out there, but like the actualputting down is it sucks.
And like meeting him andgetting to know him and like
being like wow, like no onepicked him up, no one wanted him
.
What is wrong with?
Like notice nothing wrong withhim.
Like yeah, he sh, he sheds,okay, he's a big dog, okay, but
like I don't know, I don't knowand we don't know his story.
He has his, he has his swaghere, as we call it.
(16:25):
You guys camera can't see itright now, but um, we you know
we can.
Speaker 3 (16:40):
He hates it when I touch his feet, so maybe he'll
pop his head up.
If I, for those of you couldn'thear, he gave me a nice little
grumble there, so um he'ssensitive sometimes he is yeah,
no, absolutely um, but yeah, no,uh, oakley.
Oakley's ear, um, you know it'skind of goes down like this, but
not typical, not the typicalkind of shepherd ear where it
flops, but it's kind of like youcan tell.
(17:00):
You know it's kind of goes downlike this, but not the typical
kind of shepherd ear where itflops, but it's kind of like you
can tell.
You know he was in a fight orwho knows.
Speaker 2 (17:06):
Yeah, exactly, and that's just will always be a
mystery, but I mean he's thesweetest thing, I mean he gets
along great Sometimes, him andOliver just because they're both
shepherds, I think.
Speaker 3 (17:16):
Yeah, 200-pound dogs in a hallway bumping each other.
It's not like they get pissedat each other.
Speaker 1 (17:21):
Yeah they're just.
Speaker 3 (17:22):
Oakley's a little fussy, though.
Speaker 2 (17:23):
Yeah, he is sometimes , but like he just.
Speaker 3 (17:26):
No, he's such a sweet guy.
Speaker 2 (17:27):
Yeah he just wants to be included.
That's what my girlfriendalways says he just wants to be
included and like he doesn, andthen the other dogs are like
what's going on?
Speaker 3 (17:40):
He's confused now because they're ignoring him,
see that's why him and Oliverare a good match.
Because, they're both like hugeawkward dogs Exactly.
So you know like yeah, but thenyou get him with Tommy, I don't
know.
Speaker 2 (17:51):
I mean if you follow us on social media and you see,
our stories and stuff.
I mean best buds and it's thecoolest thing to see, especially
you know, knowing that he is arescue and everything, and you
never know what you're gonna get.
But then you bring him aroundother dogs.
Speaker 3 (18:04):
They get to know each other and like he's, I would
say like one of the cutestthings that you'll see here in
the office is oakley.
Oakley likes to give other dogskisses, like that's kind of his
affection, like go up and givehim a licks on the cheek.
Yep, oliver hates it yeah can'tstand it.
Speaker 2 (18:19):
He still does it, but oliver just kind of sits there
and goes yeah, no, I know hedoesn't get the cues of yes you
know, and I tell him to him likehey, oliver doesn't like that,
and I'm, you know, doing theyeah, get off me bro.
Speaker 3 (18:32):
Yeah, get off me um, but yeah, tommy, little tommy
man, oh he loves it.
They have such a sweetconnection and like they'll sit
there and kiss.
Tommy, and Tommy will kiss himback, and it's just like oh man,
I think we have some videos ofit, but it's the most adorable
thing ever.
Speaker 2 (18:46):
Yeah, and I think honestly it's an anxious thing
with Oakley, especially with themore hyper ones or the other
dogs are moving around whenOakley doesn't want him to move
around and once he finally getssettled he'll just go lick their
face and stuff and be like hey,man, you can chill, we're just
all here, it's adorable.
Speaker 3 (19:02):
I wish he loved it.
I know right.
Speaker 2 (19:05):
I know that's what I mean by.
He doesn't know how to fit in,so he's just like it's that
awkward, I'll just go lick yourface because I don't know what
else to do right now type of.
Speaker 3 (19:14):
It's tough too, this problem with Oakley.
But trying to socialize LikeOliver, he chilled out a lot as
he got older so this problemkind of went away.
But like I don't know if youhad this problem with Oakley
where you try to socialize himwith smaller dogs and they're
kind of afraid of him, you know,and Oliver is just such a
social, like sweetheart, like hejust wants to play, and they're
(19:36):
like get away from me, dude.
Speaker 2 (19:41):
So it's just like it's tough.
Yeah, it is, and honestly,Oakley off the leash is a night
and day difference when he's onthe leash.
It's crazy, like on walks.
Even in the car, driving past adog, he'll start barking, going
crazy.
Like we never go to dog parksbecause he just I don't know
it's the weirdest thing.
But like I don't know it's theweirdest thing.
But you bring him here and hewalks out like a dog.
We can literally open a doorand they go face to face and
(20:02):
then they just walk past eachother Versus if that happened in
public, he would freak out.
Save us up, bro yeah exactly,and I know it's just because
they are coworkers.
They're here every day and outin the real world it's the first
time and he's trying to assertdominance or whatever, but I
don't know.
I just find it funny that hecan just get along so well.
And it's honestly embarrassingtoo when I'm on walks and he's
(20:24):
tugging me and stuff.
Speaker 3 (20:25):
I'm like you're such a different dog at work.
I hope none of my neighbors arewatching this, because they are
not fans of Oliver.
Speaker 2 (20:33):
sadly, as soon as you say it.
Speaker 3 (20:35):
Someone say neighbors .
Oh, yeah, yeah no, he's a bigblack dog and he barks a lot.
That's kind of like his thing,is he's territorial?
Speaker 2 (20:43):
Yeah, I feel like that's just a shepherd thing,
especially when it comes totheir family.
I mean, that's like a livingjoke with German shepherds and
white shepherds too Oakley'sactually a Swiss white shepherd.
Speaker 1 (20:54):
So when we first got, him.
Speaker 2 (20:55):
we just thought we didn't really understand the
difference between breeds,thought we didn't really
understand the differencebetween breeds, and we did some
research and it's like, okay,you got german shepherds and you
got swiss white shepherds.
Speaker 3 (21:03):
So it makes sense, if you ever see like a wolf, like
a wolf in the wild, like a snowwolf, you know that's okay, yeah
, I was literally just walkingaround watching a documentary
the other day and I was like itwas a white wolf and I was like
I'm looking at, looking down athim looking, I was like wow, I
was like this guy's hunting forfood.
Speaker 2 (21:19):
Yeah, you're begging for food.
Look how far you've come, yeahyour ancestors.
Speaker 3 (21:23):
But my question is how?
How did this guy end up insouthern california?
You know what I mean.
Speaker 2 (21:27):
Exactly I know that's what I'm wondering too.
I'm like you, like love you,but yeah you know you definitely
deserve to be, but it is funnywe actually took him to the snow
back in on new year's oh, I bethe loved it, but like didn't
love it at the same time.
Oh really.
Speaker 3 (21:40):
It was kind of weird.
Speaker 2 (21:40):
Like we thought he would be way more like get the
zoomies on the snow.
Speaker 1 (21:44):
Yeah, rolling around in it.
Speaker 2 (21:51):
Yeah but, he just was like, oh, I'm out like just a
normal day and I was like maybeyou are used, like you mean he
was stoked but you know didn'tget the zoomies and everything.
I was like oh okay, you know,you know what the stuff is.
Does he get hot in the summers?
Yes, kind of like I don't knowLast.
I mean, we've only had him onesummer, so I've only had him for
a little over a year now.
But, um, we aren't shedding.
(22:12):
I mean, he's shedding likecrazy.
He sheds like oh my gosh.
So if you are looking to get ashepherd of any sort, be
prepared for the shedding.
Oh my gosh, they will, you will.
I mean, I vacuum five times aday and even bringing them to
work, I show up and I'm like howdoes their hair?
Because I vacuum.
Before I left he was with meall day.
Speaker 3 (22:33):
It's the wildest thing because, like I go home
and I change my shirt and I lookat it and I'm like, oh, there's
black hair on here and there'swhite hair on here, Like yin and
yang of dogs, you know, gettingtheir fur all over me.
Speaker 2 (22:44):
So shout out to the shepherds of the Fresh Patch
office Straight up, yeah.
So if you are interested infostering, um, I really
encourage it.
I mean it's or just rescuing,like it is so heartwarming and
you really, I mean I feel like Igot me and my girlfriend got
really lucky with oakley, butalso I feel like it was like
destiny, like he was meant forus.
(23:06):
You know we were supposed to gopick him up and stuff, so you
will always find the one um, Imean.
And if you do want to get apuppy, like we're not here to
say don't get a puppy from likeno way, yeah, but getting that
rescue is.
It's so heartwarming and youknow you really feel good,
especially getting him out of asituation like oakley was in,
where he might get put down andstuff and you know, giving him
(23:28):
that life that he deserves tolive.
And he's living life now.
I mean he's got a job, he's gota roof over his head, gets
great food, oh yeah.
Treats all the time, constantly, constantly, oh my gosh, yeah
so and this guy, like giving himtreats, like he'll take your
his head, gets great food,treats all the time Constantly
and this guy giving him treats.
Speaker 3 (23:43):
He'll take your arm off If you're not careful.
Speaker 2 (23:46):
he will snap real quick, but if you're on top of
him, he will.
Do you want to lift your headup, Oakley?
Show the people Oliver's hiding.
Speaker 3 (23:54):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (23:54):
Oliver's hiding.
Speaker 3 (23:56):
He wants to go home.
It is late in the day, so theyare ready to go this.
Speaker 2 (24:02):
He wants to go home.
Speaker 1 (24:03):
Yeah, it is late in the day, so they are ready to go
.
This is usually what it lookslike, oakley.
Speaker 2 (24:07):
Oh, you are knocked out.
Speaker 1 (24:08):
I'm sorry.
Speaker 2 (24:09):
I kind of feel bad.
Oh my gosh.
Speaker 3 (24:10):
His eyes rolled back.
Speaker 2 (24:11):
Oh jeez, okay, oh, you're knocked out, okay, yeah.
So this is.
You know, I just wanted to hopon this podcast.
Speaker 3 (24:18):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (24:19):
Episode to just you know Talk.
Just wanted to hop on thispodcast episode to just you know
talk to the people that mightbe interested in you know
rescuing or or people who haverescues and maybe have like
similar stories, exactly Like wewant to hear about all of that
For sure, and you know it'salways a good choice.
Yeah, I love this guy.
I love him.
I couldn't imagine my lifewithout him now, like it's only
(24:40):
opened a little over a year andit's just like, yeah, it felt
like I've had him forever andlike, going back to what I said,
it felt like we were justpicking him up from vacation,
you know.
So, um, yeah, yeah, love you,oakles.
Good guy, you're the man.
Speaker 3 (24:49):
You too, Oliver.
Yeah, Oliver, you're a cool-assdude too Awesome.
Speaker 2 (24:55):
So, yeah, a little shorter episode this time and
please, you know, like this onYouTube.
Hit that subscribe button.
Follow us on all socials,wherever you listen to your
podcasts.
We are on YouTube, we are onSpotify.
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So yeah, wherever you listen toyour podcast, make sure you
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(25:15):
Send us some messages too.
We'd love to start answeringquestions in future episodes.
Speaker 3 (25:21):
Also, guys, keep your eyes peeled on our social
medias.
You will see Oakley on there.
You will see Oliver on there.
Speaker 2 (25:29):
You will get all our office pups on our social
accounts, so if you are enjoyingus talking about them and
seeing them, um, please tune in.
Give us a follow.
Subscribe.
Smash that like button leavecomments and uh, you'll get.
You'll get more of of okles andoliver and stella tommy.
Speaker 3 (25:46):
Uh, the gang, she and everybody.
We got a new dog too, riven.
Yes, maybe she'll make anappearance on here soon.
Speaker 2 (25:52):
Yes, she will be making an appearance soon, at
least on our socials.
Yeah, oh for sure.
But yeah, if you guys ever haveany questions regarding Fresh
Patch in general, please feelfree to reach out to us via DM.
You can always contact ourcustomer service.
Speaker 3 (26:05):
Yes, and if you're in Southern California and you're
looking for good shelters to goto, we work with a bunch of them
, so feel free to reach out tous.
Speaker 2 (26:12):
We're happy to help with that as well.
Definitely, definitely.
And if you are interested inbeing a guest on our podcast, dm
us as well.
We are looking for more guestsand stuff.
So if you want to tell yourstory or just get on and talk
fresh patch with us talk dogs,we're down.
Yeah, absolutely yeah, send usa dm and yeah, I think that
(26:36):
about covers it.
Speaker 3 (26:36):
um, yeah, I think I could I mean, I could talk about
my dog forever oh man, we keepgoing, we could keep going, we
could get into the stories ofyou know, but oh, there's so
many, yeah, yeah too too many,maybe you know, I'm sure, like
in future episodes it'll comeback out and yeah, we'll die
back definitely but if you'relooking to create memories, go
check out some rescue pups.
Speaker 2 (26:54):
You won't be disappointed.
And take your time.
I mean, walk around, take alook, go foster too if you yeah,
you know if you're hesitant oryou just want to see if you're
even fit for having a dog getused to like having a dog,
exactly, and you're you'rehelping out, uh tremendously, by
finding them a home, even ifyou're not going to keep them,
or if you do keep them like.
Speaker 1 (27:12):
I did with.
Speaker 2 (27:12):
Oakley, you know you're giving them that forever
home.
Speaker 3 (27:14):
Yeah, and I just want to say like one thing before we
go, you know kind of, you knownot to bring down the mood, but,
like you know, if you'relooking to adopt a dog and
you're thinking about it, justmake sure that you're ready,
because it can really mess themup psychologically.
So just keep that in mind andbe open-minded and be ready to
(27:40):
change your life around and yourschedule.
Yeah, exactly Everything thatyou give them, they'll give you
right back, exactly.
Speaker 2 (27:47):
Yeah, all right, I think it's time to wrap it up.
Oliver is huffing and puffing.
Now he's laughing.
It is late in the day.
It is time for us to go home.
So thank you guys for tuning into episode six of the Potty
Talk podcast.
My name is Drew.
This is Gabe and pleasure, andcatch you on the next episode.
Absolutely See you guys nextweek.
Speaker 1 (28:07):
Thanks for listening to the Potty Time podcast
brought to you by Fresh Patch.
For listening to the potty timepodcast brought to you by fresh
patch.
We hope you enjoyed the show.
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