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SPEAKER_00 (00:03):
Welcome to Tale Talk
Grooming Chronicles with House
Therapy, the podcast where wetalk all things pet grooming,
daycare, academy, and more.
Hosted by Shannon and Tanya ofHouse Therapy, serving pet
owners across North Texas.
We're here to share expert tips,hilarious pet stories, and the
inside scoop on keeping yourfurry friends happy and healthy.
(00:26):
Our motto, humanity over vanity.
And don't worry, we don't fight.
Let's get started.
Who let the dogs go?
Who let the dogs go?
SPEAKER_01 (00:40):
Holiday guests are
coming.
Is your puppy ready to shine ordestined to cause chaos?
Welcome back, everyone.
I am Sophia Yuvet, co-host andproducer, back in the studio
with Shannon and Tanya,professional groomers at Hound
Therapy.
How's it going today, ladies?
It's great.
How about you?
Great and great to be back withyou both today.
Now, today's question is (01:02):
Is
your puppy company ready or will
they be the holiday horror?
Let's dive in.
SPEAKER_02 (01:11):
Yeah, let's do that.
Let's let's paint the holidayscene just really quickly.
You've got guests coming, uh,you've got food cooking, you've
got kids running around that youdon't normally have of all ages.
SPEAKER_03 (01:25):
Uh probably hopped
up on sugar.
SPEAKER_02 (01:27):
Yes.
You got soda, you got drinks,you got alcohol, uh, you've got
a dog who may or may not beready for what you're prepared
to do.
So we need to be sure that yourhome is ready and prepped.
Uh uh, because I the otherwiseit's just it's it's chaos.
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Chaos.
Preparing your dog is just asimportant as preparing your
home.
So uh number one, understandyour dog's holiday stress.
Yeah.
Know your dog.
You know if you've got a puppy,if you've got loud noise
problems, you know if you've gotfood issues, allergy issues.
Um, you know if your dog uh isacting normal, uh, if they're uh
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scared by panting or they'renervous or they're jumping up
and down, or you may just have adog who jumps on everybody and
who barks at everything.
And if that's the case, uh,that's not going to be pleasant
for your guests.
So you really want to make itpleasant for them.
But you're the if you've gotloud obnoxious dogs, it's it's
good for you to kind of learnhow to rein them back.
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If you've got dogs that arenervous or bitey, uh, you want
to know how to be able to betterprepare them for what's about to
come because unlike us, we signup for the chaos.
They do not.
So grimming prep.
Grimming matters.
100%.
Grimming matters.
Um some of the do's and don'ts.
SPEAKER_03 (02:55):
You don't want, you
know, Aunt Ronnie saying, Oh my
god, when's the last time yougroomed your dog?
You don't want that.
SPEAKER_02 (03:06):
And you don't want
grandma going, oh my god, can I
have a band-aid?
Because Bunny jumped on me andsliced my arm open.
So literally people have thinskin.
So get your get your dog's nailsgrinded down, get them smooth
and soft, put them in a cage ifthey're jumping, uh, make sure
they smell, you know, good, makesure that they feel good to
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touch.
You don't you don't want to bethat person.
You don't want to be the personthat everybody talks about for a
whole year.
And keep in mind, people aregonna be taking photos.
So you're gonna have you'regonna have a reminder of what
you did with your dog.
Um, we talked a little bit abouttravel in our last podcast.
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So uh revert back to that if youhave any travel questions.
Travel is a big deal if you'retraveling with your dog or
boarding, yeah.
Uh let's do for let's preparefor some guests in our home
because now we have them.
Um, one thing you can do is justprepare a calm area for your
dog.
Um, it could be a bathroom, itcould be an upstairs, you know,
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kids' room that you don't wanthim in.
Or even a bedroom, your bedroom,a kennel, a crate.
Um, you know, give them a quietspace so they feel safe.
Yeah, that doesn't mean theythey can't be part of the
holiday, but yeah, give them aplace to go later.
SPEAKER_03 (04:25):
Tell family, like,
hey, if he goes in there, do not
chase him, especially youngkids.
Yeah.
Um, because we don't want themto bite anybody either.
SPEAKER_02 (04:33):
Yeah, we we
definitely need to do that.
Um we be careful if you'repeople opening doors.
If you have a bolter or arunner, you know, you don't you
don't want your dog running awayon the holidays.
That's not fun.
Um be careful what you'reserving, know what's coming in
and coming out.
Because if it drops on thefloor, so during dinner you
might want to lock your dog up.
Um we've got uh companysituations that may or may not
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be different for for certainpeople.
Training, if you can work withyour dog about not holding, that
would be great.
Sit, stay, place down, reallytry to enforce these.
And if you're just learningthese with your dog, go ahead
and and try to embrace that,right?
Let's let's take this a greattime to do it when you have some
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um other distractions around.
It's really going to help youand your dog in a situation
outside your home.
It's a great way to invite umall of the abnormalities that
you need for having awell-trained dog and you're
inviting it into your house.
So use it as a strategic plan toreally lock home your training
stuff.
So that's just a fun thing Ilike to do because I like to
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show off how smart my dog is.
But um I we've got holiday foodsand hazards.
We have another podcast on thaton things that you can, you
know, feed and and not feed.
Yeah.
Special needs dogs.
Um, you know, they need aquieter space that just try,
dust not introduce them toeverybody in the family right
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now.
SPEAKER_03 (06:06):
Yeah.
Um especially if you have anoverly anxious pup.
SPEAKER_02 (06:10):
Yeah.
And and I just got a new puppy,and everybody wants to pick up
the dog, and the dog needs rest.
He's on a very strict schedulebecause I want him to be potty
trained and eat the right thingsat the right time.
I need to know what's going inso I know when it's coming out.
Um, and so I have to tell peopleleave the puppy alone.
Stop playing with the puppy.
Don't pick up the puppy.
SPEAKER_03 (06:28):
Just tell me to stop
playing with the puppy.
I was very sad.
SPEAKER_02 (06:29):
Don't look at the
puppy.
SPEAKER_03 (06:31):
I was very sad.
SPEAKER_02 (06:33):
So, you know, have
some have some boundaries and
and stick to them.
That's a it's a really good umthing to keep up and keep in
mind when you're there.
And you can post those to uhsomeplace where people can read
them if you have somethingthat's really specific, like
keep door closed, dog will run.
Um or just keep the door locked.
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And then the I would say one ofthe biggest, uh, and then I'll
see if you have any questionsfor me, Sophia, but um, is is
children.
Children, children, childrensituation.
The children, the children scareme.
If you have children and youhave animals, it's less likely
that you have this problem.
But your children are probablyused to your animals, and your
animals are used to yourchildren.
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Not all children playappropriately with animals.
They pull and tag, uh, they theyget those tails, they get the
ears.
Uh, and dogs that are typicallyvery, very nice, all dogs bite.
Number one rule, all dogs bite.
If it has teeth, it's gonnabite.
So it can bite.
If you're pulled in the wrongway, if that dog, if that kid is
screaming or crying, or even ifthey're running and they run and
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trip over the dog or step on itsfoot or catch it in the door,
that dog's gonna turn, it'sgonna react.
And you don't want to have a kidbitten in the face or the arm or
the leg by what is Especially ona holiday, a really sweet dog.
And it's, you know, a genuineaccident, but it's you're asking
for that accident to happen ifyou don't learn how to ring that
back.
So um customize your dog tochildren if they're not there
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and if you don't know whose kidsare coming, take some time.
Uh, show off your dog, show offyour dog skills and and say,
look what my dog can do.
And let's have all of the kidscome in kind of a meet and greet
uh and go over the the softrules.
And if you see those are beingbroken, then then stop them
immediately and separate thetwo.
SPEAKER_01 (08:17):
How can owners
balance holiday chaos while
keeping their puppy calm andwell groomed?
How do you manage that?
SPEAKER_02 (08:25):
Uh it's there's
really no managing a chaotic um
it's chaos is exactly what itsounds like.
It's embrace the chaos.
Yes, it's learning how to pivotand move with it.
So knowing that the holidays,it's kind of like a wedding.
It's never gonna go as planned.
It just isn't.
What you think is going tohappen isn't.
Um that perfect turkey, thefryer working on time, the oven
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may quit, people are gonna belate, they're gonna be leaving
early, or vice versa.
And then you're gonna have theone person, get the food ready
yet.
Yeah, and can I bring my 18children that I forgot to
mention I have?
You know, it's it there are somany unknowns that you just
cannot prepare for it.
SPEAKER_03 (09:06):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_02 (09:06):
If you if you
prepare for everything that's
there, you're gonna driveyourself crazy.
So just learn to embrace whatyou what you and your dog can
handle.
And if you've gotten to a pointwhere you're like, I can't
handle this.
If you're stressed, your dog isgoing to be stressed.
If you're stressed, prepping andgetting ready.
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Our holiday time here, our dogsthat are typically just very
good dogs, beautiful,beautifully well behaved.
They come in, tails tucked, earsdown, shaking, they hate life.
You know, mom has cleaned theirbeds, they've washed everything
that they own.
They put up this weird-lookingtree.
They've decorated that you know,you can't come in this room
because we've mopped, the Zoomis going 24-7.
SPEAKER_03 (09:49):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_02 (09:49):
You know, there's
food out.
There are so many things thatyou're doing and prepared.
You're gone more often, you'rehome more often, whatever it is,
it's different.
And anything that's different toa normal routine for your dog,
it's not going to set well.
Um, whether it's anxiety-basedor happy-based, you know, overly
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excited is not good either.
Um, if piddles pitls, every timesomebody comes in, well, piddles
doesn't need to be at the doorat all.
SPEAKER_03 (10:20):
Nobody wants to slip
in pee on a hobby.
SPEAKER_02 (10:22):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_03 (10:22):
So that's where like
the quiet space and things like
that where they can have theirown space, they can feel safe in
their own home.
SPEAKER_02 (10:31):
And knowing their
limits, yeah, you need to know
that before.
So just prepare for chaos.
And if you have a nice, sweet,awesome, non-chaotic
Thanksgiving, Christmas Day, NewYear's Eve.
Um, I'm gonna touch a little onNew Year's Eve.
I know we're getting close, butum, be be aware too of loud
noises.
A lot of dogs that are afraid ofloud noises, prepare first.
(10:53):
Um, I I like to put on somemusic or start early.
Um, some people do the CBD fortheir dogs or get something from
the vet to kind of just kind ofmellow them out before they're
gonna be able to do that.
SPEAKER_03 (11:04):
If you need
something from the vet, make the
appointment now.
SPEAKER_02 (11:07):
Yeah, get it, get it
early.
SPEAKER_03 (11:08):
Get it early.
SPEAKER_02 (11:09):
And go ahead and
prepare your quiet time, turn
your TV up loud so it drownsthose out.
So it's as normal of a routineas normal uh for them.
So uh not not a lot of people dofireworks on New Year's, but
some people have it at theirhouse.
And yeah, I know it scares a lotof dogs.
So either way, embrace thechaos.
Do not let your your dog be theholiday whore.
Do not let don't be that personin the picture.
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Don't let grandma be mad aboutit five years down the road.
It's not a good place to be, youknow.
SPEAKER_01 (11:42):
All right, ladies.
Well, thank you both for sharingthese helpful tips.
We'll see you next time.
SPEAKER_02 (11:48):
You're welcome.
Thank you, and Merry Christmas.
SPEAKER_00 (11:54):
That's a wrap for
this episode of Tale Talk with
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