January 27, 2021 • 35 mins
As we recorded this podcast we're still in the midst of COVID and most of us are at home either full time or part time. We're all, at least, being careful. Last year we recorded a couple of podcasts with suggestions about keeping your dog occupied or at least not bored, but we thought we'd revisit that topic. A year ago, none of us thought we'd still be doing this. Join us for some more ideas.
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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Pet Life Radio, Let's Talk pets.
Speaker 2 (00:23):
Hi, Welcome to It's a Doggy Dog World. I'm your host,
Lis Poliica and with me today as always are my
good friend's Pat Bark Hello and Kate Abbott. And as
we record this, we're still in COVID, still in lockdown,
still on lockdown, or back in the lockdown, continuing lockdown,
(00:45):
depending on where you live. And we've talked about in
a previous podcast a few months ago, we talked about
some things that you and your dog can do to
keep you both from going stir crazy. And in that
podcast we talked about Simipedia is training. We talked about
brain games, both making games at home and some of
the commercial brain games, which is still a great idea,
(01:08):
but we thought we'd bring up some other ideas because
we've been doing that with our dogs. And I know,
Patron I both have young dogs coming up on a
year and a half, and you cannot just let a
young dog hang around the house not doing any do anything,
or you're gonna have some problem behaviors. So I know
I've been quite inventive and doing some normal things and
(01:32):
expanding them or adding new things.
Speaker 3 (01:36):
Okay, well, because of our current restrictions. We cannot meet
inside our training center. We're meeting outside.
Speaker 2 (01:43):
Where you can be socially distanced and doors.
Speaker 3 (01:48):
We didn't want to do it on the asphalt, so
we brought in a lot.
Speaker 2 (01:52):
A lot of mulch adun't trust.
Speaker 3 (01:55):
And spread it all around. Well. Then the other day
it occurred to me that I had some raised cockpits,
and then I started pulling them out from the garage
and the shed and under the house and the store
kept and I realized that I had enough for each.
Speaker 2 (02:13):
Dog in class, and I had two, and when she
came by my house, I gave her the two go ahead.
Speaker 3 (02:18):
So there is more than enough for each dog that
comes to class, and a little leftover too, So I
started distributing them at the as people would come in
with their dogs. Okay, here's the bit, And every now
and then someone would say, oh, they don't mind being
on the mulch. And at that time I stopped and
I went, why do I want them to do this anyway?
And I said they need to do it anyway because
it's novel, it's something different.
Speaker 2 (02:40):
It is something different. But it also teaches them the
concept of go to your bed or go to a spot. Yeah,
give them, I mean it can be used, but control yourself.
Then I was surprised.
Speaker 3 (02:53):
I mean at least half the dogs went cool, climb
right up, PLoP down. But there were those dogs that went,
oh no, that's scary. Yeah, oh no, no that I
don't I can't be up on that. So just spending
the time to get them used to that was worthwhile.
So I have been thinking about other novel things we
can do to torture our students dogs.
Speaker 4 (03:17):
So last night's class was pretty dard funny.
Speaker 2 (03:22):
So we had the CDC classes started and can I
get this?
Speaker 4 (03:28):
So we didn't have the cops out. We've been having
them out for class and telling the people come grab one.
Well we did for this class, so I offered it
to them, and a couple of them wanted a little
cute little white fuzzy wanted to get the dog off
the mult And then it was like, oh no, we're fine,
we're finding Kate starts coming. And then then I'm like, okay,
you have no choice.
Speaker 3 (03:47):
Yeah, you're gonna have your guns.
Speaker 4 (03:49):
Because you are going to get a bed, whether your
dog likes or not. I'm going to get a bed. Yeah,
I would start laughing. Everybody got dead.
Speaker 3 (03:56):
They did, and there were a few that had to
work with their dog getting up on it.
Speaker 2 (04:02):
Yeah, okay, and then there's sorry, it's already drop. Then
there's the concept of teaching your dog to use one
of those.
Speaker 3 (04:09):
Ye.
Speaker 2 (04:10):
So wait a minute. I'm in the process of painting
my living room, so furniture is pushed all over everywhere.
I'm doing one end of it first, and so the
furnitures I mean to walk through my living room, I
have to zigzag. It's a mess. The dogs don't care
well seventh in heat. So I have a dog crate
out there, and when I can't supervise, she said, the
(04:32):
dog crate. Well, when I was moving furniture, I took
the various dogbeds that were in the living room and
threw them in the crate. So it's like Princess and apee.
Oh yeah, Oh, she loves that. No, she goes into
the crate all the way back, and I think there's
four dog beds piled on top of each other. Her
(04:53):
head has to touch the top of the crate if
she tries to sit up, but she's curled up there.
Speaker 3 (05:01):
So I'm glad you told that story because someone has
been making fun of me adding blankets to my terrier's crate.
I like so that he could have a nest in there.
Speaker 2 (05:14):
On these colds, there's no room for your dog.
Speaker 3 (05:18):
This is the bed's nowhere even near the amountain that
quill requires to keep his body warm.
Speaker 4 (05:25):
We had one of our students kind of you know,
I said, well, you know, at night we do put
a little bed in there. We kind of spoil and
they have little terrier as Oh no, you don't water
dog beds in the crate, Kate.
Speaker 2 (05:40):
Total beds are in the crate for jack Russell.
Speaker 3 (05:43):
And then you have to save one last blanket to
put over the top so there's no drafts.
Speaker 2 (05:48):
So well, there are like four beds in there.
Speaker 3 (05:50):
Five Maybe I think there's only one bed, but I
think there's four blankets and the one blanket over the top.
Oh my god.
Speaker 2 (05:56):
This for a dog that was bad to work in
the stable and burrow in the straw, I have no
straw for it. Burrows and blankets. Okay, it's his birthday.
I'm bringing you straw, grateful straw. So these raised beds, though,
are actually working greats is also keeping a lot of
(06:18):
the dogs from roaming. Yes, they are quite more comfortable.
They have just chill out. That's a great idea.
Speaker 3 (06:25):
It's been good in really good ways.
Speaker 4 (06:28):
So I wonder how many got them for Christmas since
we started before the holidays, like.
Speaker 2 (06:32):
We need to get one for my dog.
Speaker 3 (06:34):
Look, that's true. Now.
Speaker 2 (06:35):
One of the funniest one that maybe there's.
Speaker 3 (06:37):
Harder for me to find them on the internet grudge sales.
Speaker 2 (06:42):
It could be. Yeah. So one lady has a great
hand retired racer off the track. Lovely dogs, sweet dog.
I love that dog. And you know we very few
bad ones from the track. Yeah, but if he has
he's extra sit. It really is.
Speaker 4 (07:06):
So you know, it was probably two or three of
class when you start bringing out those cots, and so
he got one and all of a sudden he couldn't
help him sit, but he kept sitting.
Speaker 2 (07:16):
He was so happy.
Speaker 3 (07:18):
And wait, the backstory here is he was protesting sitting.
I mean, he wasn't fighting, but he was just like,
I can't I can't sit, I can't sit.
Speaker 2 (07:26):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (07:26):
And for those of you that don't know, most racing
greyhounds are taught not to sit. They got to be
up on their feet ready to.
Speaker 2 (07:34):
Run like prodded. I mean me taught not to sit.
Speaker 3 (07:38):
So asking this dog to sit, he was horrified.
Speaker 2 (07:41):
Except except what is that comfortable?
Speaker 4 (07:45):
He needed comfort to sit and this this guy sat
with his back legs like straight out from under and
it looked like an old man. But he and he
would just wiggle himself like all company but they don't
have it.
Speaker 2 (07:56):
He patting.
Speaker 3 (07:58):
He reminded me of like a bear, you see, you
know legs.
Speaker 2 (08:04):
Oh my god, he was happy.
Speaker 3 (08:06):
I mean he was so adverse to sitting. We're like, okay,
teach him to stand. And whenever we say sit your dog,
you have him stand, stay, whatever. And he was doing
great at it. But he was Yeah.
Speaker 2 (08:19):
Even the owner was like, he's never sat. So many
times he would come up, we do our thing, go
back to the chairs, he'd sit down.
Speaker 3 (08:27):
And he was just so happy about it. Was great.
Speaker 2 (08:30):
Now to go along with that, if people are doing
it at home, is teaching the concept of calm c
A L M. So every time the dog gets on
the bed or on his rug or or whatever, he
doesn't necessarily have to do it lie down and stay.
Although we could say if you wanted him out of
(08:53):
the kitchen when you were cooking. He could do it downstay.
But if you can teach the the concept of this
is your place to just relax, calm down. You don't
have to stay, you don't have to freeze, but lay
down and stay within your boundary. And I know I've
done this every time I have a young dog at home.
(09:13):
So so I did it with seven hero learned it
poems learned. It is all right. I've got a dog book.
Now I'm reading a James Harriet book or whatever, and
I'm relaxed and it's been a busy day and i
just want to be calm myself. Find a spot ye
and be calm, settle down. And that's that's what I
(09:36):
use to settle down. And if you've got a target
spot like one of those cops or dog bed or
rug or my guys are allowed on the furniture so
they can get up on the furniture.
Speaker 3 (09:51):
I do have a small confession.
Speaker 2 (09:53):
Again, besides all the beds and your dogs.
Speaker 3 (09:55):
Have so many confessions, and this is kind of scary.
Speaker 2 (09:59):
The patron you.
Speaker 3 (10:00):
Know, one of the new cops I got. It's a
small one suitable for a terrier, but it also has
a bolster that goes around three signs. Oh yes, and
it's a fluffy bolster. And if it's not fluffy enough,
there's a zipper where you can add more fluff.
Speaker 2 (10:17):
Terriers, stables work in the barn.
Speaker 3 (10:20):
Yeah, you're gonna ask me to put hay in the bolster,
aren't you.
Speaker 2 (10:25):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (10:25):
So I helped her put together a little barer. Wasn't easy,
and all of a sudden, okay, we put together and
she pulls out the bolster.
Speaker 2 (10:32):
What is that She goes lock. I'm like, oh my god, Oh.
Speaker 3 (10:37):
It looks on it's just wonderful. And by the way,
those kind of different sizes too, it's not just.
Speaker 2 (10:43):
Small, probably different colors.
Speaker 3 (10:45):
Oh yeah, absolutely. So I was looking around at my
junk things, things that I acquire because someday it might
be useful, and I pulled out a box of dog shoes,
dog boots, dog slippers, even dog flip flops, the little
(11:06):
pink ones, little sandals. So I think I might have
enough depending on the size of the dog. Not put
all four on a dog straight away, but maybe one
or two feet per class per dog, you know, something
new to get them used to would for the intermediate
(11:28):
and advanced graduation, but for the upper levels. Yeah, that way.
But another fun thing.
Speaker 2 (11:35):
Okay, so now we have raised beds and shoes.
Speaker 3 (11:43):
You know the funniest is just sit weight with two
shoes on for the first time and then go across
and then call them to come. Oh, because you know
that the first time they wear shoes they're hysterical.
Speaker 2 (11:55):
You have to start looking for some goggles. God, really
put on another mission.
Speaker 3 (12:01):
Those are rarely show up on the garage sales. Oh
they're just too expensive.
Speaker 2 (12:07):
Yeah, they are expensive, and the good ones.
Speaker 3 (12:10):
Anyway, the only thing we could try is cheap swimming
goggles because those can be adjusted in a lot of
ways to go behind the head, under the chin and
spread on the muzzle. Now, there was a lady at
the Carlsbitt Street fair for years that sold those for
that purpose. She hadn't changed them to.
Speaker 2 (12:30):
Goggles for girl dogs panties.
Speaker 3 (12:33):
Oh yeah, yeah.
Speaker 2 (12:36):
We started that.
Speaker 3 (12:36):
We have three Well we've already we've done in the past.
We've done a pile of T shirts. Put a T
shirt on your puppy dog.
Speaker 2 (12:43):
Yeah, two choos and feather boas feather boas novelty. Uh.
But now we can use items for a purpose, teach
them to work.
Speaker 5 (12:54):
Booty.
Speaker 2 (12:55):
I don't know how all times I have defended that online, especially,
but somebody's complaining because their dog had surgery and wouldn't
leave his bandages alone, and it's like, no, Every puppy
needs to learn that he can have something on his feet,
something wrapped around his body, because at some point in
(13:19):
his life he's going to need to be bandaged or
protected in some way, or move from southern California to
a cold climate.
Speaker 3 (13:27):
M H. So pay it to our original topic though.
This is the kind of novelty you can.
Speaker 2 (13:32):
Do at home, and you can do it now. When
you're at home.
Speaker 3 (13:35):
You can. You can order this stuff and bring it
in and torture your dog at home. You don't have
to go out to torture.
Speaker 2 (13:42):
Dig through your rag bag and there's an old T
shirt in there there you go, make sure it doesn't
have anything bad on it, wash it and play with it.
There was there was somebody, you know, like putting clothes
on him, like I've got.
Speaker 4 (13:55):
Those wrap the you wrap them wrecks. No, sometimes I
have one freak to my dogs. They're all used to
worrying them and no problem.
Speaker 2 (14:04):
They love it. They don't care. Well, how does one
person try to get with her dog or dogs absolutely
hate it. So she just took it off and returned it.
I don't know, no, no, it's not just for that purpose.
But so I tried to explain to her. She's like, well,
she just really didn't like it. I hope. But that's
where teaching traine me comes in.
Speaker 3 (14:23):
That's why we we show them how to teach their
dogs to get ready to wear a muzzle. You don't
just slap the muscle on the dog.
Speaker 2 (14:30):
Yeah. At Halloween, I posted one of the pictures of
my dogs in costume, and because some of the costumes
I've done for my guys have been pretty elaborate. Cisco's
Red Kiki Boots costume very elaborate, and someone was giving
me a hard time about it. Oh, that's so mean,
I would never do that to my dog, and blah
(14:50):
blah blah, and I went, how about if your dog
needed abdominal surgery, could you band a chin and have
him leave it alone, or would you have to put
a cone on his head? That I don't have to
put a cone on my dog's head. They're used to
wearing things.
Speaker 3 (15:04):
Had a foot injury that we had to rap and
he was good about it because he'd had stuff put
on him.
Speaker 2 (15:10):
And he loved he loved being dress. He loved dressed.
Cisco was the equivalent of a drag queen, well fancier.
It was the better.
Speaker 3 (15:22):
We called him Cisco Dobby. Yes, yeah, he was thrilled
with the whole idea. But even if they're not, it's
a good skill for them to do, and just in
the being handled and just the feeling different.
Speaker 2 (15:36):
But make it fun. Oh yeah, cookies, cheering. The reason
Cisco loved it was everybody cheered and went, oh my gosh,
look at your hands down. Oh remember the Western one
we did. Keeley was an Indian prince. Oh, she just
loved the Indian princess. Rio was the cowboy. Cisco was
(15:58):
the Indian scout.
Speaker 3 (16:00):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (16:01):
And we had a sheriff.
Speaker 3 (16:05):
Oh no, was Indy the sheriff.
Speaker 2 (16:07):
No, that was before Indy. There was another German shepherd.
Speaker 4 (16:11):
Remember now I have to look up that. I think
I have a picture. The three are three dogs.
Speaker 2 (16:16):
Yeah, but there was more. There was also a sheriff.
One of our students was.
Speaker 3 (16:21):
Yeah, we put them on backdrops and we were you
were creating an entire story. Oh yeah, that we were
getting ready to put together. We just kind of fell off.
Speaker 2 (16:30):
Of that, but it kept very complicated.
Speaker 3 (16:32):
But we had the dogs sitting in front of a
poker table ship playing cards at.
Speaker 2 (16:38):
A brothels set up, yeah, everything.
Speaker 3 (16:43):
And all sorts of fun stuff, and the dogs were like, well, okay,
that's what we're doing today.
Speaker 2 (16:47):
Yeah, yeah, yeah. It was great.
Speaker 3 (16:51):
It was fun for us and we made sure it
was fun for the puppy dogs.
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Speaker 2 (19:01):
Welcome back. One other thing that I've been doing is
when I start to get a little cabin tracy myself
and I've been doing a lot of writing, so a
lot of sitting at the computer when my brain is
ready to fry. Throw the dogs in the car and
we just go for a ride.
Speaker 3 (19:16):
Oh yeah.
Speaker 2 (19:17):
We've made a lot of trips down to the harbor,
and if there's not many people at the harbor, we'll
go for a walk. If there's a lot of people,
we stay in the car, but we'll just go for
a ride a break. Right. Exactly whether we get out
of the car or not. Basically, whether we get out
of the car, I judge by how many people are
around us and whether people are masked or not. But
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you know, just get out of the house and do something.
And they like going for a ride. So as long
as I don't go near a patron's house, they lose
their mind in excitement.
Speaker 3 (19:50):
And we've heard a say before. We do not like
dog parks, most of them.
Speaker 2 (19:55):
Right, yeah, but a lot of them are close now
are they?
Speaker 3 (19:58):
Yeah? Going there? But I've been telling people that to
expose their dogs to other dogs any safe way during COVID,
go to the parking lot of the dog park, but
never get out of the car, just go hey, look
at that dog, and give your dogs some treats well,
so they get to see other dogs. It's not the
same seven is.
Speaker 2 (20:19):
They're a year and a half now, right, and herding dogs,
especially bitches about this age, tend to start developing some
protective instincts. Oh yeah, okay, stranger. And it's not because
of COVID or anything else. It's terrible. It's approaching the
terrible twos, and it's pretty typical. And it's typical for
(20:43):
most herding and working breeds because that's what they were
bred to do. So we have done that at the harbor.
Lots of people walk their dogs at the harbor. So
if it's too crowded for me to feel comfortable to
get out and walk them, we sit in the car.
I'll drink my ice tea. I'll have the window down
in the so they can sniff and smell the sea
lions and hear the boats. And and then if somebody
(21:06):
walks by and the dogs make noise the boys, I
can just tell him that's enough, we're good, thank you.
And if seven starts to go, knock it off, and
it's like, oh, thank you. Teaching opportunities teaching opportunity.
Speaker 3 (21:26):
That's right, This a good time to work on the
dogs that like to charge the TV when there's an
animal on TV.
Speaker 2 (21:35):
Oh, there was one of those on Facebook and everybody
was laughing over it. And I was going, you're laughing now,
but that's a big dog. And when he knocks the TV, yes,
when he knocks that TV down, it's not so funny.
It's not so funny. Yeah, And everybody was just laughing
(21:57):
over that dog. And I'm going, uh uh the first time,
but don't encourage it, don't praise it. And they were.
They thought it was hysterical. And it's like, yeah, look
at the repercussions of that. That's a big screen TV.
And yes, the price has come down, but anti TV
could come down on top of the dog. Yeah. Yeah,
(22:19):
so it would be the other thing that we've been
doing is I've been doing more trick training. I love
trick training. And seven adolescents slowed her down a little bit.
You want me to do what?
Speaker 3 (22:33):
Why?
Speaker 2 (22:33):
What's my motivation?
Speaker 3 (22:36):
What does my character do in the scene.
Speaker 2 (22:39):
Yes, but if she threw that attitude, then the boys
did their tricks and they got treats and she didn't
and There were a few times she sat back and went,
I don't care, I don't need a treat, And then
as soon as we were down she went and sniffed
their muzzles. What did she give you? But you know what,
you don't cooperate, you don't get a treaty know, that's
(23:01):
a learning opportunity in itself. But we've been doing some
tricks as well as our obedience training and keep that
brain busy. Oh, lots of We've been doing lots of boxes.
Speaker 3 (23:12):
That's a great.
Speaker 2 (23:14):
COVID Amazon delivered boxes. Ye, yeah, yeah, I got some
boxes in the garage.
Speaker 5 (23:22):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (23:23):
I guess the point when Amazon box comes to my house,
it's like, let me open it first and get.
Speaker 2 (23:27):
My stuff out.
Speaker 3 (23:28):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (23:30):
Is it in there? No, it's my stuff that's there.
What was it the day that I was leaving your
place after letting the dogs run and you get a
chewy dot com box? Yeah?
Speaker 3 (23:40):
Oh lord ah, that's Christmas?
Speaker 4 (23:44):
Oh yeahs yep, usually the dogs are out there.
Speaker 2 (23:48):
Can I take this. One of the other things I
think that's important and I've been making sure to do
with seven is don't let your dog be glued to
you twenty four to seven. Oh, yeah, because we're here
and hearing more and more of the separation things. Yeah,
when this quits, when we're allowed, I don't know that
life will ever go back to the way it was completely.
(24:11):
I think a lot of people are going to be
more cautious afterwards. But when we get back to a
more normal life, your done needs to be able to
be left.
Speaker 3 (24:21):
Already, even people that are still working at home were going, Okay,
I can't get a moment away from my dog, right
and they're already looking forward to Okay, what happens when
I need to go right?
Speaker 2 (24:33):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (24:34):
Right, yeah, yeah, and so I do.
Speaker 4 (24:36):
I mean, there was me in the mornings because it's
cold Whims in California.
Speaker 2 (24:43):
Cold this morning was forty one when I let him
out this morning. That was in the room with me
for a few hours in the morning.
Speaker 4 (24:53):
But then in the afternoon it's like, nope, you guys,
go outside, I'm gonna be here by snaky yeah.
Speaker 2 (24:58):
Will and I continue to PREA seven doesn't other than
now when she's in season. She doesn't need to be
great trained, but doesn't need to be created because she's
not destructive, she's not getting into trouble. But it's a
good skill. Yeah, and going outside and staying outside without
(25:18):
me or amazing. Everybody laid down, stay, I can go
to the bathroom by myself. No, you can't. I know
it's a foreign concept, but let's work in some obedience training.
Everybody in the bedroom lay down, thank you, stay, go
to the bathroom, come back out. Good, awesome. They don't
(25:43):
like it. Apparently I need to be shown where the
toilet is.
Speaker 3 (25:48):
Well, there's always that back door exit, you know.
Speaker 2 (25:51):
It's like, yes, you guys can do a downstay for
a little bit.
Speaker 3 (25:54):
Yes, yeah, yeah. Think of the things she can teach
her novel torture. Okay, Well, going through I found five
or six.
Speaker 2 (26:08):
Sugar mats of course, of course, so it doesn't need
four or five.
Speaker 3 (26:14):
I have one for trick classy okay, So you roll
it out and then you put treats on it and
you roll it back up. Oh, and you take your
puppy dog to roll out the rug or the mat
in this case.
Speaker 2 (26:27):
Or just tear the center out of it.
Speaker 3 (26:29):
No, no, no, you help them learn to nudge roll.
Speaker 2 (26:34):
So these yoga mats are going to show up the
next trip class.
Speaker 3 (26:37):
Yes, for tricks to the next level up.
Speaker 2 (26:41):
Good and and would you find.
Speaker 3 (26:43):
Would I find I found those portable soccer goals nets? Yes,
and you got excited.
Speaker 2 (26:49):
I did because I brought the ball.
Speaker 3 (26:51):
She wrote a ball. Teach the puppy dogs like in
try ball to push it nudget into the net.
Speaker 2 (26:58):
We did that with Pusher when we first got the big.
Speaker 4 (27:02):
And did you like it when they had showed it
on the show.
Speaker 2 (27:09):
God loved that. I'd have to make him stop though,
because he'd rub it. He'd rub his no, so well,
that huge one. Love that gigantic one. It was as
tall as him.
Speaker 3 (27:23):
When we say it was. It was one of those
exercise boss o big one. It was designed for weightlifters
to sit on while they lifted weights. They would have
to use their core right to help balance themselves while
I lifted weight.
Speaker 2 (27:39):
So it was a little bit heavier duty than this.
Speaker 3 (27:41):
Quite heavy duty and quite big.
Speaker 2 (27:43):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (27:44):
People had a sleep over cover the other.
Speaker 2 (27:48):
No, no, but it was the horse one. Yeah, we
have one. It was ridge. You could see where the
guys using exercise. They were different patterns. This is up
this down, you know, but.
Speaker 3 (28:02):
For sure as an Aussie, but he would knock that
thing like eight feet into the air.
Speaker 2 (28:08):
Oh yeah, yeah, but he good at pushing it to
a specific place. It took a lot of practice, and
it was more him figuring it out. I couldn't tell
him do this to make it go here. He had
to figure out how. And I started with bring it here. Well,
he couldn't put his mouth on it to grab it
(28:28):
to bring it to me. But it took a lot
of practice on his part how to move that gigantic
ball to get it to go where he wanted it
to go.
Speaker 3 (28:38):
Remember dogs pushing it past us and looking ah, and
then having to run and bring it back. I mean
they really had to work.
Speaker 2 (28:46):
Yeah, yeah, it was great. I started it with Bones too,
but oh, Bones kept popping them. Yeah he Boones popped
three or four of them, and then I quit. I
can't push it where I go. I will get a
canine tooth into it. Yeah. So it depends on the
personality of your dog too, But she was willing to
(29:08):
learn how to control it. Bones was quite a bit
more impatient. I will fix it this way.
Speaker 7 (29:13):
Now I will bring the limp remains to you. Yes,
all right, well one more Okay, I've been seeing this
on the internet stack up like empty water bottles in
the hallway.
Speaker 3 (29:29):
Some of them are making a maze, so the dog
has to be very careful to walk through. Others are
going how many bottles are your dog willing to knock over?
Speaker 2 (29:38):
Yes, I've seen it with cats. Cats, Oh my god,
mm hmm. So I'll admit I did it with Kirk,
did you.
Speaker 4 (29:46):
I ain't have to train our new kitten. You just
put you know, we have a corner in the kitchen.
We just kind of put the empty water bottles the
other night.
Speaker 2 (29:54):
Here thunk, clink, dunk, and I'm looking at her.
Speaker 4 (29:57):
She's literally, yes, she's taking one, boots it off, I
mean like blames.
Speaker 2 (30:04):
It off the counter, watches it hits the ground. Oh
that's fine. Now individually purposely.
Speaker 3 (30:11):
So if you put him in the hallway, she would
just go flick, click clip.
Speaker 2 (30:14):
She loved this thing about flicking and just watching him
go boo.
Speaker 4 (30:17):
And then on the other side of it is Willow,
you know her, her and water bottles.
Speaker 2 (30:21):
You leave him around, she grabs them and to take
yet so I got a case of the water. So
I did it with full water bottles. Okay, for those
listeners who haven't heard me talk about kirkiss a foster fail,
I got him as a three week ol foster kitten.
(30:41):
He's now five. He is the boss of all the dogs.
Boots is afraid of him, or Hero ignores him. Seven
and he are best at friends, but Seven still respects him.
Kirk is not afraid of anything in the world. So
I took this case of water bottles and I took
(31:02):
it out of the case. And most of the videos
I've seen him been like in a hallway. So I
made four or five rows of full water bottles across
the hallway and then woke him up, and he looked
at the water bottles, and he looked at me on
the other side of the water bottles, and he looked
(31:22):
at the water bottles, and I called him and I
had some cat treats that I knew he liked, and
he went through about two rows, not knocking anything over,
and then he sat and looked at me, you're making
me and he just sat there and I ran out
(31:43):
of patience before he did. So the next time I
set it up, I set treats up on top of
every third or fourth water bottle on top of the lid,
and not to create a pattern, just to get him
to go through it. And I saw him studying it,
(32:03):
and then he went through and instead of going straight
down the hall, he's sank through to go to treat.
To treat my cats smarter than I am. My cat
is smarter than the dogs will co operate with me.
The cats smarter than I am.
Speaker 3 (32:24):
This may have just been a reaction to toilet paper
and paper towel hoarding, but people making hurdles for their
dogs to cats to jump over.
Speaker 2 (32:33):
Oh yes, yes, one row, two roads.
Speaker 3 (32:38):
In the hallway. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (32:40):
I wasn't willing to rest the toilet paper I in
mid though, I did do the Soranne wrap. One who
is that? You take Soranne wrap and you go across
the hallway like two or three heights and the width
of the Soranne wrap, and I've seen it with cats,
So I put all four of mine in my bedroom,
(33:04):
put the Serene wrap across the hall.
Speaker 3 (33:08):
Okay, all right?
Speaker 2 (33:10):
And then I opened the door, stepped over the Sirene wrap,
and I called them. I did not fool any of them, Ah, good,
didn't full Hero went through it, bones and seven hopped
over it, and Kirk went, oh hero made a hole. Okay,
(33:31):
thank you very much. Like I said, they're smarter than
I am. But yeah, Hero went through it, but he
did it consciously. It wasn't startled. He went up to it,
looked at it, and then went.
Speaker 3 (33:47):
That's not enough of a barrier.
Speaker 2 (33:48):
There's not enough a barrier for me. But nobody was.
Nobody was freaked out or puzzled by it. They all went,
I see it. Were you trying to hide it from me?
I see it? Because in some of the videos they
run into it and smash face like you know, it's
not there, like they don't see it. Now they saw
it quite well, thank you very much.
Speaker 3 (34:11):
It had nothing to do with you at the other
end of the hallwink.
Speaker 2 (34:15):
Yeah, I'm sure there was a lot of making. Well,
that's the phone, go ahead, something on.
Speaker 3 (34:22):
The internet, Morning morning, Morning, trap ahead.
Speaker 2 (34:27):
All right. For that, we'll let you go and look
at the James Harriet TV show. It's a PPS masterpiece series.
All right. So that's it. We'll see you next time,
by bye bye.
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Speaker 2 (00:23):
Hi, Welcome to It's a Doggy Dog World. I'm your host,
Lis Poliica and with me today as always are my
good friend's Pat Bark Hello and Kate Abbott. And as
we record this, we're still in COVID, still in lockdown,
still on lockdown, or back in the lockdown, continuing lockdown,
(00:45):
depending on where you live. And we've talked about in
a previous podcast a few months ago, we talked about
some things that you and your dog can do to
keep you both from going stir crazy. And in that
podcast we talked about Simipedia is training. We talked about
brain games, both making games at home and some of
the commercial brain games, which is still a great idea,
(01:08):
but we thought we'd bring up some other ideas because
we've been doing that with our dogs. And I know,
Patron I both have young dogs coming up on a
year and a half, and you cannot just let a
young dog hang around the house not doing any do anything,
or you're gonna have some problem behaviors. So I know
I've been quite inventive and doing some normal things and
(01:32):
expanding them or adding new things.
Speaker 3 (01:36):
Okay, well, because of our current restrictions. We cannot meet
inside our training center. We're meeting outside.
Speaker 2 (01:43):
Where you can be socially distanced and doors.
Speaker 3 (01:48):
We didn't want to do it on the asphalt, so
we brought in a lot.
Speaker 2 (01:52):
A lot of mulch adun't trust.
Speaker 3 (01:55):
And spread it all around. Well. Then the other day
it occurred to me that I had some raised cockpits,
and then I started pulling them out from the garage
and the shed and under the house and the store
kept and I realized that I had enough for each.
Speaker 2 (02:13):
Dog in class, and I had two, and when she
came by my house, I gave her the two go ahead.
Speaker 3 (02:18):
So there is more than enough for each dog that
comes to class, and a little leftover too, So I
started distributing them at the as people would come in
with their dogs. Okay, here's the bit, And every now
and then someone would say, oh, they don't mind being
on the mulch. And at that time I stopped and
I went, why do I want them to do this anyway?
And I said they need to do it anyway because
it's novel, it's something different.
Speaker 2 (02:40):
It is something different. But it also teaches them the
concept of go to your bed or go to a spot. Yeah,
give them, I mean it can be used, but control yourself.
Then I was surprised.
Speaker 3 (02:53):
I mean at least half the dogs went cool, climb
right up, PLoP down. But there were those dogs that went,
oh no, that's scary. Yeah, oh no, no that I
don't I can't be up on that. So just spending
the time to get them used to that was worthwhile.
So I have been thinking about other novel things we
can do to torture our students dogs.
Speaker 4 (03:17):
So last night's class was pretty dard funny.
Speaker 2 (03:22):
So we had the CDC classes started and can I
get this?
Speaker 4 (03:28):
So we didn't have the cops out. We've been having
them out for class and telling the people come grab one.
Well we did for this class, so I offered it
to them, and a couple of them wanted a little
cute little white fuzzy wanted to get the dog off
the mult And then it was like, oh no, we're fine,
we're finding Kate starts coming. And then then I'm like, okay,
you have no choice.
Speaker 3 (03:47):
Yeah, you're gonna have your guns.
Speaker 4 (03:49):
Because you are going to get a bed, whether your
dog likes or not. I'm going to get a bed. Yeah,
I would start laughing. Everybody got dead.
Speaker 3 (03:56):
They did, and there were a few that had to
work with their dog getting up on it.
Speaker 2 (04:02):
Yeah, okay, and then there's sorry, it's already drop. Then
there's the concept of teaching your dog to use one
of those.
Speaker 3 (04:09):
Ye.
Speaker 2 (04:10):
So wait a minute. I'm in the process of painting
my living room, so furniture is pushed all over everywhere.
I'm doing one end of it first, and so the
furnitures I mean to walk through my living room, I
have to zigzag. It's a mess. The dogs don't care
well seventh in heat. So I have a dog crate
out there, and when I can't supervise, she said, the
(04:32):
dog crate. Well, when I was moving furniture, I took
the various dogbeds that were in the living room and
threw them in the crate. So it's like Princess and apee.
Oh yeah, Oh, she loves that. No, she goes into
the crate all the way back, and I think there's
four dog beds piled on top of each other. Her
(04:53):
head has to touch the top of the crate if
she tries to sit up, but she's curled up there.
Speaker 3 (05:01):
So I'm glad you told that story because someone has
been making fun of me adding blankets to my terrier's crate.
I like so that he could have a nest in there.
Speaker 2 (05:14):
On these colds, there's no room for your dog.
Speaker 3 (05:18):
This is the bed's nowhere even near the amountain that
quill requires to keep his body warm.
Speaker 4 (05:25):
We had one of our students kind of you know,
I said, well, you know, at night we do put
a little bed in there. We kind of spoil and
they have little terrier as Oh no, you don't water
dog beds in the crate, Kate.
Speaker 2 (05:40):
Total beds are in the crate for jack Russell.
Speaker 3 (05:43):
And then you have to save one last blanket to
put over the top so there's no drafts.
Speaker 2 (05:48):
So well, there are like four beds in there.
Speaker 3 (05:50):
Five Maybe I think there's only one bed, but I
think there's four blankets and the one blanket over the top.
Oh my god.
Speaker 2 (05:56):
This for a dog that was bad to work in
the stable and burrow in the straw, I have no
straw for it. Burrows and blankets. Okay, it's his birthday.
I'm bringing you straw, grateful straw. So these raised beds, though,
are actually working greats is also keeping a lot of
(06:18):
the dogs from roaming. Yes, they are quite more comfortable.
They have just chill out. That's a great idea.
Speaker 3 (06:25):
It's been good in really good ways.
Speaker 4 (06:28):
So I wonder how many got them for Christmas since
we started before the holidays, like.
Speaker 2 (06:32):
We need to get one for my dog.
Speaker 3 (06:34):
Look, that's true. Now.
Speaker 2 (06:35):
One of the funniest one that maybe there's.
Speaker 3 (06:37):
Harder for me to find them on the internet grudge sales.
Speaker 2 (06:42):
It could be. Yeah. So one lady has a great
hand retired racer off the track. Lovely dogs, sweet dog.
I love that dog. And you know we very few
bad ones from the track. Yeah, but if he has
he's extra sit. It really is.
Speaker 4 (07:06):
So you know, it was probably two or three of
class when you start bringing out those cots, and so
he got one and all of a sudden he couldn't
help him sit, but he kept sitting.
Speaker 2 (07:16):
He was so happy.
Speaker 3 (07:18):
And wait, the backstory here is he was protesting sitting.
I mean, he wasn't fighting, but he was just like,
I can't I can't sit, I can't sit.
Speaker 2 (07:26):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (07:26):
And for those of you that don't know, most racing
greyhounds are taught not to sit. They got to be
up on their feet ready to.
Speaker 2 (07:34):
Run like prodded. I mean me taught not to sit.
Speaker 3 (07:38):
So asking this dog to sit, he was horrified.
Speaker 2 (07:41):
Except except what is that comfortable?
Speaker 4 (07:45):
He needed comfort to sit and this this guy sat
with his back legs like straight out from under and
it looked like an old man. But he and he
would just wiggle himself like all company but they don't
have it.
Speaker 2 (07:56):
He patting.
Speaker 3 (07:58):
He reminded me of like a bear, you see, you
know legs.
Speaker 2 (08:04):
Oh my god, he was happy.
Speaker 3 (08:06):
I mean he was so adverse to sitting. We're like, okay,
teach him to stand. And whenever we say sit your dog,
you have him stand, stay, whatever. And he was doing
great at it. But he was Yeah.
Speaker 2 (08:19):
Even the owner was like, he's never sat. So many
times he would come up, we do our thing, go
back to the chairs, he'd sit down.
Speaker 3 (08:27):
And he was just so happy about it. Was great.
Speaker 2 (08:30):
Now to go along with that, if people are doing
it at home, is teaching the concept of calm c
A L M. So every time the dog gets on
the bed or on his rug or or whatever, he
doesn't necessarily have to do it lie down and stay.
Although we could say if you wanted him out of
(08:53):
the kitchen when you were cooking. He could do it downstay.
But if you can teach the the concept of this
is your place to just relax, calm down. You don't
have to stay, you don't have to freeze, but lay
down and stay within your boundary. And I know I've
done this every time I have a young dog at home.
(09:13):
So so I did it with seven hero learned it
poems learned. It is all right. I've got a dog book.
Now I'm reading a James Harriet book or whatever, and
I'm relaxed and it's been a busy day and i
just want to be calm myself. Find a spot ye
and be calm, settle down. And that's that's what I
(09:36):
use to settle down. And if you've got a target
spot like one of those cops or dog bed or
rug or my guys are allowed on the furniture so
they can get up on the furniture.
Speaker 3 (09:51):
I do have a small confession.
Speaker 2 (09:53):
Again, besides all the beds and your dogs.
Speaker 3 (09:55):
Have so many confessions, and this is kind of scary.
Speaker 2 (09:59):
The patron you.
Speaker 3 (10:00):
Know, one of the new cops I got. It's a
small one suitable for a terrier, but it also has
a bolster that goes around three signs. Oh yes, and
it's a fluffy bolster. And if it's not fluffy enough,
there's a zipper where you can add more fluff.
Speaker 2 (10:17):
Terriers, stables work in the barn.
Speaker 3 (10:20):
Yeah, you're gonna ask me to put hay in the bolster,
aren't you.
Speaker 2 (10:25):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (10:25):
So I helped her put together a little barer. Wasn't easy,
and all of a sudden, okay, we put together and
she pulls out the bolster.
Speaker 2 (10:32):
What is that She goes lock. I'm like, oh my god, Oh.
Speaker 3 (10:37):
It looks on it's just wonderful. And by the way,
those kind of different sizes too, it's not just.
Speaker 2 (10:43):
Small, probably different colors.
Speaker 3 (10:45):
Oh yeah, absolutely. So I was looking around at my
junk things, things that I acquire because someday it might
be useful, and I pulled out a box of dog shoes,
dog boots, dog slippers, even dog flip flops, the little
(11:06):
pink ones, little sandals. So I think I might have
enough depending on the size of the dog. Not put
all four on a dog straight away, but maybe one
or two feet per class per dog, you know, something
new to get them used to would for the intermediate
(11:28):
and advanced graduation, but for the upper levels. Yeah, that way.
But another fun thing.
Speaker 2 (11:35):
Okay, so now we have raised beds and shoes.
Speaker 3 (11:43):
You know the funniest is just sit weight with two
shoes on for the first time and then go across
and then call them to come. Oh, because you know
that the first time they wear shoes they're hysterical.
Speaker 2 (11:55):
You have to start looking for some goggles. God, really
put on another mission.
Speaker 3 (12:01):
Those are rarely show up on the garage sales. Oh
they're just too expensive.
Speaker 2 (12:07):
Yeah, they are expensive, and the good ones.
Speaker 3 (12:10):
Anyway, the only thing we could try is cheap swimming
goggles because those can be adjusted in a lot of
ways to go behind the head, under the chin and
spread on the muzzle. Now, there was a lady at
the Carlsbitt Street fair for years that sold those for
that purpose. She hadn't changed them to.
Speaker 2 (12:30):
Goggles for girl dogs panties.
Speaker 3 (12:33):
Oh yeah, yeah.
Speaker 2 (12:36):
We started that.
Speaker 3 (12:36):
We have three Well we've already we've done in the past.
We've done a pile of T shirts. Put a T
shirt on your puppy dog.
Speaker 2 (12:43):
Yeah, two choos and feather boas feather boas novelty. Uh.
But now we can use items for a purpose, teach
them to work.
Speaker 5 (12:54):
Booty.
Speaker 2 (12:55):
I don't know how all times I have defended that online, especially,
but somebody's complaining because their dog had surgery and wouldn't
leave his bandages alone, and it's like, no, Every puppy
needs to learn that he can have something on his feet,
something wrapped around his body, because at some point in
(13:19):
his life he's going to need to be bandaged or
protected in some way, or move from southern California to
a cold climate.
Speaker 3 (13:27):
M H. So pay it to our original topic though.
This is the kind of novelty you can.
Speaker 2 (13:32):
Do at home, and you can do it now. When
you're at home.
Speaker 3 (13:35):
You can. You can order this stuff and bring it
in and torture your dog at home. You don't have
to go out to torture.
Speaker 2 (13:42):
Dig through your rag bag and there's an old T
shirt in there there you go, make sure it doesn't
have anything bad on it, wash it and play with it.
There was there was somebody, you know, like putting clothes
on him, like I've got.
Speaker 4 (13:55):
Those wrap the you wrap them wrecks. No, sometimes I
have one freak to my dogs. They're all used to
worrying them and no problem.
Speaker 2 (14:04):
They love it. They don't care. Well, how does one
person try to get with her dog or dogs absolutely
hate it. So she just took it off and returned it.
I don't know, no, no, it's not just for that purpose.
But so I tried to explain to her. She's like, well,
she just really didn't like it. I hope. But that's
where teaching traine me comes in.
Speaker 3 (14:23):
That's why we we show them how to teach their
dogs to get ready to wear a muzzle. You don't
just slap the muscle on the dog.
Speaker 2 (14:30):
Yeah. At Halloween, I posted one of the pictures of
my dogs in costume, and because some of the costumes
I've done for my guys have been pretty elaborate. Cisco's
Red Kiki Boots costume very elaborate, and someone was giving
me a hard time about it. Oh, that's so mean,
I would never do that to my dog, and blah
(14:50):
blah blah, and I went, how about if your dog
needed abdominal surgery, could you band a chin and have
him leave it alone, or would you have to put
a cone on his head? That I don't have to
put a cone on my dog's head. They're used to
wearing things.
Speaker 3 (15:04):
Had a foot injury that we had to rap and
he was good about it because he'd had stuff put
on him.
Speaker 2 (15:10):
And he loved he loved being dress. He loved dressed.
Cisco was the equivalent of a drag queen, well fancier.
It was the better.
Speaker 3 (15:22):
We called him Cisco Dobby. Yes, yeah, he was thrilled
with the whole idea. But even if they're not, it's
a good skill for them to do, and just in
the being handled and just the feeling different.
Speaker 2 (15:36):
But make it fun. Oh yeah, cookies, cheering. The reason
Cisco loved it was everybody cheered and went, oh my gosh,
look at your hands down. Oh remember the Western one
we did. Keeley was an Indian prince. Oh, she just
loved the Indian princess. Rio was the cowboy. Cisco was
(15:58):
the Indian scout.
Speaker 3 (16:00):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (16:01):
And we had a sheriff.
Speaker 3 (16:05):
Oh no, was Indy the sheriff.
Speaker 2 (16:07):
No, that was before Indy. There was another German shepherd.
Speaker 4 (16:11):
Remember now I have to look up that. I think
I have a picture. The three are three dogs.
Speaker 2 (16:16):
Yeah, but there was more. There was also a sheriff.
One of our students was.
Speaker 3 (16:21):
Yeah, we put them on backdrops and we were you
were creating an entire story. Oh yeah, that we were
getting ready to put together. We just kind of fell off.
Speaker 2 (16:30):
Of that, but it kept very complicated.
Speaker 3 (16:32):
But we had the dogs sitting in front of a
poker table ship playing cards at.
Speaker 2 (16:38):
A brothels set up, yeah, everything.
Speaker 3 (16:43):
And all sorts of fun stuff, and the dogs were like, well, okay,
that's what we're doing today.
Speaker 2 (16:47):
Yeah, yeah, yeah. It was great.
Speaker 3 (16:51):
It was fun for us and we made sure it
was fun for the puppy dogs.
Speaker 2 (16:55):
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Speaker 2 (19:01):
Welcome back. One other thing that I've been doing is
when I start to get a little cabin tracy myself
and I've been doing a lot of writing, so a
lot of sitting at the computer when my brain is
ready to fry. Throw the dogs in the car and
we just go for a ride.
Speaker 3 (19:16):
Oh yeah.
Speaker 2 (19:17):
We've made a lot of trips down to the harbor,
and if there's not many people at the harbor, we'll
go for a walk. If there's a lot of people,
we stay in the car, but we'll just go for
a ride a break. Right. Exactly whether we get out
of the car or not. Basically, whether we get out
of the car, I judge by how many people are
around us and whether people are masked or not. But
(19:38):
you know, just get out of the house and do something.
And they like going for a ride. So as long
as I don't go near a patron's house, they lose
their mind in excitement.
Speaker 3 (19:50):
And we've heard a say before. We do not like
dog parks, most of them.
Speaker 2 (19:55):
Right, yeah, but a lot of them are close now
are they?
Speaker 3 (19:58):
Yeah? Going there? But I've been telling people that to
expose their dogs to other dogs any safe way during COVID,
go to the parking lot of the dog park, but
never get out of the car, just go hey, look
at that dog, and give your dogs some treats well,
so they get to see other dogs. It's not the
same seven is.
Speaker 2 (20:19):
They're a year and a half now, right, and herding dogs,
especially bitches about this age, tend to start developing some
protective instincts. Oh yeah, okay, stranger. And it's not because
of COVID or anything else. It's terrible. It's approaching the
terrible twos, and it's pretty typical. And it's typical for
(20:43):
most herding and working breeds because that's what they were
bred to do. So we have done that at the harbor.
Lots of people walk their dogs at the harbor. So
if it's too crowded for me to feel comfortable to
get out and walk them, we sit in the car.
I'll drink my ice tea. I'll have the window down
in the so they can sniff and smell the sea
lions and hear the boats. And and then if somebody
(21:06):
walks by and the dogs make noise the boys, I
can just tell him that's enough, we're good, thank you.
And if seven starts to go, knock it off, and
it's like, oh, thank you. Teaching opportunities teaching opportunity.
Speaker 3 (21:26):
That's right, This a good time to work on the
dogs that like to charge the TV when there's an
animal on TV.
Speaker 2 (21:35):
Oh, there was one of those on Facebook and everybody
was laughing over it. And I was going, you're laughing now,
but that's a big dog. And when he knocks the TV, yes,
when he knocks that TV down, it's not so funny.
It's not so funny. Yeah, And everybody was just laughing
(21:57):
over that dog. And I'm going, uh uh the first time,
but don't encourage it, don't praise it. And they were.
They thought it was hysterical. And it's like, yeah, look
at the repercussions of that. That's a big screen TV.
And yes, the price has come down, but anti TV
could come down on top of the dog. Yeah. Yeah,
(22:19):
so it would be the other thing that we've been
doing is I've been doing more trick training. I love
trick training. And seven adolescents slowed her down a little bit.
You want me to do what?
Speaker 3 (22:33):
Why?
Speaker 2 (22:33):
What's my motivation?
Speaker 3 (22:36):
What does my character do in the scene.
Speaker 2 (22:39):
Yes, but if she threw that attitude, then the boys
did their tricks and they got treats and she didn't
and There were a few times she sat back and went,
I don't care, I don't need a treat, And then
as soon as we were down she went and sniffed
their muzzles. What did she give you? But you know what,
you don't cooperate, you don't get a treaty know, that's
(23:01):
a learning opportunity in itself. But we've been doing some
tricks as well as our obedience training and keep that
brain busy. Oh, lots of We've been doing lots of boxes.
Speaker 3 (23:12):
That's a great.
Speaker 2 (23:14):
COVID Amazon delivered boxes. Ye, yeah, yeah, I got some
boxes in the garage.
Speaker 5 (23:22):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (23:23):
I guess the point when Amazon box comes to my house,
it's like, let me open it first and get.
Speaker 2 (23:27):
My stuff out.
Speaker 3 (23:28):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (23:30):
Is it in there? No, it's my stuff that's there.
What was it the day that I was leaving your
place after letting the dogs run and you get a
chewy dot com box? Yeah?
Speaker 3 (23:40):
Oh lord ah, that's Christmas?
Speaker 4 (23:44):
Oh yeahs yep, usually the dogs are out there.
Speaker 2 (23:48):
Can I take this. One of the other things I
think that's important and I've been making sure to do
with seven is don't let your dog be glued to
you twenty four to seven. Oh, yeah, because we're here
and hearing more and more of the separation things. Yeah,
when this quits, when we're allowed, I don't know that
life will ever go back to the way it was completely.
(24:11):
I think a lot of people are going to be
more cautious afterwards. But when we get back to a
more normal life, your done needs to be able to
be left.
Speaker 3 (24:21):
Already, even people that are still working at home were going, Okay,
I can't get a moment away from my dog, right
and they're already looking forward to Okay, what happens when
I need to go right?
Speaker 2 (24:33):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (24:34):
Right, yeah, yeah, and so I do.
Speaker 4 (24:36):
I mean, there was me in the mornings because it's
cold Whims in California.
Speaker 2 (24:43):
Cold this morning was forty one when I let him
out this morning. That was in the room with me
for a few hours in the morning.
Speaker 4 (24:53):
But then in the afternoon it's like, nope, you guys,
go outside, I'm gonna be here by snaky yeah.
Speaker 2 (24:58):
Will and I continue to PREA seven doesn't other than
now when she's in season. She doesn't need to be
great trained, but doesn't need to be created because she's
not destructive, she's not getting into trouble. But it's a
good skill. Yeah, and going outside and staying outside without
(25:18):
me or amazing. Everybody laid down, stay, I can go
to the bathroom by myself. No, you can't. I know
it's a foreign concept, but let's work in some obedience training.
Everybody in the bedroom lay down, thank you, stay, go
to the bathroom, come back out. Good, awesome. They don't
(25:43):
like it. Apparently I need to be shown where the
toilet is.
Speaker 3 (25:48):
Well, there's always that back door exit, you know.
Speaker 2 (25:51):
It's like, yes, you guys can do a downstay for
a little bit.
Speaker 3 (25:54):
Yes, yeah, yeah. Think of the things she can teach
her novel torture. Okay, Well, going through I found five
or six.
Speaker 2 (26:08):
Sugar mats of course, of course, so it doesn't need
four or five.
Speaker 3 (26:14):
I have one for trick classy okay, So you roll
it out and then you put treats on it and
you roll it back up. Oh, and you take your
puppy dog to roll out the rug or the mat
in this case.
Speaker 2 (26:27):
Or just tear the center out of it.
Speaker 3 (26:29):
No, no, no, you help them learn to nudge roll.
Speaker 2 (26:34):
So these yoga mats are going to show up the
next trip class.
Speaker 3 (26:37):
Yes, for tricks to the next level up.
Speaker 2 (26:41):
Good and and would you find.
Speaker 3 (26:43):
Would I find I found those portable soccer goals nets? Yes,
and you got excited.
Speaker 2 (26:49):
I did because I brought the ball.
Speaker 3 (26:51):
She wrote a ball. Teach the puppy dogs like in
try ball to push it nudget into the net.
Speaker 2 (26:58):
We did that with Pusher when we first got the big.
Speaker 4 (27:02):
And did you like it when they had showed it
on the show.
Speaker 2 (27:09):
God loved that. I'd have to make him stop though,
because he'd rub it. He'd rub his no, so well,
that huge one. Love that gigantic one. It was as
tall as him.
Speaker 3 (27:23):
When we say it was. It was one of those
exercise boss o big one. It was designed for weightlifters
to sit on while they lifted weights. They would have
to use their core right to help balance themselves while
I lifted weight.
Speaker 2 (27:39):
So it was a little bit heavier duty than this.
Speaker 3 (27:41):
Quite heavy duty and quite big.
Speaker 2 (27:43):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (27:44):
People had a sleep over cover the other.
Speaker 2 (27:48):
No, no, but it was the horse one. Yeah, we
have one. It was ridge. You could see where the
guys using exercise. They were different patterns. This is up
this down, you know, but.
Speaker 3 (28:02):
For sure as an Aussie, but he would knock that
thing like eight feet into the air.
Speaker 2 (28:08):
Oh yeah, yeah, but he good at pushing it to
a specific place. It took a lot of practice, and
it was more him figuring it out. I couldn't tell
him do this to make it go here. He had
to figure out how. And I started with bring it here. Well,
he couldn't put his mouth on it to grab it
(28:28):
to bring it to me. But it took a lot
of practice on his part how to move that gigantic
ball to get it to go where he wanted it
to go.
Speaker 3 (28:38):
Remember dogs pushing it past us and looking ah, and
then having to run and bring it back. I mean
they really had to work.
Speaker 2 (28:46):
Yeah, yeah, it was great. I started it with Bones too,
but oh, Bones kept popping them. Yeah he Boones popped
three or four of them, and then I quit. I
can't push it where I go. I will get a
canine tooth into it. Yeah. So it depends on the
personality of your dog too, But she was willing to
(29:08):
learn how to control it. Bones was quite a bit
more impatient. I will fix it this way.
Speaker 7 (29:13):
Now I will bring the limp remains to you. Yes,
all right, well one more Okay, I've been seeing this
on the internet stack up like empty water bottles in
the hallway.
Speaker 3 (29:29):
Some of them are making a maze, so the dog
has to be very careful to walk through. Others are
going how many bottles are your dog willing to knock over?
Speaker 2 (29:38):
Yes, I've seen it with cats. Cats, Oh my god,
mm hmm. So I'll admit I did it with Kirk,
did you.
Speaker 4 (29:46):
I ain't have to train our new kitten. You just
put you know, we have a corner in the kitchen.
We just kind of put the empty water bottles the
other night.
Speaker 2 (29:54):
Here thunk, clink, dunk, and I'm looking at her.
Speaker 4 (29:57):
She's literally, yes, she's taking one, boots it off, I
mean like blames.
Speaker 2 (30:04):
It off the counter, watches it hits the ground. Oh
that's fine. Now individually purposely.
Speaker 3 (30:11):
So if you put him in the hallway, she would
just go flick, click clip.
Speaker 2 (30:14):
She loved this thing about flicking and just watching him
go boo.
Speaker 4 (30:17):
And then on the other side of it is Willow,
you know her, her and water bottles.
Speaker 2 (30:21):
You leave him around, she grabs them and to take
yet so I got a case of the water. So
I did it with full water bottles. Okay, for those
listeners who haven't heard me talk about kirkiss a foster fail,
I got him as a three week ol foster kitten.
(30:41):
He's now five. He is the boss of all the dogs.
Boots is afraid of him, or Hero ignores him. Seven
and he are best at friends, but Seven still respects him.
Kirk is not afraid of anything in the world. So
I took this case of water bottles and I took
(31:02):
it out of the case. And most of the videos
I've seen him been like in a hallway. So I
made four or five rows of full water bottles across
the hallway and then woke him up, and he looked
at the water bottles, and he looked at me on
the other side of the water bottles, and he looked
(31:22):
at the water bottles, and I called him and I
had some cat treats that I knew he liked, and
he went through about two rows, not knocking anything over,
and then he sat and looked at me, you're making
me and he just sat there and I ran out
(31:43):
of patience before he did. So the next time I
set it up, I set treats up on top of
every third or fourth water bottle on top of the lid,
and not to create a pattern, just to get him
to go through it. And I saw him studying it,
(32:03):
and then he went through and instead of going straight
down the hall, he's sank through to go to treat.
To treat my cats smarter than I am. My cat
is smarter than the dogs will co operate with me.
The cats smarter than I am.
Speaker 3 (32:24):
This may have just been a reaction to toilet paper
and paper towel hoarding, but people making hurdles for their
dogs to cats to jump over.
Speaker 2 (32:33):
Oh yes, yes, one row, two roads.
Speaker 3 (32:38):
In the hallway. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (32:40):
I wasn't willing to rest the toilet paper I in
mid though, I did do the Soranne wrap. One who
is that? You take Soranne wrap and you go across
the hallway like two or three heights and the width
of the Soranne wrap, and I've seen it with cats,
So I put all four of mine in my bedroom,
(33:04):
put the Serene wrap across the hall.
Speaker 3 (33:08):
Okay, all right?
Speaker 2 (33:10):
And then I opened the door, stepped over the Sirene wrap,
and I called them. I did not fool any of them, Ah, good,
didn't full Hero went through it, bones and seven hopped
over it, and Kirk went, oh hero made a hole. Okay,
(33:31):
thank you very much. Like I said, they're smarter than
I am. But yeah, Hero went through it, but he
did it consciously. It wasn't startled. He went up to it,
looked at it, and then went.
Speaker 3 (33:47):
That's not enough of a barrier.
Speaker 2 (33:48):
There's not enough a barrier for me. But nobody was.
Nobody was freaked out or puzzled by it. They all went,
I see it. Were you trying to hide it from me?
I see it? Because in some of the videos they
run into it and smash face like you know, it's
not there, like they don't see it. Now they saw
it quite well, thank you very much.
Speaker 3 (34:11):
It had nothing to do with you at the other
end of the hallwink.
Speaker 2 (34:15):
Yeah, I'm sure there was a lot of making. Well,
that's the phone, go ahead, something on.
Speaker 3 (34:22):
The internet, Morning morning, Morning, trap ahead.
Speaker 2 (34:27):
All right. For that, we'll let you go and look
at the James Harriet TV show. It's a PPS masterpiece series.
All right. So that's it. We'll see you next time,
by bye bye.
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