January 31, 2024 • 37 mins
From a high energy pup to one of the smartest members of the family, Cheetah is a sweet boy that keeps his family on their toes.
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Julie Jackson (00:03):
Hey, welcome to Happy Tales of Happy Tails, the
podcast where you'll hearstories of the way pups have
touched our hearts and ourlives. So for the next few
minutes, let everything else goand just listen and smile. I'm
your host, Jackson, thank you somuch for doing this. Oh,
Meagan (00:22):
No problem. I'm excited to hear what you're doing. So
Cheetah it is. We adopted himfrom Apollo Support and Rescue.
And we were told he is acattlahula and pit. That's all
we knew. And we got him. And wepicked him out when he was about
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I think it was like six weeksbecause we didn't get him until
he was almost eight weeks, maybenine weeks. And then kind of as
he grew and stuff, we're like,Oh, you are a cattahula and pit
mix. And at one phase, I waslike, I'm pretty sure you have
Chihuahua. And you That was Thatwas scary.
Julie Jackson (01:08):
It's quite a mix.
Meagan (01:09):
You still like really puppies. I use going to the vet
more frequently and stuff. And Iasked them, it was probably like
six months or so. I was like, Doyou think he has Chihuahua in
him? And they are like, mostdefinitely. And I was like, Oh,
Lord.
Julie Jackson (01:23):
What was it that made y'all think that? Yes, his
Meagan (01:27):
facial hair in his skinny nose. And yeah, and then
it made sense with all thesnuggling and the way he sleeps,
and just some of his personalitytraits were leaning towards it.
So um, and then I've seen one ofhis sisters. I've seen two of
his sisters actually at shotclinics when he was a little
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puppy too. They would see ourfolder that we're holding, like,
is that one of these letters? Itis. And so some of his sisters
had more of a lab face to them.
They had floppy ears. And so wethink it's just kind of a little
bit of everything. Which is sofun. And he did have spots when
we got him. And so he knew hewas for sure how to heal. And
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then probably about three, fourmonths old, the spots faded.
Julie Jackson (02:20):
Oh, because he's he's mostly kind of blondish
now. Sydney. Yeah, he's
Meagan (02:24):
real. Kind of a tan color. Yeah. And then he's got
the white dip toes and tail. Andthat's about he's got a white
spot on his chest. And that'sabout it. So. Oh, but yeah, he
was named cheetah by Maverick.
And because he had the spots.
Like, oh, well, now we just havecheetah with no spots. That's
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okay, though. Well, it's allgood. So, um, but funny. When we
went to look at cheetah, he wasin a foster home with one of his
siblings. It was another male, Iguess. And I wanted the other
puppy. He was the calmest puppyI'd ever seen. He would just lay
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I could hold him and he'ssleeping my arms. And I've never
had a puppy do that. I alwaysget this as dogs. And I was
like, this is the one we'regonna get an Maverick was like,
no, he's like, the other one.
And named cheetah at the time.
You know, he was chasing circlesaround them and running and
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playing, biting and all thethings I did not want with, I
guess eight year old seven yearold at the time. And so I was
like, Okay, we'll discuss thisand come back later. And Matt
was like, you're gettingcheated. You're getting that
dog. Right? I was like, I am notgetting that one. want that one?
I'm not raising that. He's like,No, and that's what Maverick
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wants. It's like, I don't care.
Julie Jackson (03:53):
I know who's gonna end up doing all this
stuff.
Meagan (03:56):
And do that with all the other dogs too. And so we went
back and I went back for theother puppy. And we came home
Spass. So yes, he was picked outfor Maverick and in the long
run. I was like, this isMavericks dog. I want to train
him to be Mavericks dog andsleep in bed with him and
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everything. And he doesn't doany of that. You know? So, you
know, that's how he started andhe's always been intelligent and
smart. Very energetic and youhave to work out that energy, of
course, you know. But he was a2020 dog. 2020 Puppy, I guess
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you could say. So we got him inMay of 2020. So kind of a
pandemic puppy. Yes. And soyeah, he was born March 2020.
And then we got him. April Mayish, I guess? And so we had more
time to do stuff. So he gotwalked in the morning, I walked
in the afternoon, and we playedand everything and we just had
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more time to train. And I workedwith him a lot. And you know,
just a lot each day. So he'sintelligent, he's great with,
you know, walking in theneighborhood, we got him
knowing. We have a lot of kidsin and out of the house and up
and down the street. So he'ssuper social. It is interesting.
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He knows which kids we kind oflean towards. Which ones way
down.
Julie Jackson (05:36):
Isn't that funny?
And we're okay with that. Yeah,yeah. No, I mean, yeah.
Meagan (05:45):
I mean, he welcomes anyone in the house still, you
know, if we let them in, he'scool with it. But he knows on
the street, we have our favoriteelders, we just keep walking.
It's
Julie Jackson (05:57):
crazy how I mean, they pick up on so much
Meagan (06:00):
they do. Yes. Yeah, they're so. So
Julie Jackson (06:04):
I meant to tell you happy birthday. Oh, by the
way, yes. And so you and healmost maybe have similar
clothes, birthdays, then? Yeah.
So
Meagan (06:14):
we actually is funny.
His actual birthday, Apollo toldus was March 12. And that was
like the day before Fort Worthshut down. Texas basically shut
down in 2020. And so I was like,well, we missed Friday the 13th.
We missed the shutdown. Yeah. Soyeah, so close. Yeah. But yeah,
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and you know, on how you'resaying that they pick up on
people, something I caught withhim. It was just probably last
year. So like, we were stillwearing masks. Some people were
still locations. We're stillwearing masks and stuff. We
weren't in public as much. He isthe worst behaved dog at the vet
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I've ever had. Like, I don'tknow. That's right. I mean, he
just barks and barks and barksat everyone. And so I finally
realized when we were there,that the vet was still wearing
face masks. And he'd never seenanyone else in a face mask. You
know, we don't wear him in thehouse or anything. And so I
asked the bed I was like, Cany'all please put your face mask
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down? And they did you know,they were okay with it. And he
was the quietest see that werebed. And I was like that it was
like he hates your, your facemask. And so he kind of see what
was behind any of their masks.
So that's why he was so loudthere. Oh, my goodness. And as
soon as they did that, he hardlybarks at all when he goes there
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now. And I was like, Oh my gosh.
Julie Jackson (07:43):
Yeah, it's interesting. Okay. I would like
to think that I'm not thatperson. But apparently we are
those people. There is such athing as dog TV. And my husband
has subscribed to it. Have youever seen it? No. Okay, well, so
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it's funny, because I've neverI've had a lot of dogs for many,
many years. And I've never hadone that watches TV like Chuck
does. Like he sat on the couchand watched all of in conto.
It's his favorite movie. Butanything he gets so captivated.
So we there was a free trial ofit. And we thought well, okay,
Ricky was like, well just try itand see. And he does, Chuck. I
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mean, they all are curious, butChuck loves it. But the reason I
asked that is one of the thingsthey do, you have to like, have
instructions for dog TV, untilyou don't adjust the color on
your TV because they adjust thecolor of all the shows so that
the dogs can see it.
Meagan (08:45):
Ah, I didn't know.
That's pretty cool.
Julie Jackson (08:48):
Yeah. So so it is there's like more contrast and
it's kind of like you look at itand you're like the color is all
off and but it's intentional.
Adjusted for how theydistinguish color. Okay.
Meagan (09:01):
Yeah, yeah, I'd never you know, we were in tough and
miles. They never lived throughface masks or anything. So we
never had that awareness andthen just for the house like, so
like, as soon as they took itdown, they knew like okay, he
reacts better without us wearingour face mask on and so that was
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so stupid smart. Yeah.
Julie Jackson (09:27):
Yeah, and we kind of joke one of my friends we
laugh when the dogs will dothings like that and and will be
like, Why on earth do they dothat? And so it's become our
joke reasons. So now anytimethere's something like that.
We're like they're clearly doingit intentionally, but it's
beyond our comprehension. Soreasons.
Meagan (09:45):
Reason why we just don't know. Right?
Unknown (09:48):
Just not for us to do.
He's so human
Meagan (09:52):
and he's on a schedule and routine like he knows fixing
Mavericks lunch. He knows whereto sit in the kitchen on the
kitchen mat and I finally gotto, like, you got to scoot all
the way back so the drooldoesn't get on the floors. Is
He's the worst drooler we'veever had. And it's
Julie Jackson (10:12):
so yeah, he knows it all the time, or is it like
when he's watching you makefood? It's only with food. Okay,
yes, Chuck does that too. Justas soon as they insist you'll
find
Meagan (10:24):
on your like, crafts.
Like, I love my dogs, but theydon't kiss me on the face. They
don't lick me. I'm like, youhate that. Girl over Eric's
face, and like usuallydisgusting. And then even when
he's like drinking, I have, wehave the raised water and food
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bowls and stuff. And I keep atowel hanging on the wall. And
that's what I have to use toclean up all his water. Because
it's like he poops it in hismouth and then turns and just
drops it on. So yeah, we keep atowel there and we have to wipe
it up every time he eats anddrinks and then we hang it back
up dry. Use it a couple days.
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Now
Julie Jackson (11:07):
does he does he know that you clean up after
him? I mean, does he like lookat you like
Meagan (11:13):
clean this up? No. You just like peace out? Yeah.
Gotcha falls asleep. Basically.
Julie Jackson (11:23):
It is so funny how they have schedules too,
though. And how they just likethey have their routines and
they have their schedules andsome of the stuff that like
their rituals, even. He
Meagan (11:33):
knows Maverick never finishes all of his food. And so
he'll go back and he sits on thecounter as soon as Maverick
takes his plate to the counter,you know, to the kitchen sink.
He goes and he sits there andwaits. Are you gonna give me
now? A little way.
Julie Jackson (11:48):
I can't really tell from his pictures like size
wise. How big is he?
Meagan (11:52):
He's about 52 He goes 5254 pounds. So big. Yeah. He's
smaller than what Boomer andtough everywhere they hovered
around that 5560 pounds onweight loss food. And so yeah,
he's he's around 52 pounds. He'sa good size, though.
Julie Jackson (12:13):
He looks really clean, though. So is he kind of
tall is he?
Meagan (12:18):
And he has hardly any fat on him. He's just muscular.
I feel like if we got him in anopen field, he would be the
happiest thing ever and justtake off. I'm afraid he wouldn't
come back. Right,
Julie Jackson (12:32):
right.
Meagan (12:33):
I haven't tried that yet. Yeah, I
Julie Jackson (12:36):
know. That's what's tough around here is that
it's like a lot of the big openspace is like, I wish that we
had access to a pasture
Meagan (12:44):
or something. Outside traffic in our fields. Yes.
Yeah.
Julie Jackson (12:49):
Where they could, you know, we didn't have to
worry if the recall was not. Oh,there that they're gonna run out
into a street.
Meagan (12:56):
Yeah, exactly. And he, he kind of gets in his own mind,
even on walks and stuff likeafter the first, you know, five
minutes or so he's calmed down,he knows it. And I can just drop
the leash. And he just walks byme. And he behaves better like
that than he does with meholding the leash. And so he
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kind of knows he has thecontrol. And I don't say he has
the control. But he's more incontrol, I guess in his mind.
Yeah. Yeah. Because to mecontrolling the leash even
though he uses a remote collar.
So I'm like, still zap youanytime? Yeah.
Julie Jackson (13:35):
If you get out of control, I still have that
Meagan (13:38):
he stays right by me.
You know, he knows our area ofthe neighborhood. And as soon as
I cross the street, you can seehis anxiety kind of picks up
because it's not as familiar.
Oh, and so he knows his area andI kind of hope he would stick to
it and come back if he were toever get out. But But yeah,
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yeah. He definitely. He knowswhen to come to me when to go to
Maverick. I'm gonna go to Matt.
Maverick is the snuggle and thenwhen he gets all his novels in
the morning and after school.
You know, they're the bestfriends they go and play and
stuff. He knows I feed him andwork. Right, then he knows he
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can sit with Matt. Matt worksfrom home and stuff. So he knows
to stay with him. And he kind ofplays with him outside and
stuff. So he kind of gets us allthree at different times of the
day. And oh, that's good atnight. It's very obvious if I
haven't sat with him, because hetruly is more of my dog. Oh, and
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he needs the time to sit on thecouch with me. Like you can just
tell if he doesn't sit and sleepa little bit. He's completely
different all night long. So itis good that we just kind of sit
and relax and chill and 2030minutes and we get up and he's
like, okay, whatever.
Julie Jackson (15:03):
It's probably therapeutic for both of you.
Yeah.
Meagan (15:07):
I think he knows it's just, our days are Go, go go,
you know, you've been there. Andso
Julie Jackson (15:16):
that's so sweet.
Yeah. And
Meagan (15:19):
I've tried to get him to sleep in Mavericks bed at night,
because I'm like, I want you tobe that dog. And, yes, we just
can't get him to he comes down.
He'll start up there. And he'llbe down by 10 3011 o'clock. And
I think it's casinos, he gets togo out and he gets a treat, and
it goes into it. Never made itall night. And so one night, he
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did it until about one o'clock,which I was impressed. And then
Maverick came down. He's like, Ican't handle him anymore. Walk
up there. He's like, Nope, he'staking up all the space. Get rid
of the squish. Now I was he'slike, No. And I was like, okay,
so you're choosing the stuffedanimals over your dog. He was as
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I am.
Julie Jackson (16:07):
They're not kicking me there.
Meagan (16:10):
And so Matt was like, oh, so can you sleep with us? I
was like, I can try it because Ididn't want him in my bed.
Julie Jackson (16:19):
And how did he do?
Meagan (16:21):
It? He sleeps next to my head. So I tell like we try like
two nights. And I was like, Idon't want to do this anymore.
It's like just go to your house.
And we all sleep really well.
Oh,
Julie Jackson (16:35):
and that's good, though that he that he complies
with that? He? It's funnybecause when Landry so she was a
little bit younger than everyonewhen she was six. That's when we
got our first blue heeler Lily.
And Lily was supposed to beLandry's dog. And that was kind
of my thought too, that, youknow, Lily would be with her,
you know, sleep and Landry'sroom and be there. And it was
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funny because Lily has alwaysbeen right there by me, you
know, and but then maybe fouryears ago, so Landry was, you
know, teenager, and she decidedshe wanted to get her own dog
that, you know, would be herdog. And so she went and rescued
Molly and Molly is this littleterrier gargoyle bat thing?
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Sure, maybe a little bit ofdark. We're not sure. But she's
small. And it's hilariousbecause Molly, we laugh because
even if Landry is gone, Mollyalways wants to be we call
Landry's are in Molly'sapartment. She comes down and
she eats with us and she mayhang out for a little bit. But
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then if we have a gay a babygate at the top of the stairs,
because especially flukes abuseprivileges, so they can't be you
know, and so if the gatesclosed, Molly will like, demand
that we open the gate so she canget to her apartment. And it's
funny because she even whenLandry is gone, she does not
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want to sleep anywhere, but inLandry's bed. And yeah, it is
really sweet. But I almost kindof wonder, too, if it's because
they've, like when the kids areyounger, maybe sometimes they
sense. They feel
Meagan (18:22):
more secure with the adult connecting them. And yeah,
Julie Jackson (18:25):
yeah, you know, I almost feel like I wonder if
they feel like that they're kindof like, well, I feel safer in
here with the adults who I knowthis is where my food comes
from. And this is where mysecurity comes from. But then as
you know, like now that Landryis older and Landry's the
primary care caregiver forMolly, that's who that's who
Molly wants to be with,
Meagan (18:45):
ya know, they definitely clean towards whoever does the
most for them and feeds them and
Julie Jackson (18:52):
yes, although every night, she definitely has
to get snuggle time in withRicky. So she gets all over him.
She's she's all up in hispersonal space. And then she's
funny because she'll come sitnext to me on the couch, and she
has a butt right up against me.
And she just leaves. And wecould do that all day, except
that she tries to nip at myfingers when I'm trying to do
stuff. And so I'm like, youknow,
Meagan (19:15):
he's done it. And he's like, no, like, he doesn't do it
to me.
Julie Jackson (19:20):
See, that's funny because like Molly does it with
me, but she does kind of withRicky though her thing is just
to like, lay and get all like upunder his chin and snuggle So,
reasons.
Meagan (19:34):
One day, we'll know it.
Yes,
Julie Jackson (19:36):
yes. I have a feeling that's one of the things
we find out when we get toheaven. I don't know that we'll
ever figure it out before.
Meagan (19:42):
Right? Yeah. Oh, and one thing I thought about earlier, I
told you cheetah is severe FOMOand he's the first dog I've had
where when people come over andstuff like you can't put him in
his house. He is the loudest Thehappiest thing like Boomer and
TAF, they'd sit in our house.
And people were like, I didn'teven know you had dogs here. I'm
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like, no, they're great. Andthis thing is he, everybody that
comes into our house on aregular basis, or even on
occasion. So like, you have themost energetic, well behaved
dog, I'm like, he's just, heliterally needs to see what
we're doing. He needs to seewho's here. He needs you to pet
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him and love him. And then he'lljust sit there and do nothing.
If we're hanging out in thebackyard with friends, he just
runs around, and he doesn't buganyone, and you can just get
away and he just walks away. Andhe does his own thing. And, but
he can't handle not seeing
Julie Jackson (20:44):
everything. Yeah, he wants to be a part of it,
though. And,
Meagan (20:48):
you know, even at the vet, he's feet up on the door,
looking through the windowwaiting for somebody. And so
he's always needing to knowwhat's going on who's there
who's talking, and we have afriend on the street, he's a dog
specialist. And he helped youknow, kind of train cheat to get
us going with us and stuff. Andcheetah could hear his voice in
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our garage, because he used tocome down and work out in our
garage for a while. And if he'dheard his voice, he could not
stop it. And I was like, pleasejust come say hi to my dog and
leave us alone. He'd come in andsay hi, and just go about his
day.
Julie Jackson (21:26):
That's so smart, though.
Meagan (21:29):
And then he hits he'll get jealous. Like if that friend
came in the kitchen, and if hewas telling stories, you know,
just kind of talking about youknow, more serious things and
not paying attention to cheetahyou know, would take a shoe and
run or he'd go get something outthe dirty clothes and run
upstairs. And like he only doesit when you're here. Like you're
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not paying attention to him.
He's a jealous. And so he justhas a certain things. And if my
mom's staying at the house whilewe're gone, she knows he's going
to take the blue dishrag off thekitchen sink. Me text me is last
year, so over the summer, andshe watched him she's like, I
always get this how often? Like,how many times do you pick it
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up? And I was like, never I getit's only when you're there. And
so it's literally, when shestays here. He gets the dishrag
and runs, and then he'll do itfor a day or two, and we get
home. And then he just stops. So
Julie Jackson (22:28):
that is so funny.
He's like, it's his ritual justfor her. It's
Meagan (22:32):
a game for her and she gets so bad. She just sticks it
like further up on the window soyou can't reach. So yeah. Shoes
when she comes over as the bluedishrag and like, we know what
you're gonna do.
Julie Jackson (22:48):
That is so funny.
Yeah. And you just wonder whatis going to and obviously,
there's in his mind, there's apurpose to this.
Meagan (22:58):
He tries to win. And as long as we stick to the same
people they know to stay strong.
Julie Jackson (23:05):
To not give.
Yeah,
Meagan (23:07):
we've had one person watch him before. And it was
supposed to be a two night stay.
And he only made it one night.
Oh, no. It was like, I keptgetting pictures from them and
texts and phone calls. And I waslike, you know, I was like, just
call it a day. I was like, gohome. I'll still pay you, son.
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Let's figure out the next. Likecheetah just dominated him. Oh,
no. It was bad. We lost houseshoes. We lost a blanket. He
chewed up leash and I was likeyou like I mean, he proved he
was gonna win that week.
Julie Jackson (23:49):
Oh, my goodness.
That little stinker.
Meagan (23:53):
Where's the person who is here is just a horrible dog.
You know, he wasn't trained tobehave. I was like, oh, no, he's
just really smart. And he knowsyour weakness.
Julie Jackson (24:04):
That's what's crazy. And this has come up on
multiple conversations. But Iand I said years ago, especially
when I after I got the first thetwo healers. So there are
seniors now but they're, they'refrom the same litter. And both
of them so smart. And when theywere younger, highly energetic.
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And I said I things probably gota little easier for me when I
finally realized that I wasdefinitely not the smartest
member of the household anymore.
Meagan (24:41):
A little higher than me.
Yes, yes.
Julie Jackson (24:43):
When we all came to terms with the fact that we
probably weren't the smartestones. But it was like, Okay, we
know what we're up against. And
Meagan (24:51):
it's like they're just one step ahead of us. It's kind
of like you know, the elementaryphase with Maverick right now
I'm like, I got to think of whatyou're thinking about and get a
head. Yes, dogs.
Julie Jackson (25:04):
Okay, now how old is cheetah now?
Meagan (25:06):
He just turned three.
Oh, sorry. You told me
Julie Jackson (25:09):
that that from the 20th. Yeah, we're from 2023.
Meagan (25:14):
And I so you were kind of familiar with Boomer and
tough that we had. Yes. Yes.
Julie Jackson (25:22):
I got to be around tough more of you. Yes.
He was one of my boyfriend's.
Meagan (25:29):
So we kind of compare cheetah you know, and we're
like, he has boomers knowledgeand until intelligence, but then
he's tough to the puppy to theenergy to? Why did you just run
into the wall, you just hit yourhead on the table, like? So we
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kind of have the best of bothstill, and we'll catch ourselves
calling him tough. Oh, that's sosweet. We kind of see both of
them, you know, completely nmand we enjoy it.
Julie Jackson (26:05):
That is such a nice little sometimes I think
that sometimes I think God justgives us a little nod or a
little wink like that, you knowwhat I mean? Just just where you
kind of see a little bit of, ofthe, the one two rescued you
before? You're like, Oh, no.
And,
Meagan (26:25):
you know, once we lost them, I was like, Oh, we're just
gonna lay low for a little bit.
You know, we had two dogs at thevet on diet food. I was like, we
can we can relax for a littlebit. And then Matt and Maverick,
you know, it wasn't even a mat.
Like, it's really quiet. I waslike, I know. Like, it's really
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nice. And they're like, yeah,no, it's too quiet. I was like,
No, it's not, you know, I foughthim for about two weeks, and
then fine.
Julie Jackson (26:57):
And it is so funny. I mean, we'll even
comments when we have a housefull. And then if for some
reason one of them is not here.
Even though we still have ahouse full, it's quiet. You
know, it's like, there's there'salways that certain void from
that they that they each leavethat as their individual their
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individual personality leaves avoid. Yeah. That's just so
different. So
Meagan (27:26):
he's, you know, we went from the two dogs, and I was
like, Oh, we're gonna get aneasy going cheap, single dog.
And he has the most sensitivestomach I've ever seen. And he
needs allergy shots right now.
Every six weeks.
Julie Jackson (27:44):
Oh, my goodness, you are cheaper. Do you have to
take him in? Or do are you ableto give him the shots? I take?
Oh, okay. Yeah. Yeah, I didn'tknow how that I'd be like, Oh, I
don't know how that would be.
Yeah.
Meagan (28:00):
So it's kind of one of the things right now we're like
staying strict on the scheduleto try to prevent all this
seasonal stuff right now. Andthen they're like, we'll try to
push it back a week. Once we getthrough summer a little bit and
then see if we can kind of weanthem off. But I'm like, awesome.
Julie Jackson (28:19):
So, okay, didn't see this coming.
Meagan (28:23):
Worth it. Even the vet we've gotten to the same one
from day one in this last timethe lady she's been there since
we've started there. And she'slike, I just You just can't
catch a break
Julie Jackson (28:41):
so, but don't you feel like he was probably made
for you though? Your family?
Meagan (28:47):
He was? Yeah, he's got the stubbornness for us and he
gets the relaxation and theenergy at all at the same time.
So ya know, we'd definitelyenjoy him.
You can come in so can you thinkof any other funny stories like
(29:12):
cheetah maybe I was like, I feellike it's just
Unknown (29:20):
walk about his weird human personality in the
mornings where he justconstantly just sits at the
counter and Stanley
Meagan (29:26):
talks about sitting at the counter. See, that's his
main thing. Like he's justsitting there like I'm waiting
Unknown (29:36):
to turn around and he's just and he won't look at you
usually.
Meagan (29:42):
They'll do that before.
I have so many pictures of hisside. I he's sitting
Unknown (29:46):
there waiting for you to look at him but he doesn't
want to like act like he'swaiting.
Julie Jackson (29:54):
Kind of creeper thing and he's
Unknown (29:56):
just like, yeah, like he looks like straight As His
eyes are back forward and helike, like tightens up his
stance a little bit. So like,I'm like all you want is a piece
of cheese.
Julie Jackson (30:10):
But you know what's great is that he has
trained you well enough to knowthat that's what he wants 100%
Meagan (30:18):
Oh, yeah. And something else. One of his spoil things
is, you know, most families areno dogs allowed at the table.
And I am a firm believer onthat. And I'm like, you have
four feet, you stay on thefloor. And every night after
(30:41):
dinner, it's only I guess it'sreally only dinner, maybe lunch
on the weekends if we're eatingat the table on the weekends.
But every night after dinner,Cheeta waits for Matt to push
the plate away from him. Andthen he can come up and Matt
scoots his chair back and hehits the two feet on the lap and
he just starts sniffing around atable. And Matt just sits there
(31:04):
and hetson while the rest of usare eating joins the family as
you know a family dinner. Well,he
Unknown (31:13):
knows it's like he stays on. Just stares over the
cushion. He sees that platemove. Over.
Julie Jackson (31:23):
He launches over Yeah, it's awful. It's awful.
Yeah. It's probably likesomething that one day if he's
if he doesn't do it, you'll belike,
Unknown (31:37):
do it. Yeah. Like how he senses you leave the room
when he's in the backyard.
Meagan (31:46):
Yeah. You spell anything else? Um,
Julie Jackson (31:53):
no. But thank you so much. I love pictures if you
want. Yes, yes. Because when. SoI'm still getting details
together. But I'm hoping to haveall the pieces so that I can
maybe launch I'm hoping for nextweek. But fingers crossed. And
I'm still learning all theediting as I go. And I'm just
(32:15):
not fast yet. So
Meagan (32:19):
sorry, interviewing different people? And is it kind
of like a mix? Or is it going tobe like a series? Really, sir?
Julie Jackson (32:26):
It's just shooting for one a week.
Although Everyone's been sogenerous. I was like, I may have
enough that I could do twoweeks, you know, to, but it
started with me just sharingstories about the shenanigans
that go on here. And
Meagan (32:43):
allow me to assure you, I'm the flavors coming up. Yeah.
Julie Jackson (32:48):
Yes, the it's the flu for Versary this last well,
March. So I was like, you know,it'd be fun just to share the
funny, ridiculous orheartwarming things that they
do. And then I thought I want tohear other people's stories. And
so I started asking people ifthey'd share and it's just it's
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been so heartwarming, like, it'sjust really sweet to hear people
and, you know, some people shareabout specific stories, but
other people just share abouttheir dogs and, and about like,
how they fit in, in their familyand the different things that
they do and kind of, in yourcase, literally what they bring
to the table. And so it's reallybeen a really heartwarming sweet
(33:34):
thing. Just to hear all thedifferent and different people
have different like I haven't Igo into the conversation really
just kind of open to what peoplelike what they feel most led to
share. And and different peoplecome at it from different
(33:54):
approaches to so it's beenreally fun. It's really cool.
You
Meagan (33:58):
know, them being a part of the family. When we had let
me see, we normally do likesummer pictures for Mavericks
birthday and stuff. And so wealways had the dogs in the
pictures because then it's partof it's the Christmas card. And
so we started that when Maverickwas 18 months, I think we
(34:20):
started taking Boomer and toughand then it was just a thing we
did every year. And then we hadcheetah we got him as a puppy in
March and I was like, Okay, I'mnot taking you to this picture.
And you know, we did in July. Iwas like, You're not ready for
that. I was like Yeah. Then thenext year we did pictures and I
(34:41):
told our photographer I waslike, Okay, I'm bringing Chino
for the first time and she'slike, Oh, he's gonna be amazing.
I was like, yeah, we'll see. Imean, he would sit there and he
just smiles. It's like you pointa camera at him and we have so
many pictures of just his tongueout and you can see like, the
actual like smile going up. AndI was like, he made it on the
(35:03):
Christmas car. I was like, Okay,you're part of the family. Like,
you
Julie Jackson (35:07):
get to stay.
Yeah. Yeah. Yes, definitelyplease share his any pictures
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Because as I do release theepisodes to I'll post pictures
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go smooth chipping. Thanks,y'all.
Hey, welcome to Happy Tales of Happy Tails, the
podcast where you'll hearstories of the way pups have
touched our hearts and ourlives. So for the next few
minutes, let everything else goand just listen and smile. I'm
your host, Jackson, thank you somuch for doing this. Oh,
Meagan (00:22):
No problem. I'm excited to hear what you're doing. So
Cheetah it is. We adopted himfrom Apollo Support and Rescue.
And we were told he is acattlahula and pit. That's all
we knew. And we got him. And wepicked him out when he was about
(00:44):
I think it was like six weeksbecause we didn't get him until
he was almost eight weeks, maybenine weeks. And then kind of as
he grew and stuff, we're like,Oh, you are a cattahula and pit
mix. And at one phase, I waslike, I'm pretty sure you have
Chihuahua. And you That was Thatwas scary.
Julie Jackson (01:08):
It's quite a mix.
Meagan (01:09):
You still like really puppies. I use going to the vet
more frequently and stuff. And Iasked them, it was probably like
six months or so. I was like, Doyou think he has Chihuahua in
him? And they are like, mostdefinitely. And I was like, Oh,
Lord.
Julie Jackson (01:23):
What was it that made y'all think that? Yes, his
Meagan (01:27):
facial hair in his skinny nose. And yeah, and then
it made sense with all thesnuggling and the way he sleeps,
and just some of his personalitytraits were leaning towards it.
So um, and then I've seen one ofhis sisters. I've seen two of
his sisters actually at shotclinics when he was a little
(01:50):
puppy too. They would see ourfolder that we're holding, like,
is that one of these letters? Itis. And so some of his sisters
had more of a lab face to them.
They had floppy ears. And so wethink it's just kind of a little
bit of everything. Which is sofun. And he did have spots when
we got him. And so he knew hewas for sure how to heal. And
(02:14):
then probably about three, fourmonths old, the spots faded.
Julie Jackson (02:20):
Oh, because he's he's mostly kind of blondish
now. Sydney. Yeah, he's
Meagan (02:24):
real. Kind of a tan color. Yeah. And then he's got
the white dip toes and tail. Andthat's about he's got a white
spot on his chest. And that'sabout it. So. Oh, but yeah, he
was named cheetah by Maverick.
And because he had the spots.
Like, oh, well, now we just havecheetah with no spots. That's
(02:45):
okay, though. Well, it's allgood. So, um, but funny. When we
went to look at cheetah, he wasin a foster home with one of his
siblings. It was another male, Iguess. And I wanted the other
puppy. He was the calmest puppyI'd ever seen. He would just lay
(03:07):
I could hold him and he'ssleeping my arms. And I've never
had a puppy do that. I alwaysget this as dogs. And I was
like, this is the one we'regonna get an Maverick was like,
no, he's like, the other one.
And named cheetah at the time.
You know, he was chasing circlesaround them and running and
(03:28):
playing, biting and all thethings I did not want with, I
guess eight year old seven yearold at the time. And so I was
like, Okay, we'll discuss thisand come back later. And Matt
was like, you're gettingcheated. You're getting that
dog. Right? I was like, I am notgetting that one. want that one?
I'm not raising that. He's like,No, and that's what Maverick
(03:50):
wants. It's like, I don't care.
Julie Jackson (03:53):
I know who's gonna end up doing all this
stuff.
Meagan (03:56):
And do that with all the other dogs too. And so we went
back and I went back for theother puppy. And we came home
Spass. So yes, he was picked outfor Maverick and in the long
run. I was like, this isMavericks dog. I want to train
him to be Mavericks dog andsleep in bed with him and
(04:19):
everything. And he doesn't doany of that. You know? So, you
know, that's how he started andhe's always been intelligent and
smart. Very energetic and youhave to work out that energy, of
course, you know. But he was a2020 dog. 2020 Puppy, I guess
(04:47):
you could say. So we got him inMay of 2020. So kind of a
pandemic puppy. Yes. And soyeah, he was born March 2020.
And then we got him. April Mayish, I guess? And so we had more
time to do stuff. So he gotwalked in the morning, I walked
in the afternoon, and we playedand everything and we just had
(05:12):
more time to train. And I workedwith him a lot. And you know,
just a lot each day. So he'sintelligent, he's great with,
you know, walking in theneighborhood, we got him
knowing. We have a lot of kidsin and out of the house and up
and down the street. So he'ssuper social. It is interesting.
(05:32):
He knows which kids we kind oflean towards. Which ones way
down.
Julie Jackson (05:36):
Isn't that funny?
And we're okay with that. Yeah,yeah. No, I mean, yeah.
Meagan (05:45):
I mean, he welcomes anyone in the house still, you
know, if we let them in, he'scool with it. But he knows on
the street, we have our favoriteelders, we just keep walking.
It's
Julie Jackson (05:57):
crazy how I mean, they pick up on so much
Meagan (06:00):
they do. Yes. Yeah, they're so. So
Julie Jackson (06:04):
I meant to tell you happy birthday. Oh, by the
way, yes. And so you and healmost maybe have similar
clothes, birthdays, then? Yeah.
So
Meagan (06:14):
we actually is funny.
His actual birthday, Apollo toldus was March 12. And that was
like the day before Fort Worthshut down. Texas basically shut
down in 2020. And so I was like,well, we missed Friday the 13th.
We missed the shutdown. Yeah. Soyeah, so close. Yeah. But yeah,
(06:36):
and you know, on how you'resaying that they pick up on
people, something I caught withhim. It was just probably last
year. So like, we were stillwearing masks. Some people were
still locations. We're stillwearing masks and stuff. We
weren't in public as much. He isthe worst behaved dog at the vet
(06:58):
I've ever had. Like, I don'tknow. That's right. I mean, he
just barks and barks and barksat everyone. And so I finally
realized when we were there,that the vet was still wearing
face masks. And he'd never seenanyone else in a face mask. You
know, we don't wear him in thehouse or anything. And so I
asked the bed I was like, Cany'all please put your face mask
(07:18):
down? And they did you know,they were okay with it. And he
was the quietest see that werebed. And I was like that it was
like he hates your, your facemask. And so he kind of see what
was behind any of their masks.
So that's why he was so loudthere. Oh, my goodness. And as
soon as they did that, he hardlybarks at all when he goes there
(07:40):
now. And I was like, Oh my gosh.
Julie Jackson (07:43):
Yeah, it's interesting. Okay. I would like
to think that I'm not thatperson. But apparently we are
those people. There is such athing as dog TV. And my husband
has subscribed to it. Have youever seen it? No. Okay, well, so
(08:04):
it's funny, because I've neverI've had a lot of dogs for many,
many years. And I've never hadone that watches TV like Chuck
does. Like he sat on the couchand watched all of in conto.
It's his favorite movie. Butanything he gets so captivated.
So we there was a free trial ofit. And we thought well, okay,
Ricky was like, well just try itand see. And he does, Chuck. I
(08:25):
mean, they all are curious, butChuck loves it. But the reason I
asked that is one of the thingsthey do, you have to like, have
instructions for dog TV, untilyou don't adjust the color on
your TV because they adjust thecolor of all the shows so that
the dogs can see it.
Meagan (08:45):
Ah, I didn't know.
That's pretty cool.
Julie Jackson (08:48):
Yeah. So so it is there's like more contrast and
it's kind of like you look at itand you're like the color is all
off and but it's intentional.
Adjusted for how theydistinguish color. Okay.
Meagan (09:01):
Yeah, yeah, I'd never you know, we were in tough and
miles. They never lived throughface masks or anything. So we
never had that awareness andthen just for the house like, so
like, as soon as they took itdown, they knew like okay, he
reacts better without us wearingour face mask on and so that was
(09:24):
so stupid smart. Yeah.
Julie Jackson (09:27):
Yeah, and we kind of joke one of my friends we
laugh when the dogs will dothings like that and and will be
like, Why on earth do they dothat? And so it's become our
joke reasons. So now anytimethere's something like that.
We're like they're clearly doingit intentionally, but it's
beyond our comprehension. Soreasons.
Meagan (09:45):
Reason why we just don't know. Right?
Unknown (09:48):
Just not for us to do.
He's so human
Meagan (09:52):
and he's on a schedule and routine like he knows fixing
Mavericks lunch. He knows whereto sit in the kitchen on the
kitchen mat and I finally gotto, like, you got to scoot all
the way back so the drooldoesn't get on the floors. Is
He's the worst drooler we'veever had. And it's
Julie Jackson (10:12):
so yeah, he knows it all the time, or is it like
when he's watching you makefood? It's only with food. Okay,
yes, Chuck does that too. Justas soon as they insist you'll
find
Meagan (10:24):
on your like, crafts.
Like, I love my dogs, but theydon't kiss me on the face. They
don't lick me. I'm like, youhate that. Girl over Eric's
face, and like usuallydisgusting. And then even when
he's like drinking, I have, wehave the raised water and food
(10:46):
bowls and stuff. And I keep atowel hanging on the wall. And
that's what I have to use toclean up all his water. Because
it's like he poops it in hismouth and then turns and just
drops it on. So yeah, we keep atowel there and we have to wipe
it up every time he eats anddrinks and then we hang it back
up dry. Use it a couple days.
(11:07):
Now
Julie Jackson (11:07):
does he does he know that you clean up after
him? I mean, does he like lookat you like
Meagan (11:13):
clean this up? No. You just like peace out? Yeah.
Gotcha falls asleep. Basically.
Julie Jackson (11:23):
It is so funny how they have schedules too,
though. And how they just likethey have their routines and
they have their schedules andsome of the stuff that like
their rituals, even. He
Meagan (11:33):
knows Maverick never finishes all of his food. And so
he'll go back and he sits on thecounter as soon as Maverick
takes his plate to the counter,you know, to the kitchen sink.
He goes and he sits there andwaits. Are you gonna give me
now? A little way.
Julie Jackson (11:48):
I can't really tell from his pictures like size
wise. How big is he?
Meagan (11:52):
He's about 52 He goes 5254 pounds. So big. Yeah. He's
smaller than what Boomer andtough everywhere they hovered
around that 5560 pounds onweight loss food. And so yeah,
he's he's around 52 pounds. He'sa good size, though.
Julie Jackson (12:13):
He looks really clean, though. So is he kind of
tall is he?
Meagan (12:18):
And he has hardly any fat on him. He's just muscular.
I feel like if we got him in anopen field, he would be the
happiest thing ever and justtake off. I'm afraid he wouldn't
come back. Right,
Julie Jackson (12:32):
right.
Meagan (12:33):
I haven't tried that yet. Yeah, I
Julie Jackson (12:36):
know. That's what's tough around here is that
it's like a lot of the big openspace is like, I wish that we
had access to a pasture
Meagan (12:44):
or something. Outside traffic in our fields. Yes.
Yeah.
Julie Jackson (12:49):
Where they could, you know, we didn't have to
worry if the recall was not. Oh,there that they're gonna run out
into a street.
Meagan (12:56):
Yeah, exactly. And he, he kind of gets in his own mind,
even on walks and stuff likeafter the first, you know, five
minutes or so he's calmed down,he knows it. And I can just drop
the leash. And he just walks byme. And he behaves better like
that than he does with meholding the leash. And so he
(13:18):
kind of knows he has thecontrol. And I don't say he has
the control. But he's more incontrol, I guess in his mind.
Yeah. Yeah. Because to mecontrolling the leash even
though he uses a remote collar.
So I'm like, still zap youanytime? Yeah.
Julie Jackson (13:35):
If you get out of control, I still have that
Meagan (13:38):
he stays right by me.
You know, he knows our area ofthe neighborhood. And as soon as
I cross the street, you can seehis anxiety kind of picks up
because it's not as familiar.
Oh, and so he knows his area andI kind of hope he would stick to
it and come back if he were toever get out. But But yeah,
(13:58):
yeah. He definitely. He knowswhen to come to me when to go to
Maverick. I'm gonna go to Matt.
Maverick is the snuggle and thenwhen he gets all his novels in
the morning and after school.
You know, they're the bestfriends they go and play and
stuff. He knows I feed him andwork. Right, then he knows he
(14:27):
can sit with Matt. Matt worksfrom home and stuff. So he knows
to stay with him. And he kind ofplays with him outside and
stuff. So he kind of gets us allthree at different times of the
day. And oh, that's good atnight. It's very obvious if I
haven't sat with him, because hetruly is more of my dog. Oh, and
(14:47):
he needs the time to sit on thecouch with me. Like you can just
tell if he doesn't sit and sleepa little bit. He's completely
different all night long. So itis good that we just kind of sit
and relax and chill and 2030minutes and we get up and he's
like, okay, whatever.
Julie Jackson (15:03):
It's probably therapeutic for both of you.
Yeah.
Meagan (15:07):
I think he knows it's just, our days are Go, go go,
you know, you've been there. Andso
Julie Jackson (15:16):
that's so sweet.
Yeah. And
Meagan (15:19):
I've tried to get him to sleep in Mavericks bed at night,
because I'm like, I want you tobe that dog. And, yes, we just
can't get him to he comes down.
He'll start up there. And he'llbe down by 10 3011 o'clock. And
I think it's casinos, he gets togo out and he gets a treat, and
it goes into it. Never made itall night. And so one night, he
(15:40):
did it until about one o'clock,which I was impressed. And then
Maverick came down. He's like, Ican't handle him anymore. Walk
up there. He's like, Nope, he'staking up all the space. Get rid
of the squish. Now I was he'slike, No. And I was like, okay,
so you're choosing the stuffedanimals over your dog. He was as
(16:02):
I am.
Julie Jackson (16:07):
They're not kicking me there.
Meagan (16:10):
And so Matt was like, oh, so can you sleep with us? I
was like, I can try it because Ididn't want him in my bed.
Julie Jackson (16:19):
And how did he do?
Meagan (16:21):
It? He sleeps next to my head. So I tell like we try like
two nights. And I was like, Idon't want to do this anymore.
It's like just go to your house.
And we all sleep really well.
Oh,
Julie Jackson (16:35):
and that's good, though that he that he complies
with that? He? It's funnybecause when Landry so she was a
little bit younger than everyonewhen she was six. That's when we
got our first blue heeler Lily.
And Lily was supposed to beLandry's dog. And that was kind
of my thought too, that, youknow, Lily would be with her,
you know, sleep and Landry'sroom and be there. And it was
(16:58):
funny because Lily has alwaysbeen right there by me, you
know, and but then maybe fouryears ago, so Landry was, you
know, teenager, and she decidedshe wanted to get her own dog
that, you know, would be herdog. And so she went and rescued
Molly and Molly is this littleterrier gargoyle bat thing?
(17:22):
Sure, maybe a little bit ofdark. We're not sure. But she's
small. And it's hilariousbecause Molly, we laugh because
even if Landry is gone, Mollyalways wants to be we call
Landry's are in Molly'sapartment. She comes down and
she eats with us and she mayhang out for a little bit. But
(17:45):
then if we have a gay a babygate at the top of the stairs,
because especially flukes abuseprivileges, so they can't be you
know, and so if the gatesclosed, Molly will like, demand
that we open the gate so she canget to her apartment. And it's
funny because she even whenLandry is gone, she does not
(18:06):
want to sleep anywhere, but inLandry's bed. And yeah, it is
really sweet. But I almost kindof wonder, too, if it's because
they've, like when the kids areyounger, maybe sometimes they
sense. They feel
Meagan (18:22):
more secure with the adult connecting them. And yeah,
Julie Jackson (18:25):
yeah, you know, I almost feel like I wonder if
they feel like that they're kindof like, well, I feel safer in
here with the adults who I knowthis is where my food comes
from. And this is where mysecurity comes from. But then as
you know, like now that Landryis older and Landry's the
primary care caregiver forMolly, that's who that's who
Molly wants to be with,
Meagan (18:45):
ya know, they definitely clean towards whoever does the
most for them and feeds them and
Julie Jackson (18:52):
yes, although every night, she definitely has
to get snuggle time in withRicky. So she gets all over him.
She's she's all up in hispersonal space. And then she's
funny because she'll come sitnext to me on the couch, and she
has a butt right up against me.
And she just leaves. And wecould do that all day, except
that she tries to nip at myfingers when I'm trying to do
stuff. And so I'm like, youknow,
Meagan (19:15):
he's done it. And he's like, no, like, he doesn't do it
to me.
Julie Jackson (19:20):
See, that's funny because like Molly does it with
me, but she does kind of withRicky though her thing is just
to like, lay and get all like upunder his chin and snuggle So,
reasons.
Meagan (19:34):
One day, we'll know it.
Yes,
Julie Jackson (19:36):
yes. I have a feeling that's one of the things
we find out when we get toheaven. I don't know that we'll
ever figure it out before.
Meagan (19:42):
Right? Yeah. Oh, and one thing I thought about earlier, I
told you cheetah is severe FOMOand he's the first dog I've had
where when people come over andstuff like you can't put him in
his house. He is the loudest Thehappiest thing like Boomer and
TAF, they'd sit in our house.
And people were like, I didn'teven know you had dogs here. I'm
(20:04):
like, no, they're great. Andthis thing is he, everybody that
comes into our house on aregular basis, or even on
occasion. So like, you have themost energetic, well behaved
dog, I'm like, he's just, heliterally needs to see what
we're doing. He needs to seewho's here. He needs you to pet
(20:24):
him and love him. And then he'lljust sit there and do nothing.
If we're hanging out in thebackyard with friends, he just
runs around, and he doesn't buganyone, and you can just get
away and he just walks away. Andhe does his own thing. And, but
he can't handle not seeing
Julie Jackson (20:44):
everything. Yeah, he wants to be a part of it,
though. And,
Meagan (20:48):
you know, even at the vet, he's feet up on the door,
looking through the windowwaiting for somebody. And so
he's always needing to knowwhat's going on who's there
who's talking, and we have afriend on the street, he's a dog
specialist. And he helped youknow, kind of train cheat to get
us going with us and stuff. Andcheetah could hear his voice in
(21:10):
our garage, because he used tocome down and work out in our
garage for a while. And if he'dheard his voice, he could not
stop it. And I was like, pleasejust come say hi to my dog and
leave us alone. He'd come in andsay hi, and just go about his
day.
Julie Jackson (21:26):
That's so smart, though.
Meagan (21:29):
And then he hits he'll get jealous. Like if that friend
came in the kitchen, and if hewas telling stories, you know,
just kind of talking about youknow, more serious things and
not paying attention to cheetahyou know, would take a shoe and
run or he'd go get something outthe dirty clothes and run
upstairs. And like he only doesit when you're here. Like you're
(21:51):
not paying attention to him.
He's a jealous. And so he justhas a certain things. And if my
mom's staying at the house whilewe're gone, she knows he's going
to take the blue dishrag off thekitchen sink. Me text me is last
year, so over the summer, andshe watched him she's like, I
always get this how often? Like,how many times do you pick it
(22:12):
up? And I was like, never I getit's only when you're there. And
so it's literally, when shestays here. He gets the dishrag
and runs, and then he'll do itfor a day or two, and we get
home. And then he just stops. So
Julie Jackson (22:28):
that is so funny.
He's like, it's his ritual justfor her. It's
Meagan (22:32):
a game for her and she gets so bad. She just sticks it
like further up on the window soyou can't reach. So yeah. Shoes
when she comes over as the bluedishrag and like, we know what
you're gonna do.
Julie Jackson (22:48):
That is so funny.
Yeah. And you just wonder whatis going to and obviously,
there's in his mind, there's apurpose to this.
Meagan (22:58):
He tries to win. And as long as we stick to the same
people they know to stay strong.
Julie Jackson (23:05):
To not give.
Yeah,
Meagan (23:07):
we've had one person watch him before. And it was
supposed to be a two night stay.
And he only made it one night.
Oh, no. It was like, I keptgetting pictures from them and
texts and phone calls. And I waslike, you know, I was like, just
call it a day. I was like, gohome. I'll still pay you, son.
(23:31):
Let's figure out the next. Likecheetah just dominated him. Oh,
no. It was bad. We lost houseshoes. We lost a blanket. He
chewed up leash and I was likeyou like I mean, he proved he
was gonna win that week.
Julie Jackson (23:49):
Oh, my goodness.
That little stinker.
Meagan (23:53):
Where's the person who is here is just a horrible dog.
You know, he wasn't trained tobehave. I was like, oh, no, he's
just really smart. And he knowsyour weakness.
Julie Jackson (24:04):
That's what's crazy. And this has come up on
multiple conversations. But Iand I said years ago, especially
when I after I got the first thetwo healers. So there are
seniors now but they're, they'refrom the same litter. And both
of them so smart. And when theywere younger, highly energetic.
(24:27):
And I said I things probably gota little easier for me when I
finally realized that I wasdefinitely not the smartest
member of the household anymore.
Meagan (24:41):
A little higher than me.
Yes, yes.
Julie Jackson (24:43):
When we all came to terms with the fact that we
probably weren't the smartestones. But it was like, Okay, we
know what we're up against. And
Meagan (24:51):
it's like they're just one step ahead of us. It's kind
of like you know, the elementaryphase with Maverick right now
I'm like, I got to think of whatyou're thinking about and get a
head. Yes, dogs.
Julie Jackson (25:04):
Okay, now how old is cheetah now?
Meagan (25:06):
He just turned three.
Oh, sorry. You told me
Julie Jackson (25:09):
that that from the 20th. Yeah, we're from 2023.
Meagan (25:14):
And I so you were kind of familiar with Boomer and
tough that we had. Yes. Yes.
Julie Jackson (25:22):
I got to be around tough more of you. Yes.
He was one of my boyfriend's.
Meagan (25:29):
So we kind of compare cheetah you know, and we're
like, he has boomers knowledgeand until intelligence, but then
he's tough to the puppy to theenergy to? Why did you just run
into the wall, you just hit yourhead on the table, like? So we
(25:50):
kind of have the best of bothstill, and we'll catch ourselves
calling him tough. Oh, that's sosweet. We kind of see both of
them, you know, completely nmand we enjoy it.
Julie Jackson (26:05):
That is such a nice little sometimes I think
that sometimes I think God justgives us a little nod or a
little wink like that, you knowwhat I mean? Just just where you
kind of see a little bit of, ofthe, the one two rescued you
before? You're like, Oh, no.
And,
Meagan (26:25):
you know, once we lost them, I was like, Oh, we're just
gonna lay low for a little bit.
You know, we had two dogs at thevet on diet food. I was like, we
can we can relax for a littlebit. And then Matt and Maverick,
you know, it wasn't even a mat.
Like, it's really quiet. I waslike, I know. Like, it's really
(26:46):
nice. And they're like, yeah,no, it's too quiet. I was like,
No, it's not, you know, I foughthim for about two weeks, and
then fine.
Julie Jackson (26:57):
And it is so funny. I mean, we'll even
comments when we have a housefull. And then if for some
reason one of them is not here.
Even though we still have ahouse full, it's quiet. You
know, it's like, there's there'salways that certain void from
that they that they each leavethat as their individual their
(27:18):
individual personality leaves avoid. Yeah. That's just so
different. So
Meagan (27:26):
he's, you know, we went from the two dogs, and I was
like, Oh, we're gonna get aneasy going cheap, single dog.
And he has the most sensitivestomach I've ever seen. And he
needs allergy shots right now.
Every six weeks.
Julie Jackson (27:44):
Oh, my goodness, you are cheaper. Do you have to
take him in? Or do are you ableto give him the shots? I take?
Oh, okay. Yeah. Yeah, I didn'tknow how that I'd be like, Oh, I
don't know how that would be.
Yeah.
Meagan (28:00):
So it's kind of one of the things right now we're like
staying strict on the scheduleto try to prevent all this
seasonal stuff right now. Andthen they're like, we'll try to
push it back a week. Once we getthrough summer a little bit and
then see if we can kind of weanthem off. But I'm like, awesome.
Julie Jackson (28:19):
So, okay, didn't see this coming.
Meagan (28:23):
Worth it. Even the vet we've gotten to the same one
from day one in this last timethe lady she's been there since
we've started there. And she'slike, I just You just can't
catch a break
Julie Jackson (28:41):
so, but don't you feel like he was probably made
for you though? Your family?
Meagan (28:47):
He was? Yeah, he's got the stubbornness for us and he
gets the relaxation and theenergy at all at the same time.
So ya know, we'd definitelyenjoy him.
You can come in so can you thinkof any other funny stories like
(29:12):
cheetah maybe I was like, I feellike it's just
Unknown (29:20):
walk about his weird human personality in the
mornings where he justconstantly just sits at the
counter and Stanley
Meagan (29:26):
talks about sitting at the counter. See, that's his
main thing. Like he's justsitting there like I'm waiting
Unknown (29:36):
to turn around and he's just and he won't look at you
usually.
Meagan (29:42):
They'll do that before.
I have so many pictures of hisside. I he's sitting
Unknown (29:46):
there waiting for you to look at him but he doesn't
want to like act like he'swaiting.
Julie Jackson (29:54):
Kind of creeper thing and he's
Unknown (29:56):
just like, yeah, like he looks like straight As His
eyes are back forward and helike, like tightens up his
stance a little bit. So like,I'm like all you want is a piece
of cheese.
Julie Jackson (30:10):
But you know what's great is that he has
trained you well enough to knowthat that's what he wants 100%
Meagan (30:18):
Oh, yeah. And something else. One of his spoil things
is, you know, most families areno dogs allowed at the table.
And I am a firm believer onthat. And I'm like, you have
four feet, you stay on thefloor. And every night after
(30:41):
dinner, it's only I guess it'sreally only dinner, maybe lunch
on the weekends if we're eatingat the table on the weekends.
But every night after dinner,Cheeta waits for Matt to push
the plate away from him. Andthen he can come up and Matt
scoots his chair back and hehits the two feet on the lap and
he just starts sniffing around atable. And Matt just sits there
(31:04):
and hetson while the rest of usare eating joins the family as
you know a family dinner. Well,he
Unknown (31:13):
knows it's like he stays on. Just stares over the
cushion. He sees that platemove. Over.
Julie Jackson (31:23):
He launches over Yeah, it's awful. It's awful.
Yeah. It's probably likesomething that one day if he's
if he doesn't do it, you'll belike,
Unknown (31:37):
do it. Yeah. Like how he senses you leave the room
when he's in the backyard.
Meagan (31:46):
Yeah. You spell anything else? Um,
Julie Jackson (31:53):
no. But thank you so much. I love pictures if you
want. Yes, yes. Because when. SoI'm still getting details
together. But I'm hoping to haveall the pieces so that I can
maybe launch I'm hoping for nextweek. But fingers crossed. And
I'm still learning all theediting as I go. And I'm just
(32:15):
not fast yet. So
Meagan (32:19):
sorry, interviewing different people? And is it kind
of like a mix? Or is it going tobe like a series? Really, sir?
Julie Jackson (32:26):
It's just shooting for one a week.
Although Everyone's been sogenerous. I was like, I may have
enough that I could do twoweeks, you know, to, but it
started with me just sharingstories about the shenanigans
that go on here. And
Meagan (32:43):
allow me to assure you, I'm the flavors coming up. Yeah.
Julie Jackson (32:48):
Yes, the it's the flu for Versary this last well,
March. So I was like, you know,it'd be fun just to share the
funny, ridiculous orheartwarming things that they
do. And then I thought I want tohear other people's stories. And
so I started asking people ifthey'd share and it's just it's
(33:10):
been so heartwarming, like, it'sjust really sweet to hear people
and, you know, some people shareabout specific stories, but
other people just share abouttheir dogs and, and about like,
how they fit in, in their familyand the different things that
they do and kind of, in yourcase, literally what they bring
to the table. And so it's reallybeen a really heartwarming sweet
(33:34):
thing. Just to hear all thedifferent and different people
have different like I haven't Igo into the conversation really
just kind of open to what peoplelike what they feel most led to
share. And and different peoplecome at it from different
(33:54):
approaches to so it's beenreally fun. It's really cool.
You
Meagan (33:58):
know, them being a part of the family. When we had let
me see, we normally do likesummer pictures for Mavericks
birthday and stuff. And so wealways had the dogs in the
pictures because then it's partof it's the Christmas card. And
so we started that when Maverickwas 18 months, I think we
(34:20):
started taking Boomer and toughand then it was just a thing we
did every year. And then we hadcheetah we got him as a puppy in
March and I was like, Okay, I'mnot taking you to this picture.
And you know, we did in July. Iwas like, You're not ready for
that. I was like Yeah. Then thenext year we did pictures and I
(34:41):
told our photographer I waslike, Okay, I'm bringing Chino
for the first time and she'slike, Oh, he's gonna be amazing.
I was like, yeah, we'll see. Imean, he would sit there and he
just smiles. It's like you pointa camera at him and we have so
many pictures of just his tongueout and you can see like, the
actual like smile going up. AndI was like, he made it on the
(35:03):
Christmas car. I was like, Okay,you're part of the family. Like,
you
Julie Jackson (35:07):
get to stay.
Yeah. Yeah. Yes, definitelyplease share his any pictures
you have that you want to share.
Because as I do release theepisodes to I'll post pictures
on social media so people cansee. Okay. Well, thank you so
much, I sure appreciate you.
Yes, and good stuff. Thank youso much for joining me today. I
(35:32):
know that you are busy, and Ireally appreciate that you chose
to spend some of your time withme. So let's do a little bit of
bookkeeping before we head out.
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don't have to think about it.
Please go visit the website.
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recorded via zoom. And sothere's video, a lot of times
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cameos from puppies or theirshenanigans in the background.
And you can catch all that onYouTube. If you want to help me
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(37:25):
go smooth chipping. Thanks,y'all.
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