February 11, 2025 • 20 mins
This episode explores the transformative power of online dog training, highlighting how Pro Dog Trainer Club and live Power Hours create accessible, engaging, and fun environments for both dogs and their owners. Owners learn to harness play-based techniques, overcome the stress of traditional training sessions, and connect with a supportive community of fellow dog lovers.
• PDT Club is a source of endless training ideas
• Advantages of online training for busy lifestyles
• Comparison between traditional classes and online flexibility
• Community support enhances training experiences
• Power Hours offers live, interactive learning opportunities
• Custom playlists allow for targeted training strategies
• Encouragement to embrace the joy of dog training
• Join PDT Club now before the price significantly increases 1st March!
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Lauren Langman (00:09):
Welcome to the Absolute Dog Sexier than a
Squirrel podcast.
I'm Lauren Langman.
I'm one of the world's leadingdog trainers, and it's my
mission to help owners becometheir dog's top priority.
In each episode, you'lldiscover how to gain trust and
communicate with your dog likenever before, creating
unbreakable bonds that make youthe most exciting part of their
world.
Oh, my goodness, sexier than asquirrel brings Pro Dog Trainer
(00:34):
Club to life today with you.
Sam, sam, Pro Dog Trainer Club.
Why are you involved?
What is it about as a dog owner?
So let's discuss.
As a dog owner, what do you getout of being part of something
like Pro Dog Trainer Club?
Sam Askew (00:50):
First of all, you get Games Club right.
So I think the first thing, Ithink the first absolute first
thing that you get is you getGames Club.
So you get this huge like vatof content and games to play
with your dog that are going tohelp whatever struggle it is
that you've got.
So for me, that is absolutelynumber one, because that's
actually where I started youknow was was games club.
That's what I loved about it,and PDT club is really taking it
(01:12):
up to that like next level,that next like notch of
understanding of your dog'sbehavior.
So I think the next level forme is that it's that push into
not only kind of growing yourdog and your dog knowledge, but
your self as well.
It's a bit of an investment inyourself.
(01:32):
So that's what I really.
For me, that was the, the bigkind of thumbs up to go in it
for me.
And again, more content, right.
So I just can't.
I just wanted more.
I just wanted to know morestuff and learn more about my
dog and how to help them.
So, yeah, really massive,massive fan, very, very cool
space to be in.
Lauren Langman (01:51):
I know that lots of people here are involved in
games club, but I also knowthere's people that won't be
involved in games club.
When we think about games cluband I think about just owning a
dog and I would go along to myweekly dog training class and
weekly I would get a new idea,or weekly I would get a new game
, or weekly I'd get something totrain, if I was lucky.
Why is something online?
Uh, possibly a good way forward, because I actually think for
(02:14):
naughty but nice way dogs, it'salmost better to do it online.
However, I do feel that forsome people, they feel the need
to put their dog in thesituation, but I really like
online and looking at games cluband looking at PDT club,
particularly for naughty butnice dogs or our little terriers
like your dogs, or people thatwork shift and difficult
(02:34):
patterns like I think it can bea real advantage to being online
.
What do you think?
Sam Askew (02:39):
Yeah, it's, it's the accessibility, right.
So I think about um way backwhen, when I used to go to dog
classes before I found AbsoluteDogs, and it was once a week,
it's for an hour.
You're trying to cram as muchtraining as you can into that
moment, that one hour space, andthen you kind of forget about
it for the rest of the week.
Right, and you're trying tokeep up with it.
You're trying to do it on yourwalks and you're trying to get
(03:00):
your dog to of um, behave in theway that you would like them to
behave and make better choices.
But actually it's one hour aweek, so you've got nobody else
to talk to for that whole week.
You've got no other um, noother ideas, no other games,
nothing else to to play, noother training, except for
whatever you got in that hour,whereas having it all online and
having it as games club or pdtclub, it means that you've got
(03:24):
access to that whenever you know.
You could be I don't knowsitting on the toilet in the
morning, you know, having a goodlook at Games Club rather than
reading your magazine, right?
Or you could be having your eatyour bits and you could be
looking at it.
You could be eating your tea,you could be having a look at
the next game to play and you'retalking like a three-minute
game.
So know it's not taking up aload of your time you're not
having.
No, I don't know about you, butnowadays a time just disappears
(03:49):
.
So trying to find the time toto fit an hour slot which is not
going to change either, it'sgot to be the same time each
week is a pain, you know.
So being able to actually justwork this around my own schedule
is is is beyond helpful, youknow, and it means actually that
I get more out of it because Ican.
(04:09):
You end up finding that you putmore than an hour a week into
it because you're one, you'reenjoying it so much anyway, but
also actually because it's soaccessible and you can fit it
into whatever part of the daythat you need to fit it into.
You know you may be watchingthree videos a day.
Maybe you're watching one videoa day.
Maybe you're watching one videoa day.
Maybe you're watching sixvideos a day.
You know it's gonna mount upthroughout the week and you're
getting a lot more out of it.
(04:29):
You get so much more value outof it.
You know, that's kind of that'sthe big thing, I think as well
like taking your dog to thatclass if you've got a naughty
but nice dog and I've got, I'vegot two naughty but nice dogs um
, one of them was the reasonthat I got into Games Club and
got into Absolute Dogs and thesecond one definitely kind of
took that up a notch and wasprobably the reason I got into
PDT Club.
But when I look at taking themto those classes, it's so
(04:53):
incredibly overwhelming, youknow, and not just for them but
for me as well, you know,because it was so much content,
so much in that one crammed hour.
My dog's going nuts, you know,she's been really stressed out
by.
It's not an enjoyableexperience for either of us.
Um, and it's kind of like it'sa bit like a sink or swim moment
.
You know, you kind of justchuckle him in the deep end when
actually probably what wouldhave benefited us at the time
(05:16):
would have been to take thatstep back and do things from a
distance or, um, gradually,doing it like slowly, little by
little.
But you have, you don't haveany control over that in a class
, you know, you just you'relumped in into this class full
of dogs and full of people andyou've got a dog that's scared
of people and you're scared ofdogs.
Then you've got this mayhemsituation, whereas um having
like games club and pdt meansyou can do it at your own pace.
(05:39):
You can do it where you want,when you want, how you want.
You've got complete controlover it and I think anybody
that's owned a naughty but nicedog knows exactly how that feels
.
This is absolutely the placefor you, 100%.
Lauren Langman (05:50):
I couldn't stop you.
You were like on a roll.
Sam Askew (05:52):
You were like me, I know I was like you loved it.
I know the answers to thesequestions.
I know the answers.
Lauren Langman (05:58):
I loved it and I really believe that, sam, that
it's funny.
I can't imagine putting a babypup, who's new to the world of
dogs, into that class situationstraight away.
Now I just think there's somuch that you can do at home in
a comfortable environment.
I also think sometimes it'smiserable.
It's can do at home in acomfortable environment.
I also think sometimes it'smiserable.
It's wet, it's disgusting.
(06:19):
Do I even want to go out, likeI do live in Devon, and do I
even want to go out tonight?
Or, oh, my goodness, there's somany things to fit in between
Eliza and her ponies and all theother things.
Like, can I even fit it in?
And I think that's a reallyinteresting consideration, isn't
it?
I haven't thought of it quitelike all of the things that you
described in one go there, theywere great.
There were so many.
I really like that.
There's a lot to think about.
(06:39):
And then the other thing I wouldsay and I think this is one
that's worth considering is youdon't put your dog in a
situation where it's veryvolatile, in the sense that you
actually don't know how the dogsare going to behave to your dog
.
So fair enough, you geteverything right, or fair enough
, you're struggling, but howabout if someone else struggles
and lets go of a very difficultdog and it comes in and nails
your dog?
And that does happen intraining classes.
(07:01):
It does happen that there's adog dog attack.
Or it does happen that ahandler isn't so kind to a dog,
or I remember in one of my firstclasses where I was taking my
young dog, a trainer grabbedthem from under the chair and
dragged them out and my dog wasreally scared by that and that
was my first experience of dogtraining classes.
And you go into the situationwhere there is a so-called
expert, but often in thecommunity village halls and the
local dog training clubs theseare not experts.
(07:22):
These are people who are fansof dogs or have learned a bit of
dog training and actually howwell qualified they are, I don't
know and I would say that arethey games-based learners?
Are they positive reinforcementspace?
Are they the best trainer foryour dog?
I can't tell you.
But what I can tell you is whenyou're in a games club
situation or a pro dog trainerclub situation, which I have to
(07:42):
say, it's like really crazyprices.
Go over and check outabsolute-dogscom and like really
really minimal prices like lessthan a cup of Costa a day, like
it really is.
I mean, in fact it's much lessthan that.
It's like you're talking, likefor some of these, like a pound
a day.
It's really minimal and forthat you're getting like top end
(08:03):
knowledge.
But also you can dip in and outof it.
You don't have to take it oryou can go.
That's not for me or that isfor me Like it's mega, it's
massive.
And those people who want morecommunity I know that one of the
things that I always lovehaving and love having around me
is community.
Like I love having that, thatfeeling of good community, and I
hugely feel empowered and inlove with the amazing community
(08:28):
that supports Absolute Dogs andthat's something.
If you want to be part of it'sthere and if you don't, you
don't even join.
Like you just join the dogtraining part but you don't add
the social part of it's there.
And if you don't, you don'teven join.
Like you just join the dogtraining part but you don't add
the um social part of it in, andI love that that you don't have
to have it and no one wouldknow either way.
So if you just wanted to do thedog training, then you just log
into the to the website.
If you want to do some of thesocial, then you join the
community space, but you don'thave to do it.
(08:48):
So I like that.
It has the, the optionalelement, and no one's going to
judge you either way, becauseit's a really non-judgy space.
In fact it's the least judgyspace I've ever seen in dog
training, to the point I neverfeel judged.
I can get on there in mypajamas, I can get on there um
which happens, which happensoften, which happens very often,
never, ever any makeup, never,ever, sometimes not even
(09:10):
brushing my hair.
I mean, I just get on space.
I love the people.
The people love the dogs.
People love the dog training.
I'm thinking also power hours,sam, I don't know, if you want
to talk through a power hour,how that might help someone who
is wanting some input with a dog, because I love having you on
power hours and I can't wait tosee on the next power hour.
The next power hour, um is,it's all scheduled, it's all out
(09:31):
there for you.
So do check it out and, sam,what do we do on power hours?
Because I'd love more of thepeople that listen to sex in the
squirrel.
Sam Askew (09:37):
Come and join us on a power out, because it's pretty
magic experience this isprobably, I'd say maybe, one of
the questions that people wouldhave about um.
Having this online content, youknow, is well, you know, we
need that in person, we need toknow um, we need to be able to
have that, that input from thetrainer, and we need to be able
to see, maybe learning fromother people train their dogs.
(09:57):
Well, this is kind of what thePower Hour gives, I feel.
So it's essentially livetraining.
You know, live in-persontraining on Zoom with lots of
other people that are in thesame boat as you, and you have
your Zoom on, or you don't haveto have your Zoom on, you can
just watch if you want and joinin in that way.
But essentially, um, you get towatch lauren or maybe one of
the team give you games, giveyou input, and then you'll have
(10:30):
and you're you're volunteeringtoward it you might have um
input personally to you on zoomfor your dog and your training.
So it's one of those.
It's basically.
It's basically a training class.
You know, like, when we'retalking about going to a
training class, it's basically atraining class.
It's just online, you know so,and you're getting that live
(10:51):
input and you're able to asklive questions, and then you can
go away to practice that andyou're practicing it in the, in
the session, but then on theback of that you've also then
got all of the online content tosupport that as well.
So there's so much more thanjust the power hours, but that's
your in-person training,essentially per week If you, if
you feel that you need thatfixed, but it's in more control.
You know, like we were talkingabout, you're not going into a
(11:13):
session where you've got a dogthat might run in on your
session or you've got a trainerthat you know maybe is a little
bit rougher than you'd like,right?
So, and you talk in situationslike that that potentially cause
a dog to become reactive, youknow a dog that might actually
have no issues with dogswhatsoever and then gets leapt
on, you know, or hurt oranything like that.
(11:33):
You know those single eventssometimes can cause that, right.
So having the power hours, itgives you it's more of that
control again for me.
You know of being able tocontrol that situation how you
need it to be.
You could do it outside if youwanted to, by all means, um, you
could do it in your house, youdo it in your living room, you
could do it in your pajamas.
You know, I think it's.
It's that community all comingtogether.
(11:54):
You know all of thoselike-minded people that are in
the same space as you, arepotentially even having the same
headaches and stresses as youand the.
You know the potentialsometimes feeling embarrassed by
your dog and having a reallyreactive dog and feeling, um,
you know, isolated and alone.
It's all of you coming togetherto have a training session, to
call it's really cool, very,very cool.
Lauren Langman (12:14):
I love most of all we're doing those.
How much I can learn just fromcoaching one person and then
sharing that one person'slearning.
But we never, ever coach oneperson.
We'll always coach three, four,five, six, seven, eight, nine
um you can coach, live in one ofthose, sam.
How does it feel to be coachedlive?
Sam Askew (12:31):
um, I'm not gonna lie it.
Sometimes it is like you know,your heart starts going like I'm
not.
I'm not gonna lie on the cameraat all.
It is sometimes reallynerve-wracking because suddenly,
even as a trainer, um, being infront of so many people on a
zoom, it can be nerve-wracking.
So those people that do putthemselves out there are
massively brave to putthemselves in such a vulnerable
place.
But I think that's the thingabout our community again is
(12:53):
that I, although it'snerve-wracking, I feel safe.
You know, I feel I feel safe inthat space and that's because I
know that, again, there is nojudgment there.
You know, everybody, um is justrooting for you and so in terms
of the community, it'sincredible.
And then just getting that livecoaching is is incredible as
well.
You know, it's like those tinylittle tidbits that sometimes
you don't realize you're doingand having someone looking on
(13:15):
you, it can be really, reallylike insightful.
There's definitely been somelike massive light bulb moments
that I've gone, oh my God.
And then I've tweaked mytraining just that tiny little
bit and it's just like tenfold.
You know, it's really cool tomy training just that tiny
little bit and it's uh, it'sjust like tenfold.
Lauren Langman (13:31):
You know, it's really cool, it's very special,
I love it.
I love it.
And then if we think aboutsomething like just the sheer,
like library, of what we can do,and I'm thinking playlists, so
you can actually create your ownplaylist I know you're quite
geeky at this like there is alibrary that you wouldn't even
like, realize it's big, and thenthe playlist that you start to
put together how does that work,sam?
Sam Askew (13:53):
oh, so there is.
There is a huge amount ofcontent, okay, um, I mean,
you're talking in the thousandsI think we're in now right
thousands of games, and that'sjust games club.
That's not even.
We're not even talking aboutpdt club right now.
That that's content on top ofcontent.
Um, you can essentially handpick.
So, let's say, let's say youhad a struggle, um, like my dog
uh barks.
Okay, you could maybe um chooseany games that are relating to
(14:18):
that struggle particularly andthere's ways to search for that
as well and you could compilethose into basically a playlist,
a bit like you would do on um,any of your sort of like music
playlist player things.
You could just gather all ofthat into one place so that you
can dip into it whenever youwant.
So maybe you haven't got timeto look at all those videos
straight away, but you don'twant to lose them.
(14:39):
You want to have them all inone place.
That's basically what you cando.
Now.
I really like I do get geekyabout it, I do get a little bit
obsessed sometimes with it.
I really like um doing likelittle uh, or like little trends
, like all of the, say, toyswitch games or all of the um,
disengagement games, or I liketo bring the concepts together.
That's, that's my jam and Iquite like messing around with
(15:02):
them and mixing them together.
Uh, but I mean, that's just mehaving a mess around.
Sometimes that's not even justfor the dog training, that's
because I'm having fun.
Dj.
Lauren Langman (15:09):
Sam mixing it up , messing around.
Sam Askew (15:14):
It's fun.
It's with the headphones aswell.
Right, I look like a DJ, yeah.
Lauren Langman (15:20):
I love it, I love it and I love that that's
what you enjoy doing and I lovethat you've really, like, added
that next level of like spice tosomething really fun.
So you've actually taken it upto like a mixing level, like
beautiful, beautiful stuff.
So, sam, if there was someonewho currently has got games club
and maybe isn't using it enough, or pro dog trainer club and
isn't using enough because Iknow that we're all in that
position, we all have busy, busydays and busy, busy lives
(15:42):
what's the one thing that youwould suggest they do if they
did nothing else?
Let's say they've got pdt club.
What's the one thing you wouldsuggest they do if they did
nothing else?
As if they did nothing?
Sam Askew (15:53):
else, as in like what would you choose to look at?
Lauren Langman (15:55):
yes, I'm gonna take.
I'm gonna take the one thatyou'll probably want to say, but
I'm gonna.
If you have pro dog trainerclub and you have no time at the
moment, but the one thing youdo is put the next power hour in
your diary, because I know thatyou'll get so much from it,
like it's worth your membershipalone.
It's worth your membershipalone because the power out is
so, so, so, out of this worldfor dog training and for dog
(16:16):
trainers and for dog owners andfor dogs.
But if there was one thing thatyou were to suggest that these
guys do if they've got theirmembership already, like what
could they be using or doing, orwhat little thing they could do
?
Because you know what it's like.
You've got everyone's busy,busy, busy and you sometimes
find it hard to fit everythingin.
What could someone do?
Um, if they were already a man,what should they do?
Sam Askew (16:36):
I would make a playlist.
You know, we were just talkingabout it.
I think, um, make a playlist,not for your struggle, but make
a playlist for you, make a listthat you want to do for fun with
your dog.
That's what I would do, becauseI think sometimes and
definitely I've been, you know,uh, subject to this as well, um,
not subject to this, like kindof like guilty of this, I guess
(16:58):
uh is we get so bogged down withwith the problem, right, um,
and we're trying to find thatsolution and we want to be
solution seeking and solutionminded.
Sometimes we just forget to havefun though as well.
You know, and, like I thinkabout why, why I got dogs, and
it was to have fun with them andto like love them and to have
cuddles and go for walks.
And you know, sometimes thepicture of that looks a little
(17:20):
bit different because of thejourney that they've taken them
down, maybe with their behaviorstruggles.
But if we think about what wehave got control over and one of
the things we have got if we'realready a member of games club
we're already a member of pdtclub is that we can have loads
of fun with the games and loadsof fun with the training.
So get yourself on the playlistand just pick games that you
want to do for fun for you andyour dog easy mega, mega win.
Lauren Langman (17:43):
Now, guys, I want to take this moment to give
you a personal invite into ProDog Trainer Club, if you are not
already, because after the 1stof March, pdt Club goes up in
price by a big amount, not alittle amount, it's significant.
And right now you can join ProDog Trainer Club for a yearly
amount of £6.50 and you canactually save £150 if you put in
(18:05):
the club code, which is PDTClub, all In, if you put in the
club code, which is PDT club,all in, pdt club, all in.
So you're going to joinabsolute-dogscom, go and find
Pro Dog Trainer Club and withthe code PDT club, all in, you
can save yourself £150.
It makes it just £500 for awhole year and that is mega.
I mean, it's insane value andit's before the 1st of March.
(18:29):
If it's after the 1st of March,it's going up significantly.
And when I say significantly,it's over doubling its cost.
Why?
Because of the amount ofcontent there, the amount of
lessons there, the amount oflearning there.
It's big, it's mega, it's huge.
And this is my personal invitefor you If you want to join from
Games Club, email the Ask team,that's, ask at absolute-dogscom
.
(18:49):
And if you are not already amember?
Please, please, please, please,please.
Now is the time.
You're a listener of Sex in theSquirrel.
You're one of our community.
We want you involved.
If you don't like it, we'llgive you your money back.
You know what the big thing is,so get a hold of us.
There's a money back guarantee.
We want you to join while it'sat rock bottom price, before we
skyrocket it, which is becauseof the insane value in there.
(19:11):
So my personal inviteabsolute-dogscom PDT Club you're
looking for.
Join us, join us, join us.
The value's insane and it'sjust 500 pounds for the whole
year with that voucher code.
It's a special voucher code andif you want to touch base with
the Ask team, they will help you.
Now, sam, it's been anincredible ride.
I know we've got a PDT ClubPower Hour coming up.
(19:33):
I know we've got a KnowledgeNetwork coming up.
I would like to take thismoment to personally invite you
to be there, if you can, butalso I absolutely want you to
make sure that you take a momentto invite everyone that's
listening personally as well.
Sam Askew (19:48):
Invite them, sam, make sure they know about it.
Get on.
The next power hour we've gotmousetrap mechanics mystery
mastery, wednesday, the 5th offebruary, from 11 15 to 12 15
gmt, and I've done the mousetrapkind of one that's been similar
before and I tell you it'sgoing to blow your mind.
It is one of those.
That was one of those lightbulb moments I was talking about
(20:08):
earlier.
It absolutely blew my mind.
So get yourself on it.
I definitely will be there,100%.
Maybe sneakily at work, whoknows?
But I would definitely be there.
Be there too, enjoy.
Lauren Langman (20:20):
And, most of all , guys, everybody that's
listening.
Please, please, please, please,please, do take these moments
to do it for your dog.
Do it for your dog.
They love you, you love them,and if we didn't have them, we
know the world would not be thebrilliant place that it is.
So that was this episode of theSex and His Girl podcast.
I'd like you to join us for thenext episode and, in the
meantime, get all in with PDTClub.
Welcome to the Absolute Dog Sexier than a
Squirrel podcast.
I'm Lauren Langman.
I'm one of the world's leadingdog trainers, and it's my
mission to help owners becometheir dog's top priority.
In each episode, you'lldiscover how to gain trust and
communicate with your dog likenever before, creating
unbreakable bonds that make youthe most exciting part of their
world.
Oh, my goodness, sexier than asquirrel brings Pro Dog Trainer
(00:34):
Club to life today with you.
Sam, sam, Pro Dog Trainer Club.
Why are you involved?
What is it about as a dog owner?
So let's discuss.
As a dog owner, what do you getout of being part of something
like Pro Dog Trainer Club?
Sam Askew (00:50):
First of all, you get Games Club right.
So I think the first thing, Ithink the first absolute first
thing that you get is you getGames Club.
So you get this huge like vatof content and games to play
with your dog that are going tohelp whatever struggle it is
that you've got.
So for me, that is absolutelynumber one, because that's
actually where I started youknow was was games club.
That's what I loved about it,and PDT club is really taking it
(01:12):
up to that like next level,that next like notch of
understanding of your dog'sbehavior.
So I think the next level forme is that it's that push into
not only kind of growing yourdog and your dog knowledge, but
your self as well.
It's a bit of an investment inyourself.
(01:32):
So that's what I really.
For me, that was the, the bigkind of thumbs up to go in it
for me.
And again, more content, right.
So I just can't.
I just wanted more.
I just wanted to know morestuff and learn more about my
dog and how to help them.
So, yeah, really massive,massive fan, very, very cool
space to be in.
Lauren Langman (01:51):
I know that lots of people here are involved in
games club, but I also knowthere's people that won't be
involved in games club.
When we think about games cluband I think about just owning a
dog and I would go along to myweekly dog training class and
weekly I would get a new idea,or weekly I would get a new game
, or weekly I'd get something totrain, if I was lucky.
Why is something online?
Uh, possibly a good way forward, because I actually think for
(02:14):
naughty but nice way dogs, it'salmost better to do it online.
However, I do feel that forsome people, they feel the need
to put their dog in thesituation, but I really like
online and looking at games cluband looking at PDT club,
particularly for naughty butnice dogs or our little terriers
like your dogs, or people thatwork shift and difficult
(02:34):
patterns like I think it can bea real advantage to being online
.
What do you think?
Sam Askew (02:39):
Yeah, it's, it's the accessibility, right.
So I think about um way backwhen, when I used to go to dog
classes before I found AbsoluteDogs, and it was once a week,
it's for an hour.
You're trying to cram as muchtraining as you can into that
moment, that one hour space, andthen you kind of forget about
it for the rest of the week.
Right, and you're trying tokeep up with it.
You're trying to do it on yourwalks and you're trying to get
(03:00):
your dog to of um, behave in theway that you would like them to
behave and make better choices.
But actually it's one hour aweek, so you've got nobody else
to talk to for that whole week.
You've got no other um, noother ideas, no other games,
nothing else to to play, noother training, except for
whatever you got in that hour,whereas having it all online and
having it as games club or pdtclub, it means that you've got
(03:24):
access to that whenever you know.
You could be I don't knowsitting on the toilet in the
morning, you know, having a goodlook at Games Club rather than
reading your magazine, right?
Or you could be having your eatyour bits and you could be
looking at it.
You could be eating your tea,you could be having a look at
the next game to play and you'retalking like a three-minute
game.
So know it's not taking up aload of your time you're not
having.
No, I don't know about you, butnowadays a time just disappears
(03:49):
.
So trying to find the time toto fit an hour slot which is not
going to change either, it'sgot to be the same time each
week is a pain, you know.
So being able to actually justwork this around my own schedule
is is is beyond helpful, youknow, and it means actually that
I get more out of it because Ican.
(04:09):
You end up finding that you putmore than an hour a week into
it because you're one, you'reenjoying it so much anyway, but
also actually because it's soaccessible and you can fit it
into whatever part of the daythat you need to fit it into.
You know you may be watchingthree videos a day.
Maybe you're watching one videoa day.
Maybe you're watching one videoa day.
Maybe you're watching sixvideos a day.
You know it's gonna mount upthroughout the week and you're
getting a lot more out of it.
(04:29):
You get so much more value outof it.
You know, that's kind of that'sthe big thing, I think as well
like taking your dog to thatclass if you've got a naughty
but nice dog and I've got, I'vegot two naughty but nice dogs um
, one of them was the reasonthat I got into Games Club and
got into Absolute Dogs and thesecond one definitely kind of
took that up a notch and wasprobably the reason I got into
PDT Club.
But when I look at taking themto those classes, it's so
(04:53):
incredibly overwhelming, youknow, and not just for them but
for me as well, you know,because it was so much content,
so much in that one crammed hour.
My dog's going nuts, you know,she's been really stressed out
by.
It's not an enjoyableexperience for either of us.
Um, and it's kind of like it'sa bit like a sink or swim moment
.
You know, you kind of justchuckle him in the deep end when
actually probably what wouldhave benefited us at the time
(05:16):
would have been to take thatstep back and do things from a
distance or, um, gradually,doing it like slowly, little by
little.
But you have, you don't haveany control over that in a class
, you know, you just you'relumped in into this class full
of dogs and full of people andyou've got a dog that's scared
of people and you're scared ofdogs.
Then you've got this mayhemsituation, whereas um having
like games club and pdt meansyou can do it at your own pace.
(05:39):
You can do it where you want,when you want, how you want.
You've got complete controlover it and I think anybody
that's owned a naughty but nicedog knows exactly how that feels
.
This is absolutely the placefor you, 100%.
Lauren Langman (05:50):
I couldn't stop you.
You were like on a roll.
Sam Askew (05:52):
You were like me, I know I was like you loved it.
I know the answers to thesequestions.
I know the answers.
Lauren Langman (05:58):
I loved it and I really believe that, sam, that
it's funny.
I can't imagine putting a babypup, who's new to the world of
dogs, into that class situationstraight away.
Now I just think there's somuch that you can do at home in
a comfortable environment.
I also think sometimes it'smiserable.
It's can do at home in acomfortable environment.
I also think sometimes it'smiserable.
It's wet, it's disgusting.
(06:19):
Do I even want to go out, likeI do live in Devon, and do I
even want to go out tonight?
Or, oh, my goodness, there's somany things to fit in between
Eliza and her ponies and all theother things.
Like, can I even fit it in?
And I think that's a reallyinteresting consideration, isn't
it?
I haven't thought of it quitelike all of the things that you
described in one go there, theywere great.
There were so many.
I really like that.
There's a lot to think about.
(06:39):
And then the other thing I wouldsay and I think this is one
that's worth considering is youdon't put your dog in a
situation where it's veryvolatile, in the sense that you
actually don't know how the dogsare going to behave to your dog
.
So fair enough, you geteverything right, or fair enough
, you're struggling, but howabout if someone else struggles
and lets go of a very difficultdog and it comes in and nails
your dog?
And that does happen intraining classes.
(07:01):
It does happen that there's adog dog attack.
Or it does happen that ahandler isn't so kind to a dog,
or I remember in one of my firstclasses where I was taking my
young dog, a trainer grabbedthem from under the chair and
dragged them out and my dog wasreally scared by that and that
was my first experience of dogtraining classes.
And you go into the situationwhere there is a so-called
expert, but often in thecommunity village halls and the
local dog training clubs theseare not experts.
(07:22):
These are people who are fansof dogs or have learned a bit of
dog training and actually howwell qualified they are, I don't
know and I would say that arethey games-based learners?
Are they positive reinforcementspace?
Are they the best trainer foryour dog?
I can't tell you.
But what I can tell you is whenyou're in a games club
situation or a pro dog trainerclub situation, which I have to
(07:42):
say, it's like really crazyprices.
Go over and check outabsolute-dogscom and like really
really minimal prices like lessthan a cup of Costa a day, like
it really is.
I mean, in fact it's much lessthan that.
It's like you're talking, likefor some of these, like a pound
a day.
It's really minimal and forthat you're getting like top end
(08:03):
knowledge.
But also you can dip in and outof it.
You don't have to take it oryou can go.
That's not for me or that isfor me Like it's mega, it's
massive.
And those people who want morecommunity I know that one of the
things that I always lovehaving and love having around me
is community.
Like I love having that, thatfeeling of good community, and I
hugely feel empowered and inlove with the amazing community
(08:28):
that supports Absolute Dogs andthat's something.
If you want to be part of it'sthere and if you don't, you
don't even join.
Like you just join the dogtraining part but you don't add
the social part of it's there.
And if you don't, you don'teven join.
Like you just join the dogtraining part but you don't add
the um social part of it in, andI love that that you don't have
to have it and no one wouldknow either way.
So if you just wanted to do thedog training, then you just log
into the to the website.
If you want to do some of thesocial, then you join the
community space, but you don'thave to do it.
(08:48):
So I like that.
It has the, the optionalelement, and no one's going to
judge you either way, becauseit's a really non-judgy space.
In fact it's the least judgyspace I've ever seen in dog
training, to the point I neverfeel judged.
I can get on there in mypajamas, I can get on there um
which happens, which happensoften, which happens very often,
never, ever any makeup, never,ever, sometimes not even
(09:10):
brushing my hair.
I mean, I just get on space.
I love the people.
The people love the dogs.
People love the dog training.
I'm thinking also power hours,sam, I don't know, if you want
to talk through a power hour,how that might help someone who
is wanting some input with a dog, because I love having you on
power hours and I can't wait tosee on the next power hour.
The next power hour, um is,it's all scheduled, it's all out
(09:31):
there for you.
So do check it out and, sam,what do we do on power hours?
Because I'd love more of thepeople that listen to sex in the
squirrel.
Sam Askew (09:37):
Come and join us on a power out, because it's pretty
magic experience this isprobably, I'd say maybe, one of
the questions that people wouldhave about um.
Having this online content, youknow, is well, you know, we
need that in person, we need toknow um, we need to be able to
have that, that input from thetrainer, and we need to be able
to see, maybe learning fromother people train their dogs.
(09:57):
Well, this is kind of what thePower Hour gives, I feel.
So it's essentially livetraining.
You know, live in-persontraining on Zoom with lots of
other people that are in thesame boat as you, and you have
your Zoom on, or you don't haveto have your Zoom on, you can
just watch if you want and joinin in that way.
But essentially, um, you get towatch lauren or maybe one of
the team give you games, giveyou input, and then you'll have
(10:30):
and you're you're volunteeringtoward it you might have um
input personally to you on zoomfor your dog and your training.
So it's one of those.
It's basically.
It's basically a training class.
You know, like, when we'retalking about going to a
training class, it's basically atraining class.
It's just online, you know so,and you're getting that live
(10:51):
input and you're able to asklive questions, and then you can
go away to practice that andyou're practicing it in the, in
the session, but then on theback of that you've also then
got all of the online content tosupport that as well.
So there's so much more thanjust the power hours, but that's
your in-person training,essentially per week If you, if
you feel that you need thatfixed, but it's in more control.
You know, like we were talkingabout, you're not going into a
(11:13):
session where you've got a dogthat might run in on your
session or you've got a trainerthat you know maybe is a little
bit rougher than you'd like,right?
So, and you talk in situationslike that that potentially cause
a dog to become reactive, youknow a dog that might actually
have no issues with dogswhatsoever and then gets leapt
on, you know, or hurt oranything like that.
(11:33):
You know those single eventssometimes can cause that, right.
So having the power hours, itgives you it's more of that
control again for me.
You know of being able tocontrol that situation how you
need it to be.
You could do it outside if youwanted to, by all means, um, you
could do it in your house, youdo it in your living room, you
could do it in your pajamas.
You know, I think it's.
It's that community all comingtogether.
(11:54):
You know all of thoselike-minded people that are in
the same space as you, arepotentially even having the same
headaches and stresses as youand the.
You know the potentialsometimes feeling embarrassed by
your dog and having a reallyreactive dog and feeling, um,
you know, isolated and alone.
It's all of you coming togetherto have a training session, to
call it's really cool, very,very cool.
Lauren Langman (12:14):
I love most of all we're doing those.
How much I can learn just fromcoaching one person and then
sharing that one person'slearning.
But we never, ever coach oneperson.
We'll always coach three, four,five, six, seven, eight, nine
um you can coach, live in one ofthose, sam.
How does it feel to be coachedlive?
Sam Askew (12:31):
um, I'm not gonna lie it.
Sometimes it is like you know,your heart starts going like I'm
not.
I'm not gonna lie on the cameraat all.
It is sometimes reallynerve-wracking because suddenly,
even as a trainer, um, being infront of so many people on a
zoom, it can be nerve-wracking.
So those people that do putthemselves out there are
massively brave to putthemselves in such a vulnerable
place.
But I think that's the thingabout our community again is
(12:53):
that I, although it'snerve-wracking, I feel safe.
You know, I feel I feel safe inthat space and that's because I
know that, again, there is nojudgment there.
You know, everybody, um is justrooting for you and so in terms
of the community, it'sincredible.
And then just getting that livecoaching is is incredible as
well.
You know, it's like those tinylittle tidbits that sometimes
you don't realize you're doingand having someone looking on
(13:15):
you, it can be really, reallylike insightful.
There's definitely been somelike massive light bulb moments
that I've gone, oh my God.
And then I've tweaked mytraining just that tiny little
bit and it's just like tenfold.
You know, it's really cool tomy training just that tiny
little bit and it's uh, it'sjust like tenfold.
Lauren Langman (13:31):
You know, it's really cool, it's very special,
I love it.
I love it.
And then if we think aboutsomething like just the sheer,
like library, of what we can do,and I'm thinking playlists, so
you can actually create your ownplaylist I know you're quite
geeky at this like there is alibrary that you wouldn't even
like, realize it's big, and thenthe playlist that you start to
put together how does that work,sam?
Sam Askew (13:53):
oh, so there is.
There is a huge amount ofcontent, okay, um, I mean,
you're talking in the thousandsI think we're in now right
thousands of games, and that'sjust games club.
That's not even.
We're not even talking aboutpdt club right now.
That that's content on top ofcontent.
Um, you can essentially handpick.
So, let's say, let's say youhad a struggle, um, like my dog
uh barks.
Okay, you could maybe um chooseany games that are relating to
(14:18):
that struggle particularly andthere's ways to search for that
as well and you could compilethose into basically a playlist,
a bit like you would do on um,any of your sort of like music
playlist player things.
You could just gather all ofthat into one place so that you
can dip into it whenever youwant.
So maybe you haven't got timeto look at all those videos
straight away, but you don'twant to lose them.
(14:39):
You want to have them all inone place.
That's basically what you cando.
Now.
I really like I do get geekyabout it, I do get a little bit
obsessed sometimes with it.
I really like um doing likelittle uh, or like little trends
, like all of the, say, toyswitch games or all of the um,
disengagement games, or I liketo bring the concepts together.
That's, that's my jam and Iquite like messing around with
(15:02):
them and mixing them together.
Uh, but I mean, that's just mehaving a mess around.
Sometimes that's not even justfor the dog training, that's
because I'm having fun.
Dj.
Lauren Langman (15:09):
Sam mixing it up , messing around.
Sam Askew (15:14):
It's fun.
It's with the headphones aswell.
Right, I look like a DJ, yeah.
Lauren Langman (15:20):
I love it, I love it and I love that that's
what you enjoy doing and I lovethat you've really, like, added
that next level of like spice tosomething really fun.
So you've actually taken it upto like a mixing level, like
beautiful, beautiful stuff.
So, sam, if there was someonewho currently has got games club
and maybe isn't using it enough, or pro dog trainer club and
isn't using enough because Iknow that we're all in that
position, we all have busy, busydays and busy, busy lives
(15:42):
what's the one thing that youwould suggest they do if they
did nothing else?
Let's say they've got pdt club.
What's the one thing you wouldsuggest they do if they did
nothing else?
As if they did nothing?
Sam Askew (15:53):
else, as in like what would you choose to look at?
Lauren Langman (15:55):
yes, I'm gonna take.
I'm gonna take the one thatyou'll probably want to say, but
I'm gonna.
If you have pro dog trainerclub and you have no time at the
moment, but the one thing youdo is put the next power hour in
your diary, because I know thatyou'll get so much from it,
like it's worth your membershipalone.
It's worth your membershipalone because the power out is
so, so, so, out of this worldfor dog training and for dog
(16:16):
trainers and for dog owners andfor dogs.
But if there was one thing thatyou were to suggest that these
guys do if they've got theirmembership already, like what
could they be using or doing, orwhat little thing they could do
?
Because you know what it's like.
You've got everyone's busy,busy, busy and you sometimes
find it hard to fit everythingin.
What could someone do?
Um, if they were already a man,what should they do?
Sam Askew (16:36):
I would make a playlist.
You know, we were just talkingabout it.
I think, um, make a playlist,not for your struggle, but make
a playlist for you, make a listthat you want to do for fun with
your dog.
That's what I would do, becauseI think sometimes and
definitely I've been, you know,uh, subject to this as well, um,
not subject to this, like kindof like guilty of this, I guess
(16:58):
uh is we get so bogged down withwith the problem, right, um,
and we're trying to find thatsolution and we want to be
solution seeking and solutionminded.
Sometimes we just forget to havefun though as well.
You know, and, like I thinkabout why, why I got dogs, and
it was to have fun with them andto like love them and to have
cuddles and go for walks.
And you know, sometimes thepicture of that looks a little
(17:20):
bit different because of thejourney that they've taken them
down, maybe with their behaviorstruggles.
But if we think about what wehave got control over and one of
the things we have got if we'realready a member of games club
we're already a member of pdtclub is that we can have loads
of fun with the games and loadsof fun with the training.
So get yourself on the playlistand just pick games that you
want to do for fun for you andyour dog easy mega, mega win.
Lauren Langman (17:43):
Now, guys, I want to take this moment to give
you a personal invite into ProDog Trainer Club, if you are not
already, because after the 1stof March, pdt Club goes up in
price by a big amount, not alittle amount, it's significant.
And right now you can join ProDog Trainer Club for a yearly
amount of £6.50 and you canactually save £150 if you put in
(18:05):
the club code, which is PDTClub, all In, if you put in the
club code, which is PDT club,all in, pdt club, all in.
So you're going to joinabsolute-dogscom, go and find
Pro Dog Trainer Club and withthe code PDT club, all in, you
can save yourself £150.
It makes it just £500 for awhole year and that is mega.
I mean, it's insane value andit's before the 1st of March.
(18:29):
If it's after the 1st of March,it's going up significantly.
And when I say significantly,it's over doubling its cost.
Why?
Because of the amount ofcontent there, the amount of
lessons there, the amount oflearning there.
It's big, it's mega, it's huge.
And this is my personal invitefor you If you want to join from
Games Club, email the Ask team,that's, ask at absolute-dogscom
.
(18:49):
And if you are not already amember?
Please, please, please, please,please.
Now is the time.
You're a listener of Sex in theSquirrel.
You're one of our community.
We want you involved.
If you don't like it, we'llgive you your money back.
You know what the big thing is,so get a hold of us.
There's a money back guarantee.
We want you to join while it'sat rock bottom price, before we
skyrocket it, which is becauseof the insane value in there.
(19:11):
So my personal inviteabsolute-dogscom PDT Club you're
looking for.
Join us, join us, join us.
The value's insane and it'sjust 500 pounds for the whole
year with that voucher code.
It's a special voucher code andif you want to touch base with
the Ask team, they will help you.
Now, sam, it's been anincredible ride.
I know we've got a PDT ClubPower Hour coming up.
(19:33):
I know we've got a KnowledgeNetwork coming up.
I would like to take thismoment to personally invite you
to be there, if you can, butalso I absolutely want you to
make sure that you take a momentto invite everyone that's
listening personally as well.
Sam Askew (19:48):
Invite them, sam, make sure they know about it.
Get on.
The next power hour we've gotmousetrap mechanics mystery
mastery, wednesday, the 5th offebruary, from 11 15 to 12 15
gmt, and I've done the mousetrapkind of one that's been similar
before and I tell you it'sgoing to blow your mind.
It is one of those.
That was one of those lightbulb moments I was talking about
(20:08):
earlier.
It absolutely blew my mind.
So get yourself on it.
I definitely will be there,100%.
Maybe sneakily at work, whoknows?
But I would definitely be there.
Be there too, enjoy.
Lauren Langman (20:20):
And, most of all , guys, everybody that's
listening.
Please, please, please, please,please, do take these moments
to do it for your dog.
Do it for your dog.
They love you, you love them,and if we didn't have them, we
know the world would not be thebrilliant place that it is.
So that was this episode of theSex and His Girl podcast.
I'd like you to join us for thenext episode and, in the
meantime, get all in with PDTClub.
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