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Speaker 1 (00:00):
They are little English bulldog Agnes. She snores a lot,
(00:03):
so we can't let her sleep with us, and she
has taken to sleeping right outside of our door. I
can hear her snoring through the door. I have to
wear ear plugs sometimes. She is a very dependent or
codependent little dog, and I love her, but I do
wonder sometimes when we go away, how's she feeling like
she is she lonely? Does she have what they call
(00:24):
separation anxiety? Is this even a thing for dogs? So
joining us to talk about it. Chrissy Joy Chrissy is
a celebrity dog trainer and she has trained dogs that
have won US and international stunt and trick competitions, among
other things. Her website is Chrissyjoy dot com. Hey Chrissy,
thanks for being here.
Speaker 2 (00:43):
Hey, I'm so glad to be here. And I saw
a picture of your dog and I have to say,
I don't think you have separation anxiety problem, So things
are great. Your dog is so cute by the way,
you know, step You know I love I have five
dogs on my own and I'd love to do mental
enrichment with my dogs. So that's one of the biggest
(01:04):
hot topics for this year, especially with National Dog Day.
It's just one of those things that you can do
so many things now in twenty twenty five to keep
your dogs, whether they're busy or whether they're more chill,
dogs happy and motivated.
Speaker 1 (01:18):
So a lot of times folks want to attribute human
ish emotions to dogs, Well, how how far do you
think we can go with that? And do dogs feel lonely?
And when do dogs get separation anxiety? Is that even
a real thing for any dogs, even if it might
or might not be for my dog?
Speaker 2 (01:38):
Right? Yeah, you know, so I definitely believe that, you know,
dogs can channel into our human emotion so well. I mean,
they can detect things that are just you know, even
unheard of, like they can detect cancer. They can do
amazing things as far as sensing things about the human
emotion and human body before even we can like seizure
detection things like that. So, to be perfectly on, our
(02:00):
dogs are very, very in tune to us. But with
that being said, comes a lot of baggage. There can
be times where they're so in tune to us and
connected to us that when we leave it can create
a little bit of anxiety or listlessness and loneliness because
of the fact that you know, we're we're their world,
and when we step out, they don't. They're waiting for
(02:20):
us to return. We are there everything. So yeah, I
absolutely believe it. There's even a study that was done
recently that was almost like seventy something percent of dogs
actually will exhibit some type of anxiety behavior, whether it
goes undetected or whether you realize it. You know, sometimes
dogs present anxiety in different ways. You know, have you
ever seen your dog like just give a random yawn
(02:41):
and you're like, he is not tired, Why is he yawning?
Or does something and then gives a full body shake
or excessive panting, maybe lip licking, or even pacing around
the home or sticking extra close to you if something happens.
You know, all of these things are presented as dog behavior,
but they also can be attributed to anxiety. Also on
(03:02):
a note there, you know, we have things that happen
every year. You know, do you have a dog that's
a little sensitive around Fourth of July with fireworks or
every time the FedEx guy comes up and knocks on
the door to to drop off the delivery and package.
Those types of like emotional spikes for your dog also
presents a lot of stress in their body.
Speaker 1 (03:20):
And maybe the most famous representation of this, and I
think a lot of folks have dealt with it, luckily
I haven't. Is dogs who express their anxiety, stress, whatever
by shredding your house.
Speaker 2 (03:34):
Yes, And I always say, you know, if you have
a dog that's going to that level. Now, I had one.
He was really bad in his crate. He had really
bad create anxiety and he tore down to our baseboards
in our house, took the carpet out and everything, just
through heavy anxiety. And that was a whole process as
a dog trainer to work through that. But I always say,
if you feel it's out of control, if you feel
(03:56):
it is, they're hurting themselves at that point, to always
reach out to a professional dog trainer, to or veterinaryan
veterinary veterinarian to help you just figure out ways that
you can take down that level of stress and help
your dog cope. But there's some pretty cool things that
I do in my day to day that kind of
helps dogs produce anxiety. So first and foremost, I just
want to tell everybody out here because this is important,
(04:18):
don't undermine the value of taking your dog for a walk,
even Agnes, even the dogs that might be more chill
and relaxed. You know, every dog loves to smell. Their
strongest sense is their nose. So take them out for
that walk so they can really get the enrichment of
life around them. It doesn't mean you've got to do
six miles and make it this whole thing. Just let
them just spend that quality time with them.
Speaker 1 (04:41):
I took a twelve minute walk with Agnes this morning.
She loves it, and she's you know, she's a bulldog.
She doesn't really want to do more than this. She's
not like your border collie or or a husky or something. Right.
You know, if you take a longer walk, she's really
slow coming home, but she does love it. We got
about a minute and a half here. So one thing
that I do from time to time. Our previous dog, Reuben,
(05:03):
French bulldog, loved to watch TV with me.
Speaker 2 (05:07):
It's a little hard to.
Speaker 1 (05:08):
Tell with Agnes, but sometimes when I'm going out and
nobody's going to be home, I'll put the TV on
on a fairly low volume, and I'll usually put it
on something like Animal Planet or something like that. Now
is that just me, like, you know, projecting some silliness there,
or is there some potential real upside for that.
Speaker 2 (05:27):
No, So I was actually this program I leave on.
It's called dog TV. You can get it online it's
an app or stream it and guess what, it's the
coolest thing ever. You should really try it with Agnes
because the screen is actually tailored to so that the
dogs can see the content. So it's actually tailored to
the spectrum of color that dogs can see. And there's
some programs there for you too. So think of it
(05:49):
as like, you know, your animal Planet on steroids for dogs.
So dogs have like all these programs they can watch
that bring really good feelings out of your dog, or
provide some soft controlled area of stimulation and exposure on
certain sounds and noises that can help them as they
get older, or help them kind of work through some
more things that might trigger some anxiety. So this is
(06:11):
a beautiful channel to watch. I love using it. I
leave it on all the time, and it's got a
lot of great music too, And it's just a way
if you're gonna the heat has been insane outside. It's
just a great way to kind of let your dog,
how something that's going to mentally enrich them in the
home and allows you to maybe get on with your
day and get your chores done. What's that called again,
It's called dog TV. It's a dog TV. Stream it
(06:32):
or download it, and it's got a bunch of different
programs on there tailored for your dog any age. Super fun.
I think you'll really enjoy sharing that with your pet.
I wonder what the revenue model is.
Speaker 1 (06:43):
Like, You're going to put up some ads for the
dogs to watch, and then the dogs are going to
hop on Amazon and buy the chew toys that.
Speaker 2 (06:49):
They advertise them. Dogs might do that.
Speaker 1 (06:51):
Yeah, your trick dogs very much might.
Speaker 2 (06:53):
Folks.
Speaker 1 (06:54):
If you got more questions about your dogs, whether it's
about you know, anxiety and enrichment and stuff we were
talking talking about, or training or anything else, go to
Christy's website at Chrissyjoy dot com, c h R I
S S Y j O y dot com Chrissy Joy.
She is a celebrity dog trainer and has trained champion
stunt dogs, International champion dogs and trick competitions and all
(07:16):
kinds of other stuff. Christy is the real deal. Thanks
so much for your time today. It's great to Oh
there's your dog. Oh very good. Oh I love it.
That's a happy dog. Thanks for being here, Chrissy appreciate it.
Speaker 2 (07:27):
Awesome. Thank you so much.
Speaker 1 (07:28):
Have a great day.
Speaker 2 (07:29):
Okay, you too,
They are little English bulldog Agnes. She snores a lot,
(00:03):
so we can't let her sleep with us, and she
has taken to sleeping right outside of our door. I
can hear her snoring through the door. I have to
wear ear plugs sometimes. She is a very dependent or
codependent little dog, and I love her, but I do
wonder sometimes when we go away, how's she feeling like
she is she lonely? Does she have what they call
(00:24):
separation anxiety? Is this even a thing for dogs? So
joining us to talk about it. Chrissy Joy Chrissy is
a celebrity dog trainer and she has trained dogs that
have won US and international stunt and trick competitions, among
other things. Her website is Chrissyjoy dot com. Hey Chrissy,
thanks for being here.
Speaker 2 (00:43):
Hey, I'm so glad to be here. And I saw
a picture of your dog and I have to say,
I don't think you have separation anxiety problem, So things
are great. Your dog is so cute by the way,
you know, step You know I love I have five
dogs on my own and I'd love to do mental
enrichment with my dogs. So that's one of the biggest
(01:04):
hot topics for this year, especially with National Dog Day.
It's just one of those things that you can do
so many things now in twenty twenty five to keep
your dogs, whether they're busy or whether they're more chill,
dogs happy and motivated.
Speaker 1 (01:18):
So a lot of times folks want to attribute human
ish emotions to dogs, Well, how how far do you
think we can go with that? And do dogs feel lonely?
And when do dogs get separation anxiety? Is that even
a real thing for any dogs, even if it might
or might not be for my dog?
Speaker 2 (01:38):
Right? Yeah, you know, so I definitely believe that, you know,
dogs can channel into our human emotion so well. I mean,
they can detect things that are just you know, even
unheard of, like they can detect cancer. They can do
amazing things as far as sensing things about the human
emotion and human body before even we can like seizure
detection things like that. So, to be perfectly on, our
(02:00):
dogs are very, very in tune to us. But with
that being said, comes a lot of baggage. There can
be times where they're so in tune to us and
connected to us that when we leave it can create
a little bit of anxiety or listlessness and loneliness because
of the fact that you know, we're we're their world,
and when we step out, they don't. They're waiting for
(02:20):
us to return. We are there everything. So yeah, I
absolutely believe it. There's even a study that was done
recently that was almost like seventy something percent of dogs
actually will exhibit some type of anxiety behavior, whether it
goes undetected or whether you realize it. You know, sometimes
dogs present anxiety in different ways. You know, have you
ever seen your dog like just give a random yawn
(02:41):
and you're like, he is not tired, Why is he yawning?
Or does something and then gives a full body shake
or excessive panting, maybe lip licking, or even pacing around
the home or sticking extra close to you if something happens.
You know, all of these things are presented as dog behavior,
but they also can be attributed to anxiety. Also on
(03:02):
a note there, you know, we have things that happen
every year. You know, do you have a dog that's
a little sensitive around Fourth of July with fireworks or
every time the FedEx guy comes up and knocks on
the door to to drop off the delivery and package.
Those types of like emotional spikes for your dog also
presents a lot of stress in their body.
Speaker 1 (03:20):
And maybe the most famous representation of this, and I
think a lot of folks have dealt with it, luckily
I haven't. Is dogs who express their anxiety, stress, whatever
by shredding your house.
Speaker 2 (03:34):
Yes, And I always say, you know, if you have
a dog that's going to that level. Now, I had one.
He was really bad in his crate. He had really
bad create anxiety and he tore down to our baseboards
in our house, took the carpet out and everything, just
through heavy anxiety. And that was a whole process as
a dog trainer to work through that. But I always say,
if you feel it's out of control, if you feel
(03:56):
it is, they're hurting themselves at that point, to always
reach out to a professional dog trainer, to or veterinaryan
veterinary veterinarian to help you just figure out ways that
you can take down that level of stress and help
your dog cope. But there's some pretty cool things that
I do in my day to day that kind of
helps dogs produce anxiety. So first and foremost, I just
want to tell everybody out here because this is important,
(04:18):
don't undermine the value of taking your dog for a walk,
even Agnes, even the dogs that might be more chill
and relaxed. You know, every dog loves to smell. Their
strongest sense is their nose. So take them out for
that walk so they can really get the enrichment of
life around them. It doesn't mean you've got to do
six miles and make it this whole thing. Just let
them just spend that quality time with them.
Speaker 1 (04:41):
I took a twelve minute walk with Agnes this morning.
She loves it, and she's you know, she's a bulldog.
She doesn't really want to do more than this. She's
not like your border collie or or a husky or something. Right.
You know, if you take a longer walk, she's really
slow coming home, but she does love it. We got
about a minute and a half here. So one thing
that I do from time to time. Our previous dog, Reuben,
(05:03):
French bulldog, loved to watch TV with me.
Speaker 2 (05:07):
It's a little hard to.
Speaker 1 (05:08):
Tell with Agnes, but sometimes when I'm going out and
nobody's going to be home, I'll put the TV on
on a fairly low volume, and I'll usually put it
on something like Animal Planet or something like that. Now
is that just me, like, you know, projecting some silliness there,
or is there some potential real upside for that.
Speaker 2 (05:27):
No, So I was actually this program I leave on.
It's called dog TV. You can get it online it's
an app or stream it and guess what, it's the
coolest thing ever. You should really try it with Agnes
because the screen is actually tailored to so that the
dogs can see the content. So it's actually tailored to
the spectrum of color that dogs can see. And there's
some programs there for you too. So think of it
(05:49):
as like, you know, your animal Planet on steroids for dogs.
So dogs have like all these programs they can watch
that bring really good feelings out of your dog, or
provide some soft controlled area of stimulation and exposure on
certain sounds and noises that can help them as they
get older, or help them kind of work through some
more things that might trigger some anxiety. So this is
(06:11):
a beautiful channel to watch. I love using it. I
leave it on all the time, and it's got a
lot of great music too, And it's just a way
if you're gonna the heat has been insane outside. It's
just a great way to kind of let your dog,
how something that's going to mentally enrich them in the
home and allows you to maybe get on with your
day and get your chores done. What's that called again,
It's called dog TV. It's a dog TV. Stream it
(06:32):
or download it, and it's got a bunch of different
programs on there tailored for your dog any age. Super fun.
I think you'll really enjoy sharing that with your pet.
I wonder what the revenue model is.
Speaker 1 (06:43):
Like, You're going to put up some ads for the
dogs to watch, and then the dogs are going to
hop on Amazon and buy the chew toys that.
Speaker 2 (06:49):
They advertise them. Dogs might do that.
Speaker 1 (06:51):
Yeah, your trick dogs very much might.
Speaker 2 (06:53):
Folks.
Speaker 1 (06:54):
If you got more questions about your dogs, whether it's
about you know, anxiety and enrichment and stuff we were
talking talking about, or training or anything else, go to
Christy's website at Chrissyjoy dot com, c h R I
S S Y j O y dot com Chrissy Joy.
She is a celebrity dog trainer and has trained champion
stunt dogs, International champion dogs and trick competitions and all
(07:16):
kinds of other stuff. Christy is the real deal. Thanks
so much for your time today. It's great to Oh
there's your dog. Oh very good. Oh I love it.
That's a happy dog. Thanks for being here, Chrissy appreciate it.
Speaker 2 (07:27):
Awesome. Thank you so much.
Speaker 1 (07:28):
Have a great day.
Speaker 2 (07:29):
Okay, you too,
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