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Basics of Dog Ownership
17 Plays6 months ago
With Ryze's Michael and Host Jacob Pape
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Ethics and Purpose of Crate Training
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Speaker
Me and my partner, we crate train our dog. When we go to sleep at night, she goes to her crate. When we leave the house, she's in her crate. Is that ethical? 100%. Make our dog's food. Hook it up with some carrots and vegetables. And it's honestly low-key just as cheap. And it can't be worse. My dog gets out for about an hour per day. Is that enough? Because they are different. They are different. And we would say children are children, dogs are dogs.
00:00:25
Speaker
There's similarities. But they're so much different. And then that happened. And then right after said, we're fucking new color. And they are, probably. Yeah. But that one incident will shatter your confidence with your dog. when you go not and your parents give you like a little... Spank? Yeah, like a little spank. Correction. Yeah. Do you do that to your dog?
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Speaker
So we don't like... You're like sweating. No, no, no. Like... Hey, man. So you just got a dog. How's it going? Um, it's interesting to say the least.
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Speaker
So yeah, I picked up my first dog ever about four or five months ago. And the reason that I got it was because I want prep myself for having a kid.
00:01:06
Speaker
Yeah, as funny as that sounds, but I just felt like being responsible for another living creature, like a dog would be good training for me to have a kid. The correlation's there. Me Liz just had our first child ah three weeks ago.
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um So like 100% get it. Like you you should have responsibility over something before you're like, hey, I am in charge of a human life. Literally. And like, I just noticed that like I'm making mistakes with my dog.
00:01:35
Speaker
Like I'm getting used to something whining when it needs something. Like the dog, Maya, that's the name of my dog. She walked up to the kitchen and she just started whining. i was like, oh, what's what's going on?
00:01:47
Speaker
And then I realized like her water bowl was empty. yeah I was like, oh shit. Okay, cool. She needs water. She needs something. Yeah. It's cool. Like learning those um communication tactics with your dog, you know? Yeah. Yeah.
00:01:59
Speaker
uh as a parent as like a dog person you hear a lot of like cry it out let them cry it out like kennel training doing this and i'm just not a big believer in that yeah right like i think ah crying means something yeah whether that Like, the worst thing you can do is like, hey, my child just was in the womb of my wife for the last 10 months almost. Yeah.
00:02:21
Speaker
And has felt a warm embrace. Let me stick her in a crib and just have her cry it out as she figures out life when she's just used to being right here. Yeah, right? So what does she want? Obviously, she just wants to be right here and Yeah, she just wants to feel that warmth. So, like, and same with your dog sometimes. Sometimes, like, when we're working on, like,
00:02:43
Speaker
yeah, they have to get over. have to be in a crate. Like it doesn't necessarily mean like I'm going to go get them out and hold them. Yeah. Yeah. But it might be like, hey, down. Like, like. Yeah. Just give them some attention or something. Yeah. um Dude, I have a bunch of questions for you. So I figured now would be a great time.
00:02:59
Speaker
Yeah. You got me on camera. You can't really. Hell yeah. So yeah. Right now you can't fuck up. I can't. And I can't like, oh yeah, I'll get back to you Yeah. I'm right here right now. Hell yeah. So um being my partner, we crate train our dog.
00:03:13
Speaker
So when we are when we go to sleep at night, she goes to her crate. yeah when she and When we leave the house, she's in her crate.
Managing Dog Interactions and Safety
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Speaker
So the reason being that we decided this would be the best form of action is because Maya, my dog, just gets into shit.
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Speaker
Yeah. And she's kind of wild. And like she'll like fight with the cat sometimes. And God forbid we come home and like the cat's dead or like Maya's all really badly scratched because they got into a little scrap. So we were figured like, all right, moving forward now, Maya's staying in the crate when we're not around.
00:03:45
Speaker
Is that ethical? 100%. It is the safest thing you can do for your dog. Okay. Right? Like, I'm sure, i mean, we've been, we've, I've, I've filmed things and I've told you like, man, just kennel that dog. Yeah. right Like how many times could like a injury or like a sickness have been yeah prevented by just kenneling your dog? Yeah.
00:04:05
Speaker
I've seen, there's this video, people just think it's so funny. These Frenchies went out, grabbed a hose, brought it inside, flooded their whole house. Oh, wow. Right? Like, the craziest things, like, can happen.
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Speaker
And, like, for me, it's, like, how sad would it be if I could have just put my dog in a kennel while i was gone and I couldn't watch it. But I left it out because I feel some sort of way about putting my dog in a kennel.
00:04:30
Speaker
But it ate something and passed away. Yeah, that's what I'm thinking, in bro. Because, like, this girl just digs up, like, you know, sometimes she eats her own poop. Yeah. And, like, then she vomits and then she's, like, sick. And I'm, like...
00:04:43
Speaker
You are so smart, but you are dumb. Yeah. And like, I just don't want to leave you out by like, I don't trust it. Yeah. But you know, I have this like guilt of like, damn, I wouldn't want that.
00:04:54
Speaker
But then again, it's like different. Yeah. I mean, like, so at this, you know, I get like, oh man, you're living in a cage. They sleep. How much does your dog sleep when you're home? Like 16, 17 hours? Yeah. Right. She sleeps all the time. And like, you know, we take her on two walks a day, which is another question I have about.
00:05:15
Speaker
But yeah, so you think crate training overall is a good move? Yeah, it's super safe for that dog. And it's super, I think it's more ethical than, because the other question is how we feel.
00:05:25
Speaker
Mm-hmm. Like that is leaving out how that dog feels. That dog way rather be alive or safe. And in the wild, where do these dogs would they they were dig a hole in the ground and live in a den? Yeah, right early. So what's the difference between a kennel that it should feel safe in?
00:05:42
Speaker
yeah If we're introducing it right, if we're taking the steps and making sure that dog is comfortable Yeah, she's cozy as hell, bro. There's blankets in there. I mean, it's cozier than my bed, you know? Like, she's cozy. She's chilling. Like, the room's clean. She's not freaking out when she's in there. She's not freaking out. She doesn't, she, when we tell her, like, you know, go to your, she's not happy. She's like, she's like, damn it. You know?
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But like, you know, we give her some treats, like positive reinforcement to get her inside and she's chilling. Yeah. So I, it's just more of the guilt thing of like, uh, fuck the dog's been in the cage. Like. I think that's like our human nature. And I think it gets in a way of our relationship with dogs. Interesting.
00:06:18
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Because on a, an emotional level, like we are such a like they are an emotional creature, but we are such a more emotional creature. Right. So like, um, even like there's, we'll have like clients who like dogs tear up bets and they tear up bets, they tear up bets. And one of the things I say is stop putting a bet in there.
00:06:37
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Yeah. they're like but I feel bad. He obviously doesn't because he tears up that bed and then sleeps on the hard kennel floor. Yeah. Right? So, like, what is it? Keep your dog in danger?
00:06:48
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Yeah. Or keep it safe? Yeah, because they could, like, choke on the thing in there. They eat weird stuff. Yeah, and even some of that, like, the stuffing yeah doesn't necessarily show up on x-rays. Yeah. So, like, your dog could be sick and you could be, like, take it to the hospital and, then like, they do an x-ray. Interesting. I didn't know that. Nothing shows up. I didn't know that. And the next thing you know, your dog has bloat.
00:07:06
Speaker
Wow. Have you ever heard of bloat? No. Bloat is like where like the stomach's expanded. Stomach expands and turns and it's dead. it's it It can die. yeah Oh, God. Okay.
00:07:17
Speaker
Just giving you more. anxiety Yeah. I'm just like, oh, yeah, there's hey bro. It's kind of funny because that's really what it is. Like i don't have kids, but I could only imagine that's what it is. Like having like a four or five year old is like you are preventing constantly preventing this thing from dying. Yeah. And that's what it's your main responsibility. And that's why I tell people all the time. Would you leave your four or five year old unattended? Yeah.
00:07:38
Speaker
No, no. had i know That is why. Yeah. Like daycares and babysitters make bank. Yeah. Because you wouldn't. Yeah. But a dog is it's easier because you can teach it to be in a kennel and yeah it'll be fine. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. yeah That's wild, man.
00:07:54
Speaker
Um, so next question I have is in regards to walking. So my dog gets out for about an hour per day out on walks total. I take her on two walks, 30
Dog Exercise and Homemade Food
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Speaker
minutes each. Is that enough? She's a lab.
00:08:08
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Yes and no. Right. Like I, it's all dog dependent and it's all like based on what you can do. Okay. Right. Like, um we'll have like retired couples who's like, say they walk their young dog five miles, this, this, that, and a third. I'm like, whoa, whoa, whoa. Do what you can do in 10 years.
00:08:24
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Yeah. Right. Like do what's the like feasible. Yeah. In your life for the life of that dog. Yeah. Right. Because if you're like, hey, let me take this dog jogging for, you know, two hours every day.
00:08:38
Speaker
One, you're going to build up a stamina. of an the athlete right and trust me i don't know have you met battle our black lab he's a lot right yeah like when he's not in command and doing all that stuff like we've built an animal we had to do a lot with him yeah like he takes up like half of my day okay like just like managing him and doing this because we built an athlete i see so like you know throwing the ball and some of the stuff isn't as mentally grinding So like some like we'll have to run tracks for him and have him like find things just so we can get him like mentally and physically tired. I see. So you want to build like do what fits in your life. Find something that's like you can do forever. Yeah. If need be. Yeah. Because you want your dogs to fit into your life. Like a lot of people get a dog and then they try and like morph their life into their dog's life. Yeah.
00:09:31
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That dog's got to, we've got to calm it down and bring it back into our life. I see. Right. Like a lot of the times, like the big pain points that I see with clients all the time is my dog's crazy. My dog is too much. My dog is this. My dog doesn't have an off.
00:09:45
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So a lot of times what we're teaching is like, Hey, like, let's, let's teach the dog how to be bored. I see. Right. Like, you know, you've seen us, you know, my dogs could place for hours while we do films and we do all this stuff, but that's not by design.
00:10:01
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Yeah, that's not like training. That's training. Yeah. hi um So and also like i also look back and think about like how much time you can spend with your dog on those Michigan nasty weather days. Exactly. Exactly. Like for today is like, dude, snowing, raining, like 35 degrees. Like I just work nine hours, like get them out. half a supply Yeah. and And then like, you know, it's a little frustrating sometimes because I'm like, all right, you know, I'll get her run around. I'll just put her outside in the backyard for a little.
00:10:32
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But then she just sits at the door and cries. Yeah. Where's my owner? Because, well, she's also like, I'm not bred to just run around. like you Yeah, I'm not a King Corso who's just going to protect the fence line, right? Yeah. I'm a lab. I need humans. I'm supposed to be hunting or I'm supposed to be. Yeah.
00:10:47
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And that's really what it is. She's a companion dog. Yeah. So she, you know, like, you know, TMI, I'm on the toilet. Like, she'll knock on the door. Be like, are you at? So what's up? Yeah. Why is the door closed? What are we doing? Yeah. Literally. Why is there a barrier but between us? Yeah. Literally. Yeah. like Like labs, like we have two.
00:11:04
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I think you know that. Yeah. And um they don't know what personal space is. Like Boston wants to be like yeah on my feet. And like, it's cute. Yeah. It's really cute. It can be annoying, though but it is annoying, you know, because sometimes I'm like, bro, like I'm trying to make eggs.
00:11:18
Speaker
Like, what do you want? yeah so like my dogs for instance they know they don't come in the kitchen yeah like there's like a hard oh interesting barrier interesting without a barrier being there they know like hey like dad's cooking because you've met my other have you met all my dogs i don't think you met our i know i met three now i didn't meet the feet i did a long time ago though okay so one of like our first like things Our female pit bull, like, she just assumes things are hers.
00:11:47
Speaker
Interesting. So, like, let's say I'm cooking and a little bit of egg comes on the ground and all the dogs are in the kitchen. Well, she's going to protect that piece of egg like it's hers.
00:11:59
Speaker
Interesting. She will fight. Oh, interesting. So for us, it's like, it's just safer if they just don't. Oh, no one in the kitchen. No one in the kitchen. Interesting. Because then she can't like retaliate or get mad and then we don't have to break anything up.
00:12:12
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Right. So, and they're content. and there You know, you see them all excited about it. Like they might drool a little bit, but you know, like they're safer. not Yeah. kitchen Interesting. That's so cool.
00:12:24
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um Speaking of like kitchen and stuff, ah we make our dogs food. Yeah. So like, I mean, is that cool? Like, do you think? Dude, as long as it's balanced, I think like. We do half, half, like I'll do half dry food.
00:12:38
Speaker
Yeah. And then I just like, I grab some ground turkey or beef from Costco and just cook it up with some carrots and vegetables. And it's honestly low key just as cheap. And it can't be worse.
00:12:50
Speaker
Right. Yeah. Like right I'm guessing you, you have to give less water your dog because half her food isn't dehydrated to heck. Yeah, right. Right. like Exactly. So like I'm a big like we do raw and kibble like our older dogs like we got into the we got smart way too late. They were too old to like transition to raw.
00:13:08
Speaker
Her stomachs just like weren't. Yeah, I feel that. Yeah, they weren't about it. But our labs there on ah when you say raw, like just raw beef and turkey. Like ah they usually actually get it's like this from Midwest legacy beef is half beef with the bones.
00:13:26
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So it's 80% muscle meat, 10% bone, 10% organs. Oh, and then it's mixed with herring. ah Same, same 80, 10, 10. eighty ten ten And it's just completely raw.
00:13:38
Speaker
Whoa. And feed it. And you know, like, like ah how many of those a day? So Battle gets about, for a day, like to two pounds.
00:13:49
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Bossland gets roughly like a pound. and Is that expensive? It can be. Yeah, I see. Okay, I I see. Yeah, like Midwest Legacy Beef, when we're feeding the three all it can be like $1,000 a month. when we're feeding the three all of that um a it can be like a thousand dollars a month Oh, wow.
00:14:07
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But, you know, like the health things I worry about are zero. Like, and dude, their poop, like non-existent. Oh, really? Like there's like nothing because like they they're using, utilizing, their body's using a lot. There's not weight. All those nutrients. Right? Like it's like filled with corn. That's wild, man. That's so cool. Yeah.
00:14:25
Speaker
Okay. So like my poop cleanup is like way easier. That's sweet. Yeah. Now there's things have to worry about, right? Like during my wife's pregnancy, she couldn't handle it.
00:14:36
Speaker
Yeah. Like literally couldn't handle it because we worry about. Contamination. Salmonella. Yeah. Right. Like, cause it's raw. So, you know, we have to wash, we have sanitize. Yeah. Be a lot cleaner with it.
00:14:47
Speaker
And, you know, like my dogs don't lick my face. Right. Yeah. If they lick my hands, I have to go wash my hands. Yeah, I don't like, I never, i don't let my dog lick my face, let alone like barely my hands. Maybe like if I feed her a little bit, my hand. i mean But then I wash my hands right away. Cause like, you know, dog saliva is like super like. And they lick everything. And they love licking everything, man. And yours eats poop. So I. Yeah, I'm good, dude.
00:15:11
Speaker
She stopped. I basically I did some of my own research. And like, I love this guy on Reddit because he was like, just so like gave me the straightest advice. He was like, bro, if it's not there, she's not going to eat it.
00:15:23
Speaker
And I was like, i so I got my ass outside. Just started picking up the poop. There's that. There's a couple other options. Interesting. Like cayenne pepper on it. I did. i put the hot sauce. I put habanero Trader Joe's hot sauce on her.
00:15:37
Speaker
I went around the yard. My wife was like, what are you doing? She had hot sauce. She thought was having a stroke. i was like... Snow, she liked it, dude. she She's smart. She let it sit for like a few days. Let it mild out. Yeah, and she's like, I'm going and then having short That's how she'll get spicier the longer. She liked it, bro. She was like... she was like this is She had a field day with it, bro. She's like...
00:16:01
Speaker
Like throwing it around. And then there's this pill that you can get that they eat that makes it taste awful. Okay. Yes. But it is great advice if it's not there.
00:16:11
Speaker
Yeah. that i just That's been working for us. And your yard's cleaner. And my yard's cleaner. I constantly monitor her now. Yeah. um So, yeah, I just have my eyes on her. There is one more question I had.
00:16:25
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As a whole, bro, like, so we got our dog from, hitting you with all these questions right now. But ah we got our dog from wife's best friend.
00:16:36
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She had a couple kids. The dog scratched the baby yeah during was playtime. Wasn't a good fit. And yeah, they, they were like, you know, we could train her, but it's scary. Yeah. and They're just scared.
00:16:47
Speaker
Fair enough. Cool. So we took over the
Health Decisions: Neutering and Spaying
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dog. So she came into our lives, spaded. Like she, she really got, what do you think about that as a whole, like neutering and spading your dogs?
00:16:58
Speaker
so like it is i've never actually asked you that yeah like so like battle in boston aren't okay aren't altered at all um now they're going to be okay right so like to me it's like use it or lose it right like um we had like some failed tries at getting them to to mate and we had some hopes but uh they're getting older i don't want her to be too old to have you know litter of puppies and you know she doesn't like it like we tried to do the whole like we went to like wilson's vet and we tried to have her like inseminated and she just had a fit she you know like she wasn't prepared i see for that whole interaction so hi liz hi liz hi baby so we
00:17:47
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we made the call to alter them because they're not getting used. Yeah. Like the chances of, from what our research, you know, like it's either use it or lose it. Lose it. Okay. Because, you know, they can eventually discover like cancers and, you know, develop those things.
00:18:05
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um but we don't also want to do it at too young because we want them to have their testosterone we want them to have their estrogen yeah as long like you have to take a pup to get neutered right like i don't want i don't want to take you at 15 and take away all the testosterone yeah you're not going to develop yeah into who you're going to be yeah right so why would i do that to a dog A hundred percent. That makes so much sense. I've never heard that put it like that.
00:18:31
Speaker
Cause you want their, like, you've seen how big battle is. Yeah. Right. And you've seen a lot of labs and you see yeah why is battle so much bigger than these labs? And I'm not talking fat. He's, he's muscular. Big. Yeah. He's got a great build.
00:18:43
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And that's because we didn't alter him. Yeah. So that's wild. Okay. Fair enough. Cool. So just to recap here, um, walk them as much as comfortable for you, ye but make sure they're getting walked.
00:18:56
Speaker
Um, what else did we cover? Great training is ethical. It's safer. Great training. is That was a big
Balancing Humanization and Discipline
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one. Yeah. I would say F your feelings on it. Yeah. Like, oh, want my dog to have freedom.
00:19:08
Speaker
Yeah. Really what I've been realizing ah as a whole is stop applying my human,
00:19:15
Speaker
feelings characteristics to a dog because like they are different they are different and like we would say like like children or children kids dogs or dogs there's similarities but they're so much different at the same time so yeah like don't be afraid to like like treat them a little different yeah like fair enough your dog wasn't in yeah wife's womb's Yeah. Oh, um one more thing before we end. But um so what do you think like, you know, when ah and this is like probably super controversial topic, but you know, when you're growing up and your parents give you like a little
00:19:56
Speaker
Spank. Yeah, like a little spank. Correction. Yeah. do you Do you do that to your dogs? So we don't like, you're like sweating. here No, no. Everyone who follows us knows that we use e-collars, prongs, leash pops.
00:20:08
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um We do it in a way that the dog knows. Okay. Like I'm not going to physically smack my dog. I'm not going to physically, I'm not going to kick you know kickers smack my dog. Of course. some But I'm going to use something that I've conditioned them to, right? Whether that's a prong e-collar, that means...
00:20:25
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stop I see. i Like, okay. And our parents used to give, you know, like, yeah, like, yeah, it used to be five, but you know, yeah a little older. It was three 13. It's one. Yeah. Yeah. Uh, we better, you better, you have one second. Yeah. did Yeah.
00:20:38
Speaker
Um, you know we, we have to have something that is easier, like a prong, like mimics, like a mom's bite. I see. Like, just stop it. Yeah. And the e-collar is like, it can be, we can control how strong Earth i is.
00:20:52
Speaker
I But, know, there's certain things that I'm going to like put a hard end to it, right? Like if I'm cooking and I have hot oil on the stove and my dog's jumping up there, what's more dangerous? What's more dangerous? stop it yeah or yeah and like yeah that's something like i was reading up on too somebody said they're like you know e-collars aren't the problem it's humans who don't know how to use them yeah if you just crank it up and yeah it just like randomly too they you've been around us enough almost every dog that you've seen us with has had has e-collar it's super controlled too never yeah you guys are super great about never seen him yep you never seen him like yeah yeah
00:21:28
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and So definitely don't like it. Don't like, you know, so give your little spank to your dog, but just get an e-collar, learn how to control it. Or even like some dogs are super soft, like a leash.
00:21:39
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Yeah. Like just don't be afraid to like put boundaries up no matter how you can do it. Right. like i Our dogs, I would say until like they're six months, our personal dogs have a leash on in the house.
00:21:52
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So that way I can stop being there. Yeah. Like, get over here. Hell yeah. Right? Okay. And then I can micromanage them. Hell yeah. Like, I have this stupid saying, you know, like that, you know, 1984?
00:22:03
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You know, like, freedom is slavery? Mm-hmm. I'm starting to believe it. Right? Because i have all these clients, and i I meet all these people with their dogs, and they give their dogs ultimate freedoms.
00:22:14
Speaker
And they're a slave to their dog. because they're following you up. They're having to like, you know, do all this stuff. But if I apply this boundary, these set of rules and my dog and we agree that these are the rules and you have to stay within them and we're cool, but you step outside of that,
00:22:32
Speaker
I'm going make sure you you understand you send the ass out of that. I don't have to micromanage my dog, right? Like, I don't have 12 acres. I'm not, they're not on leashes. They're not, I'm not like holding on to them. Even if someone has out here with dogs, I don't have to have that because they understand they're not a allowed to come up with these dogs. That's cool.
00:22:50
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Yeah. Okay. Fair enough. Sweet. Anything else on your mind? Man, I would say so much is on my mind. But with your dog, i I just want you to know, like, create boundaries, create healthy structure, yeah and everything will be easier. Oh, 100%. The more you do now, the less you have to do in the future. Yeah, and I think, you know what, um because I told you about that skunk incident,
00:23:15
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Yeah. My dog basically, long story short, my dog ran out. we I let her off leash in the park and it was nighttime. Yeah. And there's like a tree, like maybe this big. And she ran behind, like as soon as she got off leash, she ran right behind the tree. knew it was there the whole time. Yeah. And I was like, that's interesting.
00:23:32
Speaker
Maya's behind the tree. And then she came out of the tree with a skunk in her mouth that's alive. And she's like flinging her around. that day It was like a pillow. Yeah. And the skunk sprang for its life.
00:23:43
Speaker
So Maya just like dropped the skunk and um just is like drenched with the skunk juice. And it's been, I think, a few weeks now and she still smells. Yeah. And I've given her tons of baths. Her skin got irritated, so I had to stop.
00:23:58
Speaker
And then still, but as soon as it's nice outside, I'm hosing her down. like Yeah. Yeah. Anyways, that was a situation where I wish I had an e-collar. Yeah. And, mo you know, as soon as she's running away from you you could be like, calm. Yeah, or just like, because, you know, we saw her with the skunk. You could have said drop and not have to. It wasn't actually like, because we were, I'm all the way across the park, me and my wife. So we had to, it's another 45 seconds. Yeah.
00:24:21
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But in that 45 seconds of running there, trying to stop it. She's shaking more. She's shaking more. She might get scratched. She might lose an eye. Like, so it shit's scary, bro. So you don't know what diseases that's.
00:24:32
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yk ben like you Then you're worrying about rabies and like you're worrying about all this shit and you're like, damn, bro, that's stressful. like yeah I might have to put down my dog because it's something like, ah but I'm kind of grateful that happened because right before that, I was telling my wife, hey, we need an e-collar.
00:24:47
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and she was Literally two hours before, yeah she's like, I think she's fine. Like, you know, she's okay. Like, you know, she's already anxious. Yeah. And i'm like, babe, all right. I, like, I think it's better safe than sorry, though. Yeah.
00:25:00
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And then that happened. And then right after, she's like, we're getting the fucking e-collar. Like, she was so, so, yeah, she was like, I don't care. Like, i I would say that is 98% of our clientele. but yeah we They think they're doing good. They think they're doing good.
00:25:14
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um And they are probably. yeah But that one incidence will shatter your confidence with your dog. Whether it's like you've got a powerful breed and it nips someone who comes in your door. yeah You have ah a fun-loving breed, like a lab, and it takes off on you and it gets into something.
00:25:31
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You have a ah hunt you have like a a beagle or a hound, and it just, it's gone. You have a husky, and it doesn't recall. yeah i There's all these things that like are fine until they're not. Yeah. And then they're super not okay. Dude, super scary. Yeah. So to me, it's like, I rather that dog feel a little uncomfortable for like 0.03 seconds and come to me in those moments, then have to worry about all the things that we just. Oh yeah, I'm very serious.
00:25:57
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So like, yeah, that, that was a big one, but, um, overall, yeah, definitely getting e-collar. So anyone watching this, if you have a new dog, dude, just get the e-collar. Yeah. And train it, right? Yeah. Train your dog and train yourself on how to use it. Yeah. Yeah.
00:26:10
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Yes, you can use it wrong. I've seen lots of trainers and we've had to work backwards. but Yeah, the dogs. yeah Yeah, dude. um Don't get the Amazon $40 one. like Oh, that's a... Can you recommend a... Oh, yeah. fine Mini Educator.
00:26:24
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Like that is just what I would. The brand? Yeah. The brand is, I think it's actually e-collar technology. e-collar technology. And called the mini educator. I think you just go to e-collar.com or, you know, you know, a dealer.
00:26:34
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Yeah. Personally. Okay. Are you a dealer? Yeah. All right. Sweet. I'm about to go home with one. All right. we Sweet. So, all right. Good to know, man.
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00:26:44
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umm Anything else for the audience?
00:26:47
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We have, you know, our three locations up and running. So we're in Fernandez, Royal Oak Birch Run. If you need to help, we are here. but do Yeah, I've seen you and I'm bringing my dog soon.
00:26:59
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um You guys turned over like 5,000 dogs. Yeah. Right. Over your span of like dog training. Yeah. And I mean, that number is growing quickly because man, I have like 20 trainers.
00:27:11
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Yeah, that's wild. Yeah, you guys, are you know, all of them are so nice. We've been, i just so you guys know, we do their marketing. We do all their videos and ads and all that. and Dude, all your trainers are wonderful people. Yeah.
00:27:24
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So it's really thought out and like, they all love dogs so much. It's crazy. Almost too much. something Yeah. I was like, damn, yeah I love my dog, but not like that. Yeah. like I love, I love watching the, cause you guys just filmed testimonies on yeah all of them.
00:27:38
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Like hearing their stories. Yeah. I know their stories, but hearing them again. On camera is really nice. Yeah. They, they all love dogs and you guys are great. So, and you guys get a ton of five-star reviews. So people love your work. So yeah, good job. Yeah. If you guys need your dog training and you just don't have time or anything.
00:27:54
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you know Or yeah I couldn't imagine being single and living at home, working a full-time job and having my dog. You guys do boarding too? So, yeah. we only We do boarding and daycare.
00:28:05
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I see. For clients who we train their dogs. Oh, that's dope. Right? So, like, you know, you you met Max. Yeah. ah With ah Marty. Yeah. You met Lindsey with... Yeah, he's in Murphy. They bring their dogs on a schedule every week.
00:28:19
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Hell yeah. So, like, we help maintain their training because, like... You take your dog home, it's good. Yeah. But you have to be on it. Yeah. And, ah you know, like, Lindsey, they own three businesses. Yeah. They're always grinding. Max is, like, number two at one of the largest car dealerships in the Metro Detroit. Yeah, literally. So, like, he is grinding. Yeah.
00:28:42
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Right? So, he doesn't have time to, like... He's busy. To do everything all the time with his dog. and And I know you're busy. I'm busy, bro. I'm getting up there. This is my season. So, yeah, now I'll be certain those 12-hour days. Yeah.
00:28:53
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Yeah, I'm going to talk to Natalia about like schedule and hopefully you guys are, you know, you guys are definitely included not going anywhere else. yeah Yeah, better not. Yeah, of course not. So, jimmyica yeah you find us at greatlakesdogtraining.com, Instagram, YouTube. Hell yeah.
00:29:06
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Anywhere. Sweet. Peace. This worked out. Thanks, man. That was great. Yeah.