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Hi, everybody. Welcome to the Canine Connection

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podcast. Today, Lori and I are going to talk

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about a topic that nobody ever likes to hear

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about. Yeah. Which is time off. Time off. Time

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off. I remember when I was doing physical therapy

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on dogs. And dog was injured. And I say to the

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client, your dog needs to be on complete rest

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for the next however many weeks. Immediately,

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at 100 % of the time, the questions would start.

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But could I do this? Could I do that? Could I

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do the other thing? So I learned pretty quickly

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on, I would say. Before you ask me any questions,

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anything you're going to ask me if the dog can

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do, the answer is no. Because the concept of

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complete rest was like mind boggling. Right.

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And I always tell people if it's that hard, then

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you need multiple dogs because. Like, forget

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that when they're injured, like, the dogs need

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complete rest. Like, humans are hilarious, right?

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Because we're such babies. Oh, my ankle hurts.

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Oh, my head hurts. Oh, you know, oh, it's Sunday.

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I need to rest. Like, they're really good about,

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like, oh, I can't do that. I can't do this. But

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when it comes to giving their dog time off, and

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there are multiple reasons. One, physical. A

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dog, most dogs are just going to keep going.

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That's how they're wired. In nature, if they're

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injured, they die. It's that simple. So they're

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really tough. If your dog is dead lame, guess

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what? They're super broken. I promise you that.

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right? I see dogs competing all the time that

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are in pain, like all the time, every sport I've

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ever been in, I saw dogs working in pain, right?

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But they weren't overtly limping, but I could

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tell because that was my job. that they're uncomfortable.

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So physically their body needs to recover. So

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if you say, oh, well, but then can my dog play

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ball in the yard? Well, that's still exercising.

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Can my dog, you know, go for a hike? Well, that's

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still physically working their body. Like their

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body needs to heal from being strained. And then

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mentally, like it's kind of interesting again,

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because I come from a sports background and this

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is again, where most dogs, a lot of dog sports

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people do not. It is like very common. Go online,

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look up a half marathon or a 10 K training program.

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It's going to give you a program. It's going

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to be a three to four month program. It's always

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what it is. It builds up slowly over time. You

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have the event and then guess what you do after

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the event? You rest for several weeks. So that's

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well known, right? It's like a well -known thing

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physically, but it's also a mental thing. Like

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mentally, they just need a break. Like their

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brain. Needs time off. I mean, for God's sakes,

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children have the whole summer off. I don't really

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think they need that long to rest their brains.

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But, you know, or it's the typical like, oh,

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my, thank God it's Friday. And then most people

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aren't working over the weekend. They're not

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even doing mentally taxing activities over the

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weekend. They're relaxing. They're resting up.

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Yeah. For Monday. Yeah, it's hard. Like it's,

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it's hard as like the person I am. I know the

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person you are to like, if somebody said to me,

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dude, you need to like take the next five days

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off and do nothing. I'd probably like hang myself.

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So that's hard. That's hard for me to do. And

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I'm just, I'm just talking about the hard, the

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hard side of all this. It's hard, too, because,

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like, I know that for my dogs, like, especially

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when they're coming off of something like a wicked

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big tournament. But they've, you know, they've,

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you know. used a lot of mental and physical capacities

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of their bodies to get through that event. They

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need that time off, but it's really hard because

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my dogs are, they play such an integral part

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of my life. They're so interwoven into my every

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like part of my day, like whether we're hiking,

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going somewhere, training, blah, blah, blah.

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I can see how that's really difficult for people

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to do. Like, I'm just I just want to. Yeah, no,

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it is super hard. I mean, I like I'm the same.

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Like I like yesterday, I knew I really they needed

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the day to just rest. Right. But like there is

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this other part of me that like really wanted

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to train because I'm working on some stuff. Right.

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And. And I started nose work and they have an

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ORT in two weeks. So I'm like, oh, and then luckily,

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so this is what saves me. What saves me is that

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I'm just too damn busy. Right. So fortunately

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for me yesterday, because in the back of my mind,

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I was at least going to do a little bit of nose

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work, but I had scheduled. Peggy, who we had

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on the podcast, like took me on the tour of the

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Seeing Eye, which was spectacular. But it was

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like I was there for a bunch of hours, right?

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Like the afternoon, basically, which was perfect.

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Because then by the time I stopped at the store

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on the way back and got home, it was on the later

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side. And then I still had to do some work on

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the computer. And then it was too late. Right.

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So I think that's part of it is like. What saves

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me with the dogs with that piece is that I am

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really busy and I do have other interests. Like

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I would say to people, like do yard work, like

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do a house project, like. Because the reason

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we part of what happens, the people that tend

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to train dogs is like we are people we are so

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used. It takes up an enormous amount of time.

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Right. Right. So then all of a sudden and for

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a lot of people, it's also social. So now all

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of a sudden you have all this empty time and

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it's like, well, now what do I do? Right. And

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I think that's that's really the key is like,

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say, OK, well, what are you going to do? Give

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yourself something to do. That maybe you would

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enjoy or that needs to get done or so that you

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don't feel like you're just sitting there doing

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nothing and you're feeling bad about it and so

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on. Yeah, I think if you have something concrete

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to do or like, I don't know, it was two months

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ago now. Time goes so fast. Like my friend has

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this beautiful house down. In Delaware on the

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water. And she's like, oh, just come down for

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four or five days. And I'm like such a kook.

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There's part of me that's like, oh, God, but

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wait, all those days of training. And then I'm

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like, no, you're going because that gives my

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dogs four days or however many days I'm gone

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off from training. Right. Yeah. Which is so important.

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Right. Because even just the physical aspect

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of the wear and tear on their bodies, like they

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just, you know, I'm always, I always say like,

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they just need to be dogs. Like they need to

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just be let out in the yard, sniffing in the

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yard. Like, and you know, when I don't have a

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lot of, like if I have some time off, which is

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rare these days and I can squeeze in hiking,

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like that is my, like. utmost most favorite thing

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to do with my dogs but even that like when we

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talk about time off and the physical aspect of

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keeping their bodies rested I can't do that like

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right so that's where it gets really difficult

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to hang that up and even though like my dogs

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are screw like if they even I mean, there's things

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I do in the house that will cue that they know

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they're going for a hike. Like if they even think

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that is happening, they are fucking going ballistic.

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So they enjoy that like so much. So it's easy

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to be like, well, it's just a hike. My dogs love

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it. But it is like it's still wear and tear on

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their bodies. Yeah, so they need time off for

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their body to heal. What I used to do with my

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clients is I would, this was really funny, like,

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so I would print out these blank month calendars

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and I would say to them, okay, here, take this

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home and fill it in. I want you to write in everything

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you do with the dog, trialing, training, hiking,

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playing, throwing the ball, whatever you do with

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the dog, right? Okay. And every almost every

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time they will come back and I'd go, do you have

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the paper? And they'd look at me and they'd go,

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I already know what you're going to say, because

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when they actually wrote it down, they realized,

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like, holy shit, like I'm doing something that

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they were doing something with them every day,

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multiple things a day. And they realized, like,

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oh, I wasn't even aware I was doing that much

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with them. Right. So there's the physical aspect

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that's super important. So I think they should

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have like one day a week where their body just

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gets to heal. Right. So where they're not doing

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anything that's physically breaking down their

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body. And then I do a couple weeks a year like

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spread out. Maybe more like because if I go away,

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then they're off. You know, my sitter stays at

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my house. I will have her come to do something

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with Zeal because Zeal's old. And if he just

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lays around, he'll fall apart. But like the other

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two don't do anything. And I used to be like

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panicking, like, oh, God, it's going to be terrible.

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I had my extra sitter on standby and they're

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fine. She lays my sitter like when she's not

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working. Lays around, she's older. So she just

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hangs out on the couch or sits in my yard if

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the weather's nice and they're fine with her.

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Right. You know, so there's something to be said

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for that, that they're actually okay for multiple

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days in a row, like just hanging out. Yeah. So

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physically, so I have that and I will for sure,

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like after the NOC, they always get at least

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a week, if not more. for sure off from training

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and several days off from conditioning and throughout

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the year i have you know places where there's

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five to seven days where i let their body rest

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just because i think that like it's good for

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them you know like they need that right right

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um mentally you know We have the kind of dogs

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that are the most challenging to rest, like physically

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and mentally, because like that's what our dogs

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need, right? Like they're bred to require an

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enormous amount of stimulation. Otherwise, you

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know, go lock yourself in the bathroom because

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it's the only time you'll get any peace. You

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know, I always find that after they come back

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from that break, oh, my God, work -wise, they

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are so sharp. Yep. Yep. I agree. I agree. It's

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hard. Like, that's the hard part. Like, I know,

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like, after we do a big show, like, you know,

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I always give my dogs who are showing, I give

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them, you know, a day or two off after they've

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shown. But it's hard because I'm driving home

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from the show. Like that's just on us where we're

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just like we have issues we want to resolve.

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We want to train. We want to get back to it.

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It's so tempting. They'll be fine. I'll just

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do a couple of things. But they really do need

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that time off. Like we have to just be really,

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really wise about making sure that they get their

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rest mentally and physically for sure. I think

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we. also to like, I think of it now as an actual

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training tool. So instead of saying like, cause

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like the instinct is I didn't train today. Therefore

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it's a lost day. It was not productive with respect

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towards training, right. Heading towards my goals.

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But the reality is what I've learned over the

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years is those are actually incredibly valuable

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training days because Their brain just needs

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to process. And there's like, that is a thing.

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Like the, you know, I do this one and done with

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Zest especially, but Zayna's the same now. Like

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I just, and you know what? They love it. Where

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Zest is a type of dog that if he's learning something

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and he's puzzling it out. Right. So it's kind

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of messy. And then he's like, oh, this behavior.

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I go, yes. And then I don't do it again. I'm

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done. Right. And that's where, you know, we always

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and I feel that urge to do more. Right. But it's

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that overnight thing where I just need to let

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it sit. I learned this thing, God, so long ago.

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I did this with Tyler. If my dog was stuck on

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something and we were just stuck, like they couldn't

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figure it out, like I couldn't explain it or

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we were just kind of stuck. I would write, I

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would go on my calendar and I would mark off

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five days and I would not touch that thing for

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five days. And then after the fifth day, I'd

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go back and do it again. He knew it. Yeah, I've

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had that too. It's amazing. So amazing. Yeah.

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So I did that purposefully as a training technique.

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I am going to table this. I remember one time

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Zest kept getting the wrong article. Like I couldn't

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figure out why I couldn't explain it to him.

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In the middle of the disaster, I just aborted,

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right? Left it, never fixed it, never came up

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with a resolution. I remember at the time I even

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filmed it and I was like, this is what I did.

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with this mess nothing and people were like they

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couldn't understand it like what get up the next

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day go outside do articles problem solved I know

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it's a mate it's that it's that's that latent

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learning stuff it's it's I'm sorry I I get it

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too especially with the puppy like even with

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the puppy like I'll be doing something uh, you

00:16:46.580 --> 00:16:49.240
know, training and teaching him a little new

00:16:49.240 --> 00:16:52.720
concept or whatever. And then I remember like,

00:16:52.779 --> 00:16:54.179
there's so many times I walk away. I'm like,

00:16:54.240 --> 00:16:56.019
I don't even, I don't know if he really got that

00:16:56.019 --> 00:16:58.539
or not, you know? Right. And then like three

00:16:58.539 --> 00:17:00.759
days later, I'm like, Oh, let's try that again.

00:17:00.820 --> 00:17:03.200
And he's like, dude, I got this totally nails

00:17:03.200 --> 00:17:07.039
it. I'm like, Whoa. Like I, I, I agree. I think

00:17:07.039 --> 00:17:10.740
it's like. Totally true. Totally fascinating.

00:17:11.059 --> 00:17:14.059
And it's completely underutilized, right? What

00:17:14.059 --> 00:17:16.980
do we do when there's a problem? Do more of it.

00:17:17.019 --> 00:17:20.380
Work on it harder. Work on it every day. Work

00:17:20.380 --> 00:17:24.039
on it over and over. Do 8 ,000 repetitions. Like,

00:17:24.039 --> 00:17:27.759
again, Zaina, she's like, dude, I just did it

00:17:27.759 --> 00:17:30.660
twice. I did it right. Like, why are we doing

00:17:30.660 --> 00:17:33.579
this over and over? And then she'll get creative

00:17:33.579 --> 00:17:36.019
and she'll do it wrong. Right. And then I'm going

00:17:36.019 --> 00:17:38.319
to say, well, you did it wrong. Well, no, that's

00:17:38.319 --> 00:17:42.400
on me. So I'm really big on the one and done.

00:17:42.460 --> 00:17:45.319
And like so like people always think like I train

00:17:45.319 --> 00:17:48.099
for hours. No, like quality over quantity, like

00:17:48.099 --> 00:17:51.519
less is more. Right. You know, you did it right.

00:17:51.640 --> 00:17:54.160
Move on. You did it right. Move on. Again, luckily

00:17:54.160 --> 00:17:56.140
for me, I have eight thousand other things I

00:17:56.140 --> 00:17:58.380
need to do. So if I get have a short training

00:17:58.380 --> 00:18:02.400
session. that's good but like they need a clear

00:18:02.400 --> 00:18:06.200
head so if we're just or if like if we I do a

00:18:06.200 --> 00:18:08.779
lot of challenging training sessions right like

00:18:08.779 --> 00:18:12.900
I'm ramping up for a tournament I must build

00:18:12.900 --> 00:18:16.779
in days where they do nothing or I just go for

00:18:16.779 --> 00:18:20.339
a hike so that can all clear and settle and they

00:18:20.339 --> 00:18:24.089
can have like an easier day And then maybe the

00:18:24.089 --> 00:18:27.089
next day easier training and then I can ramp

00:18:27.089 --> 00:18:30.450
it up again. But if I do hard, hard, hard, hard,

00:18:30.569 --> 00:18:34.150
hard with no break, they are going to get flat.

00:18:34.710 --> 00:18:37.549
Yep. And they're going to get sucky and their

00:18:37.549 --> 00:18:39.930
work quality of the work's going to degrade.

00:18:40.329 --> 00:18:44.490
Right. Their enthusiasm's going to go down. Like

00:18:44.490 --> 00:18:47.930
they just need, just give them a break. Give

00:18:47.930 --> 00:18:52.339
them a break. Just give them some time off. So

00:18:52.339 --> 00:18:55.059
I think there's, yeah. So there's the like short

00:18:55.059 --> 00:18:58.440
term, like the overnight thing, not doing too

00:18:58.440 --> 00:19:01.400
many reps, you know, give them those days off

00:19:01.400 --> 00:19:04.759
during the week. And sometimes like, you know,

00:19:04.759 --> 00:19:08.420
I always found like I, it wasn't until very recently

00:19:08.420 --> 00:19:12.319
that I managed to like squeeze that into my schedule

00:19:12.319 --> 00:19:16.200
again, where I started doing some nose work because

00:19:16.200 --> 00:19:19.619
it's that it is good if you can, if you have

00:19:19.619 --> 00:19:24.119
the time. To do something different than your

00:19:24.119 --> 00:19:28.440
primary sport to just change the channel. Yeah.

00:19:29.000 --> 00:19:32.319
Mentally, which, you know, I haven't done it

00:19:32.319 --> 00:19:34.920
for a long time, literally because I just didn't

00:19:34.920 --> 00:19:37.200
have time. But back in the day, I used to always

00:19:37.200 --> 00:19:42.160
do one other thing that that I wasn't worried

00:19:42.160 --> 00:19:44.539
about being highly competitive and anything like

00:19:44.539 --> 00:19:47.160
that. But it just gave my dogs an opportunity.

00:19:48.430 --> 00:19:51.029
to do something different. And what's kind of

00:19:51.029 --> 00:19:57.089
fascinating is like, so Zaina's like phenomenal

00:19:57.089 --> 00:20:00.829
at, at this nose work thing. And she's so proud

00:20:00.829 --> 00:20:03.829
of every time she finds it, she's like, I did

00:20:03.829 --> 00:20:07.309
it. And I'm like, wow, you're so good. Right.

00:20:07.730 --> 00:20:13.170
And, um, you know, she's trying harder and obedience.

00:20:14.390 --> 00:20:26.480
Wow. I know. shocking but she's like she's like

00:20:26.480 --> 00:20:30.960
give me my turn look what i can do like you know

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so it's that too it's like she's gaining confidence

00:20:34.619 --> 00:20:38.559
from that thing completely unrelated apple like

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couldn't be nose work obedience like hello right

00:20:42.349 --> 00:20:45.029
right right exactly the same thing like I could

00:20:45.029 --> 00:20:47.089
see if it was field work nose work something

00:20:47.089 --> 00:20:52.230
like that right right but um no like typically

00:20:52.230 --> 00:20:54.809
she doesn't really want to train obedient she

00:20:54.809 --> 00:20:57.569
doesn't doesn't really she does not want to train

00:20:57.569 --> 00:20:59.890
obedience every day and that's fine she doesn't

00:20:59.890 --> 00:21:02.690
need to there's a lot of days I'm like okay let's

00:21:02.690 --> 00:21:04.569
train and she's like yeah I'm not feeling it

00:21:04.569 --> 00:21:07.490
and I'm like okay you're out bye and she's like

00:21:07.829 --> 00:21:10.869
It works for her. She knows everything. It's

00:21:10.869 --> 00:21:14.069
fine. Right. But lately, even when I'm like,

00:21:14.109 --> 00:21:16.430
all right, today, you don't need to train today.

00:21:17.549 --> 00:21:21.230
She'll be like screaming in her crate. And my

00:21:21.230 --> 00:21:23.289
training partners are like, what is happening

00:21:23.289 --> 00:21:28.630
with her? She wants her turn. Yeah. She comes

00:21:28.630 --> 00:21:32.910
out and she's like, let's go. Like who would

00:21:32.910 --> 00:21:37.559
have thought, right? Yeah. So maybe it's the

00:21:37.559 --> 00:21:40.920
confidence she's getting in the one, or maybe

00:21:40.920 --> 00:21:44.279
it's just building her ego, or maybe it's just

00:21:44.279 --> 00:21:48.500
changes the channel so that when I go do obedience,

00:21:48.740 --> 00:21:52.779
she's more enthusiastic, like who knows. But,

00:21:52.779 --> 00:21:57.940
um, so I think like doing now, of course, you

00:21:57.940 --> 00:22:01.160
know, you can do too many things in the sense

00:22:01.160 --> 00:22:04.420
of. That your dog then is doing three things

00:22:04.420 --> 00:22:07.819
a day every day. Right, right, right. Which is

00:22:07.819 --> 00:22:12.920
too much, but yeah, doing that to change the

00:22:12.920 --> 00:22:16.460
channel, I think is a really good thing. Like

00:22:16.460 --> 00:22:19.359
if you have the time to do it. Oh my God, you

00:22:19.359 --> 00:22:22.839
want, so I'm just, I'm doing an ADD thing right

00:22:22.839 --> 00:22:29.079
now. So you're having. Lori's having a Mondio

00:22:29.079 --> 00:22:32.180
ring person do a seminar at her place. This is,

00:22:32.180 --> 00:22:35.980
this is what social media is, right? So I'm at

00:22:35.980 --> 00:22:39.160
the seeing eye. I see a client, someone that

00:22:39.160 --> 00:22:41.980
used to be my rehab client talking to her. She

00:22:41.980 --> 00:22:45.259
works there. All of a sudden she goes, Oh my

00:22:45.259 --> 00:22:48.480
God, you're doing Mondio ring. I'm like, no,

00:22:48.599 --> 00:22:58.430
I am not. But on Facebook, I said, I posted that

00:22:58.430 --> 00:23:01.650
I'm going to this seminar. It'll be, it's a one

00:23:01.650 --> 00:23:06.150
day. It's a fun thing. I said, yes, I signed

00:23:06.150 --> 00:23:08.930
up for the bite work, but it's one day. Like

00:23:08.930 --> 00:23:11.950
how much can they, you know? Right. Right. And

00:23:11.950 --> 00:23:14.309
she's like, but you know, they haven't, I'm like,

00:23:14.390 --> 00:23:23.359
dude, I have so much. That is so funny. One more

00:23:23.359 --> 00:23:27.000
thing. Add it to your list. I can also do Mondia

00:23:27.000 --> 00:23:29.299
Ring. But I always joke, like we always joke.

00:23:29.759 --> 00:23:33.119
Zaina would love Mondia. See, everybody said,

00:23:33.200 --> 00:23:37.299
I know. Dude, because like she loves that fucking

00:23:37.299 --> 00:23:39.960
challenge. And that's what it's all about. She

00:23:39.960 --> 00:23:44.299
loves when it's hard. Like the crazier the challenges

00:23:44.299 --> 00:23:49.509
we make, the more bizarre, random, kooky. roofing

00:23:49.509 --> 00:23:52.549
thing we can come up with, the happier she is.

00:23:52.650 --> 00:23:55.230
Give her a plain old ring and she's like, oh,

00:23:55.230 --> 00:24:02.789
this sucks. This is so boring. Let me look outside

00:24:02.789 --> 00:24:09.970
the ring. Zaina Elizabeth. But even something

00:24:09.970 --> 00:24:14.309
like that, I think doing a one day seminar and

00:24:14.309 --> 00:24:19.559
something different. Yeah. And giving them something,

00:24:19.720 --> 00:24:24.980
the dogs, something different to do. Right. Like

00:24:24.980 --> 00:24:27.680
I think is good for them. Like I think they find

00:24:27.680 --> 00:24:30.700
it, a lot of dogs find that entertaining. Yeah,

00:24:30.819 --> 00:24:33.680
absolutely. I think it's a change of pace. It's

00:24:33.680 --> 00:24:36.359
just like us, a change of freaking scenery, you

00:24:36.359 --> 00:24:39.660
know? I mean, it's true. Like for your mental

00:24:39.660 --> 00:24:44.259
state, like when I opened the business. Up until

00:24:44.259 --> 00:24:47.759
pretty recently, like I literally felt like I

00:24:47.759 --> 00:24:51.059
was living in this bubble of just working, training

00:24:51.059 --> 00:24:53.339
my dogs, working, training my dogs. Like I didn't

00:24:53.339 --> 00:24:55.980
even have a normal fucking existence. Like I

00:24:55.980 --> 00:24:58.339
hadn't even been to the freaking grocery store.

00:24:58.440 --> 00:25:01.220
Thank God my husband was able to, he's got a

00:25:01.220 --> 00:25:03.319
schedule where he's able to pick up a lot of

00:25:03.319 --> 00:25:07.329
that slack. But I literally was like craving

00:25:07.329 --> 00:25:11.089
going to like walk through Walmart like a normal

00:25:11.089 --> 00:25:14.089
person. But that's like this, like I needed to

00:25:14.089 --> 00:25:16.910
mentally do that, that change of scenery. And

00:25:16.910 --> 00:25:19.990
that like, I think it's just good to think about

00:25:19.990 --> 00:25:22.450
that. Like you said, I wish I had more time.

00:25:22.490 --> 00:25:24.890
There are things, I have my bucket list of things

00:25:24.890 --> 00:25:28.420
I just do, I do want to do with my dogs. you

00:25:28.420 --> 00:25:31.039
know, I love obedience, but if I had more time,

00:25:31.180 --> 00:25:33.799
I would love to dabble in other things just for

00:25:33.799 --> 00:25:37.480
fun. And I think the dogs do, they enjoy something

00:25:37.480 --> 00:25:43.319
new, you know, just like we do for sure. Yeah.

00:25:43.339 --> 00:25:45.900
So, I mean, of course we all go through that,

00:25:45.940 --> 00:25:48.480
right? We all have periods in our lives where

00:25:48.480 --> 00:25:52.720
we just can't add that other thing. Right. But

00:25:52.720 --> 00:25:54.980
everything ebbs and flows, but like you kind

00:25:54.980 --> 00:25:57.220
of have to have it in the back of your mind.

00:25:57.680 --> 00:26:00.819
So that when there is a break, okay, like go

00:26:00.819 --> 00:26:03.400
to Walmart and then leave the dogs home. Like

00:26:03.400 --> 00:26:06.579
let the dogs just hang out. Right. Like they

00:26:06.579 --> 00:26:11.579
get to just chill out. You get to go to the store.

00:26:12.059 --> 00:26:15.500
Like it's this weird thing. Cause we feel guilty.

00:26:15.559 --> 00:26:18.619
Right. Like I, and I've done this and I have

00:26:18.619 --> 00:26:22.720
to train my dogs. Oh my God. I haven't trained

00:26:22.720 --> 00:26:24.900
my dog. I didn't train my dogs yesterday. Like

00:26:24.900 --> 00:26:28.630
as if we did something. bad i know like i haven't

00:26:28.630 --> 00:26:31.130
trained my dogs and my dogs in two days oh my

00:26:31.130 --> 00:26:33.190
god like i have to train them today i have to

00:26:33.190 --> 00:26:36.789
like and we get this it's like that i don't know

00:26:36.789 --> 00:26:38.730
it's like that feeling like the train's going

00:26:38.730 --> 00:26:40.990
by and we're not on it you know it's like that

00:26:40.990 --> 00:26:43.210
feeling like we're missing i think it's an addiction

00:26:43.210 --> 00:26:49.309
i think it is an addiction it is you know and

00:26:49.309 --> 00:26:51.509
we have to recognize that and put the brakes

00:26:51.509 --> 00:26:55.299
on Yeah. And start. And like I said, like do

00:26:55.299 --> 00:27:00.759
or sometimes it's like, OK, instead of like training,

00:27:00.799 --> 00:27:03.339
training your dog, like teach your dog a bunch

00:27:03.339 --> 00:27:06.460
of silly pet tricks, like something stupid. So

00:27:06.460 --> 00:27:10.380
now you're still doing it that something together.

00:27:11.119 --> 00:27:13.799
Right. But you're doing something that's like

00:27:13.799 --> 00:27:19.039
outside the context of your sport. Right. And.

00:27:21.160 --> 00:27:25.099
It's like it could be low impact or like I used

00:27:25.099 --> 00:27:28.180
to do like this thing with a dog in the past

00:27:28.180 --> 00:27:30.740
where I just like had a little empty cleaned

00:27:30.740 --> 00:27:32.720
out shampoo bottle, poke some holes in it, do

00:27:32.720 --> 00:27:34.960
some hot dogs in it through in the yard, go find

00:27:34.960 --> 00:27:39.299
it. Right. Like when Zesty goes to the one sitter,

00:27:39.480 --> 00:27:42.819
she like literally she goes to this big field

00:27:42.819 --> 00:27:47.119
and the grass or whatever weeds really high.

00:27:47.240 --> 00:27:50.460
And she just like. Turns his back, throws his

00:27:50.460 --> 00:27:53.259
toy in there somewhere and says, go find it.

00:27:53.299 --> 00:27:55.480
And he just goes and hunts it. And he thinks

00:27:55.480 --> 00:27:58.180
it's the most fun thing in the whole wide world.

00:27:58.940 --> 00:28:02.339
Like the most fun. Like he loves it. As a matter

00:28:02.339 --> 00:28:04.579
of fact, he does that game on purpose with me.

00:28:04.640 --> 00:28:07.740
It's the craziest thing. So we're hiking with

00:28:07.740 --> 00:28:10.380
his toy. All of a sudden he comes running up

00:28:10.380 --> 00:28:13.019
to me from behind and he like walks backwards

00:28:13.019 --> 00:28:15.960
staring at me without the toy. Right. And he's

00:28:15.960 --> 00:28:19.359
like. His eyes are all sparkly and he's like,

00:28:19.420 --> 00:28:22.420
Hey, Hey. And I look at him and I go, well, where's

00:28:22.420 --> 00:28:25.319
your toy? And he's like, my toy. Right. You want

00:28:25.319 --> 00:28:26.920
me to look for my toy? I'm like, yeah, where's

00:28:26.920 --> 00:28:29.960
your toy? And he takes off behind me and he goes

00:28:29.960 --> 00:28:33.839
and he finds wherever he left it. And he's like,

00:28:33.880 --> 00:28:40.279
I found it. He created his own game. So like

00:28:40.279 --> 00:28:45.140
just a silly game like that, like can give them.

00:28:45.839 --> 00:28:48.880
like you know change the channel right like give

00:28:48.880 --> 00:28:52.380
their brain a break yeah give them something

00:28:52.380 --> 00:28:56.940
else to do um but it's like we have to control

00:28:56.940 --> 00:29:00.339
recognize and control that we have this urge

00:29:00.339 --> 00:29:04.019
and that our dogs are they will train with me

00:29:04.019 --> 00:29:08.299
every day if i ask them to right because we've

00:29:08.299 --> 00:29:12.119
conditioned them to that yeah we make it reinforcing

00:29:12.119 --> 00:29:15.519
we make it fun it's what we do it's what they

00:29:15.519 --> 00:29:19.680
do with us yeah they want that time with us so

00:29:19.680 --> 00:29:23.059
they will do it you know and by the time they

00:29:23.059 --> 00:29:26.259
get so flat that they're like I don't feel like

00:29:26.259 --> 00:29:30.920
it if that happens you're in a huge hole yeah

00:29:30.920 --> 00:29:35.960
you know You've dug yourself deep. So I think

00:29:35.960 --> 00:29:38.779
it's just a matter of self -control, mindful

00:29:38.779 --> 00:29:42.680
of doing it, scheduling it in. Yep. I agree.

00:29:43.200 --> 00:29:46.019
I agree. And they are going to be fine. You know,

00:29:46.099 --> 00:29:50.740
like I have a family, so I've got other people

00:29:50.740 --> 00:29:55.359
in my house, my kids and my husband. But I'm

00:29:55.359 --> 00:29:59.539
like with my Labradors, I'm the primary person.

00:29:59.579 --> 00:30:01.359
You know, I'm the one that hikes them, trains

00:30:01.359 --> 00:30:06.109
them. blah, blah, blah. So when I'm home, they're

00:30:06.109 --> 00:30:09.410
constantly, you know, watching me like for any

00:30:09.410 --> 00:30:11.690
sort of like indication that we're going to go

00:30:11.690 --> 00:30:13.329
train, we're going to go hike, blah, blah, blah,

00:30:13.349 --> 00:30:16.650
blah. But when, and, and like, they follow me

00:30:16.650 --> 00:30:19.329
around, I go here, I go there, they're following

00:30:19.329 --> 00:30:21.630
me all through the house. But when I go away

00:30:21.630 --> 00:30:25.210
without them, my family's always like, no, they

00:30:25.210 --> 00:30:27.309
were totally fine. They just chilled and slept

00:30:27.309 --> 00:30:30.220
on the couch all day. But like when I'm when

00:30:30.220 --> 00:30:34.079
I'm home, like stormy and salty, they don't they

00:30:34.079 --> 00:30:37.420
they're just up constantly following me, seeing

00:30:37.420 --> 00:30:39.799
what I'm doing. But when I leave, my family's

00:30:39.799 --> 00:30:41.740
like, dude, they were fine. They didn't they

00:30:41.740 --> 00:30:43.500
didn't really care. They were just sleeping the

00:30:43.500 --> 00:30:45.579
whole entire time you were gone, which is great

00:30:45.579 --> 00:30:51.180
because then I know I like, thank God. I gotta

00:30:51.180 --> 00:30:54.859
get a rest. I'm tired. I need some sleep. I need

00:30:54.859 --> 00:30:58.420
a nap. I need to watch doggy Netflix for a few

00:30:58.420 --> 00:31:02.740
hours. Yeah, it's that whole, well, I have found

00:31:02.740 --> 00:31:06.660
that like on the rare occasion that for whatever

00:31:06.660 --> 00:31:09.599
reason, I'm like dead exhausted. I don't feel

00:31:09.599 --> 00:31:11.920
good or something like that. And if I'm just

00:31:11.920 --> 00:31:15.700
on the couch and I'm just watching TV, I'm like,

00:31:15.740 --> 00:31:19.130
nothing's happening. They'll just lay there as

00:31:19.130 --> 00:31:21.809
well. They'll kind of mirror that. Right. Yeah.

00:31:21.869 --> 00:31:23.630
Of course, the second I get up to go to the bathroom,

00:31:23.750 --> 00:31:28.329
all hell breaks loose. But for that time. So,

00:31:28.410 --> 00:31:32.289
yeah, they're going to be fine with rest, physical

00:31:32.289 --> 00:31:35.069
rest, mental rest. We are the ones that struggle

00:31:35.069 --> 00:31:37.390
with it. So we need to come up with a strategy,

00:31:37.549 --> 00:31:40.890
whether it's telling ourselves that this is still

00:31:40.890 --> 00:31:44.390
training, giving ourselves permission to relax,

00:31:44.589 --> 00:31:48.059
giving ourselves saying, hey. you know this is

00:31:48.059 --> 00:31:50.420
the time you're going to do something for yourself

00:31:50.420 --> 00:31:53.279
or you're going to do a project or whatever that

00:31:53.279 --> 00:31:55.680
thing is something give yourself something else

00:31:55.680 --> 00:31:59.579
to do so you don't feel guilty you know or you

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don't feel bad um and understand that like you

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know athletes understand the absolute critical

00:32:06.480 --> 00:32:10.500
importance of rest you know physical rest and

00:32:10.500 --> 00:32:13.519
mental rest they understand that like it's a

00:32:13.519 --> 00:32:17.839
thing It's why there's so much talk about, you

00:32:17.839 --> 00:32:21.200
know, mental health issues with top athletes

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and that because it's just this constant pressure

00:32:23.539 --> 00:32:26.759
like they need a break from it. You know, this

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is what I love about that ice skater, Alyssa

00:32:29.059 --> 00:32:31.779
Liu. She won the gold medal in the Olympics.

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She won the world champions last year. She won

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the Olympic gold medal. And you know what she

00:32:37.559 --> 00:32:40.160
did? She pulled she she's not going to world

00:32:40.160 --> 00:32:43.980
championships. She is all over the internet.

00:32:44.119 --> 00:32:49.660
She is going here, there, this thing, that thing,

00:32:49.779 --> 00:32:53.059
this, this TV show, that TV. She's going like,

00:32:53.099 --> 00:32:57.420
I am soaking this shit in. Yeah. And I am not

00:32:57.420 --> 00:33:01.039
running back into that ice rank and killing myself.

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Like I'm going to enjoy this once in a lifetime

00:33:05.180 --> 00:33:09.740
experience and all the like perks that comes

00:33:09.740 --> 00:33:13.369
with it. Cause she's. getting invited like everywhere

00:33:13.369 --> 00:33:17.170
under the sun yeah and she's doing it i'm like

00:33:17.170 --> 00:33:19.890
how many people do that like no everyone's like

00:33:19.890 --> 00:33:22.829
back in the gym already no gotta prepare for

00:33:22.829 --> 00:33:25.170
world championships gotta prepare for nationals

00:33:25.170 --> 00:33:28.650
gotta prepare for the next thing yeah and there's

00:33:28.650 --> 00:33:33.190
no break right and then they crack and fall apart

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and um so i love that she's kind of like doing

00:33:39.660 --> 00:33:43.880
that like it's such a liberating thing it's such

00:33:43.880 --> 00:33:48.960
a like amazing example of there is another way

00:33:48.960 --> 00:33:54.140
to do it yeah absolutely and taking that break

00:33:54.140 --> 00:34:01.519
is like so important yeah yeah so take your breaks

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give your dog a break go do something do do yard

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work bathroom i don't know all right thanks everybody

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for listening bye