Hot Weather, Toy Dogs at The Beach, Pit Bull Road Rage, Doggie Fears & Bullying, & An Unexpected Litter
Deborah gives out hot weather safety tips, doggie beach etiquette, and training advice on how to diffuse fears and stop a dominant dog from bullying people. Imagine checking two dogs into Camp Good Dog for boarding and getting the call that you’ll be collecting 10 dogs because your girl dog delivered 8 puppies and you didn’t even know she was pregnant!
Cute pics of this panda looking litter are at https://www.facebook.com/debwolfepetexpert/
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Announcer: This is Pet Life Radio.
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Announcer: Let's talk pets.
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Deborah Wolfe: Hello, you're listening to Animal Party on Pet Life Radio, which means you're listening to me, Deborah Wolfe.
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Deborah Wolfe: And I am calling in to the radio from British Columbia, Canada.
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Deborah Wolfe: And it is dark and cloudy, not really hot here.
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Deborah Wolfe: But, I'm a sun worshiper, but the weather forecast is for hot, sunny weather coming up for two weeks.
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Deborah Wolfe: And we deserve it, because we've had a dark and rainy June, what they call Junuary around here.
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Deborah Wolfe: The rest of the country, though, to the east, is on fire.
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Deborah Wolfe: They're so hot.
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Deborah Wolfe: And heat waves, and worries about that, and telling people to get indoors and all that.
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Deborah Wolfe: So a lot of North America is struggling with the heat, and we're about to get it too.
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Deborah Wolfe: So you need to know what to do with your dogs when it's hot.
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Deborah Wolfe: You need to know what you do with your dogs when it's cold too.
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Deborah Wolfe: But if your dog's not used to the heat at all, don't walk them in the middle of the day when it's a hot day.
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Deborah Wolfe: Do it in the morning or the evening.
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Deborah Wolfe: If your dog's over 8 and it's a big dog or over 10 and it's a little dog, don't walk it in the middle of the day.
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Deborah Wolfe: That's when most of the strokes happen.
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Deborah Wolfe: Most dogs who have strokes get them because they've over exerted during difficult weather, like hot peak times.
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Deborah Wolfe: So just do a morning walk or an evening walk.
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Deborah Wolfe: Don't be running around the middle of the day.
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Deborah Wolfe: Another thing to remember is dogs are not beachgoers.
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Deborah Wolfe: No, they're not.
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Deborah Wolfe: Wolves and coyotes don't hang out in the hot noon sun on a beach.
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Deborah Wolfe: It's not what they do.
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Deborah Wolfe: They're more of dusk and dawn travelers.
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Deborah Wolfe: So if you are taking your dog to the beach, you need to bring stuff, water, lots of it, in a bowl that won't spill, and shade, very important, and a good leash, and poop bags.
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Deborah Wolfe: Oh my goodness.
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Deborah Wolfe: I was at the beach because I love the beach, and I saw a lot of little dogs.
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Deborah Wolfe: Now, their signs posted, no dogs allowed April 15th to September 15th.
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Deborah Wolfe: And all the big dog people seem to respect that.
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Deborah Wolfe: But the little dog people, the people who can just kind of carry their dogs down to the beach, the little woo woo woo dogs, the dogs that people go, ah, when they see them, those ones seem to come to the beach any old time.
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Deborah Wolfe: And, you know, what's curious about this is I've yet to see.
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Deborah Wolfe: I was at the beach maybe six hours a week ago, saw about five little dogs there, did not see a scooper bag anywhere, did not see anyone watching them.
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Deborah Wolfe: These dogs wander around and do what they want, and nobody picks up after them.
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Deborah Wolfe: When you got a big Rottweiler German Shepherd that, you know, does his business on the beach, you pick it up, or people will tell you about it.
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Deborah Wolfe: But these little dogs, you gotta police that too, because nobody wants to be out on the beach playing frisbee and stepping that.
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Deborah Wolfe: So come on people, get it together, otherwise there's gonna be more and more places off limits to dogs.
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Deborah Wolfe: And I think a lot of it is because the little dog people, they kind of break the rule.
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Deborah Wolfe: You gotta watch your dog, and you gotta scoop after them.
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Deborah Wolfe: Yeah, that's a big problem for me, because I go to somewhere like the chiropractor.
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Deborah Wolfe: I'll give you a good example.
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Deborah Wolfe: Two weeks ago, when it was a really hot, sunny day, I'm waiting for my appointment, and I'm looking out the window.
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Deborah Wolfe: And what do I see?
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Deborah Wolfe: Two dogs, windows down about two inches, two little Bichon type crosses, windows down a couple inches, but cars parked in the hot, hot sun and it's there for almost an hour.
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Deborah Wolfe: I know, because I was there early for my appointment.
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Deborah Wolfe: I waited 20 minutes and I had my appointment when I left.
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Deborah Wolfe: Dogs were still there.
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Deborah Wolfe: I feel that.
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Deborah Wolfe: I think to myself, I went back to the receptionist and said, hey, there's two dogs in the car.
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Deborah Wolfe: You know who those are.
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Deborah Wolfe: I think they're in trouble.
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Deborah Wolfe: They could get in trouble really quick.
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Deborah Wolfe: Oh, she'll be out soon, they said.
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Deborah Wolfe: I said, could you please let her know she shouldn't bring her dogs on hot days?
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Deborah Wolfe: Oh yeah, okay, I'll tell her.
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Deborah Wolfe: And then I waited in my car to make sure they were okay.
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Deborah Wolfe: And I'm sitting there with a crisis of ethics.
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Deborah Wolfe: Do I leave them?
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Deborah Wolfe: What if something happens?
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Deborah Wolfe: I can't leave them.
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Deborah Wolfe: I've got a busy day.
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Deborah Wolfe: I'm supposed to be somewhere else.
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Deborah Wolfe: But I can't break into her car.
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Deborah Wolfe: That would be unreasonable.
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Deborah Wolfe: It's not that hot out, but it's not that cool out either.
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Deborah Wolfe: You know what?
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Deborah Wolfe: Don't take your dog with you if it's hot.
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Deborah Wolfe: Yeah, he thinks he wants to come for the car ride.
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Deborah Wolfe: He loves the car, but he does not love the car when the temperature rises to extremes in minutes while you're taking a little longer because the people in front of you are too slow at the store, or they don't have what you wanted, or something else happens that delays you.
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Deborah Wolfe: And now, uh-oh, your dogs are in distress.
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Deborah Wolfe: You went in, it was cloudy, now it's sunny, they're in trouble.
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Deborah Wolfe: So just don't do it.
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Deborah Wolfe: Just don't do it, or you might have someone like me bracing into your car.
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Deborah Wolfe: All right, everybody, we're going to go to break and come back and talk a little more about Boxers Who Can't Fly and Onyx, a special dog I want to tell you about, and maybe some TLC show information.
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Deborah Wolfe: I have my own little TLC drama happening here at Camp Good Dog.
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Deborah Wolfe: All right, stay tuned on Animal Party, Pet Life Radio.
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Deborah Wolfe: Hello, we're back with Animal Party on Pet Life Radio.
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Deborah Wolfe: And first of all, I'm going to tell you about the boxer that can't fly.
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Deborah Wolfe: Got a boxer staying here at Camp Good Dog because the people thought they've done everything right.
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Deborah Wolfe: They got their pet health passport, and they got their travel plans, and they booked all their accommodations to allow for dogs, and their flights, and blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.
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Deborah Wolfe: And then at the last minute, they find out that it's summer, and dogs with squished faces are not allowed to fly on almost all airlines to almost all destinations.
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Deborah Wolfe: What?
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Deborah Wolfe: That's what they said.
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Deborah Wolfe: Well, yeah, because it's not like a racial discrimination against dogs who baby to some people are unattractive.
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Deborah Wolfe: That's not what it is.
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Deborah Wolfe: What it is, is they have a real problem with breathing.
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Deborah Wolfe: This beauty thing that people bred for, and bred to extreme to have the squished face and the short, short nose and muzzle that you see on boxers and pugs, for example, Frenchies, bulldogs, all these dogs that look like they kind of ran really fast into a wall.
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Deborah Wolfe: But head first, those dogs have breathing problems.
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Deborah Wolfe: They may have their whole life with no issue, but usually they snore.
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Deborah Wolfe: Usually you can hear them coming.
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Deborah Wolfe: Usually they wheeze and they sort of, you could just, it's like having Darth Vader in your house.
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Deborah Wolfe: So they do have breathing issues, which are really exacerbated when they fly.
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Deborah Wolfe: So the airline's actually doing you a favor.
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Deborah Wolfe: The fact that this boxer stayed home means he'll be alive when they get back.
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Deborah Wolfe: And if you try to break the rules and send one of these dogs on a plane, declaring it as a different breed or whatever, you are very much risking your dog.
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Deborah Wolfe: They really can't fly during hot weather.
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Deborah Wolfe: So if you've got a dog like that, be mindful, plan your trips accordingly, and make sure that they're not going from some place like Phoenix to LA in the summer, right?
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Deborah Wolfe: No, no, no.
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Deborah Wolfe: Even if you can find someone to fly them, it's not a good idea.
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Deborah Wolfe: Even if it's on the plane with you.
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Deborah Wolfe: I mean, it has to do with other things.
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Deborah Wolfe: It's medical and physical.
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Deborah Wolfe: So just be really careful.
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Deborah Wolfe: And if you're the kind of person who flies all the time, and you think you'll get a little dog so they can go with you on the plane, pick a dog with a pointy nose.
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Deborah Wolfe: Please, you'll have an easier time.
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Deborah Wolfe: Okay.
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Deborah Wolfe: So I want to tell you, I'm going to tell you about Onyx.
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Deborah Wolfe: That's what I'm going to tell you about.
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Deborah Wolfe: He's a dog who came here, and people thought that he was maybe aggressive or maybe afraid.
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Deborah Wolfe: And really the whole trick with Onyx is somewhere along the line.
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Deborah Wolfe: He got the idea confused, that anyone pulling on his leash is meaning him harm.
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Deborah Wolfe: Okay.
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Deborah Wolfe: So if you pull on his leash, which is a natural thing to do when you see a dog, you want to put the leash on his collar and gently pull it and walk and go.
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Deborah Wolfe: This dog freaks out.
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Deborah Wolfe: You don't like it.
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Deborah Wolfe: He gets afraid, his eyes get all scared.
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Deborah Wolfe: He maybe looks like he might want to nip you.
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Deborah Wolfe: He looks like he might want to urinate.
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Deborah Wolfe: He looks very stressed.
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Deborah Wolfe: But you don't have to do that with him.
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Deborah Wolfe: You don't have to force him to do anything.
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Deborah Wolfe: The same dog, if you just look at him and talk in a happy voice, Hello, hello, how are you?
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Deborah Wolfe: Come this way.
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Deborah Wolfe: Let's go.
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Deborah Wolfe: No problem.
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Deborah Wolfe: You can pick up the leash.
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Deborah Wolfe: You can hold it on your baby finger.
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Deborah Wolfe: You can walk around.
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Deborah Wolfe: The dog will greet you, love you, jump on you.
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Deborah Wolfe: He's so it's so strange, right?
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Deborah Wolfe: Why would this be?
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Deborah Wolfe: Well, somewhere along the line, something probably happened.
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Deborah Wolfe: It's not so much the confinement because once he's decided you're okay and you're doing the happy talk, you can hold his leash.
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Deborah Wolfe: You can walk with him and if the leash tightens, he doesn't care.
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Deborah Wolfe: It's that initial confrontation.
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Deborah Wolfe: When you first go over to him and you pick up the leash, if you pull, it reminds him of something and it triggers a fear.
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Deborah Wolfe: So there's a lot of dogs out there with fears like that.
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Deborah Wolfe: And the more we walk him on leash and the more it just so happens that the leash gets tight and then loose and tight and then loose, as we're baby talking, the more this dog will get over it.
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Deborah Wolfe: So it's something you can unlearn a fear like that.
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Deborah Wolfe: But with most dogs, what happens is that people just steer clear of it.
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Deborah Wolfe: So the dog's afraid of something.
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Deborah Wolfe: Maybe he's standing right behind a car when another car comes screeching to a halt on the street or a car backfires or some loud horrible noise happens, you know?
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Deborah Wolfe: So now he blames cars.
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Deborah Wolfe: So the people decide, okay, well, we won't walk so close to cars.
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Deborah Wolfe: We'll walk a few feet away.
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Deborah Wolfe: And then maybe he's still nervous.
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Deborah Wolfe: So then they decide, you know what?
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Deborah Wolfe: We'll just drive to the park.
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Deborah Wolfe: We won't walk on the street anymore.
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Deborah Wolfe: And then they keep making these kind of adjustments, let's say, until the dog is no longer comfortable at all on the street.
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Deborah Wolfe: Now he panics every time he hears a car.
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Deborah Wolfe: And if he's in the park and some car backfires, he might bolt.
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Deborah Wolfe: The whole thing, the fear gets bigger and bigger.
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Deborah Wolfe: It becomes a fear of all loud noises.
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Deborah Wolfe: Now he's probably afraid of other things that sound like cars, like a car door slamming, like a person yelling, like something falling, like a vacuum.
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Deborah Wolfe: I mean, it'll just get bigger and bigger and bigger.
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Deborah Wolfe: Instead, if they just take him to the park like they always do, and then walk to the edge of the park where the cars are and at a distance, make sure he's calm and unstressed, maybe give him a cookie.
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Deborah Wolfe: Just go as far as he can handle, and walk around a bit and then go back to the park, and do it again and do it again until he's so comfortable.
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Deborah Wolfe: I would probably do it a little more quicker.
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Deborah Wolfe: I would probably just take him on a walk and be baby talking the whole way and singing and skipping and keep him guessing, go the wrong way, go other ways, go around cars, make him just focused on the fun of the activity.
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Deborah Wolfe: If he's a ball dog, have a ball in my pocket, bounce it, let him grab it, switch balls, juggle a little bit, just keep him focused on me and the happy walk, nothing to do with that fear.
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Deborah Wolfe: So that's how you desensitize a dog.
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Deborah Wolfe: You start where he can handle it and you just make the fear vanish because he learns, oh, that was just that car on that day.
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Deborah Wolfe: All these other cars have passed me and nothing happened.
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Deborah Wolfe: I was fine.
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Deborah Wolfe: I'm with her and she's fine.
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Deborah Wolfe: She looks calm.
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Deborah Wolfe: She's happy.
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Deborah Wolfe: I'm happy.
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Deborah Wolfe: We're good.
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Deborah Wolfe: And that's how you deal with the fear.
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Deborah Wolfe: Okay, we're going to go to break and come back and talk about TLC.
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Deborah Wolfe: Yeah, that channel.
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Deborah Wolfe: I can't believe it's called the Learning Channel because I certainly don't learn that much from it.
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Deborah Wolfe: But we'll be talking about the gossip because there are pets on TLC.
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Deborah Wolfe: And as I said, I have my own unexpected, that's right, unexpected, just like the show when these ladies, young girls usually, are pregnant, and they don't even know it, and then they have babies.
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Deborah Wolfe: Well, we had something like that at Camp Good Dog.
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Deborah Wolfe: Stay tuned, I'll tell you all about it, on Animal Party, Pet Life Radio.
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Deborah Wolfe: Welcome back to Animal Party, Pet Life Radio.
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Deborah Wolfe: And I'm gonna tell you about my own unexpected little scenario here.
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Deborah Wolfe: Two dogs check in to my kennel.
00:14:27.003 --> 00:14:29.883
Deborah Wolfe: One's a blue healer, the other's a kelpie.
00:14:29.883 --> 00:14:34.343
Deborah Wolfe: Those are both like border collies, medium sized, herding dogs from Australia.
00:14:34.343 --> 00:14:38.183
Deborah Wolfe: Very intense, very easy to work with for me.
00:14:38.183 --> 00:14:42.123
Deborah Wolfe: Need a lot of exercise, but super smart and just so well behaved.
00:14:42.403 --> 00:14:44.583
Deborah Wolfe: Anyway, so these two come in.
00:14:44.583 --> 00:14:45.183
Deborah Wolfe: They're all right.
00:14:45.183 --> 00:14:49.063
Deborah Wolfe: One's young, one's older, one's a boy, one's a girl.
00:14:49.063 --> 00:14:50.783
Deborah Wolfe: Don't think anything of it.
00:14:50.783 --> 00:14:52.643
Deborah Wolfe: They're doing very well.
00:14:52.643 --> 00:15:00.863
Deborah Wolfe: Well, they're here for a long stay, six weeks, and partway through the stay, she's starting to look a little chunky.
00:15:00.863 --> 00:15:01.783
Deborah Wolfe: Yeah, she is.
00:15:01.783 --> 00:15:04.603
Deborah Wolfe: Looks like a snake who swallowed a frog by the end of it.
00:15:04.603 --> 00:15:06.763
Deborah Wolfe: And I'm saying to the girls, I think she's pregnant.
00:15:06.763 --> 00:15:07.903
Deborah Wolfe: We all think she's pregnant.
00:15:07.903 --> 00:15:08.943
Deborah Wolfe: We're trying to call the owner.
00:15:08.943 --> 00:15:09.583
Deborah Wolfe: Is she pregnant?
00:15:09.843 --> 00:15:12.203
Deborah Wolfe: Well, anyway, she was pregnant.
00:15:12.203 --> 00:15:14.903
Deborah Wolfe: Oh yes, eight puppies.
00:15:14.903 --> 00:15:15.963
Deborah Wolfe: So imagine that.
00:15:15.963 --> 00:15:24.063
Deborah Wolfe: Imagine if you take your two dogs to a boarding tunnel and you're on your vacation, and you get the call, hi, we're calling about your dogs.
00:15:24.063 --> 00:15:26.143
Deborah Wolfe: And you think, oh no, are they okay?
00:15:26.143 --> 00:15:28.883
Deborah Wolfe: Well, yeah, they're okay.
00:15:28.883 --> 00:15:31.943
Deborah Wolfe: But when you come, I just want you to be prepared.
00:15:31.943 --> 00:15:33.763
Deborah Wolfe: You won't be collecting two dogs.
00:15:33.763 --> 00:15:37.203
Deborah Wolfe: You will be collecting two plus eight.
00:15:37.203 --> 00:15:38.903
Deborah Wolfe: Ten dogs, you now own ten dogs.
00:15:39.023 --> 00:15:41.163
Deborah Wolfe: Congratulations, smoke a cigar.
00:15:41.163 --> 00:15:42.943
Deborah Wolfe: So that's what happened to these people.
00:15:42.943 --> 00:15:45.003
Deborah Wolfe: And lucky for them, I know what I'm doing.
00:15:45.003 --> 00:15:47.983
Deborah Wolfe: And lucky for Mama Freya, I know what I'm doing.
00:15:47.983 --> 00:15:52.043
Deborah Wolfe: And all eight puppies are doing just so well, so well.
00:15:52.043 --> 00:15:54.423
Deborah Wolfe: But I really wasn't going to breed dogs this year.
00:15:54.423 --> 00:15:56.683
Deborah Wolfe: I thought my puppy days were over.
00:15:56.683 --> 00:16:02.223
Deborah Wolfe: I have two golden doodles from born last September, females and they're so sweet.
00:16:02.223 --> 00:16:04.443
Deborah Wolfe: They're just beautiful dogs.
00:16:04.443 --> 00:16:10.283
Deborah Wolfe: They still got that puppy innocence, but they're trained and well behaved and ready to go.
00:16:10.283 --> 00:16:15.843
Deborah Wolfe: And so because they didn't get homes last year, first time ever, I decided not to breed dogs anymore.
00:16:15.843 --> 00:16:20.383
Deborah Wolfe: And then this little thing at my kennel shows up pregnant.
00:16:20.383 --> 00:16:24.843
Deborah Wolfe: So, okay, I guess I have these puppies until they come collect them.
00:16:24.843 --> 00:16:27.663
Deborah Wolfe: It is definitely a labor of love for me.
00:16:27.663 --> 00:16:31.943
Deborah Wolfe: And the strangest thing, these puppies came out, they don't even look like dogs.
00:16:31.943 --> 00:16:35.623
Deborah Wolfe: They look like somebody took a Jersey cow and crossed it with a panda bear.
00:16:36.243 --> 00:16:39.223
Deborah Wolfe: They are black and white art deco puppies.
00:16:39.223 --> 00:16:40.403
Deborah Wolfe: That's all I could say.
00:16:40.403 --> 00:16:48.183
Deborah Wolfe: So if you want to look at them, I've posted lots of pictures of them at Deborah Wolfe Pet Expert on Facebook and also Camp Good Dog Facebook.
00:16:48.183 --> 00:16:50.363
Deborah Wolfe: You could see the mom and the puppies.
00:16:50.363 --> 00:16:53.723
Deborah Wolfe: We took pictures of day one, day two, day three, day four.
00:16:53.723 --> 00:16:57.083
Deborah Wolfe: They were born last Tuesday night, very late.
00:16:57.083 --> 00:17:01.623
Deborah Wolfe: I was at a beach party and I came home and something wasn't right.
00:17:01.623 --> 00:17:04.403
Deborah Wolfe: Well, something was more than right, eight times right.
00:17:04.823 --> 00:17:06.943
Deborah Wolfe: So that's what we're dealing with today.
00:17:06.943 --> 00:17:10.383
Deborah Wolfe: And since we're talking about TLC, I guess I'll just say something.
00:17:10.383 --> 00:17:19.903
Deborah Wolfe: I was flicking through the show, through that channel, trying to find one of these shows about the pregnant girl so I could talk about it on the air and figure out what they do on that show.
00:17:19.903 --> 00:17:30.803
Deborah Wolfe: And while I was doing that, I came across this other TLC show where the man and woman are from different countries, and he's contemplating moving to her country, which is in the Far East.
00:17:30.803 --> 00:17:38.003
Deborah Wolfe: They didn't say which country unfortunately, but the two of them were having this conversation that I thought was outrageously inaccurate.
00:17:38.003 --> 00:17:47.723
Deborah Wolfe: They were talking about how they're not going to take JoJo, their dog, who looks like a miniature poodle, I would say, maybe a miniature poodle cross, the white fluffy thing.
00:17:47.723 --> 00:17:56.203
Deborah Wolfe: They're not going to take the dog because they're worried that if the dog were to test positive for rabies, it would be put down in Asia.
00:17:56.203 --> 00:17:57.983
Deborah Wolfe: Does it make sense to me?
00:17:57.983 --> 00:18:02.023
Deborah Wolfe: First of all, if the dog tests positive for rabies anywhere, there's a big problem.
00:18:02.363 --> 00:18:05.763
Deborah Wolfe: And secondly, you can't fly without having rabies vaccines.
00:18:05.763 --> 00:18:08.403
Deborah Wolfe: And you can't travel to other countries without rabies vaccines.
00:18:08.403 --> 00:18:11.403
Deborah Wolfe: You're not supposed to have a dog at all without a rabies vaccine.
00:18:11.403 --> 00:18:15.443
Deborah Wolfe: They can get rabies from a squirrel, a raccoon, anything that jumps in your backyard.
00:18:15.443 --> 00:18:16.543
Deborah Wolfe: And don't think they won't.
00:18:16.543 --> 00:18:19.523
Deborah Wolfe: An animal with rabies does strange things.
00:18:19.523 --> 00:18:21.663
Deborah Wolfe: It's compelled to attack other animals.
00:18:21.663 --> 00:18:24.623
Deborah Wolfe: So any wildlife could give your dog rabies.
00:18:24.623 --> 00:18:28.443
Deborah Wolfe: So you really, really, really want to vaccinate for rabies.
00:18:28.443 --> 00:18:29.523
Deborah Wolfe: So I don't understand this.
00:18:29.703 --> 00:18:33.043
Deborah Wolfe: Your dog's vaccinated for rabies, so you can travel.
00:18:33.043 --> 00:18:35.243
Deborah Wolfe: You have the proof on you.
00:18:35.243 --> 00:18:39.583
Deborah Wolfe: There's not gonna be an incident where someone thinks it has rabies and puts it down.
00:18:39.583 --> 00:18:41.683
Deborah Wolfe: This ignorance is astounding to me.
00:18:41.683 --> 00:18:48.063
Deborah Wolfe: So I just wanted to correct that perception in case any of my viewers have been watching the show.
00:18:48.063 --> 00:18:49.703
Deborah Wolfe: Makes no sense at all.
00:18:49.703 --> 00:18:51.863
Deborah Wolfe: So Tata, take Jojo with you.
00:18:51.863 --> 00:18:53.083
Deborah Wolfe: That's what I say.
00:18:53.083 --> 00:18:57.043
Deborah Wolfe: Get Jojo vaccinated and take Jojo back to your own country.
00:18:57.043 --> 00:18:58.763
Deborah Wolfe: You don't have to leave Jojo behind.
00:18:59.223 --> 00:19:00.543
Deborah Wolfe: That's nonsense.
00:19:00.543 --> 00:19:01.663
Deborah Wolfe: All right, everybody.
00:19:01.663 --> 00:19:04.583
Deborah Wolfe: That's so strange to hear that.
00:19:04.583 --> 00:19:13.243
Deborah Wolfe: Two days ago, I was in traffic, and I was not the driver, I was the passenger, and I was noticing something I had not noticed before.
00:19:13.243 --> 00:19:30.043
Deborah Wolfe: Because normally, when I'm driving around alone and a big pickup truck pulls up next to me and there's some dog in the car, I usually smile at the dog or give my hello dog signal, which is you take your head and, okay, so I'll explain it like this.
00:19:30.043 --> 00:19:32.463
Deborah Wolfe: When men greet each other, they often nod, right?
00:19:32.463 --> 00:19:36.003
Deborah Wolfe: They just do a quick, quick sort of masculine, quick nod.
00:19:36.223 --> 00:19:44.303
Deborah Wolfe: They put their chin down and up again if they know a guy, but they don't know him that well and they just want to say hi or acknowledge you, they do that.
00:19:44.303 --> 00:19:47.703
Deborah Wolfe: Well, dogs have the same thing, only it's an upward motion.
00:19:47.703 --> 00:19:49.323
Deborah Wolfe: They do a quick nod up.
00:19:49.323 --> 00:19:55.603
Deborah Wolfe: So it's almost like, almost exposing their throat, almost like a friendly gesture of, hey man, I trust you.
00:19:55.603 --> 00:19:57.303
Deborah Wolfe: And so it's a quick nod up.
00:19:57.923 --> 00:19:59.723
Deborah Wolfe: So that's what I usually do when I'm in traffic.
00:19:59.723 --> 00:20:06.983
Deborah Wolfe: I see a pit bull or big master for something leaning out of a car, and he's kind of giving me the, I give him the nod up and he usually gives me the nod back.
00:20:06.983 --> 00:20:09.703
Deborah Wolfe: Sometimes he kind of grins at me.
00:20:09.703 --> 00:20:11.543
Deborah Wolfe: Sometimes he just turns around.
00:20:11.543 --> 00:20:14.283
Deborah Wolfe: I never get the aggressive reaction.
00:20:14.283 --> 00:20:25.943
Deborah Wolfe: But I was in a car driving, I was in the passenger seat, and there was a man next to me driving, and we pull up next to a truck at a red light with one of these really big pit bulls, half hanging out the window.
00:20:26.463 --> 00:20:29.443
Deborah Wolfe: And it was really interesting to watch the dynamic.
00:20:29.443 --> 00:20:37.503
Deborah Wolfe: First, the pit bull looked at me from across the way, decided I was not a threat, too far away, female, whatever, didn't make, didn't register with him.
00:20:37.503 --> 00:20:42.503
Deborah Wolfe: But then he looked down at the driver, the man, and he wanted eye contact.
00:20:42.503 --> 00:20:44.103
Deborah Wolfe: You could see he wanted eye contact.
00:20:44.103 --> 00:20:46.083
Deborah Wolfe: He's saying, should I mess with you?
00:20:46.083 --> 00:20:47.463
Deborah Wolfe: Are you messing with me?
00:20:47.463 --> 00:20:51.343
Deborah Wolfe: And this pit bull was really, really big and half leaning out the truck.
00:20:51.343 --> 00:20:52.863
Deborah Wolfe: And I made a comment about it.
00:20:52.863 --> 00:21:00.923
Deborah Wolfe: And as soon as I did, the driver sort of looked at it, hadn't seen it yet and changed his posture, which of course the pit bull saw.
00:21:00.923 --> 00:21:02.943
Deborah Wolfe: And I was thinking about the angle.
00:21:02.943 --> 00:21:11.403
Deborah Wolfe: When you drive around like that in a big truck with your dog half hanging out, he is in a really dominant position over all the other drivers.
00:21:11.403 --> 00:21:26.363
Deborah Wolfe: He could jump down at someone, get them, I mean, if it was primitive situation and he were a wolf or a coyote or something ambushing prey, he could jump down and grab the throat and kill a person, or a thing or an object or whatever.
00:21:26.363 --> 00:21:28.703
Deborah Wolfe: He could hunt something that way.
00:21:28.703 --> 00:21:35.423
Deborah Wolfe: So he's in a hunting position, an ambush position, an attack position, just by the way you're letting him ride in the truck.
00:21:35.423 --> 00:21:37.683
Deborah Wolfe: Now, this particular pit bull was all right.
00:21:37.683 --> 00:21:39.863
Deborah Wolfe: There was nothing to worry about.
00:21:39.863 --> 00:21:50.983
Deborah Wolfe: But if you have one that's a loose cannon, if you have any type of dog that's a little too aggressive, a little too barky, a little too territorial, doesn't have to be a pit bull, it could be any breed.
00:21:50.983 --> 00:22:03.303
Deborah Wolfe: You don't want to let him hang out the window because you're just asking for trouble and you're letting him stalk people and intimidate people and try and make confrontations.
00:22:03.303 --> 00:22:04.403
Deborah Wolfe: I've seen it with them.
00:22:04.403 --> 00:22:13.543
Deborah Wolfe: I had a rot weather in my shuttle van one time and we were driving through a really bad part of Vancouver, trying to get out of town, back to camp with a bunch of camper dogs.
00:22:13.543 --> 00:22:21.363
Deborah Wolfe: And I was parked at a red light behind some cars and there was a person kind of freaking out on the side of the road, screaming and yelling.
00:22:21.943 --> 00:22:24.023
Deborah Wolfe: And I saw this dog just key up on him.
00:22:24.023 --> 00:22:28.403
Deborah Wolfe: He picked him out of the crowd and his eyes were looking at this man.
00:22:28.403 --> 00:22:34.203
Deborah Wolfe: And he started to slam the dog, started to slam his face against the window.
00:22:34.203 --> 00:22:37.443
Deborah Wolfe: Barking and barking and barking, saliva coming down the window.
00:22:37.443 --> 00:22:40.603
Deborah Wolfe: I'm in the minivan thinking, oh my God, I hope these windows hold.
00:22:41.143 --> 00:22:49.343
Deborah Wolfe: Now the man who probably had issues too, saw this and came right up to my van and started raising his fist at the dog.
00:22:49.343 --> 00:22:51.623
Deborah Wolfe: And thank God the light changed.
00:22:51.623 --> 00:22:57.943
Deborah Wolfe: But sometimes road rage is not what you want when you have a big dog like that.
00:22:57.943 --> 00:23:00.883
Deborah Wolfe: So be careful people, things can happen.
00:23:00.883 --> 00:23:02.683
Deborah Wolfe: They can definitely happen on the road.
00:23:02.683 --> 00:23:04.143
Deborah Wolfe: Unpredictable things can happen.
00:23:04.143 --> 00:23:08.383
Deborah Wolfe: And you want your dogs to be well-mannered, good citizens.
00:23:08.383 --> 00:23:09.923
Deborah Wolfe: In that case, he was right.
00:23:10.143 --> 00:23:20.603
Deborah Wolfe: The dog picked this guy out of a whole group of people, some waiting for the light to change and sidewalk crossers, passersby, vendors, picked this one guy out as a problem.
00:23:20.603 --> 00:23:21.963
Deborah Wolfe: And he was right.
00:23:21.963 --> 00:23:28.383
Deborah Wolfe: But, and I was glad he was there to protect me should something happen.
00:23:28.383 --> 00:23:36.823
Deborah Wolfe: But you really don't want, if your dog has bad attitude, and he kind of growls at people who crowd him on the couch or doesn't let you pick up his bowl of food.
00:23:36.963 --> 00:23:40.703
Deborah Wolfe: All these things, just like the fear of loud noises.
00:23:40.703 --> 00:23:46.943
Deborah Wolfe: If your dog is a bully, and you think it's funny or you give into it, he will become more of a bully.
00:23:46.943 --> 00:23:49.903
Deborah Wolfe: It'll get worse and worse until probably they'll be nipping.
00:23:49.903 --> 00:23:52.283
Deborah Wolfe: So you really want to get a hold of that.
00:23:52.283 --> 00:23:55.043
Deborah Wolfe: If your dog's trying to take over the couch, kick him off.
00:23:55.043 --> 00:23:57.343
Deborah Wolfe: If your dog's trying to take over the bed, kick him off.
00:23:57.343 --> 00:23:58.743
Deborah Wolfe: He shouldn't be on there.
00:23:58.743 --> 00:24:01.603
Deborah Wolfe: If your dog doesn't let you pick up the food, you got to work on that.
00:24:01.603 --> 00:24:03.023
Deborah Wolfe: Go see a trainer if you need to.
00:24:03.023 --> 00:24:07.183
Deborah Wolfe: But you want a dog who's not going to snap at a kid or who happens to touch his bull.
00:24:07.183 --> 00:24:13.363
Deborah Wolfe: Now, having said that, if you got kids over and your dogs aren't used to them, or even if they are, pick up all the food first.
00:24:13.363 --> 00:24:14.483
Deborah Wolfe: Make it easy.
00:24:14.483 --> 00:24:22.863
Deborah Wolfe: So there's no toddler reaching into a bull thinking they're doing the dog a favor feeding him, and the dog misunderstands that as the kid taking his food.
00:24:22.863 --> 00:24:24.103
Deborah Wolfe: So be careful.
00:24:24.103 --> 00:24:30.743
Deborah Wolfe: Kids and dogs can make the best of friends, but they need to be watched, and dogs need to be taught, and kids need to be taught.
00:24:30.743 --> 00:24:42.163
Deborah Wolfe: So many times I've seen kids pestering, testing the patience of a dog they may not know on a hot day, and I just think, you know, not all dogs are gonna tolerate that.
00:24:42.163 --> 00:24:58.163
Deborah Wolfe: So if you've got a kid that loves dogs, make sure your kid knows how to approach, how to ask, how to put their hand out as a closed fist, palm down when they greet a dog, not to greet dogs that they don't know.
00:24:58.163 --> 00:25:00.523
Deborah Wolfe: All these things are so important.
00:25:00.523 --> 00:25:01.583
Deborah Wolfe: So important.
00:25:01.583 --> 00:25:07.343
Deborah Wolfe: I used to have this Rottweiler and he was very well-trained, hound dog Rottweiler, and I'd be at the dog park.
00:25:07.343 --> 00:25:20.063
Deborah Wolfe: And back then, there was this children's series called Carl about a friendly Rottweiler that used to adopt, play with this kid and the kid would climb out of the crib onto the dog's back, and they would go on adventures.
00:25:20.063 --> 00:25:23.443
Deborah Wolfe: And of course, the dog would return the kid to the crib before the mom came.
00:25:23.443 --> 00:25:25.783
Deborah Wolfe: And it was a picture book with no words.
00:25:25.783 --> 00:25:28.323
Deborah Wolfe: So loads of toddlers loved this book.
00:25:28.323 --> 00:25:33.243
Deborah Wolfe: And I'd be at this place called Trout Lake, which back then was an unofficial dog park.
00:25:33.243 --> 00:25:34.263
Deborah Wolfe: Now it's a dog park.
00:25:34.263 --> 00:25:40.183
Deborah Wolfe: And I'd be throwing for dogs, and toddlers would just come racing toward this roddy hound cross.
00:25:40.183 --> 00:25:42.963
Deborah Wolfe: Carl, Carl, which wasn't his name.
00:25:42.963 --> 00:25:46.003
Deborah Wolfe: And at first, it was a little bit disturbing for him.
00:25:46.003 --> 00:25:49.523
Deborah Wolfe: So I taught him, I just taught him, they want to play fetch, bring them the ball.
00:25:49.523 --> 00:25:54.963
Deborah Wolfe: He would see a kid running toward him, and he'd look around, grab a ball, and run toward the kid, sit down, drop the ball, wait.
00:25:54.963 --> 00:25:56.063
Deborah Wolfe: And that's what you want.
00:25:56.063 --> 00:26:01.143
Deborah Wolfe: You want some response that suits the dog, and is clear to everybody.
00:26:01.143 --> 00:26:03.403
Deborah Wolfe: I don't mean any harm, I'm good.
00:26:03.403 --> 00:26:04.123
Deborah Wolfe: Right?
00:26:04.123 --> 00:26:10.663
Deborah Wolfe: If the dog doesn't like kids, then you teach them to come to you and heal when kids approach, and you work on it.
00:26:10.663 --> 00:26:13.683
Deborah Wolfe: So he gets more tolerant.
00:26:13.683 --> 00:26:16.663
Deborah Wolfe: Because kids are in the world, we've got to get along with them.
00:26:16.663 --> 00:26:20.543
Deborah Wolfe: And dogs are in the world, and the two are the best of friends when it's done properly.
00:26:21.323 --> 00:26:23.843
Deborah Wolfe: Okay, everybody, I've kind of run out of time.
00:26:23.843 --> 00:26:27.103
Deborah Wolfe: So I'm going to leave you until next week.
00:26:27.103 --> 00:26:35.363
Deborah Wolfe: Until then, from me, Deborah Wolfe, and Animal Party, and Pet Life Radio, be good to your animals.
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