Give Your Dog a Choice
When we have dogs inside our homes, we give them so much love and care. But we also take something important away from them – the feeling of autonomy, the ability to make decisions that impact their life. We control what they eat, what they do and when they do it. This has a price in their quality of life and can lead to boredom and behaviors we don’t appreciate. Bryndan Golya, CDBC, is a certified dog behavior consultant, through IAABC. He is the owner of OC Canine Coaching. His programs focus on solutions to behavior issues using reward-based methodology. He explains how paying attention to your dog’s non-verbal signals and body language can help you to be in sync with each other and make household life with dogs so much more rewarding and filled with joy.
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BIO:
I established this venture in 2010, driven by an unwavering passion for dogs that has grown even stronger with time. I consistently immerse myself in education, refining my approach to center on relationship-based training as opposed to more traditional methods. Holding a Certified Dog Behavior Consultant (CDBC) certification from IAABC, I’ve constructed my expertise on empathy, understanding, and evidence-based training methods.
In Orange County, only a few other behavior consultants hold this esteemed CDBC certification. I chose this certificate due to its rigorous nature, allowing my clients to trust the advice and behavioral suggestions I provide. As dog training remains unregulated, and without proper experience or understanding, anyone can claim to be a ‘dog trainer’ or ‘behaviorist.’ This highlights the paramount importance of entrusting your dogs to capable hands.
My holistic approach thoughtfully considers each dog’s health, medical history, environment, learned behaviors, and emotions when devising a training or treatment plan. This perspective shapes my view of training as a journey that nurtures the bond between human and canine. I’ve evolved beyond outdated traditional methods, embracing relationship-based techniques that prioritize positive reinforcement over punishment.
Above all, I prioritize honesty, kindness, and accountability in my professional relationships. I look forward to being of assistance to you and your furry companions in the near future.
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Announcer: This is Pet Life Radio.
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Announcer: Let's talk pets.
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Announcer: Welcome to The Human-Animal Connection Show, where we believe we can communicate with all animals.
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Announcer: Together, let's embrace the transformative healing power of The Human-Animal Connection.
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Genie Joseph: Hi, everyone, it's Genie from The Human-Animal Connection.
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Genie Joseph: So glad you're with us today, because I'm so excited to speak to Bryndan Golya.
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Genie Joseph: And he is a CDBC certified dog behavior consultant through Iaabc, and he's the owner of OC Canine Coaching.
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Genie Joseph: And I've just had a wonderful session with him, which you'll probably hear about.
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Genie Joseph: And his programs focus on solutions to behavior using reward-based technology and methods.
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Genie Joseph: And he works with puppies, all dogs of all ages, all issues, aggression, resource guarding, all kinds of good stuff.
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Genie Joseph: And today our show is all about giving your dog a choice.
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Genie Joseph: We're going to talk about the issue of choice and autonomy for dogs, because we know once we take a dog into our home, we give them all kinds of wonderful good love and good food and all this good attention.
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Genie Joseph: But we also take something from them.
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Genie Joseph: And one of the things we take away from them is the ability to make choices about all kinds of things.
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Genie Joseph: When they get to go out, when they get to eat, when they play with people, when they do this, when they do that.
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Genie Joseph: And there's a price for this loss of autonomy.
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Genie Joseph: So Bryndan, tell us a little bit about what that means to you, giving dogs autonomy, and then we'll talk about choice.
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Bryndan Golya: Yeah, autonomy as much as we can.
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Bryndan Golya: Choice is something I talk about a lot, and it's something I think is kind of a new concept for most people because they're like, how can I have my dog run the house?
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Bryndan Golya: Like, I mean, that's kind of why I hired the dog trainer.
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Bryndan Golya: You want me to give him more choice?
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Bryndan Golya: He's going to jump all over people.
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Bryndan Golya: He's going to eat everything he wants.
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Bryndan Golya: Is that what you're talking about?
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Bryndan Golya: So no, not exactly.
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Bryndan Golya: What I'm talking about is looking, like you said before, think about all the things that we do as the humans, the owners, or the guardians, and what that really entails for the dog.
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Bryndan Golya: You get your dog, maybe it's a rescue, and then I don't know what they're used to, but they bring them into your world where you have specific expectations.
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Bryndan Golya: You want them to do X, Y, and Z, and on top of that, like you said, we control probably everything they do.
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Bryndan Golya: We tell them where, when they can pee, poo, what, and when, and where they can eat, if they can play.
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Bryndan Golya: Do we let them on walks show that they're interested in the things they're interested in?
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Bryndan Golya: Do we drag them along?
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Bryndan Golya: Do we make them focus on us?
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Bryndan Golya: Do we make them do obedience cues because we think we're supposed to or it pleases us?
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Bryndan Golya: Do we consider that sometimes they're not into it?
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Bryndan Golya: There's lots of things like petting our dogs, grabbing our dogs, picking all of our dogs up, the small ones especially.
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Bryndan Golya: Do you think they really want that?
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Bryndan Golya: I mean, we should ask them.
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Bryndan Golya: It might sound like, you know, did your dog like that hug you gave them?
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Bryndan Golya: Or, you know, does your dog want to be social with that dog?
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Bryndan Golya: Or are they your friends, your neighbors?
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Bryndan Golya: Those are all choices.
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Bryndan Golya: So do they want to sleep on the bed with you or not?
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Bryndan Golya: Maybe they don't.
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Bryndan Golya: Those are all things that I look at and say, you know, if we can afford our pets a little bit more of what they are telling us they're interested in or feel best about, then maybe they'll act better and perform better.
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Bryndan Golya: And, you know, they'll give us less reason to, you know, they'll give us less problems or perceived problems.
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Bryndan Golya: That's kind of how I feel about it.
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Genie Joseph: Well, in The Human-Animal Connection, we have 33 principles and principle number 27 is that animals have opinions.
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Genie Joseph: Yeah.
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Genie Joseph: But often as humans, we miss the cues.
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Genie Joseph: In fact, we were just talking about some cues I've been missing with Harry, but yeah, in our little consult before.
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Genie Joseph: So yeah, this is really important is for humans to really look at, is this what the dog wants?
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Genie Joseph: And it doesn't mean that the dog gets what they want all the time, like treats 24-7.
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Genie Joseph: But what does it mean to you to say, observe or notice what the dog wants?
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Genie Joseph: How do you notice that, Bryndan?
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Bryndan Golya: The context will tell me a lot of stuff.
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Bryndan Golya: So there's certain, you know, I mean, I always watch where the dog is looking.
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Bryndan Golya: And then there's, you know, complex and sometimes very often very nuanced behaviors they'll offer us to tell us a clue about what they're thinking and feeling.
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Bryndan Golya: You can see softening of eyes, like almond shaped eyes is a good baseline for a good relaxed dog.
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Bryndan Golya: But if you get wide eyes or big eyes, or we get vigilance, where they're like, I'm scanning, or maybe you have a happy dog, that's just a dog who's content.
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Bryndan Golya: And then we have a closed mouth in turn.
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Bryndan Golya: So maybe, oh, something happened.
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Bryndan Golya: They're concerned about, they need to assess the situation.
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Bryndan Golya: Those are all cues that something, they're noticing something or feeling about something.
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Bryndan Golya: And then behavior after that can tell us, oh, those are actually them saying, I don't think I like what's happening.
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Bryndan Golya: I don't know what's gonna happen kind of a thing.
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Bryndan Golya: And nobody wants to not know what's gonna happen or be startled.
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Bryndan Golya: And so maybe if that's the situation, maybe we don't put our dog there the next time so close to whatever the issue was.
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Bryndan Golya: Maybe it's a doorway, maybe it's an entrance, or maybe it's an area where they're exposed to certain noises.
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Bryndan Golya: A place where people, construction workers are coming in, people are service workers.
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Bryndan Golya: You don't necessarily want them right there in the hallway or the foyer to practice showing you, hey, look, I don't know who you are.
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Bryndan Golya: I'm gonna bark at you kind of a thing.
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Bryndan Golya: So maybe they're somewhere else.
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Bryndan Golya: Maybe they don't want to be responsible for addressing everybody that comes in the house.
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Bryndan Golya: Maybe you have a dog that has a breed that says, I'm supposed to do this, right?
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Bryndan Golya: Am I not supposed to address this?
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Bryndan Golya: And you're like, well, yeah, kind of.
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Bryndan Golya: I just didn't realize that's what I purchased or bought or adopted.
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Bryndan Golya: So you have to consider there's a lot of reasons why dogs do behavior.
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Bryndan Golya: They're functional.
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Bryndan Golya: They're not just because they chose to bark or lunge or growl or show teeth or whatever.
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Bryndan Golya: Maybe that if it's aggression-based or reactivity-based.
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Bryndan Golya: So yeah, I try to really watch their subtle expressions.
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Bryndan Golya: Are they going to move away from me?
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Bryndan Golya: Are they going to turn their head?
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Bryndan Golya: Are they going to lick their lips?
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Bryndan Golya: Those are all things that are very...
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Bryndan Golya: Licking at the lips is a very clear one.
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Bryndan Golya: Giving a side eye or a whale eye or looking at an overted gaze, tongue flick kind of a thing.
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Bryndan Golya: Maybe raising a paw, handicapping.
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Bryndan Golya: Those can be sometimes invitations for play with a dog because that dog is a lower status or it's kind of making itself more vulnerable or it could be, I'm just uncomfortable.
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Bryndan Golya: I'm trying to appease this, appease you, calm the situation down and communicate.
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Bryndan Golya: I don't know what to do and I'm not a threat.
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Bryndan Golya: Those are all options.
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Bryndan Golya: And so I'm looking for these expressions.
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Bryndan Golya: And there's books and literature that are very easy.
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Bryndan Golya: A great book called, I think, Dog Body Language by Lily Chin is an easy one.
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Bryndan Golya: We positive reinforcement trainers recommend a lot because it's so simple and any kid can look into it, especially for kids or cartoons.
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Bryndan Golya: But they're not silly.
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Bryndan Golya: They're ones that make very good sense.
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Bryndan Golya: I think those and watching a lot of videos, that's one thing we do as dog trainers.
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Bryndan Golya: We have thousands and thousands of hours of just watching dogs.
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Bryndan Golya: At this point, not new ones, but that's something that I'm fascinated by.
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Bryndan Golya: When I see dogs meeting, I stop taking video.
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Bryndan Golya: I did it to my other dogs the other day in the park two days ago.
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Bryndan Golya: My dogs were off leash and just kind of wandering around a tree in a park down the street we love.
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Bryndan Golya: And I took it up because the sunset was just glistening off my dog's body.
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Bryndan Golya: Like, this is beautiful.
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Bryndan Golya: But then a Pyrenees, go figure, actually walked in and we know him and he's a sweet boy.
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Bryndan Golya: And my dogs were going to meet him.
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Bryndan Golya: And I was like, let's videotape this.
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Bryndan Golya: I love to see how they communicate.
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Bryndan Golya: And there was moments of loose body language interest.
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Bryndan Golya: Then one of my dogs, who's about 10 times smaller, this one right over here, right there.
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Bryndan Golya: She kind of got some distance.
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Bryndan Golya: She looked at me, you know, and she came over and kind of left.
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Bryndan Golya: And then the other one I had came over and she was much more slow and careful.
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Bryndan Golya: And so it's really interesting to see how they talk.
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Bryndan Golya: And so if they're doing that with other dogs, how are we missing that with us?
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Genie Joseph: Right.
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Genie Joseph: Yeah, they're communicating all the time.
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Genie Joseph: It's just we don't know what they're saying.
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Genie Joseph: But yeah, it's going back to what you were first saying, is that looking at where their eyes are, that's where their attention is.
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Genie Joseph: And so, you know, what does that say?
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Genie Joseph: You know, is that a soft look?
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Genie Joseph: Is that a casual look or is that a hard look?
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Genie Joseph: Is that a frozen look?
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Bryndan Golya: Did your freeze?
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Bryndan Golya: Watch for that freeze, like one and a half to one second freezes.
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Bryndan Golya: You only have that much time with most dogs who are about to do something they don't like, and where they're looking is where they're going.
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Bryndan Golya: So if they're looking at your hand, they're going to bite your hand if that's going to be a bite.
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Bryndan Golya: So don't put your face so close to a dog where you can't see where they're looking.
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Bryndan Golya: I mean, I can't see anything this close.
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Bryndan Golya: So I have no resources to help myself.
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Bryndan Golya: I can't use my eyes.
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Bryndan Golya: I can't hear them about to bite me.
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Bryndan Golya: If they're going to bite me, it's going to happen.
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Bryndan Golya: And so maybe you don't want to stub your face with a dog that you're not familiar with, or even a dog that's sometimes grumpy.
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Bryndan Golya: If you already established he doesn't like it, why do it?
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Bryndan Golya: You know, like they tell us dogs tolerate an immense amount of our behavior.
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Genie Joseph: Yes, the stupid humans that don't communicate well.
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Bryndan Golya: I mean, what are they going to do about it?
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Bryndan Golya: They, again, have no choice for the most part.
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Bryndan Golya: Most dogs aren't the kind of animals that want to be aggressive.
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Bryndan Golya: They know the consequences, especially, I mean, if it happens once, we're pretty huge.
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Bryndan Golya: You know, we can have some pretty decent responses, and I don't think our dogs want to go through that.
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Bryndan Golya: And they love us.
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Bryndan Golya: They're not trying to be mean to us.
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Genie Joseph: Right, right.
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Genie Joseph: So what are some of the ways that we can introduce choice for a dog as play or as training to use the...
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Genie Joseph: Because I think at once, in the moment that a dog is making a choice, they're in a healthy brain state, right?
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Genie Joseph: So do you have some methods to suggest to people?
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Genie Joseph: That's Sophia walking around, those of you watching the video.
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Bryndan Golya: I do.
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Bryndan Golya: It starts from breakfast or dinner time right away.
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Bryndan Golya: And I've had some interesting success with this, with three dogs, and they're getting older, and they can become picky.
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Bryndan Golya: One of them has no teeth at this point.
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Bryndan Golya: The other one has had teeth work.
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Bryndan Golya: And I don't know, but they just get pickier.
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Bryndan Golya: Taste buds change and digestive issues change and downstream health issues.
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Bryndan Golya: And so, well, this is happening.
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Bryndan Golya: I actually have one of my dogs, one of these, you can't see, she's red.
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Bryndan Golya: She's been picky over the past couple of months.
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Bryndan Golya: And so I gave her the choice to eat her food.
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Bryndan Golya: And she walked away.
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Bryndan Golya: She kind of looked at me like, I want something else.
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Bryndan Golya: And she is the kind of dog that says, I'll wait until there's absolutely nothing, no other options around that I can not choose from.
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Bryndan Golya: I want to make sure I get all the options because sometimes you do other stuff with the dogs.
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Bryndan Golya: Yes.
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Bryndan Golya: I told her, like, I know you don't want, sounds like you don't really love what I made you.
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Bryndan Golya: I know you don't want the pumpkin I put in there.
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Bryndan Golya: Maybe there's a little garlic this time.
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Bryndan Golya: And so I said, all right, it's going to be there.
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Bryndan Golya: Then I also made the same food a little bit differently with a little bit less stuff in it for my chihuahua.
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Bryndan Golya: And I was like, all right, you can have her food if you want it.
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Genie Joseph: Yeah.
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Bryndan Golya: I put both those down and she's like, I'll have this one.
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Bryndan Golya: It's fine.
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Bryndan Golya: I'll have mine.
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Bryndan Golya: And she ate it all.
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Genie Joseph: Yeah.
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Bryndan Golya: I didn't force it down her throat.
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Genie Joseph: Right.
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Bryndan Golya: I didn't add eggs to it or bacon or whatever treat on top of the food.
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Bryndan Golya: I already made a fabulous meal.
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Bryndan Golya: And I said, you can lose it or I can give you this.
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Bryndan Golya: Which was lesser in my opinion and less quantity too.
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Bryndan Golya: She's like, no, I'll eat this right away.
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Genie Joseph: Yeah.
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Bryndan Golya: So that's the kind of stuff.
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Bryndan Golya: And I'll do that with my chihuahua.
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Bryndan Golya: She's having a bad day.
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Bryndan Golya: She tells me, I'm not really interested in food one day.
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Bryndan Golya: That's fine.
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Bryndan Golya: You don't have to eat it.
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Bryndan Golya: I'll just give it to this one over here.
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Bryndan Golya: I'll come back tonight.
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Bryndan Golya: Are you interested?
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Bryndan Golya: Because fasting sometimes really does the trick for dogs.
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Bryndan Golya: It really get over stuff real quickly.
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Bryndan Golya: By the next day or that evening, I usually have no problem with her.
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Bryndan Golya: I've also adjusted.
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Bryndan Golya: Hey, look, do you like this Licky Bowl that I got you?
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Bryndan Golya: Do you like this work that I gave you?
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Bryndan Golya: Sometimes.
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Bryndan Golya: But my dog likes to get food in your mouth fast sometimes.
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Bryndan Golya: And so, they may be on a flat surface or just drop it on a flat silicone mat that makes it easier for her.
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Bryndan Golya: She has a technique for eating, having no teeth.
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Bryndan Golya: So I'm like, what can I do to make this easier?
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Bryndan Golya: I don't mind giving you options and adjusting if it's that kind of a thing.
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Bryndan Golya: I want to make sure you feel comfortable.
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Bryndan Golya: Well, if you're not comfortable here, would you like to be on top of this crate with the other dog in the crate?
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Bryndan Golya: Would you like me to put you there first?
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Bryndan Golya: We could go into, you know, on a walk, et cetera.
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Bryndan Golya: My dogs walk with me a couple of times a day, hopefully.
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Genie Joseph: Yeah.
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Bryndan Golya: And today was one of those days.
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Bryndan Golya: My dog's like, I want to go over here.
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Bryndan Golya: Why do you want to go that way?
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Bryndan Golya: And she's been wanting to go that way for weeks now.
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Bryndan Golya: Is it because I took you over there across the street to these new dogs you smell?
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Bryndan Golya: I think it is.
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Bryndan Golya: So once in a while, I'm like, all right, I'm just going to deviate.
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Bryndan Golya: We're going to go that way.
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Genie Joseph: Right.
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Bryndan Golya: And you're going to stop and you're going to smell this spot for fricking 60 seconds.
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Bryndan Golya: One of you guys.
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Bryndan Golya: And it's driving me nuts.
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Bryndan Golya: I'm so like, how do you like this?
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Bryndan Golya: My other dog is trying to leave and go smell more.
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Bryndan Golya: So I have to kind of compromise.
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Bryndan Golya: Maybe I don't bring both dogs every walk.
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Bryndan Golya: Maybe I do give one of my dogs more choice because, hey, look, it's your time.
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Bryndan Golya: You don't have to share it with your sister who has completely different wants and desires.
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Bryndan Golya: She loves to smell poop and dead animals.
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Bryndan Golya: You don't really as much.
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Bryndan Golya: You want to go communicate with your pee everywhere and tell everybody you're here.
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Bryndan Golya: So those are different agendas.
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Bryndan Golya: I'm like, maybe it's best to take one of you out, even though I don't have the time to do 30 minutes of each of you.
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Bryndan Golya: Maybe I give you 15 or 10 minutes of just what you want.
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Bryndan Golya: Isn't that what you're getting anyway?
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Bryndan Golya: You're dividing it equally.
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Bryndan Golya: I'm not really diminishing your opportunity.
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Bryndan Golya: I'm just saying this is it.
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Bryndan Golya: You get all of it right away.
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Bryndan Golya: How free is that?
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Genie Joseph: That's great.
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Genie Joseph: I mean, I think a 10 or 15 minute choice walk where the dog can choose direction or whether to stop and sniff or stop or start.
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Genie Joseph: It can be more valuable than trying to jockey three dogs a 30 minute walk.
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Bryndan Golya: I think so.
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Bryndan Golya: I'm 100% on that page.
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Bryndan Golya: I don't even like coming home after a walk with three dogs, even though they're all good.
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Bryndan Golya: It's a lot of adjusting with leashes and trying to figure out and picking up poop and moving around neighbors.
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Bryndan Golya: It's just harder.
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Bryndan Golya: I'm like, why would I put myself through this where I'm coming home tired and a little stressed sometimes?
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Bryndan Golya: And my dogs aren't getting what they want.
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Bryndan Golya: It's like a pack walk almost.
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Bryndan Golya: I watch these pack walkers with like five to 10, 15 dogs and I'm looking at, and I film them too.
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Bryndan Golya: I like to watch their behavior.
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Bryndan Golya: I'm like, in a review, how many of those dogs are just there because they're stuck on a leash?
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Bryndan Golya: How many dogs are able to smell?
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Bryndan Golya: Do they even stop to smell?
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Bryndan Golya: Are there any happy dogs?
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Bryndan Golya: Are there any lose body?
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Bryndan Golya: So it's like, this is probably similar to a very small degree what I'm putting my dogs under.
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Bryndan Golya: I'm like, maybe once in a while.
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Bryndan Golya: And in fact, exclusively, I take my Chihuahua out by herself.
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Bryndan Golya: She is so slow and she doesn't get out quite as much.
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Bryndan Golya: We just spend one on one time.
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Bryndan Golya: So that when she does get out, it's just her sunshine time to walk around.
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Genie Joseph: That's beautiful.
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Bryndan Golya: There's plenty more we can do as far as how we ask our dogs to perform, to come to us to sit.
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Bryndan Golya: Those are all for a reason.
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Bryndan Golya: And if once in a while you're like, well, why am I asking my dog to sit or look at me?
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Bryndan Golya: Is it something I need to do right now?
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Genie Joseph: Yeah.
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Bryndan Golya: Are they looking at me like, is this something I need to do right now?
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Bryndan Golya: And they've all told me this.
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Bryndan Golya: Like, yeah, no, maybe you don't have to.
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Bryndan Golya: You're fine right now.
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Bryndan Golya: Just walking or standing.
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Genie Joseph: Yes.
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Bryndan Golya: Sitting doesn't do anything for us actually right now.
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Genie Joseph: Really?
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Genie Joseph: It's not necessarily the thing they want to do most.
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Bryndan Golya: Especially as the longer dogs, longer bodies with their sacral area gets really tight.
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Bryndan Golya: I don't ask the long, low or the long gray hound to sit all the time.
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Bryndan Golya: It's like four feet down.
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Bryndan Golya: You know?
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Bryndan Golya: And it's a lot of movement.
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Bryndan Golya: So you'll see those dogs actually when you train them to sit, side sit or down.
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Bryndan Golya: Because that's their choice.
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Bryndan Golya: If I afford them that choice, they do it fast.
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Bryndan Golya: If I make this sit, they're fine.
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Genie Joseph: Yeah, right.
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Bryndan Golya: I don't get it as fluid.
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Bryndan Golya: So what's it to me if they don't want?
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Bryndan Golya: Right.
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Genie Joseph: Yeah.
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Genie Joseph: Well, we're going to take a short little break.
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Genie Joseph: We'll be right back.
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Genie Joseph: When we come back, I want you to tell me how you see, notice, hear, feel happiness in your dog.
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Genie Joseph: So we'll be right back in just a moment.
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Genie Joseph: Hi everyone.
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Genie Joseph: Welcome back to The Human-Animal Connection, speaking with Bryndan Golya, CDBC Certified Dog Behavior Consultant.
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Genie Joseph: So tell us a little bit more about some of the choice games that you play just for fun, just to get the dog into the choosing brain, the happy choosing.
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Bryndan Golya: Well, like we just kind of discussed, actually, we have a similar game, but we give them a choice to look or choose food from our hands sometimes.
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Bryndan Golya: They usually win every time because there's stuff in both of them, but they get the opportunity to express, I think that's one.
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Genie Joseph: Yes.
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Bryndan Golya: Maybe they win.
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Bryndan Golya: They win a lot.
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Bryndan Golya: Yes, it is.
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Bryndan Golya: And then you'll put the same hand down there again.
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Bryndan Golya: They're like, oh, you don't win.
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Bryndan Golya: What's your other choice?
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Bryndan Golya: No, it's really easy.
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Bryndan Golya: You chose.
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Bryndan Golya: You did that.
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Bryndan Golya: So those are options.
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Bryndan Golya: I mean, on top of that, I do a lot of enrichment.
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Bryndan Golya: So I give my dogs the chance to just be loose and play and find things.
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Bryndan Golya: And so that's a choice that they all have told me they want more of is they want to have the freedom and the agency to go about and just try and try to get some stuff and learn about that.
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Bryndan Golya: So I set up those kinds of scavenger hunts from time to time.
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Bryndan Golya: I use my Amazon boxes for that or toys that I have.
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Bryndan Golya: I give them a choice of where they want to sit, how they want to relax.
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Bryndan Golya: If they don't want to be on my lap, they don't have to be on my lap.
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Bryndan Golya: If one is laying on the ground on a mat or a crate, and she chose that, I try not to be butt hurt because she could be on the couch next to me.
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Bryndan Golya: But for whatever reason, that dog at that time is saying, I find it better in my crate or my solitude and I have my own mat.
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Bryndan Golya: And also that dog gets to see me the second I walk by the kitchen and touch the treat area.
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Bryndan Golya: So she's the first one that'll see it.
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Bryndan Golya: So I'm pretty sure that's her choice.
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Bryndan Golya: So there's a lot of considerations for that.
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Bryndan Golya: And if I'm petting my dog or rubbing their belly and I'm like, is this what you wanted?
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Bryndan Golya: I'm sorry.
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Bryndan Golya: Maybe it didn't.
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Bryndan Golya: So I take my hands off them if they come closer to me.
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Bryndan Golya: If they come closer, if they offer another behavior, maybe it's something that communicates.
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Bryndan Golya: I want more of that.
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Bryndan Golya: If they just sit there and put their chin down, they probably don't want more of that.
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Genie Joseph: Great.
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Genie Joseph: So how do you see happiness?
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Genie Joseph: Let's say you're going to go for a ride.
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Genie Joseph: How do you tell, yes, the dog wants to go for this ride, the dog doesn't want to go for this ride.
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Bryndan Golya: That's another good point.
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Bryndan Golya: I'm sorry.
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Bryndan Golya: I didn't mention that.
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Bryndan Golya: Walking.
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Bryndan Golya: They didn't even want to go for a walk all the time.
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Bryndan Golya: Yeah.
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Bryndan Golya: So yeah, one dog may not show up for that walk.
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Bryndan Golya: She may sit at the top of the stairs and be like, I don't want to go, I'm like, okay.
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Bryndan Golya: See you later, kiddo.
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Bryndan Golya: You don't have to go.
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Bryndan Golya: Here's a treat.
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Bryndan Golya: You know, that's one of those.
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Bryndan Golya: When I see joy or happiness, what does it look like?
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Bryndan Golya: Different ways.
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Bryndan Golya: I see loose, swishy tails, body language, prancing behavior.
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Bryndan Golya: I see dancing, circling.
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Bryndan Golya: I see, I have a certain, my dogs make certain noises that I can kind of identify that they've grown and changed over the years.
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Bryndan Golya: I sometimes see a play bow.
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Bryndan Golya: My dogs communicate differently.
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Bryndan Golya: They just kind of, you know, they'll look happy, be honest, they'll have their mouth loose and their eyes are open and they're moving and their tails are circling or flicking and often to the right side or just loose back and forth and you know, they're dancing.
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Bryndan Golya: Dancing is definitely a thing all my dogs can do and that seems like they're very happy.
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Bryndan Golya: They're in the mood to do something.
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Bryndan Golya: They're trying to get me engaged.
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Bryndan Golya: Yes.
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Bryndan Golya: That's one thing.
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Bryndan Golya: I see a lot.
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Bryndan Golya: There's also a face they can make that I try to get when I play with them and this is something I learned from it.
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Bryndan Golya: I might have mentioned before Dr.
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Bryndan Golya: Amy Cooke, she has a class called The Playway or a course that I took a long time ago and something she, you know, she was trying to tell us all, I think, what does it look like when dogs laugh?
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Genie Joseph: Yeah.
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Bryndan Golya: Really?
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Bryndan Golya: Is that a possibility?
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Bryndan Golya: I don't know if it's real, but she, she's called this face, the hard face, kind of like this and kind of like the stupid face.
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Bryndan Golya: Look at this.
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Bryndan Golya: And so when I'm playing and I'm trying to be silly and I tease my dogs and I get the kind of the side pucker and they seem to be really happy.
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Genie Joseph: Yeah.
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Bryndan Golya: So I kind of identify when she said that years ago, I'm like, no, I see that already.
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Bryndan Golya: And if you play in a way that's real play, that's not just go get it, come on, tug.
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Genie Joseph: Yeah.
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Genie Joseph: They kind of show you this, this same face and they make the sounds and yes, you know, they've, they've done, actually done an interesting study with recording dogs, laughs, which are a little bit, you know, not our ears are not as trained, but when they play them for dogs and shelters, the dogs all calm down when the, yeah, the dog laugh track will help dogs and shelters.
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Bryndan Golya: I would love to hear that actually.
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Bryndan Golya: I know.
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Bryndan Golya: I've never heard a dog laugh track.
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Genie Joseph: Yeah.
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Genie Joseph: Well, yeah, it's, it was a research study that was done.
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Genie Joseph: They should have it in all shelters because it's so useful.
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Genie Joseph: And also we, we do a thing where we sing to our dogs.
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Genie Joseph: We sing their names.
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Genie Joseph: We sing them lullaby.
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Genie Joseph: Yeah.
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Genie Joseph: So, and another, there's another group that does lullabies with a heartbeat.
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Genie Joseph: That's really calming for dogs.
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Genie Joseph: Yeah.
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Bryndan Golya: Human heart that I actually utilize more than you would think.
00:21:23.900 --> 00:21:30.140
Bryndan Golya: I try to keep a tempo of music on around my home when I need them to become about 60 to 70 beats a minute.
00:21:30.320 --> 00:21:35.880
Bryndan Golya: And so that's something I know is studied years ago with the through a dog's ear sound or podcast or soundtrack.
00:21:36.840 --> 00:21:39.680
Bryndan Golya: And I've noticed a lot of that's gone on to other platforms.
00:21:39.700 --> 00:21:42.480
Bryndan Golya: So when I leave my house, I can Spotify or YouTube, the same thing.
00:21:42.500 --> 00:21:44.180
Bryndan Golya: And that's kind of the background they have.
00:21:44.200 --> 00:21:46.260
Bryndan Golya: And it's good for me throughout the day too.
00:21:46.280 --> 00:21:52.040
Bryndan Golya: I noticed when I listened to something that's kind of on the right tempo, it keeps my, it's like a drummer behind the scenes.
00:21:52.060 --> 00:21:54.040
Bryndan Golya: Like this is the time, this is the time.
00:21:54.580 --> 00:21:57.860
Bryndan Golya: And it's, I think it's, I think it's beneficial for everybody.
00:21:58.460 --> 00:21:59.080
Genie Joseph: That's great.
00:21:59.700 --> 00:22:05.380
Genie Joseph: And are you someone who believes that we can communicate with animals, as in telepathic communication, or?
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Bryndan Golya: I don't disbelieve it.
00:22:07.540 --> 00:22:08.600
Bryndan Golya: I don't disbelieve it.
00:22:08.640 --> 00:22:10.320
Bryndan Golya: I have no proof one way or the other.
00:22:10.340 --> 00:22:13.080
Bryndan Golya: And I speak with a lot of communicators.
00:22:13.120 --> 00:22:16.700
Bryndan Golya: I actually want a show called Smart Pet Talk TV on YouTube.
00:22:16.900 --> 00:22:22.620
Bryndan Golya: And there's a network, your home TV that's available on some platforms.
00:22:23.740 --> 00:22:26.780
Bryndan Golya: And we have a very well-known animal communicator, Joan Ranquett on there.
00:22:26.800 --> 00:22:28.940
Bryndan Golya: And so she gave me a lot of her insight.
00:22:29.420 --> 00:22:31.480
Bryndan Golya: I have one here that was trained by her locally.
00:22:32.120 --> 00:22:34.080
Bryndan Golya: So I just discuss stuff with her.
00:22:34.100 --> 00:22:35.980
Bryndan Golya: And she refers stuff with me.
00:22:36.440 --> 00:22:41.220
Bryndan Golya: I have not put the effort in to learn that, which they claim they can teach anybody, which is amazing.
00:22:42.140 --> 00:22:52.460
Bryndan Golya: But I do feel like, yes, we can communicate intentions and feelings, whether it be subtle micro-expressions that we don't even know we're doing.
00:22:52.480 --> 00:22:58.640
Bryndan Golya: But I think there's a real possibility animals are better receivers of information than we understand.
00:22:59.800 --> 00:23:01.720
Bryndan Golya: And it takes some practice, obviously.
00:23:01.740 --> 00:23:08.500
Bryndan Golya: There's a lot of stuff that we just feel like we may not be ready for or embarrassed to admit or try.
00:23:08.800 --> 00:23:10.780
Bryndan Golya: But I am a proponent of saying, you know what?
00:23:10.920 --> 00:23:12.600
Bryndan Golya: What's the risk?
00:23:13.640 --> 00:23:17.020
Bryndan Golya: Maybe it doesn't work, but what's the benefit if it does?
00:23:18.200 --> 00:23:20.980
Bryndan Golya: What are you not willing to put in the time?
00:23:21.000 --> 00:23:24.100
Bryndan Golya: You don't have to tell the whole world or family you're doing.
00:23:24.120 --> 00:23:33.200
Bryndan Golya: But you can try and then come back after you feel like yes or no, it worked or not, and try to maybe get more data on it.
00:23:33.220 --> 00:23:35.200
Bryndan Golya: But I mean, yeah, why not?
00:23:35.340 --> 00:23:36.920
Bryndan Golya: Try everything.
00:23:37.080 --> 00:23:40.720
Bryndan Golya: Try talking to your dogs, try imagining what you want for your dogs in your head.
00:23:41.480 --> 00:23:42.680
Bryndan Golya: Try imagining how you feel.
00:23:42.680 --> 00:23:44.080
Bryndan Golya: Show the images of them.
00:23:45.540 --> 00:23:46.200
Bryndan Golya: Maybe it works.
00:23:46.820 --> 00:23:48.400
Bryndan Golya: Get yourself in the right state for it too.
00:23:48.420 --> 00:23:52.240
Bryndan Golya: Maybe to be a trained submitter, we have to be very relaxed.
00:23:52.960 --> 00:23:54.140
Bryndan Golya: That's also a possibility.
00:23:54.440 --> 00:23:56.000
Bryndan Golya: We're not that anymore much.
00:23:56.020 --> 00:23:56.940
Bryndan Golya: We are very tense.
00:23:56.960 --> 00:23:57.620
Bryndan Golya: We're very busy.
00:23:57.640 --> 00:23:58.000
Bryndan Golya: We're multitasking.
00:24:01.420 --> 00:24:03.580
Bryndan Golya: Believe it or not, I'm an intense person sometimes.
00:24:04.080 --> 00:24:06.620
Bryndan Golya: I need to come back and relax.
00:24:06.820 --> 00:24:08.280
Bryndan Golya: I take time to breathe.
00:24:09.080 --> 00:24:12.720
Bryndan Golya: I have my own protocols for that and it seems to really help my dogs.
00:24:13.060 --> 00:24:13.700
Genie Joseph: Yeah, it does.
00:24:14.500 --> 00:24:14.960
Genie Joseph: They love it.
00:24:14.980 --> 00:24:17.600
Genie Joseph: When I meditate, all the dogs come and sit with me.
00:24:17.620 --> 00:24:21.860
Bryndan Golya: I have one dog who sits next to me a lot when I play my guitar.
00:24:23.540 --> 00:24:26.020
Bryndan Golya: Some dogs really enjoy that, regardless of what you're playing.
00:24:26.040 --> 00:24:28.540
Bryndan Golya: I actually have a hypothesis.
00:24:28.560 --> 00:24:29.500
Bryndan Golya: She's deafening.
00:24:29.520 --> 00:24:31.400
Bryndan Golya: I think she feels the vibrations differently.
00:24:32.540 --> 00:24:35.980
Bryndan Golya: I saw something interesting on some social media.
00:24:36.720 --> 00:24:39.720
Bryndan Golya: A lady laying below a piano on a tile floor.
00:24:39.740 --> 00:24:45.800
Bryndan Golya: It's actually very popular, apparently, to lay below a playing piano and feel the vibrations.
00:24:45.820 --> 00:24:47.880
Bryndan Golya: I think that might be what she's saying.
00:24:47.900 --> 00:24:49.360
Bryndan Golya: I'm feeling this more now.
00:24:49.380 --> 00:24:53.020
Bryndan Golya: It started to happen as she progressed in her deafness.
00:24:53.040 --> 00:24:54.000
Bryndan Golya: I was like, this is really interesting.
00:24:54.020 --> 00:24:55.100
Bryndan Golya: You seem to like this feeling.
00:24:55.440 --> 00:24:55.800
Genie Joseph: Yeah.
00:24:56.320 --> 00:24:58.880
Genie Joseph: Well, let's talk a little bit about feeding your dogs.
00:24:59.600 --> 00:25:05.020
Genie Joseph: I know you're a big proponent in healthy food for dogs, and a lot of commercial dog foods are not that healthy.
00:25:05.500 --> 00:25:06.820
Genie Joseph: Tell us a little bit about what you do.
00:25:07.840 --> 00:25:09.100
Bryndan Golya: Yeah, I try to avoid.
00:25:09.600 --> 00:25:13.400
Bryndan Golya: I know it can be controversial for a couple of reasons.
00:25:13.540 --> 00:25:16.340
Bryndan Golya: One, I'm not trying to say I have the best diet for my dog's effort.
00:25:16.420 --> 00:25:20.000
Bryndan Golya: There's no one diet that's going to work for every dog.
00:25:20.900 --> 00:25:33.080
Bryndan Golya: And I realize I'm fairly privileged to be able to feed what I feed, to be able to have the time to research what I do, to be able to have the resources of people and veterinarians, and just the ability to understand this kind of stuff.
00:25:33.620 --> 00:25:37.140
Bryndan Golya: And so I realized that's something that I have to my advantage.
00:25:37.160 --> 00:25:45.640
Bryndan Golya: And such having said that, I mean, the bottom line is of all the fad trends and raw, fresh, this, that, single protein, grain-free, et cetera.
00:25:46.220 --> 00:25:49.480
Bryndan Golya: The bottom line, it seems, is that we need to have real food refeeding.
00:25:49.500 --> 00:25:52.100
Bryndan Golya: It has to be fresh, less processed, less heated, less treated.
00:25:52.120 --> 00:25:59.580
Bryndan Golya: And so if we can focus on that first, it's probably easier to have this discussion versus what brand or what company or what formula.
00:25:59.600 --> 00:26:04.000
Bryndan Golya: I changed that formula in my dogs every week or month or a couple of months.
00:26:05.200 --> 00:26:10.240
Bryndan Golya: I get bored of the same stuff, and maybe that's my imposition on my dogs, is I just don't want to feed you the same stuff all the time.
00:26:11.320 --> 00:26:14.480
Bryndan Golya: But at the same time, we definitely need a broader amino acid profile.
00:26:14.500 --> 00:26:19.880
Bryndan Golya: We probably need a pulse or not be so consistent with all the stuff we're adding because it could be too much at some point.
00:26:19.900 --> 00:26:21.400
Bryndan Golya: And I've experienced that with my dogs.
00:26:21.820 --> 00:26:29.100
Bryndan Golya: So making sure we take breaks and rotate and don't force our wishes on them just because we read that all these 12 things are good for them.
00:26:29.440 --> 00:26:31.080
Bryndan Golya: They don't all need to be done in a day.
00:26:31.100 --> 00:26:34.320
Bryndan Golya: Nutrition is a long exposure.
00:26:34.340 --> 00:26:35.480
Genie Joseph: It's a long game.
00:26:35.900 --> 00:26:38.360
Bryndan Golya: So it's monthly.
00:26:38.380 --> 00:26:39.420
Bryndan Golya: You need to be considering this.
00:26:39.460 --> 00:26:45.660
Bryndan Golya: You can get a lot of nutrition in a week or two, and that doesn't have to be repeated for another month in some cases or every other week.
00:26:46.040 --> 00:26:49.760
Bryndan Golya: Just consider the natural way dogs might have lived or wolves do now.
00:26:49.780 --> 00:26:51.240
Bryndan Golya: They're lucky to get a meal a day.
00:26:51.260 --> 00:26:55.600
Bryndan Golya: I'm not to mean that we don't feed our dogs more than once a day necessarily.
00:26:56.440 --> 00:26:58.480
Bryndan Golya: But they don't get the same thing ever almost.
00:26:58.500 --> 00:26:59.780
Bryndan Golya: I mean, they tend to.
00:26:59.800 --> 00:27:07.800
Bryndan Golya: There's a lot of research that says dogs learn and wolves learn to hunt one prey specifically to be really good at that and then work with others to make sure that we can get more.
00:27:09.640 --> 00:27:13.960
Bryndan Golya: But my stuff I said is fresh, it's real, it's specific to my dog's needs.
00:27:14.840 --> 00:27:20.780
Bryndan Golya: So your dog who's two and a half may not need anything or half the stuff that I'm feeding my 14 year old dogs.
00:27:22.280 --> 00:27:27.800
Bryndan Golya: My Instagram post today, which is just OC Canine Coaching, once in a while I'll post like, but we're eating today.
00:27:27.800 --> 00:27:29.460
Bryndan Golya: So today was that from last night.
00:27:29.480 --> 00:27:30.740
Bryndan Golya: And so it looked pretty.
00:27:30.760 --> 00:27:32.260
Bryndan Golya: And like, this is a pretty picture of a bowl.
00:27:32.280 --> 00:27:33.540
Bryndan Golya: We should share this with somebody.
00:27:33.560 --> 00:27:36.420
Bryndan Golya: And I have it pulled up here.
00:27:36.440 --> 00:27:41.400
Bryndan Golya: It consisted of a local brand of lightly cooked food with low carbs.
00:27:41.420 --> 00:27:42.220
Bryndan Golya: It's veggies and pork.
00:27:42.600 --> 00:27:45.300
Bryndan Golya: And I feed the pork to my dogs because it's a cooling food.
00:27:45.320 --> 00:27:51.260
Bryndan Golya: And I found that my dogs actually do better on cooling foods than a specific protein, which might have gotten allergy out.
00:27:51.660 --> 00:27:53.420
Bryndan Golya: So it took me a leap to get there.
00:27:53.440 --> 00:27:54.680
Genie Joseph: Right.
00:27:54.680 --> 00:27:57.060
Bryndan Golya: I use a pre or probiotic generally almost every day.
00:27:57.080 --> 00:27:57.600
Bryndan Golya: It's basic.
00:27:57.620 --> 00:27:59.340
Bryndan Golya: I get it from a dork beast, apothecary.
00:28:00.360 --> 00:28:03.860
Bryndan Golya: We have pumpkin that I put in there because I think it helps their gut.
00:28:04.660 --> 00:28:05.720
Bryndan Golya: It's a nice prebiotic.
00:28:06.440 --> 00:28:09.980
Bryndan Golya: I have a CBD formula, all-pos essential CBD that I give to them.
00:28:10.000 --> 00:28:10.660
Bryndan Golya: They're all older.
00:28:10.680 --> 00:28:14.860
Bryndan Golya: They all have some inflammatory issues, some digestive issues, seems to help them.
00:28:15.500 --> 00:28:17.060
Bryndan Golya: I add blueberries as much as possible.
00:28:17.320 --> 00:28:19.360
Bryndan Golya: Blueberries are extremely high in antioxidants.
00:28:19.600 --> 00:28:21.080
Bryndan Golya: They're frozen or they're fresh.
00:28:22.080 --> 00:28:25.220
Bryndan Golya: Golden paste is something I'm introducing to some of my dogs off and on.
00:28:25.940 --> 00:28:28.920
Bryndan Golya: It's just a turmeric, coconut oil blend.
00:28:30.240 --> 00:28:32.160
Bryndan Golya: And then a sardine or an anchovy oil combination.
00:28:34.980 --> 00:28:36.020
Genie Joseph: Sardines are our friends.
00:28:36.060 --> 00:28:37.680
Genie Joseph: Once a week, that can of sardines.
00:28:37.700 --> 00:28:40.480
Bryndan Golya: Once a week, that's really all you need is toss up sardine in their meal once a week.
00:28:40.520 --> 00:28:42.180
Bryndan Golya: So we mix that with the actual oils.
00:28:42.180 --> 00:28:44.580
Bryndan Golya: We have a list of other things I might add.
00:28:44.600 --> 00:28:46.800
Bryndan Golya: I have different formulas of CBD for different things.
00:28:46.820 --> 00:28:50.160
Bryndan Golya: I have green-lit mussels that I pulse.
00:28:50.180 --> 00:28:50.880
Genie Joseph: Green-lit mussels.
00:28:50.900 --> 00:28:52.120
Bryndan Golya: Because they're all getting older.
00:28:53.480 --> 00:29:02.940
Bryndan Golya: I'll toss in, I'll just make a little vegetable slurry that is the leftovers of what I bought that Sunday for my grocery trip.
00:29:02.960 --> 00:29:06.560
Bryndan Golya: So I'll have a little pulser, like a little processor.
00:29:06.580 --> 00:29:10.160
Bryndan Golya: I'll throw in a bit of a little kale or broccoli sprouts, a little broccoli, a little red pepper.
00:29:10.180 --> 00:29:11.100
Bryndan Golya: They love red pepper.
00:29:12.480 --> 00:29:15.800
Bryndan Golya: I'll toss in maybe a little bit of strawberry once in a while or blueberry.
00:29:16.480 --> 00:29:17.760
Bryndan Golya: And then apple cider vinegar.
00:29:18.600 --> 00:29:21.460
Bryndan Golya: I'll shake it up and get it blended and I'll pour a little bit of that.
00:29:21.480 --> 00:29:24.320
Bryndan Golya: They seem to really like that kind of that sour taste.
00:29:25.280 --> 00:29:28.120
Bryndan Golya: It's not too overpowering, but it's all complimentary.
00:29:28.140 --> 00:29:31.280
Bryndan Golya: So I'll have that and I'll sprinkle it over based on size.
00:29:32.220 --> 00:29:35.460
Bryndan Golya: And again, I won't mix it all together all the time.
00:29:35.540 --> 00:29:36.980
Bryndan Golya: I'll actually give them a choice.
00:29:37.340 --> 00:29:37.660
Genie Joseph: Great.
00:29:37.660 --> 00:29:38.960
Bryndan Golya: I'll put it on the outskirts.
00:29:39.680 --> 00:29:40.680
Bryndan Golya: A little bit's blend in.
00:29:40.700 --> 00:29:42.520
Bryndan Golya: I want them to eat.
00:29:42.540 --> 00:29:43.380
Bryndan Golya: I don't want to deal with it.
00:29:44.320 --> 00:29:45.580
Bryndan Golya: It is their choice and they say no.
00:29:45.600 --> 00:29:48.680
Bryndan Golya: And I kind of did it to them if they didn't want it.
00:29:48.700 --> 00:29:50.300
Bryndan Golya: I don't want to remake the food.
00:29:50.320 --> 00:29:53.200
Bryndan Golya: So maybe you don't want the garlic in it right away.
00:29:53.220 --> 00:29:54.440
Bryndan Golya: Maybe you want the pumpkin on the side.
00:29:54.460 --> 00:29:57.640
Bryndan Golya: And honestly, when it's mixed in, my dogs don't want it as much.
00:29:57.820 --> 00:30:00.260
Bryndan Golya: I was shocked last night when I gave them all pumpkin on the side.
00:30:00.280 --> 00:30:01.660
Bryndan Golya: They all ate everything.
00:30:02.020 --> 00:30:03.140
Genie Joseph: Yeah, interesting.
00:30:03.160 --> 00:30:11.180
Bryndan Golya: And so I think about that in my own context of like, what I want somebody to make a Thanksgiving dinner out of Thanksgiving, every meal where it all goes together.
00:30:11.460 --> 00:30:11.820
Genie Joseph: Right.
00:30:11.900 --> 00:30:13.980
Bryndan Golya: But do I want to get a bowl like that every day?
00:30:13.980 --> 00:30:18.560
Bryndan Golya: Or do I enjoy getting to the portion I don't like as much later?
00:30:18.580 --> 00:30:23.680
Bryndan Golya: After I've had my say and I like this, but I like it, but let me just snack on it.
00:30:23.700 --> 00:30:25.220
Bryndan Golya: I don't want it in every bite.
00:30:25.500 --> 00:30:25.840
Genie Joseph: Right.
00:30:25.860 --> 00:30:27.460
Bryndan Golya: Can you imagine having Brussels sprouts?
00:30:27.480 --> 00:30:35.620
Bryndan Golya: I love Brussels sprouts, but I'd rather have three or four Brussels sprouts intermittently than have to deal with that flavor every bite.
00:30:35.760 --> 00:30:37.360
Bryndan Golya: And so I think that's something we don't consider.
00:30:37.660 --> 00:30:37.940
Genie Joseph: Yeah.
00:30:38.600 --> 00:30:40.980
Genie Joseph: Well, Bryndan, this has been great chatting with you.
00:30:41.000 --> 00:30:44.520
Genie Joseph: How can folks find you if they're looking to connect with you or do a consultation?
00:30:44.860 --> 00:30:46.680
Bryndan Golya: OC caninecoaching.com.
00:30:46.700 --> 00:30:48.760
Bryndan Golya: It's spelled out C-A-N-I-N-E.
00:30:48.780 --> 00:30:49.920
Bryndan Golya: We're in Costa Mesa, California.
00:30:50.560 --> 00:30:54.580
Bryndan Golya: My Instagram channel and Facebook are also the same, OC CanineCoaching.
00:30:55.080 --> 00:30:59.500
Bryndan Golya: I respond best to an email or even a text message.
00:31:00.000 --> 00:31:00.740
Bryndan Golya: You can call me.
00:31:01.020 --> 00:31:02.400
Bryndan Golya: My number is online as well.
00:31:02.920 --> 00:31:04.360
Bryndan Golya: But yeah, you can actually book appointments.
00:31:04.380 --> 00:31:17.440
Bryndan Golya: You can book a little 10-minute phone call consult that we could do for free on my scheduler, and then we can look into more focused training or a longer consultation like we just went through kind of in a way.
00:31:17.840 --> 00:31:19.900
Bryndan Golya: There's many ways to do it, and I can help you from across the world.
00:31:19.920 --> 00:31:22.320
Bryndan Golya: You don't need to be there to touch your dogs.
00:31:22.340 --> 00:31:25.960
Bryndan Golya: I'm a coach and I'm a consultant as well as a trainer.
00:31:26.660 --> 00:31:31.900
Genie Joseph: Well, thank you so much for all your wisdom, and thank you for all the good you're doing for dogs and their people.
00:31:31.920 --> 00:31:33.500
Bryndan Golya: I'm happy to be on your show.
00:31:33.520 --> 00:31:34.340
Bryndan Golya: Thank you so much for having me.
00:31:34.920 --> 00:31:36.080
Genie Joseph: So we'll see you again.
00:31:36.160 --> 00:31:38.340
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