Show Transcript
Speaker 1 (00:01):
All right, welcome back to the Make Your Dog Epic podcast where we’re talking about all things related to dog training, and we’re joined here with Noelle. Now Noelle, you actually own a dog, is this right?
Noelle (00:12):
Yes.
Speaker 1 (00:12):
Have you always owned a dog? Has this been like a new thing for you to have dogs or have you always been a dog owner?
Noelle (00:18):
I’ve always been a dog owner.
Speaker 1 (00:20):
And have you always lived in and around the Tulsa area?
Noelle (00:22):
I have not.
Speaker 1 (00:23):
Really? So you lived in the country, you lived in a neighborhood or what?
Noelle (00:26):
Country. Yeah, I grew up in a small town.
Speaker 1 (00:28):
So when you lived in the country, was it an issue to have a poorly behaving dog? Did that matter then?
Noelle (00:35):
No, because dogs just roam around everywhere.
Speaker 1 (00:37):
Okay. But then when you moved into the city, did that become a bigger concern?
Noelle (00:41):
Yes, more people want your dog trained and well-behaved.
Speaker 1 (00:45):
Okay. So what kind of dog do you have?
Noelle (00:46):
I have a husky.
Speaker 1 (00:47):
A Husky you said? A husky. And a big dog, a small dog, is it?
Noelle (00:51):
He’s about 45, 50 pounds.
Speaker 1 (00:53):
And was he ever an all night dog barker?
Noelle (00:56):
He howls, he likes to talk a lot.
Speaker 1 (00:58):
Really? And did you have neighbors that were giving you a hard time about it or were your neighbors okay with it or?
Noelle (01:03):
No, nobody complained, but I definitely tried to keep him quiet.
Speaker 1 (01:07):
So how did you learn how to train the dog because a lot of people are listening to this podcast, they’re going to go to MakeYourDogEpic.com and schedule us to train their dog because they don’t want to train the dog themselves, but how did you learn how to train the dog?
Noelle (01:20):
I guess just learning from what other people did and watching videos.
Speaker 1 (01:23):
Did you go on YouTube and watch videos?
Noelle (01:25):
Yes.
Speaker 1 (01:26):
And so if you had to estimate how many hours you had to invest into dog training, how many hours do you think that you had to invest into training your husky?
Noelle (01:36):
I mean, the first year and a half he was a wreck, so we’re still working on things and he’s about three, so continuous.
Speaker 1 (01:42):
I mean, how many hours a week were you working with the dog?
Noelle (01:45):
I would say 20 hours. Every day after work, days off.
Speaker 1 (01:49):
So walk me through, what did the process look like when you came home working with the dog? What did you do?
Noelle (01:54):
We first went to try to learn to sit and stay, so those were the hardest ones to get on there.
Speaker 1 (01:58):
And what was your process like to teach your dog to sit?
Noelle (02:01):
Lots of treats.
Speaker 1 (02:02):
Treats?
Noelle (02:03):
Yep.
Speaker 1 (02:04):
So tell me again, what did you do? You said that you tell your dog, hey, sit. And if it did, you gave it a treat or tell me how you did it?
Noelle (02:09):
Yeah, you’d have to reward it. So it’s like good behavior, you reward it.
Speaker 1 (02:13):
Over and over and over?
Noelle (02:14):
Over and over again.
Speaker 1 (02:15):
And that was the method that you went with?
Noelle (02:17):
Yep.
Speaker 1 (02:17):
Okay. Did it take a while to potty-train the dog or was that a pretty quick fix?
Noelle (02:20):
Yes. Lots of hours to potty-train for sure. Lots of discipline.
Speaker 1 (02:23):
What took longer, to teach the dog to sit or teach the dog how to be properly potty-trained?
Noelle (02:28):
Properly potty-trained.
Speaker 1 (02:29):
That was the most difficult part?
Noelle (02:30):
Yes.
Speaker 1 (02:31):
So if you could go back and if somebody gave you a gift card to a dog training service and they said, you have a gift card valued up to let’s say 2,000 bucks and it will be good for the training of a dog, would you have paid somebody to train a dog if you could go back and do it again or are you glad that you did it yourself?
Noelle (02:52):
Oh no, I definitely would’ve paid somebody.
Speaker 1 (02:53):
Really?
Noelle (02:54):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (02:55):
And why?
Noelle (02:57):
Just because it’s so time-consuming. You build that bond with your dog, but getting somebody else to train it, you don’t have to put in all the extra hard work and you just have a well-behaved dog.
Speaker 1 (03:06):
Now, one of the things that we do at Make Your Dog Epic is that when the dog shows up for the first lesson, when the owner of the dog and the dog shows up for the first Tulsa dog training lesson, what we do is we offer that first class or that first lesson for 50 cents so that you can see as an owner whether you agree with the methodology and how we do it and you feel comfortable. And just being totally candid, why would you not want to drop off your dog to somebody you just met and let them take your dog away for a Tulsa board and train experience if you hadn’t seen the kind of training that they provide?
Noelle (03:41):
Because a lot of dogs, they’re like family members. A lot of people look at them as part of their family. So it’s trusting, in sense, like a family member with someone random.
Speaker 1 (03:48):
Do you view your dog as a family member?
Noelle (03:50):
Oh, yeah. That’s my child.
Speaker 1 (03:56):
Okay, you do? Okay, so you actually would want to see it the first time?
Noelle (03:58):
Yes.
Speaker 1 (03:59):
Okay. So you paid 50 cents. Then after that, if you agree with the packages, we go over a very detailed regimen with you as the customer of, hey, if you hire us to train your dog, this is what we’re going to do. So package A, we’re going to do this, this, this. And basically we’re trying to stop the jumping, teach your dog to sit, teach your dog to not bark, to come when called, basic things like that. The second package is a little bit more added benefits. Maybe not needs, but wants. Things that are kind of fun, extra little dog tricks. And then the third package is where your dog is putting on a virtual laser show. Your dog is like a circus now, your dog is a magician, your dog is putting on a show for the friends and family.
(04:38)
And those are kind of your options there. But then once we do that, there’s daily checklists. So all the employees who train the dogs, every day they have a checklist of the routines they need to go through with the dog over and over and over until the dog becomes very well-behaved. And to quote Napoleon Hill, the bestselling author of Think and Grow Rich, he says, “Drifting without aim or purpose is the first cause of failure.” If we did not have a checklist for the daily training of a dog, what would happen if you have, let’s say, three different trainers working with the same dog over a period of three weeks?
Noelle (05:17):
I don’t think there would be very much success. I feel like a dog catches to one person and starts learning from that one person.
Speaker 1 (05:23):
That’s right. Also on the dog training process itself, we pay the trainer’s a bonus when the dog is fully trained.
Noelle (05:30):
That’s cool.
Speaker 1 (05:30):
Why do you think that we do that?
Noelle (05:34):
Just so the trainers want to continue to be there, they want to continue to do what they love, and then there’s a reward behind it for their success.
Speaker 1 (05:41):
Now why do we offer ongoing free group classes for the rest of the dog’s life? So once you’ve hired us to train the dog, for the rest of your dog’s life there’s group classes. Kind of like a refresher course. It’s free, you can come to once a month. Why do you think we offer that for dog training clients?
Noelle (05:59):
I would think like where they can continue if say their dog isn’t behaving what it was, they can get that refresher and have that person retrain with their dog again.
Speaker 1 (06:07):
So if you were thinking about hiring a dog trainer today to work with your dog specifically, what would be like your top couple questions that you would have to ask that you would say that’s a deal breaker. I got to know, do you do this? Do you do that? What would be those most common Tulsa dog training lessons that you would want to ask?
Noelle (06:26):
I would want to use what their methods were. Like do they use shock collars? Do they use sticks to hit the dog for behavior?
Speaker 1 (06:34):
So you’d want to be up all in that business. You’d want to know.
Noelle (06:36):
Yes.
Speaker 1 (06:36):
You would wouldn’t just say, ah, just take my dog away. Take White Fang, take Kujo, train. You’d want to know more questions?
Noelle (06:44):
Yes.
Speaker 1 (06:44):
Okay. Do you have any friends or family that have ever hired a dog trainer?
Noelle (06:48):
No, actually.
Speaker 1 (06:49):
Really? So this would be a new thing for you?
Noelle (06:51):
Yes.
Speaker 1 (06:51):
Okay, okay. And the first lesson is a dollar and we allow you as the customer to watch the whole process. Would that be a big thing for you or would that matter to you that you get to watch the entire training?
Noelle (07:02):
Yeah, just to see how they interact.
Speaker 1 (07:04):
Okay, okay. Now as far as dog training and all the different skill sets that people can train a dog, if you were going to hire someone to train your dog, would you want to teach your dog every possible trick or would you want more of the basics like sit, come, stop pulling on the leash, stop barking at people? Would you want the basics or are you more of like a bougie person? Do you picture yourself as going for the big kahuna package?
Noelle (07:29):
The basics.
Speaker 1 (07:30):
The basics? That’s what I would do too. Okay. Well, thank you so much for your time, Noelle. You’re an incredible American. We do appreciate you joining us here on the Make Your Dog Epic podcast. And again, you have a husky. Are you looking for a second dog or just one?
Noelle (07:40):
I’m not. One is enough.
Speaker 1 (07:42):
Because sometimes people will bring their dog to the dog training and they’re so done with the dog. They’re like, oh, just take it. Just take it. And we don’t want to take the dog, we want to train the dog. But you wouldn’t be open to just randomly adopt a bunch of dogs at this point in your life?
Noelle (07:55):
No, not right now.
Speaker 1 (07:56):
One dog is good?
Noelle (07:57):
One dog is good for me.
Speaker 1 (07:58):
Do you take your dog on walks?
Noelle (07:59):
I do. We go hiking, walks, to the park, all the things.
Speaker 1 (08:02):
When you get home, is your dog fired up to see you?
Noelle (08:04):
Oh, howling, talking, all kinds of things.
Speaker 1 (08:06):
So your dog can in fact be your best friend, it doesn’t have to hold you hostage.
Noelle (08:10):
Nope.
Speaker 1 (08:11):
Okay. Noelle, thank you for your time. We really do appreciate it. And folks, thanks for listening to the Make Your Dog Epic Tulsa podcast.
(08:17)
Is your dog and furry friend holding you hostage? Will your dog not stop pulling on its leash and eating your sausage? Who wrote that?
Speaker 3 (08:25):
Well, I don’t mean to brag, but I actually wrote it and it rhymes. People dig it. Like a dog. You get it?
Speaker 1 (08:34):
Okay, so I’m just going to keep reading. Will your dog not stop jumping on you or pooping in your house like you’re on the set of Jumanji or living in a zoo?
Speaker 3 (08:43):
It only took me two weeks to write that line while sitting at the base of a waterfall while gazing upon my epic dog. The dog that once held me hostage was now my best friend.
Speaker 1 (08:54):
It’s so good.
Speaker 3 (08:55):
The dog that would never listen was now all ears.
Speaker 1 (08:59):
It’s so good I just want to cry.
Speaker 3 (09:01):
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Speaker 1 (09:23):
Wow.
Speaker 3 (09:25):
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Speaker 1 (10:08):
Wow. Man, Carl. You are a talented vocal artist.
Speaker 3 (10:12):
Well.
Speaker 1 (10:15):
I can feel the passion. It’s contagious.
Speaker 3 (10:17):
Well, my friend, I am passionate about the product. I once went 60 days without sleeping.
Speaker 1 (10:24):
Really?
Speaker 3 (10:24):
My wife’s wedding dress got eaten and my neighbor Pam was bitten by my dog.
Speaker 1 (10:30):
Oh man.
Speaker 3 (10:30):
My quality of life was at all time low. I actually, I didn’t invite people over to my home for months because of the new dog and I always smelled like urine.
Speaker 1 (10:39):
You do still smell a little bit like dog urine. Just a little.
Speaker 3 (10:42):
Well, I made my dog epic. I was hostage and that’s where the passion comes from. You’ve got to believe in your product and you’ve got to project from the diaphragm.
Speaker 1 (10:50):
The diaphragm.
Speaker 3 (10:51):
To bend your knees.
Speaker 1 (10:52):
Bend the knees, bend the knees.
Speaker 3 (10:54):
Drink ginger.
Speaker 1 (10:55):
Drink the ginger.
Speaker 3 (10:55):
You’ve got to ingest apple cider vinegar.
Speaker 1 (10:58):
Apple cider, I can do that.
Speaker 3 (10:59):
With a dog bone, you want to chew on the dog bone before the-
Speaker 1 (11:02):
Hard pass. I’m not going to…
Speaker 3 (11:03):
… Recording so that you can emulate the dog and you should listen to Atomic Dog.
Speaker 1 (11:09):
I can do that.
Speaker 3 (11:09):
But you’re not a dog, but you want to just chew on the bone. Get the oversized bone, not the regular sized bone.
Speaker 1 (11:18):
Hard pass. Just not going to chew on the bone.