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Speaker 1:
All right, we are here with the Make Your Dog Epic podcast. Today we’re talking about aggressive dogs in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Tulsa aggressive dogs. So I am joined here with Carter, who has his own dog. How are you doing Carter?
Carter:
I’m doing great.
Speaker 1:
Nice, and what kind of dog do you have?
Carter:
That’s a mystery.
Speaker 1:
Okay, fair. I think it’s a little Chihuahua mixed thing.
Carter:
It’s definitely not a Chihuahua, no. I would never have a Chihuahua.
Speaker 1:
Well, today we’re talking about frequently asked questions and we’re going to talk about how you can fix your aggressive dog. Maybe you’ve had an aggressive dog or you have a reactive dog, or you’re like, I don’t know if my dog bites or doesn’t bite, or I’ve taken him to him dog park and he’s only bitten 18 dogs and you feel like there’s still help.
Carter:
Let’s get him into the 17, 16 range.
Speaker 1:
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Got to get more experience out there. Socialize him a little more. Well Carter, we’re going to start with your dog. You do have a, would you say your dog’s aggressive?
Carter:
I’m not comfortable with this line of questioning.
Speaker 1:
Would you say your dog is slightly aggressive?
Carter:
Slightly.
Speaker 1:
Reactive?
Carter:
Reactive, I would say is a better word.
Speaker 1:
Carter, has your dog ever bit someone?
Carter:
No.
Speaker 1:
I’m going to ask you one more time. Carter, has your dog ever bit somebody?
Carter:
Yes.
Speaker 1:
Okay, there it is. Because I know the answer, because you have an aggressive dog in Tulsa, because you live in Tulsa and your dog’s aggressive, which means you would have an aggressive dog in Tulsa, correct? Or a reactive dog in Tulsa.
Carter:
There you go, yeah.
Speaker 1:
Okay. That’s fair. Well, nice.
Carter:
It’s never his fault.
Speaker 1:
Yeah, that’s fair. That’s what a lot of people say. So basically tell us what’s going on with your dog. What does your dog do? Habits that your dog currently does that you wish you could fix? Because what you say, a lot of people are going to say. They might be struggling with the same stuff. So I want to see that.
Carter:
I don’t think it’s necessary for my dog to warn me about every single car that drives by my house via loud barking.
Speaker 1:
So it does that every time the car drives by, it barks?
Carter:
Yes.
Speaker 1:
Okay. What else?
Carter:
He is extremely defensive of just me.
Speaker 1:
Got it.
Carter:
So he’s reactive only when I’m around. When I’m not around, he’s not reactive. And then I just don’t trust him with other dogs. I want him to be friends with other dogs and I don’t trust him.
Speaker 1:
Has he bitten another dog?
Carter:
A long time ago, yeah.
Speaker 1:
Now, he has bit a human. Am I actually the only person your dog has bit?
Carter:
Yes.
Speaker 1:
Really?
Carter:
Yes.
Speaker 1:
Fair. Well, and just so you know, I was messing with Carter’s dog because I live there and I picked his dog up and I was fake growling and his dog bit me. So one would say, that’s my fault. I would actually say-
Carter:
Actually more than one would say, all would say.
Speaker 1:
That’s fair. Some might say, I would never say, some might say that though. So that was my fault. But he’s never bitten another person other than that. But every time somebody comes to the door, your dog barks until they leave or your dog barks randomly throughout the night?
Carter:
Sometimes. Well, there’s a reason for it. It’s just not a good one. He probably heard a cricket or something.
Speaker 1:
All right. And then basically your dog barks at dogs, barks at people, barks at anything that moves and has bitten a human, which some would say might not be his fault.
Carter:
Listen, I know you’re listing stuff, but I feel like you’re personally attacking my dog right now.
Speaker 1:
Okay, that’s fair. Well, I am attacking your dog because your dog is, how old’s your dog?
Carter:
13.
Speaker 1:
13. And what kind of dog is it really?
Carter:
It’s honestly, I don’t know. Terrier mix, I would say.
Speaker 1:
Got it. So terrier mix.
Carter:
He was supposed to be a Bulldog. I saw a little picture of his face with nine other dogs and I was like, I want that one. And they brought him to me and all the dogs were like Bulldog mixes and he showed up looking way smaller.
Speaker 1:
Got it. So it was supposed to be a Bulldog.
Carter:
Supposed to be a Bulldog.
Speaker 1:
And you got a Chihuahua mix.
Carter:
No.
Speaker 1:
He’s a Chihuahua.
Carter:
Stop using that. Nothing against Chihuahuas for the listeners at home, but I just personally would never have a Chihuahua. And I don’t.
Speaker 1:
So again, today we’re talking about Tulsa aggressive dogs, so aggressive dogs in Tulsa. And Carter has one that’s reactive, aggressive.
Carter:
But it’s not his fault.
Speaker 1:
He’s been doing this for 13 years.
Carter:
Off and on.
Speaker 1:
So basically for 13 years. And so most people would say it’s too late. They’d think I’ve had people say, Hey, my dog’s two and it’s too late to train my dog. But I personally have worked with multiple 13-year-old dogs. I worked with 13-year-old Puggle who was not aggressive and it’s hard because it’s part Pug. So Pugs can work for 10 minutes.
Carter:
What’s the ole.
Speaker 1:
You said what?
Carter:
What’s the ole. You said Puggle. What’s the mix? What’s the second?
Speaker 1:
Yeah, Beagle. Pug and Beagle mix. But it’s 13 and it’s part Pug and Pugs can’t breathe. So after 10 minutes he’s like, dude, I’m going to fricking die. I need a rest. They can’t breathe because their nose is so short. And then it’s part Beagle and anyone who owns a Beagle knows that Beagles are very loud. They’re notorious for being super loud. And then the dad, I got there at the first lesson. So at Make Your Dog Epic, we offer the first lesson for 50 cent. That way I can come out and work with your dog and figure out your dog’s needs and figure out your goals. Every dog’s different. Everyone’s goals are different. So at that first lesson, dad was like, “Listen dude, I’m just going to be real with you. I don’t know why you’re here. My wife thinks [inaudible 00:05:32], but our dog has ran out of the house for all 13 years and we never see it until two days later, typically when the neighbors bring it back. So it’s just always happened. It will never not happen. So I don’t know why you’re here.”
And these are the ones I like because this is my chance to… I like the hard cases. So anyways, we took that dog for a week long bootcamp and now they can have their dog outside in the front yard with no issues. And I personally worked with your dog and what would you say… You were nervous at first because you have never worked with-
Carter:
In particular with him being around other dogs, I was very nervous, yes.
Speaker 1:
And you have never worked with a professional dog trainer?
Carter:
No.
Speaker 1:
So you didn’t know how it’d go. And have you trained him? Have you tried your own?
Carter:
We got the basic sit that he listens to. A little spotty on that one, but he’s got the sit down.
Speaker 1:
I’ve seen that actually.
Carter:
Yeah, he’s really good at sitting.
Speaker 1:
I’ve seen you do that. And just so everyone listening knows, by really good, he means he says it once.
Carter:
Like half the time.
Speaker 1:
The dog doesn’t listen. He says it twice, Tulo doesn’t listen. The third time he raises his voice, Tulo looks like him like are you talking to me like that?
Carter:
No, he’ll do it on the third one.
Speaker 1:
The fourth time.
Carter:
No, not four, just three.
Speaker 1:
He kind of does it.
Carter:
No, he does it on the third one.
Speaker 1:
And then you also do a finger snap thing, right?
Carter:
Yeah.
Speaker 1:
You got that in.
Carter:
Yeah, I got that down.
Speaker 1:
So this is how Carter does it, just so you know.
Carter:
I feel like you’re attacking me now.
Speaker 1:
I am.
Carter:
I’m not comfortable with that.
Speaker 1:
Tulo, sit. Tulo, sit. Tulo, sit. Tulo, Tulo, sit.
Carter:
No, not the fourth one. It’s always the third one.
Speaker 1:
Tulo. And that’s how Carter trains his dog.
Carter:
That’s an inaccurate representation of me.
Speaker 1:
So I did basically, because you have never seen how we train at Make Your Dog Epic. So I did the first lesson with you and I worked with your dog in front of you and I worked on the aggression. How would you say you felt or saw or what would you say went on there?
Carter:
Improvement. Noticeable improvement.
Speaker 1:
And we worked with, your dog would bark at me or bark when anyone would knock on a door.
Carter:
Mm-hmm.
Speaker 1:
Or I could look at Tulo and knock on the wall, and he’s been so conditioned to bark at things when that happens that he would just bark. We immediately were working with Tulo and Tulo would come from about six feet away and he immediately stopped barking and then he stopped the… We worked on, he was able to get around Achilles, my dog, and not try to murder him or bark at him.
Carter:
That was good.
Speaker 1:
Or growl at him.
Carter:
Yeah, it was really good. He didn’t try to murder him.
Speaker 1:
Now, I don’t want to put words in your mouth, but you did say there-
Carter:
You basically spent the last eight minutes doing exactly that.
Speaker 1:
You said that was really impressive. Did you say that?
Carter:
No. I said it was really cool.
Speaker 1:
All right, that’s fair. So Carter was actually thoroughly impressed. He just doesn’t want to admit it, but this is-
Carter:
Yeah, I was impressed.
Speaker 1:
I’m telling you this story because maybe you guys have a dog that is reactive or barking or aggressive or jumping on people. Whatever your dog’s dealing with, I guarantee you we’ve seen it and we’ve worked with it and we, for sure, can fix it. And if for whatever reason we can’t fix it, I will tell you that at the first lesson. So at makeyourdogepic.com, you can go there, you can fill out a request or you can call our number and we will schedule that first lesson. We do that lesson at a park, we do it at your home, whichever one you want. And that’s where we’re going to work with your dog in front of you. It’s kind of a try it before you buy it thing. And with us, there’s a couple of big things with us. We have either one-on-one lessons where it’s half dog training, half human training.
I’ll let you guys guess which one’s harder. And then we have the boarding trains where the dog comes and stays with us. We call it boarding school. It’s anywhere from one to three weeks, just depending on how advanced you want your dog trained. And then no matter what, you get group class forever. So you get two free classes a week forever, which Carter would be great for your dog. It gives you a chance to get around other people and other dogs in a safe environment. It’s not like a dog park where it’s like 50/50, I don’t know how these other dogs will react.
Carter:
Oh yeah, dog parks are sketch.
Speaker 1:
And also we offer a money back guarantee, so it’s me putting my money where mouth is saying, Hey, I know what I do works or I will give you your money back. Where a lot of trainers in Tulsa, so a lot of dog trainers in Tulsa, they will use the terminology it might stick. What that means is basically their excuse to either blame you or the dog and then not take accountability. So at Make Your Dog Epic, we will never do that. So big things you can go to makeyourdogepic.com. We train aggressive dogs in Tulsa. We do it a lot. Anything you currently deal with, we’ve seen and we are excited to help you guys. And as we like to say on this show, we’ll talk to you in five minutes.
Speaker 3:
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? Well, I don’t mean to brag, but I actually wrote it and, wow, it rhymes. People dig it, like a dog. You get it? 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? 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 4:
It’s so good.
Speaker 3:
The dog that would never listen was now all ears.
Speaker 4:
It’s so good. I just want to cry.
Speaker 3:
Pull yourself together, man. And if you too want to transform your dog from a furry terrorist into your best friend, what you need to do is schedule your first lesson at makeyourdogepic.com, where your first lesson is always just 50 cents. And with the savings, you can use that to pay the rent. Again, your first lesson is always just 50 cents at makeyourdogepic.com.
Speaker 4:
Wow.
Speaker 3:
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Speaker 4:
Wow.
Speaker 1:
Man Carter, you are a talented vocal artist.
Speaker 3:
Well I-
Speaker 1:
I can sense… I can feel the passion. It’s contagious.
Speaker 3:
Well, my friend, I am passionate about the product. I once went 60 days without sleeping.
Speaker 1:
Really?
Speaker 3:
My wife’s wedding dress got eaten and my neighbor Pam was bitten by my dog.
Speaker 1:
Oh, man.
Speaker 3:
And my quality of life was at an 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:
You do still smell a little bit like dog urine.
Speaker 3:
So 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:
The diaphragm.
Speaker 3:
To bend your knees.
Speaker 1:
Bend the knees, bend the knees.
Speaker 3:
Drink ginger.
Speaker 1:
Drink the ginger.
Speaker 3:
You’ve got to ingest apple cider vinegar.
Speaker 1:
Apple cider. I can do that.
Speaker 3:
With a dog bone. You want to chew on the dog bone before the-
Speaker 1:
Hard pass. I’m not going to-
Speaker 3:
Recording so that you can now emulate the dog and you should listen to Atomic Dog.
Speaker 1:
I can do that.
Speaker 3:
But you’re not a dog. But you want to just chew on the bone, the oversized bone, not the regular sized bone.
Speaker 1:
Not going to chew on the bone.