In this Q+A episode, Annie discusses how to deal with dogs in elevators, and how to navigate dog parks. She also talks about what to do if your dog gets off leash, and how to help a dog who attacks her brother whenever they pass another dog. Have a question for a future episode? Visit AnnieGrossman.com/ask



Show notes - Products: Fleece Activity Mat - Wall-Mounted Slow Feeder - Freedom Harness - Liquid Treat Dispenser - Target Stick - Whistle Recall DVD - Grisha Stewart's BAT guide - Music: "Back To School Again" by JazzBanjoRex - Sponsor: Is your Inbox a mess? You need SANEBOX! Free trial and $15 off at SchoolForTheDogs.com/Sane

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Partial Transcript:

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Annie:

Hey podcast, listeners. Thank you so much for tuning in. This is a Q and A episode. This is my second Q and A episode. It's also our back to school episode, and I don't know about you, but I hated school, pretty much. I pretty much hated school all through all of my formal schooling to be totally honest. And I feel like September always felt like a sad time where there was sort of, dread, which I think, this song conveys. But now as an adult and as the owner of a school, School for the Dogs, I don't feel that way at all.  I love the weather and I love that my dog students are all coming back from their vacations and they're psyched to be back. I'm really glad to see their owners. So many of whom have become really good friends.

And it feels like it feels like school is, is a good thing and it's revving up. And actually we just signed a lease on a new space for School for the Dogs, our second space, we're going to be operating in both locations for at least a few months, if not longer. The new space is on East Seventh street. We're hoping to it open by next month. So that's another reason that I'm excited about this back to school season. But for me when I was younger, I think the only thing that made going back to school slightly manageable was the back to school shopping. To be honest, I liked getting books and pens and I liked getting a new backpack and I liked that part of it. So I thought in that spirit, I would mention before I start answering some of the great questions that have come in, I thought I would mention a few of the cool new products that we have at storeforthedogs.com and maybe a couple of ones that we've had for awhile.



We’re really excited about these new activity mats that have come in, they're made of fleece. They're kind of like snuffle mats, which is something that we've carried for a while. Different kinds of snuffle mats, snuffle mats are basically fabric kind of like rugs that you can hide things in, you can hide dry food or treats and they're like really, really super plushy stringy bathmats. But these new activity mats have even more, sort of like, fabric obstacles on them, where you can hide things, tuck things in flaps and such.



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