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Transcript
Hey. Hey, welcome to Happy Tales of Happy Tails, the podcast where you’ll hear stories of the way pups have touched our hearts and our lives. So for the next few minutes, let everything else go and just listen and smile. I’m your host, Julie Jackson. Hi, friends and welcome back. I have always said that dog people are some of the best people. And this week is a perfect example of that. I’m joined today by Kelly Reynolds. She heard about the podcast through a mutual friend, and was adventurous and kind and generous enough to volunteer her time and sit down and chat with me. And I just had such a wonderful conversation with her it was so heartwarming, I love her stories of rescue and fostering and just the the patience and love she she has invested in her pups to give them the most amazing lives. It just will make your day and I’m so glad you’re here to listen and I appreciate Kelly and so please just sit back and enjoy.
Kelly:
So it needs a little one. He’s only like 11 pounds. So it’s so cute.
Julie Jackson:
Oh my gosh, they’re
Kelly:
all rescues. Yeah, there’s little Chonky. They’re all rescues.
Julie Jackson:
How sweet. Okay, so do you have any idea like what they’re kind of mixes of or what you do favor?
Kelly:
Yep, yep. So yeah, Tucker is a mountain picker. He was rescued from a puppy mill in New Mexico, I think and he was rescued out of there from National Mill Dog Rescue. And then from there, he was brought to Arizona Animal Welfare League. And from there he was adopted twice and brought back twice before me. And and I met him at like 11 months old. So that was like a whole ordeal from it for him than his first like bit of life. And Toby is a blue color cattle dog mix. Yeah. And so he’s he’s quite the character. He has quite a character. And he has some German Shepherd and stuff in them too. But he’s mostly cattle dog. And then chunky is a little like terrier mix. He is Chihuahua. Yorkie Doxon. Little bit of miniature miniature poodle, like it just he’s Yeah, the cutest little thing.
Julie Jackson:
Oh, that’s so fun. So are you on the ACD page? Is that part of the catalog page?
Kelly:
Oh, yeah. Yeah, that Phedre’s on? Yes. Yes. Yes. Yeah. Yeah, sorry. I have fur
Julie Jackson:
flying around. Yeah. Well, we we lost our littlest little size wise, not age wise heeler in November. But before that, we had three heelers. Oh, we Yes. And so
Kelly:
I that’s how I met Phedre. Actually, that page. Me too. Yeah. So Dr. What color are yours?
Julie Jackson:
Well, so one is definitely blue. And they’re littermates. They’re different. They’re twins. And one is definitely blue. That’s Eleanor. Lilly next to Eleanor looks red. But next to her red healer. She looks blue. If that makes sense. She
Kelly:
has like that blue in that blue and black dress. Like what color do you see right now?
Julie Jackson:
Yeah, exactly. Exactly. So she has a lot of brown in her. So I think that’s kind of what makes her look a little more red compared to that because Eleanor is very black. Got Oh, yeah. And then Roscoe. Our little guy that we lost. He was he was also very blue. And how old was Roscoe? He was he was only nine. Yeah, it happened really very suddenly. And we think that maybe he had a brain tumor. Because it just happened really fast. But he was such a character. I mean, they’re all especially heelers.
Kelly:
Oh my gosh. It’s the characters. Characters biggest personalities.
Julie Jackson:
Yes. Yeah. We used to last because Roscoe is small for a heeler and we packed so much personality in that tiny little body.
Kelly:
Yes, they do. Again, Toby is big for a heeler. He’s 65 ish pounds. And so his like German Shepherd is and that’s why I got him DNA tested. He has some German Shepherd in him and some Australian Shepherd, but and he has the hip problems of a German Shepherd. So not the dysplasia but just some like pretty good arthritis going on at his age. So but yeah, he’s a he’s a big boy for for a heeler.
Julie Jackson:
He is well, Roscoe. Right when he was young, he was a stray, and they had to amputate one of his hind legs. And so he was a tripod, and I don’t know if I like this is based On nothing scientific, but I almost wondered if that somehow impacted his growth. Because he didn’t get over. He most of his life. He was at 29 pounds. Oh, wow. That’s yeah, I mean, he was tiny. And I used to teach him. I mean, he was totally healer. Everything about Yeah, but oh yeah, I used to tease him because I was like, Don’t worry, buddy. If you had if you still had that leg, you’d be overthrown. You’d be tipping the scales if you’ve heard that. It would definitely add a pound or three. Yes, yes. So you’re good. You’re good. But yeah, and the girls are a lot more. They’re still low riders. They’re not like real tall, but they’re a lot thicker. And then you’ll probably see our two youngest or two year old Husky Shepherd, Malamute wolf mixes. Oh, hang on there. Yes. And they’re very active. And so there’s a good chance you might say, big white tails fly by some point.
Kelly:
Perfect. I love it. I love that. That’s all you got. Quite so you have for right now.
Julie Jackson:
Well, we have a little one. That okay. Yeah, I have a daughter in college. She lives here at home with us. And so she has a little one that is a little terrier. terrier gargoyle bat. We’re not sure what she does. She’s. And she’s funny, because she’s very much my daughter’s and we joke that she considers my daughter’s room her apartment. And when my daughter’s at work or school or, you know, stuffs going on, Molly prefers to retreat to the apartment. And the apartment. Yeah,
Kelly:
there you go.
Julie Jackson:
So it’s not as
Kelly:
they’re so loyal, are they? Oh, gosh, it’s crazy. Yeah, I love it a little bit.
Julie Jackson:
So how did you have you always been a dog person?
Kelly:
Yeah, yeah, I’ve always been a dog person. So I grew up. My dad was he bred labs and golden retrievers. And so we grew up just having puppies around all the time, and having dogs around all the time. And it was wonderful. And so not not rescue dogs in the traditional sense, but then kind of when I moved out on my own, I knew that I definitely wanted to do rescue. And but yeah, I grew up around around labs and Goldens and Dalmatians as well. But yeah, I have I’ve always had a dog around, always, always. And now I have three and it’s pure chaos. So it’s a
Julie Jackson:
lot of fun. But kind of it’s funny, because it’s such chaos. But then it’s like, I wouldn’t have it any other way.
Kelly:
Exactly, exactly. Yeah, I had the two big boys before chunk and they’re, you know, starting to slow down, they’re both about 10. And so the chaos was subsiding a little bit. And I also have chickens here too. I have about 20 chickens. And so I you know, every year I would get more chickens to compensate for the chaos and I just realized like I thrive in this like chaos busy. Lots of animals around me all the time. And then and then when chunk, his when he was born, his mom rejected their litter. And so I ended up bottle feeding his litter from two days old. With another foster we traded on and off every like four days so we could get some sleep. But we ended up I ended up fostering his litter and then ended up adopting him and got that puppy energy back in the house. And and it’s just been it’s been so wonderful. You know, I think I you know, as your dogs get older is you start you kind of mature with them. But then you when you are around puppies, and you remember what it’s like to have a younger dog and it’s just this infectious. Amazing, like happiness.
Julie Jackson:
Yeah, it’s just pure. It’s so pure.
Kelly:
It really is. It really is. It’s just amazing. And you can’t have a bad day around them. And his his little butt wiggles are just, he just gets to be so happy. And oh my gosh, just you can’t have a bad day. You could just gonna have a bad day with with, with puppies around.
Julie Jackson:
So do you foster like with a group or anything? Or just just fellow dog lovers that you?
Kelly:
Yeah. Yeah, so I was, um, I was volunteering with cherryland Meat society up here in northern Michigan. And so I was volunteering up there just doing enrichment and things like that with them. And then they sent out an email to all volunteer saying that they needed a foster and just something I never considered fostering before, but it must have just been, you know, what was meant to be? And I was like, oh, yeah, that sounds like fun. And so I ended up fostering through them too. But yeah, I’ve been volunteering with them for a while.
Julie Jackson:
Oh, that’s fantastic. That’s fantastic. Yeah, and
Kelly:
both of the The big boys are from a rescue in Arizona. And then Chonk is from his mom is from a rescue the same rescue up here the cherryland Humane Society. And his mom was part of a hoarding case, which is absolutely heartbreaking. They rescued 164 dogs, oh, this pretty small, pretty small place. And some of them were three to four dogs per crate. And there were some that were outside in the winter that didn’t have access to fresh water that wasn’t frozen and it was just an absolutely absolutely heartbreaking case. And so his mom was part of that rescue and and I’m just I’m so grateful that he never knew that you know, he never knew that bad That bad man he never knew that bad situation and he just has the best disposition and I you know, even these even these dogs that were rescued out of there, they’re some of the most resilient sweetest dogs that you’ve ever met and you would you have no I mean, I mean I’ve had you know, I’ve had you know, met different hoarding dogs you know, different dogs from different hoarding cases and these these dogs are just so special and so I think that’s kind of what made me want to foster his litter is just knowing how special that that whole group of dogs were. And but yeah, he he’s pretty special. Thank you chewing and chewing on my blanket over
Julie Jackson:
because he knows he’s talking
Kelly:
about me. You’re distracted? I can get into whatever I want.
Julie Jackson:
Nothing to see here mom. Yeah, exactly.
Kelly:
Exactly. Well, I
Julie Jackson:
thank you for fostering because that’s such a selfless just that’s such a selfless act and I personally i I’ve never fostered I would I think I would just keep them all I know that so that’s a really
Kelly:
yeah, this is my first time doing it actually. And so I probably shouldn’t do it again. Because I think I think I would keep another one but uh, I thought you know, because I have the two big boys I thought oh, they’re their Yorkie mixes their mom was looked very very very Yorkie and um and I said oh you know they’re they’re Yorkie mixes I’m in no danger of wanting to adopt them. I don’t like little dogs, you know, anything like that. And but no, I just absolutely fell in love with them and a whole litter to they’re just they’re so adorable.
Julie Jackson:
Oh, that’s so sweet. So, do you kind of know where they went? Are you able to keep up with any of them or no
Kelly:
litter? Yes. Yeah, we’re actually all friends. All of us that adopted them are all friends. We just had their first birthday party. They all got together all four of them. We all got together for their first birthday party and invited some people from the shelter. And some of our friends that had been there kind of along their journey. And we had this big birthday party for them last weekend. It was so stinking cute.
Julie Jackson:
I love that. Hopefully you got lots of pictures.
Kelly:
Oh my gosh, so many. So you have no idea how many pictures?
Julie Jackson:
You okay? If you if you are if you’re okay with sharing some I would love for you to share them because love to be able to absolutely that’s so much fun. So when they reunite do they recognize each other?
Kelly:
Oh yes absolutely chunk is still like best friends with his brother fit. So they get together like once a week him in him in hit fits his mom and me are very good friends. And so we get together we go to the park or you know, to our houses, they they play nonstop. And then when they get together with the girls because there was two boys and two girls, when they get together with the girls. They just they play just like they they they’ve known each other their whole lives, which they have. They just yeah, they pick up right where they left off. We probably see another one of the girls probably once a month, which is really nice. And then the other one lives on the other side of town. But we get together for the big stuff like this, like the first birthday parties and stuff and they get along so well.
Julie Jackson:
That’s amazing. Okay, so did the big boys go to the party too? Or do they stay back?
Kelly:
The big boys stay back at home they’re a little grouchy in their old age. Especially with all the puppy energy. They’re just especially the healer, you know, they gets very particular Toby He is Mr. Boundaries he doesn’t like dogs jumping up on him. He has give me this personal face all of that and so so yeah, the big boys stayed at home for that but they when chunks brother when bits is over they love Fitz Mel do they hang out with Fitz all the time they love that but a whole party with with a lot of puppies just not they’re not their gig.
Julie Jackson:
I could see that art Are our healer girls. There? They will be 13 in October. Yeah. And you know, so yes. And Eleanor. We joke that we call her the office manager. She’s the one that like established. She’s the one that enforces the boundary ups and Lily Hobi I’m sorry, go ahead. Oh, no, you go ahead. Go ahead.
Kelly:
I was gonna say Toby is black and white. He’s a, you know, Blue Heeler. He’s black and white and I he barks at them when they’re playing all the time. So Toby, it’s a good thing that you’re black and white, because you already have your referee jersey.
Julie Jackson:
I should use that with Eleanor because she’s our black. Exactly right. Like you already dressed for the job. Yes, you came in uniform. I never even thought of that. That’s perfect. Because she will she will. So Lily her sister is completely blind now. And always happy always smiling. You know, you talked about resilience and how they just amaze me. But it’s funny, because Eleanor is just always super serious. And I don’t know if you’ve ever watched the cartoon Phineas and Ferb. I haven’t No. Oh, okay. It, there’s a character in there. That’s Perry the Platypus. And he has a little bit of a lazy eye. And he’s always super serious. And that’s her like she has and is always super serious. And every now and then she’ll bust out a big smile. But we laugh because with the two we call the the Husky mixes the flu Fs. And of course, you know, they’re rambunctious and it’s funny because they’ll get going and she’ll just be there and then all of a sudden when she’s had enough, she shuts it down.
Kelly:
Yeah, really? Yeah. It’s the referee. Taylor. Yes. Yep. It’s a good thing. You’re wearing black and white.
Julie Jackson:
I love that. I’m gonna I’m gonna start using that with
Kelly:
these heelers are so funny. I swear.
Julie Jackson:
My goodness. Now it was Was he your first heeler?
Kelly:
Yes. Yes. My first heeler. And I so I had Tucker first. And then I went to the rescue, looking for a smaller girl dog for Tucker to be friends with right. And. And somebody told me about Toby, his name was Rory at the time in the rescue. And somebody told me about them. And I had these girls picked out that I really wanted to meet. And they just didn’t end up working out in the meet and greets. And I said, you know, somebody told me about Rory, let me see Rory, and he comes down, you know, into the end of the kennel. And he just absolutely he picked Tucker to be his brother. And he was just like, you’re my brother now. Okay, you have to be my mom. Okay, that’s fine. You can be my mom. But this is my brother. And, you know, there was no looking back. He just he absolutely fit in. And I had to do so much research on heelers and figure out how to, you know, deal with their energy, you know, to stimulate them, you know, and get their energy out. But also when they have low energy, like the biggest challenge, I mean, I can get his energy out just fine. But the biggest challenge with him has been when he needs to take a nap. He’s like a toddler. And you know, every afternoon he gets cranky, and it’s like, I have to put him down for his nap. And if I don’t put him down for his nap, he starts getting cranky. He starts nipping at people he starts Do you know do and heeler things. It’s like you just need to lay down for a little while and take a nap and so it’s a managing the highs and the lows, which I never thought was the thing with dogs but managing all of the energy with healers has been has been a challenge. I don’t think I can imagine myself now though without a heeler. Toby is getting older and I think even you know after you know Toby, I just can’t imagine my life without that. That energy around. They’re just so special. They’re so unique. They’re they’re so amazing. I absolutely fell in love with the breed with Toby.
Julie Jackson:
I love that you say that because another dear friend of mine is she’s the one who introduced me to the page the cattle dog page and she’ll every now and then she’ll text me and she’ll say something like Oh, oh hey buddy
Kelly:
there’s a there is
Julie Jackson:
I see your Bentley I see your family Oh
Kelly:
you think you are good boy, thank you. Thank you for saying hi buddy.
Julie Jackson:
She’ll text and she’ll be like, oh, there’s someone on the page that says they’re new to the breed any tips? Oh, okay, cool your seat belts Yeah. But they are I mean it then once you experience it, they’re not for the faint of heart like you know they will try you but then what man once you once you have been rescued by a heeler.
Kelly:
Yes, I always say Toby is has been, by far in my entire life. My biggest challenge, but my biggest reward, and he I think he was abused before me. He has. He is absolutely terrified of feet, and of baseball bats. And it is just absolutely tariff, it is absolutely heartbreaking. He is so terrified of them. And you know, to be his person and to be the only person who will fall asleep next to to be the you know, the person he the only person he trusts to build that trust to learn and grow with that dog. And to help them build that trust has been like, has been absolutely my biggest reward in life. My biggest challenge. Absolutely, but my biggest reward Absolutely.
Julie Jackson:
Oh, that’s so sweet.
Kelly:
He’s a special way.
Julie Jackson:
Yeah, they really are. I said,
Kelly:
No, they’re not for the faint of heart. Yeah, you kind
Julie Jackson:
of and I really didn’t know what I was getting into. But I’ve always been a dog person. And fortunately, I’ve at least when it comes to dogs have always been able to kind of like we expect our dogs to have manners. So I don’t want to make it sound like I let them run amok, but like if they tear something up, I can see that I’m not my dogs bring me joy. My stuff doesn’t. So while I don’t want them destroying anything, like if they tear something up, I’ve always been where I can kind of look back and go, Okay, well, I didn’t really need that then you know, versus like it really wearing on me or something. So I didn’t really know exactly what I was getting into with the healers. But I said I got a little easier when I finally came to terms with the fact that I probably wasn’t the smartest person in the house anymore.
Kelly:
Yes, 1,000%. Yes, Toby outsmarts. me every single day. It is absurd. It’s absurd. It’s crazy. Yes. Oh, I know. You got a lot to say, huh? Yes, he outsmarts me every single day. They are so smart. It’s crazy. Yeah.
Julie Jackson:
And just so intuitive. How they Yeah, it’s amazing. They really are. I mean, I love all dogs and they all have their gifts and even within breeds or whatever. It’s crazy how different you know, they’re different personalities and you see the different roles they play, I guess in your world that
Kelly:
really? Yeah. Are yours talkative. You’re healers because I call him talkie Toby. He is just, he is mouthy and vocal and he you can tell exactly what he’s thinking at any given point of time.
Julie Jackson:
Well, so Lilly and Eleanor are not really there. They’re not very but Roscoe was Roscoe was a lot more a lot more vocal. And he we had to disable the glass break detector on our home security system. Because when going it was just the right whatever the right wavelength or APS to trigger it. And so, but we laughed because once we got Chuck and Barney are the Husky mixes the flute, okay, and what and of course, Huskies they’re very
Kelly:
Oh, yes,
Julie Jackson:
they have a lot to say. And we would laugh because almost every day, Roscoe would get them fired up singing the song of their people. And so we started laughing that we were like you think you’re the little you think you’re the tiniest Husky now like he was so excited to have I guess brothers that would talk with him. And he would whip them up into a frenzy and I’d have to go in and then I have a really funny video clip where they’re all in our bedroom and I hear him get them going and I could never get him on video because as soon as they see the phone come out they’re all like so I’m walking through the house to catch it and you can hear them all over the house and just as like oh there it’s all junk.
Kelly:
No yeah there’s little Chonk
Julie Jackson:
as I get right outside the bedroom door where they are you hear Roscoe give like a warning bark.
Kelly:
She’s gonna make
Julie Jackson:
Yes, exactly what happened. And they all immediately get quiet. Oh, my God is around the corner. All three of them are just looking at me. Like what what you know, and they all have like, you know, areas just the big, you know, and they’re kind of moving like, hey, what do you do? What Yeah, I have nothing to say. Yeah, exactly. So yeah, Lilly and Eleanor. Eleanor will talk when she needs to shut everybody down when everyone needs to settle down. Oh, yes, yep. And Lilly, I have actually noticed, since she has completely lost all of her vision. She is more verbal. And I think what it is, is when she’s not sure, like who’s still in the room with me, or what’s happening, if she feels a little uncertain, then sometimes she’ll just stand in the room and bark. And I think it’s just so that we are like, It’s okay. We’re right here. And yeah.
Kelly:
So yeah, she gets a response and notices around
Julie Jackson:
yeah, yes. So I think that’s so once again, it’s very simple, right? Is she is yeah, just very intentional. But we’re Roscoe would just do it just because he had something to say. Sure.
Kelly:
Yeah. Same with Toby. Same with Toby. He’s the exact same way.
Julie Jackson:
Yeah, just okay. So are any of the others or do they just let him do all the talking?
Kelly:
They pretty much let him do the talking chunk. is pretty yappy because he has that Chihuahua in him. But he’ll you know he’ll see something blow outside, you know, leaf blow outside or someone you know, drive past that he doesn’t like and he’ll start yapping but and it’s so funny because I’ll open the back door. Let him go out back. You know, go potty and he’ll just go out. And there’s nothing out there. He just needs to like flex his golden pipes. That’s what I tell him like, he dislikes your pipes. All right. There’s nothing out there that he’s not looking. And he’ll just run around the entire perimeter like just barking not looking at anything in particular or barking. You just needed to go out and bark. It’s like alright. I’m sorry, neighbors. But this is what this is our life now. This is what we do. This is our Yep, this is life with a park Chihuahua. So and then Tucker. He’s my oldest he’s in this. He’s my heart. This Tucker is my heart. And we talked a whole lot about him just because he’s so he’s so just like strong and steady and perfect. But he doesn’t bark a whole lot unless, unless he’s playing with a little boy and him and him and John Kim and the littlest one are best friends. Which is just so wonderful to see because Tucker’s Tucker turned 10 in January. And just so to see him getting older and see his energy come out with the puppy and his protectiveness, too. And then cuddling and all that. It’s just like it absolutely warms my heart.
Julie Jackson:
It’s It’s so amazing to see those dynamics. So how did you how did you and Tucker come to be? How did you
Kelly:
find that? I knew I wanted to rescue dog. It was just it was just me. I was single and on my own as an adult for the first time. And I knew I needed a dog. And so I went to an Arizona Animal Welfare League. And I was like, Okay, I’m going to see all these dogs and you know, meet all these dogs. And he literally was the first dog in the first kennel. As soon as I walked in, and I saw him and he looks so much like my friend’s dog that I absolutely liked. absolutely adored. I loved him. brindle, beautiful, big. And I was just like, Okay, I’ll meet him. And it was there was just something I didn’t know it was it was so funny, because it wasn’t necessarily like, we instantly formed this bond or any it wasn’t anything like that. It was just like, okay, he seems like a great dog. You know, like, yeah, okay, okay, I’ll take him you know, he seems great. And we just formed this connection from there. That was crazy. And he’s, he’s absolutely my entire heart. This dog he, he you know, you hear that term heart dog and you know, you love all of your dogs. Obviously love them all. And there’s just something in your soul that connects there’s something in my soul that connects with his soul. And you know, I was talking to a friend earlier about you know, hiking with dogs and he, he you know, is in tune with me in a way that none of my other dogs ever have been if I’m nervous on a steep you know, incline or decline. He senses that and slows down and he’s so in tune and he’s watching my footsteps and he’s, you know, he and I would absolutely 1,000% and trust him with my life. And he is just he’s always next to me. He is always he’s just he’s, we’re completely inseparable and I’m going to be absolutely destroyed when it says time to go. But he has completely changed my life and completely changed who I am as a person and taught me so much about love and compassion and patience. He has really severe separation anxiety. I’m so You know, I spent 1000s of dollars trying to train him to be in a crate or, you know, use essential oils for him to try to calm him down or thunder shirts or whatever, whatever, you know all the things that you can do for separation anxiety, but it was just true. True. One 100% Extreme separation anxiety and less than a year after I adopted him, I ended up working from home and I’ve been working remotely ever since. So it’s been it’s been really perfect for him. And for me, too. And there’s extreme there’s an extreme amount of codependence going on Yeah, he’s just he’s my strong silence daddy. Calm Perfect, perfect. Boy. There’s no other way to describe him. He’s just perfect.
Julie Jackson:
That’s beautiful. Beautiful. I mean, it’s funny when you say that like the codependence and everything and I repeat myself. I’ve said this with other people too. But like with my daughter, I want to raise her to be a productive contributing member of society. And I want her to go out into the world and work to make it better than it was before she got there. I’m not raising my dogs to do that. I mean, my dogs need to have manners. But if my dog if if a dog needs to be codependent, it’s fine for them to be codependent. They’re not going to move out at some point need
Kelly:
to bring your own. Exactly. Exactly. You know,
Julie Jackson:
obviously not destructive. Obviously, manners and and and you know, not aggressive or I don’t mean that anything’s you know, fair game, but I always laugh because I’m like, okay, so. So what if they don’t like that or so? What if, okay, what if they want to sleep in the bed with me? i Okay. I’m not gonna send that like
Kelly:
sometime they’re gonna get married and they’re gonna have to like learn how to sleep without you like sleeping for the rest of their life. It’s fine.
Julie Jackson:
Yeah, it’s not like one day I’m gonna be like, Okay, it’s time for you to move out now. So Exactly, yeah. So I don’t think you know, I don’t think that’s a bad I don’t think what the dog is really IS code. codependence is
Kelly:
fully embrace that codependence. Yeah.
Julie Jackson:
Because a bad thing you know?
Kelly:
Yes, absolutely. I agree. I agree. Yep. They’re pretty special.
Julie Jackson:
So do any of them. Do you have any stories with them where they have done stuff where you’re just like, like with healers, you know, a lot of times there’s just shenanigans. Yeah. Do they ever pull that stuff on? You are mostly they pretty predictable.
Kelly:
I would say for the most part, they’re pretty predictable. I am a very routine oriented type a person and you know, for the most part we they are too they follow their routines. And Toby he does though he does outsmart me. And there’s been times you know, he’s a drama queen. You know, he thinks, you know, he stubbed his toe and he just he feels like he’s dying. You know, and he’s oh my gosh, I look at my palm gonna die. And, you know, I go to, you know, get a bag of treats or something to calm him down. He runs right over to me, you know, and it’s like your paws fine, dude, you know? So he, you know, he does that sort of stuff all the time. He when we first moved up here to Michigan, because like I said, we’re we lived in Arizona for a long time. That’s where they’re from. When we first moved up here in Michigan, he got porcupines and so he got the mouthful of quills and all of that so he that was a lot of fun and a lot of money later but so he’s just been constantly the one to you know, give me a run for my money out try to arts try to outsmart me try to, you know, get attention in any way possible. You know, Tucker, like I said, He’s the absolute perfect one. And so it’s funny when he does something wrong, and I yell at him like Tucker, you can’t do that. You know, he looks at me like, What just happened? Are you yelling at me? Like, that never happens. That’s weird. You know, so he’s, he’s pretty funny. But for the most part, I think, you know, I was thinking about that earlier. They are pretty. They are pretty predictable and routine oriented. Having the puppy around has been you know, definitely a change and a welcome change and he’s just hilarious. He is just so like, He’s so kind and compassionate and loving and and fun. and energetic and all of the best parts of my dogs. Yeah, of both of the big boys combined, you know, and he brings out the best in them and brings out the best in me. And, you know, I always like to say, you know, the four of us, you know, it was before it was the three of us, but the four of us now, you know, we’re not perfect, none of us are perfect, right? And they have their issues, you know, they’re not extremely dog friendly, you know, with other big dogs, things like that. We all have our issues. We’re not perfect, but, you know, the four of us were really perfect together. You know, there were just absolutely perfect together, couldn’t ask for a better, better companions to get through this life with and it’s just me, you know, I’m single, and I don’t have kids. And it’s just me and I couldn’t ask for better companions to live the life live this life with their absolutely perfect.
Julie Jackson:
Kelly, that is so beautiful. Thank you so much for sharing. I just I really appreciate you being here. It’s been such a pleasure to meet you.
Kelly:
Yes, absolutely. I’ve loved chatting with you and sharing healer tales.
Julie Jackson:
Yes. Yes. Which not everyone can understand.
Kelly:
Definitely not. No, but they are. They are a wonderful breed. And I’ve enjoyed talking to you about them.
Julie Jackson:
Yes. Well, if you ever I mean ever want to share anything again. Message me, you know where to find me now.
Kelly:
Together. You know, there were just absolutely perfect together, couldn’t ask for a better, better companions to get through this life with and it’s just me, you know, I’m single and I don’t have kids. And it’s just me and I couldn’t ask for better companions to live the life live this life with are absolutely perfect.
Julie Jackson:
Oh, Kelly, that is so beautiful. Thank you so much for sharing. I just I really appreciate you being here. It’s been such a pleasure to meet you.
Kelly:
Yes, absolutely. I’ve loved chatting with you and sharing heeler tales.
Julie Jackson:
Yes, yes. which not everyone can understand.
Kelly:
Definitely not no, but they are they are wonderful breed. And I’ve enjoyed talking to you about them.
Julie Jackson:
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