From a high energy pup to one of the smartest members of the family, Cheetah is a sweet boy that keeps his family on their toes.
Transcript
Julie Jackson:
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, Jackson, thank you so much for doing this. Oh,
Meagan:
No problem. I’m excited to hear what you’re doing. So Cheetah it is. We adopted him from Apollo Support and Rescue. And we were told he is a cattlahula and pit. That’s all we knew. And we got him. And we picked him out when he was about I think it was like six weeks because we didn’t get him until he was almost eight weeks, maybe nine weeks. And then kind of as he grew and stuff, we’re like, Oh, you are a cattahula and pit mix. And at one phase, I was like, I’m pretty sure you have Chihuahua. And you That was That was scary.
Julie Jackson:
It’s quite a mix.
Meagan:
You still like really puppies. I use going to the vet more frequently and stuff. And I asked them, it was probably like six months or so. I was like, Do you think he has Chihuahua in him? And they are like, most definitely. And I was like, Oh, Lord.
Julie Jackson:
What was it that made y’all think that? Yes, his
Meagan:
facial hair in his skinny nose. And yeah, and then it made sense with all the snuggling and the way he sleeps, and just some of his personality traits were leaning towards it. So um, and then I’ve seen one of his sisters. I’ve seen two of his sisters actually at shot clinics when he was a little puppy too. They would see our folder that we’re holding, like, is that one of these letters? It is. And so some of his sisters had more of a lab face to them. They had floppy ears. And so we think it’s just kind of a little bit of everything. Which is so fun. And he did have spots when we got him. And so he knew he was for sure how to heal. And then probably about three, four months old, the spots faded.
Julie Jackson:
Oh, because he’s he’s mostly kind of blondish now. Sydney. Yeah, he’s
Meagan:
real. Kind of a tan color. Yeah. And then he’s got the white dip toes and tail. And that’s about he’s got a white spot on his chest. And that’s about it. So. Oh, but yeah, he was named cheetah by Maverick. And because he had the spots. Like, oh, well, now we just have cheetah with no spots. That’s okay, though. Well, it’s all good. So, um, but funny. When we went to look at cheetah, he was in a foster home with one of his siblings. It was another male, I guess. And I wanted the other puppy. He was the calmest puppy I’d ever seen. He would just lay I could hold him and he’s sleeping my arms. And I’ve never had a puppy do that. I always get this as dogs. And I was like, this is the one we’re gonna get an Maverick was like, no, he’s like, the other one. And named cheetah at the time. You know, he was chasing circles around them and running and playing, biting and all the things I did not want with, I guess eight year old seven year old at the time. And so I was like, Okay, we’ll discuss this and come back later. And Matt was like, you’re getting cheated. You’re getting that dog. Right? I was like, I am not getting that one. want that one? I’m not raising that. He’s like, No, and that’s what Maverick wants. It’s like, I don’t care.
Julie Jackson:
I know who’s gonna end up doing all this stuff.
Meagan:
And do that with all the other dogs too. And so we went back and I went back for the other puppy. And we came home Spass. So yes, he was picked out for Maverick and in the long run. I was like, this is Mavericks dog. I want to train him to be Mavericks dog and sleep in bed with him and everything. And he doesn’t do any of that. You know? So, you know, that’s how he started and he’s always been intelligent and smart. Very energetic and you have to work out that energy, of course, you know. But he was a 2020 dog. 2020 Puppy, I guess you could say. So we got him in May of 2020. So kind of a pandemic puppy. Yes. And so yeah, he was born March 2020. And then we got him. April May ish, I guess? And so we had more time to do stuff. So he got walked in the morning, I walked in the afternoon, and we played and everything and we just had more time to train. And I worked with him a lot. And you know, just a lot each day. So he’s intelligent, he’s great with, you know, walking in the neighborhood, we got him knowing. We have a lot of kids in and out of the house and up and down the street. So he’s super social. It is interesting. He knows which kids we kind of lean towards. Which ones way down.
Julie Jackson:
Isn’t that funny? And we’re okay with that. Yeah, yeah. No, I mean, yeah.
Meagan:
I mean, he welcomes anyone in the house still, you know, if we let them in, he’s cool with it. But he knows on the street, we have our favorite elders, we just keep walking. It’s
Julie Jackson:
crazy how I mean, they pick up on so much
Meagan:
they do. Yes. Yeah, they’re so. So
Julie Jackson:
I meant to tell you happy birthday. Oh, by the way, yes. And so you and he almost maybe have similar clothes, birthdays, then? Yeah. So
Meagan:
we actually is funny. His actual birthday, Apollo told us was March 12. And that was like the day before Fort Worth shut down. Texas basically shut down in 2020. And so I was like, well, we missed Friday the 13th. We missed the shutdown. Yeah. So yeah, so close. Yeah. But yeah, and you know, on how you’re saying that they pick up on people, something I caught with him. It was just probably last year. So like, we were still wearing masks. Some people were still locations. We’re still wearing masks and stuff. We weren’t in public as much. He is the worst behaved dog at the vet I’ve ever had. Like, I don’t know. That’s right. I mean, he just barks and barks and barks at everyone. And so I finally realized when we were there, that the vet was still wearing face masks. And he’d never seen anyone else in a face mask. You know, we don’t wear him in the house or anything. And so I asked the bed I was like, Can y’all please put your face mask down? And they did you know, they were okay with it. And he was the quietest see that were bed. And I was like that it was like he hates your, your face mask. And so he kind of see what was behind any of their masks. So that’s why he was so loud there. Oh, my goodness. And as soon as they did that, he hardly barks at all when he goes there now. And I was like, Oh my gosh.
Julie Jackson:
Yeah, it’s interesting. Okay. I would like to think that I’m not that person. But apparently we are those people. There is such a thing as dog TV. And my husband has subscribed to it. Have you ever seen it? No. Okay, well, so it’s funny, because I’ve never I’ve had a lot of dogs for many, many years. And I’ve never had one that watches TV like Chuck does. Like he sat on the couch and watched all of in conto. It’s his favorite movie. But anything he gets so captivated. So we there was a free trial of it. And we thought well, okay, Ricky was like, well just try it and see. And he does, Chuck. I mean, they all are curious, but Chuck loves it. But the reason I asked that is one of the things they do, you have to like, have instructions for dog TV, until you don’t adjust the color on your TV because they adjust the color of all the shows so that the dogs can see it.
Meagan:
Ah, I didn’t know. That’s pretty cool.
Julie Jackson:
Yeah. So so it is there’s like more contrast and it’s kind of like you look at it and you’re like the color is all off and but it’s intentional. Adjusted for how they distinguish color. Okay.
Meagan:
Yeah, yeah, I’d never you know, we were in tough and miles. They never lived through face masks or anything. So we never had that awareness and then just for the house like, so like, as soon as they took it down, they knew like okay, he reacts better without us wearing our face mask on and so that was so stupid smart. Yeah.
Julie Jackson:
Yeah, and we kind of joke one of my friends we laugh when the dogs will do things like that and and will be like, Why on earth do they do that? And so it’s become our joke reasons. So now anytime there’s something like that. We’re like they’re clearly doing it intentionally, but it’s beyond our comprehension. So reasons.
Meagan:
Reason why we just don’t know. Right?
Unknown:
Just not for us to do. He’s so human
Meagan:
and he’s on a schedule and routine like he knows fixing Mavericks lunch. He knows where to sit in the kitchen on the kitchen mat and I finally got to, like, you got to scoot all the way back so the drool doesn’t get on the floors. Is He’s the worst drooler we’ve ever had. And it’s
Julie Jackson:
so yeah, he knows it all the time, or is it like when he’s watching you make food? It’s only with food. Okay, yes, Chuck does that too. Just as soon as they insist you’ll find
Meagan:
on your like, crafts. Like, I love my dogs, but they don’t kiss me on the face. They don’t lick me. I’m like, you hate that. Girl over Eric’s face, and like usually disgusting. And then even when he’s like drinking, I have, we have the raised water and food bowls and stuff. And I keep a towel hanging on the wall. And that’s what I have to use to clean up all his water. Because it’s like he poops it in his mouth and then turns and just drops it on. So yeah, we keep a towel there and we have to wipe it up every time he eats and drinks and then we hang it back up dry. Use it a couple days. Now
Julie Jackson:
does he does he know that you clean up after him? I mean, does he like look at you like
Meagan:
clean this up? No. You just like peace out? Yeah. Gotcha falls asleep. Basically.
Julie Jackson:
It is so funny how they have schedules too, though. And how they just like they have their routines and they have their schedules and some of the stuff that like their rituals, even. He
Meagan:
knows Maverick never finishes all of his food. And so he’ll go back and he sits on the counter as soon as Maverick takes his plate to the counter, you know, to the kitchen sink. He goes and he sits there and waits. Are you gonna give me now? A little way.
Julie Jackson:
I can’t really tell from his pictures like size wise. How big is he?
Meagan:
He’s about 52 He goes 5254 pounds. So big. Yeah. He’s smaller than what Boomer and tough everywhere they hovered around that 5560 pounds on weight loss food. And so yeah, he’s he’s around 52 pounds. He’s a good size, though.
Julie Jackson:
He looks really clean, though. So is he kind of tall is he?
Meagan:
And he has hardly any fat on him. He’s just muscular. I feel like if we got him in an open field, he would be the happiest thing ever and just take off. I’m afraid he wouldn’t come back. Right,
Julie Jackson:
right.
Meagan:
I haven’t tried that yet. Yeah, I
Julie Jackson:
know. That’s what’s tough around here is that it’s like a lot of the big open space is like, I wish that we had access to a pasture
Meagan:
or something. Outside traffic in our fields. Yes. Yeah.
Julie Jackson:
Where they could, you know, we didn’t have to worry if the recall was not. Oh, there that they’re gonna run out into a street.
Meagan:
Yeah, exactly. And he, he kind of gets in his own mind, even on walks and stuff like after the first, you know, five minutes or so he’s calmed down, he knows it. And I can just drop the leash. And he just walks by me. And he behaves better like that than he does with me holding the leash. And so he kind of knows he has the control. And I don’t say he has the control. But he’s more in control, I guess in his mind. Yeah. Yeah. Because to me controlling the leash even though he uses a remote collar. So I’m like, still zap you anytime? Yeah.
Julie Jackson:
If you get out of control, I still have that
Meagan:
he stays right by me. You know, he knows our area of the neighborhood. And as soon as I cross the street, you can see his anxiety kind of picks up because it’s not as familiar. Oh, and so he knows his area and I kind of hope he would stick to it and come back if he were to ever get out. But But yeah, yeah. He definitely. He knows when to come to me when to go to Maverick. I’m gonna go to Matt. Maverick is the snuggle and then when he gets all his novels in the morning and after school. You know, they’re the best friends they go and play and stuff. He knows I feed him and work. Right, then he knows he can sit with Matt. Matt works from home and stuff. So he knows to stay with him. And he kind of plays with him outside and stuff. So he kind of gets us all three at different times of the day. And oh, that’s good at night. It’s very obvious if I haven’t sat with him, because he truly is more of my dog. Oh, and he needs the time to sit on the couch with me. Like you can just tell if he doesn’t sit and sleep a little bit. He’s completely different all night long. So it is good that we just kind of sit and relax and chill and 2030 minutes and we get up and he’s like, okay, whatever.
Julie Jackson:
It’s probably therapeutic for both of you. Yeah.
Meagan:
I think he knows it’s just, our days are Go, go go, you know, you’ve been there. And so
Julie Jackson:
that’s so sweet. Yeah. And
Meagan:
I’ve tried to get him to sleep in Mavericks bed at night, because I’m like, I want you to be that dog. And, yes, we just can’t get him to he comes down. He’ll start up there. And he’ll be down by 10 3011 o’clock. And I think it’s casinos, he gets to go out and he gets a treat, and it goes into it. Never made it all night. And so one night, he did it until about one o’clock, which I was impressed. And then Maverick came down. He’s like, I can’t handle him anymore. Walk up there. He’s like, Nope, he’s taking up all the space. Get rid of the squish. Now I was he’s like, No. And I was like, okay, so you’re choosing the stuffed animals over your dog. He was as I am.
Julie Jackson:
They’re not kicking me there.
Meagan:
And so Matt was like, oh, so can you sleep with us? I was like, I can try it because I didn’t want him in my bed.
Julie Jackson:
And how did he do?
Meagan:
It? He sleeps next to my head. So I tell like we try like two nights. And I was like, I don’t want to do this anymore. It’s like just go to your house. And we all sleep really well. Oh,
Julie Jackson:
and that’s good, though that he that he complies with that? He? It’s funny because when Landry so she was a little bit younger than everyone when she was six. That’s when we got our first blue heeler Lily. And Lily was supposed to be Landry’s dog. And that was kind of my thought too, that, you know, Lily would be with her, you know, sleep and Landry’s room and be there. And it was funny because Lily has always been right there by me, you know, and but then maybe four years ago, so Landry was, you know, teenager, and she decided she wanted to get her own dog that, you know, would be her dog. And so she went and rescued Molly and Molly is this little terrier gargoyle bat thing? Sure, maybe a little bit of dark. We’re not sure. But she’s small. And it’s hilarious because Molly, we laugh because even if Landry is gone, Molly always wants to be we call Landry’s are in Molly’s apartment. She comes down and she eats with us and she may hang out for a little bit. But then if we have a gay a baby gate at the top of the stairs, because especially flukes abuse privileges, so they can’t be you know, and so if the gates closed, Molly will like, demand that we open the gate so she can get to her apartment. And it’s funny because she even when Landry is gone, she does not want to sleep anywhere, but in Landry’s bed. And yeah, it is really sweet. But I almost kind of wonder, too, if it’s because they’ve, like when the kids are younger, maybe sometimes they sense. They feel
Meagan:
more secure with the adult connecting them. And yeah,
Julie Jackson:
yeah, you know, I almost feel like I wonder if they feel like that they’re kind of like, well, I feel safer in here with the adults who I know this is where my food comes from. And this is where my security comes from. But then as you know, like now that Landry is older and Landry’s the primary care caregiver for Molly, that’s who that’s who Molly wants to be with,
Meagan:
ya know, they definitely clean towards whoever does the most for them and feeds them and
Julie Jackson:
yes, although every night, she definitely has to get snuggle time in with Ricky. So she gets all over him. She’s she’s all up in his personal space. And then she’s funny because she’ll come sit next to me on the couch, and she has a butt right up against me. And she just leaves. And we could do that all day, except that she tries to nip at my fingers when I’m trying to do stuff. And so I’m like, you know,
Meagan:
he’s done it. And he’s like, no, like, he doesn’t do it to me.
Julie Jackson:
See, that’s funny because like Molly does it with me, but she does kind of with Ricky though her thing is just to like, lay and get all like up under his chin and snuggle So, reasons.
Meagan:
One day, we’ll know it. Yes,
Julie Jackson:
yes. I have a feeling that’s one of the things we find out when we get to heaven. I don’t know that we’ll ever figure it out before.
Meagan:
Right? Yeah. Oh, and one thing I thought about earlier, I told you cheetah is severe FOMO and he’s the first dog I’ve had where when people come over and stuff like you can’t put him in his house. He is the loudest The happiest thing like Boomer and TAF, they’d sit in our house. And people were like, I didn’t even know you had dogs here. I’m like, no, they’re great. And this thing is he, everybody that comes into our house on a regular basis, or even on occasion. So like, you have the most energetic, well behaved dog, I’m like, he’s just, he literally needs to see what we’re doing. He needs to see who’s here. He needs you to pet him and love him. And then he’ll just sit there and do nothing. If we’re hanging out in the backyard with friends, he just runs around, and he doesn’t bug anyone, and you can just get away and he just walks away. And he does his own thing. And, but he can’t handle not seeing
Julie Jackson:
everything. Yeah, he wants to be a part of it, though. And,
Meagan:
you know, even at the vet, he’s feet up on the door, looking through the window waiting for somebody. And so he’s always needing to know what’s going on who’s there who’s talking, and we have a friend on the street, he’s a dog specialist. And he helped you know, kind of train cheat to get us going with us and stuff. And cheetah could hear his voice in our garage, because he used to come down and work out in our garage for a while. And if he’d heard his voice, he could not stop it. And I was like, please just come say hi to my dog and leave us alone. He’d come in and say hi, and just go about his day.
Julie Jackson:
That’s so smart, though.
Meagan:
And then he hits he’ll get jealous. Like if that friend came in the kitchen, and if he was telling stories, you know, just kind of talking about you know, more serious things and not paying attention to cheetah you know, would take a shoe and run or he’d go get something out the dirty clothes and run upstairs. And like he only does it when you’re here. Like you’re not paying attention to him. He’s a jealous. And so he just has a certain things. And if my mom’s staying at the house while we’re gone, she knows he’s going to take the blue dishrag off the kitchen sink. Me text me is last year, so over the summer, and she watched him she’s like, I always get this how often? Like, how many times do you pick it up? And I was like, never I get it’s only when you’re there. And so it’s literally, when she stays here. He gets the dishrag and runs, and then he’ll do it for a day or two, and we get home. And then he just stops. So
Julie Jackson:
that is so funny. He’s like, it’s his ritual just for her. It’s
Meagan:
a game for her and she gets so bad. She just sticks it like further up on the window so you can’t reach. So yeah. Shoes when she comes over as the blue dishrag and like, we know what you’re gonna do.
Julie Jackson:
That is so funny. Yeah. And you just wonder what is going to and obviously, there’s in his mind, there’s a purpose to this.
Meagan:
He tries to win. And as long as we stick to the same people they know to stay strong.
Julie Jackson:
To not give. Yeah,
Meagan:
we’ve had one person watch him before. And it was supposed to be a two night stay. And he only made it one night. Oh, no. It was like, I kept getting pictures from them and texts and phone calls. And I was like, you know, I was like, just call it a day. I was like, go home. I’ll still pay you, son. Let’s figure out the next. Like cheetah just dominated him. Oh, no. It was bad. We lost house shoes. We lost a blanket. He chewed up leash and I was like you like I mean, he proved he was gonna win that week.
Julie Jackson:
Oh, my goodness. That little stinker.
Meagan:
Where’s the person who is here is just a horrible dog. You know, he wasn’t trained to behave. I was like, oh, no, he’s just really smart. And he knows your weakness.
Julie Jackson:
That’s what’s crazy. And this has come up on multiple conversations. But I and I said years ago, especially when I after I got the first the two healers. So there are seniors now but they’re, they’re from the same litter. And both of them so smart. And when they were younger, highly energetic. And I said I things probably got a little easier for me when I finally realized that I was definitely not the smartest member of the household anymore.
Meagan:
A little higher than me. Yes, yes.
Julie Jackson:
When we all came to terms with the fact that we probably weren’t the smartest ones. But it was like, Okay, we know what we’re up against. And
Meagan:
it’s like they’re just one step ahead of us. It’s kind of like you know, the elementary phase with Maverick right now I’m like, I got to think of what you’re thinking about and get a head. Yes, dogs.
Julie Jackson:
Okay, now how old is cheetah now?
Meagan:
He just turned three. Oh, sorry. You told me
Julie Jackson:
that that from the 20th. Yeah, we’re from 2023.
Meagan:
And I so you were kind of familiar with Boomer and tough that we had. Yes. Yes.
Julie Jackson:
I got to be around tough more of you. Yes. He was one of my boyfriend’s.
Meagan:
So we kind of compare cheetah you know, and we’re like, he has boomers knowledge and until intelligence, but then he’s tough to the puppy to the energy to? Why did you just run into the wall, you just hit your head on the table, like? So we kind of have the best of both still, and we’ll catch ourselves calling him tough. Oh, that’s so sweet. We kind of see both of them, you know, completely nm and we enjoy it.
Julie Jackson:
That is such a nice little sometimes I think that sometimes I think God just gives us a little nod or a little wink like that, you know what I mean? Just just where you kind of see a little bit of, of the, the one two rescued you before? You’re like, Oh, no. And,
Meagan:
you know, once we lost them, I was like, Oh, we’re just gonna lay low for a little bit. You know, we had two dogs at the vet on diet food. I was like, we can we can relax for a little bit. And then Matt and Maverick, you know, it wasn’t even a mat. Like, it’s really quiet. I was like, I know. Like, it’s really nice. And they’re like, yeah, no, it’s too quiet. I was like, No, it’s not, you know, I fought him for about two weeks, and then fine.
Julie Jackson:
And it is so funny. I mean, we’ll even comments when we have a house full. And then if for some reason one of them is not here. Even though we still have a house full, it’s quiet. You know, it’s like, there’s there’s always that certain void from that they that they each leave that as their individual their individual personality leaves a void. Yeah. That’s just so different. So
Meagan:
he’s, you know, we went from the two dogs, and I was like, Oh, we’re gonna get an easy going cheap, single dog. And he has the most sensitive stomach I’ve ever seen. And he needs allergy shots right now. Every six weeks.
Julie Jackson:
Oh, my goodness, you are cheaper. Do you have to take him in? Or do are you able to give him the shots? I take? Oh, okay. Yeah. Yeah, I didn’t know how that I’d be like, Oh, I don’t know how that would be. Yeah.
Meagan:
So it’s kind of one of the things right now we’re like staying strict on the schedule to try to prevent all this seasonal stuff right now. And then they’re like, we’ll try to push it back a week. Once we get through summer a little bit and then see if we can kind of wean them off. But I’m like, awesome.
Julie Jackson:
So, okay, didn’t see this coming.
Meagan:
Worth it. Even the vet we’ve gotten to the same one from day one in this last time the lady she’s been there since we’ve started there. And she’s like, I just You just can’t catch a break
Julie Jackson:
so, but don’t you feel like he was probably made for you though? Your family?
Meagan:
He was? Yeah, he’s got the stubbornness for us and he gets the relaxation and the energy at all at the same time. So ya know, we’d definitely enjoy him. You can come in so can you think of any other funny stories like cheetah maybe I was like, I feel like it’s just
Unknown:
walk about his weird human personality in the mornings where he just constantly just sits at the counter and Stanley
Meagan:
talks about sitting at the counter. See, that’s his main thing. Like he’s just sitting there like I’m waiting
Unknown:
to turn around and he’s just and he won’t look at you usually.
Meagan:
They’ll do that before. I have so many pictures of his side. I he’s sitting
Unknown:
there waiting for you to look at him but he doesn’t want to like act like he’s waiting.
Julie Jackson:
Kind of creeper thing and he’s
Unknown:
just like, yeah, like he looks like straight As His eyes are back forward and he like, like tightens up his stance a little bit. So like, I’m like all you want is a piece of cheese.
Julie Jackson:
But you know what’s great is that he has trained you well enough to know that that’s what he wants 100%
Meagan:
Oh, yeah. And something else. One of his spoil things is, you know, most families are no dogs allowed at the table. And I am a firm believer on that. And I’m like, you have four feet, you stay on the floor. And every night after dinner, it’s only I guess it’s really only dinner, maybe lunch on the weekends if we’re eating at the table on the weekends. But every night after dinner, Cheeta waits for Matt to push the plate away from him. And then he can come up and Matt scoots his chair back and he hits the two feet on the lap and he just starts sniffing around a table. And Matt just sits there and hetson while the rest of us are eating joins the family as you know a family dinner. Well, he
Unknown:
knows it’s like he stays on. Just stares over the cushion. He sees that plate move. Over.
Julie Jackson:
He launches over Yeah, it’s awful. It’s awful. Yeah. It’s probably like something that one day if he’s if he doesn’t do it, you’ll be like,
Unknown:
do it. Yeah. Like how he senses you leave the room when he’s in the backyard.
Meagan:
Yeah. You spell anything else? Um,
Julie Jackson:
no. But thank you so much. I love pictures if you want. Yes, yes. Because when. So I’m still getting details together. But I’m hoping to have all the pieces so that I can maybe launch I’m hoping for next week. But fingers crossed. And I’m still learning all the editing as I go. And I’m just not fast yet. So
Meagan:
sorry, interviewing different people? And is it kind of like a mix? Or is it going to be like a series? Really, sir?
Julie Jackson:
It’s just shooting for one a week. Although Everyone’s been so generous. I was like, I may have enough that I could do two weeks, you know, to, but it started with me just sharing stories about the shenanigans that go on here. And
Meagan:
allow me to assure you, I’m the flavors coming up. Yeah.
Julie Jackson:
Yes, the it’s the flu for Versary this last well, March. So I was like, you know, it’d be fun just to share the funny, ridiculous or heartwarming things that they do. And then I thought I want to hear other people’s stories. And so I started asking people if they’d share and it’s just it’s been so heartwarming, like, it’s just really sweet to hear people and, you know, some people share about specific stories, but other people just share about their dogs and, and about like, how they fit in, in their family and the different things that they do and kind of, in your case, literally what they bring to the table. And so it’s really been a really heartwarming sweet thing. Just to hear all the different and different people have different like I haven’t I go into the conversation really just kind of open to what people like what they feel most led to share. And and different people come at it from different approaches to so it’s been really fun. It’s really cool. You
Meagan:
know, them being a part of the family. When we had let me see, we normally do like summer pictures for Mavericks birthday and stuff. And so we always had the dogs in the pictures because then it’s part of it’s the Christmas card. And so we started that when Maverick was 18 months, I think we started taking Boomer and tough and then it was just a thing we did every year. And then we had cheetah we got him as a puppy in March and I was like, Okay, I’m not taking you to this picture. And you know, we did in July. I was like, You’re not ready for that. I was like Yeah. Then the next year we did pictures and I told our photographer I was like, Okay, I’m bringing Chino for the first time and she’s like, Oh, he’s gonna be amazing. I was like, yeah, we’ll see. I mean, he would sit there and he just smiles. It’s like you point a camera at him and we have so many pictures of just his tongue out and you can see like, the actual like smile going up. And I was like, he made it on the Christmas car. I was like, Okay, you’re part of the family. Like, you
Julie Jackson:
get to stay. Yeah. Yeah. Yes, definitely please share his any pictures you have that you want to share. Because as I do release the episodes to I’ll post pictures on social media so people can see. Okay. Well, thank you so much, I sure appreciate you. Yes, and good stuff. Thank you so much for joining me today. I know that you are busy, and I really appreciate that you chose to spend some of your time with me. So let’s do a little bit of bookkeeping before we head out. If you enjoy this, and you would like to receive the episodes automatically without having to seek them out, then in your pod catcher, follow or subscribe. And that way every time an episode drops, it’ll show up for you. And you’ll know that it’s there makes it super easy. You don’t have to think about it. Please go visit the website. It’s really cute. It’s got puppy pictures. Also, I’ve got a free gift for you over there if you will go check it out. And if you would like to message me if you have any suggestions, specific pup stories you want to hear. Or even better. If you want to share a story, you can message me right there from the website. That’s the best way to get to me for that. Check us out on all the different socials, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, all of them. That’s where you’ll see pictures of the pups that we talk about each week. Also, just other fun pup things. I’m going to put episodes on YouTube as well. Sometimes the episodes are recorded via zoom. And so there’s video, a lot of times it’s just us talking, but every now and then there are some fun cameos from puppies or their shenanigans in the background. And you can catch all that on YouTube. If you want to help me out if you would leave a positive review and share the podcast that would be fantastic. I would be really grateful. And once again, if you want to help me out, I would love to share your story. So please hit me up and let’s schedule a time that we can talk. Some people have shared their stories in writing. Some people have gotten on the phone and done a chat with me so we can do whatever you are most comfortable with. Finally, do not forget that you are as great as your dog thinks you are and go smooth chipping. Thanks, y’all.