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Wag and dogsat.com if you have a problem getting into any of these courses. Okay. So, I'm going to go back to there. We've got people checking for questions or comments. But first, you know, a lot of people in North America may not know you. So, I'm going to take a little bit of time. And I see a lot of people from you. I mean, there's been Spain, Finland, Norway. There's UK, Caldwell, Idaho. There's a lot of people from all over the world watching. And I just want to take a minute to brag about Max. And so, because some people in North America may not have heard about you. So, Max has been alive for less years than I've been doing agility. True. True. And so, let me get this right. Check my math on this. You've won a gold medal at the World Championships or the European Open with, let's go backwards, Remix, My Little Guy Prophet's mother, Style, My Little Guy's father, Make, your Sheltie. So, he handles both big dogs and little dogs. And Make is especially little. She's very small. And Bats. Am I missing anybody? Yes. Okay. Emma. Emma. She was my fox terrier. I started with the fox terrier. And, yeah. And you were on the EO team? Yes. Wow. She made it to the EO team. And we actually managed to win the team final. Wow. Okay. So, that's five different dogs. Yes. That you've won a gold medal at the European Open or the World Championships. Which, to me, the European Open is almost harder to win than the World Championships. Because you have a lot of good handlers. But this is what I describe. Especially, like, Swagger. I got a silver. Yeah. Beat by Jess. Right. Two 100s of a second. Not that I'm better, Jess. But I say, like, you have all of the great people that are consistent at winning. But you also have the young up-and-coming dogs at the EO. Yes. Because you can only bring five dogs on a team to the World Championships. But you can bring 16 to the European Open. Yes. So, to win that, in a lot of ways, is harder. And so, to win that many gold medals. I mean, there's a lot. I've lost count. It's, yeah. With five different dogs. Yeah. Small dogs, terriers, border collie. I mean, that is impressive. But to have done it and you're only 24 years old. Crazy, right? It's super crazy. I know. Yes. And, and here's, I'm going to brag one more time. Because Max has been, in the last month, he has taken some time off. But he's been in four big tournaments. So, it started off with Run and Chill in Germany, a big tournament in the south of Germany. And then it went to the border collie classic, a big, big competition in England. Then the European Open. And then this weekend, the Lulia, which is Swedish. And he won all of them.

It's pretty crazy. Anybody out there bored? Anybody out there bored yet? Like... I'm not. Winning is important. But my point is, like, to be that young and to be that consistent, that there are some secrets. And I think what we're talking about tonight is a big part of it. And so, that, I think that that is amazing. Yeah. Let's have some congratulations and some hearts for Max. Thank you. And all of his dogs. Because, I mean, it's spectacular. It's, it's pretty, pretty darn impressive. Not bored. Not bored. Thank you. Yeah. So, yeah. Super important. Okay. So, I have a question for everybody. And I've got to find my question because I have a question that I would like everyone to answer. And it is, you know, if I was to ask Max, how do you define success? I am 100% certain it would not be about winning. Because I know this guy. Yes. So, I would like you to write in the comments, in agility, whether you're just training for your first agility dog, whether you are, have been doing agility for 20 years. And what, how do you define success for you? And, you know, maybe it's changed over the years. But, you know, there are, I think people who, success is about podiums. They're the ones who give up on the sport early. Yes. I mean, it's designed for frustration. That's true. Yeah. If you, if you, if you're like, ambition is super high in the beginning, can be very frustrating. It's humbling. Yeah. I think that's what it's called. Yeah. Humbling. It's humbling. It's the correct word. Okay. So, was Emma your first ever agility dog? Yeah. She was my first ever dog. Wow. Yeah. Wow. That's awesome. And she was very special. Terriers. Yes. I learned a lot. My first dog was Terriers. Yeah. Well, so it's got to have a special place in your heart for them. Um, so I want you to think about, and if you feel like sharing that, how you define success, because, um, you know, when you think about success and agility, you know, it may be part of who you are growing up and who you are, even as an adult, it may be wrapped into you going through like learning how to be present. Yes. It's a great, great lesson, you know, teacher for that. So many things that people can learn. So we have, um, connection through joy is how you define success, having fun and building confidence, feeling a perfect flow and a course together with my dog, my dog. That's beautiful. Um, building a strong bond. This is a great answer. Really good. Success equals building a strong bond, increasing clarity of communication with your dog. And yes, having fun. Um, so I, I, I think there's, I mean, it's such a personal thing. There is no right or wrong answer. Of course. Yes.

Um, potentially there are healthy and unhealthy answers, but we're not going to judge. Um, so, so lots of really, really good answers. I'm going to, uh, I'm going to say that for me, and I think I, I did a picture of you when I put my, what a success may look like. So in agility. Oh, I love that picture. It looks like I can dance. So for me, and I, I think agility success is about you, the handler directing with clarity and your dog is driving with confidence. And I was thinking about this a lot. Um, maybe take a screen cap of that. Cause like Matt, Max is a great dancer. So I've been thinking about this a lot because I would, I was like, how would you define it? And it was like, oh, you're leading with confidence. But as a handler, I may not be leading. You will likely be leading more than I will be leading. Maybe not always. But no, you do a lot of behind work as well and rely on your verbals heavily. Um, so the success is really about us being able as handlers to direct. Yes. So direct the dog with great clarity. Um, that's the handler's role. Just direct your dog with brilliant clarity. The more clarity you can direct, the more successful your dog will be. And it doesn't have to be close to the dog. No. Yeah. Well, for some of us, it's very far away from the dog, especially the new dog. So, and then for the dogs, from the dog's point of view is that they're, they're driving. I mean, it's not, they're driving with confidence. So as fast as that dog is capable of going, they're going with confidence. And so how do we define that? I think that's what we're going to talk a little bit about tonight. So I'm going to ask you one more question. And that is what skills handling skills. Some of you who are new to agility might not have an answer, but you might. What handling skills allows a handler to direct with clarity? Like not just handling it. What are the skills that that person has? So we're going to look at everything, not just, you know, you, you know how to say words. There's a lot of things. What are the skills that you may have that allows you to drive the dog with clarity? I'll give you a small hint. Yes. There might be one that's a little bit responsible for all of the skills that we need. That's a great hint. What I call that is a domino skill. And we have it for so many things in agility and in dog training in general. There's one skill that when you have it, it makes all the other skills easier. Yes. Right. So that's a great hint. Okay. So timing. Beautiful. Good answer. Body language. Ooh, mindfulness. Brilliant. That's a move. Yeah. Yeah. Not getting in your dog's line.

I think understanding what your dog's line is. So we're going to help you. Curo Reaper, not being dyslexic and clumsy, struggle so much with turns. So ability to read courses and understanding the lines. All of these things are important for you to direct with clarity. So we're talking about direct with clarity. See the dog. Max, you're brilliant at that. I think you're one of the best in the world that really keeping your dog in vision. I think it's about the timing as well. I do have some hints on that. Yeah. Some tricks for that. Maybe he'll share them with us. Maybe I will share them. I was somebody on the weekend when I was training with a group of people and they said, why do you think Max is? I said, one of the things that you're really, really good at is knowing. I mean, there's many things, but knowing how to use your motion and from a distance, what impact. I called you like Wayne Gretzky. Do you understand that reference? No. Maybe I'm too young. I don't know. We can be friends anymore. I'm sorry. Greatest hockey player that's ever played. Okay. So I feel honored. Okay. He is born and raised about 15 minutes from where I live. Okay. And he, tiny little guy in a sport of really big guys. And his uncanny ability of knowing where the puck would be. So never skating to where the puck was, but understanding where the puck would be. And you understand angles and pressure of your dog running. And that's why you know how to turn your shoulders and when to slow your speed and when to just accelerate. Because if you accelerate at the wrong time, bars are falling and dogs are going in the wrong direction. Yes. And then everything can happen. You mean, you know, the dogs can go a little bit offline or something. And if you're not capable of the control of that and seeing it, how are you able to react to it? Exactly. Exactly. And so to be able to run with that and still not run over all the equipment in your path, that's a challenge. I mean, I did that a couple of times. Okay. So you need to be good at reading lines, foundation, connecting with your dog, good focus for the dog, position of your feet. A lot of people saying the word connection. There was one word that like if you had to pick one that we talked about the domino, what would be your domino? So confidence, motion, direction, being present. Yeah. Yeah. Early queuing. So a lot of great, great answers. Super good answers. Still looking for the one that I think is the domino. And then maybe, maybe we think we're thinking the same thing here. All right. I'll write it down. And you tell me if I'm right. If you think that's the domino. Can you read my writing?

Barely. But yes, I can read it. You got the same one? Yes. And we agree. Perfect. I would say one of you were very, very close to it. But we're going to not make you struggle. Okay. 1,471 people are on here today. Okay. So what we both agree is the domino of a handler's skill set. That when you have this, all of the rest of these brilliant skills that you guys have to, oh, boom. Somebody got the answer. Do you know that? There we have it. So you can say the name because I'm not a linguist. It's Hilda Karen. Oh. You want to try it? Hilda Karen. Not too bad. Okay. Mindset. If you have the strength of mindset, all of the rest of the skills become so much easier. Yes. Right? So let's talk first about when you don't have, and maybe you don't recognize yet what it looks like if your mindset needs some work. So I would ask you to write in the comments, and if you would get up there and flip that more, I took some notes beforehand. Max was coming in. So flip it towards the door. So it goes the bottom up. Yeah. Like that. Perfect. So if you are lacking in a good mindset, tip it a little bit. Yeah. Perfect. If you're lacking in the area of mindset or what else would they call it? Mental preparation. I don't know. I mean, it's also like focusing on what's important. Right. If you struggle with that, how do you think it would show up? How do you think it would present itself? Yes. And this is a mindset. It's not like I'm saying you need a better sit, stay at the start line. That is such a black and white behavior that you can go, oh, I can fix that. Mindset, it might be a little bit of a scary topic for some people, which is what we love talking about. Also, I think it's not a thing that you can be done with after working on it. So you always have to keep working on it a little bit more and improving always. And if you can reflect on what you're doing. Did you play sports when you were younger? I did. At a higher level that you had to work on? You know, quad ATV? Yes. Motocross. As a teenager and kid, I rode it in a German league. So what was that league? Oh, it was up in Norway or Finland where they had those crazy cars that went like a million miles an hour and went off cliffs and everything. Oh, really? That's not what I did. Okay. Phew, I'm glad you know that. I just rode in dirt. Okay, here's a great answer. Would you want to go on the board and check off? Yeah. So I think this one is up there. And it is, if you lack mindset, your dog may not have the connection with you. And what happens? Somebody else said losing connection. That it becomes more difficult. So number two, I put focus on the task at hand or connection.

So it gets more difficult to focus on, like, this is where you might forget the course. Yes, of course. Right? Or you forget what hand or what word. I can't remember what word I'm going to use. Or you get distracted or something. Yeah. Like, so that your connection to your dog is gone because when you struggle with your mindset, everything gets narrow and overwhelming to you. Okay. So miscommunication for sure. So, so when you, your dogs, here's a good one too. You're insecure, nervous, and the dog can feel that. So belief, why put in belief in what's possible? So you don't lack, you don't lack confidence in what's possible for you. You don't lack confidence in what's possible for your dog. So I gave the example on the weekend when I was helping a friend of mine and she was with her dog at the start line and she wanted the dog to sit up a different way. And then she kept saying like, feet, feet, sit up, sit up. And I said, if you come to the line as a dog trainer, you can't be the best handler. Yeah. The dog training has to happen before you come into agility, into the, the force. So at a competition, when you are still being a bit of a dog trainer, you can't a hundred percent be in the best mindset to be the best handler. So you want to, you want to be the best handler and the dog training has to be done beforehand, whether it's like making them stop on a seesaw or get a perfect start line because, and that's the ones where you're worried about, you're focusing on your dog training at the start line. And then, and then as soon as you go to leave, your dog goes and then you're like, you're going to get an off course or a knock bar or something in the first three obstacles. And then you just lose the focus. Exactly. So mindset, this is, these are little, uh, what I said, ways that, you know, you need to work on your mindset, ways that you need to work on your mindset. And maybe they're not so obvious to you. So, um, let's go over. So we got the belief in what's possible for you and for your dog, lack of focus, lack of connection on course, um, these things you might not even realize, oh, it's my mindset that needs work. Yeah. How many of you have been like, I just don't feel motivated to train. I just can't do it. But that's a, that's a symptom of a mindset issue for sure. Right? Like, yes. For example, also when you come out of a run and the things that you think about are like the things that didn't work and these take over like such a priority. Yes. It's like a disease and you can't get rid of it because you're just focusing on that so much. Exactly. I think, um, yeah.

So number eight, emotional control. So if your dog is frustrated, you go, oh, why does this always happen to me? Or why can't I just get this or how? Right. So that, and I think it's human to have like that sort of thought, but it's takes a really, really, really good mindset. Oh, I can go. Yeah. It takes a really, really good mindset to get out of that as quickly as possible because that's not what it's about. And we're only human. Like when nobody's saying you shouldn't, if you, if you get frustrated, you're, you're, you've got a bad mindset. No, no, it's, it's your ability to go. Well, that wasn't my best work, but what was good there? Yes. Right. So it's your emotional control to things outside of your control. Like, do you get angry? Do you get, you know, teary? Yeah. You know, you, you can have tears, you know, if that's your thing, but get over it and say, what was good about that? Okay. I have a rule on that for myself, which maybe have some people as well. So when I have a, uh, a run and I'm like not finishing in the way that I was hoping for, I was planning to. Has that ever happened? Maxim? Just kidding. I know it. It does. It's normal. It happens. Um, so what I usually do is I go out, I reward the dog and then I will go, like, I would do everything that I usually do that I would also do. I had the run of the, of my life. Um, maybe I would cry for the run. Yeah. Um, I know you would, I did three weeks ago. Um, so, um, yeah, then I would do everything that I usually would. Um, and when I did my, um, like cooling down walk, um, I usually look at the video and I look at it because most of the times I would say at least 95% of the times it didn't look as bad as it felt. Exactly. It didn't look as bad as it felt. And if you just let your emotions run through, um, immediately after the, after you finish a run, it's not a realistic perspective anymore. And what happens with a lot of people is in the middle of the run, let's say they go to do a front cross and they weren't in connection the way they could have. And their dog went behind their back and then the crowd might've laughed. Yes. And then that's it. Yeah. Now you can't recover, right? If you, you got what's within your control and just don't play to the crowd. Nobody cares about what the crowd thinks. Yeah. It's you and your dog. Right. Because you're feeling a little bit, um, humiliated. Yeah. And the truth is not one person is going to remember that that happened tomorrow except you. So just keep going, connect with the dog and keep going. So, um, so we got motivation to train is another one.

Um, so often I'll say to people, how many times did you visualize that run before you went in the ring? And they would say, Oh, I just can't, I can't visualize. Well, that's a symptom of mindset work. Yeah. Right. It should, you should be able to calm your breathing and calm yourself and, and visualize what is about to happen. Um, and even when you're practicing before, you know, like one of the things I love to do, and I've done this since encore. So encore is born in 2000. And what I was teaching a seminar in what you were like eight, probably right. 2000. No, you weren't even born. I was one year old. Okay. Encore is born in 2004. I digress. Okay. So I was 2005 and I was teaching a seminar in Hawaii and I, and I've told this story before where, um, I just won the U S nationals, I think the year before. And I was doing laundry and I was waiting for the laundry and the only magazine was a golf digest and it was boring and I don't like golf. So what I did on core was six months old and I could visualize what she would look like as an adult dog. So I ran the courses I'd run at the national finals in my mind with her. I did every, right. I've done that. So you don't have to be visualizing an event. Yeah. You could just be visualizing with a future dog. Like it's like profits already run the, the, the, the European open. Yes, he did. Did he beat his mother? Just by a hundred. I can live with that. So practicing the ability to, uh, practice and to visualize that is a mindset when people say I can't, well, that I can't is related to the, um, positive self-talk and the affirmations. So I think this is a list of the good things for the mindset. I think, I think, I thought I did a list for symptoms of what's bad, but this is a list of the good things. So, and you must believe her because she must know what she's talking about. I mean, you're doing it for so long and you're so motivated to always improve everything. I find it so inspiring. That's awesome. Just think every dog in 40 years, max, the things that you will know because you're starting so young. It's awesome. Like my brain will be this big. I will have that. So, um, having the, the, the positive self-talk is a biggie that it's positive self-talk about yourself, about your dog and about other people. So if you think other people are talking about you or laughing at you, if you go into your emotional self, like it's what people think about you is not in your control. So I've been, I've been doing dog agility for 33 years or 34 years. So I would not continue to do dog agility.

If I took on the energy of the negative talk that I think I hear a lot of times it's not even true. Yeah. Right. So people think that people are talking about them, but it's not even happening. No, no. You just get the feeling, but it's not even true. Right. And it doesn't matter. Even if it happens, it doesn't matter. It doesn't. Right. Even if it does, because I'm sure one or two times people have been talking about me in a negative way. That's their journey. It is not my journey. So it's none of my business what people think about me. Yes. Right. So. And you can choose. Yeah. If you want to look at the positive things. Absolutely. And keep growing. Or if you focus on the negative things and maybe stay in your place. Absolutely. And it's, I mean, we know there's an energy that comes around you. Like if you just say things like gratitude and joy and love that you, you feel differently in your body than if you say hate and resent and it just changes you. Yes. So the, the way you talk to yourself and about yourself is huge for your mindset. Yes. And at the end, I'll give you a little, a little, a couple little tips that you can do. You're going to get homework after today. Okay. So which ones haven't we talked about on that list? We did number four. We kind of did number nine. Yes. And 10. We did talk about the growing mindset. But, um, Oh, number five. Oh, yes. So number five is, uh, having resilience to failure. Maybe it should be resiliency. I'm not sure, but being resilient. And it's not to say that you're okay with failure, but you're, you look at failure in a different way. Yes. Right. To look at it differently. It's just lessons. Yes. And it happens to everyone. All of us. Yes. There's no growth without failure. Yeah. It has to happen in some way. And the people that get too upset by it are the ones that stay safe. Yeah. They don't try anything new and because they don't want to fail at something. Yeah. Right. And like, I remember one year, um, at the world championships. So one of the big lessons I learned, I was running two dogs on the team. So there's only four dogs running and I was running first and last. And I walked the wrong course. So I ran the wrong course with encore. And then I had to get feature. And then they had to tell me this is where you went wrong. But what happened was the team leader stopped watching me when I ran the wrong course. And I ran it wrong two places. So I eat with both two, two of the, two of the 14 dogs. Yeah. And they were two of the best dogs there. Like feature one gold at that world in individual in agility. Um, and so people were like, Oh my God, this is good.

Like there were that, you know, so many people watching on the live stream and she eat with two dogs and she's supposed to be good. And, um, I like that is out in the field. Yeah. That is, I learned a valuable lesson about how I read because I am dyslexic. I tend to flip things. Okay. And so now I always watch important. When I do important walkthroughs, I, I walk them on paper with my finger with somebody and they'll say, no, no, no, no, no. But that is the wrong side. It's on the other side of the job. Okay. So, so, um, but my point is that day at the world championships, I would pulled up my dogs. I went in the stands and people were like, oh, she did a page. It's on the field. It's done. Yes. Where's my lesson? Let's move on. I still got more runs here. Yes. I felt bad for my team. We always do. Right. We grew up on team. Yes. That's it. But like, what are the lessons that we can learn from that? So, but also it happens to everybody. Yeah. So yes. Maybe not at world championships with two dogs, but failure. You have to qualify. Failure happens. Yeah, exactly. Failure happens to everybody. It's your relationship with failure that makes the difference. Yes. It's huge. Yes. And I think we can all like, including us, it's like a work in progress. Always. Through everything. So yeah. Oh, video is a little bit out of focus. That's because my friends, you've been drinking. I can't, I can't, I can't, um, I can just change camera. Sometimes that camera overheats a little bit. So, uh, I'll just change to the camera for a bit because we are on fire. Because we are on fire. Exactly. Okay. That's, that's it. Um, so we'll just go with this camera for a little bit. Okay. Um, and so, and the last one, these two are related six and seven. Yeah. And that is, is to be committed to be, to improving. Like you can't, like, it doesn't matter how good you are. That's the thing actually, because I think improving, that's what I like. Um, when you talk about goals or stuff like this, I like, um, that you can do individual goals. So nobody has to have this goal right from the start. Exactly. Exactly. You know, you should be committing to improve and then you can set your goals. Progress, not perfection. Yes. Absolutely. Yes. You know, I went into Max's hall today and, um, I, I took a picture and I was going to show you guys and I might be able to show you it because, because this is exactly what I do. And I laughed and I said, I'm going to take a picture. I didn't even ask permission to show you. But this is, this is on a white board and it's homework for him and for Ramona, his girlfriend.

And, you know, Sonic, my little shaky boy on there, but I don't think you see it. Oh, yeah. So, yeah. So that is like a commitment to improve. Yeah. So that is, that is onward. It doesn't matter if you just won, like all of these big tournaments, you go home, you make a list of things you want to improve on. You want to keep going. Yes. Right. And so that six, that was six. I'm saying these, we say these in all crazy orders, but, and then number seven is goal setting. Yeah. And goal setting is really creating the framework for that improvement. Yes. Because if with a goal, if a goal is vague, like I want to get better. I want to have more joy. Yeah. Right. How, how come we, we can't measure that. Yeah. Yeah. So we, we have to be really specific about improving incrementally and, you know, all of those 10 things. Well, you know what? I'm going to, I'm going to turn this. So you guys can screen cap that if you want. You're not using that camera at the moment. Oh, okay. We're going to, we're going to go with, we're going to go with the foggy drunken camera and we're going to turn here. You can go stand beside it so they can get you in the screen cap max. Yeah. And, uh, there you can model for the people. Look at drop, drop down a little bit. There we go. I don't know if I can stand like this. There we go. Perfect. Okay. So that's your screen cap of the 10 things that you can do for your mind. Nice. You want to screenshot? Well played. Yeah. And that, that, okay. I'll go back. Let's try this. We'll go back to this other camera and we'll try that. Okay. Any questions about that? Can, oh, we have one. Okay. Okay. Okay. Uh, so what is an exercise to when training your dog to frame your mindset? So we're going to give you one tonight for homework. We're going to give you a little exercise to help you frame your mindset. You can answer that one tomorrow. Oh, yes. We'll keep that one for tomorrow. Um, cause, um, that'd be a great question for you and for our special guest. Um, okay. So, so, uh, a lot of you are, are saying that you understand what we're saying that you get it. I know it's hard and there's 10 things on that list. You know, just pick one or two. We're going to, we're going to give you homework so that you can, we can suggest that. Okay. So that is the big picture of, of the domino. If we get that, we can dial in every day, get a little better at all 10 of those things. Yes. Then things like, um, you're running contacts. You're, you know, that can be very frustrating. Yes. So you're, you're not going to be frustrated by that. Things like, um, there's another one or your dog, you're having a

crazy good run and your dog pops out of the last pole. Yeah. Um, and the frustration or disappointment or, oh, right. Why does it always happen to me? Thinking about how you're talking about, um, what you're doing, what, um, while you're doing it. So getting the mindset right makes everything else easier. And you could be the best handler in the world. You could have that connection that Max has got. You know, the timing of saying your cues exactly at the right time. You're there when you need to, you can accelerate away. But if your mindset is needing work, your success will be distant. It will, it would, it will elude you for sure. Yes. Yeah. Or maybe even if you get further, there will always be a turning point. I think. Absolutely. Where you still have to improve on it. Absolutely. And, and I mean, it's all about, I tell people, how do you, what is your self identity? So how you identify yourself will help you get better at all these things. So if you say my identity, uh, I'll give you an example. Somebody early on who was coaching, she won a gold medal at a world championship. And so she said, I'm quitting the sport now. And she said, I've won all there is to win. So really. And so, so, okay. Here's what I believe happened. I believe she then now identified as a world champion. Okay. So if she ever lost. Okay. That would affect her identity. Yes. Yes. So, right. The, the, so I, my identity that I identify as a lifelong learner. Yeah. So nothing is ever going to take that away from me. I was going to say that when we were at your place in January, you said it one evening and I like repeated it to multiple people that I find it super inspiring because that also shows why you are in this game for so long, so successful because you're always like wanting to learn something more. Yeah. And it's really, really, really good. I've tried to adjust it more to my life as well. And it's been so good. It's so healthy. Yeah. Because there's so many lessons in the world that we can all learn, right? We're never going to, we're never going, no, this isn't. Okay. Do you analyze the dog's mindset? I think the dog mindset, we can only interpret through their body language and we can never be a hundred percent right. Unless you get, you know, you have that ability to read the dog's mind. Yeah. I think what I can just say from my experience is that I can analyze my dogs really, really well in like, um, like their general behaviors and also in like situations where they might, they might fail because they, um, yeah, you can see it for example, uh, with, uh, make my

Sheltie that like her mindset and some points she's like her priorities are sometimes a little bit, um, out of focus. So I know which places do I need to support her more. Right. So my mindset needs to be even better when I run her. And when I have a dog, for example, like remix, she's completely different because she's so straightforward. You can just be yourself. Yes. And she will work with it. She'll do that. Um, but you have to look at the dog in front of you. Right. So my terrier, I did a lot of things wrong when she was young. Um, so like her mindset was everywhere, but not where I wanted it to be. So I, so I needed to change so much about myself and about everything about the approaches. Um, yeah. And I think that, um, if we fix our mindset, that, that always, uh, sets our dogs up to be in the best mindset. Yeah. And like Max said, knowing that a dog like this, I have to be so much more supportive than even remix or remix profit. Who's looks just like remix who is so young, but so confident and independent. Right. So we, we, we have to be who that dog needs us to be as, as the handler. That's a great, great, great question. Um, okay. Is this masterclass for people just starting and don't have access to equipment? This masterclass is appropriate and will be beneficial for everybody. I promise you there will be people watching this that have won world championships already. There will be people who are watching this who haven't even got their first dog, but they know they want to do dog agility when they get that first dog. So it's appropriate for, for every cross section of people who love dogs, who love positive reinforcement based learning. And, and I think that when you get into that mindset, it allows you to have a better life yourself because you're always focused on having a better life for yourself. It's so much more fun. Absolutely. Yeah. Yeah. So much more fun. Okay. So where'd you get all the paper from? Oh, I see. Shout out to Kim. Shout out to Kim. Um, okay. So, uh, the question is, would you train in the ring if a mistake happened or would you carry on? Ooh, can I start answering? Yeah. Okay. So I think that's again, very, very dog dependent. Absolutely. Like it's a huge, huge thing. Um, I love to learn by example. So I will give you one. So for example, a dog like remix, um, she wants like clarity for sure. So for example, if you wouldn't redo it, then she would consider this. Okay. That's how we're going to do it now. And then she would repeat that mistake. And I maybe have like a struggle that I could have been, that could have been avoided.

Um, I was like quick enough and smart enough to redo that situation. And then depending on like where I am in the course, sometimes I just do that and then give my toy cue and they're supposed to run out and I run up to them. Um, so that's just a reward. But then for example, a dog like rebel, my young shell, she's 20 months old, super cool, but she's sometimes it's not as confident, especially in the competition environment. So what happened was I was in Finland at this mid summer festival and she qualified for her first final. Wow. It was a huge course. Um, and I saw that she might went out of the weeks, but it looked like she did the movement. I wasn't 100% sure. Um, and I decided instantly that I will carry on because I was like, okay, maybe she wasn't able to perform that right now. She's showing so much confidence in this run. Why would I, you know, why would I feel that? Exactly. Um, by stopping her. Yeah. Um, so I decided to go on and it was the best decision I could have taken for her in that moment. Exactly. Yeah. So you just have to analyze your dog. Do they need like, just need to keep in the flow or are they better with more clarity? Right. Yeah. And sometimes there's like, it gets gray. So like, um, I think two weekends ago I was at a trial and this, he was having an amazing run and she left the weaves three poles early. Yeah. And you know what I did? I just kept going because for this to be excited enough to make a mistake. Yes. Woo. Yeah. Right. And so, but that doesn't mean I've heard people say, oh, my dog, you know, is needs more motivation and the dog is kind of trotting. And so if the dog like doesn't, doesn't do anything and leaves you and goes in a tunnel, you keep praising them. No, that dog really doesn't need to be in there. It's overwhelmed. Yes. So, you know, there's, there's a difference between what we are saying about. There has to happen dog training before. Exactly. Exactly. The dog training happens outside of the ring. And also as a small thing, um, when I saw that Rebel went out on a video, like in my mind was like, okay, that's going to go priority onto our training. Yeah. Me too. To reinforce what I actually want. Exactly. Exactly. Exactly what I did. I'm not going to be like, okay, I'm leaving it. It's fine. She can go out of the weaves now. Right. Because that's not what I want. Right. Um, but I need to figure out a way of keeping her confident. And a dog like, like profit. When he goes to his first trial, that's one thing I will be watching for because he wants to go on to the next thing. And I could see him saying that's done enough and I'll move on and that I will stop and I

will go back and repeat the weaves and then tell him to get out of the ringing and go get a reward. She did. She did, but she did the movement. Yeah. So she, so she even did the movement. Oh, she did. But she was like, oh, where's the ball? Yeah. Okay. Oh, what's Max's secret for watching his dog? Should we give it away today? Maybe tomorrow. Maybe tomorrow. Or maybe, maybe episode three. It'll be really appropriate for episode three. So we'll keep this question. Yes. Episode three. Oh, Kim wants her. She's very possessive about that. Yeah. Oh, okay. So, uh, we'll definitely circle back and we'll definitely talk about, um, Max's secret for keeping his eye on his dog. And, okay. So I want to now go on to the second part of the equation. Remember going back to the dancing, Max, um, we focus on what is the domino for you to be able to direct with clarity. And that is the mindset. And now let's talk about all of the elements. And we've already kind of talked about some of them that go into a dog being able to drive with confidence. Okay. So it is what skills allow a dog to drive with confidence. And let's fill up the chat with skills that, you know, would help your dog drive with confidence. Talking makes your voice, uh, your throat guilt drive. Um, okay. Positive experiences and rewards. So definitely training in a positive way. Yeah. And it's something that Max and I resonate with and we are very aligned in our moral compass where dogs and dog training are concerned. So definitely that's a big part. Understanding. Um, uh, oh, I can't even, I can't even select these cause you guys are going so fast. I like that one. This one. Uh, that one making training fun. Oh, that's just so important. Yes. So important. You guys have to have fun as well as the dog having fun. It's supposed to be fun. Absolutely. Yeah. Um, definitely the handler confidence helps that. Um, every time I go to click one, it just flies. You guys are putting in so many comments. Skill for dog drive my own speed. I'm not sure. So not necessarily. So yeah, it's, it's not your speed. It's really the dog, what the dog will give you for sure. Um, so supporting independence. So, so allowing that dog to be able to drive out. And if you've seen any videos with Max's young dog rebel, I mean, she's amazing. Her ability to drive away. And she's this small. So you don't need a big daughter for it. She is so little. It's so amazing. Um, so yes, being confident handler. So your clarity absolutely helps with that dog, but you can be really clear in a dog. Take a right turn and grab a tunnel and go and visit other people.

Like what, what other things engaging games as part of your training? Definitely. I think that's just so important. Um, you know, I, I, as Max said, I've been doing this for more than 30, 30 years. And the things I saw early on that people trained that they believe you had to, like dogs had to be on a choke chain and corrected when they popped out of the poles. And I remember writing on a list, actually, I've never done that. And I don't believe. And then another big, like a world team person put, well, that might work for your dog, Susan, but not the rest of us aren't Susan Garrett. And I'm like, like what, how far the world has come now? Right? Like that just is so long removed. There's still some people who do a lot of physical punishment, but for the most part, people realize that agility is supposed to be fun for the dog. Um, dog. That's our passion. Absolutely. Absolutely. Yes. Yes. Special guests as well that we are all aligned in that belief. Um, dog knows how to interact with each piece of equipment. So they know the appropriate criteria. They love the appropriate criteria. That's just so cool. Um, okay. You can share some of yours, Max. So how can a dog drive with clarity? So, well, for me, it's like, they need to understand the criteria. They need to love the criteria and yeah, they need to love the criteria. It's not because they have to. No, they should love it. Yes. Um, and they should be able to that independently from our movement. I see that a lot when I'm teaching seminars that people are really, really trying to get, to get more skills and to get more independency. Um, but they tend to help with their body so early on. Or lures. Yes. Lures or something like that. Yeah. Yes. Um, instead of gradually growing the skills step by step by step. Um, and then also there's so much independence that you can add into it. And my experience is that independence will give so much confidence if you train it the right way. Um, so the dogs, they can just focus on what they're doing and they can. And they show that love for what they do. They just have so much joy. And I just like, you should see some videos of belief in Kim now. Like it's just so crazy how far she goes and just like, she knows what she's doing and that's just so fun. Um, so I think that training the obstacles in a way that you aren't a part of that picture. Yes. That every time you do a weed pull, I'll be there at the end to reward you because then they can never get away from you because that's where the reward is. Yes. So. And if you're thinking, if you're thinking, yeah, but my dog still has some skills, I think

there are some crazy, crazy good genius dogs. Yes. Who will just do everything. Um, but there's still room to learn. Like there's room to learn for all of us and for all of the dogs. A hundred percent. Um, there's always something new. Yeah. That's what I really, really love about our combination. Yeah. That we, um, I'll give you a small story. We were sitting in our new hall, my new hall. And, um, we're sitting on the ground planning something. And what happened was we sat there for like two hours talking about some skill on a, on a course that was like, not the topic. Yeah. But we have so much passion for that. Yeah. Um, and I think we shared it all. Yeah. And what the dog sees when, when that skill is presented and yeah, it's, it's awesome. Um, oh, there's a good one, Christine, uh, creating a value for the dog finding those skills. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So, you know, I, I think you guys have really got it that it's about the dog, um, owning that, owning that, the, the behavior of whatever it is of doing distance sends of doing a seesaw independent like that in the video clip with, um, uh, is it making it make it the right. You're like miles away. And she's like right at the end of the seesaw. And she even pushes to that criteria. Yeah. She wants to get there as fast as she can. That's so cool. Yeah. Um, and this is a good one. Um, good physical conditioning for sure. Of course. Right. Um, yes. I think that's like the, another domino. Yes. You know, you need that for sure. And I think, uh, I've talked about this before and I like, there's, uh, I think it's a, a, a balance is needed of both the, um, I don't know if we call it professional fitness with what I like to call forest fitness. So dogs being able to go off leash walks or long distances. Yes. We need to work on their shoulder strength and their ability to balance and all the other things. But I find sometimes people do that. And instead of, yeah. And the forest fitness, it's not just about their physical wellbeing because I mean, that's great, but it's also about their, um, their mental. Yes. Yes. I think the forest fitness, it's a good word for it because it's like, if I picture myself going on a walk with my dogs, um, turning the phone out, you know, and just breathing in, breathing out, going through nature that does something to your mindset. Absolutely. I think it does something for the dogs as well. Have them relaxed. I agree. Yeah. Just so many amazing places here in Germany. That was the thing that we talked about when we went home. Yeah, it's quite nice. Oh, so amazing. Um, so have we ever had a dog that wasn't interested in agility? Yes.

And, um, for me, it is always about, I think this is probably the one that you could say wasn't interested in agility, but there is always a reason that if I, if I can help you and it's not about that. You're my dog. You must do agility. You must like it. It's about if there's something that I need to help you live a better life, because if it's that you're not like she was disinterested in doing any agility, then what else are you going to be disinterested in? And for me, it was because she was in some physical discomfort. So I think if the training is presented first up in a way that is engaging and fun and the dog is not in pain, that every dog has the ability to enjoy it. Yes. I worked so much with my first dog on like just building that connection, building that bond. Yes. Probably a lot of tricks. Yes. Everything like from it. I was 12 and a half years old. Wow. Maybe 13, just 13. Um, so I was like, Agility wasn't invented when I was 13. Yeah. So what I did, um, like she, when we got to that point where she enjoyed working with me, doing tricks and like just going a little bit wild for it. Um, we got to like the next stone in our way, which was like, she was a little bit afraid of that people clapping. Um, so what I did was I took action and I went to a handful games and football games in the city. Good for you. And I went there and I did like step by step. The first time I went outside the door, just rewarded her there, did some tricks there, went on and on and on. You were so young. Yes. Yes. And I just wanted to improve that more and more. So I think if you have a dog that's not interested in, interested in agility, I think the first thing you should do is make the dog interested in working with you because then I think you should have, or you should be more interesting to be more interested to work with. Yes. Yes. So I think the dogs that I've seen that are not interested in agility or dogs that maybe went to an agility class that you see a lot in North America where they, the first day in class, there's no relationship, but they're told to let's put the dog on the dog walk. Let's put the dog on the seesaw. Let's put the, push them through the tunnel. And then, then, you know, some dogs make it and some dogs are deemed not interested in agility. And so that is just a poor start. And anybody that you go to an agility class that they say, let's get on the equipment day one, like turn and go the other direction. That is not a place that it's going to. So much happening before, or there should happen so much before. So much before. Yes. Yeah.

You could do some real damage emotionally to that dog and they could learn to really not like the sport at all. So, so if we go back to the picture, so we've got, we've got the, the, the domino for directing it with clarity. And so the question becomes, what do you believe is the domino for getting your dog to drive with confidence? What would be that one domino? And yeah, you, you know, it's easy to say it could be fun having a found foundation first. And I would say that goes, we're all dog training, all dog training that that is the one thing. And a hundred percent that could be what, what it, what that is, but that wasn't, that's not what I'm talking about with agility training. And I'm going to leave that. I'm going to leave that with you to talk about, to, to think about because I want you. I've got something I'm going to, I'm going to, I'm going to go to, I think it's in, yeah. It's in this little book. Yeah. So I think that's a great domino for all of it, no matter for a family pet, like it goes hand in hand with that. A dog that has a fun relationship, a fun foundation, they are going to be able to trust you. Right. And I think that's super, super important. Yeah. For all training, all relationships with dogs. And then the question is, what do you need as a skill to trust your dog on the course? Yeah. That's, that's the domino. That's the domino. What is, what is that domino? Yeah. Okay. Let me go. Let's go back to us. How do I get it? I see here. Uh, boom, there we go. Um, in your handout, in your masterclass notes, do I have two of those? Yeah. In your masterclass notes, there is, I'm going to, I'm going to give you a couple assignments. Um, the one that I want you to, to think about is, um, it's, Oh, I'm going to take that comment off. It is a timeline. I asked you to do an inventory and inventory of the skills that you're proud of, that you think your dog is brilliant at the skills that you think you need to be working on and evaluate yourself. Like where your dog is today, maybe where your dog was last month and six months ago. Cause that is, that is a gap that you should be evaluating routinely. Unfortunately, what people evaluate is they look at the gap of where they are in the big blue circle and where they want to be. Yeah. And then they get their mindset is tarnished because they go, Oh, I'll never get there. Oh, my litter mate is doing those things and I'm not. So part of your homework before we come live again tomorrow night is to do that inventory of, um, what are the skills? Be honest.

We've talked about things for your own mindset, but this is all about the relationship you have with your dog and, and the skills that they have with regards to, you know, with regards to agility. So some, you know, you haven't trained at all. Some, you know, you've trained and maybe your dog isn't having the joy that we spoke about. So do that honest inventory that is in it's in that notebook. And I just, I flipped through it and I didn't see it at first, but I know it's in there because I saw it earlier today, but you can see it. And I can, I can actually guarantee you speaking from experience that when you start doing that and inventory more and more, um, also like after your trainings, um, you will get so much better at knowing what you're capable of running a course. So the more you do this and the more you figure out, okay, that's what I can do now. That's what I need to improve. That's what already improved because you also need to look at that. You need the confidence and knowing, okay, that's how far we've come, but this is how far we want to go. Exactly. And this is how we do it. Um, I think that's the part we could have. And, and, and if you're not evaluating how far you've come, then it's easy to be depressed. Yes, for sure. But you can look back and go, Holy smokes. That's already. Yeah, for sure. And you will get better and better at it. Absolutely. Um, okay. So back to, here's that feed I was looking for. It says it's agility skill inventory. Put a date, just put your date on it and then be honest with yourself about your dog skill. If you have more than one dog that you're training in agility, do this for all of your dogs. If you have a puppy that you're, you know, you've got goals to someday do agility, do this evaluation now. And, and then, I mean, I think you should be doing it at least every three months and look at the progress. Are you progressing? Are you moving in a direction? Or if you're not, do you know why not? Maybe you've been on vacation for two and a half months or you've been away from your dog, but that's really where I looked at this. And I'm like, we are not progressing. And so what are, what are some. We need to change that. Right. What, what else could, could I be looking at? And for her, it was nutrition that, that, that she had a problem with her gut. And some of you have heard the story, um, about this and her challenges. So that's number one. That's your homework. Number one for the dog for you. I would like to review. Some of you have seen this from my podcast and it's about how we can evaluate and adjust our mindset.

And it starts by thinking about your beliefs. And I would like you to think of three beliefs. Um, number one is the belief that you have. In how you think of your dog. And do you immediately think of the limitations of the dog? Oh, but my dog isn't as fast as other dogs or, Oh, but my dog is pretty slow to learn things. Like, do you have any things that you talk about in a negative way? Or if you have one of those dogs that appears to be frantic and knocking bars and do you know, are you, do you say things like, Oh, my dog's on his own agenda. Yeah. Or he doesn't care. He's blowing me off. Yes. Or warning the trainer in the seminar. My dog is crazy. Or that happens a lot. Yeah. Yeah. My dog is crazy. And that, and that is limiting you because I can't do anything. Yeah. Because that's who my dog is. Yeah. If that's what you believe, then you are putting the brakes on any progress you can make in agility. Yes. Right. I made that mistake with Buzzy calling him crazy until I stopped calling him crazy. Yeah. And it was almost like within six months of that, like he won like three national championships when I, he was five years old when I stopped calling him all these names. So, so number one is the belief you have in your dog and the talk you have about your dog and the belief you have in yourself. Do you say, Oh, I'm 63 years old. I couldn't possibly win another world championship. Just watch out. Like, no, I don't talk that way. So the belief you talk about yourself, you know, you, you could say, Oh, Susan, I'm just realistic. Um, I can't do agility because ding, ding, ding, ding, ding. If you could do agility, what would it look like? Oh, maybe you wouldn't be to be able to be places where other people are. So instead of saying, I can't because ask yourself the question, if I could, what would it look like? We're just changing the questions that you're asking yourself. So it's the belief you have about your dog, the belief you have about yourself. Um, the other thing is I would like you to consider the, the, and we, we touched on this earlier, the conversations or your emotions in regards to things outside of your control. Um, the people that you think are doing things badly or wrong, or they shouldn't do that with their, with their 10 month old puppy, or they. Right. It's outside of your control. And how does that serve you by rehearsing the gossip about all the things that are bad and agility and all the things instead of flipping it and saying, wow, I wonder if, you know, we can improve this. Or if I could have a conversation with this person about this.

So everything starts with your belief because the, the beliefs you have about your dog or the other people or yourself that creates thoughts that rotate through your brain every day. Yeah. And the thoughts are about what's limiting you or why that person's not a good person or why your dog will never be. And then when you have that belief, you then will have what we talked about those emotional outrages or, you know, your emotions will go in places that. Up and down. They're not going to take you to a good place. Yes. No. And, and when you get that, it gives you an outcome. Yeah. Right. And when you're sulking or you're going, when you're trying to train your dog, like that will give you a dog who looks at you and goes, I don't want to play. Or you might think your dog gets crazier. Yeah. Well, they're just feeding off of the energy of the room. For sure. It's not healthy. Yeah. And then that those actions will give you results, which feed the same belief. If you believe your dog is crazy and you think, Oh, he just knocked those bars because he's crazy. And then your emotions going to be, Oh, I got to give up this dog. It's just so crazy. So your action is going to be no action. Yeah. Cause you think your dog's crazy. Then your results are going to be the same results you got last week. 100%. So I would like you to consider that that is going to be your homework or what are the things that you're currently thinking about, what about your dog, about yourself. All right. About yourself, your dog and about other people. What are the ones aren't serving you and how can you change those things that aren't serving you? Okay. And I'm going to, I'm going to ask you to stop a few things. There's this video clip. I sent it to Kim and Chelsea and Linda the other day, and it was an old, you won't know this guy. Nevermind. Any of you out there who are of the age that remember Bob Newhart, or you want to Google Bob Newhart on YouTube, go to YouTube and search Bob Newhart. Stop it. He's in this skit. He's a therapist. And the person says, Oh, I'm having these thoughts and I can't. And he goes, Okay, I can help you with that. Stop it. But when I'm having the, just stop it. So I'm going to give you some things to just stop. Yeah. So, so you need to stop when, when you start criticizing yourself, when you say, how could you be so? Stop it. Stop it. Yeah. Yeah. You're, you don't have to, you're not, you don't have to call yourself. You shouldn't be calling yourself those names. So stop talking negatively about yourself. Stop believing that other people have influence over your success. Yes.

And stop looking for reasons why your dog is flawed. Yes. Stop it. Yes. And stop looking for reasons why you couldn't be better than you were today. Yeah. Because the, yeah, you can change it around. How can I be better? Just, just flip that around. Okay. So now, yeah, I love Bob T people know Bob Newhart. He was older than me. He's dead now. Okay. So, um, we are going to, I'm going to ask you to do a couple of things. Number one, my team is going to put a post on our Facebook page. That's called gems. And if there were, and if you were really listening, there were a lot of gems tonight. Yeah. What were the gems that you took from tonight's live? And, and we are going to give away, you know what we're going to give away? I just decided. Okay. I'm lying. I decided this before. I'm going to give away a set of Galligan tunnel bags. Ooh. I can't swear. They're going to be, they're going to be either purple or blue. That's so nice. Right? So, a set. So one bag and the other bag come together. Zingo, giving them away. We're sending them to you. All that you have to do is share a gem. Something that woke you up tonight that you said, oh my gosh, this is going to make a difference with my dog. This is amazing. All right. And I'd like to thank the great people at Galligan. Some hearts for Galligan and Run It. Run It, our North American distributor and Galligan. The great people are so innovative about the way they approach all dog equipment. More safety all the time. All the time. Focusing on that. So, they're amazing. And Jamie said I could call him Jamie. Jaime. Jaime. Jaime. I think. Oh, and we have a winner of the tug toy from For My Merles. And that is Kim Weider. I think it's Vida. Vida. Yeah. Okay. Well, if Kim is in Germany, I bet that is how it is. Yes. Kim Vida. Okay. So, and. For a moment, I thought Kim wrote her own name on it. Because we want to go. She wants the shuttle bag. Oh, no, this is a toy. That's right. Okay. This is a great question to start tomorrow. How did Max start his own name? And I think it's Vida. Yeah. Okay. Well, if Kim is in Germany, I bet that is how it is. Yes. Kim Vida. Kim Vida. Okay. So, and. For a moment, I thought Kim wrote her own name on it. How did Max start his learning journey? When did Susan come into the picture? I can tell you when I came into the. Well, it was, we've been talking about dog breeding for years. Yes. And I was going to get a puppy. Wait for remix is litter. Because it was the litter before. Yes. That I was, because you had red puppies. And I'm like, yes. I want a red puppy. Yeah. Yeah. So that's actually how we got to be friends. Actually, it's been even longer than it was like on my, like.

2018, Sweden, AWC. Yes. It was my first AWC. And I went down the stairs. Yes. With Bex. Yes. And we have never taught like any word before. And you were like, I was 18 years and you were like, you know, you get it. And then you were like, you called him and you were like, Oh, I love him. He's so beautiful and everything. And then I was like, okay. Okay. I like her. I still love Bex. She loves Bex. I love her. That's how it goes. Such a cool dog. So there, there was the question. Okay. But we'll answer the beginning of that. Yeah. So tomorrow I'll get rid of our picture here. Tomorrow we're going to go into, because I, I didn't, we didn't share what we feel is the domino for dogs to really have success in agility. We're not only going to share what that is, but I put together a, a four part tutorial to teach you exactly. Um, how to do it. And it's a skill that I would guess 80%, maybe even more 90% of the people doing agility teach badly. And this is going to be such a mind blow. I've never taught it publicly before. And so I'm going to give you all the step-by-step tutorial, how to teach it. Plus of course, we have our surprise guests joining us, um, for tomorrow. And, um, so I'm going to give you one more chance. Guess the country that our surprise guest is coming. Oh, yes. That's a good, right. Where, what is the origin of this surprise guest? Um, there will be a replay. There will be a replay. If you go to dogs at.com forward slash skills, there will not be a replay. Um, for tomorrow's won't be anywhere, but if we're members of the master class. So if you're not a member of the master class, then go to, uh, dogs at.com forward slash skills. So we've got guests in the, uh, Switzerland, Poland, the UK, Finland, Australia. That'd be a long way for our guests to come in from Australia. Could be done. Um, I mean, someone just came from Canada. Somebody just come from Canada. Somebody just come from Canada. Who had just been here. The people at the grocery store recognize Kim and I. Really? Yes. Are you back? Already? I did not have the vegan. They had a chocolate vegan croissant and I did not buy any. Ooh. Yeah. I have us open coming up and I, I need to get back. I considered buying them and freezing them and taking them home for after us open. And that could happen tomorrow. She bought one today. She, she didn't eat it in front of me. So that was okay. Iceland. We have a guest of Iceland. We've got some really good. I can think every time I see a new country, I think of a great competitor. That could be the special guests from that country. Um, Yeah. It could be any one of them. Uh, spending all your time at the grocery store.

You know what? We did go to the pet store as well. And they also recognized us at the pet store. Um, went to the pet store now. Yes. Today, this morning. Uh, you don't have dogs here. That doesn't stop me. Max. And I tried to buy, I tried to buy two more dog beds. Of course you did. However, they didn't have the ones I wanted. They were out of stock. So next time. Okay. So, um, go to our, to our Facebook page. Um, I believe that the team for anybody who doesn't have Facebook, I believe I could be wrong. So the team might have a place in the lobby of the, the, masterclass for posting your gem as well. Um, and yes, there will be a replay for tomorrow. All of these four masterclasses. So it's Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, you will have until at Friday to watch them all. Yeah. So, and then they are going to be, they're going down and they're going to be, to be put in, uh, handling three 60. So that's my online course. all be put in there after we're done. So, um, uh, so that's all that's happening tonight and, uh, super excited for tomorrow. And thank you for your great questions. Oh, Japan, Japan. Yes. There's several good handlers that could be from Japan. Um, okay. So that's it. Did I, did I cover everything? I'm just going to check all the things that I've got. Oh, one more. For our sponsors, please. Uh, show some love for Galligan and for my morals and be here tomorrow. Same time. Yes. We're ready for you. Four days in a row. It's going to be epic. It's going to be awesome. Thank you for your great attention and see you tomorrow. See you tomorrow.