- Kayl is just on her way out for a
bachelorette weekend and she had some trouble
pulling out of the driveway.
(laughing)
She drove into the ditch twice.
Stalled the car once.
(laughing)
So I suggested that they wear helmets.
I feel much like they're going to be much safer now.
- Yeah.
Kiran's not coming to the bachelorette,
we're dropping him off.
- This is compromising my eyesight.
(laughs)
- Still safer.
(barks)
- If you've seen the vlog lately,
you'll know that we are puppy sitting this
adorable black lab puppy named Bruin.
The owners of Bruin are good friends of both
Kayl and mine.
Along the way they've been asking lots of questions.
Asking for suggestions of things to do with him.
When they asked us to puppy sit we were happy to.
We know what a well behaved boy little Bruin can be,
but he could also be lots of work sometimes too.
One of the things that Jen did was put together
a great package for the puppy.
Inside that package were several items that just made
puppy sitting him so much easier.
One really important one was a list.
A list of important contact information.
The vet that he goes to, his contact information for them.
As well as contact information for themselves,
the owner's, both a telephone number,
and an email because sometimes you travel
that you don't immediately have access to a telephone.
It's nice to be able to be reached by email.
Another really handy thing that they've done is
to put Bruin's individual meals in these bags.
It makes feeding so much easier in the morning rather
than dealing with one great big bag and you know,
having to use a scooper and share a scooper around.
We have several dogs so it makes it a little
bit harder for us.
I can know at a glance by looking at these,
that Bruin has to get his meals.
He needs a breakfast,
and a dinner tomorrow.
The other great part is,
if we go out for the day and we take Bruin with us,
we can take his dinner,
just his dinner with us.
We know that on the fly all we need to do is
dump this into a bowl,
add a little bit of water and he's taken care of.
Remember to include a couple chew toys for your dog
if you're sending him for an overnight stay,
or sending him off to a pet sitter's for any
length of time.
Traveling can be pretty stressful.
Especially being in a new environment can be
stressful for any age of dog.
Having something that they can chew on,
just sort of occupy their mind,
and allow them to relieve some of that stress
because dogs can find chewing very stress relieving.
Allowing them to be able to chew on something,
especially if it's theirs is a great idea.
It's also a great pastime for them.
If there are any kind of treats
that you know your dog loves,
and that they can tolerate,
some dogs have a really sensitive stomach,
if they get a unique treat or a treat they've
never had before,
or something that doesn't sit quite very well with them,
they can really get an upset stomach.
The last thing you want your pet sitter or
dog sitter to be dealing with is diarrhea or
any sort of stomach upset of any kind.
Send along a few treats.
That way they can,
specially with a young dog,
they can reward your puppy for going in their crate,
reward really great moments,
or whatever,
it's nice for them to know exactly what treats
your dog loves and what they can tolerate.
Now I've gotta start planning for maybe October
to get out and do maybe some herding trials with Mac.
He's getting older, he's nine now.
He's gonna be ten really soon.
I want to make the most of my time with him for sure.
I don't want to ever have him in a situation
where he's not feeling well enough to compete,
or it's too hard to compete in the course of a weekend
or something like that for him.
I really need to make the most of my time with him
right now while he's still able bodied and fit,
and you know, willing to work so hard,
and willing to put up with me and my learning curve.
That's one thing that I'm really focused on at this
point is looking ahead to October and being ready
for some of the herding trials that happen then.
(happy music)
- [Kris] Away.
- That was a lot of fun.
Just finished a really fun lesson.
You may have seen just before I went out there
I shot a little video of instructor Chris,
from McCann dog trainers.
She had her dog Talos,
she also trains out here with me
and our instructor Vicki.
I'm losing my voice and I need to make a point
of learning my whistles,
getting better at my herding whistles,
because my voice cannot take too much more
of this, I don't think.
(happy music)
I think that will wrap it up.
I had lots of fun at herding today and Bruin had
some good training sessions today.
Hopefully if you're a dog owner,
or you're a dog sitter that you were able to
learn a couple things from those suggestions that we had
about your puppy travel pack.
On that note,
I want to remind you guys to do something
awesome with your dog today.
See you tomorrow.