- All this social distancing stuff
has me realizing that my husband
is way more like my dog than I thought.
Oh my gosh, who left the door open?
No, no, no, honey, honey, get back in here.
Get back in here, no, no, no.
Just ignore him, just ignore him.
It's best if you just ignore him.
Just keep going, just, nope, honey, back, back, back.
Come here, treat, I got a treat for you.
I got a treat for you, come here, I got a treat.
There's a treat, there's a treat, I have a treat for you.
Some of the behavior's okay,
like staring at the window watching cars go by,
sticking his head out the car window looking for friends.
But sometimes he gets so bored,
he gets into something he shouldn't.
Honey, no.
No, off, off, no, no double-dipping,
no, off, off,
down, down, off.
Nuh-uh-uh!
We know that this is tough on him and we know that he's sad,
but when the doorbell rings, he has to stay put.
(doorbell rings)
No, no, no, back, back, back.
Place, get to your place, get to your place, go to your,
no, no, no, no, that's, hey, hey, it's our food delivery.
We can't answer it, they're gonna leave it
on the front porch, but no, back, back.
They're gonna leave it on the front porch, it's okay.
It's okay, place,
place, good job, good job.
It's important to have positive reinforcement
and offer treats throughout the day.
You're taking out the trash, good boy, good boy,
here's a treat, here's a treat.
You're sweeping the floor, good job,
you can get some chips now.
You finished your work?
Good boy!
Good job.
But I'll admit, sometimes the training just breaks down.
No, honey, no. - Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe.
Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe. - Back up, off the fence.
- Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe. - Off the fence.
- Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe!
- No, shh, buddy, shh. - Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe!
- Off the fence.
It's not like he's locked up completely.
There is outside time.
Hey, honey?
Wanna go for a walk?
Yeah!
Okay, okay, okay, it's okay.
Hey, you gotta put this on first.
Gotta put on your coat, no, no, no. Gotta put this on first.
Gotta put it on, honey.
No, no, back, back, back.
But he will test the boundaries.
Get the ball, get the ball, yeah, good job.
Good job, get the ball.
- [Man] Hey, Ben, come drink a beer on my porch!
- [Wife] No, honey, back, back.
No, no, no, no, no, we do not go to porches for beer.
No, get back here right now.
Now.
In the end, he does seem happy to be close to us.
- Hey, come here, come here.
- And we love being close to him,
even though sometimes he doesn't understand how big he is.
(boy laughs)
Honey, you're way bigger than him, you need to get off.
Get off, get off, off, off.
(boy laughs)
And
scene.
- Come on, get your butt up here.
- It's time to check on your extroverts, okay?
Even as an introvert, this is a lot of isolation.
How are you doing, honey?
- I mean, not great.
I'm coping with weird stuff.
I played online poker until 1:00 a.m. last night.
- With a group of friends in a video chat.
- I wanna go to a party with a bunch of people right now.
- What about you, how are you doing?
- I'm doing fine.
But.
I don't like not being able to go places.
- Yes.
We agree that this is the best thing though, right?
We agree that this is, yeah.
(all laugh) We do. - You're doing a good job
though, buddy, you are. - You're doing a great job.
- I have had to retrain myself
as a new human being for this whole thing.
This is sort of a farce on what it's like to train a dog,
but kind of the same.
Extroverts need training for this.
- Yes.
And as an introvert, I can coach you through it.
- I know. - Yeah.
Don't just go run after people.
- You just seem them walking down the street,
they're like, there they are. - I know.
But you can't go run after them.
You can't-- - You're not a dog.
- Yeah. - I haven't seen Chris
in a while, I'm gonna go
say hi. - No.
Can't say hi.
Nope, nope, nope.
Oh, no, our neighbor is outside, don't, honey, stop, stop.
Oh my gosh, and other neighbors are walking by.
But look, they're separate, they're waving
and they're walking past each other responsibly.
Good social distancing.
Come, come with me.
Okay, good, sit.
So Sunny's actually a very good girl.
- [Husband] I know, she's better trained than I am.
- [Wife] She is better trained than Daddy, aren't you?
You are better trained than Daddy.
Should Sunny have her own video?
Should we do a quarantine Sunny video?
What do you guys think?
- [Husband] You're such a good puppy.
No, no. - No, no, stay.
You are such a good girl.
You are way better than Daddy.