No matter what we do from a sports standpoint, my dogs are pets first.

So they need to be able to live in the house and I want them to be happy and comfortable.

And I want my family to be happy and comfortable living with them.

So we all need to be able to coexist in harmony and all of the My Little Pony, Friendship is Magic kind of scenarios. Hey guys. Welcome or welcome back. I'm Hannah Branigan and you are listening to

drinking from the Toilet,

the podcast about teaching and training, mostly dogs, but pretty much anybody, with positive

reinforcement in the real world. So if you're a regular listener of this podcast, or if you follow

me on social media, then you know it's no mystery. There is a new man in my life. Is that joke too corny?

I think it is probably too corny, but I'm going to go ahead and leave it. Anyways, by that I mean,

I have a new puppy. So Figment is my new puppy, and he is a border collie. And at the time of this

recording, he's about four months old. So we have been together for about two months.

And folks that follow me on social media, Instagram, or Facebook mostly, have seen me post

some of the photos and videos of the training that we're doing together.

And it's generated a lot of questions.

What am I focusing on with this new baby?

What are my plans?

What is my training going to look like?

And what are my goals with him?

And I thought it would be maybe helpful or interesting or just really self-indulgent to do a podcast

episode talking about my puppy. Because, of course, you really have to twist my arm to get me

to talk about puppies, right? Particularly my puppy. So, okay, Figment, who is, I think I already said, a border collie puppy,

like most puppies, he's a little bit of a mixed bag. So he's adorable, he's cute, but he's also

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