Welcome to the Absolute Dog Sex and a Squirrel podcast. I'm Lauren Langman. I'm one of the world's leading dog trainers and it's my mission to help owners become their dog's top priority. In each episode, you'll discover how to gain trust and

communicate with your dog like never before, creating unbreakable bonds that make you the most

exciting part of their world. So finding the joy and finding the joy in life, dog training,

I couldn't be joined by a better guest. Welcome, Bill. Thank you, Lauren. Thanks for having me.

I am so happy to see you because I haven't seen you in way too long. And by way too long,

I just mean like a couple weeks, but it's, I mean, at least Zoom-wise, right? We haven't seen each

other in person in a few months. But it feels like forever. Like, because I know, I know.

I have fun with you.

And yet it really does feel like I could just pop in and hang out with a friend for a coffee

or go to the beach or grab a juice or like just hang out.

And yet we're like worlds apart and yet Zoom does make it doable at least.

And I'm so glad we get to share this with everybody here listening.

Now, finding the joy in life, finding the joy in dog training, finding the joy end of.

Like, where do we start, Bill?

Because sometimes it gets tricky, right?

It gets tough.

And I think that there are like questions and purpose and all these things that come into it.

What about what you think? What does Bill think? What does Bill think? Sometimes nothing. My mind is just a blank.

But one of the things that I really make a conscious effort to do, and I'm sure you have people

in your life that are similar where they are just

infectiously good you know what I mean like you just your your behavior your life is

just better because they're around you know and I really make a conscious effort to

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