This is the puppy training podcast episode 118, back to basics.

This podcast is designed to help you on your journey of becoming best friends through love and learning as you train your own dog from home.

And I'm here to help you every step of the way.

This is the puppy training podcast,

and I'm your host, Amy Jensen. As we head into a new school year, it is a good time to review

the basics when it comes to raising a dog. Today, we are talking about potty training, sit to say

please, and creating a routine. Hey, everybody,

how are you? I hope you're doing well today. Thank you for joining me on the podcast. I appreciate

you listening and sharing this podcast with your friends and family, anybody you know who either is

getting a dog or has a dog. Your support means the world to me. I love my job. If you can call it that,

can you call it a job? Is it okay to call it a job even though to me it's a dream come true?

I think so. Dogs are wonderful creatures. I know you agree with me because you're here today listening

and I thoroughly enjoy teaching others how to foster a good relationship with their dog so we can all live our best lives with our dogs.

If only they could talk. Have you ever thought about that? I haven't tried teaching Baxter how to

speak with the buttons yet, but may need to look into that next as it does intrigue me.

I'm often thinking, what is he thinking? And what would he say if he could speak English to me?

He does try to communicate with his funny sounds, not growls or barks, but more of grumbles and

howls, I guess you would say. It's pretty funny. Do your dogs do things like that? Do they have

any little vocalizations that you know mean something? You're just learning what they mean.

They all have their funny, quirky things that make them unique. I love it. As we get back to basics today,

let's start with house training. I feel like if this part goes well, families have a better experience

and overall are more happy about the fact that they chose to get a dog

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