This is the Jocko Underground podcast number 207 sitting here with Echo Charles and we are going to

review some questions from the field.

Yeah.

On the front lines where the rubber meets the road.

You all are out there troopers getting after it.

We will provide you with some answers.

Some courses of action, some recommendations to help you get through these challenges that you're facing.

That's where we're at. Let's go.

All right. First question from the field.

Could you tell me what your opinion is about jiu-jitsu coaches bringing their dogs to the gym?

I saw one time a dog was free to step on the mats at one of the gyms I went to.

Recently, in other instance, I saw a dog was allowed to sleep on a special rug, but not on the mats.

What's your take?

I like dogs, you know?

That's kind of part of it.

So, you know, having a dog in school, pretty pretty it's pretty much like seems to be fine with

me we used to have a dog named victory at the victory gym yeah but it was only downstairs

yeah not on the mats not on the mats um you know i i think the the dogs being on the mat is kind of that's that doesn't seem like a great idea to me you know

look the dogs are going to be bringing dirt onto the mat because they don't wear shoes so now

they walk on the mat they're just going from the regular floor to the mat you know we wear flip-flops

or whatever slippers when we go off the

mat and so we try and keep it as clean as we can and also dogs have claws so now they're just

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