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. Sometimes owning a dog comes with its downs. And I actually think

downs are fairly rare in owning dogs.

And I feel like I've had my dog ownership sort of dream for, I don't know, I've owned dogs for over 30 years.

And I mean, they haven't always been my own.

They've been family dogs.

But you know what?

They're my dogs in my head.

And some of the saddest times are losing a dog.

But I think even more sad than losing a dog

is losing a dog in trauma, tragedy or a young dog or a sudden loss. And I know that experiencing

that myself, Debbie, it was like something I'd never felt before. It was like worse than, and I know you shouldn't say this, and I'm going to say it anyway.

For me, it was potentially worse than losing my parent.

It was worse than losing any, I couldn't imagine feeling any more pain.

Like it was the most painful experience.

And not only did I go through that, a year later, almost a year to date, you went through it.

And it was a horrendous experience because I was almost reliving it with you.

You were messaging me.

I was messaging you back.

You're in Florida.

I'm in Devon.

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