Interview with five year old professional dog trainer...

Interview with  Profession dog trainer Emily Rempel

Emily:  Hello, I am a dog trainer and I am training a dog today.

Dad: And what is the dog’s name?

Emily:  The dog’s name is Kennedy.  I named him after a friend from school.

Dad: And what is that dog like?

Emily:  He is silly.  He play bites and he is almost one year old.

Dad: and would you say he slobbers?

Emily:  Yes I would.  He slobbers really wet slobbers all over my clothes.

Dad:  So tell us how to train a dog.

Emily:  First of all you have to have two chairs and a rope.  And then you have to tie the rope around the chairs.  The next step you have to have the dog’s favourite ball.  And then you have to go to the other side of the rope and ask the dog to jump.  and the words you have to say are, “Jump Kennedy.  Jump!”  and you have to have lots of treats to do this.  But if you have me as a trainer you don’t have to bring he treats.

The next step is after the dog jumps you give him a treat and while you are giving it to him you say, “good dog!”

Dad:  How do you train a dog to walk properly on a leash without pulling you around the yard and yanking your arm off?

Emily.  good question, do you have a different one?

Dad:  Yes I do.  I was wondering what you feed your dog.

Emily:  The dog usually eats kibbles, but if it is a vegetarian it eats salad and stuff.

Dad:  do you give your dog chew toys or do you let him chew the couch?

Emily:  You give your dog chew toys, but if you are poor and the dog was just donated to you, you let it chew the couch.  Just joking!!

Dad:  Well that is quite amusing, but seriously what do you do with a dog who sheds a ton and a half of hair?

Emily:  Well what you do is brush the dog really hard with one of your brushes and it will eventually go away if you do it every day.  But if you don’t brush it every day it won’t go away and your dog will have fleas and will itch himself raw.

Dad:  Can all dogs be watch dogs?

Emily:  No they can’t.  Only the dogs that can be trained and they have to be black labs to be trained.

Dad:  Well doesn’t that make the yellow labs sad to be left out?

Emily:  Actually no it doesn’t because the yellow labs don’t even know there are such a thing as watch dogs because they are just too darn friendly.

Dad: How did you first get interested in dog training?

Emily:  Well actually I was watching a show on a TV commercial and I was learning stuff and now I am a trainer.

Dad:  Do dogs generally like going to the ocean and harassing sea gulls?

Emily:  Yes they do!!