Performing Dogs & Trick Training | Celebrity Dog Trainer Chrissy Joy
Celebrity Dog Trainer, Chrissy Joy, has a background in acting and performing, which makes her the perfect dog trainer for set work and on-camera performances. In this episode, Chrissy shares how her passion for entertainment and television blends her love of dogs with her career as a trick dog trainer. You won't want to miss Chrissy's background story in addition to the advice she has for pet parents who fall into the social media comparison trap. Listen in as she describes "perfect practice" and reveals how long (or short) she trains her dogs daily. You are sure to be surprised!
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BIO:
Chrissy enjoys her journey with The Joy Crew on road trips, hiking, set work, sports, and creative content through social media. Her lifelong motto is “Take chances, make opportunities” and her lifelong goal is to educate others on mental health matters and the pursuit of happiness, creating a greater bond with your pet, and making goals a reality.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Welcome back to Covered In Pet Hair.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: I'm your host, Isabel Alvarez Arata.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: And today I have the pleasure of having a drink and a chat with a pet parent, an actor, a performer and entertainer.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: She's a mental health advocate, dog TV host and podcaster.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: She's an international trick dog champion, a dog trainer, an entrepreneur, an adventure seeker and a road tripper.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: She's a coffee lover who likes to drink her bourbon.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: She's a trail hiker, a van dweller, who's originally from New Jersey and currently lives on Solomon's Island, Maryland.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: She's wife to Chris, mom to a six-year-old daughter named Ellowen.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: She's dog mom to Beasley, Widby, who is also known as Kevin Bacon, Darby, Fuji and Journey.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: She is the Chrissy Joy.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Well, Chrissy, it's so good to finally have you on the show.
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Chrissy Joy: It's so great to be here.
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Chrissy Joy: I know we've been trying to do this for quite a while.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: I know.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: I was so happy when we bumped into each other.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: And I think it was Fuji that was with you at Super Zoo last year.
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Chrissy Joy: That's right.
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Chrissy Joy: He was just the pup.
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Chrissy Joy: But yeah, we were on the floor doing all sorts of fun things.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Oh my gosh.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: I'm so excited to get into all of that.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: But before I do that, I want to introduce our drinking game today.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: So anybody participating at home, anytime you hear this word, the secret word is frisbee.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Take a drink of whatever you're enjoying, but please be over 21 in the US to partake.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Never drink and drive and always drink responsibly.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: So are you joining us with anything today?
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Chrissy Joy: You're not sponsored by Dunkin today, but if anybody knows me, I always have my midday drink, which is going to be my Dunkin Ice coffee.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: And it's like, how do you order at Dunkin so I can try what you do, what you like?
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Chrissy Joy: Okay, so I'm, you know, trying to slim down and watch my calories.
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Chrissy Joy: So I like to do a large Dunkin with regular milk, with only two pumps of caramel, two pumps of sugar-free hazelnut.
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Chrissy Joy: And then I just add in a Stevia, and it's perfect.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Oh my gosh.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Okay, that's good to know.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Yeah, I'm a Starbucks girl.
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Chrissy Joy: Oh, yeah.
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Chrissy Joy: So I was, and I love my Starbucks, but I have a problem with them because like it's never hot enough.
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Chrissy Joy: Like I even order it extra hot, and I'm like, dude, come on.
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Chrissy Joy: So, you know, when it comes to summertime, I get my hit of the Dunkin Ice coffee.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: And I kind of transition back and forth.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Yeah, so I'm always a Starbucks girl.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: I know what I like there.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: I agree with you.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: It has to be extra hot.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: If it's not burning my lips, like it's not a hot coffee, like it's not.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: And sometimes I really crave an iced coffee, but I don't really love anything that they do there, like from their standard menu.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: That's why I asked.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Well, today I'm actually drinking something boozy because it's about to be happy hour for me.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: I did this in honor of you.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: This is an Apple bourbon cocktail.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: And my glass, you can't even see it because it's the same color, but it says toasted on it, which is my plan for the evening.
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Announcer: To get toasted.
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Chrissy Joy: So, fun fact, I used to work at a bourbon distillery and I used to live in Kentucky.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Oh my gosh.
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Chrissy Joy: So, like bourbon distillery and my passion for that is like the history and the crazy parts about how like a lot of those places survive through prohibition and why they're in Kentucky.
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Chrissy Joy: There's so much cool history about it, so I suggest if anybody has a chance in Kentucky to stop at one, you'll learn so much that you never knew.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Okay, so I'm adding that to my bucket list.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Go get a history of bourbon in Kentucky.
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Chrissy Joy: Choose one from the Bourbon Trail.
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Chrissy Joy: I love Woodford Reserve.
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Chrissy Joy: And we're actually trying to work on a project where they actually decorate bourbon barrels.
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Chrissy Joy: So artists actually decorate bourbon barrels and then they set them up around the state for everyone to look at and the money goes towards a really good cause.
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Chrissy Joy: So it's a neat project.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: So cool.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: I love that.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Well, you're obviously a traveler.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: You travel a lot for your job, basically.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: You go to sets, right?
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: You go to events.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: You perform on TV.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: You were just on Jimmy Fallon.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Is that right?
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Chrissy Joy: That's right.
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Chrissy Joy: Last summer, we were just on set yesterday for FBI Most Wanted.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: What does a dog have to do with FBI Most Wanted?
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Is it a police dog?
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Chrissy Joy: I wanted to know if he was going to be a perpetrator as well, because another fun fact you may not know about me, and this is kind of a unique thing that I can't explain, but when I'm on travel, I only watch Forensic Files.
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Chrissy Joy: I don't know why.
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Chrissy Joy: I listen to Criminal Podcasts, and I watch Forensic Files.
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Chrissy Joy: I don't know if it's just gearing me up to be extra aware of my surroundings, but it is my go-to.
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Chrissy Joy: So, yeah, FBI Most Wanted Darby plays a character that has to do with just one of the– I don't watch the show heavily enough, but he just plays one of the dogs of, I believe, one of the investigators, I guess you'd call them.
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Chrissy Joy: So it's just a quick scene.
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Chrissy Joy: I thought it'd be cooler.
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Chrissy Joy: I was like, oh, maybe Darby knocks out a guy.
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Chrissy Joy: That'd be so cool.
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Chrissy Joy: Nothing like that.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Darby's like, whatever.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: So long as there are treats there, I'll do it.
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Chrissy Joy: He had to catch a Frisbee.
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Chrissy Joy: Oh, is that what it is?
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Chrissy Joy: He was in his A game.
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Chrissy Joy: He was his best day for him ever yesterday.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: I love that so much.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Well, I got to meet you at Super Zoo last year, but I know you were just at Global, and I think you performed there.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Is that right?
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Chrissy Joy: Yes, I performed for the Pet Summit at Global.
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Chrissy Joy: It's another event that goes really closely with Global.
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Chrissy Joy: It's the first time they have done it.
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Chrissy Joy: So I performed with them.
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Chrissy Joy: And then Global, we with Dog TV, we interviewed hundreds altogether of different companies.
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Chrissy Joy: And it was when we put together a lot of different content for them.
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Chrissy Joy: So it was such a whirlwind.
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Chrissy Joy: I walked 18,000 steps a day probably.
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Chrissy Joy: I definitely got a couple of Dunkin's on that trip.
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Chrissy Joy: Not the low calorie version.
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Chrissy Joy: I was like, let's go.
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Chrissy Joy: But it was wonderful.
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Chrissy Joy: My job there was to get more of the story.
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Chrissy Joy: So I love that because it's not so much about, hey, look at this cool product.
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Chrissy Joy: It was about what inspired you to even start and how did you get here?
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Chrissy Joy: And the coolest part is that we were able to give an award to Happy Dingoes, which is a company that just started in November of last year.
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Chrissy Joy: And they won like a massive pet product award just a couple of months within opening their business.
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Chrissy Joy: So it's just very inspirational.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Okay, that sounds familiar.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: What does Happy Dingoes have?
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Chrissy Joy: They're unique Licket Mats, and they have unique supplement products, but the Licket Mats were, I think, what was kind of the game changer.
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Chrissy Joy: And so they just have really cool designs and then their mission behind it all.
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Chrissy Joy: And it just really jumped out to APPA and Global, and so they were able to be one of the top winners.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: That is so cool.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Yeah, that's exactly what I do at Super Zoo, is I go just to meet the people.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Obviously, I'm not a retailer.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: I'm not going in selling anything.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: I got nothing to sell, but I do like to see what's coming, what's trending, and who is behind that new product.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Usually, you'll find me in the emerging brands for that exact reason, like, why are you here and what is it that you think you're going to disrupt this market with?
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: But I want to play a game with you because I've never been to Global, so I want you to help me figure out which one, if I had to choose one, which one would be better for me?
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: So this game is called Global vs.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Super, and I'm just going to ask you quick questions, and you have to choose one or the other.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Are you ready to play?
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Chrissy Joy: I am ready.
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Chrissy Joy: Let's do this.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Okay, which one had better products?
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Chrissy Joy: I would say Global.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Which was better organized?
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Chrissy Joy: Oh, do I have time to answer this?
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Chrissy Joy: Dang, organization.
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Chrissy Joy: I would say Global.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Because I've always thought Super Zoo was pretty well organized, so that's pretty impressive.
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Chrissy Joy: And the only reason I would add a note there is that, and this may be a left-field situation, but me staying at the Luxor and access to the place was such a long haul.
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Chrissy Joy: It was almost enough for me to not want to.
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Chrissy Joy: And so in the hustle, god forbid I forgot something.
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Chrissy Joy: The layouts were both great.
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Chrissy Joy: The maps and the apps, all that were great.
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Chrissy Joy: But I definitely felt that the accessibility was different.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Got it.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: So the venue, you liked Global's venue better?
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Chrissy Joy: Did I did.
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Chrissy Joy: Yeah.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Where was it?
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: I just don't even know.
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Chrissy Joy: It was Orlando, Florida at the Orange County Convention Center.
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Chrissy Joy: You know, and while dog TV, we had a haul just back up to our rooms and all that crazy stuff.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Nice.
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Chrissy Joy: The floor was pretty easy to go around.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Okay, cool.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: And then which one had more dogs present?
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Chrissy Joy: Oh, man.
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Chrissy Joy: I would say I think I saw Global.
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Chrissy Joy: I think I saw a lot more Global.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Really?
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Chrissy Joy: They seem more influencer forward.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Which one would you recommend to pet parents?
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Chrissy Joy: Well, I mean, that's a great question because it's not really open on the floor for pet parents.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Yeah.
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Chrissy Joy: You can pay a good price to get in.
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Chrissy Joy: I don't know if pet parents want to do that.
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Chrissy Joy: I would say if you're a pet parent, go to Las Vegas, because then you can go on the strip the rest of the night.
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Chrissy Joy: I'd say Super Zoo because you can make it like a fun vacation as well.
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Chrissy Joy: Why not?
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Yes.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Yes, exactly.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: All right.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: And which one would you recommend to a pet pro, a pet sitter, dog walker, dog trainer?
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Chrissy Joy: That's a good one too.
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Chrissy Joy: I might be right down the line with that one.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Either one, whichever is closer.
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Chrissy Joy: Go to which one is convenient for you.
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Chrissy Joy: I think convenience, a lot of people are going to run to Global because Nevada is out there and Las Vegas is out there.
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Chrissy Joy: But a lot of them have representations for products that can be used in the business, and a lot of those people went to both events.
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Chrissy Joy: I think they were both product and business forward.
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Chrissy Joy: Yeah, so I think that's right.
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Chrissy Joy: Which one's ever local to you?
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Chrissy Joy: So I'd say give them each a point.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Okay.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: And then which one would you recommend to a groomer?
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Because I know Super Zoo does like a whole grooming, extravagance stuff.
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Chrissy Joy: I would say Super Zoo because they do a lot more.
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Chrissy Joy: I didn't see a lot of grooming only type of stuff there for sure.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Okay, cool.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: And then which one was more fun for you?
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Chrissy Joy: Global, for sure.
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Chrissy Joy: Yeah.
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Chrissy Joy: Yeah, I do believe that they're more influencer friendly and open to that.
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Chrissy Joy: And that was nice to see.
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Chrissy Joy: So I saw a lot of influencers there.
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Chrissy Joy: It was easy accessibility.
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Chrissy Joy: It seemed to be just a really fun atmosphere that I jived with really well.
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Chrissy Joy: My dogs were very welcomed in.
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Chrissy Joy: Great conversations.
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Chrissy Joy: Opportunities to come out of that.
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Chrissy Joy: People were very eager to do.
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Chrissy Joy: You have to keep in mind that it's really a business to business event.
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Chrissy Joy: So you coming in as an influencer or just public, they're really not looking for that because they're looking to do big buys with business to business.
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Chrissy Joy: And I know that SuperZoo next year is going to be a little more careful about their influencers.
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Chrissy Joy: So that's a big deal.
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Chrissy Joy: So it's about like if you want to be in a space that kind of offers that flexibility, I would like global, but also because it was a lot easier for me to get to.
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Chrissy Joy: I definitely didn't really love staying in the Luxor.
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Chrissy Joy: So and I had a young dog, so it was hard to do potty breaks and blah, blah, blah.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Yeah, and the strip is not a place for like a dog walk and potty break.
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Chrissy Joy: And like having to go all the way to the casino, all the way through.
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Chrissy Joy: And it's a thing.
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Chrissy Joy: Listen, I've had anxiety growing up.
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Chrissy Joy: So for me also, it's a thing I like to just be able to get outside.
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Chrissy Joy: So you just having like quick access, like you're outside.
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Chrissy Joy: Like for me, that was just a mental thing.
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Chrissy Joy: But I appreciate like the accessibility and how easy it was to be within global and then, you know, doing other things that I wanted to do.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: That's really interesting.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: You should say that.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: The first time I went to Super Zoo, I stayed at the New York, New York.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: So I had to take like the monorail thing over and it was like such a mission.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: And then the second time last year, I stayed at the Mandalay Bay, but it was still a hike.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: It's such a hike.
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Chrissy Joy: It is.
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Chrissy Joy: And honestly, like it is.
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Chrissy Joy: And there was one really cool event we went for that was like, you know, for all the big wigs and like having this party and like nobody told me.
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Chrissy Joy: They're like, oh, come on.
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Chrissy Joy: You're like VIP.
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Chrissy Joy: We'll get you in.
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Chrissy Joy: I'm like, this is going to be great.
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Chrissy Joy: They put me in an all glass elevator outside, which is like not only am I having anxiety, but I hate heights.
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Chrissy Joy: And so like they put me on this glass elevator that is completely outside.
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Chrissy Joy: So you're just looking at everything around you.
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Chrissy Joy: And we're going up really, really, really high.
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Chrissy Joy: It's called like the sky something.
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Chrissy Joy: I don't know what it's called.
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Chrissy Joy: But it's so up there.
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Chrissy Joy: And they were like, I'm like literally standing at the doors like that.
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Chrissy Joy: And they're like, look Chrissy, isn't the view beautiful?
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Chrissy Joy: I'm like, shut up.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: You're like, know your audience.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Yeah.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: No.
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Chrissy Joy: There were some moments I was feeling the stress.
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Chrissy Joy: And, you know, you just got to like, you know, Taylor Swift would say, just got like with her new album that just dropped, just sort of smile and, you know, fake it till you make it.
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Chrissy Joy: But I felt that I was more stressed there.
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Chrissy Joy: And Global was more like deep breath, freeing, super welcoming.
00:14:12.662 --> 00:14:14.982
Chrissy Joy: I had all my dogs there versus just Fuji.
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Chrissy Joy: Ooh, I had all four of them with me.
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Chrissy Joy: Not because we stayed home, but yeah, I had a lot.
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Chrissy Joy: And so it was a different environment, but the whole experience for me was very global centric and just what I enjoyed.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Do you drive to these events?
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Chrissy Joy: Yes, I drive all of them.
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Chrissy Joy: So it's very rare we fly ever.
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Chrissy Joy: I'll be flying to LA to film a show in a couple of weeks.
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Chrissy Joy: With one of my dogs, we'll come along, but I will always drive.
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Chrissy Joy: That's really just what we do.
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Chrissy Joy: We went out to America's Got Talent during COVID, and we actually drove because we drove from Maryland to LA because during COVID, they weren't flying dogs, so we didn't have a choice.
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Chrissy Joy: That was one of the things they tapered away from with the staff decreasing.
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Chrissy Joy: So we drove.
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Chrissy Joy: It's not my favorite.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: That sounds like a lot.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Yes.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: All right.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: So how did you end up in the pet industry?
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Have you been doing this your whole life?
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: What was your previous job if you had one?
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Chrissy Joy: So, you know, I started out as a young girl who had anxiety and depression, really wasn't sure where to manifest that energy.
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Chrissy Joy: And so I was just training my beagle by myself.
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Chrissy Joy: This was before you had access to like, let me YouTube it, like there was no YouTube.
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Chrissy Joy: I know it sounded really old saying that, but that wasn't that long ago.
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Chrissy Joy: If you think about it.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: It really wasn't.
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Chrissy Joy: I know all you out there judging me.
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Chrissy Joy: But, you know, I was like six or seven at that time.
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Chrissy Joy: But fast forward, I went to college for Equine Studies, which was courses.
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Chrissy Joy: And I also had a passion for TV and film.
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Chrissy Joy: So what I did was when I wasn't at college, when I wasn't doing that, I was going to New York City as a SAG actress.
00:15:44.182 --> 00:15:46.902
Chrissy Joy: So if you're not familiar with SAG, that's Screen Actors Guild.
00:15:47.162 --> 00:15:49.902
Chrissy Joy: Now it's Screen Actors Guild and the AF and AFDRA.
00:15:50.062 --> 00:15:51.302
Chrissy Joy: So they're joining now.
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Chrissy Joy: They weren't at the time.
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Chrissy Joy: And so I did a lot of shows like Gossip Girl, Ugly Betty, 30 Rock, Damages, The Good Wife.
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Chrissy Joy: That was like when all those episodics were really hot, right?
00:16:03.362 --> 00:16:11.162
Chrissy Joy: So that's what I was juggling was like my passion for animals and don't want city life to like being stuck in the city, doing all this crazy stuff as an actress.
00:16:11.322 --> 00:16:12.862
Chrissy Joy: But my passion was there for both.
00:16:12.882 --> 00:16:14.522
Chrissy Joy: I just didn't know how to marry it properly.
00:16:14.602 --> 00:16:19.202
Chrissy Joy: So my senior capstone project was actually providing horses for TV and film.
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Chrissy Joy: And that was something I like worked out, wanted to do this, this is how I would do it, et cetera, et cetera.
00:16:23.682 --> 00:16:28.402
Chrissy Joy: Fast forward to, you know, graduating college, doing some great jobs here and there, lived in Kentucky.
00:16:28.422 --> 00:16:30.022
Chrissy Joy: You know, horses are expensive.
00:16:30.062 --> 00:16:32.522
Chrissy Joy: So that was really not something I was ready.
00:16:32.562 --> 00:16:36.002
Chrissy Joy: And the industry also wasn't very welcoming to be like, hey, let me take you in.
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Chrissy Joy: So I bounced around quite a bit, met my husband who's in the Navy, adopted Beasley because I was actually at a really low point in my life.
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Chrissy Joy: I just wasn't finding what I was doing and I wasn't happy.
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Chrissy Joy: So I just like took a huge step back.
00:16:47.742 --> 00:16:48.982
Chrissy Joy: I was like, I need to quit my job.
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Chrissy Joy: I need to adopt a dog and go hiking.
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Chrissy Joy: You know, like that's what I'm going to do.
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Chrissy Joy: So I found Beasley and fell in love with training because I was like, well, I need to teach him some stuff and I haven't.
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Chrissy Joy: So let me join a local facility, take some classes.
00:16:59.822 --> 00:17:05.382
Chrissy Joy: And I fell in love with training so fast that they approached me and they were like, hey, don't you want to become a trainer?
00:17:05.402 --> 00:17:06.922
Chrissy Joy: And I was like, oh, I never thought of that.
00:17:07.182 --> 00:17:09.602
Chrissy Joy: But sure, you know, so yeah.
00:17:09.622 --> 00:17:11.242
Chrissy Joy: So I interned with them.
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Chrissy Joy: Just they kind of just like raised over the internship because I was like, let's do this.
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Chrissy Joy: And I started training there.
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Chrissy Joy: And honestly, it really came to me in one moment.
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Chrissy Joy: I said, dang, my dog is really good.
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Chrissy Joy: He's really stable.
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Chrissy Joy: He knows all these tricks.
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Chrissy Joy: And I miss TV and film.
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Chrissy Joy: Like I could never just leave one alone.
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Chrissy Joy: They were always gone.
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Chrissy Joy: So then what I did is I said, I called my human agents.
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Chrissy Joy: Hi, human agent who's represented me for the past whatever years.
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Chrissy Joy: And I said, where do you go when you need a dog?
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Chrissy Joy: You know, where do you go?
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Chrissy Joy: And now we have social media and websites.
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Chrissy Joy: And they were like, oh, well, we go to so-and-so.
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Chrissy Joy: And so I just started looking up on social and connecting.
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Chrissy Joy: And to be honest, the biggest step forward for me was to be able to say, not only do I have a great dog, but I also have a dog that is going to be able to give you skills with a handler that knows set work.
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Chrissy Joy: Right.
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Chrissy Joy: And so I already knew not to run up to the director, not to run up to the actor, you know, the proper etiquette.
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Chrissy Joy: What the day is going to be like.
00:18:10.522 --> 00:18:11.662
Chrissy Joy: Like a lot of people don't know that.
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Chrissy Joy: And that's a big learning curve.
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Chrissy Joy: And for me, I'm like, I already know.
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Chrissy Joy: So that was a cool thing.
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Chrissy Joy: That was really like that helped me get my feet wet.
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Chrissy Joy: And then, of course, it's reputation and word of mouth, et cetera, et cetera.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Yeah.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: So what does your daughter think about what you do?
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Does she think it's so cool that mom is on TV and that the dogs are on TV and she lives with them?
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Chrissy Joy: You know, it's so interesting.
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Chrissy Joy: You know, I think just recently she started to realize that like, oh, my gosh, that's Darby.
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Chrissy Joy: Oh, my like, how did he get on that screen?
00:18:39.622 --> 00:18:40.982
Chrissy Joy: And I think she knows now.
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Chrissy Joy: But it's funny, like she doesn't talk about it.
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Chrissy Joy: But if we do meet somebody, she's like, my dogs are on TV.
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Chrissy Joy: Like the second thing she says, I'm like, hello, hello.
00:18:48.282 --> 00:18:51.542
Chrissy Joy: And we don't have to like doesn't have to be like what swoons people.
00:18:51.562 --> 00:18:52.502
Chrissy Joy: Like it doesn't work that way.
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Chrissy Joy: I think she knows it's a special thing.
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Chrissy Joy: I don't think it makes her feel any different about her relationship with them.
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Chrissy Joy: And I would say to be perfectly honest, I have never ever pushed her to be a trainer or to teach tricks.
00:19:07.062 --> 00:19:09.522
Chrissy Joy: So if she wants to partake, I let her.
00:19:09.822 --> 00:19:11.482
Chrissy Joy: If she doesn't want to, she doesn't have to.
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Chrissy Joy: But I will tell you, she is such a sponge because she'll jump in and start training.
00:19:17.602 --> 00:19:19.982
Chrissy Joy: And it's like she knows what to do because she's just watched me.
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Chrissy Joy: I'm like, how did you just like pull that off?
00:19:22.422 --> 00:19:23.562
Chrissy Joy: And she's like, look what I taught them.
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Chrissy Joy: And I'm like, must be nice.
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Chrissy Joy: You got all these trained dogs you get to play with.
00:19:27.602 --> 00:19:30.062
Chrissy Joy: But you know, she's great at frisbee.
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Chrissy Joy: And so that's something that we're going to start doing together.
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Chrissy Joy: She's seven now.
00:19:33.482 --> 00:19:35.362
Chrissy Joy: So she just turned seven.
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Chrissy Joy: So what we'll be able to do now is take her to frisbee competitions and she'll be able to play and get more involved there.
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Chrissy Joy: But what I think what she wants to do, we're kind of cooking.
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Chrissy Joy: She's like, well, I don't know if you have kids or have any nieces and nephews.
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Chrissy Joy: I do.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: I have two kids.
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Chrissy Joy: Yeah.
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Chrissy Joy: So she's at the phase where she's like, I'm going to sing and I'm a singer.
00:19:57.502 --> 00:19:58.422
Chrissy Joy: And I'm like, awesome.
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Chrissy Joy: She actually has a beautiful voice.
00:19:59.882 --> 00:20:00.782
Chrissy Joy: She's a very loud child.
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Chrissy Joy: I don't know where she gets it from.
00:20:02.882 --> 00:20:04.562
Chrissy Joy: And she's I'm like, great, Ellen.
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Chrissy Joy: Well, let's get you vocal lessons.
00:20:05.762 --> 00:20:07.222
Chrissy Joy: And she's like, no, no, no, I'm perfect.
00:20:07.342 --> 00:20:07.822
Chrissy Joy: I got it.
00:20:07.842 --> 00:20:10.882
Chrissy Joy: I'm like, Ellen, like you really need to practice, like people practice.
00:20:10.902 --> 00:20:11.902
Chrissy Joy: And she's like, I don't need to practice.
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Chrissy Joy: I'm perfect.
00:20:12.822 --> 00:20:16.382
Chrissy Joy: So she's at that phase of her life right now.
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Chrissy Joy: But what we want to do is get her on stage and sing and then have me do like tricks in the background.
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Chrissy Joy: Oh, you had mommy daughter thing.
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Chrissy Joy: And I think that she would love that because she really always wants to get on stage.
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Chrissy Joy: So we'll try to do that and just have some fun with it.
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Chrissy Joy: But otherwise, they're her family.
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Chrissy Joy: I mean, she cries when they leave.
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Chrissy Joy: She misses them.
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Chrissy Joy: She loves each of them for their own ways, for sure.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: So they live with you.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: These are dogs that are part of your family, but also performing trick dogs that are hired for their work.
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Chrissy Joy: Absolutely.
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Chrissy Joy: They're family dogs 90% of the day.
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Chrissy Joy: And, you know, otherwise we compete and we trick train and we do social media.
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Chrissy Joy: And when they get a job, we just, I bring a lot of them with or, you know, we kind of just give a couple to stay home.
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Chrissy Joy: But yeah, they're both family.
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Chrissy Joy: They sleep in beds.
00:21:03.062 --> 00:21:04.582
Chrissy Joy: They sometimes sleep in their crates.
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Chrissy Joy: It just depends on what's going on and what we're feeling for them.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: That's awesome.
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Chrissy Joy: Yeah, they live, they run around, they run the house half the day.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: I mean, they are an integral part of the family.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: And I love that because it's so important that not only do we see these dogs that are working dogs, but they're happy dogs too.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: They're family dogs too.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Sometimes, you know, we see the extreme of working dog that lives in a kennel, in like, you know, in a police station, and it only enjoys the family life once they retire.
00:21:33.702 --> 00:21:37.202
Isabel Alvarez Arata: But in your case, they enjoy the family life throughout their career, which is amazing.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Well, I want to take a break right here.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: As soon as we come back, Chrissy, I want you to tell us all the things you're teaching pet parents, sharing your knowledge of trick training with those of us who want to maybe follow in your footsteps.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: So, don't go anywhere.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: I will be right back with Chrissy Joy.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Welcome back to Covered in Pet Hair.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: I'm your host, Isabel Alvarez Arata, and I am speaking today with Chrissy Joy, the Chrissy Joy, who is a performer, dog trainer, actor, all of the above.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: And her dogs are all of the above too, because she's trained them for TV and film.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: And one of the passion projects that you have, Chrissy, is helping pet parents with emotional and mental health.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: That's something that's really like a passion of yours based on probably your personal experience as things you've mentioned just during this interview.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Is that about right?
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Chrissy Joy: Yeah, that is correct.
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Chrissy Joy: I think we get lost with our dogs.
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Chrissy Joy: We tend to focus on what the dogs need all the time and what the dogs are achieving all the time.
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Chrissy Joy: But we're also kind of forgetting that people have such guilt or even imposter syndrome or other feelings, or they're dealing with their own baggage.
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Chrissy Joy: And nobody's there addressing it that also gets it.
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Chrissy Joy: So I want to be able to take care of the pet parent as much as we take care of our dogs.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Oh, I love that.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: That is so interesting.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: I've never heard anybody talk about it.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: It makes so much sense.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: So because I'm inspired by this kind of passion of yours, I want to give you two minutes on my handy dandy clock.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: This game is called Joy Soapbox, and I'm going to give you two minutes to get on a soapbox about whatever it is, whatever message you feel that pet parents need today, specifically dog parents, if that's where you're inclined, or just pet parents in general, do you think you can do it?
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Chrissy Joy: I think I can.
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Chrissy Joy: Just give me a warning when I'm talking too much.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: No, I'll tell you when you have 10 seconds left.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Here we go.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Three, two, one, go.
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Chrissy Joy: All right, so one of my biggest things is that we all get really thrilled to do more with our dogs.
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Chrissy Joy: So whether it's a trick training, whether it's agility, obedience, whatever direction you're in, if you're listening to this, and trick training has never been your thing, and set skills, stuff is not your deal, doesn't matter where you're coming from, we all want to see our dogs thrive.
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Chrissy Joy: But I think one of the biggest things that keep us from thriving is the fact that we have social media in front of our face, and we are constantly bombarded with the crowd application, and so therefore we are conditioned to wanting things immediately, and expecting things immediately.
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Chrissy Joy: And as we know with dog training, that's not always fair.
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Chrissy Joy: And I want you to know that when you go on social media and you're watching even my videos, and you're watching other people's videos, and it looks like the results are coming tomorrow with whatever I want to do with my dogs, I just want you to know that there's so many moments that are taken out and reduced and edited and deleted and things that I still haven't achieved with certain dogs that other dogs have done great with.
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Chrissy Joy: I mean, I'll still have a dog that runs off and chase a squirrel and I promise you if that doorbell rings right now, they're all gonna bark.
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Chrissy Joy: So I just want to normalize that and I want you to not embrace social media in a way as that being a platform for you to judge where you are with your dog.
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Chrissy Joy: And I want you to just remember to train the dog in front of you because we have such expectations that we try to place on them, but it's about training the dog that's in front of you and not comparing yourself to the people that you see around you, whether they're people you idolize or it could just be people in your group class that you're taking.
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Chrissy Joy: Everyone learns on their own path and yours might be a little bit longer, but at the end of the day, it's not about who's doing what better because that's not really what matters.
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Chrissy Joy: It's about building those relationships.
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Chrissy Joy: How am I doing on time?
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Chrissy Joy: That's it, you did great.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: You still have like, you had like 15 seconds left.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: So yes, good job.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: That was beautiful.
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Chrissy Joy: Give your dogs lots of kisses.
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Chrissy Joy: I love it.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: That is such good advice.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: And you know, what's funny is I can tell that you're a mom.
00:26:30.790 --> 00:26:32.870
Isabel Alvarez Arata: Because is it the hair?
00:26:33.290 --> 00:26:35.710
Isabel Alvarez Arata: No, no, God, no, you don't look like a mom.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: No, because of the philosophy, right?
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Because when it comes to raising another being, whether it's a dog, a cat, a child, there's so much of that.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: It's so much of I go out and I see my kid who is, you know, my kid has some special needs versus the other kid.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: And I'm like, oh, God, like, you know, I'm failing.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Or if it's, you know, somebody's having a meltdown, whether it's the dog on the leash who's reacting to the mail truck or my kid who didn't get, you know, to open the presents at somebody else's party, whatever it may be, you know, it's like, it always comes back to me feeling a little bit inadequate or maybe like I'm not doing enough or feeling.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: And I never feel like a failure, but it's like, oh, maybe I should have taken the time to listen to this podcast about this, or there's always more we can be doing.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: And we're hard on us.
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Chrissy Joy: It's so true.
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Chrissy Joy: And I think that you nailed it on the head.
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Chrissy Joy: And I think everybody really feels this way is that you say in your head repeatedly, you're not doing enough.
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Chrissy Joy: And so in those little moments in your day, when social media is not involved and you're finally resting with your family, there's little pockets where everything's okay.
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Chrissy Joy: And then most of the day, it's, I didn't do enough for this person or that person or this dog, or I should have done more.
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Chrissy Joy: But that's the comparison chaos that's going to keep you from being happy and life is way too short to be letting that dominate you.
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Chrissy Joy: So you should be grateful for what you are achieving.
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Chrissy Joy: And if there is room to do a little bit more, so be it.
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Chrissy Joy: But I've got to tell you the people around you that you think are doing everything have their own battles and struggles too.
00:28:06.350 --> 00:28:09.070
Chrissy Joy: Cause let me tell you, I think Taylor Swift just said it best.
00:28:09.090 --> 00:28:10.510
Chrissy Joy: I'm a Swiftie, so you have to deal with it.
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Chrissy Joy: He was like, he's like, I cry every day, but I'm productive.
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Chrissy Joy: It's an art.
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Chrissy Joy: I literally live that.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: So I love that.
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Chrissy Joy: I don't actually cry, but sometimes in my soul, I'm crying because I do get overwhelmed.
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Chrissy Joy: I'm not perfect.
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Chrissy Joy: I have bad days.
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Chrissy Joy: So, but I just want you guys to understand that.
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Chrissy Joy: And somebody that you revere and put up here, I did a speech at a certain event and it was all dog people.
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Chrissy Joy: They handed out blank pieces of paper.
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Chrissy Joy: And I told all of them to write down their biggest pitfall, their biggest self-esteem issue, whatever it is on a piece of paper, tell me what's keeping you from advancing, right?
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Chrissy Joy: And there are people sitting next to each other that idolize each other.
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Chrissy Joy: So there's some big wigs, there's some other people, like it's a very mixed environment.
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Chrissy Joy: And 99 of those papers came back and said they didn't feel they were good enough, or they had imposter syndrome, or they compared themselves to others, or they felt they weren't doing enough, or I think I already said that, but you know, or they had self-esteem issues of how they looked, like they didn't.
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Chrissy Joy: But the crazy part is at the end of the day, all those people who are peers to each other, we're all saying the same thing.
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Chrissy Joy: So I'm sitting next to somebody else feeling that way, feeling they must be better off than I am, and they're feeling the exact same way.
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Chrissy Joy: So it's a very, very common theme.
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Chrissy Joy: And I think that it just is something that if you could just reduce that part of your life a little bit, you're going to have a much better relationship with your family and when you train your dog.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Absolutely.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Absolutely.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: It's like we can beat ourselves up all day if we really chose to.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: There's plenty of reasons to do that if we want to look for them.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: But what should we be celebrating when it comes to the training process?
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Like, are there little things that we can look for when it comes to just like building the bond with the dog?
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Like, let's not even think about whether or not we succeeded at the trick, but like that process, is there something we should be celebrating in that process?
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Chrissy Joy: Yeah, I think it's just like getting your dog to engage with you and be eager and find what motivates them and celebrating the fact that you have a great training session with your dog by keeping it really short and sweet.
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Chrissy Joy: So I always leave them wanting more because then I'm not burned out and they're not burned out and then the next session they're like, let's do it.
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Chrissy Joy: So, you know, every time you bring out that motivator, it becomes a really high value.
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Chrissy Joy: So that helps also if you're like dealing with a dog that gets super distracted, you know, everyone asks you, you must train hours a day.
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Chrissy Joy: And I'm like, no.
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Chrissy Joy: Like, I think I work new behaviors on each dog, like 15 minutes here and there and not every dog even works every day.
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Chrissy Joy: So it just depends.
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Chrissy Joy: What I preach is perfect practice.
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Chrissy Joy: So that's where kind of some of my courses have come to life because I want to instill perfect practice because then you actually don't have to train as long.
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Chrissy Joy: And so that actually keeps my mental state really good with my dogs and my dog's mental state from feeling like they're just overworked and doing a lot.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: OK, so what is perfect practice look like?
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Chrissy Joy: Yes, a perfect practice is basically if we're instilling a behavior or we're teaching a trick for our communication and the way we do it is key to stay consistent every time and that we shouldn't reward maybe at some other random moment, or we shouldn't, you know, have the dog stepping or positioning in some way and then just reward it like that's sloppy.
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Chrissy Joy: Like, yeah, OK, you got it.
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Chrissy Joy: We got it.
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Chrissy Joy: Here's a treat.
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Chrissy Joy: Like, no, no, no, no.
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Chrissy Joy: Let's instill perfect practice.
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Chrissy Joy: That may mean breaking it down and even more pieces.
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Chrissy Joy: But I'd rather you be perfect in those eighths of a step than have three steps that you've kind of halfway through and you sort of got the trick in the end.
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Chrissy Joy: I'd rather break it down and work on each of those sections with perfect practice because then latent learning is huge.
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Chrissy Joy: If you just take a little time, train it and then step away, give the dog a day of rest, come back to it, you'll be like, wow, the dog's picked up on it way faster.
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Chrissy Joy: So that's kind of something I've learned that has cut down a lot on teaching tricks or teaching patterns or even set work.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: OK, so you talk about treats and frisbee.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: What other kinds of motivators do you use?
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Chrissy Joy: All right, so I use treats, frisbee, squeakers and balls are pretty much like not in my house because I keep certain things extremely high value.
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Chrissy Joy: So, so for me, a speaker and a ball is like, they're like, Oh, my gosh, the Holy Grail has arrived, you know, so that I am destined to have that dog be with me when I need them.
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Chrissy Joy: So I will withhold some things that I just know are going to be super high value because if you just provide it, it doesn't become as exciting.
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Chrissy Joy: And then, yeah, certain treats are, you know, saved just for those moments and frisbee is competitive.
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Chrissy Joy: So I leave that for the competition arena.
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Chrissy Joy: I don't usually train with frisbee.
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Chrissy Joy: It's too high arousal.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Okay.
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Chrissy Joy: Sometimes just praise.
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Chrissy Joy: I think teaching your dog to appreciate praise is a motivator.
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Chrissy Joy: And you can teach that by pairing it with food or toy.
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Chrissy Joy: And they can learn that that praise from you actually leads to reward.
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Chrissy Joy: So then the praise becomes higher value.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: That's really good advice.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Yeah.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: So does that work with cats too?
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Do you think?
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Chrissy Joy: I am not your cat person.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: No, because, you know, I have a cat that comes when called, but it's only because I go immediately to the pantry every time to get in his little freeze-dried treat.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: So I'm wondering if me calling him a good boy is going to be enough for him.
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Chrissy Joy: I don't know.
00:33:07.390 --> 00:33:08.950
Isabel Alvarez Arata: I know cats are different.
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Chrissy Joy: Cats are like, yeah, no, we don't, we have taxes for our affection.
00:33:13.210 --> 00:33:14.690
Chrissy Joy: There's a tax we have to pay.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: He is the best cat.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: And I know some cat people hate it when you like compare cats to dogs, but he lives with a dog.
00:33:22.010 --> 00:33:24.150
Isabel Alvarez Arata: So I think he thinks he's a dog in many ways.
00:33:24.170 --> 00:33:26.750
Isabel Alvarez Arata: He used the doggie door and came back in instead of leaving us.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: So I think he thinks he's a dog.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: But yeah, I'm going to try seeing if my very high-pitched, good boy is enough to replace the treat.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: I don't know, but it's a good advice.
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Chrissy Joy: Start it.
00:33:37.750 --> 00:33:39.810
Chrissy Joy: Start saying good boy, pair it with a treat.
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Chrissy Joy: And maybe eventually you can phase out the reward.
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Chrissy Joy: I don't know.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: I'm going to try it.
00:33:44.130 --> 00:33:44.610
Isabel Alvarez Arata: I'm going to try it.
00:33:44.630 --> 00:33:48.650
Isabel Alvarez Arata: But I do think it's a really good idea to kind of get that positive association going.
00:33:48.670 --> 00:33:50.170
Isabel Alvarez Arata: And then you're not always going to have your treat.
00:33:50.190 --> 00:33:53.710
Isabel Alvarez Arata: You're not always going to have whatever you need to reinforce the behavior.
00:33:53.730 --> 00:33:59.410
Isabel Alvarez Arata: But they are conditioned to think of your high, happy voice as a reward in and of itself.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: So that's fantastic.
00:34:00.890 --> 00:34:03.250
Isabel Alvarez Arata: So tell us about your courses that you're doing.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: You are teaching perfect practice to pet parents, pet pros, everybody who's interested.
00:34:10.350 --> 00:34:14.270
Chrissy Joy: So I have a– I actually just launched a program a couple weeks ago.
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Chrissy Joy: So I– so first of all, I actually started learning training through BFF Pet Services.
00:34:19.250 --> 00:34:21.630
Chrissy Joy: So I've stayed with them forever and they have an online platform.
00:34:21.630 --> 00:34:25.350
Chrissy Joy: And so we filmed a bunch of content to live on the teachable platform there.
00:34:26.170 --> 00:34:29.710
Chrissy Joy: And I have some courses that live there that are like do it your own pace.
00:34:29.730 --> 00:34:30.670
Chrissy Joy: You can buy it now.
00:34:30.690 --> 00:34:32.430
Chrissy Joy: Like I made one called The Foundations.
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Chrissy Joy: I'm very passionate about because that's how I started all of my dogs.
00:34:35.430 --> 00:34:38.450
Chrissy Joy: And I finally sat down and said, it's working for all my dogs.
00:34:38.490 --> 00:34:41.130
Chrissy Joy: Why don't I actually make this a program?
00:34:41.170 --> 00:34:48.890
Chrissy Joy: Because it's how I start my dogs, what I believe works, and it's worked for a variety of unique mentalities, drives and breeds.
00:34:49.790 --> 00:34:51.530
Chrissy Joy: So I created the foundations.
00:34:51.550 --> 00:34:54.390
Chrissy Joy: We also have like tricks course, performance course, things like that.
00:34:54.530 --> 00:35:00.450
Chrissy Joy: But what I'm really excited about is that I recently just launched my coaching and mentorship program.
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Chrissy Joy: So this is one on one with me for a certain amount of time, months at a time.
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Chrissy Joy: And not only are we going to be keeping you accountable and goal oriented, but we're also going to work towards TV and film, set work, if you want to get on live shows, or if you want to just gain confidence with your dog, we're going to be covering performance tricks, that type of tricks.
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Chrissy Joy: And my reason for this, the bread and butter right behind it is the mentorship.
00:35:26.490 --> 00:35:29.430
Chrissy Joy: So we do calls, webinars, etc.
00:35:29.450 --> 00:35:37.130
Chrissy Joy: But it's really meant to keep people accountable and be that person in their back pocket when they feel like they're getting left behind in their group classes.
00:35:37.250 --> 00:35:43.390
Chrissy Joy: Or they went to the great seminar, but they come home and they don't know how to instill half the stuff they learned.
00:35:43.750 --> 00:35:48.610
Chrissy Joy: Or they're doing stuff where the dog is not doing it right, and they just need to make a small change.
00:35:48.630 --> 00:35:57.430
Chrissy Joy: So it's about what we spoke about before, the coaching side, but also being that emotional mentorship that I think a lot of people are missing with their dogs.
00:35:58.150 --> 00:36:01.950
Chrissy Joy: And the common denominator a lot of times is people just don't feel the confidence.
00:36:02.550 --> 00:36:10.110
Chrissy Joy: And I want to be able to break that, and I want to be able to help people and then actually move them towards achieving goals in TV and film.
00:36:10.530 --> 00:36:15.110
Chrissy Joy: I mean, some people just want to do it because they want to do a demo for a therapy dog program.
00:36:15.150 --> 00:36:15.550
Isabel Alvarez Arata: Great.
00:36:16.290 --> 00:36:18.430
Chrissy Joy: So there's a lot of avenues you can take.
00:36:18.450 --> 00:36:22.010
Chrissy Joy: You don't have to be someone who wants to see the name, the Hollywood sign and all that.
00:36:22.350 --> 00:36:38.010
Chrissy Joy: But I'm thrilled because it's been such an emotional experience for people to talk to about getting involved in the program because so many people are struggling with training their dog in between things and dealing with confidence, accountability and staying motivated.
00:36:38.270 --> 00:36:42.210
Isabel Alvarez Arata: And what's the benefit for the human and the pet individually?
00:36:42.230 --> 00:36:43.590
Isabel Alvarez Arata: Because obviously there's a bond there.
00:36:43.610 --> 00:36:48.230
Isabel Alvarez Arata: But when it comes to trick training, for example, I think people are like, why does my dog need to know a trick?
00:36:48.250 --> 00:36:50.830
Isabel Alvarez Arata: But it's not really the trick that's really in question.
00:36:50.850 --> 00:36:56.310
Isabel Alvarez Arata: It's the process and like you said, the confidence on both ends, the dog and the human.
00:36:56.470 --> 00:37:00.490
Chrissy Joy: There's a big, you know, when it comes to trick training, obedience can be very box-like.
00:37:00.490 --> 00:37:03.350
Chrissy Joy: So you're being put in a box, the dog's put in a box.
00:37:03.390 --> 00:37:10.330
Chrissy Joy: And although it's beautiful, don't get me wrong, but if you're a pet parent, that can get a little dry for you and your dog, especially if your dog has a lot of energy.
00:37:10.730 --> 00:37:14.830
Chrissy Joy: It's a way to get that dog to also know different areas of its body.
00:37:15.350 --> 00:37:19.410
Chrissy Joy: And the way you trick train gives the dog confidence with being handled different ways.
00:37:19.790 --> 00:37:33.370
Chrissy Joy: So that's great and applies to like going to the vet and being handled by other people and just building confidence in overall to maybe even going off and going off and doing dog sports because the dog has better knowledge of where his back feet are, how to pick his feet up, how to do the certain things.
00:37:33.770 --> 00:37:40.430
Chrissy Joy: It's also great behaviorally because it helps dogs who deal with reactivity and deal with, you know, having anxiety and things like that.
00:37:40.750 --> 00:37:48.410
Chrissy Joy: So it helps to kind of mitigate that and kind of change the thought pattern of a dog who's running races with their mind.
00:37:48.410 --> 00:37:55.850
Chrissy Joy: So it helps them kind of like if they're barking at somebody or they're focused on something they're scared of, you can kind of do a spin or through your legs or offer a paw.
00:37:56.270 --> 00:38:06.970
Chrissy Joy: I will say for me, when it comes to someone who deals with some anxiety, it's when I'm in public access and I'm trying to train one of my dogs to maybe be a service dog, it helps me have something to focus on and ground myself.
00:38:07.010 --> 00:38:11.230
Chrissy Joy: When I'm like, okay, I'm like, don't feel like I can get out of here like a plane, right?
00:38:11.630 --> 00:38:17.730
Chrissy Joy: It helps me focus on something else and engage back with my dog, which is something that's a comfort zone for me.
00:38:17.750 --> 00:38:20.510
Chrissy Joy: And I think it's something the whole family can do.
00:38:20.650 --> 00:38:23.210
Chrissy Joy: So you all can get on the same page with it.
00:38:23.230 --> 00:38:24.310
Chrissy Joy: Your kids can love it.
00:38:24.710 --> 00:38:25.470
Chrissy Joy: You love it.
00:38:25.570 --> 00:38:26.770
Chrissy Joy: It's fun to show off.
00:38:27.410 --> 00:38:29.090
Chrissy Joy: And the world of tricks is endless.
00:38:29.110 --> 00:38:34.110
Chrissy Joy: So if it's a rainy day or a snowy day, or it's the winter time, you can do it like right in your house.
00:38:34.570 --> 00:38:38.210
Chrissy Joy: And it keeps the dog engaged, and it's different use of the body and brain.
00:38:38.210 --> 00:38:42.870
Chrissy Joy: And I think a lot of times, let me just end on this, is you can run your dog five miles a day, right?
00:38:42.890 --> 00:38:45.030
Chrissy Joy: But you'll come home and be like, why is my dog still staring at me?
00:38:45.050 --> 00:38:47.910
Chrissy Joy: It's because they need to be mentally enriched.
00:38:47.970 --> 00:38:54.970
Chrissy Joy: And so that's where trick training is so cool in the variety and ways you can teach tricks to your dog.
00:38:55.250 --> 00:38:56.230
Isabel Alvarez Arata: I love that so much.
00:38:56.250 --> 00:39:01.150
Isabel Alvarez Arata: You've hit all the points that I was hoping you would hit, because I have never done trick training.
00:39:01.170 --> 00:39:12.190
Isabel Alvarez Arata: But the more I learn about trick training, the more I see it as a really great alternative to obedience as we were taught in an old school manner of dealing with our dogs.
00:39:12.210 --> 00:39:13.370
Isabel Alvarez Arata: This is more collaborative.
00:39:13.630 --> 00:39:19.350
Isabel Alvarez Arata: And there's so many positive side effects for the dog, for the human.
00:39:19.550 --> 00:39:26.030
Isabel Alvarez Arata: And I feel like trick training almost minimizes how amazing it can be, because it just sounds like trick training.
00:39:26.050 --> 00:39:29.190
Isabel Alvarez Arata: Like, oh, my dog can be a paw, but there's so much more to it.
00:39:29.530 --> 00:39:32.730
Isabel Alvarez Arata: It's almost like a misnomer because it's so much more than that.
00:39:33.110 --> 00:39:38.170
Isabel Alvarez Arata: Okay, so tell us about the gear that you've been thinking about creating or are creating.
00:39:38.510 --> 00:39:44.590
Chrissy Joy: Yeah, so I love being raw on podcasts because I want people to realize I'm human too.
00:39:44.850 --> 00:39:47.650
Chrissy Joy: So I've had like merchandise out for a while now.
00:39:47.670 --> 00:39:53.990
Chrissy Joy: I just haven't talked about it because I have this weird imposter syndrome, like who would want to buy a shirt from me?
00:39:54.430 --> 00:39:55.130
Chrissy Joy: So I don't know.
00:39:55.150 --> 00:39:55.530
Chrissy Joy: It's weird.
00:39:55.530 --> 00:39:55.950
Chrissy Joy: I don't know.
00:39:56.190 --> 00:39:57.230
Chrissy Joy: So I do have that.
00:39:58.250 --> 00:39:59.470
Isabel Alvarez Arata: I'm a shopper.
00:39:59.490 --> 00:40:00.090
Isabel Alvarez Arata: Are you kidding?
00:40:00.410 --> 00:40:01.450
Isabel Alvarez Arata: Send me the link.
00:40:01.650 --> 00:40:03.790
Chrissy Joy: Okay, I will do so.
00:40:03.810 --> 00:40:12.430
Chrissy Joy: I have been working on some training gear that I've been going really back and forth with this great company, just trying to make it just right.
00:40:12.770 --> 00:40:18.730
Chrissy Joy: One thing I'll be passionate about is like a training pouch that meets all the needs that I would want, both at training my dog, but being on set.
00:40:19.530 --> 00:40:21.210
Chrissy Joy: I've actually never talked about that before.
00:40:21.270 --> 00:40:22.870
Chrissy Joy: So you are the first one to know.
00:40:23.910 --> 00:40:26.710
Chrissy Joy: It's nothing too, I would say, like space age.
00:40:26.730 --> 00:40:32.750
Chrissy Joy: Like it's not silicone, not crazy stuff, but it's got enough in it that is exactly what I would need.
00:40:32.750 --> 00:40:40.330
Chrissy Joy: So, you know, it's going to have different fittings and availabilities and, you know, you know, got to fit your giant phone because I have the new phone, which is like the size of my face.
00:40:41.190 --> 00:40:43.010
Chrissy Joy: You know, it's just got to meet those needs for me.
00:40:43.030 --> 00:40:45.990
Chrissy Joy: And so I want someone to be like a one-stop shop.
00:40:46.010 --> 00:40:48.050
Chrissy Joy: Like everything's there and they can go off and do what they need.
00:40:48.070 --> 00:40:50.930
Chrissy Joy: You're not stuffing stuff in other pockets or yes.
00:40:50.950 --> 00:40:52.030
Chrissy Joy: I'm excited about that.
00:40:52.050 --> 00:40:53.110
Chrissy Joy: I do have merchandise.
00:40:53.130 --> 00:40:55.890
Chrissy Joy: I did have someone buy the tights the other day and it looks so cute on her.
00:40:55.890 --> 00:40:58.170
Chrissy Joy: So, yeah, so I'm really excited about that.
00:40:58.490 --> 00:41:04.570
Chrissy Joy: I will say right now, though, based on, you know, as this airs, I do have a special project right now.
00:41:04.590 --> 00:41:07.610
Chrissy Joy: I will just mention, but Beasley is painting eggs.
00:41:07.890 --> 00:41:09.610
Chrissy Joy: So there, that's right.
00:41:09.630 --> 00:41:11.650
Isabel Alvarez Arata: I saw that on your socials.
00:41:11.710 --> 00:41:12.950
Chrissy Joy: Yeah, it's super random.
00:41:12.970 --> 00:41:15.170
Chrissy Joy: He like my child, Eloan, did it.
00:41:15.190 --> 00:41:16.570
Chrissy Joy: And then I was like, I bet you Beasley could do it.
00:41:16.590 --> 00:41:20.710
Chrissy Joy: And he could, and he actually being older, he actually really enjoyed this small space activity.
00:41:20.710 --> 00:41:24.930
Chrissy Joy: So I am taking orders if anybody wants a custom egg made by him.
00:41:24.950 --> 00:41:27.170
Chrissy Joy: And he has a really cool story too for another day.
00:41:27.530 --> 00:41:32.890
Chrissy Joy: But some of that profit that doesn't cover materials and shipping will go to a local rescue here in Maryland.
00:41:32.910 --> 00:41:39.790
Chrissy Joy: So not only are you helping my old dog enjoy an activity that he gets to enjoy, but it's all for a good cause.
00:41:39.810 --> 00:41:44.190
Chrissy Joy: And then you get a really cool customized egg that a dog made, which could be really cool.
00:41:44.250 --> 00:41:46.830
Chrissy Joy: And it's wooden eggs, so they're not going to go bad.
00:41:47.650 --> 00:41:51.670
Chrissy Joy: It might be cool to like gift to somebody or save for Easter next year.
00:41:52.170 --> 00:41:53.390
Isabel Alvarez Arata: I love that idea.
00:41:53.410 --> 00:41:54.350
Isabel Alvarez Arata: I love art.
00:41:54.390 --> 00:41:55.910
Isabel Alvarez Arata: So that is to me art.
00:41:55.930 --> 00:41:57.950
Isabel Alvarez Arata: I mean, it's amazing.
00:41:58.390 --> 00:42:01.010
Isabel Alvarez Arata: I love that idea that the dog is creating the art.
00:42:01.330 --> 00:42:03.050
Isabel Alvarez Arata: We don't have enough of that happening.
00:42:03.070 --> 00:42:06.890
Isabel Alvarez Arata: And I saw the videos of him and he really is really good at it.
00:42:06.910 --> 00:42:07.770
Chrissy Joy: He really gets it.
00:42:07.850 --> 00:42:10.410
Chrissy Joy: It was actually the first video made was his first attempt.
00:42:10.610 --> 00:42:13.510
Chrissy Joy: So once he understood what I was asking, he understood it.
00:42:13.530 --> 00:42:15.170
Chrissy Joy: And then I kind of just let him pick the colors.
00:42:15.190 --> 00:42:16.730
Chrissy Joy: And you know, for him, that was great.
00:42:16.790 --> 00:42:17.390
Chrissy Joy: He loved it.
00:42:17.930 --> 00:42:20.290
Chrissy Joy: It was just like it was an activity to keep him busy.
00:42:20.310 --> 00:42:22.290
Chrissy Joy: And in the end, he did like a fantastic job.
00:42:22.330 --> 00:42:26.910
Chrissy Joy: So I just sort of tried to think bigger with how we could make this something to help another.
00:42:27.210 --> 00:42:28.490
Isabel Alvarez Arata: Yes, of course.
00:42:28.590 --> 00:42:29.170
Isabel Alvarez Arata: I love that.
00:42:29.190 --> 00:42:29.910
Isabel Alvarez Arata: That's so special.
00:42:29.930 --> 00:42:31.630
Isabel Alvarez Arata: And you'll have this forever.
00:42:31.650 --> 00:42:33.590
Isabel Alvarez Arata: I just love that for you.
00:42:33.670 --> 00:42:34.930
Chrissy Joy: He has plenty.
00:42:34.950 --> 00:42:37.330
Chrissy Joy: So as long as he still likes to do it, we'll keep doing it.
00:42:37.350 --> 00:42:38.490
Isabel Alvarez Arata: That's so cool.
00:42:38.510 --> 00:42:38.870
Isabel Alvarez Arata: Okay.
00:42:38.890 --> 00:42:41.450
Isabel Alvarez Arata: So where can my audience learn more about you?
00:42:41.510 --> 00:42:44.690
Isabel Alvarez Arata: And what appearances or things should we be looking out for?
00:42:44.870 --> 00:42:45.150
Chrissy Joy: Sure.
00:42:45.170 --> 00:42:50.490
Chrissy Joy: So if you want to learn more about me, you can follow the Joy crew on any social media or the Chrissy Joy.
00:42:50.710 --> 00:42:51.710
Chrissy Joy: And feel free.
00:42:51.730 --> 00:42:52.470
Chrissy Joy: I'm in open books.
00:42:52.490 --> 00:42:58.790
Chrissy Joy: Send me a message if you want to get involved in all the good things or take a look at my courses or just watch really cute dog videos.
00:42:59.190 --> 00:43:00.110
Chrissy Joy: That's what we do there.
00:43:00.130 --> 00:43:01.910
Chrissy Joy: We do offer some tips and tricks as well.
00:43:02.150 --> 00:43:06.110
Chrissy Joy: And then I will be in Los Angeles filming a TV show until the middle of May.
00:43:06.210 --> 00:43:10.130
Chrissy Joy: So wow, it's still under wraps, but it's exciting.
00:43:10.690 --> 00:43:12.110
Isabel Alvarez Arata: That is so cool.
00:43:12.130 --> 00:43:15.990
Isabel Alvarez Arata: I just want to propose a toast to you for taking the time to share your story with me.
00:43:16.070 --> 00:43:18.030
Isabel Alvarez Arata: I knew I loved you, but I didn't know why.
00:43:18.290 --> 00:43:20.770
Isabel Alvarez Arata: Now I have so much more respect for you.
00:43:20.790 --> 00:43:28.370
Isabel Alvarez Arata: I'm going to watch with more like happiness, knowing a little bit of the background between you, your dogs, how they live.
00:43:28.390 --> 00:43:29.530
Isabel Alvarez Arata: So thank you so much.
00:43:29.770 --> 00:43:30.550
Isabel Alvarez Arata: Here's to you.
00:43:32.950 --> 00:43:35.890
Isabel Alvarez Arata: I also want to propose a toast to my executive producer, Mark Winter.
00:43:35.910 --> 00:43:36.450
Isabel Alvarez Arata: Thank you, Mark.
00:43:36.690 --> 00:43:43.030
Isabel Alvarez Arata: And to our audience for joining us with these amazing pet lovers that were just sharing their whole story with us and giving us tips.
00:43:43.390 --> 00:43:46.470
Isabel Alvarez Arata: I love doing this and I hope you enjoy this as much as I did.
00:43:46.850 --> 00:43:49.970
Isabel Alvarez Arata: Here's to a life covered in pet hair because there's no better way to live.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: To learn more about Covered In Pet Hair, please visit coveredinpethair.com or petliferadio.com.
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Isabel Alvarez Arata: Thanks for watching and I'll see you next time.
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