WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.919 --> 00:00:08.039 This is the Daily Dog podcast for Thursday, January twenty third, twenty twenty. 2 00:00:08.359 --> 00:00:12.199 I'm your host, Joel Lowns, and today's dog is Jake, a 3 00:00:12.320 --> 00:00:17.719 husky mix that sometimes gets to go to school with his owner, teacher Jennifer 4 00:00:17.800 --> 00:00:28.679 Campbell Smith. Jake. We adopted him about two years ago, and he 5 00:00:28.839 --> 00:00:34.119 was kind of a he was a bridge dog. I had another Shepherd Husky 6 00:00:34.159 --> 00:00:37.759 mix and she was fifteen and really getting up there, and I can tell 7 00:00:37.799 --> 00:00:42.640 that she was kind of reaching the end of her life. And I opted 8 00:00:42.679 --> 00:00:47.719 to look for a younger dog in the hopes that you know, sometimes when 9 00:00:47.719 --> 00:00:50.759 you get you have older dogs, sometimes if you get a younger dog, 10 00:00:50.759 --> 00:00:55.119 it kind of helps them revitalize them a little bit. And I'm also zact 11 00:00:55.119 --> 00:00:59.600 situation right now. Actually yeah, well, and also I knew I'd be 12 00:01:00.079 --> 00:01:02.920 a wreck and to not have a dog in the house would just make it 13 00:01:03.280 --> 00:01:08.640 worse. So I ended up looking around and found Jake kind of as a 14 00:01:08.719 --> 00:01:14.680 fluke. I have a friend that works the Denver Dumb Friends League in Denver 15 00:01:15.159 --> 00:01:18.640 is one of the biggest and oldest rescues here and she works for them, 16 00:01:18.680 --> 00:01:21.120 and I saw him on their website and I said Hey, can you tell 17 00:01:21.120 --> 00:01:25.079 me any more about this dog? And she said, okay, I'll let 18 00:01:25.079 --> 00:01:26.920 you know tomorrow. And she gave me a call and said, this dog 19 00:01:27.079 --> 00:01:30.959 is really awesome. He's really sweet, he's really friendly. Do you want 20 00:01:30.959 --> 00:01:33.040 me to hold him till you can come in and see him? And so 21 00:01:33.599 --> 00:01:38.879 I did that, went in with a friend and immediately fell in love with 22 00:01:38.000 --> 00:01:42.920 him. We played a little bit outside and at that point my husband was 23 00:01:42.920 --> 00:01:46.359 at work and I called him and said, Hey, do you want to 24 00:01:46.400 --> 00:01:52.280 meet this dog before I adopt him? And it was kind of my husband 25 00:01:52.280 --> 00:01:56.840 teases me that it's definitely just a formality because I was going to get the 26 00:01:56.920 --> 00:02:01.439 dog while waiting for uh, well waiting for my husband to get off work. 27 00:02:01.920 --> 00:02:07.120 My friend who's with me bought this dog a collar and basically said, 28 00:02:07.359 --> 00:02:10.800 if your husband says no, I'm gonna get upset at him. Um, 29 00:02:12.240 --> 00:02:15.520 so we got him. He's a he's a very unique looking dog. He's 30 00:02:15.719 --> 00:02:24.360 uh I joke that he's a DLC husky because he's he's most he's mostly husky 31 00:02:24.400 --> 00:02:29.599 with German shepherd and then Catahula leopard dog, so he kind of has a 32 00:02:29.840 --> 00:02:34.000 husky body, kind of a shepherdy face, but he's covered in spots and 33 00:02:34.039 --> 00:02:38.280 that's like the best thing. He's blue merle Um, so he's really handsome 34 00:02:38.319 --> 00:02:44.719 dog. Unfortunately for his breed types all in him say hey, go out 35 00:02:44.719 --> 00:02:47.599 into the cold. And he got the Catahoula coat, so he's a he's 36 00:02:47.639 --> 00:02:52.000 short coated, so poor guy has to wear a sweater sometimes when we go 37 00:02:52.000 --> 00:02:54.039 out, and he looks at me like I'm embarrassing him in front of the 38 00:02:54.039 --> 00:02:59.919 other children. So uh, not not exactly the coach for up and call 39 00:03:00.000 --> 00:03:02.120 Colorado. That's more down here in Florida, the types of dogs. But 40 00:03:02.280 --> 00:03:05.960 actually I've got friends that have a couple of huskies down here too, and 41 00:03:06.000 --> 00:03:07.680 they love being out in the heat too, which is weird. So I 42 00:03:07.800 --> 00:03:12.639 did a little new thing and he was originally from New Mexico, so he 43 00:03:12.719 --> 00:03:15.840 was a street dog in Roswell, New Mexico. And look at his body 44 00:03:15.879 --> 00:03:20.360 shape, you can kind of there's just kind of a look that New Mexico 45 00:03:20.520 --> 00:03:24.599 West Texas dogs have, and it's very much this kind of classic leggy, 46 00:03:24.759 --> 00:03:30.960 pointy snooted, prickier dog. And he from what I understand, he was 47 00:03:30.000 --> 00:03:35.599 picked up on the streets. And unfortunately, there are so many straight dogs 48 00:03:35.639 --> 00:03:38.240 in that area that the shelters down there can only really keep them for a 49 00:03:38.280 --> 00:03:43.759 week before they have to euthanize. Yeah, and there are a lot of 50 00:03:43.919 --> 00:03:51.080 people that volunteer to go and get some of the most adoptable dogs and transport 51 00:03:51.159 --> 00:03:54.520 them to other states to get adopted. And I actually had found on Facebook. 52 00:03:54.520 --> 00:03:59.599 I had found his alert and pictures of him in the Roswell City kennel 53 00:03:59.800 --> 00:04:02.120 and people trying to get him. So he ended up making his way to 54 00:04:02.159 --> 00:04:06.560 Colorado, bounced around a couple of houses, and then eventually I found him 55 00:04:06.560 --> 00:04:09.680 at the Dumb Friends League. I mean, I get it. I get 56 00:04:09.719 --> 00:04:13.479 why he bounced around. He's a very high energy dog. Most of his 57 00:04:13.599 --> 00:04:17.839 breeds are all working breeds, and I can see how being in a home 58 00:04:17.879 --> 00:04:25.600 situation without getting exercise and stimulation would be very tough for him. So I 59 00:04:25.680 --> 00:04:30.040 actually I volunteer for the IDDA ROD for past three years, and so I'm 60 00:04:30.040 --> 00:04:34.360 really familiar with the kind of spitzy Northern breeds and I was like, Okay, 61 00:04:34.399 --> 00:04:39.720 well, most of your breed is a breed that likes to pull. 62 00:04:39.800 --> 00:04:42.560 Let's see if we can do that with you. So I got him a 63 00:04:42.600 --> 00:04:46.240 pulling harness, and we've he and I do bike drawing together. He has 64 00:04:46.279 --> 00:04:50.800 a custom X back harness and so he been bike drawing. It's it's a 65 00:04:50.800 --> 00:04:54.560 lot like slid pulling, where you have the dog out in front of you 66 00:04:55.279 --> 00:04:58.920 and he ends up pulling my bike a lot of the ways. You know, 67 00:04:59.199 --> 00:05:02.160 I pedal to help, but he has the line out and Lyne taught 68 00:05:02.199 --> 00:05:05.160 and every now and then I'll just stop pedaling and so he ash to actually 69 00:05:05.199 --> 00:05:09.240 pull and it it helps wear him out, which is really nice because he's 70 00:05:09.240 --> 00:05:11.639 a quite a high energy dog. That sounds like fun. I don't think 71 00:05:11.720 --> 00:05:15.720 Mike would be able to do that though, no, And I don't recommend 72 00:05:15.759 --> 00:05:21.439 it for people to just try make sure that they look into the research because 73 00:05:21.480 --> 00:05:26.720 there's a research this because there's a special way that you attach the line to 74 00:05:26.759 --> 00:05:30.439 the bike. It's a special line. Otherwise you're going to have someone who's 75 00:05:30.439 --> 00:05:32.839 just going to eat it on the ground. And I mean people still eat 76 00:05:32.879 --> 00:05:36.319 it even when their dogs are trained. But it's definitely not a good idea 77 00:05:36.399 --> 00:05:41.639 to just put any dog on the front of your bike. Good to know, 78 00:05:41.759 --> 00:05:46.519 Good to know. Well, thanks. I currently teach high school. 79 00:05:46.639 --> 00:05:50.920 I teach a life science is biology, zoology, and human anatomy, and 80 00:05:50.959 --> 00:05:55.720 we do some research and I ended up, you know, I like hands 81 00:05:55.720 --> 00:05:59.920 on stuff, and so I ended up bringing him into the classroom, which 82 00:06:00.040 --> 00:06:03.920 took a mountain of permission slips, but so I used him to teach the 83 00:06:04.000 --> 00:06:11.920 kids some basic training, some positive reinforcement, and clicker training, and he 84 00:06:12.040 --> 00:06:16.680 also helped them with anatomy and with my biology students. Since we know so 85 00:06:16.759 --> 00:06:23.480 much about dog coat genetics, I have them do a primer on dog coat 86 00:06:23.480 --> 00:06:26.959 genetics and then he comes in and they have to try to figure out what 87 00:06:27.120 --> 00:06:30.319 his genetics are for how he looks, which they all get really excited until 88 00:06:30.360 --> 00:06:34.040 they realize that the blue merle messes everything up and makes it heart. So 89 00:06:34.199 --> 00:06:39.240 he does that and honestly, like the kids, just they're engaged. They 90 00:06:39.319 --> 00:06:43.759 open up. Another thing we do is we're in a K through twelve charter 91 00:06:43.920 --> 00:06:49.560 school. The kindergarteners were learning about sleds and masks and weight, and they 92 00:06:49.959 --> 00:06:55.000 learned how the difference between like a bob sled that would need weight on the 93 00:06:55.040 --> 00:06:58.720 front of it versus a dog sled that needs to be really light so dogs 94 00:06:58.720 --> 00:07:02.399 can pull it. After learning that, they did a little writing competition as 95 00:07:02.439 --> 00:07:06.120 a couple of sentences, and they drew a picture about why they would be 96 00:07:06.160 --> 00:07:10.920 a good musher and I they gave me the papers with no names, and 97 00:07:10.959 --> 00:07:15.639 I picked. I picked I think six kids out of ninety, and I 98 00:07:15.720 --> 00:07:19.040 brought in a wagon that I have and hooked Jake up to it with his 99 00:07:19.160 --> 00:07:25.240 harness, and those six kindergarteners got to ride in the wagon with Jake pulling. 100 00:07:25.319 --> 00:07:29.480 So they were very very excited about that. Oh, I can only 101 00:07:29.480 --> 00:07:33.120 imagine I would love to do that. And I'm not even a kindergarten right, 102 00:07:33.920 --> 00:07:38.639 and oh and he did so good. And afterwards he was the most 103 00:07:38.680 --> 00:07:44.199 tolerant boy, letting ninety kindergarteners pet him and pet his back. You know, 104 00:07:44.240 --> 00:07:46.519 I said, okay, you can pet this big black spot here just 105 00:07:46.839 --> 00:07:49.279 by the ninetieth kindergartener. Though he's like, all right, we're done, 106 00:07:49.399 --> 00:07:54.800 we are leaving. He was so good through all that. He Um, 107 00:07:55.160 --> 00:07:59.759 I'm kind of hoping. I have another teacher who's been bugging me to try 108 00:07:59.759 --> 00:08:05.639 to to write children's books about nature and science where he's the host, because 109 00:08:05.000 --> 00:08:09.920 he's just a really unique looking dog. He's very personable, and he's just 110 00:08:09.000 --> 00:08:13.000 done a lot in my classroom, teach my kids as well as well as 111 00:08:13.040 --> 00:08:16.160 getting spoiled by them. He sounds he sounds like a great dog. And 112 00:08:16.439 --> 00:08:18.920 every dog on the show, I say that sounds like a great dog. 113 00:08:18.959 --> 00:08:22.120 But when they when they can put up with ninety kindergarteners, that is a 114 00:08:22.160 --> 00:08:26.399 really great dog. Oh, I agree. And so you know, normally 115 00:08:26.439 --> 00:08:30.319 I teach, I teach high school, but man, he comes home exhausted 116 00:08:30.360 --> 00:08:33.919 because he's just Everybody wants to pet him, give him treats, and he's 117 00:08:33.279 --> 00:08:37.360 usually picks one kid that he kind of hangs out with, and um, 118 00:08:37.759 --> 00:08:39.879 but he's great. He's also I mean, he's just like a goober of 119 00:08:39.919 --> 00:08:46.159 a dog. My kind of transitioning over my Instagram was starting to turn in 120 00:08:46.240 --> 00:08:50.960 nothing to nothing but pictures and video of him because he's just charismatic and funny. 121 00:08:52.399 --> 00:08:56.159 And so I ended up creating his own Instagram because mine was just him. 122 00:08:58.039 --> 00:09:03.120 So he is at spot Hoound one word, and you can see pictures 123 00:09:03.159 --> 00:09:07.120 of him being a nerd. Besides Spothound on Instagram, is there any other 124 00:09:07.159 --> 00:09:11.159 place where people can see pictures of Jake or get in touch with you if 125 00:09:11.159 --> 00:09:15.519 they want to? Really, that's the best place that also links to my 126 00:09:15.639 --> 00:09:20.840 Instagram. But honestly, anything Jake related I tend to put up there. 127 00:09:20.879 --> 00:09:26.759 I'm going to try to get up concept art for doing the nature and science 128 00:09:26.799 --> 00:09:30.720 books with him, but really that's the best way to contact to see pictures 129 00:09:30.720 --> 00:09:33.759 of him, to contact me see the stuff we do. I have pictures 130 00:09:33.759 --> 00:09:37.879 of him and I doing bike drawing up there, and then just his goofy 131 00:09:37.960 --> 00:09:41.360 personality. There's pictures of him with some of my students, and it's yeah, 132 00:09:41.360 --> 00:09:46.159 it's probably the best place. Well, excellent, Jennifer Campbell Smith, 133 00:09:46.200 --> 00:09:54.080 thanks for coming on The Daily Dog. Thank you for having us. Before 134 00:09:54.120 --> 00:09:58.559 I go today. Please rate the Daily Dog Podcast five stars or leave a 135 00:09:58.600 --> 00:10:03.519 review on Podchaser, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen. 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