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Dog Trainer Wins: Sunshine and Playdates

4/20/2023

Chris
Personal: Had a good day when the sun came out this past week!
Personal Development: On day 9 of 75 Hard Challenge and going well.
Dog win: Puppy project that just came this week is so cute and will be a therapy dog to visit VA centers!

Sam
Personal win: This past week with the kids included a few playdates and just had a fun busy week. Yesterday, the kids were especially fun and kind and played well and were just in a good mood. They did Langers and the play street museum this last week- so just fun outings. Logan started baseball which is SO fun to watch!
House management Win:
She was able to deep clean the house with all 3 kids home! Cleaning with young kids home is like trying to blow leaves in a storm. It felt a bit like spring cleaning because we had a couple gorgeous spring days.
Personal development:
Been reading through some devotionals for personal development. Trying to get back into a better habit of reading devotionals and Bible first thing in the morning.

Jacqueline
Personal Win: Officially sent out wedding invites for her wedding this summer!
Personal Development: Finished ‘Dare to Lead’ and started/finished a poetry book called ‘Heart Talk’ by Cleo Wade, which focuses on self love & living in the present through poetry writing.
Dog Win: Therapy dog group class went very well! The pups performed and improved with the training and the owners had fun too.

Alicia
Personal: Met up with a couple people from dog Instagram at the tulip festival.
Dog: Client was able to remove all the pee pads from their house for their dog!
Personal Development: Finished reading ‘23 Ways to Stop Overthinking’. Key takeaways were working on awareness, changing your mindset and changing the thoughts to something more true and productive.

Tristan
Personal win: Spending so much time with Chris. He is one of his favorite people, and they haven't gotten to spend this much time together in a while.
Dog win: Graham Oaks group class. Amazing results, people got better, and dogs worked very hard!
Personal development: Learning more about digital 3D sculpting. Working on a fun project!

Tay
Dog win: Enjoyed getting to be there for the first day of launch dog, Mapel’s training! She was able to get settled and confident enough to start doing recalls and engagement work.
Personal win: She was invited to an athletic competition in New York to be an honorary trophy girl!
Personal development: Making it a habit to get up and get some movement, meditation, hydration, and stretching going before the baby wakes in the morning. Setting the tone for the day.

Kass
Personal Win: One of her skating students went to try out for a travel team in Ice Hockey and she got selected this last weekend! She is 10 years old and playing up to U-12 Tier 1 team which as a coach makes her happy to see her grow and push herself.
Dog Win: Bogey has been absolutely killing it and is excited to see her reunite with her family! Bogey has learned to contain her energy and taking her for walks is a nice experience. She is a completely different dog than when she arrived but still has that fun loving and happy demeanor!
Personal Development: Trying to practice being more positive with self reflection. Learning to accept different troubles and challenges regarding oneself, sometimes it is easy to get caught up in the things you want to fix or improve which can lead into a toxic thought process and sometimes we don't even notice it until it starts to actually hurt in a way.

Ellie
Personal: She got to go visit her mom this weekend and spend some time with her.
Dog Win: Pismo did great at her go home! She altogether performed very well and was proud of her progress for such a young puppy!
Personal development: Started a new workout plan and scheduling time slots where it fits into her day, rather than forcing to do it at the same time every day, which has led to a much higher success rate

Dog Trainer Wins: Celebrating Easter

4/14/2023

Chris
Personal Win: Had a great evening hanging out with his wife Sam!
Personal Development: Restarted the 75 Hard Challenge, and Sam is joining in again! He also started a biography on Elon Musk.
Business Win: Has been enjoying shadowing/working with Tristan at lessons/demos!

Sam
Personal win: Celebrating Easter with their families as well as going to church and doing an Easter egg hunt and having all of the celebrations around Easter all together.
Personal development: Continuing to read ‘Beat your Diet’, which has been very interesting. It’s a lot of science, which she enjoys. Also listened to a podcast by Rob Dial about four ways to help with feeling ‘blah’ going through some checkpoints of asking yourself certain questions and being able to look through those different things when you’re feeling anxious or just kind of apathetic and seeing which of those is the factor, and instead of spiraling being able to just find a way to fix whatever one of those is affecting you at the time.
House win: Homeschooling her eldest son, Logan, has been going incredibly well! He’s picked up reading and he’s doing amazing at math and it is exciting to see all that he has learned through her teaching him has been very rewarding! Being able to see him click with the different things and what he’s learning and know that she was part of the teaching is very exciting!

Jacqueline
Personal Win: Easter with her family and her sister came in from Seattle to visit!
Personal Development: Continuing to read ‘Dare to Lead’ and focusing on a chapter on knowing your top 2 values in life and knowing how to stick with them & why it matters on how you show up, but also how you connect and understand your team more deeply.
Business Win: Had a good meeting regarding being at a new farmers market this summer and the planning went well.
Dog Win: Two walk lessons Saturday that went super well and the dogs responded and learned very quickly!

Alicia
Personal Win: Had a date night with her husband where they ordered pizza and had a movie night!
Personal Development: Read a couple chapters in the book “How to Stop Overthinking.”
Dog Win: Made some progress with one of her boarding dogs on some training concepts.

Tristan
Personal win: Big win in overtime vs. Tualatin for lacrosse with his team! They are now only one game closer to their first league title.
Dog win: Group class at Summerlake Park that had an energetic group of dogs, and they showed incredible changes by the end of class.
Personal Development: New podcast - the Rich Roll podcast, did an interview of the author of a favorite book of his. Interesting questions about how to deal with “the gunfights” in life, where things are going too fast to comprehend. All about calm in chaos. And skills to utilize in order to develop the attribute “resilience”.

Kass
Personal Win: Spent some time with an old friend from high school for some early birthday celebration and got some new art markers!
Personal Development: Continuing to take time each day in health education and seeing the results of investing time in it.
Dog Win: Launch dog, Pismo, who is a very young pup still, holding a place command for over an hour with 5 other dogs around as a distraction!

Ellie
Personal Win: Hosted Easter for some friends and took her pup, Kida to the beach!
Personal Development: Reading the ‘Get to Know Yourself’ book and reflecting on journaling over the past few months.
Dog Win: Launch dog, Cookie, did amazing at her go home lesson and very proud of her progress and all she’s learned!

Dog Trainer Wins: A House Full of Dogs

4/11/2023

Chris
Personal Win: Got a 3D printer and has been super fun getting to try it out and make things!
Personal Development: Just started the 75 Hard Challenge and added journaling and meditation to the things to do with the challenge.
Business Win: Enjoyed having a full house of dogs for spring break recently! Also having some good development changes for his software company.

Sam
Personal Win: Got some new shoes at the Nike employee store for date night! Also had a fun & early Easter celebration with her family and made a cake that turned out great!
Personal Development: Listened to a Rachel Hollis Podcast about boundary setting. A lot that resonated with her and thoughts on how to process and apply.
Business Win: Enjoyed shadowing one of the trainers at a demo this past week! It’s been awhile since she’s been to one and enjoyed getting to be part of it!

Jacqueline
Personal Win: Things are coming together for her Bachelorette weekend at the end of this month and very excited to go to San Diego for it soon!
Personal Development: Started ‘Dare to Lead’ by Brenee Brown. The book focuses on effective leadership skills, communication and implementation.
Dog Win: Past launch dog, Kona, did very well at his final lesson and is approved for group classes!
Business Win: Opportunity for a new farmers market in the summer to be part of!

Alicia
Personal Win: Got an adjustment to her skin care routine and it’s been helping.
Personal Development: Enjoyed having some trainers shadow at her demos this week and getting some good feedback!
Dog Win: Had 5 dogs in her home for spring break and the dogs all did great! It went smoothly and had a great group of pups.

Tristan
Personal Win: Had a fun game night with some friends!
Personal Development: Has been doing daily reflection writing after work to help look back on the day. He has also been enjoying having Chris come along to some of his lessons!
Dog Win: Naga had her 2nd birthday.

Tay
Personal Win: Came back to work from maternity leave on the day that also was her 33rd birthday! Her husband made her some great chocolate covered strawberries.
Personal Development: Reading a book on what to expect in the first year for baby education.
Dog Win: Enjoyed having past launch dogs, Fawkes & Bear, back on her first day! She loves working with them.

Kass
Personal Win: She completed her second walking challenge as a fun side activity. It is themed after Lord of the Rings and totaled 243 miles over the course of a few months from her other one!
Personal Development: Successfully implemented the habit of taking 20-30 minutes a day to watch/ listen / read in on some kind of health related education. She’s enjoyed the work of Dr. Ekberg on Youtube.
Dog Win: Launch dog Cookie had been a pleasure to work with! She’s fun to work out and about and has improved greatly.

Ellie
Personal Win: She had a very restful yet productive weekend!
Personal Development: Made it into 2.5 weeks of no phone an hour before bed and after waking up and has noticed improvements. Continuing to read the book, ‘The How.’
Dog Win: Launch dog, Cookie, did great on her out and about training with distractions and is a very fast learner!

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