Ride Home Rants
Ride Home Rants
Wag-Tastic Tales: Exploring Dog Breeds, Rescue Adventures, and Canine Fantasies
Ever wondered which animal you'd be if not a dog? In our latest episode of the Ride Home Rants podcast, we bring that fun question to life with our delightful guests Andrea, Collin, and Jordan. Andrea dreams of waddling as a penguin to Today's Hits, while Colin imagines soaring high as an eagle to the nostalgic beats of the 90s. Jordan takes the road less traveled by exploring albums alphabetically. This playful banter sets the tone as we explore our mutual admiration for our canine companions, sharing tales of our favorite breeds and the unique quirks that make each dog unforgettable.
Journey with us as we recount our encounters with breeds like German Shepherds, American Akitas, and the often-misunderstood Pit Bulls. Andrea, Collin, and Jordan dive into personal stories of dog rescue adventures, from childhood memories with a friendly German Shepherd to the challenges of adopting a Husky with a mysterious past. We shine a light on the stereotypes surrounding certain breeds, encouraging listeners to see beyond the misconceptions and appreciate the individuality of every dog. Our guests share insights and experiences that highlight both the joys and responsibilities of dog parenthood.
We wrap things up by reminiscing about the dog movies that left a paw print on our hearts and playfully ponder which dog breeds we'd become if we had the chance. From German Shepherds to Bernese Mountain Dogs, the imaginative possibilities are endless. A stroll down memory lane with "Homeward Bound" and "Beethoven" sparks nostalgic reflections, reminding us of the timeless connection we share with our furry friends. So, gather 'round for a wag-tastic episode filled with laughter, sentiment, and a hearty dose of dog appreciation. Whether you're a lifelong dog lover or just cu
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Speaker 1:Lastly, it is brought to you by Deemed Fit. Deemed Fit is a clothing apparel company for first responders, by first responders. All proceeds go to helping first responders, especially those who worked during COVID. This is a phenomenal company. I love their slogan. I love that they're helping veterans and first responders. Go to deemedtofitco, use the promo code Mike Bono and you will save 20%. That being said, this episode, like I said, I've been super excited to record this show here and do this. We are going to be talking to the dog lovers out there and we were talking about all things with our furry friends. I have a great panel of guests. I'm going to let them introduce themselves. Guys, you've been on before, but I need your name and the answer to these two questions, and it is if you could be any animal that is not a dog, which animal would you be? And what is your go-to radio station? You listen to on Pandora, Spotify, iHeartRadio, etc. Etc. And, Andrea, we're going to start with you.
Speaker 2:All right. Well, thanks for having me back. My name is Andrea. If I could be any animal, I'm like guilty of having a new favorite animal every week. So right now I want to say I'd be a penguin, just because it's about to get cold out and they like slide around and they're cute, and my go-to playlist is Today's Hits. I like to discover all new music.
Speaker 1:So nice Penguin is a solid choice. Penguin is definitely that isn't a dog my favorite animal. So, absolutely, penguin is a good one. But, Colin, let's go to you.
Speaker 3:Hey, good to be back. My name is Colin. If I had to choose one animal to be, probably be an eagle, probably be an eagle um, and then my favorite station on spotify, probably best of the 90s.
Speaker 1:Oh good, one can't go wrong with 90s music. No for sure, that is definitely. I mean, we'll get to my answer here in a minute, but I want to get the last guest here, jordan.
Speaker 4:As Mike said, my name is Jordan. If I could be any animal, I would be an orca. And as far as Spotify, apple music, pandora, I'm not really a station guy, I'm an album guy. And lately I've just been going through the alphabet, picking different artists every day with a different letter of the alphabet. So that's what I, that's what I usually do. It's a unique way to approach music, I realize. But like right, like today I listen to velvet revolver and tomorrow I'll listen to something with w, maybe wu-tang clan, I don't know I appreciate that more than people that listen to just a certain station, that get just that genre music.
Speaker 1:No offense, colin, because I'm going to tell you my answer to that here in a second. Uh, but that I never thought of that. I think that's why that, you know, blows my mind a little bit, that you just go by the letter of the alphabet, that's. That's a phenomenal way and it opens you up to a lot of new music just based off the letter.
Speaker 4:Yeah, like this last real quick, sorry. Last week I've been listening to to rock bands, like rock bands from the 90s, early 2000s from what I grew up with. So like A I started with, I want to say like Audioslave B was Breaking Benjamin, or no, no, it was Alice in Chains Breaking Benjamin, chevelle, and just going down the list. That's awesome.
Speaker 1:That's phenomenal. I do listen to Sirius XM a lot. My truck the AM FM radio just completely decided it was not going to work anymore, so the Sirius XM was the only thing that I have. Yeah, I have a beater truck. I love it. It gets me from point A to point B but she's a lot of work. She needs a little TLC. But I listen to 90s on 9. That is like the station that is permanently on my Sirius XM and I love it. You know it's a lot and I think back and I sing every song because I'm normally by myself when I'm in my truck and it always blows my mind that songs I haven't heard for decades, that I still know every word to and I'm still singing along. Like you know, I listened to it every day.
Speaker 1:But my favorite animal that's not a dog. I gotta go with Andrea. Penguins are definitely my favorite animal. My wife and I both love penguins. They they made for life and that's a good thing that we like to go by and they always have a tuxedo on. I mean, how can you not love somebody who is properly dressed at all points of time? Let's be classy a little bit. Penguins are definitely up there on the list for me.
Speaker 1:We're not here to talk about those animals. We are here to talk about all things puppy related. I wanted to have my dog on here. She is a Husky and she doesn't do anything she doesn't want to do, so she's not around me for the first time ever when I'm recording, so hopefully she'll come by. I'll try to get her on here as much as I can. I will be showing pictures. If you were watching this on my Patreon, I will have other pictures of puppies and former dogs of mine on there too as well. Want to show off as many pooches as I can. There's a lot of pee in this episode. I just realized that. But let's get right into it. And, colin, let's start with you. Do you own a dog and if so, how many and what are their names?
Speaker 3:Yeah, so I have one dog. His name is Hank. He's named after Hank Williams Jr, my wife and I. He's one of our favorite artists, so that's his namesake. And, uh, he is a black lab okay, all right, andrea, what about you?
Speaker 2:um, so I have two dogs. I have a pit bull mix, and his name is yeti, and then I have a bernice Mountain Dog and her name is Bailey.
Speaker 1:Bernice Mountain Dog. I love Bernice Mountain Dogs. A company I worked for during COVID, a RV company I won't say the name on here, even though I should, because they did me dirty they had a Bernice Mountain Dog. His name was Benny. He was the company dog. He just kind of went up and greeted customers and was awesome. But yeah, I love Bernice Mountain dogs. They're awesome. But Jordan, what about you?
Speaker 4:Yeah, so my girlfriend and I, we have two dogs. We have a Havanese named Madeline, who we affectionately call Shmoe, and we have a mini poodle named Frankie that we rescued about a year ago and we affectionately call him Deeds or Deedee. We don't know where these nicknames came from, but that's what we call him.
Speaker 1:Okay, as I said before, I have a husky. Her name is Khaleesi because she has ice blue eyes and she is from Game of Thrones and she is the queen and mother of dragons because of her eyes. We call her Kali Cowbell, khaleesi Grace because she is not the most graceful of dogs. I've never seen a clumsier dog in my life. She will trip over her own two feet, love her to death. She's a red husky and she doesn't do anything he doesn't want to do.
Speaker 1:We had another dog we actually a couple of years ago about two years ago now we did have to put down, unfortunately. His name was Spencer. He was a pug. He was the best dog I have ever owned, his wasn't. He never answered to Spencer. That was his actual name. He answered to Booger and that was from my wife's grandmother who, uh, because he would always snot him with his pug snorts and that named him booger and that was the only thing he answered to. He was the uh best dog in the world and unfortunately we miss him every day, but we're not going to be as sad as that. But he was. He was my first uh dog that I had. We my wife had him for 16 years. He was around for nine years that I was uh with my wife, so that I've been with my wife. So, yeah, we're not, we're we're going to move on from that, because that's we're not going to bring that up. But, jordan, what's the best dog breed in your opinion?
Speaker 4:I've always been partial to German Shepherds. Growing up I had a German Shepherd. His name was Rolly. We had him until I was about seven years old but unfortunately, like we couldn't, we couldn't keep him, we had to. We had to give him, give him away because we lived in a small confined space and he loved to run.
Speaker 4:But he was a smart dog. Man Like my mom always talks about how smart he was we would leave him alone and he would go into the. If he had to go at all, he would go into the bathtub. So he would go, you know, he would do his business in the bathtub. So it always made cleanup really easy. He was a smart dog, he just loved to run and we just couldn't, we couldn't give him that, uh, that best life he needed, a good boy needed. So we my mom, made the tough decision when I was seven or eight uh, uh, give him to a friend, a family friend, who had a lot of land, so, uh.
Speaker 4:But I've always been partial to, um, german shepherds. Most recently the american akita has caught my you know my fascination. Uh, love reading about american akitas, um, and they just, they, just, they just fascinate me. You know, because I was like there was reading something about pitbulls, um, and how, like you know the, the lies that pit bulls are, the you know, and so I was reading about it and the dog that like came up more was the american akita as a as more of a quote-unquote threat. And then I was just reading about their personality and how, like an american akita is not for a first-time dog owner is that you know they have a lot of ink.
Speaker 4:Uh, you know, they have a lot of unique features or unique characteristics of personalities. That one, if you're just learning to train a dog or just getting a dog, maybe an Akita is not the right one for you. So yeah, shepherds are Akitas as of late, but I love all dogs.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I do too. Akitas are great. My wife at her work actually has a frequent customer who brings in two Akitas every day, thor and Loki and they are her buddies. They get so excited when they see her in there. It is awesome, and these dogs are bigger than my wife and it makes me giggle every time I see them. But yeah, when I'm in there and I see them, the Akitas are awesome for sure.
Speaker 2:Andrea, let's go to you so, um, I mean I've had quite a few different dog breeds throughout my life. Um, the Bernese mountain dog that I have now I stumbled across and I like in a weird way but I feel like she's a great family dog. But I very much favor pit bulls. I do. My brother had three at one time. You know I have one I like to rescue and when you like to rescue, if you go to any general pound that's not breed specific you're probably going to get a pit bull. Um, but I think when raised right, any dog can be great. But pit bulls are awesome. He's a great protector, he's a great lover, he's strong. But that can be beneficial depending on what you're trying to use a dog for. Um, I think you can teach any dog anything but super good with the kids. My niece and my nephew can just lounge on him and he loves it. Pit bulls, I think, are great. They can be great family dogs yeah, absolutely.
Speaker 1:I'll say this too, since you mentioned rescuing dogs. I'm a big supporter in rescuing dogs. I understand breeders and that there's a market for that, but we've always rescued dogs and the Bono household and our current Yep I thought she was next to me, she's not current Husky, she was actually a puppy mill dog, so it was a lot of work at the beginning with her because she has a very strong oh, what's the word I'm looking for? Like she doesn't like men a lot when she first meets them. She gets very protective when she meets them. Even certain times like if I walk in the house and I'm wearing a hat, like I normally do, and my sunglasses like she doesn't recognize me at first and she gets into that protective mode, especially if my wife or son are home.
Speaker 1:But funny story when we went to get her, we drove two hours to get this dog. I've always wanted a Husky. My wife knows I say my spirit animal is a wolf and I love wolves. I say my spirit animal is a wolf and I love wolves and that's why I wanted a husky, because they resemble them. And so that was my birthday present during COVID back in March of 2020. So we drove two hours to get her and the shelter that we went to. I think. I don't know this to be certain. So, if they're listening, I apologize if this is wrong, but also screw you for trying to screw me out of my dog. She said that, okay. Well, she doesn't like men. She doesn't like children. She's very aggressive if a man's wearing a hat or sunglasses.
Speaker 1:I was wearing a hat and sunglasses when this woman told me, told me this, and I had my son with me at the time and I was like, well, I drove two hours to see this dog. I'm gonna at least take a look at this dog if you could bring her out. She ran up to us. She instantly went right to my son, started licking his face and went right to me Next, started licking my face. I was like, yeah, you can write the paperwork up. This is my dog, like there's no other thing that you're going to know. This is my dog and we've had her for four years and, uh, I love her to death. But she's been a pain in my ass ever since. Uh, because she likes my wife and son more than me and she's my dog, um, so, yeah, there's, there's that too as well. Uh, she listens to my wife and son more than she listens to me. Uh, but that's just the stubborn Husky in her. But uh, colin, what about you? Best dog breed.
Speaker 3:Yeah, so I've also. I've dog breed. Yeah, so I've also. I've always been, uh, partial to labradors. Um, I just like the temperament, I like, uh, how loyal they are. Um, if it was, if my wife wasn't uh in the picture to call the shots, I would definitely have a trifecta and get a yellow, black and chocolate all at the same. But, um, yeah, we have a bunch of labs in the family, so it's kind of been a a family dog breed so I've always grown up around them and really just had a connection with them, so carried that on in our own household.
Speaker 1:I get it. My dad is not a big dog or cat person or animal in general. Excuse me, so I never grew up with animals, but my grandmother had an English bulldog growing up that I always said was my dog. His name was Joker. Had an English Bulldog growing up that I always said was my dog. His name was Joker. He was a big old ball of fat and meat and just lovable and loved to cuddle.
Speaker 1:I'm partial to Bulldogs because I kind of grew up with one being at my grandmother's a lot. But you know, definitely Huskies are up there for me too as well, pugs as well. My wife and I are finally actually getting to the point now where we're wanting another dog and we're wanting, I guess, kind of a smaller I guess you could say, say dog to kind of counterbalance the massive 100 pound husky that I have. But we're thinking we're going to go bulldog. We don't think we can go pug again. Bulldogs, yeah, they have a lot of health issues because of their short snoop and everything like that, but they're great dogs, they're super energetic and I watch on it's tiktok all all day, sometimes for me when I'm off, and there's just one and he hates garbage cans and he knocks over everybody's garbage can when he is walking, like he will just run up to it and just bulldoze it and I know you could probably hear her in the background. My wife loves it too. She's laughing already just me talking about it. We sit for hours and watch this dog just hate garbage cans. He just runs up to him and knocks him over. It's so funny to me. And, andrea, to your point.
Speaker 1:Pit bulls, I kind of always had a liking for them. I just love how they're. You know they're bigger, they're muscular. You know they have that stigma though that they're bad dogs, and I'm of the mindset there's no bad dogs, there's bad dog owners, dogs, there's bad dog owners, and that is what I always. I'll take that to my grave because I've been around people who've had pitfalls and these things are the most lovable, cuddly, playful things you can ever be. But they know when it's time to be protective and if you train them right, any dog is a phenomenal dog.
Speaker 1:And I've always wanted to raise that pit bull, mainly because the comedian in me comes out and I just want to see people move across the street as I'm walking my pit bull down one side of the street. That's the main reason. I'm not going to lie to you here. She could be the most liar, he could be the most lovable dog in the world. But just people that have that stigma against pit bulls, that see it and are like, nope, I can, I need to cross the street, that's a mean dog. And they cross the street, that would be. I'd feel like a King for one. That's just a comedian in me to get a laugh for myself. You know, I'm in the business of making other people laugh. I need to find ways to make myself laugh too as well. Andrea, with you having a pit bull breed, do you get that a lot like when you're walking your dog?
Speaker 2:um, I do sometimes. But there's been times where, like people will go across the street, even if I just have my bernice, and I think it's just like okay, I don't know how any dog is going to react anymore. So I think people do it naturally just to protect themselves. But there was a time where I had Yeti in the dog park and we were the only people in there, only dog in there, and some woman like came up to the fence and she was like is your dog nice? Like I want to bring mine in, but and I'm like I just brought him to the dog park just to fight with other dogs Like.
Speaker 2:that's not what I said, but in my head I'm like, yeah, of course he's nice, like I wouldn't bring him in an area where other dogs are going to be if he wasn't, you know. So there's definitely a lot of people that question it. Actually, another incident when I was going to get Bailey, somebody bought her to breed her. So somebody bought her from you know, a breeder. They were going to breed her themselves and then they decided not to and because I had a pit bull, she didn't want to give me Bailey. She was like I just can't imagine like this dog going to your house and your dog latching on and I'm like, but you don't know my dog, like you didn't, you haven't met them, like anything like that. So I brought yeti over and he met the girl and saw, like I like snapped my fingers and told him to sit and she was like, oh my god, he's so well trained, you can have, you can have bailey, he's wonderful.
Speaker 1:I'm like that's all it took, like so, yeah, there's definitely a lot of judgment with it yeah, I I don't understand the judgment with any dog, uh like even I mean hus Husky, it's just I mean the sheer size. I think the bigger the dog, the worse the stigma that people have against them, like oh it's big, it's got to be aggressive.
Speaker 4:I think like it's an intimidating like the way. If it looks intimidating, right, like you want to look at an Irish Shepherd, which is a massive dog, and go that dog's vicious and it's going to maul a child or it's going to kill another dog, nobody would look at an Irish Shepherd and think that. And then it's also the way dogs are portrayed, I think, in media movies Dobermans, rottweilers, you see those on Disney movies like Oliver. This is weird, but Oliver and Company is one that comes to mind. They had two Dobermans in that movie and those Dobermans are mean. And as a kid you look at Dobermans and you go, oh, those are mean dogs, because I see them as mean on the TV screen and I think people have a hard time separating.
Speaker 4:One of my good friends, they have massive, uh, rottweiler named thor and you see, I mean, if you don't know him, you don't, you don't know them. And you see this massive rottweiler in a side yard. You're kind of like, oh, you know, but couldn't be a more lovable dog, in fact too loving like, just like wants to be in your lab, constantly licking, like it's like to the point of annoyance, like get out of my face, man. But yeah, I just think that, like you know, people see big breeds or they they read a new story and then they go okay in my head, pit bull, bad. But it's like you know, my cousin and I I was guilty of this too. My cousin years ago adopted a pit bull and this, this poor dog, was used for like dog fighting and again my head I was like, oh, is he going to be nice, is it? You know, I I got attacked by a dog as as a kid, so I've always kind of like I'm kind of getting over that trauma of being attacked by a dog, still to this day, you know. And so you see this pit bull and then you kind of like and correct me if I'm wrong.
Speaker 4:I don't think all shelters do this, but a lot of shelters they test, you know, they'll test a dog for how aggressive it is. Is it food aggressive, is it toy aggressive, how like, and so like. It went through my head and I was like, oh, this fear is irrational because Bo went through all of these tests and he's, he's the. He was the best dog, you know, he was like my cousin's ride or die. He went everywhere with them. And so like when, when my cousin had to put Bo down, unfortunately, like that was really heavy on. You know to like lose your best friend Because Bo was with him in his barbershop, or if he would go on the road.
Speaker 4:Like you know, it's just getting out, you know, getting that out of your head that you know breeds are that this certain breed is bad because of how it's portrayed in media or the news or on TV no-transcript, something, but more like retrieving. So we had, we had gotten Frankie a trainer a year ago, um, and he was like, oh yeah, like you know, know, we're like he's always eating goose poop, he's always eating squirrel poop. It's annoying. He's like, oh, he's hunting, he's, he's, he's looking for something and it's like you can break him of that, but he's like he's, he's hunting. And then he's like if his paw is up, it means he's hunting. Or you know, like certain, like certain uh characteristics, if one paws up, he doesn't know what he's doing, he doesn't know what you want to do, he's confused. But if another paws up, he's hunting.
Speaker 1:So it's interesting to like learn that stuff yeah, I, I had to learn a lot with, uh, my husky because she doesn't have the traditional I'm going to talk your ear off Husky speak where they're just vocal and they whine. And you see them all over the internet where they're screaming and they're talking back to you because they told us we didn't believe it. We still don't know. We haven't got it done yet, but we want to have a DNA test done because I said she was mixed with something else and if you look at her she looks like a full bred husky, like there's no doubt about it. She has the red coloring, the curly, poofy tail, the big satellite ears that we call them her satellites when they're straight up and down. But we were looking into it and just some of her vocal tones she growls and like grumbles, I would say, and we looked into it and wolves and wolves breeds, that's how they communicate. They don't bark, they don't have that yippy kind of husky talk, they just grumble and it sounds like an aggressive growl and it took a while for us to be like, well, maybe she has a little bit of wolf in her. That's what they meant when they said she was mixed with something else, but they didn't know what it was, because I even made the joke. When they said, oh, she's mixed with something else. I said what? Another husky Like? She looks like a full-bred husky, like. There's no doubt in my mind that this is that. Yeah, this is a husky walking by me now, um, but yeah.
Speaker 1:So we want to get the dna test done just to see if our theory is right. Because even when I'm playing with her and we know she's playing because her tail's wagging, her ears are up and you know she's she's smiling from ear to ear and she grumbled and like my sister and niece were over, uh, before halloween and we had our annual pumpkin carving and you know I was playing with her, she was starting to grumble. My sister kind of looked at me. I was like, oh no, no, it's fine, like that's how she talks.
Speaker 1:She doesn't have a typical husky talk. She has like a wolf rumble, growl type of vocal tone and we've learned to, to learn like okay, if her tail's down and it's tucked, she's being aggressive, and like she's protective. If her tail's up and her ears are up, she's being aggressive and she's protective. If her tail's up and her ears are up, she's playing. That's just how she talks and every dog has their own vocal tone here. But, colin, let's go to you and I really want to know the answer to these questions for you guys. What do you think is the most overrated dog breed?
Speaker 3:I'd have to say doodle mixes. I think a lot of people default to those because they're hypoallergenic and I've seen doodles that were amazing dogs and I've seen doodles that were, uh, not so great dogs, um, and I think it all has to do with if you're prepared to deal with the, the temperament of those, um, but I feel like a lot of people these days are kind of going after the doodle mixes.
Speaker 1:so okay, andrea, what about you?
Speaker 2:um, I think french bulldogs like bulldogs are cool and whatnot, but like the little frenchies that, um I don't know, I just comes in but, yeah, my dog was pulled my hand back so I would better, um, like I don't know, I just I feel like everybody's obsessed with french bulldogs. I'm calling my sister-in-law out here but like she's obsessed with french bulldogs, she wants one so bad and she's a rescue person too. But she's like I will buy a three thousand dollar purebred french bulldog because I love the way they look. I just think they're kind of overrated. There's nothing like great about the breed. It's a small dog, it's not like just like any other small dog. Just get any other small dog okay, jordan what?
Speaker 4:about you. I don't know if I would say it like I would say doodles are definitely have become the most popular, definitely for all the reasons call enlisted, you know, hypoallergenic. I just think that, um, you know, at the end of the day, just like you got to know the dog you're getting and what you're getting that dog for, you know, and I think, like for a family dog, you know, maybe, uh, maybe, the doodles are super popular for whatever reason. They don't shed. It's a lot. You know, shedding can be a lot of maintenance. So, yeah, I guess, I mean, I guess, maybe, maybe, doodle, um, you know, golden retrievers are also, you know, great dogs. But I always sometimes feel like maybe they're a little overrated as well. But not to be disparaging against any breed, I think they're all great as long as you got the right training and the right temperament for them.
Speaker 4:Because I have a friend who has a hound dog. They have a hound dog and some weird we don't know what she is, but they're both play, play, play, play, play, play, play and like four years ago I was house-sitting for them and that's all they wanted to do and I just wanted to chill man, and I tricked myself into believing I was a cat person. I was like you know what? I've discovered that I'm a cat person. And then I that I'm a cat person. And then I have my dogs now and I'm like, no, I, I like dogs, dogs are, dogs are great. So yeah, I just think, um, temperament is is everything, and you know, like a dog, that that suits you. But yeah, I think, like back to the original question, I think that, like, golden retrievers can be a little overrated doodles, golden doodles especially, but they're all great I'm gonna take a page out of uh andrea's answer here with the small dog breed chihuahuas.
Speaker 1:Chihuahuas are the worst. I've never met a chihuahua that was nice. They were always like had this, like little man or little woman, complex where they're like I'm freaking tough, I'll fight you right now.
Speaker 4:Or they're always shaking. They're always constantly shaking.
Speaker 1:They're weird. They look like rats. I'll say it and I'll take it to my grave they look like rats and they're angry all the time. Chihuahuas for me. I would never own a Chihuahua. I would never own a Chihuahua for that reason Because I like to roughhouse with my dogs I do, I play and we play rough. But she knows my Khaleesi Grace, where you at, she's not coming. I keep trying. She's not gonna come over here. But she knows when you know playtime is over and it coming. I keep trying. She's not going to come over here. She knows when playtime is over and it's time to be calm. Well, there you are. Hi, hi, how are you being scared? Sorry, I can't not pet my dog whenever she walks by me, but yeah, for me it's chihuahuas. Jordan, let's stay with you here. There's a lot of good options for this one. Uh, but what's the best movie about a dog or dogs?
Speaker 4:I'm partial to. All dogs go to heaven. Does that count? Count? Can I say that? Yeah, even though it's a cartoon, it's a childhood staple and classic. I feel like you can't not mention Homeward Down either, although it does have Sassy the cat, but Shadow and Chance, that second one, especially the one where they go to San Francisco, those are the two that really stick out in my head, and then, I guess, a trifecta Beethoven. Beethoven was always great.
Speaker 1:Just try to hit people right in the fields with those three.
Speaker 4:Nostalgia like a lot of nostalgia.
Speaker 1:Those were great movies, but those are movies like. You know what I need a good Friday. I think I'm going to watch these movies. That's one of those. But Andrea, what about you?
Speaker 2:For some reason off the top of my head, I can't think of a lot of movies that are solely about dogs right now, outside of Marley and Me and Beethoven. And Marley and Me is not a good dog movie. It's a good movie but it's sad. So I guess I'd have to say like beethoven, but it's not a dog movie. But one of the best dogs like in a movie is little rascals oh yeah, teeny.
Speaker 1:Yeah, absolutely not about a dog, but it's. It's a good dog in a movie yeah colin, what about?
Speaker 3:you, yeah. So I have to agree with Jordan. I grew up watching Homeward Bound. That was, I mean, that was on the TV a lot when I was a kid, so, and I'm man enough to admit that I still get choked up at the end of that movie. If you don't, you're a sociopath. Just get that out there, yeah, yeah. So that one definitely. Uh, that would have to be my pick okay, those are.
Speaker 1:Those are great movies, but I feel like we're missing. You know a a good genre movie and I know they're not realistic. But air bud, oh, like, like that's. He can play every sport, like they're just running out of sports for him to be good at.
Speaker 4:Imagine. Imagine being the kid who lost your spot on the roster to a golden retriever.
Speaker 1:That that probably would have been me. I always said I'd make a better coach than I would have an athlete, especially in those sports. But yeah, air Bud is up there for me. I mean not to say like I grew up watching Homer Bound and Beethoven and the All Dogs Go Ahead. Those are great movies.
Speaker 4:My Dog Skip was also like, if we're like staying out of the realm of like cartoons, my Dog Skip was really really good. Uh, frankie young frankie muniz is in that, and then it also is a cry. It's a crier at the end. I think any dog movie is kind of a crier, where at the end of the movie of uh, my dog skip no spoilers he has such a great line about skip. Um, it's like it always got me as like a 12 year old kid, I was like crying. Do it like this, like I'm not crying.
Speaker 1:It's like it's okay, it's fine. Well, I'm not crying, you're crying. You shut up like I'm not. No, yeah, absolutely, uh, j to stay with you on this one, ed. This was Vinny's question. I forgot about this one when we were coming up with the questions list for this one. But if you could be a dog, which dog breed would you be and what would your name be?
Speaker 4:I think I'd probably stick with German Shepherd and I think I'd go with the name Dozer, just off the top of my head.
Speaker 1:I'd be Dozer okay, not mad at that answer at all, andrea. What about you?
Speaker 2:I don't know. I want to say that I would want to be a Bernice Mountain Dog. Even though I favor my pit bull, bailey is just so ditzy and just out there and just because she's a dog she can get away with it, she can just do whatever she wants, and it's cute and she's fluffy, and so I don't know. I guess I would probably be a Bernice Mountain Dog and I don't know a name. That's a hard one. That's a hard question to come off the top of your head.
Speaker 2:I'll say this. I'll say this because I feel strongly about this. Whatever my name would be, it would not be a human name. I'm not judging anybody. I'm not judging anybody. But the only reason this is a funny story, the only reason my dog's name is bailey is because when I got her, her name was ally, and that was my ex's name. So we couldn't have valley, yes. So we picked something that sounded like it's like ally bailey, you know it kind of like has the same ending to it. So her name is bailey may, but if we got her as a puppy, it would not have been a human name I gotcha.
Speaker 1:I I don't understand some people that name their dogs like this is jeff, like you know, like I don't. I never understood that. Like give it a cool name, I mean, and I get me. You know mine's name's calise, but you know that's not a human name per se, she's off of Game of Thrones and it was a title it was a title.
Speaker 2:She's the mother of dragons, and it's only because she has these ice blue eyes that just look deep into your soul yeah, that's not like a common human name, like and they're like this is Luke and I'm like oh, yeah, is Luke and I'm like oh yeah that's my nephew's name.
Speaker 1:Go ahead Jordan.
Speaker 4:Oh no, I was going to say Khaleesi was just like her title with the Dothraki, her name was Daenerys. Now it's turning into a Game of Thrones podcast.
Speaker 1:No, we're fine, I've only seen the first season of Game of Thrones.
Speaker 4:Oh, dude, you've got to watch up to season five and then dip out.
Speaker 1:Yeah, our son was young at the time. My wife has the entire collection on DVD. It's just like, yeah, this is not something we can watch with like a 70 year old walking around the house so we had to pick and choose, like times where we could watch it, and then, just, you know, life happens. But uh, colin, what about you?
Speaker 3:yeah, so I guess I would either want to be an irish wolfhound or an Irish Setter.
Speaker 1:And if I had to pick a name, I think I would want it to be Ruger, ruger. Okay, not a bad one. This is going to sound weird because I've been like hyping up huskies and everything like that, since you know I own one and they look like wolves and one of my favorite animals, next to penguins. But I'd have to say lately, like when I'm like scrolling through like TikTok or Reels on Facebook or Instagram, cane corso's have been coming up a lot for me and they're kind of an Italian breed too as well, with the uh being a king for. So I'd have to go with them because I've never been that big, bulky, like muscular guy like I graduated high school at six foot five, 155 pounds. Like I'm not like gonna be like out bench pressing or curling anybody, like I've never been that guy. I feel like those dogs just have that muscular look that it would give me. I would have to call myself Diesel, that's just goes with the big breed, and I'd have to pick a big breed. I couldn't go with anything.
Speaker 1:I heard you laugh back there when I said about my wife by the way, my wife in the background she acts like she doesn't listen to the show, but she, she giggles and definitely, you know, chimes in when she can and she's the comic relief a lot of the time. I love how we're doing show about dogs, and now my cats are acting up. Um, and now now police is chasing the cats, so this is just going off the rails as typical. Uh ride home rants show does uh, jordan, let's go with you. Uh, do you miss when your dog was a puppy?
Speaker 4:um, it's been so long since I've had a dog in the puppy stage. Uh, frankie would have been the closest, which, by the way, about human names and dogs, he was listed as frankie, um, on the adoption site and then we got there and we're like, hi, frankie. And the lady who was fostering was like, oh, he doesn't really have a name. And we're like, well, we've, we've grown accustomed to calling him frankie, so his name is frankie. And then madeline um, I met madeline when my girlfriend was just, uh, like my girlfriend had had her for like a year or two, so, but her, her original name was misty and my girlfriend was just like my girlfriend had had her for like a year or two, so, but her, her original name was Misty, and my girlfriend was like, absolutely not, we're not going to call her Misty. So Madeline it was.
Speaker 4:Frank was probably the closest I've had to a puppy in a long time. He was about a year old when we adopted him, so he still was very much in the puppy phase, and he's two now, so he likes to run around and play. And he's two now, so he likes to run around and play, um, but I think like the last time I had a puppy was my sister's dog who was a pomeranian named miley. Uh, miley cyrus, hannah montana, very big. At the time when we got miley, um, yeah, no, I I do miss the puppy stage in in certain aspects. Uh, definitely don't miss the leaving your dog at home, a puppy at home, and then coming home to surprises. Puppies are cute, you know, and then you get to watch them grow and it's like it makes you feel like I don't know. It makes you feel real good, I guess.
Speaker 1:You know, I gotta say, tuskees never grow out of the puppy phase. Khaleesi is, as you can hear, my wife yelling at her now in the background for doing something she's not supposed to do, and she knows she's not supposed to do it, but she does it anyway. She's four now because we got her when she was just about one. The only thing is is she's just gotten bigger. She wasn't even that little when we got her and I didn't realize how fat my dog I'll say it, how fat my dog was getting and she's and I. I was just scrolling through, like my memories on Facebook and I just so happened to come across an old picture from four years ago, uh, of my husky, and I was like, oh my God, yeah, she's put on a few pounds since we've we've gotten her and, but I wouldn't have her any other way.
Speaker 1:I'm of the belief that your animals should be fat and happy, um, at all times, no matter what. I have a 35 pound cat. So yeah, he is not 30. He is 35 fucking pounds. Yeah, it's my wife's cat that she came with when I met her. His name's Kitten. It's not about cats right now, but yeah, he's 35 now. He's a big boy for sure, but we love him to death. Anyways, andrea, do you miss when your dog's being puppies?
Speaker 2:Yeah, I didn't get to see the puppy phase too much because they were both about a year old when I got them, so I got like the clumsiness of the puppy phase still where they weren't like super coordinated, but I didn't get to see them small so I definitely missed that. Anytime I feel like I would want a puppy. I foster for a local rescue with no intentions on keeping them, but whenever I have a puppy I'm like, yeah, I never want a puppy.
Speaker 2:Yeah, and then I'm always like, oh, they're cute, that would be a really good idea. And then I foster one and I'm like, wow, this is terrible, waking up throughout the night. So I wish I could have seen my dogs as a puppy, but I don't know if I would have missed it.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I get that. We had one of my son's friends. He had a couple of puppies, like fresh out puppies, and yeah, it's like no, thank you, I don't miss that phase at all, just the constant. They'll sleep for like an hour, then they're up and then they want to play and then they're past eating getting the fat belly. I would miss seeing that just getting the fat belly after they eat like two boards of food and then passing out. So yeah, I mean I would miss that part of it, but the neediness and that I wouldn't miss that in the slightest. But Cullen, what about you?
Speaker 3:I wouldn't say I necessarily miss it. Every once in a while if we go through old photos. You get a little bit nostalgic, I think. But Hank's four now and he's just like my buddy, he's always excited when I come home from work and, um, you know he's, he's pretty self-sufficient now. He's just uh, he's just like a part of uh, a part of life now. And you know, the older he gets, the smarter and the wiser he gets. And um, yeah, I don't know, I I mean I enjoyed the puppy phase, but I I enjoyed the uh, the middle-aged, uh, teenage years of his life too.
Speaker 1:so yeah, yeah, uh, you, you gave a good point there. You know I like I said we got her when she she was just about one years old and you know, yeah, she was clumsy, she was kind of had that her, her ears were too big for her head, type of look which they flopped when she ran, uh, which they still do. But now she's kind of into that like teenage, I don't want to sleep, but like I still want to be active stage. So like she'll come up on the couch if I'm relaxing and you know she is my buddy uh, when I'm relaxing on the couch she'll come up and she'll snuggle up into me watch sports center in the morning.
Speaker 1:That's like she now knows, like my routine and she's getting on, got onto my routine in the morning. Like I wake up, I, you know, start my pot of coffee, use the bathroom and then I come back and, you know, sports center goes on and my feet go up on the couch and she jumps up and lays on the leg rest and I swear she is like paying attention to what is happening. It's like there'll be some controversial play or something like that. She'll look back and be like, what do you think of that dad Like yes, we have those conversations in the morning.
Speaker 4:She knows how to beat the Tampa too, which is great.
Speaker 1:She really does, but like, yeah, like the show back. Like, yeah, like, show back, oh, she'll look like. Yeah, we think that was. That was kind of bullshit, wasn't it dad? Like she has. And I've never been able to look at a dog and know exactly what she's thinking. And I look at my dog and I was like you're, I know you're thinking about being bad. You should do that right now, Like. Or you could just tell, like, what's going on in their head. I know you're thinking about being bad and you should do that right now, or you could just tell what's going on in their head. I wish, oh my God, what movie. It's a cartoon, but the dog has a collar on where you can hear Is it Up?
Speaker 1:Up I think Squirrel, yeah, where it has the collar on, where you can actually hear what he's thinking. I wish sometimes I could have that so it could actually verbalize, so I could know I'm right. But there's a lot of times like she's a mama's girl Through and through. She loves my wife more than anything in this world. And if we're sitting on the couch together like she'll just look at me like you don't talk to me, peasant mama's here right now and go away. I don't need you right now. I have, I have my. So. But there's other times when it's just me and her and you know, like watching sports center or a game or something, and we're bouncing ideas off of each other, which is never good in, in my opinion, when I'm bouncing ideas off the dog or a game. But it happens. Um, we're going to round out the show with this because we are running out of time. Um, jordan, uh, we'll start with you, and it's for all the listeners out there who are thinking about buying a dog. What advice would you give them?
Speaker 4:Buying a dog or adopting, I would say yeah, either one.
Speaker 4:Yeah, I would say adopt. I mean I would say you know, look, go meet those dogs, make sure that they're right for you. Don't be afraid to go to an animal shelter there are a lot of great animals that need a home. But make sure that you're doing your research on the dog, that you're getting right Like the bios are great and set up a meeting. But know a little bit about that breed. A little bit about that breed, like if you're getting, say, a great Dane maybe, or a Chihuahua, or um, you know a poodle, like, know what you're getting, know what the breeds characteristics are, what they were bred for, what they do, um, don't be afraid to look into training If you don't know and you like want uh and you need help, or you've never had a dog before, um, training is uh.
Speaker 4:There are a lot of great resources. There are a lot of great trainers. We used a trainer who we learned a lot from and he was great and um. So I would just say, like you know, go in. You know if you want an animal, if you want a dog, go in, knowing about that dog and knowing, um, you know it's like I said, like it's characteristics, what it's about, know its history. Um, and then, if you're, if you're struggling, don't be afraid to consider, you know, the option of training and learning how cause, like, we got training for Frankie and now we know so much more about how dogs interact with each other and the signs of dogs, and, um, yeah, it's, it's valuable information because you know you're probably going to own more dogs through your life and you can take that information and you can use it for the next one. Or, if you want to bring another one in to your family, you can use that as a as a way to, like you know, learn about the dog and bond with the dog as well.
Speaker 1:Absolutely. That's phenomenal advice, Andrea. What about you?
Speaker 2:My only piece of advice is do it, get one dog, get two dogs, get 10 dogs no, but I mean I definitely think going in knowing that it's going to be a little, it's going to be hard work, but I think it's worth it. If you put the time into it when they're young or when you first get them to create them into being the dog that is going to be fitting for you, then do it Like you know, don't worry about, like, what am I going to do when I go on vacation? People want to watch dogs. There's, you know, there's options. Somebody will watch your dog. But I think you know the the good always outweighs the bad. Like if I come home, like my dogs know if I've had a bad day. Like if I'm crying, my dogs come and they lick the tears off my face, like dogs just know. So I think that you know. Of course there's going to be training. You know they might go to the bathroom on the floor or nothing different than what your kids probably did growing up.
Speaker 3:So if you kind of look at it like that depends on your perspective, but the good will always outweigh the bad with the dog, I think absolutely colin round us out here I think the biggest thing is just understanding the level of commitment that you're making whenever you you're thinking about getting into, uh, dog ownership specifically, but any pet ownership really, um, I I think it's it's good to kind of at least have a rough idea of what exactly you're getting yourself into, um, because I I think one of the worst things in the world is when you know the novelty of pet ownership wears off and people decide that they're no longer interested and that's how you end up with dogs and shelters. So I think just kind of understanding what you're committing to from the get go is probably a good starting point from the get-go is probably a good starting point.
Speaker 1:That's solid advice, Mine I would say. You know, adopt, don't buy. I know there's breeders out there that would argue against that. You know, I mean, obviously, if you want a full-bred dog and you have a specific dog in mind, by all means, you know, go get the dog, but adopt. There's so many good dogs in shelters that need good homes.
Speaker 1:I've adopted every, every animal that I own, and I own four cats and a Husky. So, yes, I sound like I'm a big cat person per se. My dog's getting ready to end the show next to here. So, yes, I sound like I'm a cat person per se. My dog's getting ready to end the show next to here. But, yeah, I've adopted every animal I own and it's so rewarding just to see the transition from you know that being in a shelter to coming home to a good life.
Speaker 1:And, Andrea, I will echo your point. Your dogs know when you're in a good mood, as Collins is looking him dead to his soul as we're ending here but they know when you're in a good mood. They know when you want to play. They know when you've had a bad day. Mine know when I'm getting sick or when my wife is getting sick or anything like that, and they try to. They do what they can and lick the sickness or the tears or the anger right out of you and it's awesome. And if you don't like dogs because of whatever reason, I don't want to be your friend anyways, because dogs are awesome and they make life better.
Speaker 1:But that is actually going to do it for this week's episode of the Ride Home Rants podcast. I'm so happy we got to do a dog and puppy show. I've been waiting to do this one. I want to thank my panel of guests, Colin, Andrea and Jordan for coming on and talking about their dogs and all things about dogs and puppies. As always, if you enjoyed the show, be a friend, tell a friend. If you didn't tell them anyways, they might like it just because you didn't. That's going to do it for me and I will see y'all next week.
