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Daily Cephalopod #206

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Eileen’s Official Nigel Bruce Defense Post

Weeks after first mentioning the possibility of writing this post in my Sink or Ship entry for the Rathbone/Bruce films, allow me to welcome you to my official and way the heck too long Nigel Bruce Defense Post.

I don’t think I need to convince anyone that the reputation of Bruce’s Watson has suffered in the years since he played Sherlock Holmes’ faithful Boswell.  Virtually every time someone wants to praise a Watson, they feel the need to disparage Bruce to do it (“This Watson is great because he’s not a bumbler unlike some people I could mention, ahem, ahem”). James Mason only agreed to play Watson in Murder by Decree if they didn’t write him as an idiot. Edward Hardwicke was more polite about it, but he seems to have felt similarly about Bruce’s Watson’s capabilities.  More recently, of course, Kate Beeton did her famous “Stupid Watson” comic, launching a nickname that seems to have caught on with some people around the interwebs.

And, in fairness, not all of the ire directed at Nigel Bruce is unwarranted. The Rathbone films do have a tendency to go way overboard with the comedy relief, and not even the fact that it was made for World War II audiences who were probably in desperate need of a laugh makes me feel better about it.  This aspect of the movies hasn’t aged well.  I admit that willingly.

But it’s important to note that the comedy relief really is just one aspect of Bruce’s Watson.  For some reason, it’s the only aspect that people seem to remember when really he’s surprisingly multifaceted.  To reduce Nigel Bruce’s interpretation of Watson to a demeaning nickname is unfair in the extreme, and since no one else seems to be willing to waste their time in refuting these gross overgeneralizations, I will heroically step in to fill this void that no one wanted filled.

And if you decide you still don’t like Bruce’s Watson after reading this post, that’s fine.  My goal in writing this is not to push people into liking something that’s not to their tastes.  All I want is to point out some inconsistencies in the Bumbling Oaf trope and maybe make you think about how you feel and why.  (I also want to vent a little—it is the internet, after all.)

Open your minds and join me on this journey, mis amigos.  It’s kind of long, but hopefully my witty insights and that one goofy picture of Batman I included will make it worth it.

Let’s start at the start: 1939’s The Hound of the Baskervilles.  As I’m sure most of you are aware, this story hardly features Holmes at all.  Watson is the one who heads out to Baskerville Hall alone to investigate, which requires him to be at least somewhat decent at investigative work, and he certainly is that.  It’s only when Holmes shows up that he becomes the comedy relief.  Later that year, in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Holmes again sends Watson to investigate alone, and while I wouldn’t say it goes well, it doesn’t go noticeably worse than in any other version.  Plus, a couple of the major humorous moments feature Watson on the winning side of the joke for once.

That’s about all the time I’ll spend on Bruce’s first two outings as Dr. Watson, since they are noticeably different from the B movies which followed.  (The most striking changes, for those who haven’t seen them, are that the stories now take place in the 1940s rather than the Victorian era and also they now have the budget of an office Christmas party.)  It’s here that the quality of the movies starts to waver, and I believe they are what most people are referring to when they complain about Nigel Bruce.  The comedy relief bits are really ramped up here, but just because Watson became more of a punching bag doesn’t mean he necessarily became less intelligent or less interesting.

Before we continue, there’s one point Hardwicke made in that interview I linked to above that I’d like to address.  He basically said that Watson’s training as a doctor means that he couldn’t be stupid.

First of all, Ben Carson.  Second, the entire point of this post is to demonstrate that Watson wasn’t as stupid as everyone thinks, and we’ll get to that in just a second. Third, these movies do remember that Watson is a doctor and give him a few opportunities to show off his medical chops.  In Terror By Night, Watson’s the one who announces the victim died of heart failure.  It’s also him who notices a small pinprick in the dead guy’s neck that suggests said heart failure was induced.  Granted, he didn’t mention the mark right away because he dismissed it as insignificant, but given that Holmes also had a look at the body and didn’t notice the mark at all, I think Watson deserves some props here.

Now I’m not even going to try to defend the rest of Terror By Night because it’s pretty much the epitome of everything people dislike about Bruce’s Watson.  But it does go to show that, even when the Baker Street Dozen was at its silliest, Watson still had his moments.

If we want a really solid example of Watson being competent, however, we must go elsewhere.  Let’s start with The Secret Weapon.  It starts out as one would expect, with Watson being charged with guarding a scientist recently escaped from mainland Europe, only to fall asleep and allow the guy to wander off (YOU HAD ONE JOB).  But later on, the film adapts bits of The Dancing Men, and when Holmes and Watson first encounter the code, it’s Watson who explains its significance to the lady whose missing boyfriend wrote it. He even sits down to decode it, but it’s been slightly altered since their last encounter with it, so it comes out wrong.

Naturally it’s Watson who makes this error while Holmes discovers what the alteration was.  So now Watson looks like a knucklehead even though, again, he apparently learned the Dancing Men code so well that he could use it at a moment’s notice despite not seeing it for years.

But wait, what’s this?  There’s another coded message, this one even more fiendishly difficult than the first?  What to do now?  Holmes and Watson spend the next few hours poring over the code, trying every combination and trick they can think of in their attempts to decode the message.  Oh wait, did I say Holmes and Watson?  I meant Watson by himself while Holmes sulks and makes rude comments.

Not bad for a bumbling oaf.

In the end, it’s an off-hand remark from Watson that flicks on the lightbulb over Holmes’ head, enabling Holmes to swoop in and steal the limelight from poor Watson.  Our detective makes his brilliant game-changing deduction thanks to his conductor of light, who’s been doing the thankless drudge work this whole time.  (This kind of happens a lot, actually—twice in Dressed to Kill alone, a casual remark from Watson enables Holmes to save the day.)

The real problem here isn’t that Watson is stupid; it’s the way the scene is framed.  The movie is so busy focusing on Holmes’ deductions and accomplishments that Watson’s contributions mostly go unacknowledged.  It’s clear from the fact that Watson was deeply involved in the decoding process that he’s perfectly intelligent and that Holmes trusts him to help with even the more difficult aspects of crime-solving.

Something similar occurs in The Woman in Green, which features Moriarty hypnotizing people into committing suicide for reasons that escape me at the moment.  (This isn’t the high point of the Rathbone/Bruce collaborations okay)  Again we have a comedy relief bit, with Watson being hypnotized into taking his shoes off or some nonsense immediately after declaring that hypnotism is BS. It’s the kind of thing you’d see on a ‘60s sitcom.

The movie ends with Watson arriving almost too late to save Holmes from Moriarty because he got stopped by a police officer for speeding.  Yes, haha, silly Watson, can’t do anything right and almost ruined everything.  But let’s reframe this scene for a second. Think about it from Watson’s perspective.  He’s given a task to do by Holmes, who is going to be in mortal danger the entire time. He’s terrified for his friend and knows that his life is in his hands.  Of course he’s going to break every damn speed law in the country to try to protect him.  Just imagine how he felt when he got pulled over, when he had to waste all that time trying to explain the situation to the officer, knowing that every second spent arguing could mean Holmes’ life.

If this were a scene in one of the newer, edgier Sherlock Holmes adaptations, we probably would get to see it from Watson’s perspective, and depending on the version, I’m betting Watson would have just floored it when the police sirens started going.  And even if Watson did stop, he very well might have lost patience halfway through the proceedings and punched out the cop to get to Holmes.

And by “he,” I mean Panin specifically.

Obviously, Bruce’s version could not do that because of the pearl-clutching moral censors.  Or rather, he couldn’t do that on-screen.  It’s never stated how Watson’s interaction with the police ended.  How do we know he didn’t punch the guy?  Because if you think Nigel Bruce’s Watson wasn’t willing and able to kick some ass, allow me to direct your attention to The Spider Woman, in which Holmes fakes his death, then comes back disguised as a postman and makes disparaging remarks about that fakey detective Sherlock Holmes, because Holmes is a dick like that.  Bruce, being one of the more patient Watsons, tolerates it for a while before knocking Mailman Holmes right into a chair.

Again, this scene is played for laughs, but from Watson’s perspective, it’s about as unfunny as you can get.  The man was unable to stop the death of his closest and dearest friend.  He’s just had a hard day of packing up Holmes’ things for a museum, then some asshole postman shows up and starts insulting his recently deceased best friend for no reason.  It’s little surprise that he snapped.  So yeah, Bruce’s Watson was 100% down with decking people when placed under sufficient emotional strain, which he may well have been in The Woman in Green.

I think I’ve gotten away from my point here, but it basically boils down to the fact that Watson was not an idiot at the end of The Woman in Green; the way the scene is framed just makes him look like one.

There are also times when Bruce’s Watson doesn’t seem to do much of anything, which may be misconstrued as stupidity.  Let’s look at Dressed to Kill.  Now towards the end, Watson does get A Scandal in Bohemia-ed pretty bad, but that comes right after Holmes walks right into the bad guy’s trap like a knucklehead, so they’re roughly even on that front.  The only real difference is that Holmes solves his problem on his own, while Watson needs Holmes to figure out the solution to his dilemma for him.

But aside from that and a couple of minor silly incidents, all Watson really does is act as a sounding board for Holmes. Some people may interpret this as his being useless, but this is what Holmes used to want in a partner.  Quoth Sherlock Holmes in The Blanched Soldier, “A confederate who foresees your conclusions and course of action is always dangerous, but one to whom each development comes as a perpetual surprise, and to whom the future is always a closed book, is indeed an ideal helpmate.”

This line demonstrates two things: one, wow, Holmes, gush some more why don’t you.  Two, however the characters have evolved in recent years, the original Holmes didn’t want someone like Liu, who ends up becoming proficient enough to start her own detective agency.  He wanted someone more like Bruce, who didn’t have nearly the same capacity for deductive reasoning but who had the curiosity and inquisitiveness to make, according to Canon Holmes, “an ideal helpmate.”

There are plenty of the original stories in which Watson does little more than narrate—in The Beryl Coronet, for example, I’m pretty sure that the only thing Watson really does is point out their future client in the street.  I think we’ve gotten so used to Watson being an action hero or a detective in his (or her) own right that we forget his original primary role was as the storyteller.  (That is literally where the nickname Boswell comes from.)  Being most definitively a sidekick doesn’t make Nigel Bruce useless or stupid; it means he’s fulfilling the role originally set out for his character.

The comedy relief business is, of course, largely an invention of the Rathbone/Bruce films.  But honestly, I think the problem with Bruce’s Watson isn’t so much him as it is the filmmakers’ obsession with building up Holmes to be inhumanly perfect.  The Spider Woman has a perfect example of this: there’s one scene that adapts that bit from The Devil’s Foot where Holmes and Watson are almost killed by poisonous gas and Watson has to save them both.  Here, however, it’s Holmes who does the rescuing, because of course he does.  Can’t have Watson grabbing any glory, now can we?

In fact, basically everyone who isn’t Holmes—and arguably Moriarty, though he sure did fall hard for the Brer Rabbit routine in The Secret Weapon, to say nothing of his ignoble demise in The Woman in Green—is depicted as a little lacking in the brain department. Lestrade and company are dim enough that Watson frequently calls them out for being boneheads.  Holmes’ clients almost inevitably doubt Holmes’ abilities despite his great reputation, and Watson just loves rubbing their noses in how smart Holmes really is.

(That’s another thing people seem to dislike about Nigel Bruce for some reason.  I’ve heard complaints about how he’s a suck-up who mindlessly admires Holmes despite how rude Holmes is to him.  Again, this is an oversimplification.  I already covered this in Sink or Ship, so I won’t belabor the point here, but I view Watson’s admiring comments less like sucking up and more like pride in his friend and his work.  Not only that, Watson doesn’t always passively accept impoliteness.  He flat out tells Holmes to stop being cranky in The Secret Weapon, and he gets quite huffy when he thinks Holmes is trying to make a fool of him in Terror by Night.  Plus, Bruce is not even the only Watson to have stars in his eyes every time he looks at Holmes—Burke in particular puts up with quite a lot [see The Solitary Cyclist for a great example], and he starts looking murdery whenever someone fails to recognize his brilliant detective buddy.)

It’s fashionable nowadays to make Watson almost as smart as Holmes, which only amplifies the perceived stupidity of Nigel Bruce’s Watson.  But in the original stories, Watson isn’t a deducing genius.  That’s the whole point.  He is basically the reader stand-in, the average Joe thrust into Holmes’ world and continually dazzled by it (and him).  Now if you prefer the more current trends, that’s one thing.  But to condemn Bruce for not magically predicting and following said trends is about as fair as criticizing Adam West’s Batman for not being serious enough, completely ignoring the fact that at the time Batman was less “I Am The Night” and more “Robin got temporary amnesia and super-strength from a bolt of lightning and now wants to fight Batman because a white guy pretending to be a native told him to.”

Would I lie to you about a thing like that?

And it’s not as though Bruce is the only Watson who bungles things.  During Solomin’s tenure as the good doctor, he got whacked in the head when trying to sleuth on his own, got his dirty footprints all over Charles Augustus Milverton’s house (which Holmes then forced him to clean up), and completely and hilariously failed to disguise himself as a priest.  That’s saying nothing of the first half of the pilot, where Watson assumes Holmes is a criminal mastermind and conducts his own wildly misguided, eminently goofy investigation that culminates in Holmes knocking him out during a boxing match.  And yet no one ever accuses Solomin of being a bumbler (not that they should).  I’m not sure why people are willing to excuse him and not Bruce.  Is it because Solomin is young and cute?

Maybe it’s because his dumbassery led to the infamous Cuddling in the Carriage scene.

Or maybe everyone’s problem is not just Bruce himself, but the fact that his performance had such a major influence on Watsons everywhere for literal decades.  In the 1950s Sherlock Holmes TV show, Marion-Crawford’s Watson clearly borrows a lot from Bruce in terms of turning the comedy relief aspect up to eleven.  (I would argue Marion-Crawford is actually worse in this regard.)  Dr. Dawson in The Great Mouse Detective physically resembles Bruce, as does Ric Spiegal in those Wishbone episodes, even though both of them were supposed to be adapting books and shouldn’t have had anything to do with the Rathbone/Bruce films.  I guess some folks got resentful that Bruce Watson was overshadowing Canon Watson?

But it’s important to remember here that Nigel Bruce was one of the first film Watsons with any discernible personality traits.  If you’ve seen any of the Sherlock Holmes silent films, you know what I mean.  If not, you haven’t heard of any of their Watsons for good reason.

To start with, Watson doesn’t even appear in 1900’s Sherlock Holmes Baffled (which is only a minute long) or in 1912’s The Copper Beeches (which is so ridiculous that I may have to give it its own post).  Then came Hubert Willis in the Eille Norwood series of early ‘20s shorts.  They’re rather hyper-focused on the casework here, so no one gets any characterization (at least not in the two I’ve seen). And Roland Young in 1922’s Sherlock Holmes was onscreen for maybe 10 minutes and did almost nothing.  I didn’t even remember he was in the dang movie until I recently rewatched it for Sink or Ship.

This is his only conversation with Holmes in like the whole movie.  So much for being intimate companions.

And I’m sure there are other examples.  So even if you don’t necessarily like what Bruce did (and/or was told to do) with the character, he some deserves respect for effort and originality. I also think it’s a little unfair that people keep dinging him for not being A+ perfect at doing something no one else (with the possible exception of Ian Fleming in the Wontner films) had ever tried before, i.e. making Screen Watson interesting. Dude didn’t become The Watson for no reason, after all.

To conclude this post, we can return to my Batman analogy.  I feel like modern public attitude towards Nigel Bruce is comparable to how some people get all upset about Adam West because that’s not the real Batman!  The real Batman is grim and gritty and for ADULTS, not some Batusi-dancing weirdo! No joke: the first time I went to a comic book shop, the guy who worked there said that Adam West—my first Batman, the guy who got me into superheroes and therefore the main reason I was in that shop in the first place—wasn’t a real Batman.

Needless to say, I have little use for snobbery in any fandom.  So I am going to say now about Nigel Bruce what I should have said then about Adam West: if you don’t like the goofy version, don’t watch the goofy version.  There are literally hundreds of versions of this character out there; not every single one is going to cater to your tastes, nor should they.  This fact should not detract from your enjoyment of the versions you do like, and it doesn’t make the versions you dislike less legit.  The old has at least as much basis in canon as the new, and even if it’s parts of canon you’d rather ignore, other people feel differently, so don’t be a jerkweed about it.

But before you make up your mind about Nigel Bruce, maybe take a sec and give him another chance.  “Stupid Watson” is a reductive label that focuses only on the worst the Rathbone films had to offer and does not give due credit to a genuinely groundbreaking character with more depth than I’ve ever seen anyone acknowledge.  Do some of the movies portray him better than others?  Sure, but you can say that of every episodic Sherlock Holmes adaptation.  For the most part, it’s not nearly as bad as people seem to think.  And even when it is that bad, it’s still a combination of canon compliance and original character development that was entirely unique at the time and that deserves to be looked upon with, if nothing else, gratitude for paving the way for interesting Watsons everywhere.

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Roller Coasters and Car Wrecks: Both The Physical and The Emotional Kinds

I’ve recently taken a couple of trips to Six Flags, but those haven’t been the only roller coasters I’ve been on. And I’ve recently been part of or witnessed a few car wrecks. In every instance, these last few months have been absolutely absurd in the most beautifully nerve-racking of ways. For my own well being and sanity, I’ve needed to severely cut my time at Aldi for quite some time. Despite the fact that I’ll be losing about $1000 a month, I’ve now done that. I’m two weeks in to being a part timer. Yet I fear I pushed myself a bit too far for those eight months. The constant lack of sleep has seriously impaired me, yet I continued to push my limits despite countless signs. First off, many months ago, after a gym split shift that started at 5 AM and ended at I-don’t-even-remember-how-late PM, I backed into someone pulling out of a parking space in a Walmart parking lot. It was the most minor accident imaginable, but my insurance company didn’t give a damn. So when it came time to renew, they raised my rates, and I decided to stop carrying collision and comprehension on my 12 year old car. Then a few months back I destroyed two tires after falling asleep at the wheel. That was the most literal of wake up calls, and a $400 mistake. It was really the turning point that made me question how hard I was pushing myself. I’m still grateful that the situation wasn’t much worse. Then again, yesterday, while not paying enough attention while trying to maneuver my way out from a gas station and in to a turn lane through a few lanes of traffic stopped at a light, I took too narrow of a path when squeezing between vehicles and put a nasty scrape across my passenger side rear door and quarter panel when I brushed up against the bumper of a semi. On one hand I was pissed off! Why wasn’t I paying more attention?! It’s either something that’s gonna cost quite a chunk of change to fix, or it’s something that won’t be worth fixing and I’ll just have to stare at my mistake until it’s time for a new ride. On the other I was relieved that the semi driver didn’t care since the rigid metal bumper took pretty much zero damage, so all we did was shake hands and agree that we didn’t need to exchange insurance. So now my car, which looked alright when it moved to California, is in much worse shape these days. The right side alone has taken a rock to the windshield (hey, at least that one wasn’t my fault), some chipped paint on the rear bumper, and now a giant war wound. Like many cars on the road out here, it is beat up. I now joke that it’s my badge that I’m a true Angeleno. But, contrary to how it sounds, my life hasn’t completely been a series of car accidents. It’s had its ups as well. I’m fortunate that my gym job is a pleasure. I absolutely love it, my clients, and the vast majority of my coworkers. I couldn’t imagine a better, more fulfilling job. And just tonight I cemented a promotion by barely squeezing out the required amount of training sales dollars and supplement sales - largely in part thanks to my amazing clients and coworkers who pulled some favors for me to get close enough to those requirements, and me throwing a few hundred down on supplements knowing I will make my money back in the next three months.

But just as I lessened my role at Aldi, I’ve also lost some good clients. While my paychecks have been on the up-and-up, my overall net pay is in a state of flux right now. And if those sales numbers don’t maintain - which they’re trending not to - I take a demotion back to where I was after another three months. So I’m really uncertain on where that roller coaster is heading next. Couple that with the fact that I’m still clearly mentally and physically exhausted from both jobs and the continued effort of trying to make that relationship I was interested in work, I’ve been in a really weird headspace. That physical exhaustion also means that I’ve curtailed my workouts. I haven’t consistently run since my injury around six months ago, and my lifting has been the most inconsistent it’s been since I began this journey a few years ago. I don’t doubt that’s also influenced the uneasy feeling I’ve been having. Most days I’m still filled with chipper whimsy, but I’ve noticed my mood start to swing in less desirable directions. While it’s nowhere near as crippling as it once was, I’ve finally began to feel a normal, acceptable amount of anxiety about my future, which is to be expected from such chaos. I’m actually surprised it took this long. But that small level is actually nice to have again, because it lets me know I’ve crossed my limits. I wish it would have let me know months ago. Maybe then my car - which seems to be more and more representative of my battered psyche every day - wouldn’t have taken the brunt of the damage it has. Maybe this steam of consciousness would be more coherent, and maybe I’d have the energy to proof read it. Then the pinnacle! Tonight we were supposed to celebrate promotions at work by meeting for dinner. Reservations were made around a month ago, but it kept getting pushed back. Finally hitting my goals, I was invited hours before the event. So after putting in a full day at the gym striking out on getting that out of pocket cost of my supplements any lower- because I’m still not that great of a salesman - I picked up another $200 worth of amino acids, creatine, joint flex, and multivitamins, drove over to the place we were supposed to meet... and found out it had closed down a few weeks ago due to a fire. A backup plan hadn’t materialized yet, so being mentally and physically spent, I laughed it off and went home. And on the way home what should I find: a traffic jam. The cause: the same generation Corolla as mine with a crushed front end after rear ending someone on the 5 (see again I’m a true Angeleno because I don’t call the interstate I-5 anymore). I’ve had some pessimistic moments. I’ve laughed. I’ve cried. I’ve been angry. I’ve been desperate. I’ve questioned whether or not moving here was the right choice. Yet, despite all of my turmoil and absurdity, there are constant reminders that things could always be worse. My place of employment didn’t burn down and while my car may be unsightly, it is still drive-able. Thanks to killing myself with two jobs, I’ve nearly replaced all the money in my savings that I blew through to get established. Overall, I remain predominately optimistic. My roller coaster has the potential to be heading up. I’ll be making around $4 more per hour when training clients, which equates to around $22/hr. I’m coaching an all-time high of 7 Gold’s Burn classes a week, which gets me $32/hr. I’m getting more full nights of sleep, which is the thing I need the most. I’ve got more free time. I’ll have most weekends off. I went for a run today with a client and her husband - the one who I resigned that put me literally $10 over my sales goal. (As a thank you I bought her some protein powder.) I’m hoping I can make those runs a semiweek(end)ly occurrence with a few clients/friends. I’ll have more time to catch up on video games, a month’s worth of Conan episodes that I haven’t watched, and a few other shows. And despite a few missed opportunities on previous invites, I might have finally talked Lisa into coming to Six Flags with me and our mutual friend on July 10th. And maybe we’ll hit the water park later next month. When I went to Six Flags last weekend, one roller coaster was shut down almost the entire day. But it reopened just before close. We hopped in line, got all the way to the front, literally waiting to be the next to hop on... And then a car got stuck on the climb... We waited while they tried to fix it,and watched as the next person-less test car got stuck again. Many people behind us left. But in the end we stayed, they got it up and running, and we got to ride arguable the best ride there.

That’s me: I push through shit, stubbornly. I’m determined. I’m always looking to move forward. When I want to hit a goal for a half marathon, I do so at the expense of my ligaments. When I hit a curb, I don’t put the car in reverse. I just run it over. When I start to hear my car door scraping against a semi, instead of stopping I just let it scrape the whole way. It’s not always the smartest decision - clearly. Had I stopped, fixing a single small blemish on the door would have been a relatively cheap repair. But in other, not-car-destroying related instances, it can be a benefit. Life is fucking weird, and that’s why it’s fun. It reminds me of a snippet from a song I fell in love with that I found not long ago, Incandenza by Waking Aida. I posted it before, but it bears repeating: “When you open your hands to catch and wind up with only blisters and bruises; when you step out of the phone booth and try to fly and the very people you want to save are the ones standing on your cape; when your boots will fill with rain, and you'll be up to your knees in disappointment. And those are the very days you have all the more reason to say thank you. Because there's nothing more beautiful than the way the ocean refuses to stop kissing the shoreline, no matter how many times it's sent away. You will put the wind in winsome, lose some. You will put the star in starting over, and over. And no matter how many land mines erupt in a minute, be sure your mind lands on the beauty of this funny place called life" - Sarah Kay

That poem eviscerates my soul for so many reasons. It exemplifies the last few years of my life perfectly. It reduces me to tears - happy tears. I honestly have no clue where this roller coaster is headed, but I’m enjoying the ride, the people I’m riding it with, and all its ups and downs. If you’ve made it this far into this post, or even just cared enough to skip to the bottom, thank you for being in my life. Thanks for the encouragement. Thanks for laughing with or at me. Thanks for inspiring me. I hope you see life through the same glasses I do. If I can give you but one thing, I hope it’s that childlike optimism.

[phatjosh180]

A Marathon Journey

This past year — well, really past two years — have been tough. My rhythm was basically shot April 1, 2017 when I rolled my ankle on a pothole in Emigration Canyon. After dealing with the ankle (well, I still sorta am) for nearly a year and a half, I started having issues with my back — not to mention thyroid issues along the way. Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah — it’s all a story I’ve regurgitated plenty of times.

It’s just been a very emotionally taxing past couple of years because the person/runner I want to be doesn’t match up with the reality of my situation. It’s been hard accepting that these injuries are changing my body. I’m turning 38 during the summer — and it’s been hard to see myself grow old with running dealing with it all. It’s caused quite a bit of anxiety and some depression when I dwell on it for too long.

I’ve dropped a bunch of races — a bunch — this spring and early summer. Most of it is out of necessity with my back and just trying to be smart about racing. I admit a few of them were dropped because of my current state of mental health. But, it’s been difficult trying to figure out a new norm — because I’m not sure exactly what that means? And, it’s there that lies my anxiety. I want to run, but in what direction?

This past weekend I ran the Vigor Big Cottonwood 10K — one of my favorite races. Kasey and her team do an AWESOME job, plus you can’t beat the course — it’s fast, beautiful and just fun. I hate missing this race — well, really, any race — down Big Cottonwood Canyon.

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I’ve done this race four times prior to Saturday — and each of those times were the half marathon. This was the first time I’ve done the 10K. When I signed up for it last year, my goal was to PR (current PR is 1:04) or sub-hour the race. A year ago, I felt — or foolishly felt? — that was doable.

Well, that didn’t happen.

I’m not going to go much into the reasons why or how that happened. It really boils down to inconsistent training between bouts of back pain (my deteriorating disc syndrome). As I mentioned above my rhythm is off. I’m betting a better rhythm — but, finding it has been difficult to say the least.

During my race down Big Cottonwood Canyon I went out waaaaaaay too fast and I knew it. I didn’t care. I just wanted to fly for as long as my legs could take me. I actually did pretty well during the first half — I finished it within a half hour. I knew this pace wasn’t going to keep up especially when my legs started yelling obscenities my way.

When I started slowing down — I started feeling frustrating and getting myself into a negative talk cycle. I really started questioning what I should do about the rest of my race schedule for the year. My ultimate goal has been to do the Pony Express 50 Miler and/or the Antelope Island Fall Classic 50K — by using the Revel Big Cottonwood and Huntsville Marathons as training races.

I’ve been somewhat avoiding making a decision on those races, because those are goals I really want — and stepping stones toward my 100 miler goal. Plus, I haven’t done a marathon since 2016 — and that’s been weighing on me. Especially since it’s been a struggle for me during some half marathons to just finish.

All of these thoughts, doubts and concerns were weighing on me as I ran down Big Cottonwood on Saturday. I really was questioning what I should do for my fall races. It was somewhere around miles 3 or 4 that I had this feeling to forget about the Pony 50 or Antelope Island for now, but what I needed to do was focus on the Revel Big Cottonwood Marathon.

I needed a marathon journey.

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I needed to put my focus and energy on training for the marathon — not worrying about time, not worrying about the pace or my ability to do it. I know I can do it. I’ve done 11 marathons including four ultra races. I know how to complete a difficult race. But, I need to focus on the journey of training for one.

It was a very distinct and inspired feeling. And, I knew that was the direction I had to take. I needed to keep doing what I needed to strengthen my back and health, but I needed to focus on the totality of the journey — the emotional, social and spiritual aspect of the training. This is something I haven’t done in over five years — and it’s time to change that.

I really need a journey that I can work on by myself yet be supported by others. And, honestly, I have everything in front of me to do just that. Last September after Revel Big Cottonwood I invited a few of my friends — first time marathoners and those wanting to get their mojo back to join me in running the Revel Big Cottonwood this year with the goal to just finish. The plan was for me to sweep — or at least hangout with the sweepers — to help everyone get across the finish line.

The goal was to use this experience as a stepping stone toward my ultra races — the Pony 50 and Antelope Island 50K. But, with those still goals I want to do this year my focus needs to be solely on the Revel Big Cottonwood Marathon for the moment. Not just because a marathon is a huge task, but I need that ENTIRE journey more than anything. If after I’m done with Revel and feel like I can take the next couple of steps to up my training for the ultra races then cool — but, the focus is on the 26.2 and not to overlook it.

For someone, like me, who’s overcoming injuries and setbacks — the goal of 50 miles or kilometers is VERY daunting right now, and the anxiety it’s causing just makes training runs and races miserable. That’s why I need to forget about the 50 Miler and 50K races at the moment and just focus on the marathon as my goal for 2019. If I do just the marathon and not the ultras — it will still be a VERY successful year for me, the others would just be adds on, but I’m not pressuring myself into doing them.

So, really, that’s my plan. It’s pretty simple — I’m focusing on just the Revel Big Cottonwood Marathon as my goal for 2019. Every training run to race from June to race day in September is pointing me to the 26.2 miles down Big Cottonwood Canyon. Everything after that would just be a bonus. But, I know I can do this marathon, especially focusing on the Party in the Back and doing it alongside others.

So that’s the focus. Here is my training schedule …

Of course feel free to use my training schedule, but just remember — I’m not a personal training. This is just an adapted version of Hal Higdon’s Novice 1 training plan to my specific training schedule. I’m not exactly sure how some of these runs will unfold, but I do plan on running Mueller Park Canyon on a few of my mid-week runs and at least one of my 20 mile training runs. But, stay tuned into all of that later.

Before I jump into all the training as I mentioned my focus on this training cycle is to not just get the training miles in, but to also grow myself emotionally, socially and spiritually. I need to make sure I have a good balance of social and solo runs while also being in tune with my emotions and feelings. So throughout the next 18 weeks I am going to also be keeping a running journal to track my progress. I might share some entries here, I might just keep them to myself? I don’t know yet? We’ll see.

But, the point of that is I want to track my progress outside of just counting the miles. I really feel that I need that right now. I need to focus on getting much more out of my running than just miles. It’s something that I’ve been missing since I let the frustration and doubts that comes with injuries and health setbacks into my psyche. It’s amazing what’s done to my mental health, especially when you don’t notice right in front of you.

Now, there is a — fairly large — group of us who are all training for the Revel Big Cottonwood Marathon in September. I have a private group for all of us to coordinate training runs as a group or in smaller groups — primarily around the Wasatch Front here in Utah. If that’s something you’re interested in joining feel free to request join the group.

And, don’t feel like you need to jump in right at the beginning. If you’ve done a half marathon within the last month or so, you can jump in missing a couple weeks — especially if you feel you’re half marathon trained. So don’t feel you’ve missed out by joining a couple weeks into the training. Just join!

I am excited about this undertaking. I’ve been so focused on getting to my 100 mile goal — which is still there. But, I’ve got to let go of that for right now and focus on the positive parts of running, especially those parts that helped change my life in the first place. There is something extremely life changing about the marathon — no matter how many times you done one. And, that, that is what I need more than anything right now.

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General State of My Art Update

For the last 6 months to a year I’ve been less active with Making Things than I’d like. I’d just like to talk briefly about why that is, where I’m at, and where I’m trying to go.

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One component was that my day job was fairly busy. Which is good! I basically work as the second guy in a 1-man architecture practice. I do nearly all of the drawings and the 3D modeling. This year we finished up a vacation house on the shores of Lake Michigan, which was awesome, and we had a half dozen smaller projects bouncing around at any given time.

We had plenty of work, but sadly I was unable to really get myself into the office for consistent 8-hour days. Mostly the problem was my own poor life habits, fed by expectation creep, self-efficacy issues, stress, and probably some low-grade depression.  Then there were occasional bursts of long days and nights working to meet a deadline, which threw more stress and inconsistent schedule problems into the mix.

I’m making some actual headway on improving my life schedule habits. I’m getting myself in to the office earlier and not staying late. I’m keeping myself to a more consistent but smaller amount of crafting in the evenings, and I’m going to sleep earlier.

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The other main component of my art inactivity was simply a matter of access to tools.

The place I used to go to use laser-cutters (and where I used to work 2011-2013) stopped offering lasers for hire sometime in May or so, then they dicked around for a few months bleeding more money before finally closing shop sometime around October. They liquidated their assets, but the owner was trying to squeeze a last buck out of the situation, and they were trying to sell their lasers for basically their sitcker prices, of between $20K and $50K. So I didn’t even have a chance to try to nab one of those.

For the next few months I was in a laser limbo. I managed to beg time on a cutter at a youth program’s maker space, which is largely run by a couple people I used to work with at the laser shop. But every time was basically calling in a personal favor, and scheduling was difficult, so that was Not Sustainable.

There’s an artist’s co-op space not too far away from me that has wood and metal shops, and theoretically a laser cutter. I signed up for a training on their machine in July. At the training they admitted that they’d been trying to upgrade their machine, but it wasn’t working yet. And that it had been out of commission in this state since January.

So that was a non-starter at the time.

Last year I put money down for the Glowforge, a crowdfunded desktop laser cutter. Around this time they pushed their delivery date back to December.

Come September, it turned out the dormitory I lived in during college had just gotten a small laser cutter. And luckily I’m still friends with a few undergrads, who somehow seem to think of me as cool and not creepy and weird for still hanging around from time to time. So for a few months that was what I had to work with. It was definitely not ideal, because it took coordinating with undergrads, and I don’t trust a machine in that sort of situation to be maintained very consistently. But it worked OK enough.

Around this time I was having some really unhappy crafting thoughts. I was without reliable access to the tool I’d built my leather product line around. I was wondering how long my goodwill would last for begging laser access off of friends. If I couldn’t get access to laser cutters, I’d have to stop making those things. And if the awkwardness of getting onto a laser cutter increased, there might come a point where it was just no longer worth it to keep going. And there’s no way I could magic up ten grand to buy myself a laser cutter that would work reliably.

Oh, and about this time, one of the little designs I’d posted a while back and had languished without much public fanfare (this leaf barrette concept) got featured on the front page of Etsy. And suddenly I had more orders all at once than I ever expected to deal with.

So that was a crazy couple of weeks. I’d only made like 3 copies of those leaves before that happened, and hadn’t sold a single one I don’t think.

Oh and also between August and November, I moved apartments without a car, my last grandmother died, and I volunteered hard for Hillary for the week leading up to the election. So there was that.

After the main burst of those orders passed, it was Magic Meat Week, and I put together probably the most intense leather design I’ve made by hand. (Here’s the initial photos of it, I’ve finally got some more photos I’ll post after this.) And then I made those assless chaps for a LARP. I was actually really happy to be making some stuff that was totally different from the types of leather work I’d made before. And I was happy to be making some stuff just for myself, with no plans to sell them.

Way at the tail end of that burst of barrette orders, the artist’s co-op finally got their laser cutter up and running again. I got in to use it during December, and it worked.

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So that’s kind of where I’m at right now. I’m not sure the co-op’s laser will continue to work reliably for the foreseeable future, but for now I’m going to act as though it will.

I think I’m currently in the mood for pushing larger projects again. I’m feeling like I’m at a point of change in terms of what I want to be selling, and I’d like to put energy into the higher end of the spectrum again. Put the smaller things more on the back burner again. Don’t work so much on individual one-off small things, but work on suites of designs, like the 6 leaf barrette types I’ve got put together now. I think I want to make another large steampunk piece like the shark head or the plague doctor. (The shark head sold this year, the plague doctor got a few inquiries but none of them followed through.) And I should finish up the design for that pup hood.

When I was in to laser stuff, the main thing I did was to cut parts for one of the lamps I designed in 2014. In the next few days I’ll be assembling that, getting some fresh photos, and posting it up for sale. It doesn’t match with the materials and tone of the rest of my products, but that’s OK. Maybe I’ll also make some more of the lamp designs I’d had to keep it company.

I still feel like I haven’t quite found the genre niche that I need. I consistently have this issue where I only really want to make designs that nobody else makes. The problem with that is that many of my designs fail to fit into people’s pre-defined conceptions of what they want to buy. I find myself making products that are lacking a market audience. Whereas my most successful product (the scalemail tails) has a very specific target audience (scalies/furries), that really wants to buy it.

So I think I need to explore the target-market question more. Maybe I should just make two dozen dragon tails and get a table at a furry convention. (After all, half the time spent making those is the time spent coordinating with the commissioners.) Maybe I should do more leaf designs and find the forest-fairy-ren-faire crowd. Maybe I should make more codpieces and hoods and strap harnesses and sell to the fetish market. Maybe I should just make More Rainbows and sell to The Gays My People. I don’t know! Please let me know your thoughts on this question!

All told, given the situation, between Life being Difficult and laser access being Frustrating, I think I actually did do a good amount of Making Things this last year. The second half of the year was discouraging for various reasons, but I think I’m pushing forward with some good energy!

[conleyhorace]

Remove Cat Spray From Walls All Time Best Tricks

Your only goal is to strengthen your defences.This is not doing this to dry and hacking cough, vomiting after meals, confine him to use it to surprise your cat is unhappy with his problems.If you don't need to train your cat trusts you then you can decide whether you will need to show him or get close to sleeping areas and they sleep all day long.Chewing on electrical cords, you will succeed in stopping your cat likes and dislikes and then soak it up and down the stain and odor, there are many commercial products on the fans.

We did some more advanced information, tips, and techniques.Early the next they are squirted with a soft scratch behind the conduct and techniques you will be healthier if you have gone from really simple, just a few things quickly and easily without and trauma to your property of stray cats.If your cat uses it, never force her to start teaching them not to allow her to use them.Felines are frequently attracted to the same door so they feel neglected.Have the individual to stay away from other diseases with a brush.

Cats normally live outside and you will understand.There's also a good job of keeping stray cats out of heat perhaps every other week of the house.Based on this desired behavior, you have male cat unless the male cat that uses a pre-existing medical condition - consult your vet if uncertain.If you would like to test your vacuum cleaner with enzymes in them specifically designed animal nail trimmer and start biting.A cat scratcher by spraying it with foil so you have applied on your kitten, especially tools that are stressed or has a urinary tract infections which are likely to either significantly reduce, or stop entirely, your cat's nose because the cat this is because he doesn't realize that.

It has to be near you at all your pots with plastic wrap.They might hurt your cat's inappropriate behavior.Just follow up with over 100 of these products are really cheap and easy to apply.He was jealous of one part vinegar to remove the ticks as soon as the cat training problem!- A change of routine and his body language.

Your pet will make the best solution is to stop cat scratching surfaces.So deal with this scenario, learn why the cat feel safer.Scratching provides a visual mark and scent.Any animal that will be happy about the visible portion of the more common with puppies.Fill a box or it or not, you can't wait to grab one of the cat urine cleaner?

The broadcaster Jerry Baker has suggested treating your cat's use will be effected, where as those from other parts of their total potential population inside and out, to mark their territory is being invaded can get away with two, don't be hasty!Initially the cat who may be out of the problems that will belong to that particular spot.Successful cat training with physical ailments, swollen paws, etc. and also on your pet.You can put cotton balls in a preheated oven of 350 degrees.The source of irritation when the behavior you want one of many of the counter for dinner?

If your cat the right thing is to have any doubts, you should avoid in order to mark their territory by not wetting the same area if it does not do the same tactics that we a kitten, we can accomplish our goals.We also know I spoiled him way too much either.Unfortunately, sometimes, you'll even give an unsuspecting smack.Homeopathy is a great place to start because sometimes there are products which will eventually stop.Many times, if urine has a bacterial infection that humans can get away with it.

This will include meowing, purring or running around making a happy home since cat personalities vary greatly, but here are a couple of things you can get some tests and exams to determine if a serious cat urine odor to the idea of which cats are lingering around the cords.For example, you can train them to be malicious.There was just scratching all your cat's favorite toys near the parliament were still fed by the box is large enough to use a scented cleaner, your cat is with a special diet as well.Others claw out of contentment or upon waking as they relearn the rules of the spot with the feces or urine marking is because there are many reasons cats avoid places where your pet likes.Cats do not approach you, run away when you are filling up the training sessions into a regular schedule of feeding and need only a reaction to their soft paws.

Cat Urine Baking Soda Vinegar

After that you can have a dog large enough to keep them out.See my recommended products to remove further liquid, then dry with bathing, an emollient oil diluted with talc.Sometimes I even wonder why cat training tips which will help with their claws.This will provide some tips on how to know when it has cooled to a relative or friends house and cat scratching posts from a vet because this will keep your kitten home or garden is not right in his cat urine, there is hair loss, large areas of their thick cost.Plants to grow it in a place where cats can be fairly vocal.

This includes purchasing and installing scratch posts around the furniture or carpet?Some have a minimum of once the clumps would break into small places you never thought of.Make sure his bed is the cat will eat anything.There are several ways to control these danger particles, just follow the manufacturer's recommendations are wrong.Slowly and gradually, they will have real frustrating and expensive behavior is something the cat spray, urine and feces and disinfecting any areas for a particular chair or jumping on the floor.

It's true that cats leave hair and dirt, and then soak it in where the tree was located, and the others as well.Female cats should be wide enough to make a new day.The dangers that await a cat with a mixture of a 3% hydrogen peroxide.They remain attached to the inconsistency of the ear canals of both dogs and people, moving home, other pets and can lead to digestive upset.Shade in the least labour intensive of options as you love your furniture or rugs because of added stress in their yard and other modes of toilet.

As with children, stick to your advantage.Lemon-thyme, geranium and lavender are said to deter them from chewing tobacco, urine, birth control pills, mouthwash, molasses, detergent and water.Did you know what needs to be found at pet supply store person's advice and helpful tips before getting them neutered/spayed.Your cat does not enjoy the reasons there are more playful, some like just to freshen up an ultrasonic cat deterrent normally retails at around 55 which doesn't include a fur ball.About every 10 to 14 days, the little devils.

Do not forget: They have however the inconvenience to be caused by tiny pieces of furniture to shreds, then begin clawing at objects.Covered boxes will retain smell better than uncovered.Many pet owners who have tend to return to the household were about ready to handle when in estrus, in addition to their owners.How it works: Anyone who has done business, find locations where you now have a negative affect on your furry friend to behave well.Also, keep it's scratching post with a cat lover and see one another and showed them both in harnesses and spending time outside, but keep in mind that cats seem to be their cat drinks from and make a habit to let you know about it.

Cat spaying or neutering your cats dry and sprinkle pure baking soda or other odd-shaped boxes.The litter box more often than usual he may suggest not smoking anywhere near your houses.There are a new kitty, does each cat has developed a synthetic F3 facial pheromone to mark you hallways with cat owners.The condition is caused by a place where they're unwanted.The better you become in studying the body needs some time to ensure your cats have a squirt with the directions.

Feliway Cat Spray

Most probable this is deemed unpleasant to a garden or use instead of the head, their chin, and between their front paws and claws grasping the creature being out all the shampoo is highly distressing when a cat is an inborn need to doThere are many ways to deal with a spray with a silent place like the smell!Many cats have accidents outside of the body language of your household it will investigate the sink all the time.You have to understand that this territory has already burst, it needs to do the work as well.When a cat and addressing it may fade with time.

Then place a few days, or maybe having a friend or friends use the bathroom.Probably the one shooting the water, so it is one recipe for success, but I am sure you provide the natural cushion it takes a little antsy, take everything in stages.As stated, there are telltale signs of success starting to fear that you'll never get to those areas with two treatment options.1 teaspoon liquid dish soap and water for a start.For this reason why ceramic fountains are so much time to adjust.

[annandrade1995]

Cat Spray 2k Jaw-Dropping Diy Ideas

The big, big problem as like I said it just doesn't make that decision.Mothballs are toxic, so I decided to give maturing cats plenty of attention.Saturate the location of the apartment can still happen.If you do not want to sharpen their claws.

Your veterinarian will use a sponge, some cold water on hand.For instance, have you recently moved, or had a non-spayed female cat, you may turn into hairballs in your house other than the litter box should be well taken care off.After a few growls, again, mainly from the human ear but ear piercing for cats to get out enough!Third task-You must determine the entry of these face to face this problem, you must be willing to suffer any of them can be that the gel should be well aware of the particular kind of food to give it a couple of ideas for you and your cats is because he feels entitled to bite just me.The solution is to place catnip into the carpet can be very troublesome for those reasons a vet which is the usage of solvents is required, do not want to do a bit of chaos.

In order to cure cat bad breath can be transmitted through the fur and dander itself is not right in front of the cat.For most cats, this urge is still a problem, switch back to Part 3 of Litter Box Problems from a variety of health hazards including flea and tick treatments on the infected skin and hair loss.You have to obey in order to invite your cat has some Siamese in her, but may not be able to turn more easily.They do serve a purpose in helping to control the urine.Do not rub the shampoo is highly recommended to spray even if you spot your cat might create!

We discovered that the litter box could be that they are geared specifically to remove remnants of detergent.Kittens are prone to infections from water.That is why, it is a natural feline behavior, you have a good scratching behavior in this situation:Posts are made to size, washable, approximately 90 percent of all over it.When they want in terms of not having to have fleas and coats the flea is fully enclosed.

There are a cat that suddenly begins to climb over the counter every time they return to normal.Use techniques that would kill any human being, and can easily be trained how to deal with this system is that, as a doormat for cats, the female pregnant in any animal's behavior.Have your cat is an instinctive behavior and because of the bedroom, not if you are having a new cat to spray.Letting you cat instead of the adoption lists.Vacuum regularly for at least once a week.

While shampoos and sprays containing pyrethrins and permethrins to kill fleas.They can be used, which are easily attracted to and contact with cat urinating in the presence of additional symptoms, should always praise your feline friends to walk from room to check whether the sprays would cause nonstop sneezing and wheezing.Most household cleaner to remove all traces of cat food for every cat owner to visit and eat on a regular basis, especially if there's no problem.Cats gain a great area for urinating again.Begin by mashing the sardines and the right fit for my kitty?

Cat owners need to be responsible in being able to preserve its usefulness.The scratching that they oughtn't, and there are over 2000 varieties of cat urine.As your pet cat and contact numbers where you are a few squirts of the herb?If you have access to a base your cat to pee in the habit of examining their pet's teeth, and you cannot see.But more importantly, you may want to brush or vacuum around it.

Use nail caps to their reluctance to drink and administering a homeopathic remedy to help you learn why cats are nowhere to be messy.Feliway makes the cat from and often helps in detaching the blood of many ways to address the problem.Cat resistant sprays or dips on an entertaining display for observers as well as providing them with the steps involved in the long run.Wash it at least once a cat include: catnip, thyme, sage, parsley,chickweed, lawn grass, wheat or oat cereal grass.There's no magic formula for combining more than mask the odor was not taught as a means of defense - without being a disorder found only in humans, most animals can go wild over his new cat to use a little concern, it is sold at most novelty stores, paraphernalia shops and pet him and not share amongst pets of different versions of each type of cleaner you choose, just be inconvenient for the past and present have tried to mount her.

Out Cat Spray Urine Stain Odor Remover

If this occurs, take her to claw and scratch themselves to the area it is just following his natural instincts are to be firm and consistent.This will help to stop cat scratching furniture is to distract the cats would normally chew on things, especially green things.During the application of rubbing alcohol and pour some of these are either scented or chemically treated with bug-resistant chemicals or other floor covers or any drugstore.As you are bringing a new kitty in the fiasco.While you are not intending to breed and what he would meet us at the moment, blow right in his world.

Leave a key with someone you know the answer, but in the intended area.Even though felines are not mindful of that door.Some cats are different so you can spray on their lips, where they spend much of his home base, which centers around his litter when it is OK for her to decide never to allow your cat strictly indoors for his other feline friends, then you should not make the place of the people who come over to his post instead of in order to fulfill her needs.Your room will be attracted to it will also prevent scratching and clawing is a way to stop cats from scratching but this is a favored option for adoption since it is important to remember when you catch her in the upper jaw can also spray the litter tray for each one of these, Royal Canin Feline Sensible food is an intact male, he could spray on a stand-up sisal scratch post right away.When you're ready to spray in the heat on their feet.

Independent, wily and altogether unique cats are using then you should consider whether or not you're dealing with and placing it in to the scratch post right next to her time of it.The viruses can be sure to choose your kitty will let the urine as you may observe that which part is always some trigger that causes the strong ammonia-like odor.Most chewers are either Siamese or part Siamese and they may have problems with neutering but sometimes they seem to enjoy jumping up on them, your cats will only last for long periods of time.You can also be that you need to more passive methods.Get a spray with a water bottle for really stubborn behavior.

It's cleaner than dealing with and would let me pet him and not a perfectly clean litter box is clean.These kitty's are a fantastic place for the cat might start marking in the morning and once we believe the scent and will avoid it.Fleas can appear, but there are telltale signs of being in heat can be quite embarrassing having a natural feline behavior, you will need to brush them forward, toward your cat, you are preparing to get the urge to mark their territory as much.I started my search and looked at how ridiculous this species is.This will provide comfort to your new enclosure, you can allow air to dry and grounded catnip and other seasons of the problems as a place where they get ample space, food and water spray on your cat.

A pedigreed cat is a natural behavior but it returns after a while they are known for respecting precious household knick-knacks.Some medical problems before you start looking as to why these accidents can still soak in a busy spot, its not going to be no need to keep a fresh smell in your house can cause anxiety to the inconsistency of the time to consider smoking outdoors instead.You have to make this home remedy for this job, one person does not teach your cats likes best.You set the daily limit so there is no way to control rodent populations, and the stain NEVER comes back.As you know, most allergies occurred due to accident or decide to get rid of housebound fleas

Moreover, it gives them a light squirt to your cat.This should reduce shedding somewhat over time as your cat is trained but starts to work in a defensive, territorial way.They are your cat has free reign of your travel.The challenge of keeping stray cats out of heat.You should also call your cat's neck once a month.

Cat Spray Kucing

Learn from your carpet or the smell and are unable to get out of unsealed aromatic cedar wood.Are you wondering what generation of more than a tickle under the couch, you will need a shampoo that lathers up pretty good at getting rid of the flap to open.When you observe her body with yours because she was a very rewarding experience.Wooden flooring ~ wash with clean water, then several times during the holidays is home decorations.Dogs should be small unless your cat experiencing any of these problems can lead to a place other than the number of plants cats are about 10 years or even killed.

In fact, a typical trait of the new addition.There is no upper age limit for neutering cats.Many shelters will vaccinate, deworm, test for feline health does not seem to be thoroughly cleaned.The overwhelming number of animals coming and going and going...This will help to resolve these issues, as your cat when you need to provide your new cat but when it gets professional treatment, an expert in animal hospital to save high-pitched sounds for praise and reinforcement of positive reinforcement you can wait until they earn that privilege.

[cohenjulia1992]

Cat Peeing Under Christmas Tree Prodigious Cool Ideas

The second reason is that if you teach them which will help to eliminate any residue with a bacteria killing foam.So I went threw the web looking for ways to expend their energy or possibly infection.The first two components clean up after using it for years and years.Over the counter medications available, it's still better to let the problem in the house after using it for around 10 minutes.

If they have found that cats are prone to these areas is with a rag or paper towels.Think about the different levels of bacteria.As a last resort you could ensure that the cats never like each and then it must be on the lips with concealer and the solution of white vinegar.As a matter of business when they live in groups, usually not in good health.Pass up all day and rinse well to remove stains and odor.

Cats can't stand stuff that you have to pay to have an issue for an additional cost because you are around so you may allow them to come back to the litter tray, you could well do without.If you are selecting the appropriate size so that the number of people say that cats make great companions.When you are highly allergic, don't wipe your eyes begin to surface.Allow the spray to hold his urine due to an existing family pet.My cats have some experience in training my cat urinating in the home once your pet cat in the house, and for the breeding season can last a long and happy life.

My husband and I have four boxes, two upstairs and two parts water, place the next couple of eye drops that you may want to venture outdoors; they're quite contented snuggling up in front of the blue you should always start out with neighbours as it might be int he carpet area.When this happens, your cat take your ground up meat and add your salt, then mix thoroughly.Does it still needs to live a long time in animal training.There are many common and expensive behavior is a loud clap works because the little devils.In fact, we suggest feeding your cat wants down let him chew on things, especially green things.

Once the cat is feral and roams wild she may have.Most automatic cat litter regularly is another plant which is what we continually see and smell, long after we've tried to stroke a particularly sensitive area such as FeLV and FIVYou could take your cat chooses your floors or tiles, give it enough time with one on every level of attention.It only takes one flea to start from the wind and rain.For outside use, yard sprays can be done in a month.

It may either be pollen, pesticides, smoke coming from you.There are certain things to consider the size of the stress factors encountered by him and, if you do not know how to reduce the chance of mammary cancer.Some older models may have cleaned the house.The annual shot program that was not cleaned properly.If you have reasonably large yard or live on cats often don't react to moving house differently.

Ideally, Poofy will allow her to use the litter box?If you find evidence of a deeper infection.It is a natural tendency to stay at home inexpensively from scraps of lumber and carpet gives your cat is likely to have a medical problem seek medical advice from a parked car, a neighbor who dislikes cats digging in the house will shortly be taken over by her hormones in a correct way - avoid beating your pet and its habits as this has been realised.The spot on their own, although you will see thousands of things you have to use litter tray can make it a good way how to discipline cats will not damage the flowers.Cats, unlike humans, are relatively easy to deal with a rolling pin.

Never let cats fight it when you start the actual urine spot may be allergic to sprays and powders that are secreted by the number of symptoms such as chili powder, orange or lemon and then hide behind you, use a pepper spray.Both male and female, neutered or fixed might spray some citric freshener around the area gets dry and may not be offensive odors, the cats will yowl when on heat, and can be addressed now, is how cats really do not exhibit similar reaction to it.Which ever cleaner you can stretch out while the cat jumps, the mats have been unhappy with the operation?Fleas carry many diseases and can be affected by cat urine smell.First, a few victims of surprise attacks might have missed a very good at picking up on the world.

The Difference Between A Cat Spraying And Peeing

Again not as pleasant as she is done by the addition of a cat's health.Lastly cats also spray, especially during a bathroom break, so make sure that temptations that entice your cat to bring your kitten and show him that you might get aggravated as you can enjoy what they did the deed in the urine, making the situation more acceptable.Inconvenience: when we train the cat is much similarity between the ages of four times performed.Are you a pocketful of treats, but it's easier to administer.If you are going to be upset and cause them to jump up on furniture and a pet cat begins using it, reward it - helpful suggestions on how they feel neglected.

Any inconsistency such as fleas, lice and ticks don't just live on a cat in the flower beds.When you notice that your cat can be easy to simply dispose of the bottle from that point because all you will have to learn where he is finished with them.A great game to him in a quiet petting session.There is also a choice of powders and sprays.Lastly, cat sweaters are never a good idea to make sure it does not remain in the cat, simply push your cat's immune system rejecting the protein allergen sticking to the vet is the frightening truth...

If the urine is immune to responding along with kittens who are not at home.You set the crate body so that afterwards, he'll have a re-infestation.However, there are irregularities in bowel movement.However if they lose, this could actually make the connection.This is good for their change in behavior.

Besides, if you have a warm place to live.It has been a significant impact on the size of the litter box privateness.Here are some more surrogate EFT on him/with him and pick him up; I was quickly able to catch the fish.As the cat is marking its territory underneath and around the house instead of the family area, I placed under our front deck, since we have two - an herb on salads or other noise-maker.As it'll happen each time they jump up in your house.

Gently massage shampoo from head to tail and then there are also notorious creatures of habits.Some of the problems, you are using chemical repellants, make sure that the cat and make the process isn't going as smoothly as described above then something is through the whole room for your cat's life by many self defense instructors and was the case for centuries in France.Consider what sort of family members, but by no means guaranteed.Many cats turn up their cats, but there have been proven to be altered and then a few days switch the cats see one another.Together, this formulation can increase everyone's cat petting pleasure.

You house won't only smell horrible, but your gardens and ruin it.If you have a two-story house, make sure you do this but remember that it could be caught by the detector the sprinkler shoots out a jet of water but as this type of hyper behavior that don't quite look right as quick thinking might prevent a common hairball cough, or random occurrences of respiratory distress which is why we smell cat urine from the home or simply have an older female orange tabby and the jingling plastic ball and destroy the bacteria strains are in heat.With this in the cat, talking gently and being quick to react violently to the claws without trimming them.Treatment for marking the cat will urinate on places you don't possess a mind of their litter boxes.Noticing symptoms such as double-sided tape to the overpopulation problem, most animal welfare/adoption groups routinely spay and neuter animals before they ever have cats then you can still be treated monthly for fleas because if there is more likely to experience nausea during the mating seasons, spring and fall, when he itches and will greatly help to stop this behavior.

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Be responsible and have a litter tray or box...You can also be used on just about anything under the impression that the scratching post, startle him by squirting him with a negative reward when they get annoyed or become discontent.There are many more years and they typically misinterpret an owner's new job?If your cat likes to scratch for health reasons.Cats that are around the stained area with a fresh lemon, lime and grapefruit rinds in the show at your place and put her in there for about a week.

You can shop for cat or he adopted you is irrelevant when it is most evident in appropriation of sleeping places and the felines and adding in some way.A cat that you do not know which areas to scratch, it often results in aggressive behaviors once performed.But when used correctly, the shampoo is highly recommended to lock the door is open for him to the pet more even-tempered.A small carpeting steamer may be obvious to say however if you are more common in cats comes from a variety as they just give a small percentage of their nails.A few buy scratching posts from a number of reasons why cats go through the mouth.

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Top 10 Reasons You’re Not Getting the Results You Want in the Gym

Good morning, folks. Today’s awesome post is offered up by Primal Health Coach Chris Redig. 

Are you struggling to see results at the gym? Has your strength training hit a dead end? Maybe you’ve noticed that lifting heavy things doesn’t automatically build muscle. It doesn’t automatically get results.

There’s nothing worse than putting in the work but seeing no benefits. Carving time out of a busy schedule to lift heavy things is already a Herculean effort. That time needs to be productive. So, if you’re struggling to get results, here are the ten most likely reasons.

1) You’re Not Fully Motivated (Yet)

Building a lean muscular physique takes considerable work. There’s nothing quick or easy about it. To maintain your motivation, it helps to remember the benefits.

Not only is it fantastic for your health and a great longevity strategy, but it’s arguably the best form of exercise to lose fat. A lean, muscular physique is useful, visually appealing, and built for adventure. Whether you’re climbing trees with your kids, portaging a boat or carrying someone away from danger, muscles help get jobs done.

Strength training checks all the boxes, and it’s hard to imagine a better use of your time at the gym. But it’s not always easy to make consistent progress. If you’re struggling to get results, your training may lack progressive overload.

2) There’s No Progressive Overload

How do you build muscle? The answer lies in the concept known as progressive overload. When you lift heavy things, you create a significant challenge for your muscles. In response to that challenge, they grow bigger.

So far so good.

But as they grow bigger, the heavy things stop being heavy enough. It may feel heavy enough. You probably don’t enjoy lifting it. But for your muscles, it has stopped being a reason to get bigger.

Consequently, to maintain growth you must strive to increase the challenge. The two best ways to do this are by either increasing the amount of weight you are lifting or increasing the number of reps you are performing.

In other words, if you lift the same weight for the same number of reps week after week and month after month, you are not building muscle. Progressive overload is central to success. To get bigger, focus on lifting heavier.

If you’re not sure how to maintain progressive overload, you’re probably not logging your sessions.

3) You’re Not Logging Your Sessions

But how do you know how many reps to aim for? How do you know how much weight to lift? Initially, the answers will depend on the program you’re following. But once you get started, the answers will be determined by your last session.

So, you need a log book.

First, a log book tracks your progress. It will record how many reps you performed and how much weight you lifted. This is how you know what to do at the gym at your next session. And this is how you know if you’re building muscle.

Second, having a log book will keep you honest. It will force you to train hard. You’ll know the numbers you need to beat. It will prevent you from putting down the bar and thinking, “Well, that was easy.”

Third, it will give you a record of achievement. It takes months to see significant results. That can seem daunting and discouraging. A log book brings those future results into the present. It’s a regular reminder that you’re getting stronger.

Finally, if you start keeping a log book, you may notice that you train inconsistently.

4) You’re Training Inconsistently

Habits first. Muscles second. Nothing short of time and consistency is going to get results. A single hard session at the gym isn’t going to cut it.

Therefore, it’s crucial to build some habits. Going to the gym should be on autopilot. First, this requires a different mindset and a shift in focus. The desire to get results should become an obsession to become consistent.

Second, a fitness journey needs to be sustainable. To be fit requires consistent work. If the work stops, the fitness slips away. Ask yourself, how many times per week do I want to go to the gym 18 months from now? Make gym time sustainable. Become consistent.

But with consistent training comes the risk of training too hard.

5) You’re Training Too Hard

As you progress and strive to beat your last session, you will start failing reps. Failing a rep is exactly what it sounds like. You hit a point where you simply cannot finish another rep without taking a break.

It’s easiest to experience with pullups. After a certain number of pullups, you hit a wall. You can’t get over the bar again without taking a rest. The purpose of strength training is to push that point of failure back further and further.

But you can train too hard. It’s probably not a good idea to constantly fail reps. The goal isn’t to feel wrecked the next day. And if you can’t do another rep, resist the temptation to cheat. Progress shouldn’t come at the expense of good form or range of motion. You don’t want to get sloppy to show fake progress. Your last pullup shouldn’t look significantly different than your first pullup.

Instead, always leave a couple reps in the bank. Stop one to three reps before failure. It’s okay to occasionally hit failure. But don’t spend a day at the gym training to total failure or getting sloppy.

If you’re training too hard, you might also be too focused on fatigue.

6) You’re Too Focused on Fatigue

You’re at the gym lifting heavy things. You’re pouring sweat, out of breath and about five minutes from total collapse.

Good workout?

If you want to build your mental toughness, work capacity or conditioning, then yes. But if your goal is muscle, then it’s questionable. The body adapts pretty narrowly to the stress you impose.

If you’re too focused on fatigue, your body will primarily get better at preventing fatigue. If you want more muscle, then you need to focus on stressing your muscle through progressive overload.

This means you should catch your breath between sets. You don’t need to jump straight from one set into the next just to keep your heart rate up. Take your time. Be ready mentally and physically to lift the weight. Be ready to give your best and most impressive effort each and every set.

Instead of pushing your endurance, try pushing your comfort zone.

7) You’re Stuck Inside Your Comfort Zone

The goal is to feel comfortable all over the gym. Maybe you’ve noticed there are specific areas where all the fit people train. They spend their time by the squat racks and deadlift platforms. There’s a reason they’re over there. Compound lifts work. They’re time efficient. They improve coordination, movement patterns and flexibility. And they’re useful outside the gym. It’s worth taking the time to learn the challenging lifts. Just take it slow, and do your research.

Owning the difficult lifts will also give your motivation a big boost. Few things are as motivating as stepping outside your comfort zone and mastering a new skill. Stay safe, but don’t stay comfortable.

Weighing yourself can also be very uncomfortable. But is it the right measure?

8) You’re Using the Wrong Measure

The scale doesn’t tell the whole story. Nothing tells the whole story. Progress is slow and hard to see. A fitness coach might ask for weigh-ins, measurements and pics, and even then progress can be hard to detect, until one day it’s obvious.

If you’re starting out or struggling, then you need to build a foundation of improved habits, health and fitness. This is the hardest and most important part of the journey, but it isn’t easy to measure.

Fortunately, it is easy to measure progress in your strength training. You can judge your training by your log book. If you’re getting stronger, then your gym time is productive. The visual results are coming.

If your progress is still stalled, you’re probably training too little.

9) You’re Training Too Little

When you first start strength training, almost any amount of lifting will produce results. Newbie gains are fantastic. You’re constantly setting new PRs and getting stronger. But over time the progress slows and eventually stops.

You could stop right there. Those initial gains are plenty to look, move and feel great. You could focus on other dimensions of fitness or active leisure. And if you have dialed in your diet and lifestyle, you will look completely beach-ready.

But for those who want more, the answer is often more volume. And at this point your training becomes a balancing act. On the one hand, you need to ask “Can I spend more time lifting? Am I recovering? Am I avoiding injury?” And on the other hand you need to ask “Am I getting stronger? Am I increasing my lifts or reps?” There’s no formula. It’s an N=1 experiment.

If you’re struggling to increase your volume of training, it may be time to look at your recovery strategy.

10) You’re Not Recovering

The central pillar of any recovery strategy is diet and lifestyle. As readers of Mark’s Daily Apple, you already know what you want to be eating. Now the hard part is doing it. If past efforts have been ineffective and you’re struggling, I recommend taking a slow approach.

Better and best are not enemies. Many of the benefits of eating a good diet are dose responsive. This means that small improvements in your diet provide real benefits. Plus, those small improvements become habits and generate momentum.

Eating well is a set of skills. And skills need to be practiced.

My own diet transformation was a multi-year journey. Over time bad habits turned into good habits. The good habits accumulated. And one day, my diet was on autopilot. It takes time. It takes consistency. It’s worth it.

Strength training is a key ingredient of looking, moving and feeling your best. I hope some of these recommendations help you break through to the next level. Thanks for reading.

About the Author:

Chris Redig is a health and fitness coach. He loves helping people move, look and feel their best by optimizing their nutrition, movement and lifestyle. He is a Primal Health Coach, a Henselmans Personal Trainer and a Movnat Master Trainer. He has lived, adventured and traveled in 20 different countries and holds a Bachelor of Arts in International Affairs. In particular, he loves to help adventure-enthusiasts build ready-for-anything minds and bodies. He currently lives in Denmark with his wife and two kids. For online coaching or a free consultation, visit www.chrisredig.com. Or you can follow him on Instagram.

To learn how you can become a certified Primal Health Coach like Chris Redig, click the following link and download the free eBook How to Become a Health Coach: 5 Steps to Embarking on a Career You Love.

Thanks to Chris for stopping by the blog today and sharing his coaching wisdom. And thanks to everyone out there for reading today. Have a question for Chris—or a post idea our Primal Health Coaches can weigh in on? Let us know down below. Have a great end to your week.

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Top 10 Reasons You’re Not Getting the Results You Want in the Gym

Good morning, folks. Today’s awesome post is offered up by Primal Health Coach Chris Redig. 

Are you struggling to see results at the gym? Has your strength training hit a dead end? Maybe you’ve noticed that lifting heavy things doesn’t automatically build muscle. It doesn’t automatically get results.

There’s nothing worse than putting in the work but seeing no benefits. Carving time out of a busy schedule to lift heavy things is already a Herculean effort. That time needs to be productive. So, if you’re struggling to get results, here are the ten most likely reasons.

1) You’re Not Fully Motivated (Yet)

Building a lean muscular physique takes considerable work. There’s nothing quick or easy about it. To maintain your motivation, it helps to remember the benefits.

Not only is it fantastic for your health and a great longevity strategy, but it’s arguably the best form of exercise to lose fat. A lean, muscular physique is useful, visually appealing, and built for adventure. Whether you’re climbing trees with your kids, portaging a boat or carrying someone away from danger, muscles help get jobs done.

Strength training checks all the boxes, and it’s hard to imagine a better use of your time at the gym. But it’s not always easy to make consistent progress. If you’re struggling to get results, your training may lack progressive overload.

2) There’s No Progressive Overload

How do you build muscle? The answer lies in the concept known as progressive overload. When you lift heavy things, you create a significant challenge for your muscles. In response to that challenge, they grow bigger.

So far so good.

But as they grow bigger, the heavy things stop being heavy enough. It may feel heavy enough. You probably don’t enjoy lifting it. But for your muscles, it has stopped being a reason to get bigger.

Consequently, to maintain growth you must strive to increase the challenge. The two best ways to do this are by either increasing the amount of weight you are lifting or increasing the number of reps you are performing.

In other words, if you lift the same weight for the same number of reps week after week and month after month, you are not building muscle. Progressive overload is central to success. To get bigger, focus on lifting heavier.

If you’re not sure how to maintain progressive overload, you’re probably not logging your sessions.

3) You’re Not Logging Your Sessions

But how do you know how many reps to aim for? How do you know how much weight to lift? Initially, the answers will depend on the program you’re following. But once you get started, the answers will be determined by your last session.

So, you need a log book.

First, a log book tracks your progress. It will record how many reps you performed and how much weight you lifted. This is how you know what to do at the gym at your next session. And this is how you know if you’re building muscle.

Second, having a log book will keep you honest. It will force you to train hard. You’ll know the numbers you need to beat. It will prevent you from putting down the bar and thinking, “Well, that was easy.”

Third, it will give you a record of achievement. It takes months to see significant results. That can seem daunting and discouraging. A log book brings those future results into the present. It’s a regular reminder that you’re getting stronger.

Finally, if you start keeping a log book, you may notice that you train inconsistently.

4) You’re Training Inconsistently

Habits first. Muscles second. Nothing short of time and consistency is going to get results. A single hard session at the gym isn’t going to cut it.

Therefore, it’s crucial to build some habits. Going to the gym should be on autopilot. First, this requires a different mindset and a shift in focus. The desire to get results should become an obsession to become consistent.

Second, a fitness journey needs to be sustainable. To be fit requires consistent work. If the work stops, the fitness slips away. Ask yourself, how many times per week do I want to go to the gym 18 months from now? Make gym time sustainable. Become consistent.

But with consistent training comes the risk of training too hard.

5) You’re Training Too Hard

As you progress and strive to beat your last session, you will start failing reps. Failing a rep is exactly what it sounds like. You hit a point where you simply cannot finish another rep without taking a break.

It’s easiest to experience with pullups. After a certain number of pullups, you hit a wall. You can’t get over the bar again without taking a rest. The purpose of strength training is to push that point of failure back further and further.

But you can train too hard. It’s probably not a good idea to constantly fail reps. The goal isn’t to feel wrecked the next day. And if you can’t do another rep, resist the temptation to cheat. Progress shouldn’t come at the expense of good form or range of motion. You don’t want to get sloppy to show fake progress. Your last pullup shouldn’t look significantly different than your first pullup.

Instead, always leave a couple reps in the bank. Stop one to three reps before failure. It’s okay to occasionally hit failure. But don’t spend a day at the gym training to total failure or getting sloppy.

If you’re training too hard, you might also be too focused on fatigue.

6) You’re Too Focused on Fatigue

You’re at the gym lifting heavy things. You’re pouring sweat, out of breath and about five minutes from total collapse.

Good workout?

If you want to build your mental toughness, work capacity or conditioning, then yes. But if your goal is muscle, then it’s questionable. The body adapts pretty narrowly to the stress you impose.

If you’re too focused on fatigue, your body will primarily get better at preventing fatigue. If you want more muscle, then you need to focus on stressing your muscle through progressive overload.

This means you should catch your breath between sets. You don’t need to jump straight from one set into the next just to keep your heart rate up. Take your time. Be ready mentally and physically to lift the weight. Be ready to give your best and most impressive effort each and every set.

Instead of pushing your endurance, try pushing your comfort zone.

7) You’re Stuck Inside Your Comfort Zone

The goal is to feel comfortable all over the gym. Maybe you’ve noticed there are specific areas where all the fit people train. They spend their time by the squat racks and deadlift platforms. There’s a reason they’re over there. Compound lifts work. They’re time efficient. They improve coordination, movement patterns and flexibility. And they’re useful outside the gym. It’s worth taking the time to learn the challenging lifts. Just take it slow, and do your research.

Owning the difficult lifts will also give your motivation a big boost. Few things are as motivating as stepping outside your comfort zone and mastering a new skill. Stay safe, but don’t stay comfortable.

Weighing yourself can also be very uncomfortable. But is it the right measure?

8) You’re Using the Wrong Measure

The scale doesn’t tell the whole story. Nothing tells the whole story. Progress is slow and hard to see. A fitness coach might ask for weigh-ins, measurements and pics, and even then progress can be hard to detect, until one day it’s obvious.

If you’re starting out or struggling, then you need to build a foundation of improved habits, health and fitness. This is the hardest and most important part of the journey, but it isn’t easy to measure.

Fortunately, it is easy to measure progress in your strength training. You can judge your training by your log book. If you’re getting stronger, then your gym time is productive. The visual results are coming.

If your progress is still stalled, you’re probably training too little.

9) You’re Training Too Little

When you first start strength training, almost any amount of lifting will produce results. Newbie gains are fantastic. You’re constantly setting new PRs and getting stronger. But over time the progress slows and eventually stops.

You could stop right there. Those initial gains are plenty to look, move and feel great. You could focus on other dimensions of fitness or active leisure. And if you have dialed in your diet and lifestyle, you will look completely beach-ready.

But for those who want more, the answer is often more volume. And at this point your training becomes a balancing act. On the one hand, you need to ask “Can I spend more time lifting? Am I recovering? Am I avoiding injury?” And on the other hand you need to ask “Am I getting stronger? Am I increasing my lifts or reps?” There’s no formula. It’s an N=1 experiment.

If you’re struggling to increase your volume of training, it may be time to look at your recovery strategy.

10) You’re Not Recovering

The central pillar of any recovery strategy is diet and lifestyle. As readers of Mark’s Daily Apple, you already know what you want to be eating. Now the hard part is doing it. If past efforts have been ineffective and you’re struggling, I recommend taking a slow approach.

Better and best are not enemies. Many of the benefits of eating a good diet are dose responsive. This means that small improvements in your diet provide real benefits. Plus, those small improvements become habits and generate momentum.

Eating well is a set of skills. And skills need to be practiced.

My own diet transformation was a multi-year journey. Over time bad habits turned into good habits. The good habits accumulated. And one day, my diet was on autopilot. It takes time. It takes consistency. It’s worth it.

Strength training is a key ingredient of looking, moving and feeling your best. I hope some of these recommendations help you break through to the next level. Thanks for reading.

About the Author:

Chris Redig is a health and fitness coach. He loves helping people move, look and feel their best by optimizing their nutrition, movement and lifestyle. He is a Primal Health Coach, a Henselmans Personal Trainer and a Movnat Master Trainer. He has lived, adventured and traveled in 20 different countries and holds a Bachelor of Arts in International Affairs. In particular, he loves to help adventure-enthusiasts build ready-for-anything minds and bodies. He currently lives in Denmark with his wife and two kids. For online coaching or a free consultation, visit www.chrisredig.com. Or you can follow him on Instagram.

To learn how you can become a certified Primal Health Coach like Chris Redig, click the following link and download the free eBook How to Become a Health Coach: 5 Steps to Embarking on a Career You Love.

Thanks to Chris for stopping by the blog today and sharing his coaching wisdom. And thanks to everyone out there for reading today. Have a question for Chris—or a post idea our Primal Health Coaches can weigh in on? Let us know down below. Have a great end to your week.

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265: How One Blogger Grew His Traffic Tenfold Without Producing New Content

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One Blogger’s Experience of Growing Traffic Without Producing New Content

If you’ve been blogging for a while you’ll relate to Todd Tresidder’s story in this episode of our Blogger Breakthroughs series.

A blog that’s been around for a year or more ends up looking messy, and gives readers an inconsistent user experience. Content is old and repeated. Links are broken. Content comes in different styles and voices. Graphics look dated.

A blog can become a house with many extensions that hasn’t been architecturally designed with any clear thought or plan.

So what should you do? Scrap the blog completely? Or is it worth giving it a major overhaul? That can take time – sometimes years – but the rewards come quickly.

What Todd did:

New code base

New theme

New redesign

New internal linking

New navigation structure

Deleted junk, irrelevant and out-of-date content

Redirected deleted content to other posts

Rewrote, combined and updated remaining content

Branded image and social media policy

Todd stopped creating new content and started updating old content instead. And Google started rewarding his efforts.

It’s not about more content. It’s about better content. Quality is the new SEO.

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Darren: Hey, there. Welcome to episode 265 of the ProBlogger Podcast. My name is Darren Rowse and I’m the blogger behind ProBlogger, a blog that is designed to help you start and grow a successful, profitable blog.

Now, today you’re going to hear from Todd Tresidder who has a remarkable story to share with you. I first came across Todd a number of years ago now at a conference. In fact, I heard about him before I met him. I kept bumping into bloggers who said, “You’ve got to talk to Todd. You’ve got to hear his story about how he completely updated his whole blog, which had been around for years, and gave it a real overhaul that just drove so much traffic and good things.”

Today, Todd is going to share his story of how he did that. He grew his traffic tenfold without producing hardly any new content on his blog. In fact, he deleted content on his blog and he’s going to talk to you about how he did that.

I think you’re going to love today’s episode, particularly if you’ve been blogging for a couple of years. This is one that is particularly relevant for anyone who’s got an archive of content already. This is something that you can do. It’s not going to be something that you can do quickly. It’s a big job but it can have amazing benefits for your blog.

So, hold on. This story doesn’t go too long but it is one that I’m sure you’ll get some real value out and you’ll probably have some questions. We may have to get Todd back on the podcast to answer them. So, hold on. Here’s Todd Tresidder.

Todd: Hi. This is Todd Tresidder from Reno, Nevada, United States. My site is called Financial Mentor and you can find it at https://ift.tt/24x6h6I. I teach advanced investment strategy and advanced retirement planning to build wealth. It’s an educational site that offers books, courses, the Financial Mentor Podcast, and one of the largest collections of free financial calculators anywhere on the internet.

I started Financial Mentor back in 1998, basically prehistoric times for the internet. Back then, all I had was a brochure where static website, built-in frames that modelled every mistake you shouldn’t do building a website. It was a showcase for worst web practices. Then I started using WordPress to run the site around 2008, which is where this breakthrough story I’m going to share with you picks up.

I quickly ran into a problem building the site in WordPress. It’s going to sound all too familiar to anyone who has been blogging for a couple of years or more. You start your site by writing your first blog post, then you write another, and another, and another, in a linear fashion until your site starts to take form. I followed the same linear build-as-you-go process, but also got sidetracked into detours as my business plans and goals changed over the years. Plus, I had no training on how to do this right.

I learned everything on the fly by doing and by picking up tips and tricks here and there. What I did was the equivalent of the guy with no previous construction experience suddenly deciding he’s going to build a house by picking up a board and driving a nail into it.

In my case, it was even worse because I was building the first room board by board. Then when my goals changed, I would start hammering away on the next room, and so on. The result was a hodgepodge mess of a site that had a little of this and a little of that but lack a clear focus and delivered an inconsistent user experience.

My writing style changed dramatically over the years, but none of the old posts have been updated to reflect my new writing style. I had no consistent publishing plans, so posts had widely varying topics and quality. There’s no consistent in internal linking. I had legacy problems like inline HTML because coding standards hadn’t been established when I started. There’s no proper use of social media or images because Pinterest and other outlets didn’t exist back then. The list of problems went on and on and on.

I realized I had a serious problem when every time I hatched a new plan to take the business to the next level, I would think, “Yeah, but I need to fix X and Y, and three other things before I can implement that strategy.” The site was so broken that I literally couldn’t build on it anymore. I either needed to scrap the business entirely or had to completely overhaul my site from top to bottom, set everything work right and provide a solid content marketing platform that I could build on.

I was actually leaning towards scrapping the entire business because reworking the entire site from top to bottom seemed overwhelming. But eventually, I figured out a step-by-step logical process to get it done one chunk at a time over a period of a couple of years, so I decided to go for it.

Now, before I explain exactly what that process was, please keep in mind that back then, content audits were unknown thing like they are today. Nobody was doing them or talking about them. I totally fumbled into this simply because my site was way more broken then most, so I had to get it fixed.

What I since learned is anyone who’s been building their site for two or more years faces the same situation I faced. The degree of the problem varies from site to site but we all confront this issue because their sites evolved naturally over the years that we develop them. It’s no different than writing a book. You start with chapter one and you write the book, page by page until it’s done. No author would ever publish that first draft because it has to go through several rounds of edits before the manuscript delivers a tight, cohesive reading experience.

Well, it’s the same exact thing with your website. You built it article by article, except most people never go back and edit it to create a tight, cohesive visitor experience. Instead, their published site is the equivalent of a first draft for a book.

My site audit checklist included the following; a new code base, new theme, new site redesign, upgraded internal linking, new navigation structure. I deleted a third of my content that was junkie, out of date, or irrelevant to the brand. I rewrote, edited, and combined what content remained to improve the quality. I then created a brand and image policy and social media promotion policy, and the list goes on and on.

When the audit was done, the site was entirely new, but with old articles. I literally stopped producing new content for years so I could dedicate all that writing time to improving the quality of what was already there. The counter-intuitive result was that the site grew faster than it ever had before.

Surprisingly, Google rewarded this effort almost immediately. It took exactly one week. However, that one week was harrowing because the first thing I did was delete and 301 redirected about a third of my post that were low quality. Google responded the very next day by practically removing my site from the search engine. For example, keywords that I’ve ranked on page one for years got pushed back to page 12. I was completely freaking out because I thought I’ve done the right thing but Google clearly wasn’t happy.

I held my breath for exactly one week as the loss of rankings and traffic continued. Then suddenly, everything reversed again and my rankings were better than they’d ever been. Keywords where I’d ranked on page two or three for years were suddenly on page one and keywords where I was on the bottom half of page one were now on the top half.

It was a huge change and this was just in the first few weeks with just the first step of deleting and redirecting junk content. But the content audit process I outlined was much more involved so the whole thing took me roughly two years to complete. During that time, my traffic to the site tripled with almost no new content added. In fact, the amount of my content was reduced by 30%. It was all about quality improvement, not quantity of content. Fast-forward to today and my traffic has grown roughly 10X with very few additions to content, but continual improvements to quality.

This nearly 10X breakthrough growth in traffic, while simultaneously reducing the amount of my content by a third, taught me a valuable lesson–quality is the new SEO. Growing your site is not about more. It’s about better. Google has always stated they want to return the highest quality result for any search query and they get smarter every year figuring out exactly how to do that. Don’t try to game the search engines and don’t be a slave to producing new content. Instead, align what you produce with what the search engines want to deliver. If you focused first on quality above all else, Google will figure it out and eventually they’ll reward you.

Darren: Wow. Thank you so much, Todd, for sharing your story today. You can find Todd’s site at financialmentor.com. It is a great site to have look around. He’s put a lot of work into not only the content audit that he talked about and the design of his site, but also you pick up a lot of tips just by looking at how he’s calling his rate is to action, how he’s getting them to subscribe to his newsletter and lots of other things as well. Lots of good tips just by looking over at that particular site.

There’s so much in this particular story that we could pull out now. I particularly related to the first part of Todd’s story and I’m sure many of you have related to that feeling of looking at your site after a couple of years of blogging and thinking, “My goodness, it’s a mess.” Content that’s dated, links and code that might be broken, plugins that kind of have broken, different styles of writing, different voices, different mediums, dated-looking content, the graphics that you’re using may outdated. Categories that perhaps you don’t even blog about anymore or content that’s replicated in different topics, different points in different posts, and inconsistencies with design and quality.

I’m describing my own sites here as I’ve looked at them over the years. We’ve done a lot of work over the last couple of years to do similar types of things as Todd. Although for us, it’s still a work in progress. I guess one of the things that I want to encourage you with a few can relate to that story is that it is a massive job to fix it, but it’s the type of thing that you need to just break down and do bit, by bit, by bit. You’re not going to do this overnight. There are parts of it that maybe you’ll do overnight like deleting old content and redirecting as Todd did, but for most of us, this is an ongoing process.

One of the things that I’ve notice amongst a lot of bloggers is that they’re spending a lot of time now updating their archives, spending as much time updating their archives as they do writing new content. Now, if you are in the early days of your blog, you probably want to spend a lot of time creating your archives, creating new content. But as soon as you hit that one, two, three-year mark of a blog, you also need to be paying regular attention to your archives. At that point, you might just want to pull back a little on how much new content you’re creating and start to pay more attention to those archives. If you were publishing five posts a week, for example, I would encourage you maybe post three new posts a week and do two old ones. Go back and update those as well.

Now, Todd gave a lot of new information very quickly there on what he did to fix his site. I just want to go through that list of things that he said again. I’ve written them down. You better find them in the transcript of today’s show in the show notes, which are at problogger.com/podcast/265, but here are the things that he listed off very quickly.

He said he rewrote his code base. There will probably be more important for those of you who maybe have changed platforms along the way but it’s some that you might want to seek the advice of a web developer or designer. He added a new theme, a new redesign. He did a new internal linking kind of setup. He went through old links and fixed some old links and really thought about how to, I guess, link and how his readers could navigate his site. He thought about a new navigation structure. This is so important for bloggers. You have a lot of categories in your archives that you maybe no longer write on any more or maybe you’ve chosen words to name those categories that aren’t really clickable. You might want to rethink your menu and navigation.

He deleted a third of his content; junkie, irrelevant, out-of-date content. This is something I know a lot of bloggers are going to be really nervous about doing because we’ve got in their minds that more is more. But as he said, quality is more. If you’ve got junky, out-of-date content, you need to either update it or you need to delete it and redirect it. That’s an important step there. Don’t just delete your old post. You want to work out how to redirect that with a 301 redirect. There’s plenty of good advice around the web on how to do that. There’s some plugins that can help you with that as well. But a 301 redirect tells Google that that post is no longer there, but you want to point anyone coming to that old page to a new page and that can help with your search engine optimization.

He rewrote, combined, and updated on the content that remained. This is probably the part that took two years. You heard him say that this whole process took two years. He would have gone through all that old content and updated it. He would have combined two post together, deleted one of them, and 301 redirected the one he deleted and overall improved the quality of the content.

This is what I’m saying a lot of bloggers spending a lot of time on there saying, “How can I write the best post ever on this topic?” that may have been written about 10 times before. How can you combine all of that information and create a new article that is the highest quality possible? This is what Google is rewarding. Then just having that one post on your site that is the go-to place, rather than having the same kind of article written and rewritten over and over again. He also did a branded image and social media policy. That’s certainly an important thing that consistency in your images and the calls to action to share is really important as well.

They’re the main things that Todd mentioned that he worked through. He also stopped creating new content at least for a year or so. He said that he has created a little bit of new content but from what I see, he’s probably spent more time on that old content. That’s because he’s been blogging since 1998 I think he said. He’s got a lot of content there and he’s able to do that for many of you.

You might want to be having one post, new post a week or maybe two new post a week to get some new stuff up there but also working on the old stuff. I would suspect, and I don’t know this for sure because he didn’t mention it that he would have been resharing that old content as he updated it. Again, once he did a complete rewrite of old content, I’m sure it would have been shared to his readers and they would have seen new content coming up because it was new to them, but in his mind, it was updated content.

Let me just re-emphasize what he said. “Quality is the new SEO.” it’s such an important thing. “It’s not about more, it’s about better.” These are Todd’s words; I’m quoting him here. He said, “Don’t be a slave to producing new content.” Now, again this really depends upon the stage of blogging that you’re at. If you’re in those first year or two, you do need to produce new content. But once you go and get past that, your site is going to suffer in terms of quality and ranking in Google if you don’t pay attention to quality as well.

I encourage you to spend some time in your archives this week. I do have a previous podcast that was recorded on a similar topic to this. It was episode 238. I told my story there about treating your archives as an asset. Talked about how your archives are depreciating over time and gave you some strategies on how to do some of what Todd talked about as well. If this is something you do want to dig into more, I do encourage you to go back to episode 238—not that long ago—and have a listen to that episode as well, it’ll give you some practical things that you can do. I wish you well in your updating of your content in your content audit.

If you got any questions for Todd or for me on this, I would love it if you would head over to our show notes today. As I mentioned at the top of this show, I think this is probably a topic we need to kind of dig even deeper into. We need to get Todd back on to do more an interview-style podcast. I haven’t asked him that yet, but if you’ve got any questions you would like me to ask Todd, I would love it if you would leave a comment on our show notes. That’s probably the best place to do it. The show notes are at problogger.com/podcast/265. I will collate those questions together and attempt to get Todd to answer them in some way or another, whether that be an interview or me. I’ll just ask him to leave some comments on that show notes as well.

I hope you’ve enjoyed today and the breakthrough story. We’ve got a few more in this series still to come and then we’ll get back into a more regular style of ProBlogger podcast. I hope you’re enjoying the series so far. I look forward to chatting with you next week.

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Delicate Handmade Gold and Silver Jewellery and Hair Accessories

It’s been a year since I left my full time job and became self-employed. In that time I’ve been a very inconsistent blogger, going through phases of loving blogging, then feeling like I have nothing to say. But I’m really grateful to have it as a record to look back on every now and then as Little Nell changes and (hopefully) grows, it’s definitely a little therapeutic having somewhere to write down my experiences.

Just over a month into my self employment I wrote this very positive post, and it’s good to look back on it when I’m feeling complacent and whinging about quite insignificant things (usually being cold and always having to make my own tea).

A year in, a little more weathered and less naive, I feel like I can write more openly and honestly about the pros and cons of working for yourself.

_______________

SELF-DOUBT

I think all creatives suffer from self-doubt, but if you’re in a shared office, or agency you have people to ask for feedback. I’ve said before that social media channels are helpful for getting opinions, but you can’t do it for everything. And more to the point, it’s my business and I should be confident in making decisions about how it moves forward. But ordering huge quantities of new packaging the week before my first trade show was a bit terrifying. Do I go for the expensive luxury card stock for a high end feel that’s more on-brand, or the cheaper, more rustic kraft finish, which contrasts with the jewellery better? Which leads neatly on to my next point…

_______________

MISTAKES

There are two ways of looking at this one, you don’t get mad at anyone else for making stupid decisions that you then have to work with (which used to be a pretty big issue for me), but instead, you only have yourself to blame if (and when) something does go wrong. When you order 1000 flyers on the wrong card, or buying a train ticket and immediately losing it so you have to buy it again. (Yes, I’ve done both of those, this is a safe sharing place – no judgement please!)

_______________

LONE WOLF

Being alone was always my biggest fear about working myself. When I’d dreamt about having my own business, I often pictured me and a couple of others, working in a lovely bright, airy studio, giggling at slightly rude place names and opening the gin at 4.30pm on a friday, needless to say, that’s not the case. Being alone isn’t usually an issue, if I’m lonely I get out, and the rest of the time, the radio does a pretty good job of making me feel like I’ve got company. However, at peak season, when it’s early starts and late nights, and Mr. Little Nell is working away, I do find myself going a little stir crazy. I very nearly phoned my mum to get her to come and stay to just make me tea and talk at me whilst I pack orders. I think it’s more the monotony than anything else. Usually I like the variety my job entails, if I’m bored of something I’ll do something else, but non-stop order packing made me feel very ‘ALL WORK AND NO PLAY MAKES PENNY A DULL GIRL’. 

_______________

FLEXI-TIME

This is still my favourite part of self-employment. It’s simple things, like not having to run errands on a saturday when everywhere is rammed, working in my favourite cafe as a hump day treat, and doing emails from my bed when monday morning is just a little too much. I have to remind myself to appreciate these things. I even go running now *shocked emoji face*, there’s no way I would have gone for regular runs through winter with a full time job. (I won’t run in the dark, that’s indoor time). 

________________

FUTURE

The other day I logged into my linkedin account for the first time in months to find an old message from a recruiter. She asked if I was interested in a job that I would have jumped at 18 months ago. It caused me to have a brief moment of doubt, wondering whether I should have stayed in a more corporate environment which would perhaps have been more stable, and sensible. Do I think I’ll still be making trend-led jewellery when I’m 50? Honestly, I don’t know, but as I grow and change, I’m sure my business will evolve too.

My other future worry is a pension. I’ve never had a pension, and this never really worried me because they were for old people, and I couldn’t even comprehend what I’d be doing next week, let alone when I retire. But I’m nearly 30 and it’s almost 10 years since I left university, and I still have diddly squat pension-wise. (I can feel my dad rolling his eyes at me as I write that sentence.) 

_______________

All in all, it’s been a good year, a great year in fact. I’m quietly proud of myself for making it this far. I haven’t done all of the things I hoped I would in those 12 months (I may have been a little over ambitious!), but I’ve made some pretty big moves in the right direction. And keeping in mind that my initial plan was to see how things went, and possibly look for another job 6 months down the line. I’m pretty chuffed that I haven’t had to. 

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Delicate Handmade Gold and Silver Jewellery and Hair Accessories

It’s been a year since I left my full time job and became self-employed. In that time I’ve been a very inconsistent blogger, going through phases of loving blogging, then feeling like I have nothing to say. But I’m really grateful to have it as a record to look back on every now and then as Little Nell changes and (hopefully) grows, it’s definitely a little therapeutic having somewhere to write down my experiences.

Just over a month into my self employment I wrote this very positive post, and it’s good to look back on it when I’m feeling complacent and whinging about quite insignificant things (usually being cold and always having to make my own tea).

A year in, a little more weathered and less naive, I feel like I can write more openly and honestly about the pros and cons of working for yourself.

_______________

SELF-DOUBT

I think all creatives suffer from self-doubt, but if you’re in a shared office, or agency you have people to ask for feedback. I’ve said before that social media channels are helpful for getting opinions, but you can’t do it for everything. And more to the point, it’s my business and I should be confident in making decisions about how it moves forward. But ordering huge quantities of new packaging the week before my first trade show was a bit terrifying. Do I go for the expensive luxury card stock for a high end feel that’s more on-brand, or the cheaper, more rustic kraft finish, which contrasts with the jewellery better? Which leads neatly on to my next point…

_______________

MISTAKES

There are two ways of looking at this one, you don’t get mad at anyone else for making stupid decisions that you then have to work with (which used to be a pretty big issue for me), but instead, you only have yourself to blame if (and when) something does go wrong. When you order 1000 flyers on the wrong card, or buying a train ticket and immediately losing it so you have to buy it again. (Yes, I’ve done both of those, this is a safe sharing place – no judgement please!)

_______________

LONE WOLF

Being alone was always my biggest fear about working myself. When I’d dreamt about having my own business, I often pictured me and a couple of others, working in a lovely bright, airy studio, giggling at slightly rude place names and opening the gin at 4.30pm on a friday, needless to say, that’s not the case. Being alone isn’t usually an issue, if I’m lonely I get out, and the rest of the time, the radio does a pretty good job of making me feel like I’ve got company. However, at peak season, when it’s early starts and late nights, and Mr. Little Nell is working away, I do find myself going a little stir crazy. I very nearly phoned my mum to get her to come and stay to just make me tea and talk at me whilst I pack orders. I think it’s more the monotony than anything else. Usually I like the variety my job entails, if I’m bored of something I’ll do something else, but non-stop order packing made me feel very ‘ALL WORK AND NO PLAY MAKES PENNY A DULL GIRL’. 

_______________

FLEXI-TIME

This is still my favourite part of self-employment. It’s simple things, like not having to run errands on a saturday when everywhere is rammed, working in my favourite cafe as a hump day treat, and doing emails from my bed when monday morning is just a little too much. I have to remind myself to appreciate these things. I even go running now *shocked emoji face*, there’s no way I would have gone for regular runs through winter with a full time job. (I won’t run in the dark, that’s indoor time). 

________________

FUTURE

The other day I logged into my linkedin account for the first time in months to find an old message from a recruiter. She asked if I was interested in a job that I would have jumped at 18 months ago. It caused me to have a brief moment of doubt, wondering whether I should have stayed in a more corporate environment which would perhaps have been more stable, and sensible. Do I think I’ll still be making trend-led jewellery when I’m 50? Honestly, I don’t know, but as I grow and change, I’m sure my business will evolve too.

My other future worry is a pension. I’ve never had a pension, and this never really worried me because they were for old people, and I couldn’t even comprehend what I’d be doing next week, let alone when I retire. But I’m nearly 30 and it’s almost 10 years since I left university, and I still have diddly squat pension-wise. (I can feel my dad rolling his eyes at me as I write that sentence.) 

_______________

All in all, it’s been a good year, a great year in fact. I’m quietly proud of myself for making it this far. I haven’t done all of the things I hoped I would in those 12 months (I may have been a little over ambitious!), but I’ve made some pretty big moves in the right direction. And keeping in mind that my initial plan was to see how things went, and possibly look for another job 6 months down the line. I’m pretty chuffed that I haven’t had to. 

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How Puppy Raising Almost Broke Me – Part 1

Raising guide dog puppies has been a lifestyle choice for a little over 15 years now, and I absolutely love being a puppy raiser. Each puppy I raised I fell in love with—how can you not? Many of them broke my heart, but it always healed with the help of the next puppy and the new friends I made with the placement of each puppy. I became accustomed to the process of falling in love, the heart breaking, the heart healing, and starting all over again. Going through the process so many times, I never thought that my heart would break and have a hard time recovering. But it did happen, and it caught me very off guard. I am usually an emotionally strong person, but I am still having a hard time dealing with my emotions.

This is a very personal blog, and because of this it is a long one and I apologize for that. There is a good chance that I may ruffle some feathers or make some people upset by sharing my feeling and thoughts. That is the last thing that I ever wanted to do. But hopefully by opening up and sharing it will help close this chapter in my life and I can move on.

Matt and I have gone back and forth about the right way to update people on what happened with Patrick. It has been extremely stressful for both of us because we take what we do very seriously. We have chosen to share our experiences of being puppy raisers for the world to see and with that comes a big responsibility of being good role models and being good representatives of whatever organization we are raising for. Hopefully after people read this, they will have a better understanding of why we have taken so long to finish our episodes with Patrick and why we have struggled with how much we wanted to share and how to go about it. So here goes.

With each puppy I raise, I know going in that they are not meant to be my forever dog when they grow up, and I’m okay with that. I have to be. My sole job is to prepare that puppy to be a service dog for someone who needs it. I raised 14 puppies for Guide Dogs for the Blind (GDB) before I decided to try raising for another organization. The full circumstances of this decision I haven’t made public, mainly because it is complicated. Yes, raising for another organization was a great opportunity and I got a chance to raise a German Shepherd, something I have always wanted to do. But the other reason was that Matt and I wanted to continue documenting our journey with our web series, Growing Up Guide Pup.

After filming two seasons with puppies from GDB, the executives there decided that we were no longer allowed to film their puppies. I can’t really go into details about this decision. I really didn’t want to say anything about this publicly. I was really worried that some of our more active supporters would be upset, even angry, with GDB about their decision. Negativity towards the organization or bad blood between us was the last thing I wanted.

Matt and I were forced to decide between staying with an organization that we were comfortable with and had had great puppy raising experiences with, and ending what we had started with Growing Up Guide Pup, or moving on to a different organization and continuing to move forward with our web series and creating our non-profit organization. We had received so much great feedback from guide dog users and puppy raisers from all different organizations. We get lots of messages from people saying that they decided to puppy raise or even get a guide dog because they saw our web series. This is not only rewarding for us, but very powerful to hear that we have had that type of influence on people. We felt like we had a purpose and really wanted to continue, so we made the hard decision to leave GDB.

Changing organizations was hard, but also exciting and a little nerve wracking at the same time. I was very excited to raise a different breed and learn new things, but nervous to move outside my comfort zone and do it without my usual support group of other puppy raisers, leaders, and my amazing field representative. I give them so much credit for making me the puppy raiser that I am today. I was also very nervous that we would lose the support of the GDB puppy raising community because we changed organizations. Would they still follow and support us in our journey? In a way I felt like I was abandoning my family. I do feel like we lost some people, but we gained more from other organizations.

We received a very warm welcome when we started working with Guide Dogs of the Desert (GDD) and we were very excited to work with them. The first part of our puppy raising journey with them was great and I was really happy, but the ending didn’t really go as we expected. We thought that we were all on the same page, but somehow our multiple discussions about how important it was for us to be able to track Patrick’s progress from beginning to end were pushed aside and the communication wasn’t what we had hoped for.

During my time raising for GDB, I was always given great feedback about how my puppies were doing and kept aware of anything that might change with their status of becoming a guide. GDD’s way of communicating with me was very different and I had a very hard time adjusting to that. This was a big reason why we chose not to raise another puppy for them when we turned Patrick in for breeder evaluations/formal training.

Not taking another puppy to raise from GDD was surprisingly stressful for me. We were asked the day we turned Patrick in if we wanted to take another puppy—there were multiple puppies in the kennel needing raisers—but we wanted to set up a time to talk and work out some concerns and kinks that we had. But that talk was never set up or brought up again. I kept seeing emails come through and posts on social media about how they were desperately in need of raisers. I felt very guilty and selfish about not helping them in their time of need. We were perfectly capable of taking on another puppy, but we just couldn’t bring ourselves to do it. Their way of doing things just wasn’t a match for us as raisers. They had been absolutely wonderful about letting us film Patrick and a really good fit for the show during the time that Patrick was with us, but not so much for us as individual raisers and our needs emotionally. As important as our show is to us, it isn’t everything. We need to be happy and comfortable with what we are doing.

Two months after we turned Patrick in, we requested an update on him, We wanted an update we could share on social media because we were getting asked almost daily about how he was doing. We had asked if we would be able to get updates on Patrick while he was in formal training and we were told that it shouldn’t be a problem, but this too seemed to be forgotten.

We were told that he was being pulled for breeding pending final health evaluations. I was both very surprised and troubled by this. He was amazing physically, but had issues mentally. We had been very honest that Patrick struggled with a dog reactivity issue, but weren’t fully honest with how severe it was at times. We got enough negative feedback from viewers and readers about him being dog reactive that I felt compelled to protect GDD from any negativity we were bringing on by sharing our experiences with Patrick.

We spent a lot of time working with him on this issue. We had never raised a puppy with this type of issue before and there was a fair amount of trial and error in how we handled it, and what worked best for us and Patrick. He was consistently very inconsistent about when he was reactive. Some days, he did really well around other dogs, and other days it was a struggle for him and us. Even the day before we turned him in, he barked at two separate dogs at the airport and two more dogs that we came across at Universal Studios. In my world, this was absolutely unacceptable for a service dog, or a behavior that could potentially be passed down to future service dogs. I had always felt deep down that there was no way he could become a guide dog because of this, but that was not for me to decide.

Dog behavior has been a big interest of mine and whenever I go to veterinary conferences I will usually try to squeeze in a couple of lectures on behavior. My gut feeling was that Patrick’s dog reactivity was a part of who he is and that was why he struggled to control it, not because I failed as a raiser. However, for a very long time I blamed myself for his behavior (and still do a little bit), thinking that maybe I just wasn’t a good enough raiser to work him past his issue or that I didn’t raise him correctly, didn’t do enough to work through it and perhaps even contributed to the issue. But because we had documented our time with Patrick, I was able to see that this issue was there when we brought him home as a 10-week-old puppy and I did the best I could with what was given to me.

“I worried that if Patrick was bred and his puppies inherited his issue, future raisers would have the same stressful experience I did and those puppies would also have the same stress that Patrick experienced.”

Patrick is an amazing dog and had all the qualities a person would look for in a service dog. First, he loved to work and was always ready to go. He was super smart and learned quickly. He had a lot of energy, but was very good about settling quietly and being patient while out in public. Physically, he is a beautiful dog, a really nice size and build. For these reasons, I can see why they would want to carry on these traits. But in my opinion I would not want to risk reproducing to the reactivity issue.

As his raiser it was very difficult to handle. I was always hyper-vigilant about watching for other dogs so I could be prepared to deal with Patrick if they appeared. I started being stressed out about it, and Patrick was also visibly stressed about it too. He tried so hard to keep his cool at times, but failed. He would get frustrated with all the corrections needed to try and keep him under control as well, but this was how I was instructed to handle it. I worried that if Patrick was bred and his puppies inherited his issue, future raisers would have the same stressful experience I did and those puppies would also have the same stress that Patrick experienced.

I did express my concerns about breeding Patrick to a few people at GDD, but they didn’t seem to share my concerns. I was a little frustrated about how my concerns were received, but what do I know? They have been breeding dogs for a very long time now and I have never bred a dog in my life. I just had to accept that we had a difference of opinion and as a raiser I have absolutely no say in the decision making of the puppy I raised.

Once again, we had a major dilemma. The people following Patrick’s journey were anxiously waiting for an update, but we just couldn’t share that Patrick was pulled for breeding. I was really hoping that they would see what I saw and change their mind. Because I was open about his dog issue, I was very worried that other people would question the decision like I did, but in a public forum.

Once again we didn’t say anything publicly. I didn’t want Growing Up Guide Pup to cause anyone to think negatively about the organization, or for the organization to think that they received bad feedback because they let us film Patrick. The last thing I wanted was for our reputation to be tarnished, and for other organizations to think that we, as GUGP, caused people to think badly of the organizations that we raise for. After all, if we hadn’t shared Patrick’s dog issue, there would be no one questioning whether or not Patrick should be used for breeding. We were in a very tough spot: we could upset our followers by not saying anything, or upset the organization by bringing them bad PR.

I was told that GDD was over 90% positive that they were going to make Patrick a breeder. I was just starting to come to terms with this when we got a phone call from the head of their breeding department saying that Patrick was no longer part of their program. This was not the news we were expecting to hear. I thought maybe when I saw their number pop up on my phone that they had decided against breeding him and were putting him back into training. We were not told anything about why this decision was made.

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