The Dr. Laura Podcast

“Bear With Me” for This Update

5 min
Feb 13, 20262 months ago
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Summary

Dr. Laura shares a personal update about adopting a puppy named Bear from a kill shelter. She discusses his rapid learning progress, integration with her other dog Lily, and the sleep deprivation challenges of puppy care during the first three weeks.

Insights
  • Intensive early socialization and consistent training (even in short 5-minute sessions) can produce remarkably fast learning in puppies
  • Foster-to-adopt decisions can be emotionally driven despite anticipated lifestyle disruptions
  • Multi-dog households require careful management of dynamics between established pets and new additions
Topics
Puppy training and behaviorDog adoption and foster careCrate training methodsMulti-dog household managementPuppy socializationSleep deprivation from pet careDog breed identificationCanine intelligence and learning capacity
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Host of the podcast sharing personal anecdotes about puppy adoption and training experiences
Quotes
"I only do like five minutes twice a day training. That's it, five minutes twice a day. And he sucks it up, soaks it up like a sponge"
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"He's scarily smart. I don't think I've ever had a dog, even the poodle, who got things that fast"
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"The only time I regret is two in the morning. I go, why did I do this? And then in the morning I go, yeah, that's why he's too cute"
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Full Transcript
Thank you for listening to my morning monologue, brought to you by Golden Crest Metals, helping everyday investors protect what they've worked so hard to build by adding gold and silver to retirement portfolios. Learn more at goldencrestmetals.com slash protect. Remember, you can hear my radio program daily on Sirius XM Triumph and connect with me 24 7 at drora.com. Update on Bayer. For those of you who know that I was fostering a puppy in a kill shelter, and I'm a foster fail. I adopted the dog. Crazy me. I haven't had a night's sleep since. Crate training helps, but I still have to get up in the middle of the night to make sure he gets to pee and poop. So it's taking its toll. Nonetheless, he's 13 weeks. I've had him three. came at 10, so he's 13 weeks. He knows his name. He knows to wait when I put the food in his bowl He waits and looks at me until I release him to eat I can throw something down and go leave it And he looks at me and waits till I tell him he can have it. He sits, he comes here and he goes down in 13 weeks. Now, I think he's scarily smart. I don't think I've ever had a dog, even the poodle, who got things that fast. I mean, I show him things, and I only do like five minutes twice a day training. That's it, five minutes twice a day. And he sucks it up, soaks it up like a sponge, I should say. He's thoroughly amazing, and he's awfully cute. And I still don't know what he is. I was walking in a parking lot with the two of them and somebody said, oh, the puppy's so cute. What is it? I have no idea. So I mailed away for the DNA test. Hasn come back yet hopefully next week because he looks like about three other dogs He also in three weeks doubled his weight So this cute tiny little thing I worried it going to be a very big dog I took a picture of him with the iPhone where you press the thing and it goes to Google and it gives you suggestions as to whatever you took a picture of what that is. And one time it came back as St. Bernard. That's a no. Okay. No, no, and no. But he's certainly a mix. So I'm hoping for the best. but he's very sweet. He's very sweet. And, you know, he will eventually sleep through. I mean, he sleeps through the night. I wake him up to go pee to make sure he doesn't pee in his crate. So I'm the problem. So 2 o'clock in the morning, he's out there. He pees, he poops, bring him back in, put him in the crate, fall back into bed, get up again at 5 do it again But he an Bear and Lily Lily is playing with him a little more She's tolerating him. Like any little kid, she feels bugged by him sometimes. Yeah, like right now. Okay. And they do play. They run around with each other. But when Lily's napping or something, she just gets up and walks away if he bugs her. So that's my update. We're going to take a break. Come back with your calls at 1-800-375-2872. The only time I regret is two in the morning. I go, why did I do this? And then in the morning I go, yeah, that's why he's too cute. 1-800-Dr. Laura, 1-800-375-2872. If you like this podcast, be sure to rate it on Apple Podcasts or your favorite place to listen to my podcast. Of course, I'd love if you gave me five stars. And be sure to share this podcast with a friend on Facebook or your preferred social media platform.