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I lead an awesome life. I’ve had my share of want and lack, as well as poor treatment, but overall I have it pretty good. I tend to find or come across opportunities to enrich it on a surprising scale. This can be as small as just the other day I found a frisbee disc, when I just started playing. Typically anything found on a course has a name and contact info written on it so it can be returned. The one I found said “Keep me! I’m keeping yours!” Not life-changing, but still an unexpected bonus.
More importantly, as I get prepared for picking up my puppy in a couple weeks I’m looking for a local veterinarian, pet insurance, doggy supplies (although my mom is showering me with these like it’s her first grandchild), and I’ve been reading books — yes, actual books — on training as well as watching videos, and listening to podcasts. I decided on an online course since there’s not much in terms of IRL classes, and found one for a fair chunk of change: $280. It’s four months long, has a bunch of resources and support, and sounds worth the investment since I have the time to focus on dog training that many people don’t have. Unfortunately, the site has the course waitlisted on one page, and available for purchase on another. Unsure how that works since it’s online, I reached out and asked.
The response was unforeseen. Basically, they replied “It’s typically $280, but we periodically will reduce to $49 as a special promotion, and keep a short list of interested people to give it to at that price. Since you’re about to get your puppy and sound like you’re committed to training, we’re going to give it to you for the $49 price instead of the $280. Here’s a special checkout code. Hope to see you in the online class soon!”
To be clear, this isn’t a college kid trying to start a side-business, nor a pet store with a back room they have for doggy daycare. It’s an internationally recognized dog trainer with thousands of people rabidly devoted to it. Here’s the site.
So, I’m off to sign up. I’ll be sure to review the materials and how it goes with my training.