Q&A Real Answers

[josephk]

As promised, here are the real answers to today's Q&A:
Nikolajrasmussen: Will I do more Aersomith Dancing?
I don't know - whatever I'm in the mood to do I suppose. I'm not even sure why I did that, honestly LOL. Never know - stay tuned.
DJMorley & JHRaymond: Why did I dance in my Q&A opening and did I have professional training?
I have no idea what possessed me to do that. Must be the work of the devil!! And, if you call "serious drunkedness" training, then I suppose so?! LOL
Olive_PDX: How do I feel about HB2 in North Carolina?
What a bunch of assholes.. No I mean seriously.. What a bunch of mf assholes. It's not just about bathrooms. They also stripped a woman's right from suing her employer over discrimination in state court. Racism, hate, and inquality is still alive and well here in the South. I hope they rot in hell.. People should be able to live without judgement and fear. 
MarkScouller & CosmicTao: What's my job title & how long have I been there:
Senior Data Science Manager & I'm going on my sixth year in the utility industry (Power)
D-MAN, LuckyTR, MicAnthonyHEY, & Look4Lucas: How many Tatts do I have & what do they mean?
Once you have as many pieces as I do, you really stop counting. I have wolf paws, a lone wolf, tribal bands, dragons, a Sinner/Saint Ambigram, a quote, a gargoyle, flame work, negative flame work, an ohm symbol, Roman symbols, a nautical star, a mind's eye/unity symbol...

My tattoos tell my spiritual story starting from my left arm to right in my own words - the lone wolf with wolf paws = me walking on myself doing this my way. The mind's eye and unity means seeing things in a new light. My gargoyle protects my piece (ohm) while reaching out to help others. Roman symbols = the unique formula that kept Rome together for many years. My dragon sits on my shoulder as a sign of luck. My sinner/saint ambigram means i'm one in the same - I'm never above anyone.
KWAGG006: Do I like Thai food?
Does the pope [steamy pile of excrement] in the woods? Heck yeah!! One of my favorite types of Asian. I love getting Native Thai hot too - it usually makes the people sitting across the table from me cry. I pay for it in the mornings though. It's so good though! 
CanadianBatman: Have I always been proud of the person I am, or the one I became?
Proud of the person I became. I have had more experiences (both good and very bad) than one person should have had in a lifetime. I went to some dark places when I was younger. I should have been dead or in prison, but I was lucky. I was a nerd. I was picked on, I rebelled, I fell into an abyss I thought I would not escape. But I did. About 15 years ago, I had a complete do over of sorts. I gave up my ways and made a change. I've had more change since then, too - difficult ones. But I never fell backwards - always forwards - gaining even more experience to live and learn along the way. Heck I even went back to college. Today, I'm a very successful person in the utility world. I now have an amazing family. What does tomorrow look like? Who knows, but today I can hold my head up knowing I've done the right things, living by my morals, and feel awesome knowing I fully worked my ass off for it.
Dahveed: 1. Would I rather be awake for 24 hours while everyone else is asleep or sleep for 24 hours? The former - less distractions = more productive.. Then sleep. 2. Would I travel to the future or the past? The past.. without a doubt. There's something romantic about the early days of the USA. Maybe I've read the Great Gatsby one too many times. I've always felt I have an old soul.
Jackym: What kind of fruit would I be? I'm a cucumber.. for obvious reasons..  
Louinator59: How many bones have I broken? None! Can you believe it? I spent many years as a GC too working with heavy equipment. Not a single one.
MandaPanda_7: How did I get the scar?
I've raised and trained tons of dogs (purebred bird dogs and gun dogs like labs and pointers, shepherd/wolves, pitbulls, and for the last 10-15 years rescues of all sorts). I had taken in a pit/plott hound mix and a lab great dane mix that just adored each other. I then took in a lab mix that was just weird. The pit and the lab/dane mix went after the other lab mix out of a freak thing. He had a drain in him at the end of it. I went to check on the lab mix - I had put him in his crate to keep him quiet. I went and opened the crate to check on him, and he lunged out of the crate biting down on my face. Let me just say - face wounds bleed the worst. It was everywhere. I was stitched up.. It made me think my pit and lab/dane mix knew something I didn't?! Dunno. 

Thank you for all of the questions, y'all. I hope you laughed at some of those stories in the Beme. Some of them were true btw. However, Beavis is still the better Cornholio in my opinion.

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[kozjegyzo]

I recently (2 years ago) got my dog Masni (means Bow - (on a ribbon) ) Both of her parents are Transylvanian Hound and something mixes. So I don't know what she is, but she is terribly cute, and just a perfect dog




I was fortunate enough to be in the right place at the right time, and got into an experimental dog training course for puppies. It was by the guy Gábor Korom, the creator of the Mirror Method (http://thebark.com/content/mirror-method).
This was a complete lifestyle and mindset change for me. I never knew that training a dog could be this easy, and hard at the same time, yet so fulfilling. It was a LOT of work. We started when Masni was 2.5 months old, but by the time she was 5 months old, she was a complete dog, as you would imagine a "good dog" to be. It's amazing what you can teach a puppy is literally minutes if you do it right. Staring as early as possible makes it that much easier. If there is a school or method of dog training I could recommend this would top the charts. I believe they have schools that tech like this in the States too.
I wish all dog owners would take a course in how to live with a dog before they get one. After they get one, a course on how to do it right. Yeah that means a [steamy pile of excrement] load of work and sacrifice, but it's totally worth if, not just for the owner, but mainly for the dog. A dog that has structure in its life is a happy dog, and happy dogs stay healthy, live longer and are easy to handle...
Ok enough with the dog talk

[josephk]

Yep. My biggest struggle has been that each breed thinks and operates completely different. I have had tactics/methods work really well for some, but not for others.

And boy oh boy are you right about the time investment. Luna, bless her heart, is a couple of french fries short of a happy meal. She takes twice as long to pick up on something that my Xolo naturally knows with minor behavior encouragement.

I'd also like to point out for those that watch him is that Cesar Milan has an extremely low success rate. First, he doesn't spend enough time with his owners who have very little success on their own. Second, the owners have very little success because his methods are for a very specific kind of dog attitude. An example of his is throwing dogs on their side in a form of submission.. never do this with your dog...