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blatantly stolen from the Working Australian Cattle Dog Group:

For fun, and to share opinions. What's your definition of a biddable dog? What about an independent dog or independent thinker? Can those two things be synonymous or do you have one or the other?

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Darren Criss acts as playwright when he writes songs. He’s far more confident, and certainly more vulnerable, when he allows himself to play the part. In such a way, songwriting opens up a whole new world that pulses with untapped potential. So much of what he has accomplished in 15 years resides in his willingness to expose himself to what his imagination and intuition have in store. He steps into a playwright’s shoes with considerable ease (just look at his resume), and always one to put on plenty of bravado, especially during our Zoom face-to-face, it’s the natural order of things.

“As I get older and write more and more songs, I really recognize that I’ve always preferred to write for another context other than my own,” Criss tells American Songwriter. He speaks with a cool intensity, gesturing emphatically to accentuate a sentence, and when you let him go, he’s like the Energizer Bunny 一 “I can tell by just how quiet you already are that you’re fucked,” he jokes at the start of our video chat. But he remains just as engaged and focused when listening.

He soaks in the world, taking astute notes about behavior and emotional traits he can later use in song. His storytelling, though, arrives already in character, fully formed portraits he can then relay to the world. It’s not that he can’t be vulnerable, like such greats as Randy Newman, Tom Waits, and Rufus Wainwright, who have all embroidered their work with deeply personal observations, it just doesn’t feel as comfortable. “I’ve always really admired the great songwriters of the world who are extremely introspective and can put their heart and soul on the chopping block,” he muses. “That’s a vulnerability that I think is so majestic. I’ve never had access to it. I’m not mad about it. It’s just good to know what your deal is.”

Criss’ strengths lie in his ability to braid his own experiences, as charmed as they might be, into wild, goofy fantasies. In the case of his new series “Royalties,” now streaming on Quibi, he walks a fine line between pointed commentary on the music industry, from menial songwriting sessions to constantly chasing down the next smash, and oddball comedy that is unequivocally fun. Plotted with long-standing friends and collaborators Matt and Nick Lang, co-founders of Team StarKid, created during their University of Michigan days (circa 2009), the show’s conceptual nucleus dates back more than a decade.

If “Royalties” (starring Criss and Kether Donohue) feels familiar, that’s because it is. The 10-episode show ─ boasting a smorgasbord of delightful guest stars, including Mark Hammill, Georgia King, Julianna Hough, Sabrina Carpenter, and Lil Rel Howery ─ captures the very essence of a little known web series called “Little White Lie.” Mid-summer 2009, Team StarKid uploaded the shoddy, low budget production onto YouTube, and its scrappy tale of amateur musicians seeking fame and fortune quickly found its audience, coming on the heels of “A Very Potter Musical,” co-written with and starring Criss. Little did the trio know, those initial endeavors laid the groundwork for a lifetime of creative genius.

“It’s a full circle moment,” says Criss, 33, zooming from his Los Angeles home, which he shares with his wife Mia. He’s fresh-faced and zestful in talking about the new project. 11 years separate the two series, but their connective thematic tissues remain striking. “Royalties” is far more polished, the obvious natural progression in so much time, and where “Little White Lie” soaked in soapy melodrama, the former analyzes the ins and outs of the music world through more thoughtful writing, better defined (and performed) characters, and hookier original tunes.

“Royalties” follows Sara (Donohue) and Pierce (Criss), two struggling songwriters in Los Angeles, through various career exploits and pursuits. The pilot, titled “Just That Good,” features an outlandish performance from Rufus Wainwright as a major player in dance-pop music, kickstarting the absurdity of Criss’ perfectly-heightened reality. As our two main characters stumble their way between songwriting sessions, finally uncovering hit single potential while eating a hot dog, Criss offers a glimpse into the oft-unappreciated art of songwriting.

In his own songwriting career ─ from 2010’s self-released Human EP and a deal with Columbia Records (with whom a project never materialized) to 2017’s Homework EP and Computer Games’ debut, Lost Boys Life, (a collaboration with his brother Chuck) ─ he’s learned a thing or two about the process. Something about sitting in a room with someone you’ve never met before always rang a little funny to him.

“You meet a stranger, and you have to be creative, vulnerable, and open. It’s speed-dating, essentially. It’s a different episode every time you pull it off or not. All the big songwriters will tell you all these crazy war stories. Everyone has a wacky story from songwriting,” he says. “I slowly realized I may ─ I can’t flatter myself, there are tons of creative people who are songwriters ─ have prerequisites to just put the two together [TV and music]. I’ve worked enough in television as an actor and creator. I can connect the dots. I had dual citizenship where I felt like it was really time for me to go forth with this show.”

But a packed professional life pushed the idea to the backburner.

Between six seasons of “Glee” (playing Blaine Anderson, a Warbler and lover to Chris Colfer’s Kurt Hummel), starring in “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” on Broadway, and creating Elsie Fest, a one-day outdoor festival celebrating songs of the stage and screen, he never had the time. “I was lucky enough to be busy,” he says. “As Team StarKid’s star was continuing to rise with me being separate from it, I was trying to think of a way to get involved again with songwriting.”

At one point, “Glee” had officially wrapped and his Broadway run was finished. It appeared “Royalties” may finally get its day in the sun. “I went to Chicago for a work pilgrimage with the Langs. We had a few days, and we put all our ideas on the map: every musical, feature film, show, graphic novel, and animated series we’ve ever thought of,” he says. “A lot of them were from the Langs; they were just things I was interested in as a producer or actor. We looked at all of them and made a top three.”

“Royalties” obviously made the cut.

Fast forward several years, Gail Berman’s SideCar, a production company under FOX Entertainment, was looking to produce a music show. Those early conversations, beginning at an otherwise random LA party, showed great promise in airlifting the concept from novel idea to discernible reality. Things quickly stalled, however, as they often do in Hollywood, but Criss had at least spoken his dreams into the universe.

“I finally had an outlet to put it into gear. It wasn’t until two to three years after that that things really locked in. We eventually made shorts and made a pilot presentation. We showed it to people, and it wasn’t until Quibi started making their presence known that making something seemed really appealing,” he says. “As a creator, they’re very creator-centric. They’re not a studio. They’re a platform. They are licensing IP much like when a label licenses an indie band’s album after the fact.”

Quibi has drawn severe ire over the last few months, perhaps because there is a “Wild Westness” to it, Criss says. “I think that makes some people nervous. Being my first foray into something of this kind, Quibi felt like a natural partner for us. If this had been a network or cable show, we would’ve molded it to be whatever it was.”

Format-wise, “Royalties” works best as bite-sized vignettes, charming hijinks through the boardroom and beyond, and serves as a direct response to a sea of music shows, from “Nashville” and “Empire” to “Smash.” “Those shows were bigger, more melodramatic looks at the inside base of our world. I’ve always been a goofball, and I just wanted to take the piss out of it,” he says. “This show isn’t about songwriting. It’s about songwriters… but a very wacky look at them.”

“30 Rock,” a scripted comedy loosely based around “Saturday Night Live,” in which the focus predominantly resides around the characters, rather than the business itself, was also on his mind. “It’s about the interconnectivity of the people and characters. As much of the insider knowledge that I wanted to put into our show, at the end of the day, you just want to make a fun, funny show that’s relatable to people who know nothing about songwriting and who shouldn’t have to know anything.”

Throughout 10 episodes, Criss culls the “musicality, fun, and humor” of Fountains of Wayne’s Adam Schlesinger and Max Martin, two of his biggest songwriting heroes, and covers as many genres as possible, from K-Pop to rap-caviar and classic country. While zip-lining between formats, the songs fully rely on a sturdy storytelling foundation ─ only then can Criss drape the music around the characters and their respective trajectories. “I wanted to do something where I could use all the muscles I like to flex at once, instead of compartmentalizing them,” he says. “I really love writing songs for a narrative, not necessarily for myself. I thrive a little more when I have parameters, characters, and a story to tell.”

Bonnie McKee, one of today’s greatest pop architects, takes centerstage, too, with an episode called “Kick Your Shoes Off,” in which she plays a bizarro version of herself. “She has her own story, and I’ve always been fascinated by it,” says Criss, who took her out to lunch one day to tell her about it. Initially, the singer-songwriter, known for penning hits for Katy Perry, Taio Cruz, and Britney Spears, would anchor the entire show, but it soon became apparent she would simply star in her own gloriously zany episode.

In one of the show’s standout scenes, Pierce and Sara sit in on a label meeting with McKee’s character and are tasked with writing a future hit. But they quickly learn how many cooks are in the kitchen at any given moment. Everyone from senior level executives to publicists and contracted consultants have an opinion about the artist’s music. One individual urges her to experiment, while another begs not to alienate her loyal fanbase, and then a third advises her to chronicle the entire history of music itself ─ all within three minutes or so. It’s absurd, and that’s the point. “Everyone’s been in that meeting, whether you’re in marketing or any creative discussion that has to be made on a corporate level by committee. It’s the inevitable, comedic contradictions and dissociations from not only rationality but feasibility.”

Criss also draws upon his own major label days, having signed with Sony/Columbia right off the set of “Glee,” as well as second-hand accounts from close friends. “There are so many artists, particularly young artists, who famously get chewed up and spat out by the label system,” he says. “There’s a lot of sour tastes in a lot of people’s mouths from being ‘mistreated’ by a label. I have a lot of friends who’ve had very unfortunate experiences.”

“I was really lucky. I didn’t have that. I have nothing but wonderful things to say,” he quickly adds.“It wasn’t a full-on drop or anything. I was acting, and I was spreading myself really thin. It’s a record label’s job to make product, and I was doing it piecemeal here and there. I would shoot a season [of ‘Glee’] and then do a play. I was doing too many things. I didn’t have it in me at the time to do music. I had written a few songs I thought were… fine.”

Both Criss and the label came to the same conclusion: perhaps this professional relationship just wasn’t a good fit. They parted ways, and he harbors no ill-will. In fact, he remains close friends with many folks from that time. So, it seems, a show like “Royalties” satisfies his deep hunger to make music and write songs ─ and do it totally on his own terms.

“I still say I want to put out music, and fans have been very vocal about that. I feel very fortunate they’re still interested at all,” he says. “That passion for making music really does come out in stuff like [this show].”

“Royalties” is Darren Criss at his most playful, daring, and offbeat. It’s the culmination of everything he has tirelessly worked toward over the last decade and a half. Under pressure with a limited filming schedule, he hits on all cylinders with a soundtrack, released on Republic Records, that sticks in the brain like all good pop music should do. And it would not have been the same had he, alongside Matt and Nick Lang, not formed Team StarKid 11 years ago.

Truth be told, it all began with a “Little White Lie.”

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Cutting Strings

Characters: Penny, Winter, Aro, May Word Count: 3k

Penny’s first real out of lab experience uncovers a small… glitch.

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The Military Robotics Event took more than a block and that did not including the firing range displaying the various of weapons. From the entrance Penny could see the Paladin-290 march up and down the street. Another set displayed the mech’s strength, pulling two armored trucks. It strained the mechs but thanks to her Aura, Penny would be able to pull a third one with little stress. The new Atlesian Knight-200 were sparing with the old Ak-130 to show… improvements.  

Winter gently cleared her throat. Penny looked up at the Huntresses to see May with a large smile while Winter had a fist to her mouth. A very poor attempt to to hide any evidence of enjoyment. She couldn’t hide her eyes though, they seemed… brighter, lit up with entertainment.  

The Specialist made sure to take a slow and deep breath before returning that hand behind her back. She had that stoic frown on her face. Penny greatly enjoyed how Winter’s voice struggled to match it, “I take it the new Atlesian Knights does not meet your standard?” Winter asked.  

“Really? It’s so bad you have to re-Focus to control your mouth?” May ask.  

Aro only rolled her eyes. The words came out far to smooth despite light frown on her face, “Officially, the Ak-200 is the current pinnacle of robotics.” Penny made an odd strangled noise, barely stopping her synthetic vocals in time.  

That statement wasn’t correct- or, it was. Officially, as in what to what the public had access too, it was correct. But Penny was far superior to the Spider Droid, Knights, and Paladins combined. Across all boards: intelligence, durability, and strength. Her father poured his soul, quite literally, into Penny’s construction. She was proud of her capabilities. The young women had to take a deep breath and let go of her hands. She nearly tore the skin off her joints.  

Winter noticed the fidgeting. The two huntresses glanced at each other. The look of realization and amusement happening across their features at the same time. Like they were able to communicate in an instant.  

“Penny?” Winter asked, her voice a little lighter than before.  

“What do you think of the AK-200?” May finished with a grin. Arms crossed at the younger pair.  

“It… is an improvement of the previous model. Hic.” A glitch jolted her system. Her Aura flared across her wires and hardware, code scrambling for action with no parameters. All three women stared at her with various level of shock and amusement.  

Amusement was a positive emotion, it should be good but for some reason it made Penny feel inadequate. She willed her processors to correct the glitch but it didn’t detect what had happened in the first place.  

“I- I mean…” Penny bit her lip. The Aura was stirring wildly again as she started to form the words in her mouth, “The AK-200 base line performance well exceeds the Ak-130, hic.”  

Winter shook her head and for a moment Penny’s power unit sank in efficiency. That was until a slight smile pulled at her lips. Then her processors tried to correct the conflicting information. Just a second ago amusement directed at her was bad. Now it was good?  

“Fine!” Aro’s aggressive sigh shocked Penny out of her thoughts. She caught those blue eyes flickering again. The mechanic’s lips pressed into a tight line. “We’ll tell you the truth but later,” Her voice… wavered. Her eyes wandered from the Huntresses to the crowd. With so much visual and audio information much of it was sent to her background processors, but now that she was focused on them there were so many people looking at the group.  

Penny froze under the eyes of so many business people, military Huntsmen and Huntresses. Her facial recognition program was triggered no matter where she looked, until Winter stepped in, so close her torso encompassed most of her view. When she looked up Winter was glaring furiously. Oddly the negative display was comforting, seeing it directed at the crowd. More conflicting information to be sorted through.  

“I can see why you and Aro get along so well,” Winter whispered to her. Tilting to the side Penny saw May comfort her future teammate as well. Her hand was firmly grasping the back of her neck and she was signing a few things. Aro’s eyes were flickering again. “What’s the point in a day off if work follows you.” Winter growled under her breath.  

“That’s… a good point,” May muttered rubbing her chin in though. She finished calming Aro, who seemed more withdrawn, eyes glowing brighter than usual. “I can put a Field around us, after we duck in somewhere. But we’ll have stick to the sides.”  

“An adequate plan,” Winter nodded.  

Penny looked at the ground, her hands intertwining. She could feel the ball joints, hear the crowd whispering conspiracies and theories. The hum of Aro’s cybernetic legs. Footsteps, footsteps. Metal screeching-  

“The General must have Schnee and Glade on a leash. To have them in public like that.” Someone whispered. Penny was unsure if May and WInter heard it. Aro did. From the way her shoulders tensed, everything was just as loud.  

“If Schnee can win back Glade they’d be unstoppable.” Another said. Louder, closer. Winter scowled, strides longer and faster.  

“The Paladins must not be finished if Glade’s on site for repairs.”  

“Has Schnee finally convince Glade to join the military?”  

Finally the group was able to duck into a quiet alley. Almost immediately May’s Aura flared around her hands. A translucent dome of Aura rose up around them.  

“Glade is on a leash,” Aro sang mocking tone. Her eyes flashed a bright red, “Glade will bite your head off- Ow!” Her yelling died down to a yelp when May headbutted her.  

“For the last time,” She whispered harshly, almost like a growl. May pressed her head hard to Aro’s as if it would directly transfer data, “Invisible! Not inaudible.” Aro grumbled and pouted. Faunus ears twitched out from hiding, flicked around as she leaning back as much as possible. May kept pressing forward.  

“Okay, yes, ma’am,” Aro huffed. May finally relented.  

Winter lead the small group off the main street. May dropped her Field when the crowd was no longer pressed shoulder to shoulder. The Specialist slowed her strides, looking down at the group. “Penny, what kind of food do you like?”  

“Oh! Um…” Penny paused, wide eyes up at Winter. Then Aro who raised a brow. Her future teammate must have noticed she didn’t touch any of the food Xanthic had stolen. Several lies her processors spat out caused her aura to flare in her chest again. “My body doesn’t… agree with most things.” She said the last part quickly. The odd glitch didn’t occur.  

“Think your body can agree with something cold?” Aro asked, “Ice cream, bubble tea, smoothies… My legs are running a little hot.”  

Penny thought about that for a second. Liquids might be plausible. She checked her blueprints. Her father mimicked the human anatomy where he could. Her throat housed her synthetic vocals, chest cavities fans and radiators that chilled the liquid coolant running in her body… as long as it’s mostly liquid, her filtration system should be fine.  

“I have never tried bubble tea.”  

“I know we all can go to,” May said. Penny saw Winter’s eyes flinch towards Aro for a second. “Not far either.”  

“Chocolate!” Aro cheered following.  

Penny found herself near the rare of the group, watching everyone interact. Specifically Winter. From the conversation, Penny deducted that Winter doesn’t take a lot of breaks, so this was a rare opportunity to observe her nonprofessional behavior. Though Penny suspects it wasn’t very different from her current behavior. And that it largely depends on who was in her immediate proximity. Winter’s attitude harden whenever Aro would do something a little to rash, such as running up to a strangers dog. Thankfully May was close enough to grab the quick women.  

“You out of everyone should know not to touch strangers without asking,” May scolded, pulling the goat ears once. This time Aro grinned and giggled shaking her head out of the grip.  

Penny labeled the information as important. With a small side note questioning when people were no longer strangers- Her analysis programing quickly recalled what Winter said a few hours ago, questioning how close they were. An accurate statement with that women. Was… Aro truly her friend?  

Suddenly Penny’s wires were in knots. Why? Was she defective? There was so many things she didn’t understand and new information conflicted with her pre-installed data. The odd glitch-  

“Penny,” Winter’s voice snapped her out of her spiraling thoughts.  

All her functions focused inward she didn’t notice they have finally arrived at the restaurant. They were seated outside in the corner. Through the window she could see Aro and May ordering their drinks. May’s hands were behind her back, Aura glowing softly. She looked in their direction but her eyes couldn’t exactly focus on their precise location. Penny was familiar with her body language, her father had a similar expression for worry. She was seeing it more and more and didn’t like it.  

“You… stopped responding,” Winter said. With no other witnesses, Winter was truly gentle. Her hands gently squeezed Penny, her sensors barely registered any pressure or warmth through the leather gloves. It was an affectionate gesture and Penny smiled in appreciation. She couldn’t look at Winter’s face for long, every time she tried to decipher what emotion Winter was displaying, her processors were overwhelmed. Pre-installed data saw Winter as cold and professional, but this Winter was far from it. “How can I assist you?”  

“I… I don’t know what’s wrong with me-”  

“There is nothing wrong.” Winter said quickly and easily. As if she had to do it many times before. Her grip tightened. Penny still had trouble looking at Winter’s face so she looked at their hands. Winter quickly let go, “My apologize. It helped my sister and a few others…”  

Weiss Schnee, her mind quickly registered. Heiress to the Schnee Dust Company, talented singer, skilled combatant, currently attending Beacon. The others was Aro, Penny suspected. Possibly May but the only thing Penny knew about them was that they were familiar with each other.  

“So… this is a common problem?”  

“As much as people hate to admit it,” Winter said with a deep scowl. She shifted so their bodies were no longer grazing each other. Penny missed the contact and comfort but it was easier to look at Winter now. That raw emotion Penny was scared of was dulled by the frustration so obvious on her face. Blue eyes glared at the stone ground, “If working with Dr. Polendina causes such anxiety, tell him. He is an extraordinarily kind man and wouldn’t want to harm you.”  

“I know father is-”  

“What?! E-Excuse me?” Winter’s head snapped to her. “Aro speculated that Dr. Polendina wanted a child but…” Penny shrunk in on herself. There was something wrong with- “No, no, don’t- damn it.” Winter took a breath, finger on her temples. “I am merely shocked. I expected a child, around the age of five, not a teenager.”  

Penny frowned, “I am, by all means, a young adult.”  

“You sound like Weiss,” Winter rolled her eyes. Then she noticed May and Aro heading out of the shop with a few drinks and some food. The Specialist slipped back into professional-mode too easily. Like it wasn’t a just a mask.  

But before the others returned, Penny took her hand and squeezed it softly, “Winter… Thank you.” Winter squeezed it back and smiled briefly. She didn’t answer, Aro’s aids would pick it up now that she was outside.  

Aro had a better sense of where the pair was, eyes never drifting to far from their mark but her worried face instantly changed to relief once she could see them.  

“Penny! I’m so sorry,” Aro said quickly taking a seat at Penny’s side. She let go of the drinks in her hand- Penny’s hands flew out to grab them from falling but it just floated. Gravity Dust, Penny reminded herself. Then she engulfed in a tight hug and lift ever so slightly. “I didn’t think- I won’t drag you into Menagerie size crowds again.”  

“I’m stable, with Winter’s help,” Penny said, patting Aro’s head. It took a few seconds for the mechanic to let go. By that time May had taken a seat and set the floating drinks on the table. “I wasn’t aware I had… anxiety.”  

“Therapist Schnee saves the day again,” May laughed. Aro sat next to her, elbowing the Huntress a little too hard.  

Winter reached for the drink labeled ‘Knight Commander’ and gave Aro a tired look. It wasn’t effective with the small smile on her lips. She then gave May a much more serious stare, “Being an older sister with a man like my father looming over us doesn’t make me a therapist.”  

“Makes you better than most Atlesians,” Aro grumbled. Her own drink was labeled ‘Weaponsmith’. The last two was ‘Spymaster’ and ‘Squire’. With a small giggle and a look at Aro, Penny took the one labelled Squire. Aro gave a brief grin, ears happily wiggling out of hiding for a moment before tucking back under her hair.  

“Alright so the thing with the Paladins and new Knights?” Aro paused, taking a deep sip of her drink and chewing on the boba. “They’re complete shit. They refused Xanthic’s code so her bulterbots are smarter than those toys with guns. They didn’t consult me on any changes with the Paladin and I don’t think Dr. Pietro even looked at those designs.”  

“I can confirm the last statement,” Penny said with a nod. She held her drink close but didn’t take a sip yet. “My father has been busy with other projects-”  

May’s fist slammed the table, another hand covering her mouth as she desperately tried not to choke or spit her drink everywhere. Winter made a face and casually slide over to Penny’s side, pressing shoulder to shoulder until Penny shifted and allowed Winter to escape.  

“F-father?! You’re Pietro’s kid- When?”  

“Since 240 days ago.” Penny said with a cheery smile.  

“May, I just she recently disclosed this information to me as well.” Winter said holding her hand up to stop the yelling. May glared at Aro who shrugged, but had a smile wrapped around the straw of her drink.  

“I met her yesterday and helped her take down a Spider Droid.”  

“Spider…” May looked ready to burst with how much information she was taking in. Winter looked surprised eyes wandering to Penny- then it cut back to Aro with an accusatory glare. “Aura.” May demanded. The look on her face was scary intense and slightly worried, “Did you have your Aura up?”  

“Uh…” A shimmer went across Aro’s body. Her eyes was wide and she shrank under the gaze of Atlas’ most elite Huntresses. “… Yes.” May looked ready to feint. Some humans do feint under intense emotions but she wondered if they could feint from experiencing too many emotions. Penny looked up a few procedures in case she does.  

May seemed to settle on exhaustion and defeat, but the panic drained a lot of color from her complexion. “Aurora Glade!” May let out a frustrated sigh and held her head. “You’re going to be the death of me.”  

“At least you’ll die loving me.”  

Winter flinched ever so slightly, a hand gently pressed to her lips as she struggled to maintain her dignified composure compared to May’s outburst. The Huntress was now bright red, very worrying for how pale she was a moment ago. Just as Aro was about to see it May ripped the plastic off her bubble tea and threw it at the mechanic’s face.  

Penny looked at her drink for a moment. This was recreational liquid meant for consumption. She was starting to have second opinions on how safe it would be for her system, after seeing two Huntresses choke on it and it being weaponized. But Winter’s soft chuckle set Penny at ease.  

Aro took everything in stride. She was laughing again, twirling her hair and squeezing the drink out of it while May stuttered for a moment. Winter was content- almost happy.  

Penny finally took a sip of her drink and pressed into Winter. The pair slide back to Winter’s side of the table, a little further from May and Aro as the pair started to playfully wrestle. She’d be okay, even with the glitches, Penny decided. She has 240 days of evidence, one friend Aro + May Marigold, and an uncategorized Winter Schnee to help her.  

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When you find a possible kennel offering Shih Tzu puppies for sale or a rescue which has older puppies, you shouldn't ever be asked for fiscal information first. You should have to fill out a digital adoption form, or some other form of application. If you do not fill out this form, a respectable breeder or rescue won't ever return to you. They will need to know just as much about you when you need to learn about them.

They do so to be sure you're paired with a pup that matches your personality and way of life. They also want to know and help you with all of your questions on Shih Tzu pet care so that your puppy has a forever home with you. The largest reason pets are abandoned is that the owners didn't know what they were getting into before they attracted the pet home.

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Why might you have to employ a puppy coach at any rate? This is a question that many individuals inquire

at the point when the subject comes up. You regularly hear individuals guaranteeing to have figured out how to prepare their

old canine without such offer assistance. These same good natured people will frequently go ahead to let you know

about the out of date techniques that grandpa passed on, for example, hitting "Old Trusty" on the nose with a moved up daily paper, or hanging a dead chicken around his neck to show him not to slaughter creatures.  dog training techniques

The individual taught in the right utilization of puppy preparing and canine brain science when hearing these

sorts of stories will subtly be considering, it was astonishing that old "Trusty" survived grandpas manhandle.

Possibly he did by abstaining from being around grandpa at any cost. "Trusty" likely observed grandpa and kept running the other way or low crept his approach to him with the reckoning of more manhandle. Beating a canine into accommodation is not preparing! Preparing, when done legitimately, utilizes the knowledge of humankind to control the puppy into fancied conduct, not our brutal mountain man side.

So back to the first question of "Why might you contract a pet canine coach?" Most individuals do as such when they keep running into issues that they completely comprehend they do not have the information to settle. Normally disappointment has developed when the puppy is always having house breaking issues, or he is obliterating things in the home or yard. He may have a fleeing issue, or simply be boisterous by and large. Pooch preparing is frequently the last exertion proprietors make in sparing the puppy from being conveyed to a safe house. The most clever of proprietors in any case, will utilize pooch preparing to take care of these issues BEFORE they at any point progress toward becoming issues. As a canine mentor, my most loved customers are the ones that call before they get the puppy. They realize that an ounce of counteractive action is justified regardless of a pound of cure. They frequently will make inquiries about the propensities of their type of decision BEFORE making the choice. This all by itself can keep them from beginning off kilter or settling on the wrong decision for their circumstance. A decent case of this is the 75 year old grandma who lived in an apartment suite who needed to know whether I thought it was a smart thought for her to interpretation of the Alaskan Malamute puppy that her grandchildren had purchased and now no longer needed to keep. The issues with the puppy were wildness, demolition, and hopping up on individuals. The remainder of which would clearly been an issue for a 75 year old lady. We at last settled the issue by choosing that the proper thing to do would be for the grandchildren (who were young people) to keep and prepare the puppy. Grandmother paid for it. The puppy kept his now more joyful home. Grandmother carried on with a more joyful life than she would with the likelihood of a broken hip created by a good natured yet excessively ardent puppy.

The previously mentioned puppy was prepared first at 5 months of age with every last bit of it's fundamental acquiescence, critical thinking, and home conduct (halting at entryways, doors, limits, and coming in and laying "set up" in a casual down stay) and in addition giving the proprietors appropriate administration systems, for example, the utilization of a case and pooch run zone when they were not there to screen the mutts conduct. As he turned into a significantly bigger youngster of around one year of age, he proceeded with his instruction into a more propelled level of preparing to protect that he stayed sensible. This family could hold their pooch as well as to appreciate him into maturity, all since Grandma made an imperative telephone get and discovered what she could do about a circumstance with a puppy that was gaining out of power for the whole family.

So now that we know why individuals employ Pet Dog Trainers, the following inquiry ought to be "How would I locate a decent one?" This is not a simple question to answer since it requires a touch of disclosing with reference to how one turns into a Pet Dog Trainer. I continue alluding to the coach as a Pet Dog Trainer instead of only a mentor on the grounds that there are various sorts of coaches. The are for example Movie Dog Trainers, Sport Dog Trainers (for particular rivalries), Police Dog Trainers, Gun Dog Trainers, and so forth. Each of these sorts of mentors has in like manner that they prepare pooches however the applications are endlessly unique and most don't relate well to Pet Dog Training. The Pet Dog Trainer has to know how to prepare any type of pooch to be a decent pet. This is more troublesome than it sounds since it requires that the mentor have the capacity to alter their strategies as per the individual puppy (breed, disposition, measure and so on)

Albeit a few coaches begin in a specific field, for example, Sport Dog Training, or Police Dog Training, and after that proceed onward to Pet Dog Training, this requires an expansion to their instruction. Shockingly large portions of these sorts never get that training and attempt to apply their old methods that may have been relevant on a Sport Dog (take stun collars for example) a customers pet Maltipoo. As we would see it, the best instruction that a Pet Dog Trainer can get is working for another Pet Dog Trainer for at least one to two years. The reality of the matter is that there are courses around that offer confirmation in preparing yet few of them furnish any considerable involvement with quantities of mutts.

So where do you begin when searching for a Pet Dog Trainer for your puppy? Likewise with most administrations an informal suggestion from somebody who has officially utilized a specific coach and was happy with the administration is ideal. Asking your veterinarian, groomer, or other pet proficient for a

suggestion would be second. Regardless of whether you get such a suggestion you can begin with an Internet seek in your general vicinity to limit the potential outcomes. Call a few places yet ensure you have a rundown of inquiries arranged early that you solicit all from them. This helps you limit your field of conceivable outcomes by looking at similar issues instead of various ones. On the off chance that the sites have effectively given you the responses to specific inquiries you don't have to ask them unless you have motivation to question the data. Here are some basic inquiries you ought to dependably ask and get agreeable responses to:

1. To what extent have you been in the matter of Pet Dog Training?

Ensure that you are evident that you are getting some information about the BUSINESS not about to what extent the

individual has been preparing canine, or consolidated involvement with their staff. This is essential to

know for two reasons. In the first place, you don't need your pooch to be an investigation for an unpracticed coach. Everybody began some place yet I don't have the foggiest idea about a solitary customer that needs to volunteer to

be the a first where their PET is concerned. Additionally, you need to be as certain as conceivable that your

coach will be there for you when you return for help or additionally preparing at a later date. Numerous

puppy coaches hang their shingle and after that leave business in 2-5 years because of an absence of

involvement in maintaining a business or different components.

2. What sort of techniques do you utilize and how could you create them?

There are three primary schools of thought in pooch preparing. The individual you are conversing with will

likely uncover their strategies immediately by how they portray them to you. To begin with at the far left

of the range you have your head strap and snap and treat style mentors. These strategies

are for the most part most appropriate to puppies with actually subordinate natures. This strategy depends on

the giving and withholding of reward as a base strategy with the clicker to "stamp" the right

conduct. While there is nothing "incorrectly" with this technique it doesn't function admirably to produce

commonsense every day conduct in an expansive number of puppies. It is best utilized as a prologue to charges

with youthful puppies and canines with consistent demeanors. Individuals are generally not willing to have

a clicker on them at all circumstances. Moreover head bridles may look more compassionate than preparing collars

be that as it may, in the event that they are not utilized appropriately they can torque or even break a canines neck. Head bridles

are useful for controlling the leader of a canine who might be forceful, or an extraordinary puller yet

there are different techniques that work for these circumstances also.

The second school of believed is the better known preparing neckline technique which can incorporate

different sorts of collars reliant on the requirements of the puppy. Standard snap and discharge preparing

techniques are connected here. For the most part custom behavioral parameters will be set for the puppy

around the house and redresses using sound, taste, and notice affiliations will likewise be

connected. There ought to never be mishandle, for example, kicking, hitting, or hanging, related with

this strategy. There ought to be reward related with this strategy also. Such rewards

can be irregular sustenance, toy, verbal, and physical acclaim. This is an anti-extremist style of preparing.

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One of the things we did over my Summer of Covid And Thesis Hell was, more or less on impulse, adopt a ten week old cattle dog puppy. (His name is Benton Fraser, because he appeared very focused on what we all wanted out of him at the time but let's be real: he's a cattle dog and therefore has a very real creative asshole streak.)

You can have a picture, and then I'm going to cut this because I'm going to have myself an indulgent ramble.

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He was and is intended to be T's dog first, which is fair because Tribble thinks the world rises and sets on me. But because we live together and are both dog nerds and also because he's a tiny cattle dog and therefore powered by glee and rocket fuel, having him has really gotten me back into dog training and thinking about dogs again, both with him and with nine year old Tribble. Especially after my PI tried to push me so hard that I cracked, snapped, and forcibly took a couple of weeks off to try and recover some of my mental health in August, then tackled my defense. I'm still... more fragile than I want to be, but I'm clawing my way back to maybe sort of looking at okay.

Anyway.

I'm fascinated by a lot of things as I dig into dog culture and training work again. One thing I've been appreciating is how much training and handling a dog is forcing me to be present in my body again. I've been spending a lot of time dissociated over the course of the past four years, as it turns out, and that means that I haven't been able to respond as quickly as I might want to the behaviors my dog is producing. Practicing that again has done wonders in ways that still surprise me. I also wind up fitting myself into a more praise focused mentality, because it's important to me to train like I teach: set achievable parameters for success, find honest things to praise, and try to minimize confusion on the part of my student. It's a lot easier to praise a puppy than a me.

Because Tribble's nine and clearly going to slow down long before Benton will, we're looking at adding a second cattle dog (or similar type) in between one to three years, to be primarily handled by me. So I've been trying to spend some of the time when I'm not finishing my thesis or teaching on attempting to figure out where cattle dog people are talking about working with dogs.

I don't really have specific ambitions beyond agility, maybe a bit of flyball, and maybe, maybe, some service work: med alerts, nudging me if I zone too badly, that kind of thing. But I want to listen to cattle dog people talking about working their dogs and learning from them, and--

It's really hard!

There's a couple of corners of herding people that talk quietly in a Facebook group, and reading what they have to say is really interesting and keeps making me think about the parallels between herding stock and teaching various audiences (both human and not), although I haven't crystallized that yet. But so far I can't find anyone in cattle dogs really talking about running them in sport, which is weird: they're infamously bright dogs, they have tons of drive, they're absolutely capable of being fast, and you really should give them something interesting to do before they figure one out on their own. Probably something involving teeth.

Instead it seems to mostly be oddballs running a single, often rescued ACD in agility and often doing really well. The breeders I can find, as I'm beginning to get a sense for politics in my hunting, seem to largely focus on conformation with a sizeable minority working for herding ability, and the conformation folks seem to only be working on conformation.

IDK, it's weird. Benton is already notable for not liking repetition but he's so bright, and he clearly wants to learn, and I can't figure out why there are so few breeders comparatively speaking with these dogs who compete in anything but the conformation ring. Especially those who aren't personally very into herding for its own sake!

I'm still hunting for pockets of the discussions I want to sit and listen to, largely on Facebook so far. I've found a couple of breeders who have me impressed, all working primarily with herding in the dogs, and I figure I'll wait until I'm properly done with the PhD before I delve into actually talking to people and reaching out. But it's definitely a really interesting place to be sitting and thinking about options.