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I am your host, Laura Reeves,

and I'm super excited.

My friend, Will Alexander, is here.

And I know Will's been on before.

We talked about a bunch of stuff,

but he has a new series of children's books

that I'm so excited about.

They're so freaking cute.

And so I just can't stand it.

And you guys know how much I love my book reviews.

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Hey, well, how you doing?

Hey, Elor, I'm good.

Good to see you.

Good to see you too.

So talk me through,

buddy, the beagle.

What kind of brought this on?

And I need to know,

I know you're writing it.

Are you drawing it too?

No, I'm not drawing it.

I'm not an artist.

I initially had my nephew

and my son working on it.

Right.

Which would have been great.

But there of that generation

that are easily distracted.

And I couldn't get any work done from them.

So I went to a couple of sites,

fever and something else.

I was trying to get an illustrator.

And most of them,

I was funny.

We're using AI anyway.

So I just went to AI

and I described where I

were and buddy looked like.

Sure.

And away we went.

There you go.

Well, tell me about

why you decided to do

buddy the beagle.

I mean, that's pretty fun.

Well, obviously,

we all know I have this

kidnship with beagles.

Yeah.

I always had a beagle.

And buddy was the first beagle

I ever campaigned.

Buddy's based on a real dog.

Okay.

The name was

Lenergy Clancy

Lower the Boom.

And he won the American

National in 1992.

Oh my God.

He was the first Canadian beagle

there with the American

National.

And his ads,

when I was showing him,

everybody called him

Budman.

I don't know why.

But they would say

the adventure is a Budman.

And I just sort of,

I went from there.

And on a lark,

I wrote it on my kitchen table

one morning.

I wrote the first one,

which is called

what is my name

because I didn't want to

show that cute.

Is that adorable?

What is my name?

And it tells a story about

how this little beagle

hope he doesn't have a name

and all his friends

have a name.

And how he got his name.

So the first one,

I sent off my sister

does on my editing.

And she said,

this is really cute.

I said,

what should we do with it?

She said,

do the same thing you do with

your last book.

Right.

To go through Amazon and make

it a book.

So we did.

But then I started hearing

they liked series of children's

books.

Okay.

So I started,

the next one was

but he finds a family.

And this little girl is

based on Adam

and Katie's little girl,

Savannah.

Adam and Katie Bernhard

knew you guys has

the cutest little girl.

And that's her.

Like you must have been

that picture

because that's her.

Kenny Wall and I

are called Kenny.

And we started

because I have all these photos

of Savannah since she was a

baby.

Right.

And her eyes keep

changing colors on.

So I'm like,

what color are her eyes?

So we talked about her

for an hour.

And I had this one picture

and we ended up with this

in both Kenny and I

agree that if

Savannah was a cartoon,

here she is.

So cute.

I love it.

I love it.

So bringing the whole

like dog family

into the book,

which I think is fantastic.

Yeah.

And I sent them to,

Savannah was the first one

to get them as well.

She also got

Buddy's first Christmas,

which is about

Savannah and Buddy in their

first Christmas.

So Savannah,

she was the first one

to ever get the book.

And they're very,

very adorable kind of that

five to six-year-old kind

of kids book.

Is that kind of what

you're thinking?

Oh, for sure.

Like I wanted Buddy

to be this like this gentle

colorful character

that would guide Savannah

who were with two things

in life through adventures.

So like we all did

when we were kids.

We didn't have imaginary

friends.

Exactly.

I think that's perfectly

fair and legitimate.

You mentioned your other book

and I was looking through

your website.

I was trying to find

it's about an Irish

center.

Show us that one.

Because that one is

for the love of dogs.

Yes.

I wrote this in 2013.

I wrote this.

It didn't come to fruition

until later on.

I wrote in 2013.

And it was a story

about a boy that moves

in next door to a

breeder of Irish

and he learns that he's

interested in dogs.

He didn't know he was

at all.

And then he starts

working for this

gentleman who really doesn't

want anything to do with

anybody.

And separate dogs.

Right.

I think it's a nice story

and then he ends up being

a handler.

And people ask me,

what is that?

Honorable.

And not really.

You're family had dogs,

right?

Yeah.

And you're right.

What you know.

So it's just,

there's different people.

It's funny.

When I gave it to

George Sharid,

I was like,

there are characters

were right.

Who is this one?

This one is you.

I mean,

he doesn't realize he's

a combination of a lot

of these characters.

You know, it's good

when you have people

in your life that have

so many personalities they

can fill a book.

Oh, yeah.

That sounds about right

for George Austin.

That sounds about right.

Okay.

So what else is on the horizon?

I mean,

you've got more kids'

books.

I actually just finished

buddy the beagle

and the Easter egg hunt.

And it's going to be

out.

I hope in the next couple

weeks.

Love it.

Yeah.

So that we just finished

that Tracy Cartwright

who I cobreed beagles

with up here in Canada.

She helps me with a lot

of that stuff.

I told you earlier,

is there something

I can't do?

I find someone

that can do it and we

combine.

Right.

It's just the way I've

always been,

and when I was showing dogs,

my assistant

were always had a

talent that just

helped, you know,

just helped.

I was talking to somebody

yesterday for a different

show.

And he was talking about

being an assistant.

He was an assistant

for barbeys all

down in Florida.

And he had come

from overseas and,

you know,

the awareness of how

important

assistants are.

Oh, my God.

And I'm like,

I promise you,

none of us could do any

of this without good

experience.

I tried to find a really

strong team of

assistants.

Because you're only

as good as the team

around you.

Yes.

They were great.

They made me look

great.

I often had younger kids

like they would start

with me and then

continue on.

That was kind of like my

pipeline.

And they were just so

amazing.

You know, these little

guys running around,

like crazy.

I'll never forget

when he was a small boy.

Right?

But he was tough.

And I'm showing

something in the last

group.

And this kid's like,

I don't know,

13 maybe.

And I come back to the

set-up.

He has the entire set-up

packed all by himself.

Like the whole thing.

Cool beans,

man.

Hey, this one,

young lady named

Jordan.

I had a good

staff of assistance.

I came back to the set-up

and there was this young

lady sweeping the set-up.

And I'm like,

who are you?

And really,

it was Jordan.

And she just started

cleaning up, which

just came in.

She had befriended some

of the other girls.

So she was in the set-up

talking.

Started cleaning up.

Plus she worked for me

for probably five or six

years.

She was great.

You know, yeah.

Worked out perfectly.

Yeah.

And that turned out

her grandma.

That was one of my very

first clients in America.

Oh, my gosh.

Oh, my gosh.

That's fantastic.

So you are now fully

retired from handling.

Yeah.

Yes.

You're judging.

I'm judging.

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I wanted to know,

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can you say one, two, four?

And they know what

I'm talking about.

One other thing.

So are you, cause you're

Approve to numa.

Yeah, I thought it was eight, but it's now up to 16. Yeah, well, it was eight. Yeah. Okay, awesome. So what's your next super big exciting assignment?

I've got a few good ones coming up. I mean Australia this year. I'm in nice. I'm doing the Canadian Beagle National this year.

I'm coming up to do the Canadian Toll or National. I knew that someone told me that. I'm excited. I'm like, where is that being held?

Ontario. It's like almost by Buffalo. It's down in the little, you know, can down in that little spot there.

I don't know. It's Eastern Canada. Good. No, you'll enjoy yourself. Yeah. Have you been here before?

I actually judged tollors in Canada. I was brought up to do a golden specialty and they added tollors like the day before their national to my assignment.

That was a blast. And then when the people reached out to have me do the national this year, they're like, we really wanted you then because it was like BC.

And it would have been less expensive. But we couldn't get you. So will you come this year? Sure. No problem. You'll enjoy yourself.

I'm really good tollors breeders in Canada. Yeah. Well, and I mean, I'm sorry, but judging a breeds national in the country of origin, that's cool.

Oh, it's like I've done for a few of the tours up here in Canada. And it's great when they're all together because the depth is.

Each one makes the other one better. So you all get strong. It's fun. Yeah, absolutely fun.

Very cool. And you do more podcasts, even than I do. And I thought that was a thing.

I know a bunch of my listeners also listen to you crossover. We call that. Yeah, we have a lot of appeal.

So you were just like dog podcasts. Well, yeah, I mean, they just put us all on replay. I mean, I can't talk all day.

So, you know, get tired of listening to my voice. They can listen to the Canadian accent.

Do I have an accent? Oh, no. What's that about?

I was just going to do the a boot in the A.

What's the new one? I just saw it because I knew the dog show drive that was you and my friend, whose name just ran out of my way.

Yeah. Hello, Laura. But there's a new one up. I just saw.

Yeah, I do the dog show drive Canadian addition with Yvonne Norton, who was a Raymond Uric sister.

Yvonne was my assistant for probably 10 years. And I don't know if you've heard many of them, but she is hilarious.

Yes, the best sense of humor. But she also knows how to put me in my place when I get to.

Oh, she's going to take you down a notch when you're too.

Yeah. So she's, we play off each other very well. Yeah, I have that one.

And I have the interview ones that you've seen. And I also do a coaches corner with George once a month.

That's the one I saw the coaches corner. Okay.

I love doing that. I speak to George anyway. So I thought, well, let's record it.

So that's cute. I like that. I like that. That's like the one that we started doing the Marty and Laura show, right?

That's me and Marty Greer. I love that because we're trying to get to junky public, right?

Like the average person. And I think that's one of the things I love about your children's book.

All of that, all the ways that we can get to real people that aren't dog people and reach them with that kind of messaging.

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Talk to me, you know, they've got anti-crop and doc.

Where is Canada versus the U.S. on kind of the legislative pieces?

For anti-dog and crop.

Right now, there's only one problem.

There's only one province left standing and that's Ontario.

And they're making a case for right now, and we've had some not sure when it's being voted on, but there's been a lot of talk about it in the CKC and online.

We talked about it on our show.

We modernized and asked for input from people.

So what's the feeling?

For the last one standing.

What's the vibe up there?

Well, the preservation readers want to stick with the dogs how they were, how they're supposed to be.

And just like in today's world, we have people that are anti.

They may have never had a dogman, but they think it's cruel and they want them to have their ears down.

They don't realize why it was done.

They don't realize the tail docking the ear and cropping are for a reason, you know, for their job.

I talk to people all the time because obviously where here's a doctor breed.

And one of my go-to's in that conversation is, I think it was the University of Edinburgh, but it was in Scotland after the UK instituted the docking ban.

And they studied the breeds that work still, right?

Hunting dogs and stuff like that that had been historically docked.

And they found that what we have said all along, that they're going to get more tail injuries.

And they reversed the docking ban for working breeds.

Even as little as a due clause, like due clause, it can cause a lot of damage to a dog if they're working with them.

Yeah, I have this argument with people all the time.

I'm like, I hunt with my dogs, right?

Like I have seen dogs with their due clause ripped off.

It is not adorable.

Pretty.

And tail wounds, tail wounds are not pretty.

They'd be forever.

Same with ears, you know?

These dogs are being used for their purpose.

Yeah.

Again, they were modified in a way to make them less injured.

Well, I guess the word, right?

Injury when, you know, it affects their long-term, you know, some of these tail injuries and ear injuries that never heal.

And then it becomes an actual major surgery.

I've noticed some dogs that didn't get their tails docked and they're working dogs for hunting dogs.

And they've damaged it so much that they've had to have a completely taken off.

Yes.

Yeah.

What was the sense of that?

Doesn't make a lot of sense to me either.

I've taken your dog's tail when you're three years old compared to eight weeks old or three days old, man.

Yeah.

Three days old.

Huge difference.

I've had a dog breach since I was a kid.

I English cockers when I was a kid.

Yes.

But yeah.

So it's a big difference.

The big docked breeds is basically all I've ever known.

I remember showing you some cockaches.

I remember showing you an English cock or a gene force.

I think his tail was docked too long.

This is back the day they were all docked.

Yeah.

And you just see how unfortunate it was about his tail and maybe you can get it done now.

And I thought there's no way I can.

He's like a year old.

There's no way it'd be like taking his arm off at that point.

Yeah.

Yeah.

It's a lot.

But I was curious because we've got some anti-breeder legislation going on in Oregon.

And everybody's talking about crop and dock.

So curious what was going on in Canada.

So the next question.

We just saw some interesting.

I thought information come across about AKC and CKC teaming up on some new like companion sport type titles.

Yeah.

On their titles.

Yeah.

Yeah.

So that as well.

I think that's great.

And now on pedigrees, it'll say Canadian champion or American champion on the crisis.

Right.

Because people that are breeding dogs, you look back and say, why wasn't this dock finished?

Well, he was finishing his country.

Right.

I think that's great.

They've combined that way.

So I just think it's great that it's on the pedigrees because we've always done it.

Right.

Like we go up to Canada.

We get a Canadian championship and we come home and we say, I'm can champion.

Right.

Yeah.

A million of those.

From a Bermuda there too.

We used to have a few years there.

Bermuda was very popular.

Yes.

Everybody would get a Bermuda.

I remember that one.

I never went.

But I'm like, that looks like fun.

Oh, it was fun.

There's a lot of fun.

Those shows.

That looks like fun.

Mine was Canada because I lived in Washington.

So it was just pop across the border.

I was just there.

I was just in Seattle.

Where are you?

Yeah.

Me and I lived up there.

I used to go to those Hound specialties at the Peace Arch Park and all the stuff.

What was it?

Cloverdale.

Cloverdale.

Yeah.

Those winter shows.

A lot of fun up there.

How are duck shows doing in Canada?

Numbers wise.

We're struggling down here.

I'm curious.

Our numbers have never been great.

But they sort of mirror America on a map wise.

Like if you like Western shows still get a pretty good number.

Same as Western.

Canadian shows get a good number.

There's not as many of them.

That's why I think that.

Yeah.

Down in.

I can walk out my door here.

Milton Ontario.

And most weekends go three different directions.

Six hours.

I'm at a dog show.

I think people look at Western Canadian shows.

How come their interviews are staying so big?

Well, because they have one show for three provinces, basically.

And they all come.

Right?

They all get on their way.

And there's so much to be said for that.

Oh, I agree.

We all have discussed it.

I mean everywhere.

About could we just not have so many shots?

So just one we're going to go.

Right.

Right.

Right.

Remember being a kid and being from near Toronto when there was only one show

was who same re was eight or nine hours away.

And my parents loaded me up in the van off we went.

Yeah.

We started showing dogs when I was probably well 13 like that when we got the first

clumbers.

So then I drugged my parents into it instead of the other way around.

They took to it, you know, like a fish to water.

But I can remember because my parents wouldn't let me work for a handler.

Like I didn't get to do that until I was out of college or in college.

Like that was a super no in my family.

And so my mom and I would go to the dog shows.

My dad didn't often come.

He did the field work and my mom did the dog shows.

And so mom and I would drive.

I mean all over Helen creation.

Right?

Because it's Oregon.

There's.

Here's the four GPS.

Oh God.

Yes.

And the best story in the world.

This is the best story in the world.

We would go up to the rose city classic.

What is now called the rose city classic.

I've been going to that dog show basically every year since I was 13.

And you know, there's the exit that's right after the dog show that's for the island.

We would always wind up at the wrong exit every single time.

We'd be like, no mom, no, we got to go to this one.

No, I'm pretty sure it was the wrong.

Every single.

If we had GPS back in the day would have saved my shoulder of B.

I'm Arab driving to a show one time with Allison and I.

And I kept getting lost, kept getting lost, kept getting lost.

Finally I pulled over and instead of helping you with the map,

she just sort of wailed on me.

But it beat you with it.

That's the difference because that's a husband and wife thing.

I never had a husband or a partner that was like,

you know, traveling with me and bossing me around.

Which is probably a good thing.

But I did have that atlas.

You know, the road atlas.

Oh, yeah.

I probably still I knew it's right over there.

Oh, I one of those two.

Still have it with all of the best body spots marked on the road atlas.

Which exit they were at.

Which exit had a cool rest area.

Beat up dog year.

I can go anywhere.

And there was a kid that worked for me.

And I told him to look in the map to find me.

I don't know, something wherever we were going.

And he didn't know east from west.

Like he didn't know how to find directions on a map.

Because he was a young and he'd only ever had GPS.

And I'm like, dude.

I know when I was first introduced to GPS,

it was one of my assistants.

Well, why don't I just punch you in my phone?

I'm like, what?

That's not going to work.

And I refused to use GPS because I was sure it was going to drive me into a lake.

Like I was convinced that I was going to wind up in this horrible situation

because I followed the GPS instead of my own brain, right?

Well, now of course, I can barely go across the street without a GPS.

I know, it's crazy now.

I mean, I think that's one of the more fascinating concepts of looking at people of our,

you know, gently matured years.

And trying to share the wisdom of reading the map while driving down the road.

Yeah, they just think we're fools.

And they're like, y'all, dude.

Yeah.

Punch that in.

And now you don't have to punch in.

You just have to say it.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Right.

I just want to go here.

Okay.

Yeah.

We will take care of that.

I remember being a child driving the shows with my mom and dad.

And I was flabbergasted that my dad knew how to get to these dog shows.

How do you remember to get to see him?

How do you remember to get to Perth County?

How do you remember?

And he just did it.

Yeah.

Well, because you go often enough, you just drive there, right?

Yeah.

Like it's the same thing I can still get to dog shows in all kinds of random places.

And I couldn't tell you how to get there.

I just go there.

I remember being on the Florida circuit when you were a dentist, Diola.

And he wanted to have dinner.

And he said, well, follow me.

And we drove into middle of nowhere.

And he stopped at this restaurant.

But he knew exactly where he was going.

Yep.

How did you know?

20 years.

William.

We got this restaurant.

I mean, when I came back from Nebraska, I used to spend a ton of time down in northern California.

Jeff Heim and Blossom and Lesley Papa and all these people.

And Jeff was like the restaurant picker.

Like we didn't get to say anything.

Jeff just told us where we were going to dinner.

And it was the same thing.

He would drive us clear out into the wine country somewhere.

And we'd have the most amazing meal you'd ever imagine in this little place that's an hour from the dog show.

But it was amazing.

Yeah.

And this was the same way.

Yeah.

Amazing.

Unbelievable.

All right.

Well, well, thank you so much.

I really appreciate getting to talk to you.

I never get to see you as much.

Thank you, Laura.

I think we saw each other briefly.

Blue by each other in Portland, exactly.

And that's what I said.

I had just seen your books.

And I'm like, OK, you're going to have to come talk to us about the books because they are stinking cute.

We'll drop a link in the show notes.

You know, so people can come.

Click a link and get to your website and buy those for their children because I think they're adorable.

And maybe the Easter one will be up by the time this launches.

Oh, sure.

A couple of weeks anyway.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Cool, yeah.

All right.

Well, great to talk to you.

See you soon.

Thank you, Laura.

You take care.

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