 I've always wanted a dog, so I've had dogs when I was a kid, things like that, but this time around I thought instead of just buying a dog and having to commit for 10 years or whatever, we're going to have a one-year commitment and do something with a special dog. So I decided to get involved with the puppy raising program. You're really good before you get started, so everyone at the GuyDogs will sort of explain to you exactly what's expected and that it is quite a big job, but I was sort of ready for a bit of commitment in my life and it sounded like something I could do. It's not like, yeah, here's a puppy and we'll see you in 12 months, like you know that there's going to be a lot of work, but nothing can really prepare you for just how much work it is. There is a lot of effort that goes into it, but it's all rewarding as well. Just explained, I said like this is something I want to do, you know, it's nothing to do with work, it's a life thing that I want to do for myself, but it's going to affect work obviously, but yeah, they were fully supportive of it and I explained what it actually means to have a GuyDog puppy in the office and what my commitments would be, but yeah, they were fully supportive of it. Just sort of educating them before the puppy arrives that you can't just, it's not a pet basically. So once I understand that, you just sort of explain how important it is to do certain things with the puppy. They understand and everyone followed the rules and worked really well. When you've got the puppy at home, that's where it's a lot more fun, like it's still great to have her at work, but she will sort of, she gets taught to stay under the desk and be quiet and stuff, but when you get home, that's where you can sort of have all the fun. It's special with a GuyDog puppy because you can't just go for a walk and let them you know play and sniff and everything, there's a lot of structure around what they can do and it's actually quite enjoyable adhering to this structure and watching that the dog sort of develop and get better and get closer to being a GuyDog. I thought it would affect me a lot, like I sort of told my friends when I started doing it that you'd probably not going to see me that much, but in reality it just, it didn't change anything, so still go have coffees and go to the pub and everything and then once they sort of get to that age where they're allowed to start visiting those places, yeah, take her out to cafes and things like that and she joins me and my friends and yeah, and everyone loves her, so she's part of the group now. The only thing that you need to pay for is a bed and toys. Toys obviously because they go through a lot of toys, but all the food and all the vet bills and everything is taken care of by them, so yeah, it doesn't cost you anything at all, which is a really good way to get a dog. As long as they've got somewhere to sort of toilet outdoors or, you know, if they've got one of those sort of fake grass trays, that's generally enough and the main thing is that they get exercise and socialization, but nothing sort of beats getting them down to the park and we're lucky here because we live really close to a big dog park, so we go there every day. So she's a bit of a celebrity down there, but that's where she gets all her energy out. That's the only question people will always ask you, how are you going to give it back? You sort of say, well, that's the job, that's why I'm doing it, is because she does go back and then she's going to go on to be a special pup for someone else. I think I can't not have a puppy in my life now. I consider getting like a forever dog, but it's still it's a big commitment and now that I've sort of had this like special pup that's you know, got this really important job to do, like I don't think I can just go back to having a normal dog. So I might end up as a serial puppy racer, which, you know, it's not a bad thing to be.