Textual Healing: Dog Disturbance

Summary

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Textual Healing: Dog Disturbance

Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update – December 11, 2025

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Episode Overview

In this episode of Brooke and Jeffrey’s “Textual Healing” segment, listener Allison seeks help dealing with a conflict involving her neighbor’s constantly barking dog. The team aims to help draft a text that will both reopen dialogue with Allison’s neighbors—who have stopped responding—and ideally resolve the noisy issue without escalating neighborly tensions. With humor and empathy, the hosts brainstorm strategies, react to the neighbor's surprising responses, and navigate the exasperation and comedy born from neighborhood drama.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Allison’s Situation and Frustration (02:45–05:55)

• Background: Allison explains her growing annoyance with her neighbor's new dog, whose barking has become incessant.
• She’s already texted the neighbors “very nicely,” asking for the barking to stop, but the situation only worsened, and her follow-up pleas are now ignored.
• Allison hates confrontation and doesn’t want to damage her neighborly relationship but feels desperate.
  • Quote: “I’m serious. I mean, really… It’s driving me nuts.” —Allison (05:20)

2. Initial Advice from Hosts (05:56–06:56)

• The hosts empathize and share relatable stories of their own dog-related neighbor mishaps.
• Emphasize the need for balance—addressing the problem while maintaining peace.
  • Quote: “Living next door to someone that you hate or hates you is going to be even worse than the dog barking.” —Brooke (08:07–08:16)

3. Brainstorming a New Approach (06:57–11:13)

• Goal: Reopen communication and approach the issue with humor to “disarm” the tension.
• Suggested text: a playful knock-knock joke about the dog's barking, employing lighthearted emojis.
• The team grapples with whether a joke will be endearing or come off as passive aggressive.
  • Quote: “Three pleases is, like, condescending almost. Okay.” —Brooke (07:27)
  • Quote: “Even though this is probably some of the worst advice we’ve ever given, I do want to try it.” —Jeffrey (10:41)

4. The Neighbor Responds—With a Surprising Excuse (12:10–13:13)

• Allison receives a reply: the neighbors claim their holistic vet advised them to let the dog “express his emotions,” so the barking must be allowed.
  • Quote: “We’ve tried, but Barney needs to express... Barney has to express himself. That’s what they told me. It’s a dog.” —Allison quoting her neighbor (12:56)
  • “He’s barking for his mental health.” —Jeffrey (13:13)

5. Strategizing Another Response (13:16–15:42)

• Brooke suggests a neutral, curious response, avoiding direct confrontation:
  • “That’s interesting. Maybe your dog could express itself in other ways, like fetch or a doggy talking pad?”
• The hosts emphasize not attacking, but offering constructive alternatives.
• Emphasis is on asking questions so as not to seem accusatory.

6. Neighbor Doubles Down—"Dog’s Free Will" (16:28–16:43)

• The neighbors reply again, saying Allison must “respect the free will of all creatures,” asserting that if their dog “chooses to be an outside dog,” he deserves freedom.
  • Quote: “If he chooses to be an outside dog, we have to let him be free. Oh, my God.” —Allison (16:28)

7. Hosts’ Final Suggestions: Leaning Into the High Road and Humor (16:47–18:43)

• The group suggests that, rather than keep pushing, Allison could take the “high road” and perhaps try to befriend the dog.
• Jokes fly about retaliatory drumming at 2 a.m. or taking up dog sitting to "disarm" the situation.
  • Quote: “Maybe if I got to know him... maybe I should just take the high road.” —Allison (18:08)
  • Quote (sarcastic): “Why not say, ‘You know what? You’re right. Who are we to say when and where your dog can bark? I want to get to know your dog better—let me dog sit for you.’” —Jeffrey (17:26)

8. Resolution (or Not) and Takeaway (18:43–19:24)

• The problem isn’t fully solved, but communication is reestablished; at least the animosity is lessened and Allison feels more supported.
  • Quote: “You did solve something because you made me feel good.” —Allison (18:53)
  • Quote: “I like your loose interpretation of success.” —Brooke (19:17)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• [05:20] Allison: “I have these neighbors... every single time there's a wind blowing, a squirrel, a rabbit... Barking, driving me nuts.”
• [07:27] Brooke (on text etiquette): “Three pleases is, like, condescending almost. Okay.”
• [10:41] Jeffrey: “Even though this is probably some of the worst advice we've ever given, I do want to try it.”
• [12:56] Allison (reading neighbor’s reply): “Barney needs to express his emotions... our holistic vet said Barney has to express himself.”
• [13:13] Jeffrey (summarizing neighbor logic): “He's barking for his mental health.”
• [17:26] Jeffrey (deadpan suggestion): “Who are we to say when and where your dog can bark? ...Let me dog sit for you.”
• [18:53] Allison: “You did solve something because you made me feel good.”

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Timestamps for Crucial Segments

• [02:45] Start of main segment, Allison’s story
• [05:46] Allison describes emotional toll
• [07:12] Unsuccessful neighbor communication to date
• [09:20] Discussion of strategy—start with humor?
• [10:53] Crafting and sending the knock-knock joke text
• [12:56] Neighbor’s “holistic vet” defense unveiled
• [14:53] Drafting the calm, alternative-suggestion response
• [16:28] Neighbor presses "free will" argument
• [17:26] Hosts joke about extreme diplomacy—offer to dog sit
• [18:53] Emotional takeaways and light-hearted resolution
• [21:26] Listeners’ online comments post-episode

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Listener Comments & Closing Thoughts

• Listeners vent and joke about passive aggression, edibles for dogs, and using apps to stop neighborly nuisance barking.
  • Quote: “I downloaded an app that transmitted the silent ringing noise that dogs can hear, but we can’t. It worked every time.” —Listener comment (21:46)
• The hosts laugh about the situation and the limits of what can be solved with texting.
• The episode closes with the promise of more entertaining, if not always successful, neighborly interventions.

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Tone & Style

The episode maintains a playful, sometimes self-deprecating humor, balancing empathy for Allison’s plight with laughter about the absurdity of messy neighbor relations. The hosts riff off one another with quips, gentle teasing, and creative (if questionable) suggestions, providing both catharsis and comic relief.

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Transcript

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[Brooke]

Hey, it's Brooke and Jeffrey and you found the Second Date podcast. If you've heard of textual healing before, then you know how this works. If you haven't, it's where we have a listener write some help texting. Yeah, sometimes you just don't know the right words to say or you're stuck in a weird situation.

[Alexis]

Like today she needs help with our neighbor texting.

[Brooke]

Okay. Yeah, so we're gonna go through that today in just a second. But we always love to start with your comments.

[Alexis]

Yurti Said found you guys on TikTok. Decided to search you up on Spotify now. I listen to you guys every day when I'm walking, driving, drawing, learning, etc. I've listened to every single episode from 2012 until now. You guys are amazing. Love from Lithuania.

[Brooke]

Oh, that's so cool.

[Jose]

That's great.

[Brooke]

We know ETC is going to the bathroom.

[Alexis]

Yeah, I know that.

[Brooke]

Yeah. And we're okay with it. Yeah.

[Jeffrey]

Call him out, Brooke.

[Brooke]

All right, your textual healing starts right now.

[Jeffrey]

I don't think this has ever happened on the show before, where mid call, we just had to pause and tell the woman on the phone to just breathe. She was that worked up.

[Jose]

Yeah.

[Jeffrey]

But you know what? You might feel the same way if you were in her shoes, dealing with her neighbor next door and the tiny problem that's been slowly ruining her life. Oh, we're going to try and help her fix it with our fingers, all 11 of them. And you're going to hear what that problem was. We're going to do it.

[Brooke]

Why do you have 11?

[Jeffrey]

Oh, I use an extra one when I text.

[Brooke]

I don't want to know.

[Jeffrey]

You'll hear her problem in a brand new textual healing.

[Jose]

That's the emoji finger.

[Brooke]

God, why do I ask questions?

[Jeffrey]

It's coming up right after this.

[Commercial Announcer]

When.

[Allison]

I get that feeling.

[Jeffrey]

Textual healing. Textual. There's a saying that good fences make good neighbors.

[Brooke]

Oh, yes.

[Jeffrey]

And there's another saying that says bad neighbors make good fertilizer. I don't support that one, but I will say I do see the point. Because annoying neighbors can really get on your nerves and create unnecessarily problems for you and your life.

[Brooke]

Okay, that's true.

[Jeffrey]

And apparently there's something that's going on with one of our listeners. Listeners? Allison and her next door neighbor.

[Brooke]

Please tell me the neighbor's still above ground after Jeffrey's intro. There.

[Jeffrey]

Let's find out. Yeah, maybe she needs to text the morgue or something to come pick him up. Allison, how you doing?

[Allison]

Oh, do I need you guys help? Oh, my gosh.

[Brooke]

Allison, we're not that close of friends, man. I'm not taking one down for you.

[Allison]

I'm telling you, I have these neighbors. So a few months ago, they got this cute white dog, and it was fine. I heard some barking, and then the barking got more. I mean, every single time there's a. A wind blowing, a squirrel, a rabbit. We have rabbits in the backyard. Barking, driving me nuts. I mean, really. Okay, just. I'm serious.

[Brooke]

It feels like you're gonna break right now, just even talking about it.

[Jeffrey]

Is there any way that you could get rid of all the squirrels and stop the wind in your neighborhood that might fix everything.

[Alexis]

And the rats.

[Brooke]

I like that.

[Allison]

Yeah. Yeah. Really. So get this. I've already texted neighbors, and I said, hey, listen, in a real. Because I hate confrontation, you know, I was like, please, the dog's been barking for five hours. Could you just, like, maybe take him in a little bit or.

[Brooke]

You know, though I will say, when we first got our dog, we didn't realize that when we would go out to the bars at night, she would stay out barking all night. And so finally, one of our neighbors wrote us a note, and we felt terrible. You know, of course, we didn't let the dog out at night anymore.

[Jose]

Almost similar thing happened in my apartment complex. Legs. I remember one of the neighbors was like, we didn't even know our dog.

[Jeffrey]

So how did. How did your neighbors react when you sent that message to them?

[Allison]

Well, see, now, so you guys would act like a normal neighbor. Okay? So they said, all right, we're gonna do something about it, and they're not gonna happen. Oh, my God. That sounds like the dog. Anyway, so they said that.

[Jeffrey]

I know. I know. You're very wound up about this, Allison. We can understand why.

[Commercial Announcer]

Yeah.

[Jeffrey]

But just relax a second. We're here to help you.

[Brooke]

Yeah.

[Jeffrey]

And it sounds like you actually got a decent response from them.

[Brooke]

Yeah, they said they'd take care of it.

[Allison]

Well, they didn't. They didn't take care of it at all. As a matter of fact, the barking got worse, so I sent them another text message.

[Brooke]

Now we're getting messy.

[Allison]

Okay.

[Jeffrey]

Oh, God. What did you say there?

[Allison]

Okay, So I was like, please, please. And I put three pleases, you know, please stop your dog from barking. And they just never responded after that.

[Jeffrey]

Yeah, it sounds too polite. No, neighbors don't respond to that.

[Brooke]

No, please, please, please is not polite. One please. Is polite. Three pleases is, like, condescending almost. Okay.

[Allison]

But for the record, the first time, I was very nice. I mean, this is, like, the third text I've sent. I just. I can't take it anymore.

[Brooke]

Yeah, yeah, we could tell. We can tell people.

[Jeffrey]

Other than the dogs barking all the time, are they bad neighbors in any other way?

[Allison]

They're fine. Everything else I have. There's nothing else wr.

[Brooke]

Okay, okay.

[Allison]

I'm not a complainer. I hate confrontation.

[Jeffrey]

You're not a complainer, but you will come on the radio and voice all. Which is different.

[Brooke]

Yeah, we needed that.

[Jeffrey]

Yeah.

[Brooke]

For this segment. We get that this is a healthy.

[Jeffrey]

Safe place to do it, but you.

[Brooke]

Don'T want to ruin the relationship because, like, living next door to someone that you hate or hates you is going to be even worse than the dog barking.

[Allison]

Yes. Yes. Do you remember in New York City a really long time ago, where the, you know, the son of Sammy, the thing that made him snap was the dog barking?

[Brooke]

Okay, back to the fertilizer. Yeah, that was.

[Jeffrey]

We're not sure 100% if exactly like, what she wants to do with this text message.

[Brooke]

I don't know if I want to know after she just made that reference.

[Jeffrey]

I mean, Allison, what's your overall goal with doing the call this way?

[Allison]

All right. Okay, so here's the thing. I've been listening to you guys. I love, love, love you guys. And I thought, you know what? These are the people to help me. I just know it. And I just want to know, do you all have any kind of, like, ideas or anything I could say? I just. I'm at a loss here, and I need you.

[Jeffrey]

But as far as the goal of the texting here, are you trying to say we need to figure out one text to get the dog to stop barking?

[Allison]

Yes. Yes.

[Brooke]

Well, I mean, the first thing we.

[Jeffrey]

Have to do, they agreed to it before, but nothing happened.

[Brooke]

But the first thing we have to do is even get them to respond again because they left her unread. They don't like her.

[Sophie Cunningham]

Right.

[Jeffrey]

That's a good point.

[Jose]

I think if we text about the dog, they're not going to answer.

[Jeffrey]

It's just been the whole vibe of your relationship lately has been so serious between you and your neighbors. Maybe we should start off on a lighter note with, like, a dog pun or a dog joke. Like a knock, knock joke.

[Brooke]

I don't. I. I like it. You don't like that, Alexis?

[Alexis]

I mean, I wouldn't reply to anybody's pun, so maybe I'm Back.

[Jeffrey]

We don't go with the pun. If you do the knock, knock route, you're like, knock, knock. Who's there? Your dog still barking.

[Allison]

You know what, you guys, humor. I've noticed in my whole life, humor always works. I think that's a great idea.

[Alexis]

All right.

[Brooke]

That is. It's a. It's a take. So let's make sure that we also include. It's going to be the knock, knock joke. Who's there? Your dog.

[Jeffrey]

Is that what we're doing there? Your dog's still barking to do that one.

[Jose]

They're not going to get it.

[Alexis]

You're going to reply to it.

[Jose]

It should just be a random dog joke. Like, I don't know. Dog.

[Brooke]

I like the dog laugh. I like the knock knock.

[Jeffrey]

Brook likes it.

[Brooke]

Yeah.

[Jeffrey]

I feel like that's.

[Allison]

Maybe if I put a happy face, it's like, you know, emojis or something.

[Jose]

I would take this as rude.

[Brooke]

You need to do cry.

[Jose]

Would literally read this and be like, this is the most backhanded.

[Alexis]

I agree, but I want to see what they respond.

[Brooke]

Yeah. Do it any dramatic.

[Jeffrey]

Just for entertainment value.

[Jose]

This is, like, rude.

[Jeffrey]

All right, bro.

[Jose]

Like, knock, knock. Guess who's still barking.

[Brooke]

Not if you add a laughing, crying emoji and a cute little puppy emoji.

[Jeffrey]

I like it.

[Brooke]

Yeah.

[Allison]

Oh, yeah. That's a great idea.

[Jeffrey]

Even though this is probably some of the worst advice we've ever given.

[Allison]

Yeah.

[Jeffrey]

I. I do want to try it. So I want you to.

[Brooke]

Yeah. Let's remember it was Jeff's idea.

[Jeffrey]

Yeah.

[Commercial Announcer]

Yeah.

[Jeffrey]

I will take full responsibility.

[Alexis]

Type it out line by line. Don't put it as a paragraph.

[Jeffrey]

That's a good call.

[Brooke]

Good call.

[Jeffrey]

So knock knock, period. Return.

Who's there? Question mark. Return.

[Alexis]

You got it, Jeff.

[Jeffrey]

Yes. Your dog still barking. Emojis, laughing emoji, and a dog emoji.

[Brooke]

Yeah.

[Jose]

Yes.

[Allison]

Okay.

[Brooke]

Lol.

[Allison]

Got it. I'm gonna give it a shot.

[Jeffrey]

All right. Send that thing out.

[Brooke]

Oh, my God. You know it's gonna get a response. I don't know if it's gonna get a positive response, but it's gonna get a response.

[Jeffrey]

Well, that was one of the two goals that we sent, so we'd be halfway there.

[Jose]

Maybe y.

[Brooke]

Maybe they'll just haha it back.

[Jeffrey]

All right. You know, so you sent that out, Allison.

[Allison]

Oh, God. Yeah.

[Brooke]

Yeah.

[Jeffrey]

Okay.

[Brooke]

We're gonna come back, start a war in her neighborhood.

[Jeffrey]

We could have or. We're the greatest peacemakers of all time, and they should use this technique at the United Nations.

[Jose]

It's a win win, guys.

[Jeffrey]

Yeah, we're gonna come back and we're continue with textual healing right after this. We're on the phone with Allison for another segment of textual healing.

[Brooke]

God. And I'm worried about her heart rate.

[Jeffrey]

Yeah, she's stressed out because she has an issue. Door neighbors, who actually, from the sound of it, seem like very nice, reasonable people, but they are fed up with Allison because Allison keeps texting about their barking dog.

[Brooke]

Yeah.

[Jeffrey]

She's messaged several times before, pleading that they get their pup to stay quiet. Nothing has worked, which is why Allison came to us for help, and we decided to go with a little knock, knock, dog humor.

[Brooke]

Yes.

[Jeffrey]

And we had her text her neighbor. Knock, knock. Who's there? Your dog still barking in the backyard. Laugh emoji. Dog emoji.

[Jose]

Because funny to us, because we can hear the presentation.

[Jeffrey]

Right.

[Jose]

And the tone.

[Jeffrey]

But just one of our goals of this whole thing was to get them to respond.

[Allison]

Yeah.

[Brooke]

Because they've been leaving her on red.

[Jeffrey]

Totally. Alison, have you gotten anything back from your neighbors yet?

[Allison]

Oh, my God. I totally got a response.

[Brooke]

Oh, my God. Is it good or bad?

[Jose]

Done with our job, Our goal.

[Brooke]

I am dying to hear what they said.

[Jeffrey]

Yeah, what was it?

[Allison]

Okay, this is what they wrote back. They said, we've tried, but Barney needs to express. Barney. The dog needs to express his emotions, and we took him to the vet. This is what our vet said. We go to a holistic vet, and Barney has to express himself. That's what they told me. It's a dog.

[Jeffrey]

He's barking for his mental health.

[Brooke]

Oh, my God. My dog sees a holistic vet, too.

[Jose]

You bring your dog to a holistic. What do they do, acupuncture?

[Jeffrey]

What? How do you feel about that? Allison, what's your reaction?

[Allison]

I am beside myself. I mean, what in the world? This is making my mental health not.

[Jose]

Well.

She has a holistic life.

[Alexis]

You should try barking.

[Jeffrey]

Express yourself. Okay, so now we need to respond. Alexis, what do you think? You're expert. You're an expert at dealing with, like, high confrontation situations. Yeah. And you love dogs, too, so I.

[Alexis]

Know the right neighbor that plays the bagpipes, and I don't say anything to that guy.

[Brooke]

Yeah, but your roommate's twin sister is in vet school.

[Alexis]

Yeah, we're pro dog. We usually blame the neighbor. Actually, we usually say it's the neighbor's fault.

[Jeffrey]

Well, let's. Let's use. I mean, they clearly trust what their vet says. Maybe we can go off of something. Like veterinary.

[Allison]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Brooke]

What if we throw Some information back at them. Because, I mean, the thing with holistic health is sometimes there's some gray area. And what if you said, that's interesting? Because that's not saying you agree or disagree with the holistic vet. You just say, that's interesting. Maybe your dog could express themselves in other ways, like playing fetch. Or have you thought about getting one of those doggy pads where it talks to you when it pushes the button?

[Jeffrey]

Oh, teach your dog how to talk. Or some sort of like, dog art class that lets you get your rage out through paint?

[Allison]

Yeah, you know what?

[Commercial Announcer]

Why not?

[Allison]

I mean, maybe I should take a little more ca. Calm approach, right?

[Jeffrey]

It sounds like you like it, Allison. Let's text it then.

[Allison]

Yeah, all right.

[Jeffrey]

Let Brooke say that again so that Allison can text today.

[Brooke]

You just say, that's interesting. Maybe your dog could express itself in different ways.

[Sophie Cunningham]

Good.

[Jeffrey]

Perhaps.

[Brooke]

Okay, Perhaps fetch or one of those dog pads where it can talk to you.

[Sophie Cunningham]

Okay.

[Jose]

Good thing this is a Twitter and you don't have like a cap limit on. Yeah, well, yeah, I mean, do you remember?

[Allison]

No, I wrote it down.

[Jeffrey]

I think that's good, because at that point, you're not attacking them anymore. You're trying to be helpful and part of the solution.

[Jose]

And Brooke did a good job. Asking questions is good, cuz you're trying to help and learn.

[Jeffrey]

Yeah, and I like it. I know Jose is giving Brooke the credit there, but let's give Alexis credit for that text.

[Brooke]

Okay?

[Jeffrey]

That one's from the brain.

[Brooke]

Tell your roommate, Sister.

[Alexis]

Brooke took the words out of my mouth before I could say.

[Jeffrey]

That was like telepathically to Brook.

[Brooke]

She look like a deer in a.

[Alexis]

Headlight when you asked after you stole my answer.

[Jeffrey]

She's deep in thought. All right, Allison, go ahead, send that if you haven't already.

[Allison]

Okay, I just sent it. I sent it already.

[Jose]

Okay, good.

[Allison]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay.

[Jeffrey]

All right.

[Brooke]

You sound like. Like that sounded like a small dog.

[Allison]

Maybe I should stand in the backyard and bark, right?

[Brooke]

Do you work from home? Is that why this is such an issue for you? The dog barking?

[Allison]

Oh, my gosh. You read my mind. Yes, I do. I work from home.

[Brooke]

I'm a mind reader as well, Jeffrey.

[Alexis]

Yeah, that's what you just did to me.

[Allison]

Good mind reading, Alexis.

[Jeffrey]

Can you guess what they're going to respond with, Brooke? What are they going to say back to our text?

[Brooke]

Well, they're probably going to shoot down both their ideas, you know?

[Allison]

Oh, my God.

[Brooke]

I thought that maybe we could send him an Amazon link next.

[Commercial Announcer]

Oh, my Go.

[Allison]

They just responded. They said that I have to respect the free will of all creatures and they need to remain free. Then she said, if he chooses to be an outside dog, we have to let him be free. Oh, my God. Oh, my God.

[Brooke]

Okay. I mean, the only answer.

Is you then have to wake up at two in the morning and start practicing drums or something. Do you know what I mean? In retribution.

[Jeffrey]

Well, now that's getting ugly.

[Allison]

You know what? Maybe I should take. My mom always used to say, take the high road, right?

[Jose]

Get high.

[Brooke]

These people aren't even on the road.

[Jeffrey]

Look, maybe because I. Maybe we just lean into this even more. That's what Alexis in her. All her wisdom would tell you. Don't try and push back constantly. Try and lean into it. And instead of fight with them, why not say, you know what? You're right. That immediately disarms them.

Wait, wait, wait. See, Let me finish. You're right. Who are we to say when and where your dog can bark? Yeah, I want to get to know your dog better. Please let me dog sit further. You on your next vacation.

[Jose]

Scare them. But that's good.

[Brooke]

It scares me. What do you. Yeah, I don't trust. Do you hear Allison? I don't trust her being alone.

[Jeffrey]

When he disappears under your care, it's like it was the dog's free will. Who was I to stop your dog from wanting to go back to the.

[Alexis]

This is not my idea. That is terrible. Open a veterinary broke.

[Jeffrey]

No, seriously, though, are you open to, like, dog sitting? And maybe that'll disarm the, like, the tension between the two neighbors.

[Allison]

Here's the thing. I love animals. I just don't want them barking in my face 24 hours a day. But you know what? Maybe if I got to know him, you know, and he is pretty cute and I don't know, maybe I should just. I really. Maybe I should just take the high road.

[Jose]

You know, why don't you do both? Take the high road, be nice to the doggy, but leave the front gate unlocked just in case.

[Brooke]

I mean, that is free will. Because they're actually going against their dog's free will by keeping them in a caged yard.

[Jose]

Don't tell them that. Don't tell them that.

[Allison]

You know what? You're right, though. It's an interesting point.

[Jose]

Okay, so we're.

[Jeffrey]

That's exactly what you should text to your neighbor.

[Brooke]

So we didn't really solve anything here.

[Jeffrey]

Well, I think we've at least got the communication going between the two neighbors again, and there's not so much like, like anger and animosity between you.

[Allison]

Yeah, you know what? You make me laugh. You did solve something because you made me feel good.

[Jose]

That's our mission, guys. That's what we always wanted.

[Brooke]

But don't actually like lose the dog on purpose, right? We understand. That was a joke.

[Jeffrey]

We're just kidding.

[Allison]

No, there's too many coyotes and stuff around here. No, no, no, I.

[Jeffrey]

All right, well, I'm going to call that a successful edition of Textual Healing, cuz we're out of time here.

[Brooke]

But I like like your loose interpretation of success.

[Jeffrey]

Alexis calls it success and that's all that matters.

[Alexis]

I don't know if I feel good about this one.

[Jeffrey]

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[Brooke]

Well, that wasn't exactly how we wanted.

[Alexis]

Things to end no, not at all.

[Brooke]

That's why you just go back to being passive aggressive with your. Your neighbors, you know, instead of actually.

[Jeffrey]

Trying to talk to him about the problem.

[Alexis]

Yeah, but we did have a lot.

[Brooke]

Of comments come in after this textual healing. What did you see, Alexis?

[Alexis]

Well, you know, one person said maybe some type of pet edibles they should give him to calm down.

[Jeffrey]

They actually have a little CBD gummy.

[Alexis]

Dog casually drugging the neighbor's dog.

[Brooke]

It's the same stuff we give our dog on fourth of July.

[Alexis]

Yeah.

[Brooke]

Basically.

That neighbor just needs to walk the dog more. Honestly.

[Jeffrey]

Honestly? Yeah.

[Alexis]

Oh, and then someone else said, I've experienced this type of dog barking, and I downloaded an app that transmitted the silent ringing noise that dogs can hear, but we can't. It worked every time. And my own dog was never affected, only the neighbors.

[Jeffrey]

That's actually really smart.

[Brooke]

That's crazy.

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[Alexis]

We should have called you at the beginning of this phone call.

[Jose]

It wouldn't have been as entertaining, though.

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There is seriously an app for everything.

[Alexis]

Yeah, honestly.

[Jose]

Okay, there's going to be an app for app soon.

[Brooke]

Let's make that sound right now for all the dogs listening.

[Alexis]

I think that's just our normal voice.

[Brooke]

Oh, yeah, it was Alexis. You're right. All the dogs went crazy after she talked. All right, there it is. Thank you so much for being here. Please hit that subscribe button. And tomorrow starts our countdown, the top 10 second dates of the year. We're starting with number 10 tomorrow right here with the Brooke and Jeffrey podcast. It's Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning.

[Jeffrey]

Shh.

[Alexis]

You won't believe what my new friend.

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