Today, I have an incredible guest with an inspiring journey—Javier, a talented dog trainer who proves that hard work and passion can take you far. However you have to take the risks and challenges in front of you. Originally from Honduras, Javier moved to the U.S. at just 16 years old with his father. He initially pursued a career in veterinary medicine, meanwhile working as a vet tech, but soon realized that dog training was his true calling.Javier started as an army of one experimenting with the possibility and eventually took the leap into full-time dog training. Eventually he also took the TWC course. Now, he runs a thriving business with over 20 employees, showing what’s possible when you commit to your passion. His story is a must-listen for anyone on the fence about making dog training their career. If you’ve ever wondered whether you should take that leap—this episode is for you.Ivan Balabanov is a 2-time World Champion dog trainer, Ot Vitosha Malinois breeder, trainer of Premier Protection Dogs and founder of the revolutionary Training Without Conflict® dog training system.For more information about Ivan Balabanov's Dog Training School and information on how to train your dog using the Training Without Conflict® system, check out: https://trainingwithoutconflict.comhttps://malinois.comhttps://premierprotectiondogs.comPlease like, comment, and share with your dog friends💪🏼
Chapter 1: What is the main theme of Javier's journey?
Like, I promise you. So, yeah, we've been, how many days now? Three, four days? Four days, I think. Four days. And it was so cold. I don't know. Right now, you're with the T-shirt. I had to put this on because I'm like, man, it's just kind of cold. But it's been insane, the weather, too. But it's really, really good to sit down and talk dogs and so on.
Again, Javier, I'll let you kind of tell me a little bit in your own pace anything that you want to share because I know I'm going to stop you and ask you things because you do have a very interesting story. We kind of overlap in many ways, you know, coming from different countries and really, you know, doing...
similar things and and not relying on welfare and stuff like that you know just doing our own thing so how uh where are you from let's start there yeah uh so i was born and raised in honduras um i i was raised in tegucigalpa that's like the capital of the country and um
I'm not sure why I am a little bit of hot nature because I when I come here, I'm hot. Yeah. Even though I was like, I think it's because in that part of Tegucigalpa, there's a lot of mountains. It's not in the coast and the coast in Honduras is like here.
Right, it's kind of humid and stuff, right?
But in Tegucigalpa, it's a little bit less heat and humidity.
So is it like a rainforest-y kind of stuff?
There is some rainforest stuff. A lot of it has been taken down by deforestation and stuff. But it's a really nice place and it has pretty good temperature most of the year. You know, some days get hot and stuff. But I think it averages, if you look it up, it probably averages 80, Cooper, look at him, like 80, 85, something like that. So it's not super hot.
And right away, the question, what's the dog scenery, the dog world? What's around?
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Chapter 2: How did Javier transition from Honduras to the US?
And we were up in the mountains and we see the sheep. And when you see the sheep, you know that the dogs are somewhere. So let's go with the dogs. It's like, okay, let's go with the dogs. Well, but we know that there can be dangerous and big. So we get these sticks, like we're playing tough, like four or five of us. And kind of feeding from each other. Nobody wants to say, no, let's go back home.
It's like, no, no, they're going, I'm going. And of course, like we get to the right distance and the dogs catch us, they see us and they start coming. And it's like, I don't know how many, but they're coming. And it's not like they're running. They have this kind of, kind of like that trot, like they're just coming, you know?
Now, does it feel like an intimidating trot or they're just getting close?
No, it was nothing in the beginning. We're kind of excited. Oh yeah, the dogs. And then they're coming and coming. And at some point we freak out because you realize like how tall I was and how big these dogs were. I mean, we were like this, you know, like, I'm like, this is not good. Like we just realized it's not good. And
We climb in those like the high voltage poles, you know, that are like, you know, like this whole thing that you can climb easy. Man, we stayed there for like five, six hours. There is no cell phone. There is nobody knows. We're just stuck there. And the dogs, they're, again, they're guard dogs. So they don't like, they just lay down on the bottom. And we're stuck there. And for a moment...
Very, very funny story, but scary. Like, you know, like we really could have been just... Could have mauled, yeah. Oh, my God. But in the beginning, we're like, oh, yeah, we're happy, we're cool, because I'm thinking, oh, I can stay three days here. And all of a sudden, you start to realize, because they're like these V-shaped medals, and they're not easy to stand.
So you're kind of adjusting, adjusting. But after a few hours, you're starting to be like, I don't know if I can stay anymore. No.
And the dogs were still hanging out.
Yeah. They just, I mean, they, the ships are around and whatever. And finally the shepherd is trying to call them and they're not coming. So. He comes and he's all angry and he's swearing and cussing at us, not the dogs. Oh my God. What are you kids doing? Like you crazy. Wow. But yeah, I mean, like one bite probably. Okay. But that would, that would, could have been really over like game over.
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