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Quarantine

Issue Recap

“We are now

down to 13

adults and some

puppies in our

household.”

REBECCA

SAN GABRIEL

GOLDEN RETRIEVER OWNER/ EXHIBITOR

ful. So nothing really changed except the business that kept us afloat during
HOW DID YOU PREPARE for their food. We had to adjust finan- ECQ, is starting to slow down in terms
AS A DOG OWNER AND cially, which was the biggest challenge of demand. As a dog owner, and a
EXHIBITOR FOR THE ECQ? for us, we had to continue business show exhibitor, it was hard, and with
the limited income we were getting,
from home since we keep spend-
ing, but no money was coming in. it was a hard decision to rehome s
When ECQ happened, we were pre- some of our adult dogs. We are now
pared with dogfood readily in stock down to 13 adults and some puppies
at home, as I was able to order from HOW DID THE NEW in our household. Financially we are
royale canine a week before the hard still struggling and really trying to pick
lockdown last March 2020. I had an NORMAL AFFECT YOU AS A up pieces, but surviving. We all miss
intuition that something was going DOG OWNER/EXHIBITOR? the shows, we miss the excitement of
down. It was about a month and a half preparing for the shows, and watch-
worth of dogfood for all 17 adult dogs. Honestly, my years of collecting rare ing our dogs compete with the best
We were good, or so we thought. plants, and connecting with peo- dogs our co-exhibitors have to offer,
ple who are in the same business, but more importantly, what we miss is
helped us financially through the cri- the camaraderie. The people who be-
HOW DID YOU COPE sis. My husband’s construction busi- came our good friends there, the time
WITH THE ECQ? ness was severely affected, and my we spend after the show, whether we
family’s restaurant was directly af- win or lose, is the most priceless trophy
All was well, and nobody really fected and had to lay off employees. anyone can receive.
expected it would last that long. A
month in the lockdown, we knew we For now, we focus on how to
had to do something, human food So every plant we sold, we were able pick-up the pieces and continue to
was easy, but our dogs, being used to to buy dog food, food for our family, stay healthy. God bless us all.
kibbles, we had found an alternative and our daily needs, enough for us to
since we only had a few bags left. So we come by. Recently, things are slightly
had to properly ration the kibbles and going back to normal, and people
added boiled chicken meat and some are able to go back to physical work,
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