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“It was start my online homemade 1
food business, and online
tough, pet supplies, which some-
how helped me earn money.
but I’m
passionate HOW DID THE
about what NEW NORMAL
I’m doing.” AFFECT YOU
AS A DOG
HA N DLER ?
Emotionally it was depress-
ing at first. All of the sched-
uled dog shows for 2020 have
KIMBERLY SO been canceled. Some clients
cancelled their dog trainings,
Dog Trainer/Handler it has been very difficult to
travel and go to the places
of my clients because of reg-
ulations during the ECQ. So, It
was tough, but I’m passionate
AS A DOG cluding my profession as a dog about what I’m doing. I adapt-
ed to the new normal and
handler. Due to the limitations
H AND LE R, and lockdowns, I couldn’t enter- now little by little due to the
few cases in our region. I was
tain, meet, and converse person-
HOW DID YOU ally with my clients. But to adjust able to accept and conduct
training sessions at my home.
to the set up especially during
PREPARE FOR ECQ, I explained adequately to
my loyal clients that I wouldn’t
THE ECQ? train dogs for a few months. Thus,
resulting in no income for me.
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I started my career as a profes-
sional dog handler in 2010. But
the year 2017 up to the present HOW DID YOU
was the peak of my career. I be-
gan to gain more clients and join COPE WITH
dog shows during these years.
Being a handler is never easy. THE ECQ?
I experienced a lot of ups and It has been challenging to cope
downs. This profession is not as up with this phenomenon. But
easy as anyone thinks it is, es- as a dog handler, I have to as-
pecially during this pandemic. sess things, adapt myself, and
think of other ways to survive
When the Covid-19 outbreak or earn a living. I decided to
started and reached our coun-
try, it affected many things, in
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