As many of you know, last week I was involved in making Skyler’s last day on Earth a good one. I have waited a week to share his story, and how the system failed him. Before I begin, I will say that I have almost a decade of experience working
Territoriality. Resource guarding. Food aggression. Owner guarding. Stranger danger. So many names for aggression – all of them just labels, boxes in which we can put “bad” dog behavior. People desperately need names for things. Sometimes the calls I get go like this: Caller: My dog is aggressive towards people. Me: What
When I was first establishing my LLC, I tried hard to find a meaningful name. I spent weeks looking for the perfect business title with a meaningful underlying message. My husband suggested “The Dog Mechanic.” Uh. What? “The dog mechanic. You know, like a car mechanic? You take your car in
There I am on the trail, dried brush baking in the sun, kicking up dry dirt with every step we take. A light but pervasive layer of dust encases all four of my dog’s paws – that’s going to leave fantastic little paw prints all over the backseat of my
