Category: Dog Tails

Dog Tails

At the park with Lumi

Lumi can be reactive, but doesn’t bark and lunge at every dog in every situation. She doesn’t always take treats when outside. And not just for reinforcement, but in general. She is toy and play motivated. Reactivity doesn’t always mean aggression. When we arrived at the park there was a […]

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Wilbur

Wilbur is a Wirehaired Pointing Griffon that I started working with in December 2022.  One of his main struggles is reactivity. He can also get very excited when meeting new people or new people are coming into the home. After our Initial Consultation it was obvious what the underlying cause of […]

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Bentley

I was doing some digital organization and came across this piece I wrote about Bentley, our former foster. I believe I wrote this in response to someone that said I probably never experienced resource guarders or biters. I’ve made some minor updates. Bentley came to us as a resource guarder, […]

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Client Notes – Oscar

Who is Oscar? Oscar is a 3(ish) year old that was found in Alabama as a stray and transported to Rhode Island.  I first spoke with the family in December 2021 when they had only had him for a couple of weeks. He was hiding in the bedroom and didn’t […]

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