Sitemap - 2022 - Paws and Reflect

On death: Why we think and talk about losing our dog

Parallels and differences between kids and dogs

How we handle traveling to see family with our reactive dog

Is my dog a replacement for human children?

FAQ: Prep and logistics for full-time van life with a dog

15: Dog Training & Ownership Phrases That are Both True and Not True (aka "Semantics are Messy and Everything is Nuanced")

On fostering: But how do we let them go?

November 2022 monthly recap

14: Every Dog is Different: Honoring Individuality (While Still Generalizing Helpful Core Themes)

Update: What our dog reactivity training looks like today

13: "Should" Everyone Foster? Rescue Pressure, Big Emotions, and Multi-Dog Integration Thoughts

12: The Rollercoaster of Fostering a Puppy with a Broken Leg (aka "It's Okay if Things Are Really Hard Sometimes")

Cattle dog care FAQ: Our routines, exercise, diet…

Dog training dictionary: Terms and definitions, oh my!

My dog has both helped and hurt my mental health

Today, I don’t want to be a dog owner

11: Embracing Social & Observational Learning While Also Advocating for Our Dogs

An open letter to the person fixated on my dog’s prong collar

I actually don't think dogs need a calm mindset

10: Van Life FAQ: High-Level "Why"s and Some Build Details

9: Work-Life-Dog Ownership Balance: Nontraditional Career Changes, Guilt, Self Care

Changes to our foster dog integration process over time

8: Balancing the "Magic" of the Dog-Human Bond with Science & Critical Thinking

“Fur moms” and jackets, oh my: On dressing up dogs

7: Dog Sports Deep Dive (Why Don't We Do Them?) and Internet Messiness

How we decided to take in a sick foster puppy

6: Myths and Generalizations That Hurt Me as a New Dog Owner

My non-social dog is actually a good foster sibling

5: Not Having Kids: Parallels to Dogs, Species Differences, Individuality

No punishment without fulfillment: Being fair to my dog

The hardest things about potty training foster puppies

4: Training Evolution: Guilt? Asking Why, Honing Values, Comparing Our Life Today to the Past

How I imagine I’d raise a future puppy

3: Fostering With a Reactive Resident Dog: Logistics, Emotions, Reflections

2: Healthy Relationships: Our History, Communication, and Parallels to Dogs

1: Our Very First Podcast Episode! (Who are these dog owners, anyway?)

Haters gonna hate—but disagreement's not the same thing

Questions and templates to set dog training goals

How I set (actually impactful) goals with my dog

How labels have helped and hindered my growth

How we chose a secure dog kennel for our van build

Working through my biggest flaw as a dog owner

When to stop pushing for marginal dog training growth

Thoughts on medicating our dogs

The greatest lessons I’ve learned in my human relationship

Sometimes liberty is my goal and other times it makes situations harder

I am “just” an owner: Do I have any right to talk about dogs?

The most challenging things about our first foster dog

How we handle vet visits with our timid dog

How I keep a clean home… with an Australian cattle dog

Does my dog want to please me? Yes and no

An example of health affecting my dog’s behavior

The line between “advocating for” and “babying” my dog

Pros and cons of thinking about my dog like a human friend

The biggest ways my dog training approach has changed over time

Reflections on Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat by Hal Herzog

I’ll be happy if we never make more dog reactivity progress

Top takeaways from Pit Bull by Bronwen Dickey

Our fostering process integrating two unfamiliar dogs

Deciding to foster with our fear-reactive resident dog

On relationship building after three days with a foster

What I wish I knew about seizures in dogs

Come together: Can we unite around shared dog-loving values?

Our crate training process and how we use the tool today

Why I believe in crate training our dogs

What it means to advocate for my dog

How experiencing emotional abuse affects my dog ownership

Middle position: Why my dog and I love the command (and how we trained it)

What colors our dog training and ownership perceptions?

Pros and cons of having a fenced-in yard for our dog

How we trained our dog to leave prey alone by default

Precautions I’d take even if my dog was super social

How we decided to include our dog in our wedding

Using “do not pet” accessories to advocate for our dog

Resources we’ve used to help our heeler calm down

How I try to find balance in online communication

The top Frans de Waal books for dog owners to read

How we trained our dog’s off-leash recall

I quit an awesome job to write about dogs?!

Why does your dog need to do… well, anything?

Questions I’ve been asked by the owners of off-leash dogs

What I learned when my dog ate a jumbo chocolate bar