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An example of my "reactive" dog pattern mapping unpleasant encounters
Once in a while, we can’t avoid the chaos—and then those experiences stack atop one another, threatening all our confidence just a bit. This pattern…
 • Haley Young
Van life duality in California's redwoods
Aren’t the multitudes the point?!
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A story of positive punishment and prancing prairie dogs
Dog training nuance, "positive punishment", and sharing space with Montana's wild creatures
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Do dogs need blankets and jackets and comfort?
Scout is a majestic predator-scavenger descended from wild ancestors. She also likes to be cozy.
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Is off-leash dog drama really worth physical assault?!
Come one, come all: Heated off-leash dog incidents are happening again
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I left an outdoor gear affiliate program
Because I do not need more stuff, whether it's free or not.
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Close encounters of the creature kind
It is so often these close encounters that fill us with wonder—that allow us to more fully appreciate our fellow creatures. But they are also, so often…
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February 2025 Paws and Reflect recap
I wrote a lot this month! Here's where you can read what I wrote, if that sounds like fun.
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Ways we've gone increasingly feral
Cliché: We moved into a van... and Sean started making his own granola.
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Things that make my dog an excellent campground neighbor
We’ve spent more nights with campsite neighbors so far in February than the previous five or six months combined—and I’ve realized all over again how…
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What makes my dog well-behaved and composed and good
“We never scold her for anything anymore,” Sean remarked the other day. He’s right—we never need to.
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Dispatches from the Florida keys
Moments I just want to remember, as is, instead of shaping into some larger whole
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