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Dog Owner Encouragement

My dog and I will never be "cured" of our reactivity
All these years of progress later, sometimes I still grieve the things that aren't easy with such a sensitive creature.
 • Haley Young
What it is like to love a dog who is wearing out before your eyes
What it is like to love a dog who is wearing out before your eyes
 • Haley Young
Train the dog, take the dog, leave the dog... just enjoy life with the dog!
Train the dog, take the dog, leave the dog... just enjoy life with the dog
 • Haley Young
It’s (still) isolating to love a sensitive dog
But I am capable of crossing any imaginary line my least-productive thought spirals draw.
 • Haley Young
In fact, I think I might wave hello
On off-leash dogs and shouting at strangers and trying to make things better, not worse
 • Haley Young
Dogs need more than love
Well, depending on how we define "love".
 • Haley Young
My interview with Carol Mithers, author of Rethinking Rescue
It's finally live! An in-depth conversation about the ties between human and domestic animal welfare
 • Haley Young
Thank you for not treating my cattle dog like a retriever
“She doesn’t require an ounce of management when people don’t expect her to be a Labrador” — summing up Scout’s ability to happily coexist with…
 • Haley Young
There is no finish line
I want to be done so I can be loved. Maybe the ultimate checklist is separating the two.
 • Haley Young
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.
 • Haley Young
You can't be "anti human, pro dog"
I think of my past self vilifying strangers to retain a sense of moral high ground when all I actually stood upon was compounded harm.
 • Haley Young
Living with a shy dog has made me less social
Or... has it? And how much do I care?
 • Haley Young
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