Nature In Play: Dog Aggression Specialist, Bend Oregon

01/03/2025

01/01/2025

Yesterday I was getting ready for a New Years Party and went to cut my hair, and the 1/4 inch plastic guard fell off mid cut 🤣😂🤣. Here is to 2025 and the changes it may bring! ❤️🐾

11/12/2024

Milly will be staying with us until March while her owner is at the police academy. Milly is a very emotional dog, but she is also a strong dog. Not just physically but mentally as well. She is a dog that people said needed to be killed, but as I always say.... she needed to be understood. not

11/12/2024

It’s better to have a cat on your shoulder than a chip. We all carry a little weight from our past, but it’s up to us what we turn it into—a burden, a lesson, or even a gift.

10/24/2024

❤️ Look at how much healthier Missy looks after we saved her from being executed by the shelter.

❤️ Missy is a beautiful dog, and we are still searching for the right home for her. It helps if you spread the word!

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10/15/2024

Please help us get these beautiful dogs adopted! They were all going to be killed by the shelter system for their behavior. They do not need to be killed; they need to be understood! Are you or someone you know willing to give that to them? Please get a hold of Scott by email [email protected] to set up a time to talk if interested 🙏🏻💜🩷💙

10/10/2024

Thea & I have been really working hard towards our goal of starting a family, so it has been here and there where we get a chance to step away and do something together and with friends. We are scraficing for the future! 💙🩷

09/11/2024

Fantastic to read this update that a client of mine sent my friend Michelle! Here's a little background for everyone.

Hazel was scheduled to be put down by a local rescue due to her aggression towards both dogs and people. She’d been in multiple homes, had trainers work with her, but nothing helped. The rescue contacted me, hoping I could take her on and help her. At the time, I was running and teaching my program at a local shelter 7 days a week, so I brought Hazel into that program.

Once there, we were able to quickly evaluate and understand Hazel and we started giving her what she needed. She needed to be understood and lived with from a dog's perspective, from nature's perspective, and more specifically, from Hazel’s perspective. The problems she faced before came from people trying to relate to her through the typical "pet" and "dog training" mindset, which doesn’t reflect how dogs truly communicate and think. Well-meaning as they were, this led to her behavioral issues.

At the shelter, under the right type of leadership, Hazel thrived with other dogs and people. She was eventually adopted by her current owners, but at first, they tried to approach her in the same way everyone else had—through the traditional training and pet lense. This resulted in an attack on their other dog and a bite to the husband. Heartbroken, they returned Hazel to the shelter, unsure of what to do.

After reaching out to me, they decided to try again, but this time under my guidance. So they readopted her and they committed to truly understanding Hazel, and since then, she’s been thriving with their other dog and the husband, enjoying life at the beach for years now. Their dedication to living with her from nature's perspective made all the difference.

Hazel didn’t need to be killed—she needed to be understood.

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09/09/2024

I tell my clients, "You must QUESTION me and what I am saying, so YOU can discover the TRUTH."

A lot of people just want the answer, but I think we should understand the why behind the answer.

09/02/2024

It is always great when Jack makes it to daycare to socialize with his friends and look to make new ones.

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09/02/2024

Would it be an inconvenience for you to save a dogs life?

Be a 10 Percenter, Save a 10 Percenter

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08/05/2024

Thea & I have tackled paying off our debt and are on our way to our next goal together! ❤️

When it came to finances, Thea and I had to unlearn many things we learned growing up and from society about money to achieve this success.

This process is similar to what has to take place with our dogs.

Many of our problems are created and fed by the way we live with our dogs and the things we have learned growing up and from society.

07/12/2024

Checkout my video "The Main Reason Dogs Fight In The Home" on my YouTube channel

Nature In Play

Link to the channel is on my website
natureinplay.com (link in my bio)

07/11/2024

I had a sit-down conversation with Milly's Owner about the journey with Milly thus far. The video is on our Youtube channel: Nature In Play

The video is titled "People Said She Needed to be Killed: A Sit-Down with Milly's Owner"

You can find a link to the Youtube channel on our website natureinplay.com (link in our bio)

06/30/2024

I sat down with Murphy's owner, Kay, for a wonderful conversation about her journey and experience so far. She was experiencing dog fights on a regular basis, Murphy biting people, and things getting worse with modern dog training.

Check out the conversation on my YouTube channel Nature In Play. There is a link to the Youtube channel on my website natureinplay.com (link to the site in Bio)

06/10/2024

"Death is only the beginning" - Imhotep

Changing our beliefs can feel like a form of psychological and emotional "death" because it often involves a significant shift in our identity, worldview, and behavior.

1. Identity and Self-Concept: Beliefs are integral to our identity. When we change deeply held beliefs, we may feel like we are losing a part of ourselves, leading to an identity crisis or a sense of disorientation.

2. Cognitive Dissonance: Changing beliefs often causes cognitive dissonance, a state of mental discomfort due to conflicting thoughts. This discomfort can feel threatening and unsettling,

3. Social Connections: Our beliefs often connect us to social groups and communities. Changing beliefs can result in the loss of these connections, leading to feelings of isolation and grief.

4. Emotional Attachment: We are emotionally attached to our beliefs because they provide a sense of certainty and security. Letting go of these beliefs can evoke a sense of mourning.

5. Sense of Reality: Beliefs shape our perception of reality. Altering these beliefs can feel like the ground is shifting beneath our feet, akin to experiencing a metaphorical death of the old reality.

Despite these challenges, changing beliefs can be a path to growth and transformation, leading to new perspectives, stronger resilience, and more authentic ways of living, but we must move through the discomfort for that to happen.

I offer an alternative. What do you want to do?

🔴 or 🔵

The choice is yours

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