Real World K9

01/13/2026

Grace Days 182 & 183 Sunday & Monday 1/11 & 1/12/26

Oh Grace, you were a sweetheart, especially to your best buddy Sieger. ♥️🐾

01/13/2026

Grace Day 181 Saturday 1/10/26

When snow falls, nature listens.
-lama willer miller-

01/10/2026

Grace Day 180 Friday 1/9/26

Grace, of course had a location on our property named after her. All our dogs have a place on our property. ♥️🐾

01/10/2026

Grace Day 179 Thursday 1/8

Grace loved coming out on new adventures with us. She loved coming here to Watch Hill by the sea.

01/10/2026

Another awesome week of training, playing, exploring, sniffing and strengthening relationships. ♥️🐾

01/09/2026

This is why training and patience with our dogs is so important. Keep them out of the shelter system. Give them a chance. ♥️🙏🐾

01/09/2026

I totally agree with this. Dogs needed a lot of handling and cooperative care before they see the vet. When you get them as puppies or adults, you wanna make sure that they get used to a lot of handling. Teaching your dog to willingly participate in grooming , handling ,vet procedures will help make things go more smoothly at the vet.

This fear can form fast and it can last.
Does your dog drool, bark, pace, shut down, or even growl?

The why really matters.
Dogs are not being difficult at the vet. They are responding to how the situation feels. When those experiences are rushed, unpredictable, or overwhelming, fear can easily take hold, even when everyone is trying to do the right thing.

From a dog’s point of view, the clinic is intense.
It smells unfamiliar, sounds different, and is full of stressed animals. If your dog needs a procedure, you might feel anxious too, and that is completely natural.
Dogs can notice all of this.

Helping starts before an appointment ever happens.

When dogs only visit the vet when something has to be done to them, it quickly becomes linked with stress. Calm and pressure free experiences help change that story.

You can support this by building familiarity at home. Gentle handling, paired with positive experiences, helps dogs learn that being touched or briefly held does not automatically lead to discomfort.
That sense of safety and familiarity can then carry over.

Progress is not made by pushing through fear.
It is made by slowing down.

Listen to what your dog is telling you.

You can’t force a dog to feel safe.
But you can create the conditions for them to feel safer.

01/08/2026

Grace Day 178 Wednesday 1/7

Grace had her own trail named on our property as well as all our past 6 dogs.

Grace loved walking down this trail and looking for deer and other woodland animals. She would mark the area to let them know the boundary and her territory. 👍🐾♥️

01/07/2026

Out with Zak this week at his favorite locations and mine as well, ocean and woods.

Playing, Sniffing, Training, Resting. So important to incorporate all.

01/06/2026

Grace Day 177 Tuesday 1/6

Grace love all balls, as you know and can see almost every photo there is a ball near by. This one she wore out, it was one of her faves but the chuck it ball and the outward hound squeak ball became her all time faves. Orange preferred. ♥️🐾

01/05/2026

Grace Day 174, 175, 176 Saturday, Sunday, Monday 1/3, 1/4, 1/5

Grace loved Howlidays and tongue out Tuesdays. She was always up for a great photo pose. Excellent obedience on that girl which also helped with all the great photos I have of her.♥️