09/25/2025
✨Big news for Sammy! ✨
Sam Sam is heading to Florida for a few months, and he’s in the best hands with my dear friend Kim Brewerat The Loyal Canine. 🐾
I’ve always sympathized with my clients who send their dogs off for board and train with me—but now, I truly empathize. Before Sammy left, I think I tried to talk myself out of it at least 17 times. “I can do all the things—after all, I know all the things!” But deep down, I knew this experience would give him something I can’t provide on my own.
Kim will give Sammy a whole new picture of learning. She lives on a farm, has two little girls, and provides exposures and resiliency-building opportunities that simply aren’t part of his daily life with me. This is what growth looks like—for both dog and human.
As our dogs Guardians, best friends and partners we have to remind ourselves that putting the dog first sometimes means stepping back and letting them learn in a new environment, with new challenges, and through different relationships.
Safe travels, Sammy. I can’t wait to see all the things you’ll come back having learned. 💛🐶🐊