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07/10/2025

This perfect cuddle button is looking for her special, incredibly, amazing, life changing human(s).... and she promises she'll change their lives in the most beautiful way in return.

Please keep sharing beautiful Ava.

It's triple digits here in CA and it gets REALLY uncomfortable in the garage mid afternoon.

We're doing all we can to meet her needs and keep her safe and comfortable, but this girl deserves her own home. With people who will adore her as much as she will them. And working A/C. A a nice, comfortable couch to snuggle with the apple(s) of her eye with.

I pray they're out there.

She does need to be the only pet, which has made this search for her people like trying to find Elvis.
.. I just keep hoping and praying they're out there. I want so badly for her life to begin.

She comes with professional training, guidance, and coaching *for the rest of her life* as my continued commitment to her- and the people who promise to love and care for her.

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If you're willing and able, we still need support with her food, chews, daily bags of ice to keep these portable AC units working all day, etc. https://gofund.me/3ef19a44

Amazon Wish List: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1LTPNJNCPUG9J?ref_=wl_share

Thanks to all who've supported and so lovingly contributed to the care of these precious angels.

07/10/2025

Chapter Thirteen: Emotional Health- The Forgotten Frontier.

We train for physical fitness.

We read, study, and problem-solve for mental fitness.

But when it comes to emotional fitness?

We neglect it entirely.

And yet emotional fitness is the missing link in nearly every health and wellness journey. It's the root beneath so many symptoms we try to treat on the surface.

As Dr. Joe Dispenza puts it, “Thoughts are the language of the mind. Emotions are the language of the body.” And both are constantly speaking—to us, to our environment, and to our dogs.

Everything we think, say, feel, and do is information. The energy we bring into a space, the way we move and inhabit our bodies, the tone we use, our level of follow-through—all of it shapes what we begin to represent to our dogs. All of it contributes to how safe, steady, and trustworthy we feel in their eyes.

This is why emotional health isn’t a luxury. It’s a necessity. It influences not only our relationships and nervous systems, but our immune systems, hormonal balance, and long-term wellbeing. Trauma—whether from childhood, relationships, loss, or life itself—rewires the body for chronic dysregulation. It primes us to feel unsafe. And when left unaddressed, it wreaks havoc on the body and mind: hormone imbalances, adrenal fatigue, anxiety, inflammation, and the slow deterioration of physical health.

It’s why people can eat organic, exercise daily... and still get sick.

Because the body keeps the score.

What much of the world calls “mental health” is often mislabeled. It’s emotional health—neglected, misunderstood, and unexamined. The root behind addiction, depression, OCD, eating disorders, anxiety, and even narcissism isn’t mental illness. It’s emotional injury. Unfelt feelings. Unhealed pain. Stuffed down. Numbed. Silenced. Avoided.

And so we cope. We drink, starve, binge, shop, scroll, perform, overwork, isolate, over-exercise—all in an attempt to silence the signals our emotional bodies are trying to send. But when we treat the behavior instead of the wound, we miss the point entirely.

Emotional fitness must be trained and tended to—just like the body. It’s not a one-and-done healing. It’s a lifelong practice of becoming more whole, more present, more available to ourselves and to those who depend on us. Including our dogs.

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07/10/2025

Michael wasn’t a bad parent—he was a guilty one.

After a high-conflict divorce, he swung from discipline to indulgence, trying to make up for lost time. He gave his kids and dogs more yeses than no’s, more freedom than structure, more softness than stability.

But all the love in the world couldn’t fix the imbalance. His kids didn’t need more toys. His dogs didn’t need more treats.

They needed a parent.

What transformed Michael’s home wasn’t more affection—it was calm, consistent leadership rooted in love. It was saying no when it mattered. Following through. Holding steady. Creating rules, boundaries, and structure.

In Chapter Twelve of The Human End of the Leash, "When Love Needs Boundaries," I explore the tender tension between love and guilt—and how our unhealed wounds often lead to overindulgence when what’s truly needed is grounded, trustworthy guidance.

This isn’t about less love.

It’s about clearer love.

Love that sets boundaries.
Love that holds steady.
Love that leads.

Because when love has no limits, it often becomes longing in disguise.

This chapter is for every parent—of dogs or children—who loves deeply, but struggles to say no. It’s not a flaw. It’s an invitation.

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07/09/2025

Hanging with Ava in the garage, working on Chapter Twelve of "The Human End of the Leash: Dog Training's Missing Link".

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07/09/2025

Chapter Ten: The Space Between
(From my upcoming release: "The Human End of the Leash: Dog Training’s Missing Link")

Stress isn’t the enemy.

It's not just something that happens to us.

It’s the signal.

The space between what we expected and what actually is.

In this spaces lies our power to choose—how we show up, how we lead, how we deal, and how we affect those around us.

This chapter invites you to:

- See stress differently (for both species)

- Use discomfort as feedback, not failure

- Step into that “space between” with presence, awareness, and choice

It’s not about avoiding stress.

No.

It’s about what we do and who we choose to be while inside it.

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07/06/2025

Hangin’ with Ava.

Hoping her people see her and want to make her family.

She *so* longs to be in a home where she can joint lounge and enjoy air conditioning (as the only dog / pet).

I hope this for her, too.

Ava’s fully potty trained.

Is now spayed.

Is around 2.5 yrs.

Incredibly sweet and one of the most affectionate dogs I have ever known.

She understands basic obedience directives and can “give paw/ shake” like the best of ‘em.

She enjoys fetch, having space to run, and is passionate about stuffies.

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07/05/2025

CHAPTER NINE: DISCOMFORT IS THE DOORWAY

(From my upcoming book, “The Human End of the Leash: Dog Training’s Missing Link”)

Discomfort has many names.

Shame. Guilt. Anger. Sadness and Grief. Resentment. Fear. Uncertainty.

Most of us were never taught how to stay with it—
only how to silence it, numb it, outrun it,
or bury it under perfection, performance, and people pleasing.

The majority of these tactics? They’re what we know as "behavior."

Avoidance, over-control, shutting down, staying busy—
these are the nervous system’s survival strategies.
And they bleed out into all aspects of our lives, and show up in all our relationships- especially with our dogs.

Because our dogs don’t just reflect our habits.
They reflect our discomfort.

And if we can’t stay with ours…
we’ll struggle to help them stay with theirs.

This chapter explores how discomfort isn’t the problem—
it’s the portal.
A message. A mirror. An invitation to heal.

It’s for the ones learning to stay.
To breathe.
To feel.
To lead from presence instead of pressure.

Because discomfort is not where we break.
It’s where we break through.

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07/05/2025

Your dog doesn’t read your words.

They read your nervous system.

"The Human End of the Leash: Dog Training’s Missing Link" is a book about behavior, but more than that—it’s a book about healing.

Preorder now and be the first to read Chapter Eight:
The Nervous System Doesn’t Lie.

Our end of the leash impacts their end of the leash (the dog's) far more than we know ...and are willing to accept. This incredibly influential ingredient is the most overlooked and unaddressed in the canine behavioral puzzle.

07/04/2025

This is the time of year I used to enjoy when ignorance was bliss.

But, now, I'm aware of the impact the fireworks and explosions have on countless pets, wildlife, veterans and those with PTSD. How distressing- even deadly- it is.

This being said (and as Frank said): be kind. Be considerate. Be safe.

Wishing everyone a wonderful July 4th holiday.

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07/03/2025

Not all wounds bleed.

Some perform.

Some control.

Some overgive.

Some shut down.

I didn’t find this work. It found me—at the edge of my own unraveling.

And it gave me a way back to myself… through them.

In Chapter Six (Pain into Purpose) of "The Human End of the Leash: Dog Training's Missing Link", I share the story I never thought I’d write.

The one that started with blood in a bathroom sink and ended with a vow:

That I'd learn how to turn pain into healing.
That I'd help others do the same.
That I'd become the person I'd always needed—
And the one my dogs could trust to follow.

This chapter is about trauma, nervous system adaptation, emotional honesty, and the way our dogs reflect everything we haven’t yet dealt with.

It’s not about perfection.

It never is.

It’s about presence.

If you’re ready to stop performing and start healing, this chapter is for you.

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06/29/2025

If dogs could write a self-help book for humans, it might look a lot like this.

Because the real work starts with us.

"The Human End of the Leash : Dog Training's Missing Link" is available for pre-order—and early orders are getting a *ton* of immediately accessible goodies that'll disappear as soon as the book is published.

Pre-order your copy here:

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Our end of the leash impacts their end of the leash (the dog's) far more than we know ...and are willing to accept. This incredibly influential ingredient is the most overlooked and unaddressed in the canine behavioral puzzle.