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01/04/2024

This is wild. 🙃

I'm very interested to hear people's experiences and thoughts on this one. This chart came out of a Newsweek article titled "Americans Can No Longer Afford Their Pets". The title of the purple graph is "Percentage of pet owners who are very and fairly concerned about their ability to financially support their pet".

I'm not sure what the quality of the market research was and I'm definitely not thrilled with how the graphs are laid out, but still.

To me this says the less people are worried about their ability to cover the costs of animal care, the less in touch they are with what animal care actually costs.

Do you agree? Do you have a different perspective? Does this surprise you at all? Sound off!

16/02/2024

Does this resonate with you?

I ran across this phrase on a t-shirt site made for special education teachers. As soon as I saw it, I knew I needed it. Maybe not the t-shirt (though I wish I got it), but the phrase. The reminder that regulating emotions, the body and the nervous system comes first.

I recently had a foster puppy for 7 weeks. He was an anxious mess of a guy. Insanely cute and sweet, but an emotional wreck. The whole world was too big and too overwhelming for him. Getting him to eat for the first two weeks took persistence and creativity. Even after that, the his appetite with treats was spotty at best.

Car rides? Terrifying.

Confinement of any kind? Intolerable.

Rain? More like acid falling from the sky.

Interior stairs? Monster's teeth.

I couldn't do the things with him that I do with so many other dogs. We (the hoomans) were frustrated and pulling our hair out.

And so this phrase popped up in my head over and over. Not only for him, but also for us. Not all of my reactions were up to my own standards.

Remembering that I also needed to regulate, I could start taking a step back in the moment and check in with myself to reel in my own emotions. To take a deep breath and recognize that I was not in an emergency or even an urgent situation. Then, I could look at him and ask if I was expecting too much of him based on where his head and body were at in that moment.

I'm not going to say it made things easy, but it did make them better. I was thinking I could wear that t-shirt to my training appointments because A LOT of our clients need to hear this. Especially puppy clients. At the very least, I need to start working the phrase into conversations an awkward amount. LOL 😆

What do you think?

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Mod Dog Training is a woman-owned & operated training company serving dogs and their owners in the Monterey Bay from Carmel Valley to Salinas. We operate on two basic principles: training should never hurt and training should strengthen your bond with your dog. We’ve been helping dogs and their people understand each other better and live more enriching lives since 2017. Mod Dog Training is here for anyone from the first-time puppy parent, to the lifelong dog owner, and everyone in-between. Caitlyn Mattern, ABCDT is the owner of Mod Dog Training. Caitlyn is a military spouse who grew up in Southern California, but loves living on the Central Coast. She is an animal rights advocate and firm believer in the power of positivity as it relates to her work, personal life, and beyond. She is a graduate of California Baptist University and Animal Behavior College. Continuing education is incredibly important to Caitlyn and she is currently working toward her CPDT-KA certification. Caitlyn has experience working with dogs of all breeds and sizes and does not believe a dog is ever too old to train. She enjoys spending time with her husband, daughter, two Boxers (Gunnar and Scout) and cat (Roger Purrling).