Two Paws Up

03/05/2025

Again, Hannah Brannigan, “Figure out what your puppy’s strengths are, and use them for reinforcement. AND, *continue* to practice with a *variety* of reinforcers. Me-build their repertoire and your options of reinforcement. Don’t limit yourself in their puppyhood.

03/05/2025

Hannah Brannigan says, “one of the most important things we can do with our puppy is *drop* the pressure. Speed comes as they learn the movement…slow is smooth, speed will come as they learn. Practice that Buddhist non-attachment to the exercise.
You don’t need to push, or poke, your puppy. (Please don’t poke your puppy!)
Speed comes as they learn about the world.

03/05/2025

Hannah Brannigan seminar: “We don’t need to use frustration or deprivation to build drive”!

Thank you. 🙏🐾

03/05/2025

Dog People!!!
*Fantastic* online webinar happening now! Heart Puppy Symposium. Covering a variety of topics: fostering shelter puppies, training sport dog puppies, building basic “LEGO” blocks that you can return to as an indicator of how things are going in your training…

https://heartequineacademycourses.com/courses/heart-puppy-symposium--e8838c29-5eb9-4c61-8e13-0a4fbc759005/salespage

Worth it! Plus supports our Canadian allies!🙌🙌🙌🙌❤️🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾

18/04/2025

Hey ya’ll,
Check this out! I think it’s a worthy and uplifting cause

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1085144243658795&id=100064896871671&mibextid=wwXIfr

🗣️ Next Tuesday, we take flight from Merced, California to Washington—carrying a full plane of dogs and cats from an overcrowded shelter where 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐲.

Thanks to you, these pets have a chance. A seat on that flight is the difference between 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐭… 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐝.

‼️ But we need to be honest: fuel costs have increased exponentially. 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐟𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 than the one before it. And while we’re committed to flying, we can’t do it without your help.

You’ve helped us launch 30 flights already this year—saving over 2,400 lives. Let’s not slow down now. 𝐖𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭.
Let’s keep flying—for them.

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Mail: P.O. Box 602030, San Diego, CA 92160

15/03/2025

Giving a Shout Out to Unchained. What a wonderful mission!

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07/03/2025

Hey Santa Cruz County, how is everybody feeling today?

I’m posting to encourage everyone to think *critically* and maybe even, a little *wonky* about how you choose your VET!
It’s so *fu***ng* important, and so hard, yup- and scary, and, unfortunately sometimes feeding into to childhood stuff- yet on the flip side, you might be able to take some deep breaths and maybe grow and get through thoese awful, freaking scary times. Just saying it’s absolutely worth some time spent thinking about it and about what happens if…

07/02/2025

Author and poet Maya Angelou on persistence:

"My wish for you is that you continue. Continue to be who you are, to astonish a mean world with your acts of kindness. The effect you have on others’ lives is the highest expression of your own."

Source: Letter to My Daughter​

Thank you to James Clear who inspires me with his 3,2,1 Thursdays.