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Hello sweetest Turkey. We are sorry we woke you up to do a model boy! ❤️Turkey is an alum who was originally a hospice ...
16/12/2024

Hello sweetest Turkey. We are sorry we woke you up to do a model boy! ❤️

Turkey is an alum who was originally a hospice case but defied the odds and has now completed heartworm treatment and continues to work on healing his little bulldog bod.

During medical treatment that included some heavy duty drugs, Turkey had some very out of character behavior. We are hoping it was primarily due to his physical state but everyone wants to make sure we cover all of our bases and get behavioral support in place too.

We are all rooting for you, buddy! ❤️

We’ve had a higher than average number of puppy and young adolescent cases recently and it has us thinking about somethi...
16/12/2024

We’ve had a higher than average number of puppy and young adolescent cases recently and it has us thinking about something that comes up not infrequently in these cases…

Puppies make people cry. 😅

We say that with humor and a genuine love of puppies and young dogs. They’re hilarious. They’re babies who quickly blow through young puppyhood into doggie puberty.

And they are HARD. Puppyhood and adolescence are usually the two most sensitive and challenging developmental stages of a dog’s life.

One of the reasons puppies make people cry is not everyone knows this in advance. In fact, there’s a lot of marketing around getting a puppy being the secret to having an “easy” dog. What that refers to in theory is you are getting a puppy from an ethical breeder who does a great job with early socialization and care and then you do everything right on that front when you take over so you end up with a well adjusted adult dog.

But those things don’t just happen. For one, while we would love it if the majority of breeders were ethical and doing all the things right, the opposite is true. Most pet dogs are *not* coming from ethical breeders engaged in ethical breeding and rearing practices.

And not only is doing everything “right” for your dog during puppyhood and adolescence into young adulthood a lot of work, you still have genetics and individual personality and formative experiences before you got your puppy and as is the case for everyone, life happens. No one, human or canine, is perfect or immune to unplanned life experiences.

This is not to say getting a puppy isn’t sometimes the right choice or the right fit or even just an unexpected challenge to happily rise to. It absolutely can be and raising a young dog can be amazing and rewarding. But it’s not the choice we would recommend to someone looking for “easy.”

“Easy” looks a little different to everyone. But our best advice, the “secret” we’d give *most* people looking for an easy family pet, is this:

Choose an adult dog from a shelter/rescue who seems like a good personality, energy level, and behavioral match for your household. Foster first to ensure it is indeed a good fit. Adopt when it’s right. ❤️

We got to check in with our girl Marlow Lorelei today! 🥰Not only did she get an A+ working on her skills on a busy nei...
14/12/2024

We got to check in with our girl Marlow Lorelei today! 🥰

Not only did she get an A+ working on her skills on a busy neighborhood walk, we had a super cute moment where a shepherd and his dad were working on the same thing and we had some excellent and adorable parallel teamwork.

Shepherd dad, if you see this, you guys get an A+ too! ❤️

This beautiful girl is Bella! 🥰She and sister Luna both need a little help with their feelings about humans as well as w...
14/12/2024

This beautiful girl is Bella! 🥰

She and sister Luna both need a little help with their feelings about humans as well as with some triggers causing conflict between them around the house. Okay, Bella needs a little help…Luna needs a lot of help. 😅

These beautiful sisters are awesome though and we had a blast meeting them and seeing their different personalities. ❤️

This precious young lady is Sugar! 🥰Sugar is just a teenager with all the things that go with that. She started to show ...
14/12/2024

This precious young lady is Sugar! 🥰

Sugar is just a teenager with all the things that go with that. She started to show what should have been some reasonably easy to treat and manage guarding behavior but unfortunately was subjected to some training methods that made the behavior worse.

Fortunately, Sugar’s parents realized what was happening and stopped the training program. It’s a common story - one we see on so many of our client forms. And we are so glad Sugar has parents who love her very much and realized when they did. Let’s hope things are starting to turn back the right direction for this family! ❤️

We spent yesterday’s in-shelter day with Coco Bear, Squeaky, and Vincent! 🥰Coco Bear, y’all. This girl is positively bu...
13/12/2024

We spent yesterday’s in-shelter day with Coco Bear, Squeaky, and Vincent! 🥰

Coco Bear, y’all. This girl is positively bursting with personality, hilarity, and sweetness. Snuggly? Check. Playful and silly? In spades. Full of opinions? She will share them with you freely. We could not have had more fun with velvety hippo mama.

👉🏽 https://adopt.adopets.com/pet/9dc87094-8b32-40d8-b171-754cd6f77d0e

Squeaky is just a young pup looking for someone to whisk her away from the stress of shelter life. She doesn’t love the kennel rows but once she’s away from them, she relaxes and is an easy to handle sweetheart ready to see what fun you have in store for her.

👉🏽 https://adopt.adopets.com/pet/363660a0-3eac-4f8a-90b0-7a8acabba2dc

Vincent has been struggling with shelter stress recently but when we got him yesterday, we were his second kennel break and he was relaxed and easy peasy. Imagine that. He was a sweetheart and a dreamboat on and off shelter grounds and was content to find all the toys in the car to try out.

👉🏽 https://adopt.adopets.com/pet/0597f969-7544-4391-b9ff-cdb5aa399d2e

Email [email protected] to learn more about these kiddos! ❤️

Morning with Gino Bean. 🥰❤️
12/12/2024

Morning with Gino Bean. 🥰❤️

Little lady Willow would like everyone to know that she is still doing a textbook A+ job working through her guarding th...
11/12/2024

Little lady Willow would like everyone to know that she is still doing a textbook A+ job working through her guarding the home from visitors practice. 🥰

We have some tricky milestones coming up at her next visits but so far, she’s handled every milestone like a champ. AND! She has finally decided she likes her feline sister and is hoping maybe she can convince her they should play.

She also struck that pose just to do a model girl. 💁🏻‍♀️❤️

Kiko would like everyone to know he’s the best boy and he loves it when you tell him so! 🥰❤️
11/12/2024

Kiko would like everyone to know he’s the best boy and he loves it when you tell him so! 🥰❤️

Follow up day with cutest niblet Dot T! 🥰❤️
11/12/2024

Follow up day with cutest niblet Dot T! 🥰❤️

It’s Poppy and Clair day! 🥰Big sister Clair who was our original client in the home is doing great and we were so happy ...
10/12/2024

It’s Poppy and Clair day! 🥰

Big sister Clair who was our original client in the home is doing great and we were so happy to see her today. Little sister Poppy has just entered adolescence and today’s appointment was impromptu about her! 😅 🌪️ 🦖

Adolescence, y’all. It can blow in like a tornado and little Poppy is at least an F3. She is a hilarious little smartypants and while she’s making mom and dad work pretty hard right now, we think she’s a heck of a fun girl. ❤️

We had the best time with little nugget Poppy today! 🥰Now that Poppy is not so scared of us, we can work more hands on o...
10/12/2024

We had the best time with little nugget Poppy today! 🥰

Now that Poppy is not so scared of us, we can work more hands on on not being so scared of the outside world. We introduced an activity station that we’re going to use as a familiar home base to take on some bravery building adventures.

Poppy did amazing and it was extra amazing because the Very Scary Train had been stuck on the tracks by their house all morning which Poppy wasn’t loving. But it left just in time for our appointment and rather than holding on to her worry, she recovered and showed up to party!

Mom also shared a BIG milestone. Over Thanksgiving at her grandparents house, Poppy *finally* made friends with grandpa. That is big news and grandpa was so pleased he started sharing his scrambled eggs with Poppy every morning. 🤭

Poppy, we are so proud of you brave girl. ❤️

That magical snoot belongs to precious man Harvey! 🥰Over the last few years, Harvey has developed some increasing worrie...
10/12/2024

That magical snoot belongs to precious man Harvey! 🥰

Over the last few years, Harvey has developed some increasing worries about other dogs. Mom and dad want to get him feeling more comfortable so he doesn’t have to panic every time another dog is out for a walk at the same time he is.

Harvey, you’ve got this buddy! ❤️

This tiny nugget is Bean! 🥰Bean’s mom is already doing a great job with all of the puppy things. They just need a little...
07/12/2024

This tiny nugget is Bean! 🥰

Bean’s mom is already doing a great job with all of the puppy things. They just need a little extra help with not chasing the cat and we are lucky enough to assist! ❤️

This adorable little man is Negi! 🥰Negi is pretty worried about people taking his stuff. Mom and dad want to keep everyo...
07/12/2024

This adorable little man is Negi! 🥰

Negi is pretty worried about people taking his stuff. Mom and dad want to keep everyone safe while teaching him he doesn’t need to worry so much.

Negi learned that part of that teaching involves snacks and was very on board! ❤️

We spent today’s in-shelter day with three of the four dogs our city shelter is issuing 5 day euthanasia notices for. ❤...
06/12/2024

We spent today’s in-shelter day with three of the four dogs our city shelter is issuing 5 day euthanasia notices for. ❤️‍🩹

We have a lot of thoughts on why this practice has resurfaced in our city, from the behavior of shelter leadership and city government to the role of the community. We have a lot of thoughts on how dogs are chosen for the “urgent placement list” and for euthanasia notices, as well as on how that list and the notices themselves are handled. And we have a lot of thoughts on the current culture at our city shelter, how dogs are treated, and how issues of behavior are handled.

Because this is a post about the dogs themselves, we’ll just say that all three of these dogs, and every dog who enters our city shelter, deserves much better than they are getting.

🐾 Rocky Boy is just a young guy full of personality and spirit. Today was our first time meeting him and we’re pretty sure it was his first outing and potentially his first time in a car. Everything seemed new and oh so fascinating to him and he met each new experience with inquisitiveness and hilarity that had us laughing his whole outing.

👉🏽 https://adopt.adopets.com/pet/f38fd274-c9d4-4710-a808-da474bc570d4

🐾 We have posted a lot about our dear friend LB, from his first time at the shelter many years ago as a cruelty case to his return after his owner was evicted. LB is a young senior now and truly, all he wants is a home where he can be cozy and safe. He loves finding the comfiest spots, the best toys, and basking in all the love and affection his human will give.

👉🏽 https://adopt.adopets.com/pet/049c91be-b47d-47af-a0bc-2a58ea7ff08e

🐾 Gelato is a new to us blue dot and maybe the easiest dog we’ve handled in recent memory. Casual for harnessing and trotting by barking dogs in the kennel row, snoozing in the car and a peach at the park, we didn’t have to do anything in particular for this guy to behave like a dreamboat. We hear he’s also a recent grad of group class at .

👉🏽 https://adopt.adopets.com/pet/e2619283-8d51-488e-a768-5196d8558d41

Please email [email protected] urgently if you may be able to help these good boys. ❤️‍🩹

Ladies and gentlemen, please meet the overwhelming cuteness of Dot T! 🥰This petite little nugget is in training for adol...
04/12/2024

Ladies and gentlemen, please meet the overwhelming cuteness of Dot T! 🥰

This petite little nugget is in training for adolescent wildness and difficulty sharing human affection with her canine housemates. She is a blast and we had so much fun with her.

We also took extra pictures because we could not get over how much she reminds us of mascot and piglet of a lifetime Gemma! 🥹❤️

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We’re going to share a few joyful updates today because who couldn’t use that? 🥰 First up, behold the joy of absolutely precious boy Booger! Booger came to his mama very anxious and worried about the world and she has been working hard to help him feel braver. They recently had a big move and sent this update… “We went to a trail today. His recall was 95% and reactivity was at an all time minimum. Thanks for your help!!! He’s thriving.” Get it, Booger!!! 🙌🏽❤️

Lil fitness potatoes Gemma and @beefcake_boris hope you and your pups got outside to do something fun today! These two love their long line nature sniffaris! Happy Sunday y’all! #fitnesspotatoes #dogpossible #dogpossibleaustin #getoutside

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