Resilience
“Achieving a positive outcome in the face of adversity.” ~ Bruce McEwen
Stress impacts our world in more ways than we realize, and the same goes for the dogs in our life. Understanding these impacts is the first step in understanding our dogs.
Black, White, and Shades of Gray
How many things in life do we believe without questioning? Someone told us once, we likely don’t even remember who or when, but we accepted their words as gospel and have lived by them ever since. What if those words were a lie? Or best-case-scenario, the ramblings of the ill-informed?
Notes: The Infinite Approach by Josh Beckler
I first stumbled up K9 Optima about five years ago on TikTok. Josh’s style immediately impressed me. His process is about understanding the root of the dog’s issues from a psychological aspect. Unlike countless “social media dog trainers” that have exploded on the scene since COVID, he wasn’t about treating the symptoms of behavior issues via suppression. He was, and is, about doing the work of peeling back the trauma layers to create meaningful breakthroughs that can change lives; the lives of dogs AND the lives of the humans who love them.