This was filmed, edited, and created over a year ago during one of Violence’s training sessions, and honestly, looking back at it now is so grounding. It’s so easy to get caught up in social media and fall into that trap of thinking your dog needs to be perfect every second of the day. It’s so easy to obsess over the tiny mistakes and forget how much progress has actually happened right in front of you. But when you take a moment to look back, whether it’s a year ago, a month ago, or even just a

Before everyone and their mother comes after me, no, this was not planned or staged. You can clearly see me start laughing after it happened, and that’s because I was with another service dog handler, @Bella ✨ Sevy ✨ Ellie ✨ and we were actively filming an educational skit about why people should not talk to service dogs. While we were waiting for someone to pass through the aisle, this woman started talking to my service dog, Fidget, and the timing was honestly unreal. All jokes aside, this is

The length of your dog’s name does not matter. It doesn’t matter if they have three letters or twenty, or if their name is one word or three. A dog can learn a solid recall with their name regardless of how long it is. That part is on the trainer, not the dog. If your trainer cannot teach your dog a reliable recall, whether that’s by using their full name or by creating a specific recall word, that is a fault on the trainer. Recall is one of the most straightforward skills to teach when you unde

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