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21: Dog Nerd Tries to Counter Condition Her Own Eye Drops
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20: Visiting Family With Our Dog: Logistics, Advocacy, Emotional Processing
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19: Ego as a Dog Owner: Why I've Struggled, How It's Impacted Our Training, and Where We Are Today
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18: City Dog Rambles
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17: Fulfillment Deep Dive: How We Think About Fulfilling Our Dog (and Ourselves)
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16: We Live in a Van Now! First Impressions, Space Constraints, Pros & Cons of Being on the Road With a Dog
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15: Dog Training & Ownership Phrases That are Both True and Not True (aka "Semantics are Messy and Everything is Nuanced")
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14: Every Dog is Different: Honoring Individuality (While Still Generalizing Helpful Core Themes)
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13: "Should" Everyone Foster? Rescue Pressure, Big Emotions, and Multi-Dog Integration Thoughts
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12: The Rollercoaster of Fostering a Puppy with a Broken Leg (aka "It's Okay if Things Are Really Hard Sometimes")
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11: Embracing Social & Observational Learning While Also Advocating for Our Dogs
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10: Van Life FAQ: High-Level "Why"s and Some Build Details
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9: Work-Life-Dog Ownership Balance: Nontraditional Career Changes, Guilt, Self Care
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8: Balancing the "Magic" of the Dog-Human Bond with Science & Critical Thinking
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7: Dog Sports Deep Dive (Why Don't We Do Them?) and Internet Messiness
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6: Myths and Generalizations That Hurt Me as a New Dog Owner
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5: Not Having Kids: Parallels to Dogs, Species Differences, Individuality
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4: Training Evolution: Guilt? Asking Why, Honing Values, Comparing Our Life Today to the Past
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3: Fostering With a Reactive Resident Dog: Logistics, Emotions, Reflections
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2: Healthy Relationships: Our History, Communication, and Parallels to Dogs
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1: Our Very First Podcast Episode! (Who are these dog owners, anyway?)
Paws and Reflect
Haley and Sean reflect on life with our delightful (and delightfully weird) blue heeler Scout. Since adopting her in 2019, we’ve trained through fear-based dog reactivity, fostered multiple shelter dogs, dealt with idiopathic epilepsy, and navigated so many ups and downs in between. In January 2023 we hit the road for full-time van life! 🚐 We hope our blunders and realizations can encourage fellow dog lovers. Find us at pawsandreflect.blog and @paws.andreflect on Instagram.