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.

  • 21: Dog Nerd Tries to Counter Condition Her Own Eye Drops

  • 20: Visiting Family With Our Dog: Logistics, Advocacy, Emotional Processing

  • 19: Ego as a Dog Owner: Why I've Struggled, How It's Impacted Our Training, and Where We Are Today

  • 18: City Dog Rambles

  • 17: Fulfillment Deep Dive: How We Think About Fulfilling Our Dog (and Ourselves)

  • 16: We Live in a Van Now! First Impressions, Space Constraints, Pros & Cons of Being on the Road With a Dog

  • 15: Dog Training & Ownership Phrases That are Both True and Not True (aka "Semantics are Messy and Everything is Nuanced")

  • 14: Every Dog is Different: Honoring Individuality (While Still Generalizing Helpful Core Themes)

  • 13: "Should" Everyone Foster? Rescue Pressure, Big Emotions, and Multi-Dog Integration Thoughts

  • 12: The Rollercoaster of Fostering a Puppy with a Broken Leg (aka "It's Okay if Things Are Really Hard Sometimes")

  • 11: Embracing Social & Observational Learning While Also Advocating for Our Dogs

  • 10: Van Life FAQ: High-Level "Why"s and Some Build Details

  • 9: Work-Life-Dog Ownership Balance: Nontraditional Career Changes, Guilt, Self Care

  • 8: Balancing the "Magic" of the Dog-Human Bond with Science & Critical Thinking

  • 7: Dog Sports Deep Dive (Why Don't We Do Them?) and Internet Messiness

  • 6: Myths and Generalizations That Hurt Me as a New Dog Owner

  • 5: Not Having Kids: Parallels to Dogs, Species Differences, Individuality

  • 4: Training Evolution: Guilt? Asking Why, Honing Values, Comparing Our Life Today to the Past

  • 3: Fostering With a Reactive Resident Dog: Logistics, Emotions, Reflections

  • 2: Healthy Relationships: Our History, Communication, and Parallels to Dogs

  • 1: Our Very First Podcast Episode! (Who are these dog owners, anyway?)

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