More Than a Label: Lessons from Family Dog Mediation (A Shy Dog Diary Entry)

Boop our inbox! 🐾 🎥 This episode is also available in video format on Spotify. The longer I live with Nessie, the more I realize how tempting it is to search for one explanation for who she is. She’s a rescue. She’s anxious. She’s fearful. She may not have been well socialized. She’s a Pointer-Lab mix. Some of those things may be relevant. But none of them, on their own, explain the whole dog. In this Shy Dog Diary Entry, I’m reflecting on what completing my Family Dog Mediator (FDM) ce...