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

Largely inspired by our recent experiences fostering, Sean and Haley sit down to talk about how every dog is an individual even within a single breed or home or other group.

While domestic dogs do share many overarching traits, they also each bring their own quirks and preferences to the table. When we make space for that, it can be so fascinating and fun. When we get caught up in expecting all dogs to be a certain way, though (often subconsciously) we can set ourselves up for disappointment, resentment, or unnecessary conflict.

Related links:

• What Colors Our Perceptions of Dog Training Methods? blog article — talks about how our own dogs' preferences can influence how we feel about things as a whole


• Why Does Your Dog Need to Do... Well, Anything? blog article — addressing how every dog, owner, and situation is different


• "It's All in How You Raise Them" Isn't True (and Truly Hurts) blog article


• Don't Compare Your Dog Reactivity Journey to Others blog article


• What's Right For YOU Instagram guide