What is normal and what prevents things from going sideways It can take up to 3-6 MONTHS before your dog shows its true colors! Adopting a dog is a big deal. You bring them home and hope everything goes as planned. But a lot of people feel blindsided when behavior starts to shift weeks or months later. That surprise is avoidable once you know why it happens. I often have clients tell me, “We never saw this behavior at the beginning” and that is completely normal. What research shows about...

Your dog isn’t being disobedient. They’re communicating. Learn how to read behavior, build trust, and create lasting change.

Board & train programs sound tempting: drop your dog off, pay a big fee, and pick them up weeks later “fixed.” The problem is that for...