Sounds familiar? Because that is my story. I had just moved from my home country to the beautiful Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. After about a year of settling in, I decided it was time to get a dog of my own for the first time. I grew up with dogs, but they were never mine …
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I heard this from a lady the other day while we were out and about with our dog. She seemed quite confident at first that our dog would happily walk up to her to sniff her — and perhaps even accept a pat or two. Instead, halfway through approaching, my dog turned around to sniff …
As a dog owner myself, I know first hand how hard it is to admit that our beloved furry pup is “aggressive”. I think because there is such negative connotation regarding aggression but also there are a lot of misunderstandings and misinformation in regards to what aggression is. What Is Dog Aggression, Really? If you …
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Hi! My name is Soneca, which means “Nap” in Portuguese. I am originally from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and born in 2014 to a street dog from the thought outskirts of RJ living in constant stress. It was a very bad situation, and I could feel her stress already in her womb. I spent 30 …
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