Dogs Got Souls

Might as well share this too. One of our clients sent this from our last lesson, when I was demonstrating how adding some speed changes can help keep the dog's focus and interests when practicing heel. I had no idea she was recording me lol, but I'm glad she did 😆

*EDITED* apparently half of the description got lost when I tried to post this to both Instagram and Facebook at the same time *

This is Stewie.

She stayed with her brother till they were about 3.5 months old, and already, they were showing obvious symptoms of which really doesn't get talked about often enough.

Because of this, Stewie was scared of the world, and had severe separation anxiety especially in the crate.

Fortunately, I was able to gain her trust and bond with her. She came around and absolutely BLOSSOMED during the 3 weeks she stayed with us. She did great at a restaurant with pet friendly patio, bravely followed my toddler up the playground and let me hold her to go down the slide, and even participated in a small Easter egg hunt with 2 other families with toddlers. She is now able to go into the crate by herself, and sleeps through the night in her crate. She is also doing well in her new foster home.

Stewie is now 4 months old. Not only is she super sweet, loves to cuddle, she is also dog, cat, AND kid friendly. She is available for adoption from Belles Buds Rescue

Apply to adopt at:
http://bit.ly/BellesBudsApp
Or
https://www.bellesbudsrescue.org

Please consider donating to either or so we could continue helping rescue pups who can use some training/rehabilitation to find and stay in forever homes easier 🙏🏡🐾

Update and Announcement Post!

Hello all,

I sincerely apologize for not having posted on our social media since last year. I do think I have a very good reason that, hopefully, y'all will agree with. I'll elaborate more in the announcement part.

Let us first congratulate Breeze and Coco, both service dogs in training, for passing the tests and earning their CGC, CGCA, as well as CGCU titles; and Lilith, service dog in training, C***r, therapy dog in training, as well as Takeshi who might just be a little pet dog but can do just as much as the big dogs, for earning their CGC titles! 👏🥳💯

By the way, I want to be clear that the CGC series is the BARE MINIMUM when it comes to service dog training standards. That is why you see Breeze and Lilith showing off higher skills than what was required by the tests in the videos. Note that in Lilith's recall video, a bunny 🐰 actually ran across the Plaza behind them.

Next, check out some of the dogs we worked with this year, including rescue dogs who still need furever homes (if you're interested in adopting, please visit HTX Dog Rescue 🙏), service dogs in training, and beloved pet dogs who are just as important (reminder: proceeds from pet dog services go towards helping train rescue dogs and service dogs).

Now, the announcement... *drumroll 🥁*:
Dogs Got Souls is temporarily pausing all operations until further notice (hopefully just until the end of this year or the beginning of next year 😬).

I feel very bittersweet, but also quite excited because... We are actually expecting a new family member's arrival, and it's not a new pup or cat this time! As most of you already know, I'm the only person who runs DGS full time, which has regrettably gotten a lot more difficult now that I'm in the third trimester of pregnancy on top of having Narcolepsy 😔 So we made the decision to temporarily not operate until I recover from birth and things settle down with a newborn.

It's been yet another wonderful year meeting and working with all y'all amazing people and dogs. I'm already looking forward to coming back to work 😅 Thank you all for your continuous support up to now! Take care, everyone, and see y'all again soon 🙏❤️