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14/10/2026

Four library systems are now adding Loving the Difficult Dog: Vancouver Public Library, Surrey Libraries, Burnaby Public Library and Greater Victoria Public Library. Readers have already placed holds at Vancouver, Surrey and Greater Victoria, so people are asking for it.

If you live with a dog the world calls difficult, you're not alone, wherever you are. If you see the need for this book at your library, you can help it get there. Search the title or ISBN 9781067884901, place a hold if it's listed, or ask your library to add it using their "suggest a purchase" or "request a title" option.

Every request shows a library the need is real. Thank you.

07/10/2026

Loving the Difficult Dog just received a 5-star review from Readers' Favorite 🐾

I wrote this book for anyone who loves a dog who doesn't fit the mold. It includes some of my most embarrassing moments with Rosco and Rei, so hearing it resonated with a reviewer who lives with a reactive dog herself means a lot.

Read the full review here: https://readersfavorite.com/book-review/loving-the-difficult-dog

01/10/2026

Living with a difficult dog can feel lonely. The stares on walks, the unsolicited advice, the quiet heartbreak at home.
This new review made my week. Hearing that the book helped someone shift from fear to acceptance and hope is exactly what I hoped it would do.

To Patricia N., thank you for taking the time to leave a review, it means the world to us indie authors!

Loving the Difficult Dog is on Amazon now. Link in first comment. 💛

24/09/2026

Your dog digs up the garden. Barks at the window. Humps the same stuffed toy every evening.

It's easy to call these problems. But most of them are natural dog behaviors with nowhere to go.

I've started a new blog series, The Behavior Behind the Behavior. One behavior at a time, I'm looking at where it comes from, what need it meets, and how to make room for it in real homes. Even my own dog Rosco and his stuffed dog Goldie make an appearance.

Understanding a behavior doesn't mean allowing it everywhere. It means knowing what your dog needs, so you can give it a better place to go.

Read the first post here: https://rplusrcanineconsulting.com/natural-dog-behaviors/

Drawing on the Total Welfare Ethogram from the Family Dog Mediation Education Center.

16/09/2026

Grew up around street dogs in Manila, spent years thinking a scary childhood memory proved they were dangerous, and it took becoming a Family Dog Mediator to realize I had the story wrong. New post is about what street dogs get right that our pet dogs often don't.

08/09/2026

Most of the time, it's not that the dog is 'bad.' It's that we're speaking different languages. The behavior you're seeing isn't the problem, it's the message. And once you learn how to read it, everything changes, not because the dog changed, but because you finally understood.

25/08/2026

This one means so much coming from her.

Jaime Knowles, Co-Founder and Director of Training at Good Dog Academy, the program that trained me, read Loving the Difficult Dog and said it captures something too often overlooked, the emotional journey of the guardian, not just the dog.

Thank you Jaime, truly. This is exactly what I hoped this book would give people.

19/08/2026

Wasn't expecting this one to hit me the way it did. 😭

Geri read the book and sent over her thoughts, and by the end I was in tears.

Reading her take on Rei and Rosco's story means more than I can say. Thank you Geri, for taking the time, and for seeing exactly what I hoped this book would say.

18/08/2026

How a dog changed and is still changing the universe. ❤️

When writer Isabel Klee’s dog, Simon—known on social media as Simon Sits—died in late July, she shared her grief with their millions of followers. Here, Klee recounts saying goodbye to Simon and how his legacy will live on.

13/08/2026

We all want a dog who listens. But have you ever stopped to ask what that obedience is actually costing your dog?

There's a real difference between a dog who's regulated and a dog who's shut down, and from the outside, they can look exactly the same. In my latest post, we're digging into why "well behaved" isn't always "well off," and why understanding your dog's genetics, environment, and history has to come before any training plan.

This isn't anti-training. It's pro-dog. Full post here:

We love a well trained dog. The one who sits at the door instead of bolting through it. The one who walks past another dog without losing their mind. The one who “just knows” what to do. And to be clear: training matters. Obedience matters. A dog who can respond to you in a chaotic […]