01/31/2026
January held 30 days of joy with sweetest Charli girl!
Charli came with some loud, unpredictable discomfort around random strangers and kids. Her barking and jumping made everyone on edge and with a baby on the way, her humans wanted to make sure they were well equipped with structure and understanding to help Charli manage her emotions and find less jarring ways to cope.
She is slow to warm up, but with consistency, and the help of my foster dog from , Charli was excited about her stay much quicker than any of us expected.
I worked on her stress tolerance, exposed her to kids in safe and controlled settings, and pushed her limits in a way that helped her feel empowered and confident in the human ability to advocate for her, so she didn’t have a reason to do it herself. We added fair, consistent corrections to behaviors she understood and applied those behaviors and expectations to the wide world.
I think Charli is in excellent hands with and Josh, and they’re going to thrive moving forward!