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Posts by Bronagh Daly
Five By Five Canine’s training tips, case studies, and real-life musing about the animals we love and live with in the Connecticut area.
Here’s to us
It’s been a while since I’ve felt like blogging about Oz. We’ve had a year--with Oz’s epilepsy diagnosis, then his CCL tear/TPLO surgery. But a moment at the end of our hike today inspired me. Oz and I have been through a lot in his three and a half years. We’ve...
RESILIENCE
nor·mal
adjective
Conforming to a standard; usual, typical, or expected.
In our most difficult months, weeks, days, hours, I would sometimes think about how things might’ve been different for Oz and I. If we had been dealt a different deck of cards, if things were easier for my big feelings boy, where we might be now…
Roller coaster
Backslides in any type of dog training can be difficult. Frustrating. Demoralizing. Heart-breaking. And the more difficult the problem, the more difficult the backslide becomes. The more progress you make, the harsher the backslide feels. I know this all too well. In...
From long line to no line
Want to hike your dog off-leash, but have too many worries to do so? I used to be the same.
Some people can unclip the leash without too much thought or anxiety, but after one of my dogs disappeared for three hours, that wasn’t me. But about a year later, Oz wiggled his adorable little self into my life (and heart). With all of his anxiety, it is incredibly important that Oz gets to be carefree out in the woods, gets to move his body freely, gets to let go of his anxiety and just be a dog—for that bit of time once a day. So, as Oz grew up and it became increasingly clear that hiking was a necessity for both of us, I came up with a plan…
Climb Your Own Mountain
I’ll be the first to admit that it can be pretty easy to fall into a trap of comparing your own journey to the ever rotating highlight reels that haunt Facebook newsfeeds. However, I also know it’s important to remember that no two journeys are the same. No two...
Skip The Waiting Room
If you dog has any feelings about the vet that aren’t warm and fuzzy—it’s time to change up your vet visit routine. Before Oz’s anxiety disorder started to really rear it’s head, for each dog’s vet appointment, I would always sit and wait in my vet’s waiting room, as...
