I've done this challenge twice before because I always love an opportunity to think through what I'm doing and put together a strategy for moving forward. For non-bloggers this might be a tedious post, so feel free to come back tomorrow when I unveil a covert project that Newt has been working on or next week when I have a week-long giveaway bonanza (again!) of Healthy New Year products! And
Emmett isn’t normal
I mean it in the nicest way possible, but Emmett isn't normal. Sometimes, when I'm working with Lucas and Cooper, I catch myself thinking, "Ugh. I wish they would be more like Emmett." But that's a totally unreasonable expectation. And totally unfair because Emmett isn't normal. (Stick with me. I do have a point!) Example 1: For various reasons, we're fairly sure Molly was never inside
Have multiple dogs? Permission granted to be inequitable.
It's a revolutionary idea: You don't always have to be fair when you have multiple dogs. At least, it's revolutionary to me. I recently read Feeling Outnumbered? How to Manage and Enjoy Your Multi-Dog Household* by Karen B. London, PhD and Patricia McConnell, PhD. In it, they write (I'm paraphrasing big time) that it's okay to alternate walks or to exercise one of your dogs in the yard
Chasing dogs
Our dog walks have gotten even crazier. With foster dog Molly on quarantine , we couldn't walk her with the guys. Thankfully John had time off over the holidays, so four walks a day weren't impossible. Now she's past her quarantine, and we've been doing paired walks to introduce her to the boys. She is VERY nervous about meeting new dogs, so we stuck her with Emmett for the first few days. He's
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