What? None of them? 😳
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What? None of them? 😳
Come on you Bees 🐝
Rommies certainly like their gardens 🪴
Thank you Guy. You’ve been a ling standing and ongoing follower. We very much appreciate your kind and generous support.
I’m so pleased about that. Thank you ☺️
Thank you Eileen ☺️
That’s great to hear Sue. Glad I could help. 😃
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Thank you Sheila. Let’s touch base soon about Papy and see what we can do about that reading 😉
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Mika showing off her people skills with her dad at a local cafe today. She often reacts to traffic, people particularly men, dogs(she’s not scared of dogs but excitement and lead frustration can kick in) and cyclists. Today she saw a lot of her triggers and had a clean run. Well done Mika 👍
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This is Mika. I’m coming to the end of a three week stay with Mika. She has problems with guests in the house and with people out on walks. It was important for Mika and me to form a solid bond before making a start with training. This was only after a couple of hours together.
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I would concur with Rory. Sheila. If all went well she would most likely stick close and/or “boomerang “ out and back. The problem is that she’s easily spooked at which point her default is to run and then hide.
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Excited to tell you that the paperback edition of #SophieFromRomania with a new chapter about our second year with her is coming on September 11. And @waterstones.bsky.social has a special offer- 25% off on preorders 28-31 July
When I get the chance, yes 👍
Just briefly 😁
Just hangin’ out with a certain young lady in her garden.
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Hang on to it. Never let it go 😄
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Good morning both 😁
My concern with this is social acceptability. Keeping Diane and Rory’s standing in the community. Sophie’s pro-social. This is excitement with a little barrier frustration thrown in. It’s easily fixed with “time outs” and teaching alternatives behaviours. It isn’t in fact about guarding/possession
North east coast of Scotland that is… 😬
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It’s a shrub. Hebe. If it grows fifteen feet from the North East coast shoreline I should think it will grow anywhere 😉
Just doing our bit for the pollinators!
I vote for misbehaving 😉
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I think so too ❤️
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You never know. Although she’s less than impressed by beaches so far.
It was truly amazing Steve 👍
👍 We’ve learned that Scotland has a wide range of Dolphin and Whale species.
There is never a day goes by that something doesn’t happen to make us appreciate our lives in north east Scotland. Yesterday, for the first time since we moved here five years ago, we saw a pod of Orca in the bay by the house. Still feeling thrilled and humbled by the experience today. 😄👌
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It was lovely to meet you both too. 😃
Lovely picture
All good suggestions. 👍
I think if you close the paywall pop up it will give you access to the article but I’m not sure. But essentially the answer is that it depends on the dog. There are steps you can take ahead of time to check suitability and help your dog to take things in their stride.
Nothing better than a holiday sausage for a holidaying dog.
I’m glad that your dog enjoys his holidays
I don’t think you will have anything to worry about Karen. If your collie loves the motorhome and continues to do so (and the holiday when you get there) then she will likely take a trip to France in her stride. Her living quarters (motor home) will provide ample familiarity. Not all dogs struggle.
I recently had a really interesting chat with Nick Duerden, the author of “People Who Like Dogs Like People Who Like Dogs” and freelance journalist, about taking your dog on holiday with you. Here is his article in today’s Guardian. Beautifully written. www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...
Happily Ripley, Nina and I met two #sophiefromromania fans this afternoon. It was a delight to spend some time chatting to Marlene and Bev about dogs, of course.. Ripley gave them her usual enthusiastic welcome. Safe journey home Tomorrow Marlene and Bev. Hope you enjoyed your time in Portsoy.
I’m sure we’ll bump into each other at some point then. Enjoy
I can see us 😉
Are you on holiday here Marlene?
Hi Take your time and build up to the actual clipping over time. Use an approach called desensitisation and counter-conditioning making every step a good experience for your dog. DS/CC is described in detail in the book.
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This handsome young man is Troy. He has two amazing guardians, Peter and Frances (Pablo and King King). Troy, much like #sophiefromromania is scared by the world. But, with patience and a bucket full of gentle kindness, he’s learning to feel safe. Big steps this week. Watch this space for more.
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I see what you did there 😁
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This is the kind of picture that makes my year
Spot the punctuation competition 😉
“Making Sense of Chaos” Now there’s a book title for our time!
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No discussion to be had by the looks of things 😉
Joyous ❤️
Another little flavour of yesterday’s historic encounter between #sophiefromromania and the grandkids
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I’m not a fan of acronyms but I have one for fearful dogs. You’re looking for A.C.E. A=anticipation. You want them to anticipate good things happening. C=curiosity.. curiosity breeds resilience and confidence. E=expectation. They expect good things to happen not bad. ACE job Team #sophiefromromania
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Thank you Corinne 😁
Ripley and I beat you to it this morning 🙌🤣
I loved the book and have been following the advice for counter-conditioning for my 2 little Rommies, one reactive with strange dogs and the other who runs home. And I can promise everyone - it WORKS! It takes time, but we can let strange dogs walk past now so long as they aren't too close ❤️
That's great to hear Sue. Thank you 😀
More Than Just A Dog is available at many book retailers as well as online as an audio book (Amazon) or a Kindle edition. If you enjoy the book, please do leave a review. It helps in the promotion of the book and, my main objective, to get better information in front of dog guardians who need help.
We specialize in helping fearful dogs be they inclined to hide away like #sophiefromromania or behave aggressively to get the scary thing to go away. It's always important to remember that there are two clients, the dog and the people. This is the start of Chapter 10 of my book. youtu.be/EH62AzIIDG4
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On balance I would agree with Sophie 😉
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Theo is a thoroughly lovely man and from sitting in on lessons (sometimes with #sophiefromromania) a wonderful teacher too.
Hi Janetta Thank you for the lovely shout out. I’m so thrilled that Albert is doing so well and Tsuki looks like a great playmate. Keep up the great work. 👍
The Hong Kong Assassins are from… yep, Hong Kong. Their hoomum Frances has an injury and so needs Pablo and King King to walk well together. Pablo is a puller & so the first step to a stress free walk is for him to walk well on his own. I think you’ll agree he’s rocking it youtu.be/N5QoKAVNSk8?...
As always I’ve loved visiting ❤️
Appreciated 😁
As have many before you Siggy, as have many 🤣
Good evening both
🤣 Nice work Sophie 🤣
Horrah 😁
You’re not wrong about that 😁❤️
In other news this startlingly clever pair, Pablo and King King (aka The Hong Kong Assassins-full story later) show off their skills in a thoughtfully provided inner city dog space near their home.
I am in awe of The Princess. She wants Sophie to love her so much but she understands completely that we need to do it steadily and deliberately. When she was asked to be a statue I’m not sure she even blinked. 👏
