George The Spicy Dog

If you're caring for an anxious dog, you're probably familiar with trigger-stacking.

We recently celebrated 1,000 visitors to this little niche blog.

Yet more firsts for George recently. Considering he lives a fairly sheltered life, he still ends up having to deal with a lot of new experiences.

It's good to know what makes a sensitive dog (or any dog) feel safe.

I’ve been finding it tough recently.

Medication has undoubtedly been incredibly helpful in reducing George's overall anxiety, enabling him to get better rest, and giving us the space to work on behaviour modification.

As usual, it's been a rollercoaster ride over the last couple of weeks.

I realised I am always referring to George's "reactions", but haven't really explained what they actually are.

Management means doing whatever I can to reduce George's exposure to triggers allowing his stress and cortisol levels to reduce.

I used to think that growling is bad.

It's been another big week for little George.

We continue in our quest to find the source of pain for George.