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By Nancy Kerns

So, we have a new dog! I’m soooo happy! And while it’s been really time-consuming to properly integrate a new dog into our household, it’s also been incredibly rewarding, interesting . . . and inspiring! Inspiring to have a fresh opportunity to experience many of the things we talk about in Whole Dog Journal – with a sense of urgency and immediacy I haven’t had for quite some time!

Just in our first few days I was thinking hard about things like potty training, how to deal with dogs who are not food-motivated,

Our new dog, Otto Maddock. He’s perhaps nine months old, and definitely a mixed something or other. He’s also sharp as a tack, a tad worried about meeting new people, and quite a collector of random objects. And oh yeah: he’s a night person. He wants to sleep all day and play (and bark) at night. We’re working on that.

finding a good vet, vaccination, parasite control (fleas, ticks, heartworm), introducing dogs to cats, barking, leash manners,…

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