We wish it went: SET A GOAL → ACHIEVE IT 🏆 …but in real life it looks more like: START 🐾 → DOUBT 😬 → FAIL 🤦‍♀️ → PRACTICE 🔄 → STRUGGLE 🥴 → GET IT 🎉 And that’s normal! Even with a plan, the winds can shift — your dog’s mood, your timing, or a new distraction out in the wild. 👉 What skill are you working on at the moment? 👉 Which “dot” are YOU on right now with your dog? (p.s. when I work with clients I often use a simple 3-phase approach to help protect your training while you’re out in the real world… more on that soon 😉) I might add a story about Cinnamon too ...

I started off with some gloomy thoughts, but turned this day around!

Dog people love a good quote, don’t we? 🐾 I know I do—I’ve collected books, clippings, and a whole folder on my computer filled with them. They seem to capture what our hearts already know: life is better with dogs by our side. 👉 What’s your favourite dog quote? 👉 Do you have one saved in a book, a journal, or maybe even on your wall? Drop it in the comments! Let’s build a little library of dog-love together. 🐕💬

Guess what showed up next to my name again today? The little flame badge! That means I’ve been active in Skool and here in ACE for 30 days in a row. The green squares = embers … the flame = bonfire … miss a day and poof, it goes out. Members on the leaderboard with flames — see below! @Rositsa Aleksandrova @Debbie Allery @Éva Raposa @Sue Crawford @Jackie Wylde @Sharese Gueret @Scott Bryant @Shannon Koss @Angela Day I’ve had the flame before, but I let it go out while I was away on vacation — and honestly, 100% worth it. Life (and trail time) comes first. 🏔️⛺️🛶🚲🚐🥾🐶 Still, I do like the idea of keeping our community campfire stoked. And here’s the cool part: the more we all post, comment, like, or toss in a goofy GIF, the brighter our ACE fire burns 🔥 … and the easier it is for other adventure-dog folks to find us. 🌲🐾 Let’s make this a Bonfire Weekend! What will you toss on the fire? • A win • A struggle • A photo • Or even just a silly squirrel GIF 🐿️ or more fire 🔥

It’s a soggy weekend here on the wet west coast of BC. The joke goes… we don’t tan here, we rust. 😂 My husband already took Ivy for a nice long walk this morning, and I’ll head out with her again this afternoon. Today, I’m going old-school vinyl raincoat instead of my Gore-Tex gear -- keeping it slow and skipping the hills so that I don't end up wetter inside my jacket than the outside. 😅 Ivy doesn’t mind the rain. No jacket for her. She just gets a quick towel-down when we get home. When we first adopted her, she hated it, but with gentle handling and treats, she came around. Now it’s part of the routine: towel, zoomies, couch rub. 💭 What about you and your dog? 💧Do you splash through puddles or power-walk for survival? 💧Raincoats — people, dogs, or both? 💧Toweling off — love it or loathe it? 💧Washing feet — every time or only when muddy? 🐾🧼 How do you and your dog handle rainy days where you live? 🌦️🐾 🏡 🛌