Southern Paws Training

09/18/2026

🐾 PLEASE SHARE — FOSTER OR FOREVER HOME NEEDED FOR MARGOT 🐾

I’m reaching out to my dog community for help with a former training client of mine. Margot’s family is expecting a baby very soon, and we’re working within a limited window to find this girl an appropriate experienced foster or permanent home. ❤️

Margot is house trained, crate trained, rides beautifully in the car, knows her basic cues, enjoys slow sniffy walks and tennis balls, and thrives with predictable routines and positive-reinforcement training. She’s a lower-energy girl who loves relaxing and spending time with people she knows and trusts.

Margot is not a dog for every home, and we’re not going to pretend otherwise. She has a history of resource guarding and low-level bites and needs an adult-only home with no other dogs and someone experienced with canine behavior who will respect her boundaries.

I personally worked with Margot several years ago, so this isn’t a random dog I’m sharing from the internet. I know this little girl. She has many wonderful qualities, and I’m hoping somewhere in our extended dog community is the particular person who understands dogs like Margot.

📍 Austin, Texas
🚗 Her family is willing to travel for the right placement.
🏡 Experienced foster OR permanent adopter considered.

If you aren’t Margot’s person, you may know someone who is. Trainers, veterinary professionals, experienced fosters and behavior-savvy dog owners—I’d especially appreciate your shares.

Please read Margot’s full profile and history before inquiring. Serious, appropriate inquiries can contact Tiffany directly through the links below.

🔗 Adopt-a-Pet:
https://share.google/7bSTABAF2IivS2QwV

09/18/2026

🐾 COURTESY REHOMING – Meet Margot! 🐾❤️🔗 Adopt-a-Pet https://share.google/7bSTABAF2IivS2QwV 🐾I’m helping a former training client find the right home for a very special little dog. ❤️Margot is house trained, crate trained, rides beautifully in the car, knows her basic cues, enjoys slow sniffy walks, loves tennis balls, and thrives with predictable routines and positive-reinforcement training. She’s a lower-energy girl who enjoys relaxing and spending time with the people she knows and trusts.Margot does come with some important instructions. She has a history of resource guarding and would do best as the only dog in an adult-only home with an experienced adopter who understands canine body language, respects her boundaries, and is willing to continue using positive reinforcement.I personally worked with Margot several years ago and know that she has so many wonderful qualities in the right environment. This isn’t about finding any home for her—we’re looking for her home. 🥹Margot is currently in Austin, Texas, but her family is willing to travel for the right adopter.If Margot sounds like she could be a fit for you—or someone comes to mind while you’re reading this—please read her full profiles below and contact Tiffany directly through the listings. Shares are very appreciated! 🐾❤️🔗 Adopt-a-Pet

09/18/2026

🐾 COURTESY REHOMING – Meet Margot! 🐾

I’m helping a former training client find the right home for a very special little dog. ❤️

Margot is house trained, crate trained, rides beautifully in the car, knows her basic cues, enjoys slow sniffy walks, loves tennis balls, and thrives with predictable routines and positive-reinforcement training. She’s a lower-energy girl who enjoys relaxing and spending time with the people she knows and trusts.

Margot does come with some important instructions. She has a history of resource guarding and would do best as the only dog in an adult-only home with an experienced adopter who understands canine body language, respects her boundaries, and is willing to continue using positive reinforcement.

I personally worked with Margot several years ago and know that she has so many wonderful qualities in the right environment. This isn’t about finding any home for her—we’re looking for her home. 🥹

Margot is currently in Austin, Texas, but her family is willing to travel for the right adopter.

If Margot sounds like she could be a fit for you—or someone comes to mind while you’re reading this—please read her full profile below and contact Tiffany directly through the listings. Shares are very appreciated! 🐾❤️

🔗 Adopt-a-Pet

https://share.google/7bSTABAF2IivS2QwV

09/13/2025

04/16/2024

A loss this great has me beside myself , speechless, all I know to say is Sky Mcspadden was perfect, he loved me so much, he was generous and caring, he straight up saved me, he was my everything and I so looked forward to growing old with him and starting a family. And I’d give anything to have him back.

03/20/2024

* Bringing this post out of the vault, because it’s so important * 👇🏻

I think it’s common to think that when our dog is unruly, there is something wrong with them. 

Especially when we look around us and see perfectly behaved pups strolling happily down the street with their owners. 

But the truth is…

Everything your dog does is NORMAL. 

Chewing…

Digging…

Barking…

Pulling on the lead…

Lunging at other dogs or joggers…

Growling…

It’s all NORMAL. 

This is  a normal response for a predator (because that’s what dogs once were) that got plucked out of their natural environment and dropped onto your sofa. 

What’s not normal? 

Walking on a leash at a mind numbingly slow pace as you stare at your phone…

NOT chewing things, or mouthing you…

Holding a sit stay or a down stay as you chat to a friend…

NOT losing their mind around another dog. 

Sure selective breeding has curbed some of the more natural responses our dogs have…

But the truth is…

Your dog’s behavior is a NORMAL response to them trying to adapt to an environment that truthfully is NOT normal for them. 

So tell me…

What does that shift for you? 

Because your dog isn’t “Bad”. There’s nothing wrong with them. Everything they are doing is completely normal.

03/13/2024

Try to listen to and understand your dog

https://www.facebook.com/seespotlearn/posts/809631541172873

03/02/2024

Why we stress not over exercising your puppies. Bones don't come together until they are between 18 and 24 months old.

When you finally welcome your 8 week old puppies, please keep this picture in mind. Their bones aren’t even touching yet. They walk so beautifully with big, flexible legs and bench movements because their joints are made up entirely of cartilage, muscles, tendons and ligaments covered with skin. Nothing is well adjusted or has real grip yet.

When you make them run excessively or don't limit their exercise to prevent them from overdoing during that time, you're not giving them the chance to grow properly. Every big jump or bounce and excited run creates bone-breaking impacts.
In reasonable quantities, this is not problematic and normal wear and tear will do.

But when you let the puppy jump off the couch or bed, take him for long walks, you damage this joint in training. When you let the puppy move on slippery tiles, you damage the joint.

You only get once to make them grow up. A well built body is something that comes from excellent upbringing and good education. BOTH , not just one

Once you’re an adult, you’ll have the rest of your life to spend playing and engaging in high-impact exercises. So keep him calm while he is still young and give him the gift that can only be given once.
Shared from Clinique Vetérinaire Vetolistic - Dr. Marie Eve Cresci

01/27/2024