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10/15/2026

Hey Real Dogs Real Days Fans ******. “Comparison is the thief of joy.”

Scroll for five minutes and it’s easy to start measuring your dog against the perfect heel, the lightning-fast recall, the dog who never barks at the mail carrier. Meanwhile, your own dog is right beside you, learning, trying, and looking to you for the next game.

This week’s reel is a reminder to keep your eyes on your own dog and your own journey together. Real dogs, real days, real progress.

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10/08/2026

Hey Real Dogs Real Days fans,

A boundary can be a mat, a raised cot, a low platform, or a folded towel: any spot with clear edges that your dog learns is a great place to be. Here’s the countdown of our top five reasons to bring boundaries into your training.

5️⃣ Settling in exciting places. A familiar mat travels with you to the vet lobby, the patio café, or the sidelines of a ball game. Your dog brings along all the calm, relaxed moments they’ve practiced on it at home.

4️⃣ Practicing self-control. Holding a spot while a toy bounces by or dinner hits the floor builds the “wait for it” muscle. Each time your dog stays on the boundary, they get rewarded for choosing patience.

3️⃣ Moving past distractions. A boundary gives your dog a clear job when something interesting shows up. Squirrel on the fence? Back on the mat earns a reward, and your dog learns to let the world go by.

2️⃣ Working at a distance. Send your dog to a mat across the room or the yard, then build up to stepping farther away while they stay put. Your dog learns to keep working when you’re a few steps, or a few yards, away.

1️⃣ Taking turns. In a multi-dog home or a group class, each dog holds their own spot while another gets a turn at a game, a treat, or the door. Waiting on a mat becomes its own rewarding part of the game.

Start with a mat in your living room, reward generously for all four paws on it, and let the adventures grow from there.

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10/01/2026

Hey Real Dogs Real Days fans,

Next time you head out the door, pack a portion of your dog’s breakfast in your treat pouch. Here are five reasons hand feeding in public spaces earns a spot in your outings.

1️⃣ Every piece of food pays for a choice you love. A glance up at you, a settle while a bike rolls past, slack in the leash — each one can earn a bite of the meal. Those choices grow stronger in the exact places you want to see them.

2️⃣ You become the most interesting thing on the sidewalk. Squirrels, smells, and strangers compete for your dog’s attention. Food from your hand gives your dog a reason to check back in with you between all of it.

3️⃣ Food tells you how your dog is feeling. A soft mouth and easy chewing means your dog has room to learn. Snatching, spitting food out, or turning away is your cue to add distance, slow down, or find a quieter spot.

4️⃣ New sights and sounds start to predict good things. Pair the clatter of a shopping cart, a kid on a scooter, or a dog across the street with a bite of food, and your dog builds a happier picture of the world around them.

5️⃣ The reps add up without extra calories. One meal can hold 100 or more chances to reward your dog, all from food they were going to eat anyway.

Start somewhere easy, like the end of your driveway or a quiet corner of a parking lot, and work up to the busier places.

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09/30/2026

Four weeks ago, a single tea bag in a perforated container was something new to notice. Today, that same nose is working full hidden hides — searching, circling back, problem-solving its way to the find.

Introducing a scent. Learning to choose it over a decoy. Starting the hunt. Working a hide out of sight. Each week built on the last, and every session stayed short, easy, and built around a win.

That’s the whole idea behind scent work for senior dogs — small sessions, real engagement, and a nose that never stops being capable of learning something new.

Thanks for following along with Galli this month. Here’s to more scent, more searching, and more sessions ahead.

Now get out and train for fun.

09/29/2026

Some days it’s fast, some days it’s a real hunt — both are wins.

09/27/2026

Nothing like watching a dog think their way to the win.

09/25/2026

Some searches take seconds, some take longer — every one counts.

09/24/2026

Hey Real Dogs Real Days fans!

This final week, the scent moves fully into the environment — no more visible edges, no more half-hidden placements. Just a hide your dog has to work for.

Start easy. A hide findable within seconds to a minute builds confidence right out of the gate. From there, layer in complexity gradually — a taller hiding spot, a room with more furniture to search around, a hide placed slightly higher or lower than usual.

Let your dog problem-solve through it. Watch the pattern: circling back to a spot, working a corner more thoroughly, pausing to reset and try a new angle. That process is the skill building, even on the rounds that take a little longer. Four weeks of scent work, one nose getting sharper the whole way through.

09/23/2026

That nose is officially on the case.

09/22/2026

Searching, sniffing, solving — that’s a Tuesday well spent.

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