05/29/2026
What you see: a dog playing with a big ball.
What you don't see:
-The nearly seven weeks it took to bring this dog out of his shell to be able to feel like he could play
-The constant work to build his confidence and trust in myself and his people, as well as develop a new relationship with me, and improve on the established relationship with his people.
-Seven weeks of failed attempts at play - so we found other ways to engage and build our relationship until he felt like he could.
There is *NOTHING* and I mean nothing more rewarding than helping an anxious, insecure dog learn how to dog and watching moments like these when a dog who was so unsure and uncomfortable in existence begins to open up and just *dog*.
I am so unbelievably proud of Smokey and his people. He has come an incredibly long way and we still have a little ways to go, but he is a totally different dog from where we started 💜
Want to give your dog's behavior the level up it needs? Reach out today at levelupcaninenh.com/contact and I'll get back to you as soon as I finish wiping away these happy tears 😉