It's the end of 2024, and Verena and Jesse spend some time thinking about the lessons their - and the clients' - dogs imparted this year. Prepare to get a little soppy and learn a thing or two about celebrating the dog you live with, assessing whether your dog is in pain, and walking the path of owning a difficult dog.

Thank you to Jess Lara of J9K9 Training for contributing to the animal check in.

Here is the Mills (2020) paper we reference in the podcast, and you can read about Dynamic Dog assessments and Mercedes Moore at The Motivated K9.

Our shoutout goes to the YouTube channel Get a Calm Dog by Jenna Romano.

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