Met a 6-months old Husky yesterday at a dog park. He was a very nice bouncy big puppy.

this guy is only 6 months old

check out my teeth

get settttttt!!

my mouth is bigger than yours! nuh uh! uh huh!

Yurt is really nice outside of it. I sit on snow in warm sun. Wish humans would play with me more tho & their friends would pop in less often.

walkies are the best!!! (only here)

i love outside so much better

what's this?! what's that?!

i slept with humans. i like the sleeping bag!

hello tree

in Sendai, a man reunites with his dog that has been rescued

a Sendai man reunites with his dog, cries

same man as above

finding their family?

i see tails!

quarantined girl tries to talk to her dog

getting scanned with his shiba

scanned with a geiger counter

meawie with owner

doggie at a shelter

And, all the brave rescue dogs.

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17-year-old evacuee Shoko Igarashi hugs her dog, who will have to be looked after by friends while Shoko goes into a shelter in Koriyama, 60km west of the Fukushima nuclear power plant, on March 23.

Reunion with the owner 🙂

my humom’s family and friends in Japan r all okay, but she’s worried about aftershocks & is glued to computer all day. i get lots of hugs.

chicken tikka *MY*sala. #itsgotchicken

After the physical therapy swimming sessions at FlowDog on Saturdays, we take Kaiju to one of the two parks nearby. It has become our tradition, and he loves it.

One park is smaller, more traveled, with a lot of dogs running around off leash. When we go there, we sometimes let Kaiju off leash, too. We are very clearly the most nervous owners there. Others relax and chat with each other. We hover about and call his name in vain at the wrongest moments.

The other park is much bigger, and we rarely see other dogs. It is a nature conservation, and it provides a variety of landscape. We walk through an open space, woods, or marshland, across the creek, on board walks, and over the hills.

We had not been to this 2nd park in a while because of deep snow and icy surfaces. This past Saturday, it was warm and things had thawed everywhere, so we gave it a try. Kaiju was ecstatic. A bit too ecstatic. When he gets in this mode, he starts to growl and nip on the leash and our legs. He can’t seem to calm himself down. We either pick him up to help him chill, or make him sit with a high-value treat, and make him “stay” for a long time. We hadn’t seen this level of excitement in a while. Even if it is a pain to have to calm him down while being nipped at our legs, because he is rarely overly excited, we were actually quite satisfied.

Our weekends often become all about witnessing Kaiju excited and happy.

Debbie Jacobs | |, the fearful dogs expert whom we went to talk to in September last year, just had a hard copy of her E-book “Guide to Living With and Training A Fearful Dog” published (Congrats Debbie!), and she used this pic of our little dude in it!

If you are having a hard time with your dog’s fear-based behaviors, please go read her blog posts. They are eye-opening, warm, and encouraging. If you like what you read, do get the book. She is also available for consultations.