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Lola Renda's avatar

Thank you for the lesson! Thanks Pants for her amazing eyes and perfect soul.

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Chloe Ackerman, PsyD (she/her)'s avatar

I feel so lucky that Pants found her way into my life.

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Kaarin Marx Smith's avatar

Excellent piece. Wish I'd read it BEFORE I took the LAST 35 years ago. I might be a lawyer today....

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Chloe Ackerman, PsyD (she/her)'s avatar

Did you want to be a lawyer?? You’ve done so much good in the world with the work you chose to do - I wouldn’t change a thing about about life ❤️

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Jacquie's avatar

Great reminder- practice, practice, practice and progress, not perfection. 💚

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Chloe Ackerman, PsyD (she/her)'s avatar

Yes, exactly! Perfect is the enemy of good!

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Henny Hiemenz's avatar

Wow, you are so much better of a dog parent than I.

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Chloe Ackerman, PsyD (she/her)'s avatar

I believe the path is wide for good dog ownership. In my next post, I’ll be talking about all the mistakes I made with my first two dogs, but you know what? They were fine. They were loved and happy. We get to define our own version of “good dog parent.”

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Cindy Ojczyk's avatar

Perfect reminder to practice somewhere the learning didn’t happen. Shiloh does well at obedience class. Take her outside and she says, “What obedience?” I guess we have a task for the upcoming time off!

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Chloe Ackerman, PsyD (she/her)'s avatar

This is how Pants acts when someone breaches the perimeter (gets on the porch)! She definitely needs more work!!

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Zed Zha, MD (she/her)'s avatar

LOL OK does Pants know you write about like this lol??

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Chloe Ackerman, PsyD (she/her)'s avatar

Listen, I tried to read this to her, but she insisted on running around with a destroyed toy in her mouth and didn't listen AT ALL, so she doesn't get to be offended by what I said about her.

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Zed Zha, MD (she/her)'s avatar

but " i see dead people" look?? LOL I am offended on her behalf but also cant stop laughing but mostly offended

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Chloe Ackerman, PsyD (she/her)'s avatar

That’s why you’re such a good auntie 😂😂😂

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Drew Webster's avatar

Wonderful

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Chloe Ackerman, PsyD (she/her)'s avatar

Thank you!

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