by Kate LaSala | Jun 29, 2026 | Dog Training, Fear, Aggression and Reactivity, Rescue Dogs
As a trainer who specializes in fear and aggression cases, I’m regularly asked by private clients and rescue organizations about sending dogs off to a “sanctuary,” and I want to be clear about how I’m using that term here. I’m referring...
by Kate LaSala | Jun 22, 2026 | Dog Training, Fear, Aggression and Reactivity, Rescue Dogs
As a behavior consultant who specializes in fear, aggression, reactivity, and separation anxiety, my primary goal is to help families work through their dog’s behavior challenges. I’ve helped thousands of dogs and their people navigate issues that...
by Kate LaSala | Jun 15, 2026 | Dog Training, Puppy Training, Separation Anxiety
When people think about separation anxiety, they usually picture a young dog, maybe a newly adopted rescue still decompressing, or a pandemic puppy who never learned to be alone. Separation anxiety as a senior dog problem doesn’t come up nearly as often....
by Kate LaSala | Jun 8, 2026 | Pet Loss & Grieving
Everyone expects you to grieve your pet. Even the people who don’t fully understand it will acknowledge, at least on some level, that losing an animal you loved is hard. But what nobody prepares you for are all the other losses that come with it. These...
by Kate LaSala | Jun 1, 2026 | Dog Training, Dogs and Babies and Kids, Fear, Aggression and Reactivity, Rescue Dogs
It’s that time of year again. School is out, kids want to earn a little money and community social media groups are filling with posts from parents offering their child as a dog walker. It makes me cringe honestly. So it’s a great time to revisit this...
by Kate LaSala | May 25, 2026 | Dog Training, Puppy Training, Separation Anxiety
One of the most common things I hear from new clients is some version of this: “My dog has separation anxiety. He freaks out every time I put him in his crate.” I understand why those two things feel connected. In many homes, confinement and being...
by Kate LaSala | May 18, 2026 | Dog Training, Pet Loss & Grieving, Rescue Dogs
When Relief and Grief Live in the Same Breath: The Guilt Nobody Talks About After Behavioral Euthanasia If you’ve recently said goodbye to a dog through behavioral euthanasia, you already know how complicated the grief is. You’ve been told, maybe,...
by Kate LaSala | May 11, 2026 | Dog Training, Dog Training Regulation, Fear, Aggression and Reactivity, Rescue Dogs
Three thousand clients. I’ve been eyeing that 3000 number for a while and when I updated my master client log earlier last month I sat trying to figure out how to write about it and commemorate it without it sounding like a humble brag. It’s something...
by Kate LaSala | May 4, 2026 | Dog Training
Let me tell you about one of the most humbling (embarrassing?) moments of my dog training career. It involved a Halloween costume, a jack o’lantern, and Gertie making a break for it while I stood there in my front yard yelling something I thought...
by Kate LaSala | Apr 13, 2026 | Dog Training, Pet Loss & Grieving, Rescue Dogs
I recently submitted a two year update on losing Boo to The Pet Loss Companion and I wanted to share a bit more here. Last week marked two years without BooBoo. This two year mark feels unfathomable, like it’s impossible she’s been gone for that...
