My first terrier is a “trainer’s dog”. That means she came with a lot of stuff to figure out.

In a few short years Bossy taught me more about myself than nearly half a century of living, twenty-five years in business and two decades of marriage. She gave me lots of incentive. She’s lightening fast, super assertive and downright tireless.  With a strong prey drive and bite force that’s roughly three times what I could lay on a piece of raw hide, I had to learn.  There was no overpowering or wearing out this pup.

I needed to figure out her heart and mind.

Bossy is a good dog.  And I’m not such a bad human.  Together, we’re better.  It’s true: the teacher will appear when the student is ready.  Follow our story and what we’ve learned.   And meet my other pup, Bark, along the way.  We’ll all be blogging.