{"id":621,"date":"2020-12-26T12:24:04","date_gmt":"2020-12-26T20:24:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/birchbarkdogtraining.com\/?page_id=621"},"modified":"2022-05-02T11:56:24","modified_gmt":"2022-05-02T18:56:24","slug":"the-birch-bark-blog","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/birchbarkdogtraining.com\/the-birch-bark-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"The Birch Bark Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-background-background-color has-background\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-layout-grid alignfull column1-desktop-grid__span-8 column1-desktop-grid__start-3 column1-desktop-grid__row-1 column1-tablet-grid__span-8 column1-tablet-grid__row-1 column1-mobile-grid__span-4 column1-mobile-grid__row-1\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-layout-grid-column wp-block-jetpack-layout-grid__padding-none\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-rounded\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1184\" height=\"888\" src=\"https:\/\/birchbarkdogtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/buenavista2018.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-892\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birchbarkdogtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/buenavista2018.jpg 1184w, https:\/\/birchbarkdogtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/buenavista2018-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/birchbarkdogtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/buenavista2018-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/birchbarkdogtraining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/buenavista2018-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1184px) 100vw, 1184px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">Mostly dogs and yoga, <br>but also yoga and dogs.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">An evolving collection of essays, stories, reflections, and occasional disappointing wordplay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">New posts every other Thursday&#8230; 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It showed up on an X-ray that I requested because her breathing had been off recently.&nbsp;&nbsp; Shine is dying.\u00a0 It might not actually be the tumor that causes her death (or, more likely, the reason I decide to humanely&hellip;&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-2406 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-mindfulness tag-acceptance tag-attachment tag-dogs tag-injuries tag-intentions tag-living-with-dogs tag-mindfulness tag-philosophy tag-recovery tag-yoga without-featured-image\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">Goals, Intentions, and Invitations<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">In many yoga classes, students are encouraged to set an intention at the beginning of practice. Intentions are not quite goals.\u00a0 I see goals as some kind of finish line, a completed achievement. \u00a0 In the context of yoga, a goal could be to be able to accomplish a particular feat such as touching your&hellip;&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-2351 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-mindfulness category-uncategorized tag-buddhism tag-buddhist-philosophy tag-community tag-compassion tag-dog-behavior tag-dog-reactivity tag-dog-training tag-dogs tag-ego tag-living-with-dogs tag-mindful-dog-training tag-mindfulness tag-positive-reinforcement tag-reactive-dogs tag-relationship tag-training-philosophy without-featured-image\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">The Role of Ego in Dog Training (Part 3) &#8211; Finding Peace<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">In Part 2 of this series, I described how ego (Buddhist, not Freudian) can show up and insert itself into the ways we live with, train, and generally interact with our dogs, to the detriment of everyone involved. 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