Welcome to Part 1 of the Pandemic Pet Adoption miniseries! Over the next three days we'll be sharing three interviews with pet guardians who adopted dogs during the pandemic. They share what their experience has been like, challenges they've faced, and what they've learned on this journey with their dogs.

Part 1 features Cait & Auggie! Cait lives with three dogs but Auggie is her pandemic pup. During this episode she shares some lovely thoughts about how decompression and choice have become a part of her life with dogs, and how positive reinforcement training has influenced Auggie’s behavior as well as her own mindset about dog guardianship.

Thank you to Cait & Auggie! Follow Auggie's journey on Instagram at @the.aug.dog

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