When we would get to her, Koda and Cub Picture of Koda & Cub sitting for treat

would just sit down, but I always wanted her Picture of Scout not sitting for treat
to know how excited and thankful I was for
getting a treat, so I would jump up and down
to show my appreciation. She would
acknowledge my gratitude, and then I would
sit down next to Koda and Cub and get my
treat. For some reason, Koda always
seemed to get annoyed when I would show
Jackie that I was thankful for the treats.

Sometimes, we would even play a game with Picture of Scout eating dogs’ treats
our treats. Jackie would toss a treat to us,
and if we wanted it, we would catch it in our
mouth! You bet I always wanted my treat!
But, sometimes, when Jackie would toss the
treat to Cub or Koda, they would just let the
treat drop, and not catch it. I figured since
they didn’t catch the treats, they probably
didn’t want them, and so I would eat it. He
really didn’t like it when I did that.

One day, Jackie took Koda alone in the car. Picture of Koda in car

They were gone for a while, but when they Picture of Koda with head bandaged
finally came back home, I saw that Koda had
stuff wrapped around his head. It kinda
looked like something was wrong, so I
wanted to sprint to him and jump on him and
play with him to make him feel better.
(Playing always makes me feel better.) I was
just about to get my feet moving, when I
noticed that Cub was walking to Koda, too.
But Cub wasn’t sprinting, he was just calmly
walking.

And I saw that once Cub got to Koda, he Picture of Cub sitting near Koda
didn’t jump and try to play, he just laid down
next to Koda. I was worried that if I didn’t run
and jump on Koda, he would think I was mad
at him, but after seeing how Koda reacted to
Cub, I did something that was kinda new for
me: I took my time to think about the
situation, instead of going with the first thing
that popped into my head.
After thinking for a few seconds, I realized Picture of all three dogs laying down
that maybe my plan was not the best one, so,
I decided to do what Cub did – instead of
running and jumping, I walked over to them,
slowly and then just laid down next to them.
And guess what?! Koda didn’t get up and
move – he didn’t even turn his head away
from me! So all three of us just stayed like
that for a while – just laying there.

I took some time to recall what happened that Picture of Scout with thought bubble–
day, to help me understand why Koda didn’t flashback of Cub walking calmly towards
move away from me or avoid me. Instead of Koda and laying down
running and jumping on Koda to try to make
him feel better, I took my time to assess the
situation, and by observing how Cub
interacted with Koda, I was able to see the
way Koda responded to Cub. Cub calmly
walked up to Koda and just lied down, so
Koda did not move away.

Then, when I tried doing the same thing, it Picture of Scout with thought bubble–
worked for me, too! Koda didn’t try to move flashback of herself walking calmly towards
away from me, he just stayed where he was. Koda and laying down
I realized that at that moment, Koda did not
want a lot of energy around him, he just
wanted things to be calm. Even though I
always get cheered up by tons of energetic
playing, that wasn’t the way to make Koda
feel better.

After that, I thought back to the different times Media → rewinding pictures of scenarios
that Koda got upset or annoyed at me, once
again. But this time, instead of thinking of my
actions during those instances, I thought of
what my brothers were doing. I also tried
viewing those scenarios from a different
perspective: Koda’s.

I also came to the realization that the time I Side by side pictures of Scout muddy/in pool
got muddy from digging and all the times I vs. Koda/Cub staying away from pool
splashed around in the pool were never really
an issue for my brothers...well, not until I
would try to have them join in on the fun -
that’s when they would run away from me.
So even though those things are fun for me, it
didn’t seem like those things were fun for my
brothers.

I learned that when Jackie would put a rope

on our collar, it wasn’t to play tug o’war, it was
Picture of Tug O’War Scout with 🚫 on top
so that we could go to the other side of the
fence to do something called a “walk.” It turns
out that Koda wasn’t upset that I was better
than him at tug o’war...he was upset that
when I’d spend a lot of time playing, our
walking time would get shortened, since
Jackie had to leave for work.

And lastly, when Jackie gives us treats, Koda Video of Koda & Cub sitting calmly and
and Cub don’t jump up and down, they just sit waiting to get a treat
there and wait patiently to get their treat,
because when Jackie puts her hand up, it’s a
sign that means she wants us to sit down. So
it turns out that when I’d jump up and down to
say thanks, it would take us longer to get our
treats, since Jackie has to get me to calm
down and then sit. I guess just giving her
puppy kisses after we get our treats is good
enough.

Oh, also, I figured out that when my brothers Video of tossing a treat
don’t catch their treats, it isn’t because they
don’t want the treat, it’s because sometimes
Jackie does not have the best tosses.

After I came to all of these realizations, I tried Scrolling pictures of Scout doing everything
doing what I did that one day when Koda correctly
didn’t run away from me. I observed the way
my brothers did all of those things, and then I
copied them the best I could. And tell ya
what – it didn’t take too long before I noticed
Koda started acting different to me. Not only
did he stop ignoring, avoiding, and running
away from me, he actually began coming up
to me every now and then.

So that’s the story of how I did some Various pictures of all three dogs doing things
self-reflecting, so that I could learn how to fit together
in and get along better with my brothers.
Don’t get me wrong, it’s not that I changed
who I was as a dog, deep down...it’s just that
I had to learn that not every dog out there has
the same views that I have about things. And
I’m still the same Scout that I’ve always been
– I still have tons of fun jumping in the pool
and playing in the mud, but now I don’t try to
get my brothers to jump in the pool with me
anymore, because I know they don’t like
water. And I definitely don’t wash my muddy
paws in our water bowl anymore either,
‘cause that’s not being respectful to my
brothers.

Well, all that happened more than five years Final picture(s) of all three dogs
ago now, and I’ll tell ya what...I’m sure glad it
did! ‘Cause there’s no doubt about it – I’ve
got the best brothers in the world and the
three of us couldn’t be happier!