Deep Connection K9 Academy

I started all of this because of you.
Without you, my life and my work would never have looked the same.

My logo holds both you and Moose —
my life’s purpose, my heart, has always been built on the two of you.

I would spend the rest of eternity untangling your 26-foot leashes,
if it meant we could finish our bucket list of trails in Elysian and Griffith,
just like we promised we would.

My therapist says to spend time outside,
that nature heals wounds.
But how do I go anywhere we used to go together?
Anywhere we used to be together, I cannot be.
When you’re supposed to be here with us.

Whenever I’m asked to think of my happy place —
any time, anywhere, with anyone —
it’s always the same:
me, you, and Moose running in a park,
the sunlight spilling through the trees.
That was my purest joy.
No music, no words, just being.
With you, I learned presence.

I see you everywhere, in everything I do.
I can’t be outside, but I can’t be inside either.

Being home hurts the most— when it no longer feels like home without you. It’s empty, like my heart, like all the corners you used to occupy.
Your favorite spot on the couch,
the way you always loved resting your head on a pillow.
Your beds, still shaped just how you made them. I can’t get myself to rearrange them.
Your bowl, the one I always got excited to fill for every meal with foods of all colors, because you deserved to be fed the best and healthiest. That was the same bowl we filled on Sunday,
not knowing it would be your last.
Your crate, with the new bed we picked out for you only days ago. We knew you’d love that bed, and you did.

I’ll miss your crooked little snaggle tooth when we scratch the perfect spot on your butt, so much.
We’ll never hear your tail ring against the crate again,
or thump the floorboards when you heard us coming.
I can’t step foot onto the deck where you and Moose sunbathed
while I meditated each morning. It was the very part in our daily routine that turned me into a morning person.
We’ll never again see your wiggly silhouette behind the front door,
already woo-ing because you knew we had just gotten home.

[Cont. in comments]

New year, new city ✨⁣
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Ironically, last year we moved to the city of Corona, CA a month before cOroNaViRuS was a real thing (yes, the jokes were brutal 😂) & it’s been the birthplace of a lot of our commemorative training milestones: ⁣
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The place where M&M learned how to walk properly on a leash, making walks ACTUALLY possible...⁣
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Where we met up with some of our first likeminded IG friends for training...⁣
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The place where I started to walk M&M together even though I never thought that was possible (thank you structured walk 😉)...⁣
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Where they were finally trusted to be off leash for the first time bc of reliable recall...⁣
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Where I realized my passion of dog training was really blossoming into something more than just a hobby...⁣
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+ a plethora of other many more appreciable memories during this year of uncertainty.⁣
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Tomorrow morning we’ll be loading up and moving to none other than the Los Angeles, a city I grew up loving having visited it every year since childhood. Although there are quite of a few things I’m nervous about - a big one being the fact that we’ll now be living in a condo with M&M - I can’t help but imagine all the possibilities of goals to be accomplished there, on a personal growth basis and in terms of training with the pups.⁣
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A lot of people hate moving; the hustle and bustle of packing, house/apt hunting, stress cleaning...but I always look forward to it. ⁣
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There’s something about the endless ✨𝘱𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭✨ that comes along with it. Does anyone else feel that way, or is it just me? 😅⁣
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City of Angels, 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 🦋🤍

Moose and Mango’s Embark Breed Guessing ✨🧬 𝗚 𝗜 𝗩 𝗘 𝗔 𝗪 𝗔 𝗬 🧬✨⁣
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It’s been a long time coming & life’s been so busy for us but the results for M&M are in! Ever since we adopted both, the question we never fail to get is “What kind of dog is that?!” & it’d always kill me that I didn’t know — but now that I do, the results had me *shooketh* 😱⁣
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One lucky winner will win:⁣
🧬 Embark DNA Test Kit⁣
🧬 $50 Giftcard to ⁣
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𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗧𝗢 𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥:⁣
1. Follow & .
2. Like this post⁣.
3. In 1 comment, best guess the 5 breeds that make up 𝘽𝙊𝙏𝙃 dogs (order matters!)⁣.
4. In a SEPERATE comment, tag 5 friends who would like a chance to enter⁣.
5. *optional* share this on your stories & TAG US for an additional 5 entries (for if you & another person have the same guesses) - shareable every 24 hours!⁣
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𝗗𝗘𝗧𝗔𝗜𝗟𝗦:⁣
✖️ Open to US & Canada only 🇺🇸🇨🇦⁣
✖️ The one with the most correct guesses will win & if there are multiple correct guesses, then the # of entries will come into play!⁣
✖️ Unfollowing during or after disqualifies you from this and future giveaways ⁣
✖️ Giveaway ends 12/24 at 5 PM PST - winner will be announced via IG stories & DM shortly after⁣
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*𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘯𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮*⁣

What’s better than one you may ask?

TWO ghost challenges 👻

Boy, was the struggle real with this one, but for a $6 last ditch attempt, I can’t ask for much more than this (even though they both ripped their holes after 7 pics) 😂

Happy HOWL-oween, gals & ghouls 🎃