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HTTP/2 301 server: nginx date: Mon, 19 Jan 2026 03:44:30 GMT content-type: application/rss+xml; charset=UTF-8 location: https://notesfromadogwalker.com/comments/feed/ strict-transport-security: max-age=31536000 x-hacker: Want root? Visit join.a8c.com/hacker and mention this header. host-header: WordPress.com link: ; rel="https://api.w.org/" vary: accept, content-type, cookie last-modified: Mon, 19 Jan 2026 03:44:29 GMT etag: "07f85ccb7884a2bfd25fd1d4f0ce0ef0" x-redirect-by: WordPress x-ac: 2.bom _dca MISS alt-svc: h3=":443"; ma=86400 server-timing: a8c-cdn, dc;desc=bom, cache;desc=MISS;dur=329.0 HTTP/2 200 server: nginx date: Mon, 19 Jan 2026 03:44:30 GMT content-type: application/rss+xml; charset=UTF-8 strict-transport-security: max-age=31536000 vary: Accept-Encoding x-hacker: Want root? Visit join.a8c.com/hacker and mention this header. host-header: WordPress.com link: ; rel="https://api.w.org/" vary: accept, content-type, cookie last-modified: Mon, 19 Jan 2026 03:44:30 GMT etag: W/"a453b8df17d79a4fbce8cea420a4df7d" content-encoding: gzip x-ac: 2.bom _dca MISS alt-svc: h3=":443"; ma=86400 server-timing: a8c-cdn, dc;desc=bom, cache;desc=MISS;dur=333.0 Comments for notes from a dog walker https://notesfromadogwalker.com stories from the sidewalk Mon, 05 Oct 2020 18:51:39 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.com/ Comment on Once When You Were Trouble: Loving an Old Reactive Dog by Steph https://notesfromadogwalker.com/2018/12/13/once-when-you-were-trouble-loving-an-old-reactive-dog/#comment-36312 Mon, 05 Oct 2020 18:51:39 +0000 https://notesfromadogwalker.com/?p=4745#comment-36312 I read this a while ago and saved it on FB…I just reopened it now for a good read and a quick cry while my 12.5 year old reactive mess sleeps nearby. He sleeps a lot these days. Recently we walked past a fenced in yard with two very small dogs barking their heads off; their owner picked them up and said, “See? She’s an old lady,” {“Old man,” I corrected him} “She’s not bothered by you.” And he’s right, my dog wasn’t bothered. Some through training, and some through age. I knew that if either of those little guys had come running up to us, though, my dude still could have and would have ripped them apart, but he’d no longer hold his own against anything remotely his size.

I’m glad a lot of the fear and the fight have left him, but I weep every time I imagine losing him. Loving a difficult dog is a very complicated experience–I have visible scars on my body because of that love. But he is my best friend, and I hate seeing him fade away. I’ve learned a lot from my reactive dog, and every future dog in my life will benefit from him.

]]> Comment on Once When You Were Trouble: Loving an Old Reactive Dog by John https://notesfromadogwalker.com/2018/12/13/once-when-you-were-trouble-loving-an-old-reactive-dog/#comment-36290 Fri, 10 Jul 2020 00:37:32 +0000 https://notesfromadogwalker.com/?p=4745#comment-36290 God, I love my dog.

]]> Comment on Once When You Were Trouble: Loving an Old Reactive Dog by becausemilly https://notesfromadogwalker.com/2018/12/13/once-when-you-were-trouble-loving-an-old-reactive-dog/#comment-36224 Sat, 15 Feb 2020 18:47:08 +0000 https://notesfromadogwalker.com/?p=4745#comment-36224 so many years of dog dodging, then the final months and weeks (that we didn't know were final at the time) when it got easier in some ways... and so much harder in others. Thank you for sharing your story

sending love

xx]]> Oh how I can relate 😭 so many years of dog dodging, then the final months and weeks (that we didn’t know were final at the time) when it got easier in some ways… and so much harder in others. Thank you for sharing your story ♥ sending love 🐾 xx

]]> Comment on Once When You Were Trouble: Loving an Old Reactive Dog by Ashley https://notesfromadogwalker.com/2018/12/13/once-when-you-were-trouble-loving-an-old-reactive-dog/#comment-36223 Thu, 13 Feb 2020 07:18:16 +0000 https://notesfromadogwalker.com/?p=4745#comment-36223 ]]> I’m in tears as I lay in bed with my 7 year old reactive pit bull. I’m dreading the last leg of our journey together — not quite there yet but I know one day we’ll face it. This was perfectly written… if only they could live forever ♥️

]]> Comment on Once When You Were Trouble: Loving an Old Reactive Dog by Joann https://notesfromadogwalker.com/2018/12/13/once-when-you-were-trouble-loving-an-old-reactive-dog/#comment-36222 Wed, 12 Feb 2020 15:48:38 +0000 https://notesfromadogwalker.com/?p=4745#comment-36222 My dear Sadie, was 14, could’t see & then could not hear. She would bump into walls & I felt so bad. When I would find her just standing in a corner, I wanted to cry! But she still loved! As long as she wasn’t in pain, we would keep living & loving. Then came the day that it was all about her needs; not mine. For to keep her here any longer would be selfish of me. I held her tightly when she got the shot! And she was gone.

]]> Comment on Once When You Were Trouble: Loving an Old Reactive Dog by Esther https://notesfromadogwalker.com/2018/12/13/once-when-you-were-trouble-loving-an-old-reactive-dog/#comment-36221 Wed, 12 Feb 2020 06:16:15 +0000 https://notesfromadogwalker.com/?p=4745#comment-36221

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]]> Comment on Once When You Were Trouble: Loving an Old Reactive Dog by CagoGirl63 https://notesfromadogwalker.com/2018/12/13/once-when-you-were-trouble-loving-an-old-reactive-dog/#comment-36219 Mon, 10 Feb 2020 12:09:25 +0000 https://notesfromadogwalker.com/?p=4745#comment-36219 Wonderful piece. Our girl is reactive, and even at 7.5, starting to slow down a bit. She cares less about other people and I’m sure other dogs will bother her less soon too. We lost our boy – the calm one – six months ago and I can’t wrap my head around losing her too one day.

]]> Comment on Once When You Were Trouble: Loving an Old Reactive Dog by Jeanette https://notesfromadogwalker.com/2018/12/13/once-when-you-were-trouble-loving-an-old-reactive-dog/#comment-36218 Mon, 10 Feb 2020 01:22:38 +0000 https://notesfromadogwalker.com/?p=4745#comment-36218 That just happened to me today for the first time and now I sit here crying as I read this!!! As it was happening It was just so sad ! This is so beautifully written and heartfelt!! Thank you!

]]> Comment on Once When You Were Trouble: Loving an Old Reactive Dog by thtkidjunior https://notesfromadogwalker.com/2018/12/13/once-when-you-were-trouble-loving-an-old-reactive-dog/#comment-36156 Sat, 10 Aug 2019 14:57:27 +0000 https://notesfromadogwalker.com/?p=4745#comment-36156 My heart felt this!!

]]> Comment on Once When You Were Trouble: Loving an Old Reactive Dog by Robin https://notesfromadogwalker.com/2018/12/13/once-when-you-were-trouble-loving-an-old-reactive-dog/#comment-36151 Tue, 25 Jun 2019 01:35:08 +0000 https://notesfromadogwalker.com/?p=4745#comment-36151 I’ve already read this and commented and cried, and it came across my feed again today. So I cried again, and thought about how every time we go out, it is a struggle. To hold her back, try and teach her, try and keep her (and others) safe, to try and see triggers before she does, all that fun stuff that so often frustrates me beyond words. But some day she won’t be so reactive, and it won’t be because I am an excellent dog trainer. It’ll be like yours, it’ll be because she can’t.
And like you, I will be remembering when she still could.
Bless your loving heart.

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