A Do-Over With Roxie

A Do-Over With Roxie

Roxie almost bit Ken. It happened because: Roxie got afraid when… Ken made a sudden movement with his hand, because… I failed to give Ken instructions on how to interact with Roxie. Ken and Carl work together in our building. Carl is the building engineer,...
Love Me a Good Do-Over, part 2

Love Me a Good Do-Over, part 2

Ten years after the leadership debacle with Cindy, I got the opportunity for a do-over. I was no longer working for McDonald’s headquarters outside Chicago. I was a freelance learning consultant living in the woods of Newaygo, Michigan. On a cold January morning,...
Love Me a Good Do-Over, part 1

Love Me a Good Do-Over, part 1

Real-life experiments thrill me. One of my most favorite things is to have the opportunity for a do-over of something I messed up the first time. Do-overs are just as much fun in real life as they are in a kid’s game. Biggest example: I was working at McDonald’s...
Intense Meditation

Intense Meditation

“Intense meditation” is an oxymoron, but I can’t think of a better way to describe what I did. The Trust Technique uses a process of being in the present moment plus having mindful regard for the animal to teach it to be calm. Here’s how it works (or at least my...
I Take My Lessons Where They Come

I Take My Lessons Where They Come

I take my lessons where they come and lately, they have been coming from Roxie. Roxie’s write-up on the DuPage County Animal Services website said she wasn’t good with other dogs. She had to be the only dog in the home. On our adoption visit, as we meandered in a...
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