Andrew Knappさんのインスタグラム写真 - (Andrew KnappInstagram)「Edit: didn’t intend to paint the other owner in a bad light. That’s really not what this post was about. Changed a few words to reflect that. Second edit: I’m sorry I was insensitive about the leash issue! My post was about trauma as that’s what I’d been contemplating. Had I been focussing on leash topic, I would have addressed that differently. I was walking a trail a few months ago and Boo ran towards a reactive dog. The owner pulled him back and kicked Boo away, screaming at me and him, which was the right reaction to have in his situation. I yelled back out of confusion and frustration and gathered Momo and Boo. The guy told me his dog is aggressive and I should leash my dogs. The trail was typically off leash but someone had made a new sign to reflect the increased traffic due to covid. I was wrong for having the dogs off leash! All that said, lesson learned, and PSA: leash your dogs in on-leash areas! Regardless of this situation, I thought a lot about trauma. A lot of my training with Boo was making sure he didn’t get into any serious scraps at a young age. So far I’ve been lucky. I’ve watched other dogs as one bad occurrence creates triggers, which become incredibly difficult to unlearn. The same applies for people. The stuff our parents didn’t deal with and basically handed down to us. The stuff we need to deal with or we’ll unwillingly pass it down to our next generations. The stuff that embodies itself in eating habits, in addictive patterns, in ignorance and escapism, in treating ourselves and others poorly. It’s endless how much we could learn from our dogs. Their innocence allows us unpretentious observations on behaviour. And they don’t know about social media. Thank dog they don’t know about social media. Anyways here’s some photos of Momo and Boo on a yellow background I’ve been shooting for the new kid’s book. 🌞」7月23日 2時20分