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Welcome to the Pawplexity Pawdcast.

The Pawplexity Pawdcast is a conversation about everyday life with dogs.
Not training sessions or problem cases, but ordinary situations: leaving the house, going to the vet, not eating, growing up, growing older.

Each episode starts with something small and follows it a little further than we usually do. Because many of the important parts of living with dogs are easy to miss while they are happening.

One German. One Brit. And one American.

Three very different dogs — and three lives forever changed by them.

It started as a conversation among friends about life with dogs — the easy parts, the difficult ones, and the moments that leave you slightly puzzled. We don’t try to solve everything. We stay with the questions, the stories, and the small things that happen when humans and dogs share a life. Come listen. And if something sounds familiar, you’re very welcome to join the conversation.

For those moments where a question doesn’t quite settle, some of the thinking continues in the Pawplexity Library.

Stay with the question.

Pawplexity Pawdcast episodes are published every other Wednesday.

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Annika — the German
with her Shiba Inu girl Makenzie

Annika never planned on getting a dog. A move from Germany to Seattle at the very start of the pandemic changed that. My husband had fallen hard for the Shiba Inu breed, and despite plenty of people telling us this was not the obvious choice for first-time dog owners with absolutely no experience, we did it anyway.

Makenzie arrived with opinions and no interest in being managed. Independent, observant, and unimpressed by shortcuts, she forced me to learn quickly, mostly by ignoring anything that didn’t make sense to her. Since then, there have been international moves and a hip dysplasia diagnosis and our plans and expectations towards our life together changed. These days, Makenzie splits her time between Munich and Taormina, getting the best out of both worlds, squirrels and lucertole included.

She has been the most patient teacher, whether I felt ready for the lesson or not.

Ben — the Brit
with his Pomsky boy Bowie

Ben always wanted a Husky. City life made that unrealistic, so he went looking for the closest possible alternative and found a Pomsky puppy instead. Bowie arrived blue-eyed, confident, and very comfortable being admired.

Living in Canada, far away from his family dogs, made getting one of his own feel overdue. When Ben moved back to the UK, Bowie flew with him to London. These days, they move through the city like they’ve always been there, Jubilee line included. Bowie charms strangers without trying. He also pays close attention to who’s who in any room, especially if food is involved. At family gatherings, even his Malinois uncle seems to have accepted how things work.

The dog you picture at first isn’t always the one you end up with, and sometimes that turns out to be the point.

Bruce — the American
with his Pomeranian boy Judge

Bruce grew up with dogs in the US, but Judge is his first dog of his own. He didn’t ease into it. What started as a search for a Rottweiler ended with a Pomeranian puppy who came with a passport, a job, and a level of seriousness no one was expecting.

Judge is a registered service dog and goes wherever Bruce goes, no matter if planes, pubs, or busy streets. After two years in London, where Judge fell very obviously in love with Makenzie, they moved back to Jersey. Not long after, a tiny cat rescued from a hot parking lot joined the household. Judge watched and waited, and eventually decided Nipsey could stay. Since that decision was made, Max, a Chihuahua puppy and Patches, another rescue cat sister joined his happy family.

Sometimes responsibility arrives quietly and then reshapes everything.