It’s Markus’ 2nd Gotcha Day and we celebrated by having a little party with him and some dog friends. Since Thanksgiving is around the corner, we wanted to take the time to list out some of the things we’re grateful for.

It's been a year since we rescued Markus! On this update, we revisit some of the concerns that we had about Markus and his aggression a year ago, how the year has gone and how he's doing today.

We adopted Markus about nine months ago and we're doing our quarterly check-in this week to see how his training and development are coming along.

The Empathy For Life is a private animal shelter in South Korea that took in Markus and raised him for over a year. We're both thankful and grateful to the work that Empathy for Life does and we hope that this post extends the conversation.

It's been six months since we rescued Markus from South Korea and while it's cliché to say that it felt like yesterday, it really has felt that way. While the time has been fun and we've seen lots of progress in the training, we've also had challenges.

This is the first of our Paws & Reflect series where we reflect on how things have gone. It's only been three months and the trip to the Sea-Tac Airport is so vivid, but here are some of our initial thoughts on our first few months with Markus.

Since the last check-in, we went through our first shedding season with Markus and it was something else. Markus is starting to become territorial in the neighbourhood and he's been shaking his head a bit, so we tell you what that means.

Since the last check-in, we’ve been been on vacation, so we had to leave Markus with a dog sitter for the first time. We got to meet his new cousin puppy Archie and we go through our New Year's Resolutions with Markus.