The last month or so has been really challenging. I started really long work hours to add to the lack of dog-park time. Pierre's had a hard time adapting to this weird new routine that has been leaving me exhausted, without the time and energy to dedicate to adventures with him or training, and where he doesn't get much, if any, play time with other dogs. Some new rebellious behaviours came up but have since been resolved, and some things we are still working on. Can't blame him for acting out though. For one, he had a weird bout of fearfulness, during which he was fearful of me at certain times of the day. Seemingly because there was a stretch of days where my time at home with him was solely doing things like cutting his nails and cleaning salt out from between his toes in the bath. So, if I called him over, he would look nervous and run right past me to jump on the couch as if to say, "no, don't make me do the thing". He was scared of our bathroom for ...