Hi, I’m Stevi. I’m a cancer nurse, published author and visual artist raising an adolescent rescue named Eclipse. Eclipse is a working-dog mix, made up of about 14 breeds. He’s sensitive, intuitive, easily overwhelmed, and scarily smart! Living with him has forced me to unlearn almost everything I thought I knew about dogs. Recovery time matters. Appetite comes and goes. Stress shows up quietly. Standard approaches often miss the mark. I’ve started a small Skool community (Oh My Dog) for guardians of complex or sensitive dogs. Oh My Dog, didn’t start with trainers or experts (although we now have a few members who are trainers &/or experts). Most of us are just people living with dogs who need more space, more patience, and a different lens. If you’re caring for a dog who feels deeply, retreats after stimulation, struggles with routine expectations, or just doesn’t fit the usual boxes, you’re very welcome to join us at Oh My Dog. 📸 Eclipse in his pink era

I didn’t build this space because I kept meeting dog guardians like me… I built it because I never met them. But I knew they had to be out there. People raising dogs who don’t fit the usual mould. Dogs who get kicked out of puppy school at twelve weeks. Dogs who aren’t naughty, just… different. Atypical. Sensitive. Intense. Brilliant in ways that don’t always look tidy. I didn’t know where those people were. I just knew they existed. Then I joined Skool. And they started finding me. One by one. Quiet. Genuine. The way true community begins. Now we have a place for us. For the dogs who don’t slot neatly into categories. And for the humans who unapologetically love every aspect of the complicated animal in front of them. 📸 me & Eclipse back in early March (he’s about 6 weeks old here)

I started a Skool community because I was searching for a community that didn’t seem to exist. A community for people living with dogs who feel big, think deeply, and don’t fit inside obedience-class boxes. My Skool: Oh My Dog Collective - https://www.skool.com/oh-my-dog-collective-2227/about?ref=ff9423e32f6644f0825dfda54b86aa3d Not a training hub. Not “quick fixes.” A place where we slow down, ask better questions, and learn alongside the dog in front of us. Stories. Experiments. Breakthroughs. Messy middle moments. If your dog has layers, and you do too, you’ll fit. We’re small, real, human. No authority posturing, no perfection. Just people trying to do right by their dogs. People willing to unlearn what they thought they knew. People willing to think differently. Drop your link below if you run a dog-related Skool or have a resource worth sharing. I want to build a network of minds who value curiosity over certainty. 🐾 Stevi + Eclipse (cute pics of Eclipse for attention)