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This community is 4 people who wants to live their life to the fullest with their dogs, in peace and harmony, enyoing every moment of their frienship

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5 contributions to Be here now...With your dog
What would you do differently? (🇪🇸abajo)
Hello friends, I am sorry I haven't been in touch. One of my dogs is very ill. It's been going on since June but lately his blood tests were even worse. The vets don't know why he is ill. The good thing is that if he is on meds he doesn't feel unwell. So I am fully aware that one day I might wake up to find him gone. And I am at peace with this because I have given him the best life I have been able to. Maybe not perfect, but I have done my best. Taking into consideration that he was an "unadoptable" dog due to his aggressive tendencies and bite history, he has had 6 years full of love, peace, respect and 0 hostility with us. I have managed to satisfy his needs as a family dog and as a livestock guardian working dog. And I have loved him, love him, and will love him infinitely forever. Sometimes the universe gives you a surprise because the love of your life is a dog instead of a human being. And this is our case. But anyway, all this got me thinking, now I know that any of our walks could be the last one, what I am doing differently? What would you do differently if it was your last walk together? I will give you my answer when I read yours. See if we think the same. Thank you for reading, walking this path and sharing your thoughts with me 🩷🌷🙏🏻 🇪🇸Hola amigos, siento no haber estado en contacto. Uno de mis perros está muy enfermo. Esto viene desde junio, pero últimamente sus análisis de sangre han empeorado. Los veterinarios no saben por qué está enfermo. Lo bueno es que, mientras está con medicación, él no se siente mal. Así que soy plenamente consciente de que un día puedo despertarme y encontrar que se ha ido. Y estoy en paz con esto porque le he dado la mejor vida que he podido. Quizá no perfecta, pero he hecho todo lo que ha estado en mis manos. Teniendo en cuenta que era un perro “inadoptable” por sus tendencias agresivas y su historial de mordidas, ha tenido 6 años llenos de amor, paz, respeto y 0 hostilidad con nosotros. He conseguido satisfacer sus necesidades como perro de familia y como perro de trabajo guardián de ganado.
What would you do differently? (🇪🇸abajo)
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@Sulty Labradino oh my 😭 thank you so much for sharing. This is so beautiful ❤️ Sultan is very lucky to have you. You are present for him and very conscious of what he likes and needs. Nothing can be better than that for a dog. We are so lucky to have them too. These really special old boys 🙏🏻
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@Joan Smeets thank you for sharing your story. Chester is also very lucky to have you. I think we really love our dogs and care for them so much that we think how could we have done better. But we probably did our best with what we knew/had at the time. I also had many regrets with my latest dog Bella. Who had behavioural issues when aversives were the norm 😔. So you can imagine. But I didn't know any better then. I hope you get to do the long off leash walks with Chester somehow. It's a shame we are all so far away and can't help eachother physically!
My favourite activity (español más abajo)
Do you know what my favourite activity to share with my dogs is? 👉🏻 Doing nothing. Because when I do nothing — when I have no goals, when time or distance don’t matter — that’s when I truly enjoy life: We watch the sun rise, feel its warmth on our faces, touch the cool damp earth after the night, enjoy each other’s company, listen to nature and its non-human inhabitants, be grateful for sharing this beautiful moment together, breathe slowly and deeply, smell the countryside… just be present. Being present, grounded, and emotionally regulated is living. At least for me, someone who has carried such an agitated inner (and outer) life for so long. I had to hit rock bottom to learn this. And now I am grateful 🙏🏻🩷🌷 What are your thoughts? What do you enjoy doing? Maybe you find joy in a totally different way! I would love to hear your opinion ¿Sabes cuál es mi actividad favorita para compartir con mis perros? 👉🏻 No hacer nada. Porque cuando no haces nada — cuando no tienes un objetivo, cuando el tiempo o la distancia no importan — es cuando realmente disfruto de la vida: Vemos salir el sol, sentimos su calor en la cara, tocamos la tierra fresca y húmeda después de la noche, disfrutamos de nuestra compañía, escuchamos a la naturaleza y a sus habitantes no humanos, damos gracias por compartir este momento tan hermoso, respiramos lento y profundo, olemos el campo… simplemente estamos presentes. Estar presentes, conectados y regulados emocionalmente es vivir. Al menos para mí, alguien que ha llevado una vida interior (y exterior) tan agitada durante tanto tiempo. Tuve que tocar fondo para aprender esto. Y ahora estoy agradecida 🙏🏻🩷🌷 ¿Cuáles son tus pensamientos? ¿Qué disfrutas tú? ¡Quizá encuentres la alegría de una manera totalmente diferente! Me encantaría conocer tu opinión.
My favourite activity (español más abajo)
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Joan and Simone, thank you for your comments, the truth is that one hour before this video, I was taking a walk with the younger bardinas Tiki and Saki and it looks more like a parkour session, nothing to do with this calm moments 😂 only when they sniff the ground for a while I can relax with them. I guess every dog is different, with different needs and they are in different developmental stages too. Maybe the point is to find joy and be present in all the situations. Even the ones we were not ready for or where expecting something different. ...we now have material for another post! 😃 By the way we are also starting with mantrailing in January with Tiki and I am so happy as I find it a very exciting and bonding experience. An eye opener of how talented our dogs are!
Sentirse acompañado
Buenos días comunidad 🫶🏻 pregunta para quien quiera responder. Qué te ha enseñado tu perro a parte de disfrutar del momento? A mí lo importante que es sentirse acompañado. Cuando estás acompañado todo es mejor; estamos más tranquilos, en paz...y al mismo tiempo, somos más fuertes, estamos más dispuestos a actuar y de ser capaces de superar dificultades. Sabiendo que nos apoyan incondicionalmente ❤️ 🇬🇧Good morning, community 🫶🏻 A question for anyone who’d like to share: What has your dog taught you, besides enjoying the moment? For me, it’s the importance of feeling accompanied. When we feel accompanied, everything is better; we’re calmer, more at peace… and at the same time, we are stronger, more willing to act, and more capable of overcoming difficulties. Knowing that we are supported unconditionally ❤️
Sentirse acompañado
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@Joan Smeets thank you so much for sharing your thoughts. That's so true, dogs with a voice teach us so much. They are the ones that makes us make the effort to know more so we can understand. I had the same with Tiki that you are going through with beautiful Storm. And now she is a super dog 🩷
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@Penelope Brown thank you for sharing your thoughts. We are so lucky to have them, aren't we? 🩷
La Prisa (English below)
LA PRISA Nuestra adicción más normalizada y, a la vez, la peor enemiga de nuestros perros. Crecimos en un mundo que premia la competencia más que la empatía. Se nos enseñó a ser “los mejores”, a hacerlo todo rápido, a no parar. El ego, siempre primero. Y luego elegimos como compañeros a seres que necesitan justo lo contrario: calma, tiempo, presencia. Sin querer, les robamos esa tranquilidad innata que traen consigo. Cuando llega un perro a casa, ya sea cachorro o adulto recién adoptado, solemos tener una única idea en mente: “Hay que enseñarle el mundo.” Playa, ciudad, parque. Fotos, encuentros, estímulos. Queremos mostrarlo, queremos que se adapte ya. Lo que realmente necesitan en ese momento es algo mucho más sencillo: paz, descanso, seguridad y vínculo. Necesitan sentir que ya pertenecen a un lugar seguro antes de enfrentarse a todo lo demás. Cuando los exponemos demasiado pronto, cuando aún no somos su refugio, se sienten solos, inseguros y sobrepasados. No tienen herramientas para gestionar tanto. Entonces aparecen conductas que la gente etiqueta como “agresivas”, cuando en realidad son expresiones de miedo y estrés. No son perros malos. Son perros abrumados. Son perros intentando decir “no puedo con todo esto”. Otras veces, ese estrés se ve en paseos tensos: el perro tirando como un tractor, jadeando, desconectado. Estamos caminando con prisa, mirando el reloj, contando pasos, pensando en llegar… mientras el perro sólo quiere olfatear, observar y procesar el mundo a su ritmo. Para ellos, cada olor es información. Cada sonido es un mensaje. Cada rincón es un universo. Y nosotros los arrastramos porque “llegamos tarde”. La prisa nos roba la vida. A nosotros y a ellos. Podemos aprender tanto de nuestros perros… Ellos saben estar presentes, saben disfrutar del ahora, saben fascinarse con lo sencillo. Cuando paseamos sin prisa, el tiempo deja de apretarnos. Escuchamos el viento, sentimos el suelo, observamos el cielo. Ellos nos enseñan el mundo de verdad, no el que corre, sino el que se vive.
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La Prisa (English below)
Welcome to our community
Dear friends, in a world where everything is so fast and uncertain, where so many people are so dysregulated, angry and frustrated, dumping it all on their dogs in different ways, finding comfort in controlling every movement their dog makes in order to feel a little more in control of their own lives, I am creating this safe space for those who share their life with a dog (or dogs, cats, cows, elephantes, unicorns...) and want to jump out of that runaway train. A place were we can learn from eachother and share experiences about how to let go of all that frustration and thirst of control and start living!. A place where we can be honest and not be judged for loving our furry friends. For what we have done in the past. For our jouney, even if we have made mistakes because we didnt know better or received the wrong advice. Here, now. In the company of our animals. Enjoying every moment with them. Enjoying nature and their nature. Enjoying every step we take together. Because their life is short and too precious to waste with silly rules and restrictions. I am a dog trainer, but you will not hear any training tips in this community. Because my goal is for us to unlearn what we have been tought, and start learning from our dogs who are experts on being here now. Thank you so much for joining me in this adventure and I am really looking forward to meeting you if we dont know eachother yet, and seeing pictures and videos of your beautiful animals. Please, if you feel like it, introduce yourselves and your beautiful animals in a post too. Welcome! Love and light María
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Soy María, educadora canina respetuosa, vamos a crear una comunidad de personas que quieran disfrutar de la vida junto a sus perros al máximo!

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