The story behind why I named my dog training business Misunderstood Mutt
The story about my dog training business that nobody asked for but that you’re getting anyways!
Okay, so I can talk about this one for daaaaays! I will try really hard to cut to the chase and leave out the not so important details.
Misunderstood Mutt was technically born in April of 2020 when I created an instagram account with that username so I could secure the spot. She didn’t make her debut until August of that year when I started posting about my personal dog’s training journeys and experiences as I was working through my online dog training course. (Yes, Misunderstood Mutt is a female because she is run by a powerful female)
When I initially enrolled in the Victoria Stilwell Academy for Dog Training & Behavior to become a certified dog trainer, I had dreams of it leading me to owning my own dog training business. And when you start a business that business needs a name.
But, MY dog training business couldn’t have just ANY name, it had to mean something to me just like everything else I do in life as a type 4 sagittarius with ADHD.
I immediately knew I wanted it to have to do with mutts, they are my heart and soul, my muses, the reason I am the dog trainer that I am today. Yes, I did grow up watching dogs 101 on animal planet and learning everything I could about every dog breed. And still, I have always been drawn to rescues, to mutts. They’re unique, they’re goofy and they’re...
Misunderstood.
My mutts are rescues who came to me with some “baggage.” They have big feelings about the world which can cause them to be reactive. They would bark, lunge, growl and basically lose their sh*t at their triggers! These big, reactive dog feelings caused so many people, myself included, to misunderstand them. To label them as aggressive dogs, bad dogs or incapable of living the stereotypical dog life.
When the reality is that these dogs are just misunderstood.
As I learned more and more about dog behavior through my dog training course, I also started to truly realize how misunderstood my mutts have been. I knew from that moment on that I wanted to help other dog guardians see that in their mutts that are reactive, that experience big feelings and that can’t live the stereotypical dog life. To show them that they aren’t bad dogs at all.
That maybe, they just have a Misunderstood Mutt.
Below are images of the Misunderstood Mutt’s who inspired me to start this journey.
L to R: Goose, Gus Gus and Remi, Gus Gus, Gus Gus and Goose, Remi.
