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Consultation Files: My Daughter Is Taking Her Badly Behaved Emotional Support Dog to College
In this Off Leash and Unfiltered consult, Kati Peppe—owner of Diamond K9 Dog Training in Biddeford, Maine—talks through a common modern dilemma: a small, adored ESA dachshund that barks when left alone, fights nail trims, sleeps in bed, and ignores commands around distractions—yet is slated to live in a college dorm. Kati explains why ESAs aren’t service dogs, why the “all-softness” relationship backfires, and how structure (crate/place/leash), clear teaching, and real accountability can stabilize the dog if the whole family—especially
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