Welcome to The Dawg Mama!
This newsletter discusses nature-based community-focused dog care. My goal is to share my experience and research on the benefits of holistic relationship-centered dog care.
Who is The Dawg Mama?
For over nine years Frances Quaempts (along with her wife) has cultivated a successful dog care business. From this work, dog training and care has become a grounding experience in practicing boundaries, mindfulness, and letting go of sub-optimal ideas about dog-human relationships. This nurturing family care deepened in-the-moment experiences for our clients that I now want to share with you.
In addition to my work with dogs, I work part-time at a library. Before leaving Portland, I was a feature writer for the Beaverton Resource Guide. My interests include: homemaking, the arts, animal behavior, history, analog tech, and spending time with family and loved ones.
I'm a person, not a brand. So along with dog care topics, I'll discuss other topics more loosely related to dogs. This opinion piece on banning Russian dogs is an example. All posts that are more personal in nature can be found in the Life with Dogs tab.
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Dawg Mama Ethics
Let's face it…the internet has become an intangible place where you may find as much harm as helpfulness. I believe a deep and meaningful life comes from being offline as much as possible. For this reason, I've made it a priority to make careful decisions regarding how my time is spent online by understanding what my locus of focus is while setting limitations on online interactions. For this reason, The Dawg Mama asks all subscribers and readers to adhere to the following comment guidelines:
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Practice good boundaries and respect for others, even if you don't respect their ideas. If you wish to disagree, be ready to do so with grace and dignity. If something offends, take a break and a breath and respond when able to do so in a calm state of mind. Zealotry and bigotry won't be tolerated here.
These ethics policies are subject to change as membership changes.
