Welcome to The Dog Who Asked for More formerly known as Straight Up Dog Talk
Welcome to The Dog Who Asked for More formerly known as Straight Up Dog Talk
This blog exists for dog parents who have tried everything and still feel like something isn't clicking — navigating reactivity, enrichment, feeding confusion, regulation, burnout, and the emotional reality of life with dogs who need a little more.
Written by Em, a dog trainer, certified professional canine nutritionist, and retired vet tech with over 20 years of hands-on experience. This isn't about fixing dogs. It's about understanding what's really going on — and helping people feel steadier, more informed, and less alone.
If you're trying to understand your dog's behavior, needs, or daily patterns, these are good places to begin:
Learn the early signals dogs show before behavior escalates
Simple real-life activities that support curiosity, regulation, and connection
Dog Nutrition: What to Feed and Why It Matters
When restlessness isn't about energy
Why some dogs respond to the world with intensity

What started with training, enrichment, and nutrition is growing into something bigger. As we move toward life on the road, this blog will expand to include real moments from RV life with Fitz and Toby, the people and dogs we meet, and the lessons we learn along the way.
Part education, part storytelling, and fully grounded in real experience — because this isn't just about content. It's about building a community for people who love their dogs deeply and are trying to do right by them, even when it's hard.
If you want to be part of helping this mission grow
The Dog Who Asked for More is a podcast and educational space for dog parents learning to live differently because of their dog.
Through honest conversations and grounded guidance from a canine nutritionist, dog trainer, and retired vet tech, the show explores dog behavior, reactivity, body language, enrichment, gut health, and canine nutrition — especially when life with dogs feels more complicated than expected.
This space exists to help dogs — and the people who love them — feel more understood, more supported, and less alone.
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Formerly know as Straight Up Dog Talk.
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