Lady Priscilla is a Dutch Shepherd rescued at the edge of uncertainty—underweight, postpartum, and unsure of the world. Today, she’s on her own unique service dog journey, calmly navigating theme parks, restaurants, doctors’ offices, and life with quiet strength and purpose.
This blog is part story, part strategy—following one extraordinary dog as she finds her purpose and helps others find theirs.
The Lady Priscilla Method
Behind every milestone is a method.
The Lady Priscilla Method is a cognitive, trust-based approach to training and transformation. It’s built on emotional safety, symbolic reasoning, and the belief that dogs are active participants in their own growth.
If you’re curious about how a rescue dog became a problem-solver, a partner, and a service dog in training — this is the foundation behind it all.
Come With Us As Her Story Unfolds
Join us on the trails she’s blazing — one brave choice at a time.
Each topic traces a portion of the journey: the work, the wins, and the quiet turning points that shaped the dog she’s becoming.
Adventures and Outings
Theme parks, doctor’s offices, haunted houses, and everywhere in between. These are the spaces Lady Priscilla now calmly explores with quiet focus and curiosity.
Training Milestones
From foundational obedience to complex public access, every breakthrough brings Lady Priscilla one step closer to becoming a service dog. And every step is worth celebrating.
Emotional Growth
Not every milestone makes noise. These moments reveal how Lady Priscilla learned to trust, regulate, and reconnect — showing us that emotional growth, like healing, often begins in silence.
Discover the tender moments here.
Health and Vet Care
From fear to partnership, vet visits became more than checkups. They became trust exercises. These stories explore Lady Priscilla’s journey toward fear-free cooperative care, emotional safety, and empowered wellness.
Milestone Series
Defining moments. Deep transformations. These are the stories we’ll never forget.
Stories Told in Multiple Acts
These aren’t just narratives. They’re turning points. Each series follows a pivotal journey in Lady Priscilla’s life, revealing how change unfolds one challenge, one breakthrough, one moment at a time.
Fresh from Lady Priscilla’s World
A peek at our latest posts, from agility adventures to late night reflections.
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Inside the Fog: Service Dog Distraction Training at Halloween Horror Nights
How HHN Became the Final Test of Service Dog Distraction Training If you’ve been following our journey, you already know that about a year and a half ago, right after Lady Priscilla passed her public access training readiness test (to start training in non-dog friendly spaces), we headed straight to CityWalk. At park closing. Right
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Dog Desensitization Training and the Threshold Zone: Where Real Learning Happens
You’ve probably heard that you should stay “below threshold” when doing service dog desensitization training around triggers. And for dogs with trauma or big feelings, that’s generally good advice. But what if I told you that real learning doesn’t happen far below threshold? What if the true magic happens just below it? Welcome to the
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E.T.’s Lessons in Canine Communication
How one alien and one trail of trust taught me what canine communication could look like A Movie About Connection There’s a moment in E.T. that still gives me chills, even after all these years. Not the flying bicycle. Not the glowing finger. It’s the part where E.T. points to the sky, touches his chest,
Thanks for joining us on this service dog journey.
Lady Priscilla’s story is still unfolding — and we’re honored to share each step. Whether you’re here for emotional milestones, training insights, or to explore the Lady Priscilla Method in action, we hope you’ll stay a while.
With love and soft nose boops,
Lady Priscilla
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