One of my favourite things about hosting group play sessions is seeing just how different every dog truly is. Just like people, dogs have their own personalities, preferences, limits, talents, comforts, and ways of interacting with the world around them. Group play sessions simply make that individuality very visible.

When Jane Goodall first began working with chimpanzees, she was told she was doing it all wrong. Professors scolded her for giving the chimpanzees names instead of numbers. Jane was told that animals didn’t have personalities, minds, or emotions. They warned her that empathy had no place in science..