Banking Trust and Recovering from Traumatic Experiences
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Do you want to start banking trust with your dog? The more trust your dog has in you, the better prepared you will both be when confronted with an unexpected or traumatic event. If your dog has experienced a traumatic event or has PTSD from such an event, supporting and making your dog feel safe is so important. As dog moms (and human beings), we hate to see a dog in any pain or emotional distress. If we could protect all of the dogs in the world from such things, we would. Unfortunately, we can’t protect every dog, but we can be there for our own. In this episode of Enlightened By Dogs, you’ll learn how you can start banking trust with your dog and what you can do to help your best friend recover from traumatic experiences. I also share how learning how you should behave during and after an unfortunate incident could save your dog from a lot of stress, anxiety, and further trauma. In this episode: Why communication and connection are so important How to be the person that your dog finds trustworthy How to start banking trust with your dog How to behave and recover from a traumatic event Read the blog post on this topic. Quotes: “How you behave during & after a traumatic event is more important than what actually happened during the traumatic event.” “We can teach our puppies to move toward us for comfort and love and protection.” “We can show our dogs that that scary thing is not going to harm us through our own behaviour…that way, we're letting our dog know that we are keeping them safe.” Want More of Kathy? Brilliant Partners Academy Dancing Hearts Dog Academy Website Facebook Community To read the blog post on this topic and to explore other episodes, click here.
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