Leah Lykos asks Joanne Frame why knowing yourself is important for your dog. They discuss how our dogs are connected to our emotions and feelings in ways that we don't always notice. They talk about their own experiences and what they have learnt about themselves from their dogs.
Similar Posts
Hounds Connect the Dots
Hounds Connect the Dots This article was first published in ‘Counselling for Scotland’. It is reproduced here with the kind permission of COSCA, slightly edited to suit internet publication. Self-Mastery “Mastering others is strength; Mastering yourself is true power” The Greek Philosopher Socrates taught that ‘to know thyself is the beginning of wisdom’. For a…
Your emotions your dog
An example of my dog tuning into my feelings Your emotions, your dog – what do I mean? The work I am doing with my dogs is all about observing their behaviour and tuning into my feelings and emotions at the time. From that I try to understand how the two things might be connected. …
Dogs don’t remember but never forget
“The difference between a mental and physical memory is that while the mental memory is remembered, often erronoeously, physical memory is relived, and the body is never wrong about the past……. …a dog can’t remember yet it never forgets” ….’Your Dog is Your Mirror’, Kevin Behan I have to admit that I struggled to understand this concept when…
Your Dog and Your Emotions
‘…….our dog is our canary in the mineshaft of emotion.’ from Kevin Behan, Your Dog Is Your Mirror Our Emotions and Our Dogs’ Behaviour I first started to notice the effect of how I was feeling on my dogs with my hound Jack. I used to be quite a nervous driver and hated overtaking. Jack…
To be or not to be …yourself
The trials and tribulations of meeting other dogs and dog owners
Why does a dog chew what it chews?
Why does a dog chew what it chews? When I come home and find that the dogs have destroyed something I know they need something more to occupy them. But then I started to wonder how they decided WHAT to chew. One day I was fascinated when I watched one of my dogs start…
