Nervous System Regulation

How regulated and present you are in your life, but especially during a walk with your dog, has a direct impact on your dogs behavior and how connected they feel with you which in turn will impact how well they will listen and respect you - during the walk, but also during your normal day to day

Problem:

• How people are on their phones listening to

Being a Registered Dietitian Makes me a Better Dog Trainer

A thread

For those of you who don’t know, I am a registered dietitian and 6 months ago I did a complete 180 in my career and went all in on becoming a dog trainer

And if there’s one thing I learned from working in both of these careers - the problem is rarely ever:

the food

the weight

the

What is high me avoiding? Or the part of me who wants to avoid?

Or is this a version of the mind I’m trying to enter? Hm i dunno - i dont think i need a substance to get closer to my truer self - maybe its fake NS regulation - it feels calming but its still avoiding?

I like this mind - but this desire in me to avoid and get high. Who is that? What

I think the way ppl treat their dogs now - like seeing them as these helpless creatures is so much a reflection of how so many humans feel about themselves.

They feel so helpless /stuck/stressed/disconnected that it’s then projected onto their dog that they feel they need to protect in the way they weren’t protected when they were a kid.

And so I

So many people are missing it - they aren’t seeing the dog as a dog - they are SO close - but they need to go one level deeper

I saw this reel/ad for a positive only training program and their examples were just missing the mark on so many levels

they were saying that ppl who punish or correct say that you need to correct the dog when they are

Emotional Inquiry - VIEW

coming at everything with the perception of wonder - not trying to “fix” or get rid of anything - that’s when the tool stops working

once we have a goal to remove the emotion is when we are still in disagreement in our body/ emotions - still having that internal inner critic

warm embrace - fully embody feeling

maybe that’s

9.26,25

Thoughts and gratitude I have while playing fetch with Gouda and I’m feeling so at peace and happy

I’m so fucking grateful for this life and I don’t need to tell or explain or coach this to anyone I just need to show and they will follow I show through my life and dogs

I can’t believe I even get to do this with her I never thought it would

9.26.24

Holy shit this pretty much sums up my HW for life

HUGE FUCKING EPIPHANY - car break down, I cry in the middle of the street like a child sitting on the ground - almost hyperventilating but I was able to calm myself down and then I get to the place where I get to be ME I MAKE ALL THE DECISIONS OF MY LIFE

Yes I can seek some input if I WANT