A Calm Walk in the Woods with Dogs [Video]
Immersing yourself and your dog in the connected energy of the forest calms the mind, relaxes the body, and elevates mood.
"Forest Bathing" reduces stress through sensory stimulation. The presence of antimicrobial volatile organic compounds produced by trees improves health and strengthens the immune system.
Share this powerful experience with your dog.
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Celebrate the Message of Earth Day
Finding relief from stress, anxiety, and boredom can be as simple as stepping outdoors and connecting with nature and Mother Earth.
For dogs...multiply that relief times ten!
Social norms put unnatural restrictions on dogs' instinctive behaviors, including sniffing, digging, chasing, investigating, and foraging.
It's normal for dogs to
🐾Sniff crotches
🐾Lick faces
🐾Jump on people and things
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What does a stress response feel like for a dog?
Caregivers often struggle to understand their reactive dogs. From a human perspective, reactivity appears unpredictable and disproportionate to the circumstances.
Yet, from the dog's perspective, reactive episodes drain emotional energy and block access to learning and thinking. They are the result of a sequence of automatic stress responses in the dog's physiology.
What we see on the surfac...
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