Inside Sensitive Dogs
Inside sensitive dogs is a seed of resilience with the capacity for growth. Nurture a dog's fragile emotions with a balance of knowledge and kindness. Relieve your dog's anxiety, fear, and trauma responses to everyday experiences. Bring comfort to your dog and peace back into your lifestyle! Watch your dog's distress diminish as you add simple trauma-informed practices each month. No guilt, no judgement, no overwhelm! You've got this!
3 Ways the Christmas Season Overwhelms Sensitive Dogs: Watch for Common Triggers
If you're caring for a sensitive dog, three areas that need your increased awareness during the Christmas Season are:Â
Noise,
Novelty, and
Routine
Noise
Dogs hear sounds at a higher frequency and from a greater distance than human hearing is capable of. So don't be surprised when your dogs ale...
Dec 20, 2025
christmas
3 Brains, 3 Languages, 1 Mind
What happens when neither speaker understands the other's language? What if the languages didn't have words?
If it sounds like a recipe for confusion, that's true, but it could be even worse than that!
Here's why...
All of us mammals, dogs included, have three brains, and each brain has its own ...
Nov 26, 2025
3 brains 3 languages
Circle of Resilience [Video]
You can interrupt your dog's stress patterns with the healing power of your voice.
Nov 26, 2025
interrupt stress patterns
power of voice
Caring for yourself is the first step in caring for your sensitive dog. [Audio]
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A dog's emotional development is comparable to that of a pre-school-age child. The presence of a grounded, calm, and compassionate adult is essential to every dog's emotio...
Nov 26, 2025
self-care
Halloween Safety Checklist [Audio]
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View the Halloween Checklist
Oct 25, 2025
Your Guide to Halloween Safety for Dogs eBook
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Constant doorbell ringing, strangers in costumes, loud noise, excitement, and lots of movement can push a sensitive dog into serious emotional overwhelm. Â
Avoid the biggest mistakes people often make with their dogs on Halloween:
âKeeping your dog near the a...
Oct 25, 2025
halloween
The Power of the SEEKING System [Audio]
The SEEKING System is an instinctual, primary process, core emotional system characterized by anticipation, expectancy, and a sense of purpose.
Puppies exhibit SEEKING behavior at birth when they are drawn toward the mother for warmth, nourishment, and safety.
SEEKING is linked to survival and is...
Sep 26, 2025
seeking system
The PLAY System [Video]
Neuroscientist Jaak Panksepp researched and described seven primary emotional systems found in mammals. The PLAY system has a huge impact on mental, emotional, and physical well-being.
Link to the video: https://youtu.be/jKGfc2THNQs
Sep 26, 2025
The Science of Emotion in Animals
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Research shows the existence of seven primary emotional systems in the brains of all mammals. Neuroscientist Jaak Panksepp described the seven distinct systems that reside in different areas of the most ancient parts of the brain. The emotions are innate, not learned.
Three of the systems are...
Sep 26, 2025
play system
seeking system
Essential Principles for Caregivers of Sensitive Dogs
Protect the well-being of sensitive dogs so they can feel safer and less afraid.
The path for a caregiver with a sensitive or traumatized dog is a maze of challenges and setbacks. It isn't easy to navigate, and the journey can be lonely and disheartening. To further complicate things, social nor...
Aug 26, 2025
Why? "Because I said so!" [Video]
Compliance, Defiance, and Consent
In this month's audio, I present ideas about appeasement in dogs. Next, we dive into related ideas about compliance and obedience as they often define a "good" dog.Â
Compliance can be a trauma response
Saying "No" is a healthy response from your dog
Valid consen...
Aug 26, 2025
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consent
defiance
Inside Sensitive Dogs