Inside Sensitive Dogs Monthly Publication

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!

Caring for Highly Sensitive Dogs [Video]

When we see our dog's behaviors primarily through the lens of our discomfort, we miss the most important truth about sensitivity. Caring for sensitivity is a lifestyle, not a training lesson. Click below to watch the video.

May 25, 2025 enrichment highly sensitive dogs

Your Voice Is Much More Than Just Your Words [Audio]

When you speak to your dogs, what do they hear? Words are loaded with emotional truth and have a vibrational frequency that attracts and inspires trust, or repels and instills distrust. You can use your voice authentically to strengthen trust and connection. Dogs perceive the nuances of voice al...

May 25, 2025 talking to dogs voice

Listen to your Intuition First: It's your Automatic Emotional GPS.

Parenting another living being presents emotional, mental, and strategic challenges. Parents get to make a steady stream of decisions, and many of those decisions leave you wondering if you've made the best choice. On the other hand, you may be someone who avoids uncertainty, makes decisions by...

Apr 25, 2025

Did We Get It All Wrong About Sensitive Dogs? [Video]

Apr 25, 2025 circle of security secure attachment sensitivity window of tolerance

How to Transform "No" into a Compassionate Action

Attention seeking in dogs has a bad reputation that it doesn't deserve! When your dog asks for attention, were you ever told to ignore the behavior? How has that worked out for you? In this audio, I teach you a simple 2-step practice that simultaneously meets your needs and relieves the dog's an...

Apr 25, 2025 attentionseeking compassionate action saying no

How I'm Managing the Conflict Between Two Dogs in the Home

For the backstory about this dog-dog conflict, you can listen to the March audio first. Like most incidents involving dogs fighting with each other, it seemed to happen suddenly. But that's only because I missed the red flags. Chance, my 13-year-old 12-pound Papillon, is a people-loving forme...

Apr 10, 2025 dogs fighting management

Understanding Mood States [Video]

Moods are different from emotions, yet moods and emotions influence each other. Both moods and emotions impact behaviors, and the more we understand the connections between moods, emotions, and behaviors, the more we can affect the welfare of our dogs. [38 minutes] Coming Soon:...

Mar 27, 2025

Unexpected Predictables [Audio]

This audio is about an actual event involving two of my dogs. It occurred a few days ago, and I am sharing it with you because it holds a valuable lesson for all of us. Coming soon: [Video] Understanding Mood states Coming soon: [Blog] The #1 Way to Effectively Support a Sensitive or Distressed...

Mar 27, 2025

Soothe Sensitive Dogs Without Training Them [Video]

Feb 26, 2025 sensitive dogs training

Sensitive Dogs and Common Sense

Sensitivity in dogs shows up in behaviors that many human caregivers view as "problem behaviors". For the dog, however, the behaviors are coping mechanisms. Common sense solutions exist but getting them to work successfully requires a mindset shift. You must consider not only how the dog's ...

Feb 26, 2025 common-sense sensitivity

You Can't Train an Emotion [Audio]

This quotation from Karin Pienaar's book, Mood Matters expresses the fundamental truth about animal behavior and emotion. Everyone responsible for the care and well-being of an animal must understand this truth. Vocaroo | Online voice recorder Vocaroo is a quick and easy way to share voice...

Feb 26, 2025

Relaxation vs Stress: Put your own oxygen mask on first.

Anxiety is contagious. You want your anxious dog to relax, but his anxiety is contagious. Sometimes it's hard to tell who's triggering who... Because it's not possible to control environmental triggers, it's hard to plan for them. And the dog's reactivity happens quickly and unpredictably leavi...

Jan 28, 2025

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