Enlightened By Dogs With Kathy Kawalec

In this episode, Kathy explains how being trapped in the house because of extreme winter or summer can strengthen the bond between you and your dog. It is also the perfect teaching opportunity to work with your dogs’ impulse control. What does this mean? It means taking a mindful and calm attentive responsiveness to our relationships with our dogs. Being locked up with your dog is actually a great opportunity!  Your dog can learn how to let you, their partner: Calm them Mindful action eases the crazy way theyŕe feeling We can develop reading our dogs better Emotionally Mentally Physically Kathy gives a quick rundown about believing that dogs naturally want to contribute to their family unit.  (Because of social intelligence) If you or your dog are overwhelmed, we can’t learn or focus on anything least of all our intention. High arousal activities that your dog displays with or without you should be limited to fifteen percent of each day. Kathy also believes that just spending time with our dogs is a re