You Don’t Have to Do It Alone!

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You’ve had dogs your whole life and now, your current dog is giving you a run for your money.

You feel helpless, so you believe that scouring the internet to find the answer will solve all your problems.

You then feel overwhelmed about all the possible solutions.

You begin joining different online academies and talk with multiple trainers to find the “fix” to your dog’s barking, growling and even aggression.

You believe there has to be an easy answer to solve this problem.

Buy the right tool, say something your dog understands at the right time, anything to get your dog to stop being “bad” because you can’t handle how it makes you feel.

Helpless.

We are taught that we have to have the right answer and do everything ourselves because that is what independent and self sufficient means.

Pull ourselves up by our bootstraps in every way possible.

What you start to recognize is that fact finding your way to a solution isn’t relieving your feeling of helplessness, but only exacerbating the intensity of your worry.

When helplessness leads you into a mental spiral of swirling thoughts of what if, seek out connection for support.

Connection with a knowledgeable and trusted guide who can walk with you on your journey in healing what troubles you and your dog.

Learn how your and your dog’s emotional pain and discomfort can also be the messengers that connection with your dog can be transformational for you both.

Feelings of helplessness and worry can be the signal to you that connection is what your intuition is needing.

Are you willing to hear those whispers?

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Katherine Porter is a force free, reward based dog behavior advisor and consultant serving clients and their companion dogs worldwide. Her calm and gentle approach in coaching clients in effectively communicating what they want to their dog blends her MSW background into her dog training and behavior practice. Katherine was a behavior consultant for Heeling Hounds after graduation. She opened Four Paws and You Dog Training LLC when the military relocated her family to Fort Sill, OK in 2015. During this time, she volunteered with Rainbow Bridge Can Wait where she provided post adoption consultations to new pet parents. She also developed and implemented tailored behavior modification plans for highly reactive dogs residing at the shelter. She also provided educational programs to military children through interactive workshops at the Fort Sill School Age Center. In 2017, Katherine relocated Four Paws and You Dog Training LLC to Germany. She served the Armed Forces communities in Bavaria. She continued coaching and advising her clients in addressing their companion dog’s fearful and reactive behavioral issues. Katherine takes a Do No Harm approach first and foremost in providing behavioral plans. She is committed in serving clients with gentle and modern science approaches in modifying behavioral concerns such as reactivity, aggression, separation anxiety and fear based responses. Katherine is a member of the Pet Professional Guild. She is focused on integrating a holistic and modern approach in addressing her client’s pet companion reactive behavior issues.

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