Getting comfortable with discomfort takes bravery and willingness.
Bravery to embark on doing something new.
Stepping into uncharted waters and being a beginner again and again.
The willingness to grow and change.
What you learn about yourself and what you’re capable for is found in the doing of the unknown.
While you may have a goal in mind to achieve like leash walking your dog or teaching your dog a new trick or you, or learning a new skill, what you take away from the experience may have much more to do with you uncovering parts of yourself that were hidden.
Stretching yourself in doing something new, exposes those parts of yourself where you can become more curious and exploratory about what’s showing up without giving up.
When those moments of stretching become too much, take a break and allow the lessons to wash over you while you begin to make sense of their meaning.
Achieving a goal like leash walking isn’t just about your dog walking with you on a leash, but rather your desire to feel more confident and connected with your companion animal and about becoming the person you want to be in that relationship.
Be the person your dog already knows is inside of you even if you haven’t met her yet.
Support is available to you when you give yourself permission to receive it!
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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