The Puppy Parenting Virtual Retreat!

Feeling stressed? Burnt out?
A Virtual Puppy Parenting Retreat Is What You Need!

Do you find yourself saying “I’m done with my puppy’s behavior” way too many times?
Are you constantly stressed and walking on eggshells avoiding the bruises and torn shoes and puppy’s behavior or mood?
Do you feel stressed and overwhelmed ready to give up?

It’s time to take a step back, take a deep breath, and step into your puppy-parenting power.

Parenting a dog is a sacred, joyful (yes, joyful!) adventure but too often we run dry, to fit puppy training and house proofing into our busy daily survival schedule.
But we can help you find a healthy routine and joy living with a dog.

Why a retreat and not a class?
A puppy class is all about the puppy training.
The Puppy Parenting Retreat is about you and your puppy, and a healthy relationship.
It’s a guided to a holistic experience of how to:

  • build secure attachment,
  • avoid trauma,
  • raise a healthy and well developed puppy
  • develop a confident, safe and educated adult dog.

In this two day virtual retreat, from the comfort of your home you will:

  • make virtual friends for life
  • develop advanced dog training skills
  • learn latest science based puppy education
  • learn more about animal spirituality and energy
  • how your emotions affect your puppy
  • how your puppy will help you discover yourself.

Two experienced facilitators
Katherine Porter with Four Paws & You Dog Training LLC and
Roman Gottfried with Roman’s Holistic Dog Training
Will guide you through this two day retreat.

Register TODAY!

Register Here

Join us on the virtual parenting retreat and we’ll help you find the joy in dog-family life.

Healing the Wounds of Your Dog

When you observe suffering, you can’t bring yourself to witness another being holding on to life barely surviving without basic needs.

Your heart hurts for them.

You feel compassion and empathy for them and desire to end their suffering.

You may even feel compelled to take action and your action is adopting a companion animal to come home with you.

You know the biological needs like having food, water and shelter are basic for survival and you feel you can provide for them.

As days swing into weeks and you can see your dog settling in.

You feel overjoyed with love in helping your companion satisfy his hunger and thirst.

You see how your dog is sleeping better and throughout the night.

You just love on them.

But, one day, you start recognizing, your dog is knocking things off the counter, chewing things like your shoes, furniture, howling and crying when you leave, frozen at the sight of another dog and even grabbing your kids toys.

You grow confused by this “new” behavior.

You believe, you provided your dog with all the things and now he’s acting out.

When behavior concerns and issues crop up and you can’t see what or believe how your dog can still be suffering, you loose empathy for your companion.

You wonder, “why is my dog being so spiteful” “ungrateful” or you may feel your dog betrayed you.

How can my dog “treat me this way after everything I’ve done for him.”

When your dog has unmet emotional and social needs, they are often misunderstood.

When barking, lunging, growling to unsafe chewing and household destruction leads you into the swirling of confusion and frustration, you start losing hope.

You may even start feeling hatred and anger towards your dog.

These limiting beliefs go deeper than just what your dog is doing.

Your own beliefs about fear get extended to your dog.

You may think that fear is something to be “overcome”, “push forward” or you may even question the even idea your dog may be afraid.

You question how fear of being left alone, strangers or even leaves blowing in the wind can be a thing.

You believe these are insignificant and you begin minimizing them and judge your dog for feeling this way.

Your own limiting beliefs of what fear looks like and how it shows up gets in your own way.

It prevents you from connecting with your companion and only gets you more of the same.

When you make a choice to do something differently and come from a place of where you started, feeling empathy and compassion, you can uncover and start meeting what your dog needs emotionally and socially.

When you are motivated by guiding your dog to feel

Trust,

Safe,

He has choice or dare I say, freedom!

And bonded and connected with you.

You start seeing the world from your dog’s eyes and the innocence in his soul.

Now, you start going back to understanding how meeting your dog’s emotional and social needs starts healing those invisible wounds.

Take steps to heal your dog rather than compounding his suffering.

Connecting Hearts

Connection with another being is a heart centered expression.

Being present in the moment and being open with curiosity to experience how the interaction will unfold.

Without judgement or anticipation of how you’ll respond.

Not feeling regretful about the past, without worry about the future, but fully present in the here and now.

Connection begins the moment you have a new dog move into your home.

It is about remaining flexible in your expectations and allowing for the relationship to unfold with love and compassion.

Connection is also about making different choices in your plans because you desire your dog to feel safe and to trust you, you won’t harm or abandon him.

Doozy and his pet parent continue their journey even after their time in the program container ends.

Doozy’s pet parent shares how she now has the tools and the know how to continue guiding Doozy that the world is a safe place because he’s with her.

She even made the choice of postponing some travel because Doozy wasn’t yet ready for the change in routine or the pet sitter.

Even with making the change in plans, she sees their world expand. She can envision what life can look like for them because she sees Doozy making choices and being brave and building his confidence.

Doozy didn’t feel safe leaving his home. The small steps Doozy is taking and seeking out his pet parent, he’s learning to change his mind and try new things.

New neural pathways are being created and with this, Doozy’s pet parent knows he can learn to see the world as a more positive experience.

Celebrating Doozy and his pet parent for the growth and confidence they achieved!

Do you want to change the way you feel about living life with your companion? Set up a Discovery Call with me!

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