Power Of The Pack!

If any of you watch “The Dog Whisperer” on TV, you’ll know that Cesar’s pack of dogs help un-balanced dogs with rehabilitation. Dogs have amazing powers of observation (far better than us humans), so dogs who need rehab watch and communicate with the stable dogs, thereby learning how to be balanced, calm and submissive in dog/human company.

I’ve seen this work when I have got one of my calm dogs to help Peter on his walks, the calm dog does not react to other dogs, completely ignores (avoids eye contact ) and gives off calm, submissive energy which positively impacts Peter’s energy. Put simply he copies the calm behaviour and “bingo” - we pass by without an aggressive display!

What I hadn’t realised until we had “Princess Whirlwind“…Tia, to stay was how calm and relaxed they are generally around the house. Even when they’re alerting me to passers by etc, once I “Thank them” and tell them to “Leave” it to me, its back to resting for them, their mission complete! Tia picked up on this energy, the second day of her stay, she had it copied and down to a fine art, this is how she fitted in so well. The bonus for owner Chris is that apparently she has taken this new calmer energy home with her, Chris commenting on how laid back she now is ….so looks like we’re the opposite to “boot camp” ….we’re “calm canine camp”….your dog stays and leaves de-stressed and more balanced, bit like health farm then?!!

The “power of the pack” is truly awesome, I guess I have seen it before, my pack have always house-trained the young ones for me, I haven’t had to do this in years! The only downside is that they too can observe and copy bad behaviours ….ooops …hey Jack Russells?! I’ve mentioned before that they also copy humans, Alfie will give me a smile, lifting both sides of his mouth mimicking a human smile as it gets results, a treat, walk…hug! They read all our body language, specifically our eyes, to suss out our feelings or what we‘re about to do next!

So remember…your dog is watching you….all the time!!