Are you going after the wrong goal?
Is your goal to be able to trust your dog?
Is your goal to not want to be afraid of something bad happening to your dog or because of your dog?
Is your goal to be able to have relaxed non-training dog walks?
Or is it to be able to be calm under all circumstances?
You might be chasing after the wrong thing.
You wouldn’t tell someone who’s been in a car accident that the goal is for them to get to believing that driving is perfectly safe again. You would rather help them get in the car again despite being afraid. You would help them to accept that being afraid is part of the process.
Start with acceptance of where you are at.
Denying reality is only setting you up for more stress.
Continuously wanting your dog walks to be relaxed when they’re not, is fighting reality.
It’s saying: it shouldn’t be like this. That is cause enough for frustration.
Do you want to feel less frustration?
Sometimes it’s hard to recognize where you’re fighting reality because you’re so in it. That’s where coaching comes in. I will help you figure out where you’re frustrating yourself unnecessarily.
