Part I – Human Energy and Confidence
Hi! Grady Wilson here – this is Part I of a two part series. My sister Donna Harris is in the pics with me. She’s my sister and I love her dearly.
Enjoy!
We are sharing information to simply give you a fresh, new perspective on how to communicate with dogs better than you do now.
To us dogs, all Dogs are the same – Dogs. You, Humans are the same, to us, too. Big Humans, small ones, different coats, hair and smell – all the same to DOGS – HUMANS
Let’s face it. Humans get frustrated with us, dogs. It’s really not us. It’s YOU. I see my buddies getting smacked, yelled at, yanked by the leash, kicked, smacked with papers – all kinds of violent behavior. You should see yourselves sometime!
Humans struggle – you guys are stressed and we know that. We feel your energy, in ways you rarely even notice – which is a great place to begin how to communicate better.
1. We feel your energy in a way you are not accustomed – and we reflect it.
We are connected. It’s in our DNA to be connected to Humans – it’s been happening for thousands of years. We simply LOVE you and will do anything for you. We are there for you guys at all times, no matter what, condition or situation. It’s very simple.
We connect on a deep energy (frequency) based level and we are a mirror of the Human we pick. You, Humans, are very emotional. So we pick up on those ‘vibrations’ and if you are happy – we are too.
If you are in a ‘good mood’ when you come home from the place that smells like aftershave, coffee, perfume, ink, and laundry of other Humans – I’m already happy you are home – so, we usually go bananas.
If you aren’t – well, we usually check, to see if it’s ok to say hi – but, may just hide until you call us instead. We check if it’s an ‘Angry’ or ‘Happy’ tone in your voice when called.
So if you play rough with us – it’s ok but don’t expect to play some other kind of way with another Human or those small Humans – especially when we get excited! We will consistently play the way you play with me.
We love routine and pick up on your habits. We reflect your personality and lifestyle.
If you are relaxed and easy going – we will be too. If you are scared and high strung like those fuzzy stupid cats – well, we will be also. Barking all the time going nuts! Spazzing out! Usually – if one of us is doing it – odds are – their Human is spazzing out too!
If you want us to be calm- be calm too. Simple.
Playing with other dogs? – well, that’s for later.
2. We need you to be confident in what you want from us.
We respond better with TONE and FOOD
1) TONE Your tone dictates how quickly we respond. If you have a deep serious tone – we’ll usually do what you want – no questions asked. The problem I see with most Humans is they have this high pitched (frequency – again) sing-song screamy voice… We think you are playing around. ‘Commmmeee heerrrrreee!!! theressss a goodddd booooyyyy’ –what do you want exactly?
When you lower the tone (frequency -again) we respond immediately. BASS
resonates to us. Sharp and quick commands. Then we know you aren’t playing around. When you are sick of us ‘moving around excited because we know we are going out!’ You say SIT! – THAT VOICE!
”STOP’ ‘JUMP’ ‘OVER’ UNDER’ ‘COME’ ‘SPIN’ ‘DOWN’ – very short simple and quick. Like the guy in the big hat, that yells at those Humans in white t-shirts and boots.
For Human Females – a deep low voice – like Toni Braxton or the girl from TLC – that is best. Just practice – no excuses and no YELLING!! Your energy and the energy from yelling and screaming is a DOUBLE dose. Ease off – maintain yourself.
2) FOOD We love food. We really do. We especially enjoy something we don’t usually eat for dinner – like those chunks and slices of chicken or turkey – we will be TOTALLY ENGAGED – FOCUSED to do what you want. (Why do you Humans put chicken on BREAD? – baffling…)
*Tip – If you cut our food by half per meal for a few days – we will totally pay attention and learn a lot more quickly as we are motivated by food (usually). That’s when we will respond to training best. We also respect you more (later for more on that too!) To be truly effective DON’T GIVE IN. It is the reason for the “hang dog face” saying. We look into your eyes and you CAVE every time.
We are true artists of manipulating Human guilt.
3. We ADORE Routine.
We love do the same thing over and over. For us – it’s GREAT! So if we eat, go poop, and exercise, at the same time everyday – that’s perfect.
Going out to poop and going out to play are TWO DIFFERENT WALKS. Stay tuned for more on this later!
We’ll know when it’s our time with you and will be waiting – as we have an internal clock. Never fails. We’ll remind you when it’s time to go out. We’ll be ready!
My Dad says – ‘It must be 7:00AM – Grady is coming to stretch in front of me and wag is his tail – I don’t even need to look – exercise time!’ Then we go play. Hard. At least one hour minimum full running exercises. For smaller dogs 30 minutes should be ok. For larger dogs depending on body type one to two hours of hard play may be necessary.
Everyday, same time. It’s ok if he misses. We know he’s close.
We will already be ready to go out, eat, and play. We will be in the same state of mind – we’ll be ready and excited! Exercise keeps us calm and relaxed. We will listen better with more exercise. This is me for 4 to 5 hours AFTER we go play.
Does your Dog reflect your energy?
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My Dad said to Please ask Humans to comment and remind everyone of one rule.
RULE ELE.
Everybody Love Everybody
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