Blog entries http://www.suzy-godsey.com Wed, 22 May 2013 09:05:06 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.suzy-godsey.com/blog/post/are-you-micro-managing-your-dog.html <p>What is micro-managing your dog? Very often I see people in off-leash areas that are constantly calling their dog. They do not allow their dog to just be, they have to make sure that every move is controlled and that they are in charge. But are they truly in charge when they do that? How does the dog see the situation?</p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"></p><br/><p>What I have noticed is that those dogs often do not listen much to their owners, which makes the owner even more nervous and wantinRead More... Tue, 03 Apr 2012 04:07:16 +0100 trust nervous micro-managing controlling http://www.suzy-godsey.com/blog/post/celebrating-the-unique-expression-of-your-pet.html <p>What makes animals different from each other? What makes their personality? Are we acknowledging their differences?</p><br/><p>All of us who had a few different animals in our lives can say that there are no two that are alike ever. Even in my working with people I have never encountered an animal that is exactly like another. Yet so often I work with people that expect their newly acquired animal to be like the one that passed and that was the beloved pet. To me this is a very interesting phenoRead More... Tue, 06 Dec 2011 12:37:35 +0100 pet psychology animal whisperer animal communication animal behavior http://www.suzy-godsey.com/blog/post/about-these-puppy-mills.html <p>Every year 2 to 4 Million puppies are bought from puppy mills, operations that function under terrible conditions. In a puppy mill the bitches usually live their lives in very small cages, with very little to no human interaction, under terrible sanitary conditions with the sole purpose of having one litter after another.</p><br/><p>Puppies from these places are often riddled with medical conditions from the start, have no positive association to people and grew up under sub-standard conditions.Read More... Sat, 08 May 2010 05:17:38 +0100 shelter puppy mill euthanization http://www.suzy-godsey.com/blog/post/can-a-dog-make-decisions.html <p>If you are dealing with a behavior in your dog that seems like it cannot be explained or changed you might be dealing with a decision your dog has made.</p><br/><p>For example: I had the wonderful opportunity to work with a Boston Terrier, who had a sensitivity to his back and hind quarters. If he was being touched in a certain way it would trigger a bite response. The owners had him since puppyhood and the behavior started a few years ago. The biting was directed at anyone who was going to pet Read More... Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:14:21 +0100 training dog psychology dog behavior canine behavior http://www.suzy-godsey.com/blog/post/is-your-dog-jumping-on-everybody.html <p>Is your dog jumping on everybody coming for a visit? Are you worried your dog is going to knock someone over, or spoil that wonderful dress your neighbor just bought? Have you tried the suggested things from ignoring to distracting to pushing the knee in the chest and nothing is working?</p><br/><p>Would you like to try something else? What else is possible? What if the possibility to change something would not be the same for each dog and the real trick would be to ask your dog what would changRead More... Wed, 11 Feb 2009 17:10:27 +0100 training misbehaving jumping jumping energy level dog psychology canine behavior calm assertive http://www.suzy-godsey.com/blog/post/are-you-and-your-dog-compatible.html <p>Have you ever thought you might have picked the wrong dog? Are you having sleepless nights over your dogs behavior?&nbsp; Are you one of the people that picked your dog by breed, or because she or he looked cute? Is there a possibility to change the situation you are in? Well, you have definitely challenged yourself by choosing a dog that might not be the right dog for you. Your energy levels just don’t match. You are not compatible. Now what? Would it be best to find a different owner for thRead More... Fri, 06 Feb 2009 06:06:10 +0100 dog psychology canine behavior animal psychic animal communication http://www.suzy-godsey.com/blog/post/are-we-teaching-the-dog-a-new-trick.html <p>How often do we assume that when our dog has a certain behavior there will be no chance to change it? Can't teach an old dog new tricks? But is it really the dog we have to change, or is it the person? How often is the dog willing to drop the issue immediately, once redirected and the person has the point of view that it can’t be that easy?</p><br/><p>I was working with a family this past weekend and their dog had an issue of being touched on the back with the had going over the dog's head. The Read More... Thu, 15 Jan 2009 06:03:14 +0100 http://www.suzy-godsey.com/blog/post/asking-your-dog-a-question.html <p>Do you ever ask your dog a question? A real one, like "What do you require of me?" (not, what did you do that for?). Most of us use everybody else's dog as a reference on what we should expect from our dog. What if your dog was just as different as you are? What if your dog required a totally different thing than anyone else's dog? Would you be willing to start listening to your dog? And to yourself? How often have you actually already known what the 'expert' was telling you? Dogs are quite aRead More... Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:00:30 +0100 http://www.suzy-godsey.com/blog/post/what-are-you-actually-saying-when-you-use-the-word-dont.html <p>Dogs don’t respond to the words you are using.&nbsp; Instead they respond to the energy and the pictures that you are sending with the words.&nbsp; So if you are saying, "Don't bite", you are projecting the image of biting from your head. It is like if I say to you "Don't think of a green apple", not only will you think of one instantly, I am also projecting that image whether I’d like to or not. The word "don't" does not have a picture, so it really means nothing to the dog.&nbsp; So they wiRead More... Mon, 05 Jan 2009 05:33:49 +0100 dog psychology dog bite canine behavior animal psychic