Dogvergent

Dogvergent Guiding relational connection, understanding and joint healing with your dog. Calling on natural methods to create deep bonds and resilient dogs.

Adaptable, enriching +ve based professional services. A safe space for neurospicy dogs and their people.

From distinguished gentleman perusing the view, to snuggle bug 😍
26/09/2025

From distinguished gentleman perusing the view, to snuggle bug 😍

25/09/2025

Your dog still carries the wolf’s blueprint.

But the dog world has been too busy arguing to see it.
We didn’t study wolves from afar.

We lived with them. And what they showed us changes everything about how we live with dogs.

Join us live on October 11th at 6pm to experience the Forgotten Language - the wolf’s truth, remembered.

Comment WOLF for the link.

Moments with my girl, caught by Sedge. I'm usually with her when she eats, dogs are social creatures so of course we'll...
24/09/2025

Moments with my girl, caught by Sedge. I'm usually with her when she eats, dogs are social creatures so of course we'll have meals together and I'll give company if I'm not eating.

Due to an injury that got reinfected, and her being a contortionist! We're on week 5 with a cone, and now using one designed for a great dane because she figured out how to lick her wound even with a cone on, meaning a longer recovery.

With an estimated 2-3 weeks left, the girl is a bit fed up of switching between cones (one she can eat with, one she can't to keep her wound safe), so spoon feeding, or hand feeding, is the happy go-to at the moment, and builds a deeper connection than just sitting with her.

It's part of life now, but not just because she has a cone on, hand, fork and spoon feeding is a regular in our house to work on building that bond 🐾

Sedge calls her 'spoilt' (in jest). I call her family.

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22/09/2025

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How often do you share a meal with your dog, or eat with them? Dogs are social creatures, and meal times are a prime mom...
21/09/2025

How often do you share a meal with your dog, or eat with them?

Dogs are social creatures, and meal times are a prime moment to build relationship, trust, intimacy. Just like a family builds bonds with children at meal times eating together. It's not just about the food, it's the social interaction and communication shared.

Kenna and I will often share a steak or some chicken - a bite for me, a bite for her.

Or we'll eat next to each other to eat.

There are old school thoughts: you should eat before your dog, your dog will steal food, your dog will guard, your dog will constantly beg, your dog will stop eating their food if you give them "good stuff".

Food has become a tool, a barrier to real connection, for a lot of people. We can get it all back 💜

Kenna:

🐾 Will leave a steak left of a coffee table.
🐾 Will lie next to me while I eat without begging
🐾 Doesn't food guard with me
🐾 Eats her regular food no issues
🐾 Asks for help and tells me when she's hungry (she's not a greedy dog, so I can trust her on this one!)

It's one of the best things we've done to increase our relationship and trust between us.

I don't mind sharing that she used to fiercely guard food and she'd have stolen from my plate given the opportunity.

If you have a dog that guards food, it can be a process to reach this, but it's always possible with relationship building. And of course, there are some dogs who are natural opportunists, but even this can improve when we slow their nervous system down.

Food is an amazing source of intimacy when done with connection. Get in touch to find out more

Why?!!Why does my dog chew up the x-box controller? The remote control?! My slippers?! My sleep mask?! My headphones?!...
20/09/2025

Why?!!

Why does my dog chew up the x-box controller? The remote control?! My slippers?! My sleep mask?! My headphones?!

The very things I need to relax at the end of the day!!??!!

How often do people feel dogs target their favourite items?!

Why indeed.

It's exactly because these are things you do/use to relax with.

When you go out, a lot of dogs get a bit stressed. More on why that is in another post (or get in touch).

Your dog can and does associate items you use, places you sit, with how you're feeling.

Dogs as we know use chewing to calm/relax. Back teeth 'suckling' especially.

Quite literally "mum/dad feels calmer and relaxed when they're using the remote control (watching TV) - so if I chew this, I'll feel calmer too.....

Dogs don't do things for no reason, but it's also not deliberately targeting your favourite x-box controller to annoy you.

It's because they relate it to you, to calmness, to safety. It's actually very sweet - aside from the fact it's usually destroyed!

For those who want to understand more, and help their dog feel safer, I'm here to help.

For now: Management is your option. Put those treasured items in a safer spot where the dog can't reach! If they keep getting the same items, that's not the dogs fault, that's on us for not putting them away better!

19/09/2025

It's too easy to follow old guidelines...

No jumping
No pawing
No scratching
No biting/suckling....

Sometimes it's something taught to us by people who raised us.

Sometimes it's our own nervous system unable to accept certain sensations, feelings, movements...

From an unconditional relationship, comes unconditional trust, connection and most importantly, safety.

A lot of our dogs learn to 'deal' with problems alone, often leading to reactivity (struggling).

It's not our fault that this has become pretty standardised.

Recognising that there is a different way is the first step to building the trusted relationship you and your dogs deserve to have together.

Get in touch if you'd like to explore this approach 🐺 This isn't dog training, it's the foundations of life long relationship.

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Mash has started joining his younger brother Sausage on walks 😍. Now that it's a bit cooler, old boy Mash can enjoy hims...
16/09/2025

Mash has started joining his younger brother Sausage on walks 😍. Now that it's a bit cooler, old boy Mash can enjoy himself pottering around while Sausage has his usual run around 💜 - until the weather gets too cold! 🥶 🥶 🥶

Aren't they gorgeous 🐕💜🐕

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