Cheryl Trust Practitioner NZ

09/07/2025

I have a very busy pup I adopted a month ago.

Our foster fail Leia is very clever and busy - the kind of dog everyone would say Oooh get her some mind games, run her 3 miles a day or 5 walks or teach her patterns /obedience/agility to wear her out…..that’s the opposite of what she needs and will only build more busy!

So we practice alot of quiet calm peaceful moments and she loves it!

She now can self settle and is learning to do things slower, her play is softer, her settle is quicker and it’s nice to see.
Sitting in her fav spot 🤭

09/07/2025

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06/07/2025

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When you are practicing TT you need to take time.
I can’t wave the magic wand and undo the days/months/years that your pet has been in worry and overwhelm that has led to the anxious or aggressive behaviours.
But I can show you how to, over time (days or weeks) replace the worry and overwhelm with Trust and Confidence.
And the magic is in the time you spend building your relationship and your connection with your pet.
Take the time
Take 20 minutes a day for a few weeks and transform everything
It’s an amazing approach that I guarantee will help you both, if you take the time



Photo of Chinkee the cutest kitten

06/07/2025

Had a great fourth session with Frankie last week.

We covered a lot of info especially on body touch, and got to step into some advanced work as dad has done a lot of training / management of behaviours with Frankie.

So we got to do some treat training (which I hardly get to do), but in a whole different way than traditional training.

Frankie was trying hard to understand what and why we were doing it so different….then he got calmer and calmer and dad could ask for more and more….it was beautiful to watch.

This is a photo where we were showing Frankie he could be touched by a big scarey towel!!! (See scarey blue towel right by dads knee 😬)

Instead of running away full of fear he lay down and yawned and got calmer….isnt that beautiful! Love this work 💜 it’s so different than mainstream and oh so powerful.

05/07/2025

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💜 I love meeting all my new clients and their pets.
I love that they are wanting to try something different realising there is another way to be effective and to help their pets.
I love teaching the Trust Technique and all that is within this approach to being connected with animals
I love the messages I get - even the ones where a practice hasn’t worked out .... it’s how we learn.
I especially love the courage it takes to keep going in the ‘new’ and to trust that we will reach your goals.
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04/07/2025

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Connection vs control

Oooh it’s such a topic

It was part of our conversation on my monthly zoom with James (founder of the Trust Technique) and the global practitioner community 💜

I will always value connection over control

It’s a great space to be in and wow it’s such a gamechanger 💜and it has amazing results plus you build a really strong relationship at the same time!! Nice to build a relationship instead of taking from it and destroying it in the process….

The trust technique has so many layers and so much depth - we mostly touching the tip of a very big conversation

02/07/2025

Cooper came for a visit - he’s been having trouble sleeping and is waking mum up at night. Not much fun for anyone ! So we went through some practices to help him settle back to his sleep routine plus we did a contact CARE session which he loved

01/07/2025

Over the weekend I had great sessions with Ted, Wilson, Maia, and Boss

It’s so good to be able to show people how different it can be - just by changing your habits 💜🥰💜

Ted is working on being calmer around other dogs (no photo )

Wilson is working on his barking and his lead work - he pulls at expert level !

Maia just came for support
B🥰oss is working on his physical aspects with diet and contact care.

30/06/2025

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29/06/2025

This is the kind of thing we get up to here - gamechanging for Hemi and all the dogs like Hemi. His parents were so happy and Hemi confidence flourished from here on in. 💜

28/06/2025

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A client asked me the other day `does this work for everyone?

My answer is `it works for every animal, but not every human`.

The reason is that people are easily drawn back to habits and find it difficult to implement and stick to a new approach.

Lots of people are time restricted and 20 minutes a day practicing for 2 weeks can be a big ask.

Then on top of that throw out all the conventional training and stop all the `make/dominance` behaviour that you are doing....well that is just a bit too far for some people.

I get it, I get how busy peoples lives are, and I get that your gadgets are easier to chuck on, or your calming meds are easier for you, but it doesn`t solve the underlying issue for your animal and in some cases just escalates things.

I understand completely that this approach isn`t for everyone and that`s fine. But this approach certainly works for EVERY animal IF the human can support them by going through the journey/process/understanding of the TT and all that it can achieve.

Our animals are doing EXACTLY what they think they should be doing from your `training` of them.

Can I help change those behaviours - of course I can, if you want to.....? It’s totally on you, I will show you, guide you, support you....but it’s up to you.

You got in touch because you wanted to help your friend with their issues but you have to put the time and effort in to help them see there is another way of behaving.

I wish I could just wave a magic wand and it all is different but you have spent months and years building this behaviour with your animal so it’s going to take a few days or weeks to unpick that.

It’s well worth it I promise, and your pet will thank you for it.

Photo of my beautiful dogs - Jack, Bronson, and Willow all from Animal Services Seaview.