06/03/2026
Iām hungry š, so hereās some food for thought š¤
As a person your beliefs or feelings about something are shaped around your experiences.
Does anyone disagree with that?
It could have been one single moment or a collection of them.
For instance and donāt tell anyone š¤«ā¦I want nothing to do with horses š“
One bad experience when I was young and that was it for me.
It was also when Christopher Reeves had his accident on a horse that left him paralyzed.
Thatās all I needed.
In order to change my perspective or get me on a horse youād have to change how I feel and what I believe.
A daunting task? Maybe or maybe not.
Iām also a human being that can converse and rationalize as such.
Consider your dog and their relationship with the world and everything in it.
Thereās no perfect road.
š© happens regardless of intent.
This aināt no Disney movie š¤Ŗ
Like us each has their own story.
A book thatās being written, but at no point finished.
If we want to change their relationship with something, someone or their beliefs we have to be willing to have the experiences necessary.
If youāre mfāin them when they come out of the crate or avoiding it all together youāre no closer to change.
Sometimes it sucks š
There are plenty of folks that can attest to this.
Yes, those relationships and partnerships are romanticized in pop culture until everyone in that community wants to puke š¤®
The reality is far from a love story š
Not every time, but enough if youāve cut your teeth in it.
Itās a landscape filled with hidden problem dogs who are intelligent, highly driven dopamine fiends who have usually been foundationaly f*cked and learned biting things or personnel to get their way or make things go away is a readily available option.
Who will be the one committed to changing not just what they do, but how they feel.
Thatās the task.
Luckily, in the pet world that level of intensity is far and few between or would be at the emergency rooms or leaving their neighborhoods in ambulances.
Nonetheless weāre reshaping how a dog feels about something. Itās beliefs. Put yourself in their shoes.
Treat it and them with that respect. Too easy.