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Kimberly Howatt - Raidho Canine

I help curious pet parents like you unlock their animals' hidden wisdom through intuitive communication and storytelling. Connect-Align-Transform™.

Together, we turn those worries into wonder and those overwhelming moments into amazing adventures! Hi, my name is Kim, and I own Raidho™ Canine. My passion is to guide and support dog guardians who desire a deeper, more soulful connection to their dogs. I have a place in my heart for those challenged by canine health issues with guardians who feel they could/should/need to do more. I have spent d

ecades in this challenging space, and it has transformed my entire life as I am chosen to empower others through my experiences. As an animal communicator, I am able to truly listen to the dogs. As a botanical self-healing practitioner, I am able to offer support through the beautiful dance of aromatics and herbs. As a certified Archetypal Consultant and graduate of Carl Jung's Magnum Opus, I am fully vested in supporting the human as well as the canine. We simply need to connect to our animal through a deeper understanding, align with the energy of the universe and transform our relationships into soulful joy no matter the circumstance.

11/07/2025

Let’s Play A Game!

What movie character would your pet be, based on their energy?

If I choose Harry Potter characters:

Jango is Sirius Black because he looks the part of a dangerous criminal, but in reality, he is highly protective, loving, and caring.

Zorii is Professor Trelawny because she is quirky as heck, but gentle and prophetic when she predicts my emotional meltdowns before they happen!

Your turn! Share your pet's character match below! 👇(Bonus points if you tell us why!)

10/07/2025

What if You and Your Pet Were Meant to Find Each Other?

We often think we're the ones choosing by researching breeds, reading behavior profiles, and looking for the perfect match.

But what if there's a deeper energy dance happening?

Have you seen the movie, Arthur the King?

It is based on a true story and serves as a perfect representation of how far the universe will go to align ideal energies.

Beautiful and moving.

Here's what most people won't tell you: Sometimes the most powerful connections aren't pretty.

They're not Instagram-perfect.

They're messy, challenging, and exactly what both souls needed.

Think about it...
🐾 The anxious dog might help you realize your fears and frustrations around perfect outcomes
🐾 The stubborn dog teaches you to be sturdy yet flexible, just like a tree
🐾 The reactive pet who teaches you boundaries, and that is quite ok to release built-up pressure
🐾 The sensitive dog who mirrors your hidden emotions and supports your quest for more quiet time

It's a divine give and receive. You get what you need. They get what they need.

Even when (especially when) it doesn't look like what you expected.

I see it every day in my sessions—the difficult dog who perfectly matches their human's journey. They are their person's greatest teacher.

Because here's the truth: Energy attracts energy. Always. Whether we're ready for the lesson or not.

Next time you're frustrated with your pet's behavior, take a deep breath and open your heart to the more profound lesson:
👉 What if this isn't a coincidence?
👉 What if this is the energy medicine we both needed?

The challenge is the gift.

And this belief might transform everything.

09/07/2025

Stop Assuming Your Problem Pet Needs Fixing

I get it.

When our pets exhibit behaviors that challenge societal norms regarding pet behavior, it's natural to think something is wrong with them (or with us.)

After all, that's what we've been taught:

First, identify the problem.
Second, fix the behavior.
Third, move on.

But what if your pet's 'problem behavior' isn't a problem at all?

What if it's a brilliant attempt at communication? (👉 Hint: It is)

If every 'problem behavior' meant something was wrong with the pet, wouldn't every pet showing the same behavior have the same issue?

Yet we've all seen how one dog's barking might mean 'I'm scared' while another's means 'I'm protecting you' and another's means 'Play with me!'

The behavior isn't the problem.

But misunderstanding their unique message is.

Your pet's actions are responses to energy dynamics you can't see or are unaware of.

They might be reacting to:
🐾 Another pet's unspoken needs
🐾 Changes in the household or neighborhood energy, including weather
🐾 A physical or emotional challenge in the environment
🐾 Environmental shifts you haven't noticed, like predators or incompatibility

You don't need to be psychic to understand these messages.

You just need to ask the proper question: What is my pet trying to tell me?

And then listen. (Yep, this means listen through observation of both your dog and your emotional knee-jerk reactions that send your gut tumbling about.)

Next time your pet displays 'problem behavior,' pause before assuming they need to be fixed.

When you reach a safe place and have a moment, reflect on what took place.

Ask yourself: What message might I be missing? Write down the details and put yourself in your pet’s shoes, which provides a new perspective.

The answer could transform both your understanding and your relationship.

08/07/2025

This year’s fireworks confirmed something profound about reading pet energy.

For years, our dog, Jango, became distressed during fireworks. We assumed, like many do, that he was afraid of the noise. And he may have been affected—just not in the way we thought.

This year was different. We ate dinner and talked about going into the basement, which was our usual routine.

But something inside of me said, ‘No. Let’s watch from the porch tonight.’

The dogs happily accompanied us out to the screen porch where we had a front row seat to several suburban displays.

As fireworks lit up the sky, Jango and Zorii slept peacefully. And it hit me.

Jango's previous 'fear' wasn't about the fireworks at all.

He had been responding to our beloved Zam's silent terror. As a natural protector, Jango's energy amplified what Zam couldn't express.

After Zam transitioned, the dynamic in our family changed. Zorii was curious and unafraid of the popping noise, allowing Jango to relax as well.

Here's what this teaches us about reading our pets' energy:
🐾 What looks like one pet's reaction might be a response to another pet's energy
🐾 Changes in pet dynamics might completely shift individual behaviors
🐾 Sometimes what we label as 'fear' is protection for another
🐾 Our pets' energy patterns can evolve as their family unit changes

The next time your pet seems distressed, take a moment to listen and think:
🐾 Whose energy are they responding to, especially if it is a change in behavior?
🐾 What role are they trying to play in the family dynamic? (Knight in shining armor or damsel? 🤣)
🐾 What changed inside the household around the time this behavior started or stopped? (👉 No change is insignificant)

Understanding our pets' behavior is not always about observation of one entity, but from observing the invisible energetic connections between everyone.

Share a moment when you discovered there was more to your pet's behavior than met the eye.

07/07/2025

They said his body was giving up. But no one asked his spirit

“He's not going to make it, Maybe it would be kinder to…”

Those words, the ones no one ever wants to utter, seemed inevitable.

But the minute I took my first look at this tiny, skeletal dog's photo, it told a different story.

A tiny, sick dog comes into rescue, and healing felt impossible. The incredible folks reached out to me to see what, if any, life this cute boy held inside.

And I am grateful they did.

I took one look at his photo, and felt an overwhelming happiness. The skeletal dog in the picture and the pure joy I felt didn't add up. His eyes sparkled with life.

When I was connected to his energy, it was pur play. Carrying a ball and romping around. That was how he saw himself.

Then he showed me a conveyor belt full of yummy food, but none of it came off the belt—it just fell off the other end.

'Food just runs right through me'—words that accompanied my vision.

Aha! he was unable to absorb food. No nutrients were getting in.

That simple message and his clear way of showing me were the keys that unlocked his mystery.

He wasn't refusing to thrive; his body couldn't utilize the food it desperately needed.

Enter the incredible canine nutritionist who knew just what to do.

It was touch and go for a few days, and all this guy asked for was to lie on his foster mom’s chest and rest. He wanted to feel the heartbeat. She did just that.

Today, this guy is thriving in his forever home, full of life and playful fun. His body has recovered.

But here's what still takes my breath away:
🦄 Even in his darkest moment, when his body was failing him, his spirit never dimmed.

Sometimes our animals need a team of people to support them, and that is exactly what this cute fella created to save his life.

Sometimes, powerful messages come wrapped in their most challenging moments.

We aren’t meant to ‘do life’ alone, and neither are our animals.

04/07/2025

Happy Independence Day!

Today I'm celebrating freedom from:

🐾 Perfect dog syndrome
🐾 The judgments around our thriving dogs' behavior
🐾 guilt and shame when my dog barks or pulls in public
🐾 The pressure to make every walk a "reaction-free" experience

What are you declaring independence from in your dog training journey?

Drop a photo below of your beautiful companions 🎉

03/07/2025

Ever notice how your quest for the 'perfect' dog household spectacularly backfires?

Mine ended in what felt like epic first-degree failure, until I realized it was actually a gift.

Have you noticed how your dog seems more 'difficult' on your most stressed days?

It's not a coincidence.

When we're rigid, they reflect tension: Our shoulders tighten, and the leash pulling increases (creating sore shoulders)

When our anxiety spikes, reactivity rises (leaving us at our wits' end)

When our frustration builds, unwanted behaviors escalate (leaving us defeated)

But here's the dealio:
👉 When we soften, they often do too
👉 When we breathe deeper, they settle more easily
👉 When we release attachments to our expectations, they surprise us with calm cooperation

I discovered this truth in my journey with perfectionism. I obsessed over perfect grammar, perfect punctuation, and perfect words in my professional life, and I wanted perfect experiences with our dogs, Zam, Zorii, and Jango.

Funny thing is that I tried to force perfect harmony within the household. I wasn't listening. I was too busy orchestrating perfection.

Yeah, it backfired. Hard.

We separated the dogs, which felt like an epic first-degree failure, but turned out to be the doorway to a beautiful gift.

Something shifted when I finally surrendered my vision of 'perfect' household harmony.

Each dog showed me what they needed. The two girls thrived separately. It was in their personalities that they were so similar that they constantly fought for the throne. Jango just wanted a buddy. He loved them both.

The gift: If all dogs had gotten along perfectly, I would have missed out on precious individual time with each one. Especially our 18-year-old. Separation allowed me to know her as an individual, a gift I never would have received in a harmonious household.

Our dogs invite us to notice where we're still holding on too tightly to our vision, not the collective family vision.

Your dog isn't giving you a hard time. They're showing you where you still need to flow.

What might your dog be reflecting to you today? What 'failure' might actually be your next breakthrough?

02/07/2025

Ever tried to stop a rushing mountain stream with your bare hands?

That's exactly what we do when we try to force our dogs to be 'perfect.'

Have you ever watched water meet an obstacle? It doesn't force its way through. It bounces off the boulder or the tree and then alters its path, going over, under, or around the object in its way.

Water also forges new pathways and changes direction frequently.

Yet there we are, trying to force our dogs to move in a specific direction we design for them.

Whenever we try to change their personality and turn them into our badge of perfection, we are pushing against the current or building a dam that’s sure to overflow.

We will push until we're all out of strength, exhausted, and frustrated.

Think about your dog's latest 'challenging' behavior. Feel that tension rising as you try to control it, fix it, change it? That's when you need to remember the water.

Let's take a lesson from the waterfall. The river flows free, moving faster and faster until it flows right off the cliff, mist rising as it crashes into the canyon below.

But even a powerful waterfall settles into a sparkling, calm pool.

This is nature’s reminder to stop and pause because chaos and peace are part of the same journey.

Clarity emerges in these still moments after the crazy ride, and how we find clarity will be unique.

Maybe it’s meditation, or maybe it’s movement. This is where you are already the expert. Go to your place of peace.

Liberation from our own expectations comes from flow, not force.

When you stop pushing against what is, when you release the death-grip on 'fixing,' you allow yourself to listen and observe with curiosity.

That's when the wisdom rises to the surface.

That's when you start seeing the gift hidden in the challenge.

Your dog's behavior isn't a problem to solve. It's an invitation to flow differently, to discover new channels of understanding, and to create something beautiful from what feels like chaos.

The 'how' of your discovery will be uniquely yours. But it always begins with the pause.

What might you discover if you stopped fighting the current and started flowing with it?

01/07/2025

You know those moments when life feels like it's testing every ounce of your strength? That's been my story.

Challenge after challenge crashed into my world like tidal waves, the undertow threatening to pull me under.

But each one taught me to swim differently.

Here's the wild and candid truth: every "imperfect" moment has been a blessing in disguise.
🦄 My body crumbled, leading to somewhere near 20 surgeries and chronic illnesses like Lyme.
🦄 Our dogs followed suit. Between unexpected diagnoses and their "embarrassing" behaviors, I pretty much wanted to hide under the covers and let it ride.

Through it all, these beautiful, messy canine souls unlocked something in me I never knew existed.

They awakened an imagination that creates mystical and sacred stories where challenges become superpowers.

🦄 They gave me a gift for finding magic in the mayhem.

Every bark, every setback, every triumph… all chapters in a story so rich it could fill libraries.

The challenges transformed from sources of shame into fountains of creativity. Something to be celebrated and shared.

Last year, a dream came true.

My husband Jim and I collaborated on a project that still rings true. It's called Raidho Reflections. In just 6 minutes, we captured what these "imperfect" dogs have taught me.

My words and voice tell our story; his original music composition brings it to life.

It's now streaming everywhere, a testament to how life's biggest challenges often lead to our most beautiful creations.

And this? This is just the beginning.

[link to YouTube video in comments]

P.S. When you listen, close your eyes. Let the story wash over you. You might recognize pieces of your journey in there.

30/06/2025

Confession: I used to be that person, the one judging others for their “poorly behaved” dogs until life handed me "that dog", the one that ignited my future

So I get it. When we raise the perfect dog, it feels like we won the lottery. Society celebrates it, trainers praise it, and neighbors envy it. The ribbons, the titles.

Winner!

But here's what happens when we worship at the altar of the "always good dog".

We become 'those people'. (You know the ones):
🐾 Smirking at embarrassed, struggling handlers pulled this way and that
🐾 Gossiping about "inability to handle that breed" or some such nonsense
🐾 Dispensing unwanted advice from the pedestal of perfection

Those poison arrows you shoot at "unprepared" dog parents? They boomerang right back into you.

Meanwhile, we're missing something crucial: The most profound transformations happen in the mess, not in perceived perfection.

Your dog's "misbehavior" isn't something to hide. It's an invitation to get messy, feel it, and own your part.

Celebrate it.

The person wrestling with their reactive dog? They learn to take responsibility when their soul has something important to share, to own their emotions tied to the dog’s reactions.

The one working through separation anxiety? They're developing deep empathy and emotional intelligence. Maybe they’re learning to slow down or to own their own fear.

If you're blessed with a reactive, anxious, or otherwise "imperfect" dog, you're being called to listen to the message deep in your soul.

You're being called to unlock your greatness, to know yourself, and to own your powerful gifts.

Would you rather be the person who never faces challenges, or who knows how to navigate them with wisdom?

Next time you feel lost, overwhelmed, or sad about an incident with your imperfect dog, pause.

Don’t hide.

And don’t sweep emotions under the rug.

Own your real story instead. And share it.

Your authenticity might be precisely what another struggling pet parent needs to hear.

26/06/2025

The baby robin took its first flight, tumbling through the air and landing awkwardly on our fence as I opened the door and let Zorii out to play.

Four feet up on a six-foot barrier, the baby’s wings flapped frantically, desperately trying to fly up that last 2 feet to safety.

This scene would have unfolded differently in a previous chapter of my life, as I would have yelled and grabbed for Zorii in a panic to save the bird, creating chaos from calm.

However, something shifted in how I viewed the world when I began the deep study of the work I offer now. The balance of the inner and outer worlds.

I watched as the bird dropped to the bottom of the fence, wedging its head through the wires. Zorii ran to the bird and stood frozen. Her nose twitched as she buried it into the baby's feathers. Her body language spoke volumes about her own surprise at this unexpected visitor.

No aggression.
No predatory stance.
Just... nervous curiosity.

'Come on, Sweets,' I said softly as I touched her back, 'let's go play in the yard.'

She followed without hesitation, trusting my calm guidance stronger than her urge to investigate further. She shook off, and we played hide & seek.

This moment taught me something profound about my dog and myself, and how much we have grown.

My old patterns would have assumed the worst: that Zorii would 'be bad' or that I needed to 'save' the bird.

But the reality was far simpler.

We were all just nature’s creatures navigating an unexpected moment:
A young bird learning about gravity
A dog discovering something new
And I, the willing observer, choosing curiosity over control

When we came back to the house, the baby had flown successfully. Later, I saw the last baby robin perched confidently on our patio chair, finding its courage. Just as I had found my courage to observe rather than react.

Sometimes the deepest connections with our dogs don't come from managing their behavior, but from allowing ourselves to stay present in uncertain moments.

Because when we release our grip on control, we create space for something more powerful: Understanding. Growth. Remembering our place in nature is WITH nature, not above it or beyond it.

25/06/2025

Imagine walking into a movie theater 30 minutes after the film started.

And you watch for 10 minutes before leaving again, alongside 99 others in the same experiment.

Tell me about the movie.
👉 How accurate would your viewpoint be?
👉 Could you describe the characters and their role in the story?
👉 Did you see all the characters?
👉 Can you piece together what happened in the beginning and what will happen next, and how the story will end?

A fun experiment, but 100 people would have 100 different answers, with some being similar and some being dramatically different.

This happens when we try to 'diagnose' the why of our dog's behavior from a single snapshot moment.

We see:
🐾 The excitement lunging on a walk
🐾 The barking out the window at squirrels
🐾 The panic that sets in when they don’t want us to leave

But these snapshots are just like seeing “10 minutes” in the middle of the movie.

And just like the 100 different assessments about the whole storyline in that movie, there isn't just one 'right' interpretation of our dog’s behavior.

In fact, 100 people might see 100 different perspectives, depending on their past experiences. Some would be similar, and some would be wildly different.

Think about it:
🤓 The film critic sees the technical aspects
🤓 The casual viewer follows the plot, but will bring home a meaning from the symbolism unique to them
🤓 The cinematographer notices the lighting
🤓 The actor studies the personality of their character
🤓 The writer creates the dialogue

Each perspective reveals something valuable: Personal truth.

Your dog's behavior works the same way. They offer their message and connection, but our interpretation is nothing more than our truth. When we seek help to understand our dog, it offers us new information and possibly new interpretations.

But we hold the key.

While others can offer their insight, they only see 10 minutes of your movie.

This is why turning away from seeking a single 'right' answer opens up a world of deeper understanding.

Your dog invites you to stay curious, keep watching, and live their story alongside your own because you are the co-author.

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