The gift of communication

Dogs bring us a huge gift - of communication.

"The golden gift is this: Intimately connected with his own emotions, the dog cannot lie. What he feels, he expresses. What he shows in his body posture is true, without guile, completely and utterly honest." Suzanne Clothier 1996 

A wonderful quote by Jeffrey Masson from his book called When Elephants Weep:

"Training an animal will meet with little success if the trainer has no insights into the animal's feelings."

Sadly, for some "trainers", where knowledge ends, violence begins!

Working in a holistic way with dogs means we should have a willingness to learn how and why a dog operates and behaves as he does.