In this episode, Nathan is joined by Caroline Griffith, holistic canine expert, retreat facilitator and creator of Canine Flow, a transformational approach that explores the emotional and energetic bond between dogs and their guardians. Caroline shares why she believes dogs are feeling beings first and foremost, and how our subconscious emotional state can directly shape the way our dogs behave. If you've ever sensed something deeper at play in your relationship with your dog, this conversation will give you a whole new way of seeing it.

What you'll learn in this episode:

✅ What Canine Flow is and why Caroline calls it "the missing half of the story" in dog care

✅ What a soul dog is and how to recognise if you've had one

✅ How your subconscious emotional energy can drive your dog's behaviour, reactivity and anxiety

✅ Why dogs are drawn to our feet, our worn socks, and the energy we carry in our hearts

✅ What happens on a Canine Flow retreat and why every single dog settles

✅ How to begin tuning into your dog's emotional world through mindfulness and daily practice

✅ The role grief plays in the human-dog bond and how dogs help us process it

Key takeaways:

• Dogs don't think their way through life, they feel and sense their way through it, responding to emotional frequencies we may not even be aware of
• Behaviours we label as problems (separation anxiety, reactivity, barking) may be your dog's way of responding to stuck or stagnant emotional energy
• You don't have to be spiritual to benefit from this work, presence, calm and emotional awareness help every dog guardian
• Dogs seek to "ground" our energy, which is why they take your seat, lick your feet, and want to be near you. It's connection, not habit

Connect with Caroline

The Canine Flow website

Spiritual Dogs Instagram

Love, Woof and Wonder Facebook page

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Welcome to the Yappy Hour,

powered by Yappily, the podcast

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for dog lovers who want to better

understand their canine companions.

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I'm your host, Nathan Dunleavy, and today

we are going beyond behavior and even

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beyond the body into the emotional and

spiritual bond we share with our dog.

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Joining me again is Caroline Griffith,

a holistic canine expert, retreat,

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facilitator and creator of Canine

Flow, a transformational approach

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that helps people explore the

energy they share with their dogs.

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We are talking soul dogs, emotional

mi mirroring, energy healing,

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and the kind of connection that

changes both human and canine lives.

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So whether this is your first step

into the spiritual side of dog care,

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or you've always felt something

deeper at play, this episode is going

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to give you a lot to reflect on.

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So grab a cup of tea, settle

in, and let's get started.

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Welcome back to The Yappy

Hour, powered by Yappily.

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I'm your host, Nathan Dunleavy, and

I'm so excited to bring you another

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episode, even more excited that we've

got the amazing Caroline Griffith again.

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Thank you, Caroline.

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Hi, welcome back to the Yappy Hour.

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We've just explored nutrition, but

now we're moving into something

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just as vital and fascinating

energy, emotion, and the soul level

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connection that we share with our dogs.

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So for those that are new to

your spiritual work, I love this.

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Can you give us an overview of

what Canine Flow is all about?

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Please.

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Well, I run retreats for people

and their guardians, and I

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also have an online course that

teaches people about canine flow.

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So it came about because when I first

started running retreats about 15 years

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ago people were saying to me, you know,

what are you doing on these retreats?

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Because my dog is.

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So much calmer now and so different,

and I thought it was just because

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I was on a retreat with you.

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'cause the retreats are

sort of six, seven days.

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Ah, and they're quite long.

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And I think the shortest I do is five.

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But anyway, they were saying,

oh my dog's so different.

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You know, like, what,

what did you actually do?

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And, and I kind of ended

up that it, I, I put the.

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Techniques, I, I, I kind of worked

out what it is I was actually

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doing and why it was that, um,

those techniques were working.

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And I put them into the online

course as well so that people mm-hmm.

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The world can learn.

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And from the online course as well,

people are saying that their dogs

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are just completely different.

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And it was like the really

piece in the puzzle because.

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We have worked with our dogs

Neuropathways, their thinking

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patterns, their anything, you

know, inside a dog's mind.

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I mean, you name it, there's been

a book written about the dog's

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mental capacities, you know, or

whatever label you want to give it.

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But we don't necessarily

always think about their.

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Soul and their sort of the subconscious

side of them, even if you like.

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And when you in integrate that with

compassionate dog training, it's

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like the other half of the story.

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It's the missing piece of the puzzle.

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And you go, wow, how have

I not noticed this before?

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Something clicks.

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It really benefits dogs because dogs need

nourishing, and for me, on an emotional

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level, that's even more important

sometimes than on a molecular level.

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In the nutrition that we were

talking before, when you are

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nourishing a dog molecularly,

that's fantastic, but emotionally.

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If they're, if they're not nourished

emotionally, that can affect them

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in the ways that we were talking

about when we talked about nutrition.

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So yeah, there's this big opportunity

here for us to learn so much

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more about our dogs on, in their

subconscious, more energy based more,

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I call it vital life force flow.

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That's why it's called canine flow.

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Mm-hmm.

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Without the dog's Vital life force flow.

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Yeah, and honoring that

and understanding that.

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So that's where it starts from.

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Really?

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Yeah.

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With canine flow.

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And I teach various different techniques

and people do consistently say that

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their dogs are calmer, their dogs are

better with other dogs, their dogs are

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better with people, their dogs bark less.

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Wow.

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All these, yeah, like over the years just

accumulated so many different people that

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I've worked with and, and it's amazing.

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It's just, it is the other half.

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The picture, and you don't have to

not do compassionate dog training.

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If you like doing compassionate dog

training, you just crack on and do that,

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but you can do your canine flow as well.

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Mm-hmm.

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Because I just haven't found anyone

else that's offering something that

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really honors the dog's Vital Life Force

flow in terms of how that vital life

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force flow is expressed as behaviors.

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Yeah.

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Well, I love that.

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I was just meer wise in that then.

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Brilliant.

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Thank you for that explanation.

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So, Caroline, what led you from physical

health and nutrition into this more

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emotional and energetic side of wellbeing?

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They did kind of develop at the same time.

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Yeah.

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I must admit they did sort

of coincide with each other.

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Mm.

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So I think.

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Yeah, they did.

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They did.

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I'm just trying to think.

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Did one come first?

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But they've kind of interwoven

and, and now I love that.

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I, I am very interested and, um, my, my

latest rabbit hole to go down is water,

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which yes, we mentioned when I was talking

to you about nutrition at the very end.

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But water for me.

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Has the ability to show us our

subconscious and show us what's

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going on for our dogs as well.

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Mm-hmm.

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So there's some wonderful work by

somebody called Veda Austin which comes

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along, um, after somebody called Dr.

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Emoto and both of these people.

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Have shown through photography that

water can take on our emotions.

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Our subconscious and water

can also be influenced by our

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conscious focused thoughts as well.

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Mm-hmm.

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For me, water and especially water

photography is the tool for us to see

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that actually it does matter how we

feel and it does matter what we think.

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And any being that's made of water,

even the water that we are drinking.

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So this water here if I am

subconsciously feeling guilty about

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something, the water will know.

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The water will take that on.

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Mm.

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I'm subconsciously

excited about something.

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The water will take that.

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This is what water photography has been

able to oh, it's ice photography really.

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Because what they're doing is

freezing it in a certain way to be

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able to photograph images within it.

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Mm-hmm.

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So anyway, that's, um, but, but, but for

me, that shows that our energy and our

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vital life force flow is having an impact

on the outside world, which means that a.

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As a guardian, our emotional subconscious,

not our conscious, but our emotional

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subconscious will be affecting our

dog or any animal we live with.

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But also dogs will be able

to sense the emotional energy

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and the vital life force flow.

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The state, if you like,

state of being of other dogs.

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So this is why they just, yeah,

automatically feel comfortable around

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some dogs, whereas they don't want to

be around other dogs, and some dogs make

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them really want to ground on each other.

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So dogs have.

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Basically what they're doing,

and, and this is, uh, part of the

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canon flow teaching if you like.

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Um, but what they're doing is they're

grounding out their emotional flow.

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So emotional flow wants to flow.

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Vital life force flow

wants to flow through you.

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Okay?

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It doesn't.

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Stuck, you know, and we know this from

all the different therapies that we,

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we utilize with dogs to help our dogs.

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So acupuncture calls it qi Indian,

um, healing calls, it prana.

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There's all sorts of names that

are given to us, but essentially

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our vital life will flow.

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It wants to flow through us.

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Doesn't.

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Stuck.

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It doesn't wanna become stagnant

because that's when you have ailments.

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But that stagnant energy that isn't able

to ground and isn't able to flow through

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the dog and ground back down to planet

earth, that energy is, becomes frustration

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and it becomes like a loaded spring.

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And a dog can be full of

this on a subconscious level.

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It's not even something

we see consciously.

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And then all of a sudden they find

something that they want to, what

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I call ground on, and they will

ground in a flash and we'll say,

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well, where did that come from?

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Oh, it's not normally like that, but

it's just that that frequency has been

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stuck in the dog for so long and then

suddenly it net its match and it grounded.

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And that could be, it might

not even be on another dock.

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It could be on, I don't know.

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In the park that they suddenly see

and you are like, oh, gets people's.

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You know, I'm so embarrassed.

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I'm never so sorry you have it back.

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You know, we won't give it back,

you know, because he really

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wants to ground down on this toy.

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So it, they want, they have this

energy that flows through them and

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it's an emotional based energy.

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It's a subconscious based energy.

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And I believe that if we allow that

to be grounded and we give them

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lots of grounding opportunities that

supports them, it builds resilience.

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Mm.

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And it also means that the energy has

been grounded, so it's not stuck in their

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body to either become an Aman or to come

out in a rush in a different behavior.

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Mm-hmm.

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So that's a very small part,

a small part of canine flow.

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It's, um, there's lots to it,

but it's just, it's a different

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way of seeing our dogs.

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Yeah.

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With canine flow.

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Yeah.

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It's like the other parts of

the story with them, you know?

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Yeah.

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Yeah, I love that.

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It's absolutely fascinating.

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Okay, so let's move on to

our first section then.

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So we have sort of touched on it, so

apologies if I repeat a question or

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we, we explore dab a little bit deeper.

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But what is canine flow?

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So how would you explain canine

flow to someone who's never

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encountered that kind of work before?

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It's a way it's a deep way

of working with your dogs.

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It's a heart-based way.

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It's a soul-based way.

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Mm-hmm.

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Love that.

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It's a way that you can find

a, a stronger connection.

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Mm-hmm.

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But also to under understand

yourself a bit better and to

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also understand why it is.

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Your dog specifically is with you,

because usually I believe they find us.

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We think, yeah, good for them,

but actually they kind of find us

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and there's a, there's a lot of

empowerment and healing that can

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happen in a relationship with your dog.

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Yeah.

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And can I flow honors that really,

because we need to be addressing.

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We do need to be addressing that.

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And dogs are very heart-based animals.

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I mean, they're one of the, the

most favorite places for a dog to

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ground onto is actually on you.

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And you know, they don't always

ground in this rushed way.

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That was just one example.

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But they, they want to ground on you.

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They want to connect with you.

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They want to have that

heart to heart connection.

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They want to be able to.

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Reach you emotionally and

reach you subconsciously.

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Mm-hmm.

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And often in life we are either too

busy so the barrier goes up and the

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dog comes through energetically.

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Or we have got a considerate amount

of grief or guilt or things we are

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carrying, which might be from past

lives, might be epigenetic from

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our ancestors, might be from this

lifetime, might be childhood trauma.

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It almost doesn't matter what the reason

we can be carrying these things and that.

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Actually energetically means

the dog can't quite connect with

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you, can't quite ground on you.

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Mm-hmm.

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Mm-hmm.

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And so we can see behaviors happening.

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In the dogs that we don't we sort of go

down the route of traditional training.

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We go down the route of compassionate

training all the different methods.

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We've tried all sorts of things.

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And yet when you can understand how

energy is with dogs and how they

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exchange energy with us and how they

want to exchange energy with us mm-hmm.

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See things differently.

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And it gives you solutions

that you are never gonna see.

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You are always believing that

the dog is a thinking being.

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Mm-hmm.

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So for instance, separation anxiety is

a really good one for this because dogs

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that cannot ground on you emotionally

are never quite subconsciously safe.

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So when you go.

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Out of the, the dog's

vicinity if you like.

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'cause some dogs even go to

the blooming Lou, can't you?

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Without, yeah, yeah, yeah.

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I know what that's like.

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Depends on the separation

anxiety, the level of it.

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But when you go out the dog's vicinity

they, they feel very vulnerable.

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So they show symptoms that we would label

as separation anxiety, but really if

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they could ground on you, if they could

get to you emotionally, if they could

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really connect with you the rest of the

time when you were there, when you went

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away, it wouldn't matter so much to them.

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So usually with separation anxiety,

there's something there to clear,

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and the dog's behavior is more like

a message rather than a problem.

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Okay.

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Yeah.

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'cause I've, I've said to you in

our previous episode that I've

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got a dog of essay, so I find it,

I'm really interested in side.

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So yeah.

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So with multiple dogs in a household,

sometimes it can be because the dog,

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what the dog with separation can't

get you because the other ones do.

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So it can be that.

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Mm-hmm.

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So it's then assessing what's

happening energetically with

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these, this group of dogs and.

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You know, it isn't even as basic

as one's getting pushed out.

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That's not, that's too conscious.

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This'll be something else

that is happening now.

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It could be just that the dog as

a container, their body itself,

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their physical self isn't able to

hold what I call charge of energy.

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So the, the flow that the vital life force

flow is flowing through them, and it's

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a little bit like an electric charge.

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It's, um.

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It has substance, it's a thing.

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Emotional energy is a thing, mm-hmm.

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We don't feel the same throughout the day.

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We have constant changes of emotions

and they flow through us and usually

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we will find ways to ground ourselves.

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So we might do something

creative or you know, we might.

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Clean and Hoover and really get into

the corners and you know, really

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ourselves, you know, or we might just

potter around moving things about a

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bit and just dispersing our energy.

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So however we do it, we usually

find a way, but we don't realize we.

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Yeah, for dogs, if they don't have the

opportunity to ground, they get, it builds

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up and it becomes like a charge in them.

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And for some dogs they can handle that

charge that, you know, they've got

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hydrated fascia and they're not in

pain and the proprioception are okay.

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So they can handle a bit of charge,

they can handle a bit of stagnated

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flow, but for, they've got something

going on for them and they can't

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handle any kind of emotional charge

or any kind of stagnation there.

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It triggers them into some

kind of behavior that we

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would label as, as an issue.

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Yeah.

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So part of Canine Flow, it's kind of

a three part thing really, because we,

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we look at what's happening for the dog

that could be creating a charge for them

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or creating stagnation or, or kind of.

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If you like affecting

them and influencing them.

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Mm-hmm.

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Then look at them as a whole, how

can they, how resilient are they

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to energy and emotions, you know?

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Yeah.

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Um, like I was just describing.

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And then we look at how many opportunities

to ground the emotion and be in the flow.

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Do these dogs have mm-hmm.

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So sometimes, because dogs

really like grounding and

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connecting with us sometimes.

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It's that they want to be around

our energy and our frequency.

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So our heart is a big

energy place for them.

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They can really connect with our heart.

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Dogs actually have the biggest

heart per body mass of any

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creature walking the planet.

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Is amazing.

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That is amazing because it's

like they, they can sense more

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than any other creature what's

going on for us in our hearts.

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So what's going on for subconsciously?

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I mean, it's so that the

fields really can connect.

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So.

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The heart is important, but the other

place that we have lots of our energy and

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our frequency is actually in our feet.

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So because Yeah.

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'cause we're standing and we're grounded.

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Yes.

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Feeding them all the time.

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If you ha, if you wear socks all day

and then take your sock off and you give

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that to your dog, you are in a sense

connecting with them on an energy level.

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So a lot of dogs that have behavioral

issues, if you start giving them.

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Things that have your frequency, it sounds

like a completely bonkers thing to do.

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This woman was telling me to get all

my old socks or even the new ones

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and give them to the dog, but it's

amazing how that makes 'em feel safer.

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It makes 'em feel grounded, you know, and,

and they, they discharge their charge.

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They get back in the flow by chewing on

this or by sleeping near it or by ruffling

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it into their bed like they might do.

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Mm.

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It really supports them.

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Being close to you is so vital to a job.

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This is why they will

always take your seat.

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It's not because it's warm.

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Oh, right.

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It's got your energy.

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Oh, okay.

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Yeah.

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That's my essay.

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Dog licks my feet.

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Oh.

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He licks my feet now for my dog.

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My dog training background.

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The licking promotes calmness

and how it's reduces.

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Well, it will do as well.

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The end endorsements and all.

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Yeah, but he licks my feet

every day in the morning.

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How funny is that?

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Yes.

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Say dog and he lick really

trying to connect with you.

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So he's little, I dunno if he's

the pood or he's the to poodle you.

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You could get him one of these.

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Uh, sling things.

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Right.

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I saw them at Cross this year

and have him next to you for

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a certain period of the day.

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I bet you would change a bit

because you are really connecting

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heart to heart with him.

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Oh, I love that.

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I'm gonna, you so gotta do that.

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You so, because they, I, I've gotta do it.

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Yeah.

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Excuse to have.

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Well, I've been told it'll help us by.

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Really?

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Oh, I love that.

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What kind of transformation do you

see when people begin to explore

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their emotional energy through

their relationship with their dog?

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Caroline?

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I find that for the

guardians, they feel calmer.

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I bet.

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Yeah.

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They're, they're less

anxious about things.

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They see life more clearly.

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They trust their instincts more so

they're be making better decisions.

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Mm.

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So if they were worried that they,

wouldn't find a, a better job than the

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one they're in, they may find that,

that what they considered an issue

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in the job that they're in actually

frees itself up and flows better.

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So.

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Does improve as well.

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They find their back in the flow again.

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Mm-hmm.

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Um, also, they can be more creative.

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Again.

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I've had people come on my retreats

and then I've had an email like

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three days after saying I'm amazed.

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I've come back and picked up my guitar

for the first time in years and I Oh wow.

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Been amazing.

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You know, things like that

that you don't even expect and

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people just feel so free again.

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'cause when you, when your energy and

your creativity is not being expressed,

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it, it, there's no fulfillment in life

is there, you know, you can get fed

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up and twitchy and, just not Yeah.

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Yeah.

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Brilliant.

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Um, why do you think dogs are such

natural empaths or mirrors for us?

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Well, there was that study

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The University of Vienna that, that kind

of showed that dogs would read from us.

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Mm-hmm.

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Um, and they would take emotional cues

from us, which totally makes sense.

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Um, in terms of body language,

I think that's the main

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thing they were looking at.

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So we kind of know that that happens.

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But I do think that they are sensing, they

are sensing so much more than we realize.

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And I don't just mean

with, with this scent.

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Or, or with their hearing

being so much, uh, stronger

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than ours, that kind of thing.

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But their heart, as I mentioned,

you know, they do have this bigger

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heart mass so they can sense our

energies and our emotions, um, are

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stronger than any other creature.

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But they also, through their v and o,

are able to detect feelings and emotions.

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So hormones do have.

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A chemical composition.

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And that chemical composition

does give off a scent.

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It does give off a smell if you like, but

it's not detected by normal scent glands.

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It's detected by the VNO.

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So the VNO is like their

emotional sensing detector.

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Mm-hmm.

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And they utilize that all the time.

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When I see a dog walking down the street,

I see a being of energy with a huge heart.

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Heart field that isn't thinking

its way through life, it's

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sensing its way through life.

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Mm.

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We probably do live like that as well,

but because we are so geared up to

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think about things we don't necessarily

realize how much of what we do is

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actually just magnetic energy flow.

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And we're attracted towards certain

things because they make us feel better.

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And it is about feeling, we probably

don't realize how often we do this

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because we override it with our mind

and we consciously say, oh, well I

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liked that because I've always liked.

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That color or, you know, I've always

liked being in that kind of place

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and we justify it with our mind, but

I don't think dogs are doing that.

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And when I see them, I see them

like these energy flows that

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are a little bit like magnets.

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Mm-hmm.

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Because the heart is

a very magnetic organ.

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And dogs do need to ground this energy

and yes, enrichment is an opportunity

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for them to do that for sure.

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But I think we need to be

jazzing up that enrichment so

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it's more grounding for them.

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Mm-hmm.

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And like I said, using things, that smell

of us is usually really key for that.

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So for me, when I see two dogs coming

together, I'm seeing two magnets.

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They're not thinking, do I know that dog?

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Did I see that dog?

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How do I feel today?

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Should I do this?

458

What's mom gonna say?

459

How's mom feeling today?

460

None of that.

461

Just like two kids that

see each other in the park.

462

They haven't seen each other maybe since.

463

I don't know.

464

A few days or something, or whatever

reason, they're excited to see each other.

465

They don't think, oh, should I do this?

466

Or do I like that person?

467

Or they're just like, oh, it's my friend.

468

Mm-hmm.

469

Or it's that person that

I don't like, or whatever.

470

They might feel about them.

471

Yeah.

472

And they just either

play or they don't play.

473

So when I see dogs coming together,

it's like magnets and they, it's like

474

when you see it, you can't unsee it.

475

And it's hard.

476

It's quite hard to describe, but

when you see it, you can't unsee it.

477

And almost all of it is about, say

for instance, I'll go to the park

478

and there's a particular dog that

is so wants to ground on fusA, so

479

as soon as he sees my dog, it's like

this huge charge of emotion comes in

480

and he just wants to ground on her.

481

And he doesn't necessarily

want to ground with his mouth.

482

He might just want to tap her

with hiss, but because she's.

483

Frayler and older and only got three legs.

484

My dog, and she's, she's older

than him because he's like a,

485

he's a really cool staffy rescue.

486

He's absolutely gorgeous and

I've made a fuss memory super,

487

but it's too much for her.

488

Yeah.

489

But whatever's going on with her, and

the fact she's wonky and her energy's

490

probably not completely aligned, it

brings up this emotional charge in him.

491

And he just wants to ground that energy.

492

He wants to ground her.

493

He doesn't wanna hurt her.

494

He didn't get to her, but

I see it like magnets.

495

They're magnet.

496

I love that.

497

To each other and they're not thinking

and they can't, like the thought,

498

can't interject because magnetism

is such a strong energy and emotions

499

are electromagnetic by nature.

500

Their energy, emotion.

501

That's what emotion is.

502

Energy in motion.

503

And it should be in motion and

it should be flowing and it

504

should be allowed to ground.

505

So you just, you learn

to see dogs completely.

506

Differently with canine flow, but

it's not so different that you don't

507

wanna do compassionate dog training.

508

It fits in so well.

509

Mm.

510

Compassionate dog training.

511

Yeah.

512

It's, as I've said, it is like the

missing link, the other side of dogs

513

that, that we haven't been utilizing.

514

And when we do, for me, it just

completely transforms things.

515

You go, oh my God, yes, I get it.

516

Oh, that's why he likes doing this, and

that's why he does that strange behavior

517

and it all just slots into place.

518

Yeah.

519

Oh, brilliant.

520

I love that.

521

Thank you so much.

522

And moving on to our next

section, which is all about soul

523

dogs and emotional mirroring.

524

Uh, what is a soul dog in

inverted commas in your view?

525

And how can people recognize

if they've had one?

526

I think that dogs do put themselves

in front of the right people.

527

There's something.

528

I think there's more to life, and I know

it might seem a bit esoteric and a bit out

529

there and maybe a bit woo woo, but I just

feel like there is more to life than just

530

what we see consciously and materially.

531

And I do feel that dogs put

themselves with the right

532

people somehow, and it's like.

533

Most people you talk to will say,

oh, he found me or She found me.

534

Yes.

535

Yeah.

536

And that I think is where the

beginning of a soul dog relationship.

537

If you can recognize it, then you

can have that soul dog relationship.

538

Mm-hmm.

539

I do feel though, even if people haven't

got that way of viewing life at all, dogs

540

are empowerers and even people who will.

541

Find themselves with a dog,

they're a dog guardian.

542

They very often start a business

because they are owning that dog

543

because they're living with that dog.

544

And it might not be spiritual at all,

you know, it might just be collars or

545

you know, little booties or something.

546

But the dog has inspired them.

547

The dog has, just by being in their house

and around them opened their creativity.

548

Yeah.

549

So something goes on there

where, for me, even that.

550

Even though we're not

recognizing it necessarily, well,

551

they're not as a soul change.

552

That is because it's progression,

evolution and development of their life.

553

So I think that one of the reasons that we

have so many, if you like stages that we

554

go through when we are learning about dogs

is because dogs are here to help us with

555

our evolution towards opening our hearts.

556

Very often people get dogs and

it's all about, oh, I need to

557

understand the mind of the dog.

558

I really need to get my dog's mind.

559

I need to be able to understand them.

560

I need to be able to control them.

561

You know?

562

Oh, and then it, they evolve and

they go actually, and they relax

563

a bit and their heart opens a bit.

564

And things start to shift and change.

565

And then they, they understand about

compassionate dog training and they

566

really get into this and they wanna have

fun with their dog and their heart's

567

open and then the more they go, they

realize they come on one of my retreats

568

and they're meditating with their dog.

569

You know, it's like how far along

the journey do you go in your Yeah.

570

With your dog?

571

And, and I think that's

why we're always going to.

572

People that are at different stages with

their and their understanding of dogs.

573

It can be frustrating.

574

I think if you are at like a level

a bit further along the journey.

575

Where you've noticed that the dog is an

emotional being and you can't understand

576

why people would ever be mean to them and

why people would ever use, you know, p

577

prong colors and, you know, obviously I,

I'm not advocating them, but you know,

578

you can't understand it because you

think, well, how much do you ever do that?

579

You just can't.

580

I know, but every human

is on their journey.

581

Every human is evolving and developing

and learning how to open their hearts.

582

For some people, they,

they are quite shut down.

583

You know, they may have had

extreme childhood trauma.

584

They may have had a lot of epigenetic

stuff going on that's influencing

585

how they are in this life.

586

But everyone's on their journey and I

just think dogs accelerate it a bit.

587

Mm.

588

Yeah, they're like sticking

themselves in front of us to

589

accelerate our heart opening.

590

Yeah.

591

Just a quick follow up

question to that one.

592

You hear people say they're heart dog,

so is a heart dog similar to a soul dog?

593

I, yeah, it's kind of, yeah.

594

I, I think so.

595

Yeah.

596

Or whether they recognize

that is another matter.

597

I think really to understand the soul

dog, you have to understand about

598

the electromagnetic energy and the

magnetism and how that, how that

599

presents itself in behaviors and.

600

Expressions that the dog does and

and, and how we can work with that

601

instead of seeing that as an issue.

602

Brilliant.

603

So moving on to our next question.

604

How might a dog's reactivity

anxiety or behavior reflect

605

something going on with a human?

606

I.

607

Very similar to what I've

just suggested mm-hmm.

608

Often that they are playing out an emotion

that we've got held subconsciously.

609

Mm-hmm.

610

Or they don't feel as safe because

we have shut down an aspect of

611

ourselves subconsciously and

they can't connect with us.

612

Sometimes it can be the

things we really believe.

613

As well.

614

Mm-hmm.

615

That are really running us.

616

Our, our beliefs about ourselves,

um, can play out in our reality.

617

And water shows us that water

photography has shown that the things

618

we think and the things we feel can

be revealed in the outside world.

619

Mm-hmm.

620

So what we're putting out there, we

can create happening and our dog just

621

gets caught up in the middle of that.

622

That can happen too.

623

Or we can have a lot of

fear about something.

624

We end up manifesting

that fear, if you like.

625

So that, yeah, there's many

different ways we talk in the course.

626

Actually on the online course, I go

through quite a lot of different ways.

627

Okay.

628

But they really do influence us

and a lot of it is to do with our

629

high energy and our high expansion.

630

I never forget, I went to it was a

scent work last years ago, and the

631

lady who was teaching it, she said.

632

To, she totally didn't know what she

was saying, but she said if the, or the,

633

the importance of what she was saying.

634

She said, if you get the toy or you

get whatever it is you want your dog

635

to go and find and you hold it and you

love that toy and you hold it against

636

your heart and you bash it against your

heart, the dog will find it quicker.

637

And I thought, well, yes,

638

energy.

639

The BO doesn't even need to find it,

but it's like she didn't realize the

640

importance of what she was saying and

I thought that's really interesting.

641

Yeah.

642

Oh wow.

643

Fascinating.

644

Do love bit of scent work.

645

Um, right.

646

Brilliant.

647

I mean, that's very grounding, grounding.

648

Carolyn, what's your experience of helping

people shift their energy and seeing

649

their dog's behavior change as a result?

650

Oh, look, well, lots.

651

Lots on the retreats.

652

Um, so a very simple one that I

never forget was a lady she was

653

quite tall and she had a Dax sound.

654

And she just said to me towards the

end of the retreat that this has

655

just been phenomenal for me because

I didn't realize that the physical

656

disconnection was influencing us.

657

Mm-hmm.

658

Emotionally.

659

And so she felt like she just slowed

down completely and throughout the

660

week, her dog's behavior got calmer.

661

He barked less.

662

Wow.

663

He was, 'cause D sounds do bark a lot

and bark there is because the owners

664

are quite fast-paced and, and they're

not like they're only little and

665

the little can't walk that it's like

666

slow, calm.

667

Guardians.

668

Yes.

669

Our world does not encourage slow calm.

670

Does it?

671

No.

672

Stop.

673

They, the dogs are like picking

up on our energy and anxieties

674

and aren't they like they're pick.

675

That's part of it.

676

Yes, they're picking up, but mainly

they're picking up subconsciously.

677

'cause the.

678

Stuff is quite easy for them to sort of

notice and ground or we can change it.

679

It's the subconscious stuff that's

influencing the behaviors really.

680

Mm-hmm.

681

Which sounds really scary,

but actually it's not.

682

When you learn kind of flow techniques,

you, you can release that pretty quickly.

683

You don't think about where it came

from, although I did mention it as

684

an example tonight, but you don't

necessarily need to about where, where.

685

And that's what the dog's

here to support you with.

686

And as soon as you focus on

where you are going in life,

687

not where you've been mm-hmm.

688

That is linked in with how

your dog's behavior changes.

689

Mm-hmm.

690

Because they're here to help

accelerate our high expansion, which

691

is all about where we are going in

life, not where we've been yeah.

692

Um, hopefully that answers your question.

693

No, it's perfect.

694

It's just fascinating.

695

I'm literally mesmerized while

moving on to our next section.

696

So you mentioned your

retreats, so retreats, healing

697

spaces, and emotional shifts.

698

Can we, can you walk us

through a typical retreat day?

699

What can people expect

from this experience?

700

Yeah, well the retreats we

usually have three meals a day,

701

which is far too much for me.

702

But if you are a foodie, then.

703

A lovely buffet breakfast.

704

We do a meditation after that.

705

Um, lovely.

706

We do some kind of class or

workshop or teaching kind of thing.

707

Sometimes it's just a chat about

different behaviors and things we've

708

seen and how that relates to the

dog's energy and emotional flow and.

709

Then we have lunch and then we tend

to finish off the workshop and, or

710

we might go for a dog walk and then

come back and finish off the workshop.

711

Um, because we do group dog walks as well.

712

And then we'll do another meditation

and then we'll have dinner.

713

And usually everybody's very

tired and wants to go and read

714

the books that they, that they

bought with them for the retreat.

715

If not, people stay up

chatting and drinking tea.

716

Lots of tea.

717

Yeah, and everyone gets their own mark

with the dog's name on it and their

718

name on it and what have you, so yeah.

719

Oh, that's lovely.

720

But what I have found over the years

is the retreats are very practical.

721

I like them to be quite practical.

722

I don't like there to be

loads of sort of excess.

723

Teach, if you like teaching, that happens

anyway because of the observational way

724

that can and flow is about observation.

725

But, and you can't help

but do that all the time.

726

So what I did is I put the sort of

theory side of it into the online course.

727

Because I felt that it

was too much for retreat.

728

So what I encourage people to do is

to take the online course and come

729

on a retreat once you've done the

online course, because then you have

730

that foundational understanding.

731

And you know why we're saying

what we're saying on the retreat.

732

The retreat is not.

733

Cutesy holiday with your dog.

734

The retreat is about putting into practice

transformational principles that will

735

shift behaviors for you and your dog.

736

Mm-hmm.

737

It's not about, come on.

738

Let's have a jolly time.

739

I.

740

Just the most amazing experience.

741

I'm sure.

742

I love it.

743

But do you know, like it's not a holiday?

744

No.

745

There's work to be done.

746

Transformational work.

747

Yeah, transformational work.

748

So you sort of answered this with the

Greek dog warts, but my next question

749

is, is do the dogs participate too and.

750

And how do they respond in

that calming connected space?

751

I am telling you that I do not

have somebody come on the retreat.

752

That doesn't say to me there's probably

too many devil negatives, but I,

753

everybody says their dog will not settle.

754

Everybody says it, and every dog settles.

755

Wow.

756

Every dogs settle.

757

That would be my worry.

758

Oh, they.

759

More easily than the humans do.

760

I, I wonder if, because the human is

being a bit more grounded and calm and

761

settled the dog's kind of then thinking,

oh, okay, I'll do, I'll be the same.

762

Yeah.

763

They also, it's, there's a lot

of nature where the retreat

764

is, so the air is very fresh.

765

Everything's.

766

I think that helps as well.

767

Usually the first day, the first kind

of afternoon and evening, we don't do

768

anything too intense, so the dogs just

have a chance to get to know each other.

769

There's tons of space there where they

can run around in and they can get to

770

know each other, and the people get

used to where everything is because.

771

You feel quite vulnerable if

you don't quite know what's

772

around the corner, don't you?

773

So it's that sort of first

day or so getting to know No.

774

By the third day everyone's

like, oh, it feels like we've

775

known each other for ages.

776

All the dogs are just playing and

no one, no one can ever believe it.

777

That's amazing.

778

Um, brilliant.

779

So what do people tend to come away

with after a few days immersed in

780

this kind of healing environment?

781

Certainly with new perspectives, with

new techniques that they're going

782

home with to, to sort of keep using.

783

Um, although you get some of those in

the online course as well, to be fair.

784

But yeah, with just that sense of

peace and that sense that there is

785

hope and there is another opportunity

for that, for them to be this

786

way with their dogs and that they

don't have to do this instead of.

787

Dog training and the things

that they love doing, you know?

788

Mm-hmm.

789

Love other ways, like click

a training or something.

790

So it's just that sense actually

as well, that they don't have

791

to be right all the time.

792

They don't have to be a perfect dog

owner, that they can be themselves and

793

that the connection with their dog.

794

It's actually more important than

what other people think about.

795

Mm-hmm.

796

Their dog and you know, that, that kind

of understanding of their dog as an

797

individual and just feeling more at peace

and, and understanding the quirky bits

798

that they maybe didn't understand about.

799

Or, you know, like one LA lady said to

me, um, and this was actually on the

800

online course, she said to me that her

dog always used to sit in doorways,

801

or if they went to like a hotel or

something like that, he would always

802

just sit in the middle of the corridor.

803

And she used to get so embarrassed and

she'd be like, oh God, I'm so sorry.

804

I, he was like this big.

805

Um, quite um, hard to move dog and yeah.

806

And he used to sit and she

always used to get embarrassed

807

and think, why is he doing this?

808

I just want him to come in the hotel room.

809

And when she understood that he liked to

sit in the energy traffic areas and ground

810

that energy and oh, it made so much sense.

811

So she, oh my God.

812

That's why he does, that's

why he sits in the doorway.

813

So that's, she said, I'm

always dripping over him.

814

And it was like, you know, and he

shifted her, her way of looking at it.

815

It shifted any frustration she had, and

she said he hasn't done it as much since.

816

Bit of a light bulb moment for.

817

Yeah.

818

And they don't do it as much.

819

Once you move that frustration

around it, they don't do it as much.

820

Yeah.

821

Oh, brilliant.

822

Love that.

823

So, moving on to our final section for

this episode then, is all about intuition.

824

That's a big word.

825

Grief and spiritual support.

826

I hope I said intuition, right?

827

I think I did.

828

Um, Caroline, how can people begin

tuning into their dog's emotional

829

world in a more intuitive way?

830

I think, well, it starts with the

guardian having to be in that place

831

where they can access their intuition.

832

So starting to even learn to meditate

and sit and meditate with their dog,

833

even for sort of five, 10 minutes a day.

834

Mm, would be really good for sure.

835

And, and that starts

to build that sort of.

836

Energy connection with

themselves and that awareness.

837

It's about awareness

of how they're feeling.

838

Yeah.

839

And then dive deeper into

the online course For sure.

840

That is gonna, yeah.

841

Ah, okay.

842

That's, you know, that's how I do it.

843

And yeah, I mean, I've had a long

time to kind of put this together.

844

Been running the retreats for kind of

15 odd years and the courses Oh, wow.

845

A few.

846

So I wanted to make sure

that it had everything in.

847

In an easily understandable way,

in a way that could translate into

848

the practicalities of life as well.

849

Mm-hmm.

850

Oh wow.

851

Sounds fascinating.

852

Brilliant.

853

So you also support

guardians through grief.

854

Can you tell us about

that part of your work?

855

Well, that is also linked in with the

subconscious, so I think I haven't

856

specifically gone out to do that.

857

But grief is an interesting

emotion because it is, it's

858

a little bit separation.

859

Anxiety is a little bit

like grief in a way.

860

Yeah.

861

Um, so yeah, so, and not, not being

grief is about not having all this

862

emotion and all this love and all this

electromagnetic energy for something

863

and not having a place to put it.

864

So that's why we can even say that if

you have a breakup of a relationship

865

and you lose that person in your life,

even though they haven't died, no.

866

But you do grieve the relationship and

you to put your energy onto, and dogs

867

are doing the same in the sense that

they want to put their energy somewhere.

868

And so I think grief is very

much linked in with this.

869

Where do I put my energy now?

870

Reducing it in any way, shape or

form, because I've been through,

871

I've lost both my parents.

872

My mom was only 68, so she was, oh gosh.

873

So, you know, I've been

through that and Mm.

874

But it, but there is an element of it

that it's, where do I put my energy?

875

What do I do with this kind of feeling?

876

And.

877

Just by understanding how feelings work

on a vital life force flow level, where

878

they're going, what you're doing with

them, you know how you can build your

879

own body to be resilient, to, to be a

container for those emotions and not to be

880

held somatically and turn into ailments.

881

It is the understanding of it.

882

I think that shifts.

883

Mm-hmm.

884

And, and the understanding that

we don't need to suppress it.

885

And that actually as dog guardians,

we are incredibly lucky that we

886

have our dogs by our side to be an

accelerator for us to release these

887

feelings and get them ground from us.

888

We are the lucky ones.

889

If we, we are.

890

Yeah.

891

We really are.

892

Mm-hmm.

893

Um, and we, we know it.

894

Don't as well.

895

We feel it inside.

896

Yeah, because they will

accelerate our heart expansion.

897

They will accelerate all of humanity.

898

It it, I don't think it's an

accident that during the lockdown,

899

most of people went out to get a.

900

I don't because if that, if ever there

was a time that we needed to raise our

901

consciousness, it was during those tasks.

902

That's wasn't it.

903

That's right.

904

Yeah.

905

Yeah.

906

You know, all the dogs are like,

great, I'm gonna get in front of this

907

person, this person, this person.

908

And yeah.

909

Um, yeah, but then they didn't foresee

about having to go back to work full

910

time and that's when all my work, I'm

an SA certified trainer, so that's

911

when that all went through the roof.

912

But what of course happens then

is that the dog loses their

913

opportunities to ground because

the people aren't around as much.

914

And because we are so led down the

route that the dog is choosing to do

915

it mentally, the people get frustrated

with the dog because they're not viewing

916

the dog as a feeling, being they're

viewing the dog as a mental choice based

917

thinking and choosing to do these things.

918

Um.

919

So when we shift to really understanding

that our dogs just have this emotional

920

flow and they just wanna connect with

us, when we can learn these ways to

921

help those dogs through that change.

922

Mm-hmm.

923

Then I think, well, even just doing

some dog training can be connecting

924

with them, you know, compassionate

dog training, but a lot of people

925

went back to work and did nothing.

926

Because they haven't got to that stage

yet in their life where they can see

927

things in that feeling based way.

928

Yeah.

929

Yeah, that's fine.

930

Um, I just, 'cause whilst you were

chatting then, you meant, you've said

931

about the grief and about the subconscious

as well and how they pick up on that.

932

Mm-hmm.

933

Is that just a, a sideline question?

934

Is the whole subconscious thing, like

when they know you are upset or you

935

are poorly, is that come from 'cause

I'm, when I'm upset, well I'm Polly.

936

I'm sure my dogs know that I am.

937

'cause they want to comfort me.

938

Yes.

939

Well, your energy frequency would change.

940

Mm.

941

So they'll eat what they're doing as

well as they're not just comforting you,

942

they're trying to ground your energy.

943

Right.

944

So they think that there's an

issue and they want to come

945

and help you to ground it.

946

Mm.

947

Not mentally, it's just an attraction.

948

Dogs, dogs are just attracted to energy.

949

That's what I mean by its

two magnets coming together.

950

So they are constantly

attracted to energy.

951

Frequency in its various different

forms, so they're energy beings that

952

are walking through a soup of energy.

953

Really, this whole world is a soup of

different frequencies at different.

954

Vibratory rates some so that

they're solid, and I know that goes

955

into this whole quantum science

a little bit, but that is kind of

956

the reality of what we live in.

957

And everything really has an

emotional frequency to it.

958

All plants, you know, everything and,

and they're measurable These days.

959

It's not even Wu.

960

There's loads of techniques

to measure these things.

961

And there's loads of

studies out there published.

962

The Institute of HeartMath have got loads.

963

Oh yeah.

964

I think that I've gone off on a tangent.

965

What was your question?

966

Remind?

967

No, I was just saying they picked

up on me being poorly or, or upset.

968

So they'll, and whe when they're sensing

cancer in a patient they can sense the

969

energy, the frequency of that tumor.

970

So a hundred percent, that's how

they're doing it with their v you

971

know, the often emotions are linked in.

972

With cancer tumors or cancer

patients have a lot of emotion.

973

So that that's what they're doing there.

974

So everything really that they're

doing is connecting with an energy

975

frequency in some ways or form.

976

So if your dog knew that you were going

to get ill a few days before and started

977

displaying behaviors and you got used to,

they, they only do that behavior if I'm.

978

That's pretty cool, isn't it?

979

Because yeah, they really do sense your

subconscious, but when you are consciously

980

ill, you probably act differently and they

will be looking to ground your energy.

981

Mm-hmm.

982

Because that's what dogs do for us.

983

Yeah.

984

That's what they're here I think

almost to, to help us to do, yeah.

985

Fascinating.

986

Um.

987

So what role does daily mindfulness

or spiritual practice play in

988

strengthening our bonds with our dogs?

989

Well it, I guess I feel like a lot of

it is, I've kind of already said, but I.

990

Yeah, that will, it will

build the connection.

991

It will allow us to drop our guard,

if you like, of our subconscious so

992

that the dog can help us to ground

and connect with those energies.

993

Mm-hmm.

994

So they can flow from.

995

So, yeah.

996

And it is generally calming

on the nervous system as well.

997

Yeah, I mean, it calming

on the nervous system.

998

So on a physical level, yeah we

will function more optimally.

999

We, our preception and our

physical flow will be better.

00:50:44,304 --> 00:50:47,094

So that will help the dog

to feel more safe as well.

00:50:47,814 --> 00:50:48,204

Brilliant.

00:50:48,714 --> 00:50:49,524

Thank you so much.

00:50:49,524 --> 00:50:53,454

We're gonna start spending the final few

minutes just wrapping up this episode.

00:50:53,454 --> 00:50:54,984

It's been absolutely fascinating.

00:50:55,794 --> 00:50:56,394

Loved it.

00:50:56,604 --> 00:50:59,124

So, just some final, um,

thoughts and questions.

00:50:59,124 --> 00:51:02,644

Caroline, if I may for someone

who's curious, but unsure

00:51:02,644 --> 00:51:06,274

about this type of work, where

would you recommend this start?

00:51:07,749 --> 00:51:07,969

Um,

00:51:10,114 --> 00:51:11,464

maybe my YouTube channel.

00:51:12,019 --> 00:51:12,499

Okay.

00:51:12,559 --> 00:51:12,859

Yeah.

00:51:13,699 --> 00:51:17,089

Um, I mean, my website has some blogs

and things, but the YouTube channel's

00:51:17,089 --> 00:51:18,739

got lots of stuff you can watch.

00:51:19,069 --> 00:51:19,249

Yeah.

00:51:19,339 --> 00:51:20,869

Is that called Canine Flow?

00:51:20,989 --> 00:51:27,229

No, actually it's called, it's called

Live with Love, woof and Wonder.

00:51:28,109 --> 00:51:28,399

Okay.

00:51:28,499 --> 00:51:31,204

It might be just love Wolf and Wonder.

00:51:31,204 --> 00:51:32,584

I don't think the live with is there.

00:51:32,584 --> 00:51:34,834

So it's Love Wolf and Wonder.

00:51:35,344 --> 00:51:35,884

Okay.

00:51:36,004 --> 00:51:36,214

Yeah.

00:51:36,214 --> 00:51:37,894

So have a look for that YouTube channel.

00:51:37,894 --> 00:51:38,989

Yeah, yeah.

00:51:38,989 --> 00:51:39,439

Perfect.

00:51:39,949 --> 00:51:42,469

What would you say is your

biggest hope for guardians

00:51:42,469 --> 00:51:46,279

who go through this emotional,

spiritual journey with their dog?

00:51:47,494 --> 00:51:49,969

With the biggest hope for them?

00:51:49,974 --> 00:51:50,059

Yeah.

00:51:51,424 --> 00:51:56,764

That they find who they truly are,

that they recognize, they truly

00:51:56,764 --> 00:51:59,404

are, and they feel that they're

living their purpose with their dog.

00:51:59,764 --> 00:52:00,484

Yeah.

00:52:01,204 --> 00:52:01,474

Yeah.

00:52:01,474 --> 00:52:01,954

Brilliant.

00:52:02,704 --> 00:52:04,534

Caroline, where can people learn more?

00:52:04,594 --> 00:52:09,864

Download your meditation or join a

future retreat, please canine flow.com.

00:52:10,164 --> 00:52:10,884

Nice and easy.

00:52:10,884 --> 00:52:12,534

That one, nice and short.

00:52:12,534 --> 00:52:14,214

Just canine flow.com.

00:52:14,604 --> 00:52:16,999

I, I thoroughly encourage

you to do the online course.

00:52:17,059 --> 00:52:18,199

It's so cool.

00:52:18,319 --> 00:52:19,369

I'm really proud of it.

00:52:19,369 --> 00:52:21,859

It's only 333 quid as well.

00:52:21,944 --> 00:52:22,579

Oh, okay.

00:52:22,909 --> 00:52:24,079

So it's not even a lot.

00:52:24,079 --> 00:52:24,139

Yeah.

00:52:25,369 --> 00:52:29,339

I'm available for those that

want to do that, and from time to

00:52:29,339 --> 00:52:31,859

time I do that in person as well.

00:52:32,519 --> 00:52:32,549

Okay.

00:52:32,549 --> 00:52:35,279

And or I do the odd day

retreat sometimes as well.

00:52:35,639 --> 00:52:36,064

Oh, okay.

00:52:37,289 --> 00:52:37,584

Um, people have.

00:52:37,644 --> 00:52:40,554

I've really had quite a lot

of transformations just doing

00:52:40,704 --> 00:52:42,204

the online course so much.

00:52:42,204 --> 00:52:44,364

So they'd be like, well, I don't

think I need to come to a retreat.

00:52:44,364 --> 00:52:46,374

But other people are like,

okay, I wanna do both.

00:52:46,374 --> 00:52:47,664

So yeah.

00:52:47,904 --> 00:52:48,924

That's really interesting.

00:52:49,314 --> 00:52:50,394

Thank you so much, Carol.

00:52:50,394 --> 00:52:54,254

I knew that I had an interest in

nutrition anyway, but I now I wanna

00:52:54,254 --> 00:52:56,444

know more, so thank you for that.

00:52:56,444 --> 00:53:01,095

So I'm gonna be exploring your, all

your nutrition work, um, and uh, yeah.

00:53:01,095 --> 00:53:01,184

And.

00:53:01,299 --> 00:53:04,720

I want to, I wanna look at the course

and I wanna learn more about canine flow.

00:53:04,749 --> 00:53:06,910

'cause it's been absolutely fascinating.

00:53:06,910 --> 00:53:08,200

Such an interesting subject.

00:53:08,200 --> 00:53:11,209

And I'm so glad that we had this

space to be able to you know,

00:53:11,209 --> 00:53:12,769

shine a light on this, this

00:53:13,639 --> 00:53:20,059

That was such a powerful, reflective

conversation with Caroline Griffith.

00:53:20,509 --> 00:53:24,259

Here are a few key takeaways

from today's episode.

00:53:24,829 --> 00:53:29,299

Number one, dogs often

mirror our emotional state.

00:53:29,689 --> 00:53:34,369

When we heal, they often

begin to settle and shift to.

00:53:35,009 --> 00:53:40,589

Number two, you may have had a

soul dog and not even realized it.

00:53:41,129 --> 00:53:45,299

These deeply connected dogs often

come into our lives to help us

00:53:45,299 --> 00:53:48,599

grow or process something profound.

00:53:49,409 --> 00:53:56,099

Number three, you don't have to be

woo to benefit from energy awareness,

00:53:56,609 --> 00:54:02,999

presence, calm and emotional clarity are

helpful for everyone, especially our dog.

00:54:03,979 --> 00:54:09,349

Number four, you can start with

just a moment of stillness, whether

00:54:09,349 --> 00:54:14,119

it's Caroline's free soul dog

meditation or retreat weekend.

00:54:14,389 --> 00:54:17,209

It all begins with a

willingness to listen.

00:54:17,899 --> 00:54:23,359

Caroline, thank you for reminding us

that our dogs aren't just companions.

00:54:23,629 --> 00:54:27,469

They're teachers, healers,

and emotional mirrors.

00:54:28,144 --> 00:54:32,494

For anyone listening or interested

in exploring this further,

00:54:32,764 --> 00:54:36,154

please visit canine flow.com

00:54:36,664 --> 00:54:41,974

to download Caroline's free meditation

and to explore her retreats,

00:54:42,184 --> 00:54:44,764

courses, and online community.

00:54:45,654 --> 00:54:50,784

If you enjoyed this episode, please

leave a review, subscribe and

00:54:50,784 --> 00:54:55,254

share it with a friend who's ever

called their dog their soulmate.

00:54:56,304 --> 00:54:59,769

This has been the yappy hour,

and I'll see you next time.

00:55:01,630 --> 00:55:05,060

part of the work that you do um,

alongside your nutrition work.

00:55:05,480 --> 00:55:06,350

Carol Lang, Griff here.

00:55:06,410 --> 00:55:09,470

Thank you so much for

joining me on the yappy Hour.

00:55:09,985 --> 00:55:11,395

Powered by Yappily.

00:55:11,755 --> 00:55:13,945

I've had so much fun recording with you.

00:55:14,245 --> 00:55:17,305

We've got two fantastic episodes

and it's been an absolute

00:55:17,305 --> 00:55:18,745

pleasure having you on the show.

00:55:19,565 --> 00:55:20,255

Thank you.

00:55:20,255 --> 00:55:21,665

Thanks so much for having me.

00:55:21,665 --> 00:55:23,255

I've, I've enjoyed chatting to you.

00:55:23,255 --> 00:55:27,695

You're a very open person and yeah,

I'd love to meet the two hours one day.

00:55:28,475 --> 00:55:30,965

Uh, well, we could definitely

arrange it and the poodles that

00:55:30,965 --> 00:55:33,300

get jealous, poodles drama.

00:55:33,970 --> 00:55:34,030

Yeah.

00:55:35,350 --> 00:55:36,400

Oh no, I'd love that.

00:55:36,400 --> 00:55:39,410

But um, no, we'll have to get you

back on again Carol, 'cause I feel

00:55:39,410 --> 00:55:42,380

we've only touched the service with

some of the nutrition stuff as well.

00:55:42,600 --> 00:55:46,650

But yeah, thank you so much for your

time and, um, we'll chat again soon.

00:55:46,800 --> 00:55:47,340

Thank you.

00:55:47,340 --> 00:55:48,480

Thanks everyone for listening.

00:55:49,170 --> 00:55:49,860

Thank you.

00:55:51,757 --> 00:55:57,427

That was such a powerful, reflective

conversation with Caroline Griffith.

00:55:57,847 --> 00:56:01,657

Here are a few key takeaways

from today's episode.

00:56:02,257 --> 00:56:06,397

Number one, dogs often

mirror our emotional state.

00:56:06,727 --> 00:56:10,232

When we heal, they often

begin to settle and shift.

00:56:10,387 --> 00:56:10,897

Two.

00:56:11,587 --> 00:56:15,877

Number two, you may have had a

soul dog and not even realized it.

00:56:16,177 --> 00:56:20,647

These deeply connected dogs often

come into our lives to help us

00:56:20,647 --> 00:56:24,067

grow or process something profound.

00:56:24,757 --> 00:56:30,157

Number three, you don't have to be

woo to benefit from energy awareness,

00:56:30,487 --> 00:56:36,907

presence, calm and emotional clarity are

helpful for everyone, especially our dog.

00:56:37,972 --> 00:56:43,012

Number four, you can start with

just a moment of stillness, whether

00:56:43,012 --> 00:56:47,662

it's Caroline's free soul dog

meditation or retreat weekend.

00:56:47,932 --> 00:56:50,662

It all begins with a

willingness to listen.

00:56:51,142 --> 00:56:56,992

Caroline, thank you for reminding us that

our dogs aren't just our companions, their

00:56:56,992 --> 00:57:00,382

teachers, healers, and emotional mirrors.

00:57:01,057 --> 00:57:04,807

For anyone listening that's

interested in exploring this

00:57:04,807 --> 00:57:08,977

further, please visit canine flow.com

00:57:09,367 --> 00:57:14,317

to download Caroline's free

meditation and explore her retreats,

00:57:14,527 --> 00:57:16,957

courses, and online community.

00:57:17,737 --> 00:57:22,897

If you enjoyed this episode, please

consider leaving us a review, subscribe

00:57:23,317 --> 00:57:27,607

and share it with a friend who's

ever called their dog their soulmate.

00:57:28,432 --> 00:57:32,302

This has been the yappy hour,

and I'll see you next time.