The Trust Technique
Empowering you to support your nervous, high thinking reactive dog, strengthen your bond and connection
“When the busyness stops, connection starts. When an animals mind is busy, they cannot hear”
James French
When we stop and really listen to our animals, and care about their opinion - miracles can happen. Think about the last time someone really held space for you with love and total acceptance… , how safe did that make you feel. It is the same for our animals. Connection always has to come before training. Working with the Trust Technique is applying the understanding that animals and people share feelings, and when we slow down and step away from the busyness of life… and slow down our high thinking minds. We can do the same for our animals. When we do this on a regular basis our whole relationship begins to change, a deep connection where they feel safe and know that they can trust you. At this point… training is not needed and with a peaceful mind they can shift their perspective on their ‘triggers’ and see the reality of the situation rather than going into fight or fright.
When an animals opinion comes before our own agenda
Too often in the animal world we do not listen to them. We do not hear them or allow them a voice. Imagine how frightening it would be to live in that sort of world, where no one sees you, or understands you. Wouldn’t you be highly aroused and dysregulated…, especially if you have a background of trauma or abuse. How much more would you be able to relax, if you knew your care giver understood you, took time to learn your language and check in with how you are feeling. You could relax and look to them for safety and connection…
This is what working with the Trust Technique will allow you to do. It is such a simple and yet such a powerful way of working with your animals to step into their world and give them a voice. You will be amazed at how differently you view them and their struggles after connecting with your animal in this way. It is such a powerfully humbling experience and one that for me after working as an animal healer for my own dogs and others for several years, literally was the missing peace of the puzzle. How could i bring a high thinking dog/horses mind down enough to allow them to receive healing and connection. Then i started working with James French who founded the 'technique and everything fell into place. I used it with my own reactive rescue dogs, and then began my training and worked with many more animals and their owners and became deeply passionate about this beautiful way of empowering animal carers to support and connect deeper with their animals. I have also been privileged to see such incredible shifts in deeply traumatised and sensitive dogs in a short space of time. I work mainly with dogs, but have also worked with cats and horses with positive outcomes
How does it look…
I offer a complementary check in phone call to connect before the first session. There is no obligation and will give you an idea if you feel it is right for you and your animal. Then if you decide you want to go ahead, we will work together in your animals own environment over two sessions so i can teach and demonstrate working in this way. The first session is about you learning about the technique and the second is supporting you with anything that is coming up and looking to the next step so you are ready to to move forward at your dogs pace.
