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Mia is a Trust Technique Practitioner for all animals, a Holistic Dog Coach, an Animal Hospice Care Educator & Mentor as well as an author.

14/05/2025

Joining households with one very reactive and one selectively reactive dog is a tall order. I have posted about Kaiba and Jett before. Many small and patient steps have lead to now being able to be walked together without being muzzled. And being able to share space in a calm environment. Being able to each play with their own toy while in each other's presence. 🤗

A gold medal and a thousand gold stars to their humans whose continuous effort in supporting their dogs is paying off. ⭐🏅⭐ And that's a reward beyond any medal or gold star! 🙏

This certainly hasn't been a straight journey from A to B. Time, money, creativity, flexibility, persistence and resilience have been expended. But what a return on investment! 🐶💛🐶

10/05/2025

Love and Gratitude. Last week two clients said goodbye to one of their animals. I’ve posted about Doyly’s sudden death from colic. There was also Linda the cat who died at 17 from a condition she’s had for a few years.

It was interesting that both humans - Doyly’s and Linda’s - said to me afterwards that the most helpful thing I shared with them as their animal’s life came to an end was to keep returning their attention to Love and Gratitude. It’s what was the most helpful to me on my own first hospice care journey 5 years ago too.

Why? When we’re confronted with the dying process of a loved one A LOT is coming up for us. Feelings of regret, heartbreak, guilt are common. All unprocessed previous loss is being unearthed inside us. All these big feelings and painful thoughts can create a lot of drama. And we can stay stuck in that drama. Inviting ourselves to connect with the love we feel for our animal and gratitude for the live shared is like a circuit breaker. We can breathe a little lighter when we realise what a blessing it has been, our time together. ❤

Redirecting our attention to Love and Gratitude is not about pretending we don’t feel and think what we are feeling and thinking. It’s an invitation to allow grace and peace during a very tender time. It softens our hearts which might be contracting and recoiling from pain. It’s also perhaps the single most useful thing we can offer to our animals at that time. We give them space instead of crowding them when we don’t make it all about ourselves. It frees them to tend to themselves instead of worrying about us.

Again, this is not about pretending. Animals see right through that.

Writing this post is hard because it seems to be one of these things that are hard to explain and that you only understand when you are in that situation and doing it. So, perhaps, rather than attempting to help you understand why having Love and Gratitude be your Pole Star when your animal is dying, I just need to put the idea out there for you to tuck away for now and remember it when the time has come for you and your animal to try it out yourself. 🙏

Photo by Ludemeula Fernandes via Unsplash

07/05/2025

Life always just hangs by a thread. We really become aware of that in cases of unexpected sudden death.

❤ Vale, Doyly. 🌈🐎

Yesterday a colic brought him to the ground and all efforts to help him up failed.

When I answered the phone I just heard sobbing. Shock, disbelief and panic in her voice trying to figure out what to do.

What do I do, she cried.
Breathe, I said.

She did. Then questions tumbled out of her. The vet, other people had given their thoughts. I offered some of my thoughts.

It felt all out of her hands in the end. She would have liked to go a bit slower but the overwhelm took over, barred access to the courage to express her needs. To ask for more pain relief for Doyly to bridge the gap to her readiness.

Today she is wrapping herself in kindness and gentleness, allowing herself to feel what she feels. Which is a lot. Trying to understand it all is just confusing. Returning to allowing it all brings peace and comfort. Such a tender and vulnerable place. ❤

I asked if I could do a post about Doyly's death. She said it would be an honour because she didn't feel like sharing with anyone yet, not wanting to be exposed to people's reactions - the ones that project their own pain, only see a tragedy, offer some empty platitudes.

We talked about the enormous gratitude she feels towards Doyly whose presence in her life changed and enriched her deeply. We talked about the enormous gratitude Doyly feels towards her who was likely the first and only human in his life that cared about his opinions and his pace. What a love story this was ... and continues to be. ✨💛✨

If you comment - which I warmly invite you to do - please do so from your own vulnerability, from your awe of life, honestly and authenically. 🙏

01/05/2025

Who's feeling proud as punch? 🐶 Miss Juno is! And her human! And I! 😁

In our session today we worked on Juno's reactivity towards other dogs while going for a walk. Fine-tuning her humans behaviour and actions helped Juno to better keep her cool. Well done and a ⭐ for both of them.

27/04/2025

Client testimonial 📣

"I contacted Mia to help me with my horse Rocky as I felt frustrated about our relationship. Mia refreshed and refined my understanding of the Trust Technique and helped me to cut through the stories my thinking mind had created. I learned to simply enjoy the bond I share with my horse again which was a beautiful feeling.

I appreciated Mia's direct, clear and honest communication.

Wonderful things happened after our sessions. More missing puzzle pieces appeared out of nowhere and I am very hopeful that Rocky and I have the support we need to further improve our communication and wellbeing together."

✨🐎✨🐴✨🐎✨🐴✨🐎✨

25/04/2025

I've been wanting a memorial piece for Louie since he died 4.5 years ago. I played with many ideas, they always included gum leaves for some reason.

Recently I came about this lovely water colour painting of gum leaves by Theresia Cookson that I bought. With some digital magic my husband created this image for me. I love it. ❤ It's perfect! 🤗

Do you have a memorial piece for your loved one who passed over the rainbow bridge? A photo? An object? An urn? An altar? Share a photo of it as a comment if you'd like and let's create a thread of loving memories. 🐾🌈⭐️

20/04/2025

The Trust Technique creates intimacy. 🐾👣

Instead of flinching when coming up against something uncomfortable (a problem), we can soften and yield. Transformation requires us to create inner space and relax more deeply inside ourselves. We can feel the discomfort but we don’t need to react to it or fix it. We are allowing a space of inquiry to emerge. We allow a little bit of curiosity to look at the discomfort/problem without any agenda. We might discover that it’s not at all what we thought it is but that it’s something wounded, something that needs compassion. Something that we didn’t think of before to offer our patience and gentleness. We realise that this atmosphere of deep softness is exactly what is needed. This realization can be such a relief. All blame of self and others falls away. A feeling of quiet delight might arise. And deep appreciation from which springs profound patience that allows our animal to feel safe enough to unwind. Instead of rushing and trying to resolve the problem with our mind, we can let it just be. This deep allowing and accepting creates intimacy … "into me see" … a true seeing of each other.

I posted about Juno’s 2nd session a few days ago. It was such a beautiful example of the above. The issue - which was feeling highly stressed around putting on her harness - became a non-issue through this soft and patient process. At the end, Juno and her humans saw each other through completely new eyes … into me see … intimacy.

It is such a beautiful and tender moment when my clients are left feeling awe and such deep love for their animal. Eyes often tear up because of how deeply it touches them relating to their animal in this new way. They feel a profound connection beyond what they have experienced before. ❤ I feel blessed to be an agent of change for them. This is how I make the world a better place. 🙏 I love what I do!

If you feel a YES, or perhaps a "I want that too!" when reading this post, please get in touch!

17/04/2025

It was a very touching moment today when Juno for the first time in her life didn't avoid having put her harness on. ✨

Going at her pace as well as letting go the need to understand why and all related thoughts and judgements created a space of acceptance. Knowing why there is a problem is not necessary for it to change. Being ok with that there is a problem IS.

It is the sweetest moment when at the end of a Trust Technique process an animal shows their gratitude and appreciation for having been listened to and been given the time needed to find peace with a previously daunting and scary situation. ❤

Not only is the harness drama disappearing but this whole process has imbued the harness with a new meaning. Aside from no longer being something that needs to be avoided, having been listened to in such a way deepens the trust tremendously Juno has in her humans. This in turn will be beneficial in rehabilitating her lead reactivity.

11/04/2025

Life would be so dull without Henry! 😀 Happy Birthday, my clown. 🎁

10/04/2025

It gives me such joy to introduce someone and their animal to the Trust Technique. Here's Juno - 5-year old Border Collie X Kelpie and her human. 🐾👣

Juno's reactivity to other dogs has been a stressful part of their lives. Sharing a sense of peacefulness feels nourishing to both of them.

02/04/2025

Three weeks these two have been sharing a paddock now. 🤗 Today we practiced the Trust Technique with Baccas who has had much less exposure to it then Doyly. As you can see in the second pic Doyly is "coming along for the ride". Who wouldn't want to sink into peacefulness together? 😊

20/03/2025

A massive Woo-hoo to Kaiba and Jett's humans. 🎉 When you move in together and one or both of your dogs are reactive to other dogs it can be a tall order.

Kaiba's human has been working on improving his issues since she rescued him a few years ago. Last year they fine-tuned their Trust Technique practice with me and started to support all the efforts with Artaban full-spectrum h**p oil (CBD oil). Together we formulated a plan to introduce Kaiba to his housemate-to-be Jett. Observing the dogs' behaviour each step, we revised when necessary. And now they are up to going for a walk together! ❤

Both dogs are muzzle trained which helps the humans to relax in the knowledge that if things go pear-shaped the worst can't happen. It allows time to safely get to know each other and develop trust and resilience.

This photo is the result of commitment, patience and perserverance. It didn't happen over night. Well done, everyone! We don't see the tears and frustration that happened along the way but if you have been in a similar situation you know such a journey is no bed of roses. 🙏

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Louie, Fiorenzo, Lenny & Marvel - four rescue dogs and their human - Mia - are sharing their ways of improving canine-human relationships. From struggle to appreciation and fun. Too many dogs find an untimely end because of behavioural issues. This is our small way of making the world a better place.

Four years ago Mia adopted Louie (Kelpie X) who had been found as a stray. He is now at least 11 years old (that’s based on the best of 3 vet’s guesses of how old he is) and the spokesman of The Dependable Companion.

Three years ago Lenny (Blue Heeler X) joined the pack. He is four years old. His expertise lies in the athletic division. He specializes in frisbees. He also enjoys trick training and other fun activities. This has not always been so. When we first met him he was pretty much scared of everything. He’s apprenticing to one day become spokesman.

A year and a half ago Fiorenzo (Cane Corso) found his furever home with Mia. He’s almost four years old. His stunning looks draws attention to him wherever we go. He’s a big boofhead and a great success in his role as therapy dog.