12/10/2025
As promised today starts the first conversation of the Emerging Minds audio series:
Listening to the silence within, to hear the dog's truth.
**Emerging Minds in Dog Psychology - Annie Phenix
What if the key to understanding a dog lies in understanding our own past?
This is the story of Annie Phenix. From a traumatic childhood in Texas where a dog was her "first proof of love," to a career built on dominance, and finally to a breakthrough that changed everything. Annie discovered that her hypervigilance—a survival tool from a dysfunctional family—was the very skill that allowed her to truly hear what dogs were communicating. She saw her own desire for agency mirrored in the animals she trained, and her journey from control to partnership will change how you see your own dog.
This is not a "how-to" guide. It's a "why-to" conversation.
It’s about rage, healing, burnout, and the hard-won wisdom that to help a dog feel safe, you must first know what safety feels like yourself.
This conversation uncovers the personal history that forged her wisdom, tracing a path from a "southern gothic" childhood, where anger was her only armor, to becoming a leading voice for vulnerability, play, and trauma-informed healing—for both people and the dogs who save them.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZI-a0en1rSk&fbclid=IwRlRTSAOmc7ZleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEeZf3yD55F675zKmB1pTn4_d5OQK2amvl9gD7dNA15lIh8jB_SBot0xsCX_dM_aem_gLkRx733qkZA-IrqvKefqQ
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