Tamryn Fudge • The Shamanic Dog Trainer

01/11/2024

💛Helping dogs with fireworks - knowledge is empowering 🎇🎇

Dogs find fireworks scary. 😮It's the booming and the thundering and the sense of imminent crashing.

They don't know what's happening and it can feel like the world is falling apart.

🌙One of the best things to help your dog with fireworks is to help them understand what's going on and what they're experiencing. So they can create meaning for themselves about the pounding and squealing in the sky.

What can you tell them that will stop them imagining that something terrible is about to take place?

The truth always helps. ✔Clear practical information.

→Start with the basics, maybe something simple like the 5 W's:
• WHY is it happening? because it makes people happy and they want to celebrate this special occasion
• WHAT is going on? there's massive streaks and bursts of colour and sparkle lighting up the sky
• WHERE is it? it's in the sky and it all stays there. It doesn't ever come in the house or come into contact with anything on the Earth (like people or dogs)
• HOW is it made? it's fuel and powder that gets ignited and produces the booming and shaking
• WHO is watching it? most everyone likes to watch fireworks. Humans find them beautiful and awe-inspiring. It feels like magic.
• WHEN does it stop? it is temporary and usually stops after about 30 minutes

🦉This kind of information can empower your dog. It helps them create ownership of their experience and helps them feel less apprehension and uncertainty.

🕯When you explain details to your dog, they are seen and heard and supported; they get to be included and acknowledged.

It's one of the strategies you'll find in the free Halloween guide for dogs.

🤎🐾If you found this helpful and would like to get the rest of the strategies - to make your dog more comfortable and less stressed - you are invited to get it here:
https://theshamanicdogtrainer.com/halloween/

01/11/2024

🎃👻It's time!!! 🦇🦉

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27/10/2024

🎃Do you worry about your dog at Halloween, and how they feel when kids in costumes are on the street and maybe knocking on your door? Or if they feel overwhelmed by all the commotion and the excitement in the air?

👻There are easy things you can do to help them understand what they are experiencing and for them to feel heard, seen and supported. Here's a free guide to help your dog (and you) feel more comfortable and less stressed at Halloween.

🦉You can make your dog feel better before, during and after Halloween.

🕯 Get your free guide so you can help your dog create meaning and a sense of ownership of their experience.

🎇 9 easy strategies to help your dog (and you) be more comfortable and less stressed during Halloween

🍂Halloween can be a challenge! I hope this guides gives you some confidence that you can be there for your dog and know what they need.

🌙🌙'll post the link in the comments so you can get your free Halloween guide right now↓

14/09/2024

Take your dog to Sun Peaks Resort this weekend for the Paws in the Peaks Festival. 🐶🎉🏔

I'll be there both days and would love to see you. and your dog there.

I will have a booth with my handmade, beautifully designed and crafted leather leashes, collars and grabbers. Come have a look!

There's fun activities for you and your dog to enjoy. Have a look at the link:

Sun Peaks is excited to host the inaugural Paws in the Peaks, celebrating our furry friends.

26/07/2024

For supporting dogs who are going blind 💗🐾

Here is a video with 2️⃣ ways I helped Peasie feel more comfortable on walks with me and while she was out in the world.

Peasie adjusted beautifully to be blind. Although she was scared at first, eventually most people didn’t realize she was even blind when they encountered her.

She functioned really well and got around great, with me as her seeing eye person.

If you have any questions about a dog who is losing their eyesight, I’d be happy to share mine and Peasie’s experiences when she went blind 🙂🐶

↓ Schedule a time for us to talk using the link posted in the comments ↓↓

21/07/2024

I saw a junco flying out of our back yard a while ago. The direction of its path made me think it had been at our dogs’ and cat’s water dish.

As I watched it, I sensed it connecting with me. I felt it ask if I could provide water for it and others of it’s kind, the way I did for my animals, Hannah and Anieko and Sophia.

I agreed with it right away. I was grateful to be asked.

I found a spare water dish, put wood chips in it and filled it with water. I thought the wood chips would keep creatures from falling in the water.

Later I saw the junco near the water bowl I set out for it.

This request added to the water sources that we always have around our yard for the animals and birds and insects that pass by.

Since that encounter with the junco, I now maintain 7 watering stations around our yard – 2 for the dogs and cat, and 5 for wildlife.

There’s the bucket for the big animals and 2 bowls with woodchips for the smalls. Also the bowl with a large stone in it that we’ve always had out and a shallow plate and bowl with woodchips for the insects.

Now that it's so hot in our area (42°C as I type), it feels especially important to have these water sources available.

I am not sure why, but the bucket of water never seems to get touched. I refill and maintain them all every day.

The squirrels and birds use the woodchip bowls a lot. The woodchip plate always has a few insects resting and drinking – although they seem to suck from the wet pieces of wood more than drink directly from the water.

I am pretty certain that I’m not the only one who is providing a bit of support for the wild creatures that live near me. I would love for you to share what you are doing to care for the wild ones close to you. 🦋🐿🐝
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20/06/2024

What small dogs can't do

A man on our walk today shared his observation that our Sophia, a small dog, was unlikely to be able to run up the steep hills to follow Anieko.

He made several comments as both dogs climbed all over the faces and edges of the landscape.

He was surprised as, each time, mid-sentence, Sophia displayed her athleticism and strength. She would scale the gorge and walk the narrow ledges where just her feet would fit.

It was a fun feeling to watch Sophia dismantle this man's pre-conceptions about "small dogs" and what they are capable of.

What small dogs can't do, is conform to our ideas that they are less brave or intelligent or practical than larger dogs of the same species. They cannot remain helpless and limited, when they're given a chance to develop and explore their world with the same supervision we give all our dogs.

I loved observing the smile and joy on the man's face as he realized that Sophia was much more than he originally credited her with, merely because of her size.

Thank you Sophia, and all the small dogs, who are out there bucking the stereotype and making life their own.

❤😊🐾

19/06/2024

Your dog has REAL feelings ✨
-> honouring our dogs' emotions and thoughts 🐾

🤍 Even if you don’t agree with them.
🤍 Even if you don’t like what they are expressing.
🤍 Even if you are disappointed with them.

What your dog feels is real and what they think is real.

How can we honour our dog’s emotions and thoughts?

Tell us what you think and feel about this message in the comments below 👇

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12/06/2024

[Pt 4/4] Troubleshooting and smart ideas with long lines 🎉
Pro tips for confidence and freedom

Find out how to avoid the challenges we all face.

The long line gives you and your dog freedom and flexibility. It creates security and confidence.

Here are the best tips to help you and your dog have the greatest time possible using your long line.

Please watch the other videos in this series to get all the information you need to choose, design, and build your custom long line for fun and freedom with your dog.

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04/06/2024

I am sharing a special experience I was gifted with last week while teaching week 8 in my You and Your Dog group program.

I was explaining the lesson I was teaching, and I said a few times that it is a weird lesson in some ways. I designed it to suit both the dog and person as individuals and as a partnership, which is a big aspiration.

After a few times of me saying "this is a weird thing to teach, but if we stay with it - it pays off and it works".

One of the women said "we're here for the weird!"

It was so reassuring to receive. My methods are so different, and I always hope my clients will trust me enough to follow me to these special places and ideas I've found and want to share.

She was saying, in essence, that she was here because of my weirdness. Not in spite of it.

It feels good to be with people who match with me and want to go all the way with me. Rather than someone who only hopes they can use me to solve whatever problem they're having, but don't really believe in the vision I offer.

I am honoured to share this path with the wonderful people and dogs I spend time with 🤎🐾

29/05/2024

[Pt 3/4] Design and Build Your Own Long Line 💪☺
Customize your freedom and experience ⛰

Design and build you custom long line for you and your dog have maximum confidence and freedom in the world together.

Find out how to make a functional, practical and perfect-for-you long line.

I’ll tell you the knots, the method - and the *most important* component for your ideal confidence.

You’ll be happy when you have the long line that’s right for your dog and you can explore new territories together with trust and security.

How does it change things if you have something you can rely on and can take you into new situations with freedom?

Please tell me if this video was helpful 👇 comment below and let me know

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27/05/2024

This is the first frame of my upcoming video for Wednesdays with shamanic dog training.

I think I'll edit it out, but thought I'd show you first. I think it's funny - maybe you like it too. 😊 🐾

22/05/2024

[Pt 2/4] The Best Long Line Choice ✅
--> For more freedom with your dog! 🏃‍♂️🐕

Let’s look at long lines closely: what are your options and what is the best choice?

When you have the right equipment that you can rely on, you have more confidence.

You might try more new things with your dog and experience more freedom. 🌞

Find out the best long line to use, where to get it and what makes it the best option for the adventures you and your dog will be having.

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15/05/2024

[Pt 1/4] Long Line Freedom
--> Even before your ready! 🌠

What comes first – the freedom you want to have with your dog, or the responsibility you believe you need to achieve before you can have that freedom? 🤷‍♀️

Do you need to continue practicing and planning, until you are sure that everything will go perfectly?

What if that very same practicing and planning is actually making it more difficult to ever achieve the freedom you and your dog want and deserve?

Watch to find out how you and your dog can have both right away, without waiting: the freedom you wish for AND the safety and confidence you need 🥰🐾

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08/05/2024

It’s never not going to be hard 🙋‍♀️
~ Wednesdays With Shamanic Dog Training 🎥🐾

The myth of dog training as a destination --> where everything will become easy with your dog all the time.

This is a dangerous myth. There is not stage where you can rely on things all the time.

🌟 You need to hear this, so you can release yourself from the myth of dog training as a destination.

Then you can enjoy yourself out there more with your dog and the bumps and scratches along the way won’t phase you or make you lose your confidence. 😊

So you can keep getting out there. No matter what! 🙌

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01/05/2024

How are dogs served with dog training?
~ Wednesdays With Shamanic Dog Training 🎥🐾

When we train our dogs, how does it benefit them?

Rather than our dogs deferring to humans for external validation and authority, is it possible for our dogs to defer to themselves as their own authority?

Watch this video and explore: how do we serve our dogs with the dog training we participate in?

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28/04/2024

I am not my dogs' master.

I am not their superior.

I am not supposed to change them.

I am not supposed to shape them.

I am not supposed to stop them from being them.

I am supposed to be with them.

I am supposed to be their friend.

I am supposed to assist them in their screwed up life, held hostage by me in my world where it doesn't make sense.

I am supposed to be compassionate and patient and open to the being of them.

I am supposed to make space for them.

I am supposed to help them feel their own identity.

I am supposed to make sure they feel like they have a home with me and a life of their own.

Beyond me and what I think.

Beyond me and what I want.

Beyond me and how I expect.

They are supposed to be them.

We are supposed to allow them to be.

Help where it is needed.

Show where it is helpful.

Accept where it is necessary.

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24/04/2024

Here she is…. ↓ ☺🐶
Anieko is a fast mover and she likes to go far to explore. This is why she is so hard to find in this picture – she can get pretty far.

It's a potential danger for her to be so far away, whether it could be losing her, her getting injured or direct encounters with wildlife that are unsafe – for her and for the wildlife.

We adopted her last June and since then we have been working in stages to keep her safe and develop a strategy.

We want her to have freedom – which she needs. But we want to keep her safe – which is a tall order, given her wild ways. We have focused on building skills and tools to allow her as much freedom as possible while keeping her as safe as we can.

->We started first with a long line that we held onto all the time. Then we let her drag the long line and she ran free, so we could catch her with the long line if we wanted.

->We shortened her line over time, as we knew we could get closer and closer to her when she was free.

->During this time we introduced our recall lessons and helped her feel very connected to us while we were out in the world.

->We have chosen never to use our phones while we walk with the dogs and always stay present with them and get involved in all the fun things they do.

All this has been paying off and now we are working on the next part of our plan to keep Anieko as safe as possible while she rampages through the world in her own explosive way.

⭐We are now working on her ability to find us when we are separated. Until now, we have done all the things to make it easy to find us. Now when it feels right, we stay quiet and continue walking. We wait for her to find us. This is a skill that is very important for her to have.

⭐We have been talking to her about using all of her senses: listening for us with her ears, looking for us with her eyes, smelling us with her nose, feeling us with her body.

⭐She also tells me she can feel the energetic line of connection that holds us together and runs between us under the surface of the land.

She is getting good at it, and it seems to make her a little more responsible. It means we have another strategy and tool in place to keep her safe.

It has been a lot of work to put all these plans and skills in place. It feels like a necessity with this speedy little explorer.

I thought I’d share how we have been approaching our challenges with our dog, in case it is helpful for you.

If you have liked this explanation, please let me know in the comments. What do you like about it and how does it relate to you and your dog?

I wish you and your dog lots of fun and lots of safety while you’re out there in the world together. 💖🐾