Enlightened By Dogs With Kathy Kawalec

Ever wondered who is responsible for your partnership? What does a brilliant partnership look like? That’s exactly what Kathy discusses in this episode of Enlightened by Dogs.  Habits can be hard to break and our host recommends we break them fast as to not allow unwanted behavior or habits to continue. We have to stop putting our dogs in the position to behave “badly” and stop our reactions to it. If you do what you’ve always done, you’ll get what you’ve always got. Listen for: How do we go about escalating an ask? Using the 95% rule Responsibility as Kathy and her dogs have come to understand it! Accusations Irresponsibility Saying aloud, “Who is responsible for this?” Emotions trigger a pivot to a new thought process The process will unfold and you will find the answer With practice, the process goes faster and the situation changes in mere seconds Empowering yourself and your dogs   “I’m not perfect and my dogs aren’t perfect…and that’s ok!” “No matter what, I can get to this: what got us here a