What makes Canine Flow different?
What principles do we aim to share, experience and understand in our techniques with dogs?
# Dogs are Feeling rather than thinking beings.
In Canine Flow we focus on a dog’s feelings, aka their emotions, as the true driver behind all behaviours.
What they may be thinking or whether they think or not is not our focus, How they Feel always is.
# Emotions/Feelings are electromagnetic energy frequencies guided by the Heart (rather than the mind).
We are big fans of the research and science behind the power of the Heart, and the fact it governs feelings and thus behaviours and actions.
# Dogs are natural energy balancers.
Dogs act to exchange, rebalance and ground energies they see, feel, hear or sense in their many unique ways.
For instance, almost every act of what we label aggression is actually a dog grounding sensed energy. No personal, thought about or meant ill-will is ever present.
# Dogs and owners are reflections of one another.
The dog has the biggest heart per body mass of any animal. This enables them to connect with us in ways others creatures do not. Dogs really feel what we feel, they literally take on, or become, the emotions we carry. Both our emotions felt consciously but far more influential to them are those we carry subconsciously, the emotions that underlie our own choices and behaviours
# We work on the dog’s state of being outside of the behaviour, encouraging their expression of and flow of emotions.
A dog ‘in the flow’ displays less behaviours humanity find fearful or unsocial.
Rather than focusing on a specific behaviour or how to manage it at the time is it occurring our aim is to transform anything that may be contributing to the behaviour choice being made. Our techniques reduce restrictions and control, rather than encourage it.
# A dog is never trying to be ‘in-charge’ (or dominant as we often label it), he simply ‘has a charge’ of Emotional energy, which for any number of reasons was or is blocked from flow and thus leads to undesirable behaviour. As owners it is our act of care to ensure they do not become blocked, to understand them and release any blocks in their flow that is already present when we meet them. In Canine Flow we find some of the strongest aspects of doing so are gratitude, forgiveness and acceptance.
# Being before Doing
Peace is created by being peaceful. Ultimately the aim for all control is actually to feel at peace. In Canine Flow we encourage the concept of being the peace you wish to feel, we are fantastic ‘do’ers in dog training and care. Always searching for the next thing, we can ‘do’ to create change or to learn more. We have found that by putting the Being part first, changes happen more effortlessly.
# Intention is everything
Feelings can be transformed using Canine Flow’s specialised energy techniques, as long as the correct intentions are used.
We are encouraged to move beyond our own limiting beliefs to provide intentions that open up potentials and build equality for the owner and the dog rather than separation.
# It’s not just about ‘helping dogs’.
We each as practitioners (or students) of Canine Flow feel a strong sense of purpose to not only make a difference to dogs but their owners too, and whilst doing so, also contribute to peaceful, impactful change for all of humanity, and planet earth.
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Hi Caroline, Betsy and I are so looking forward to the study as a way of understanding more about Canine Flow as well. From reading the blog it all sounds so amazing. I am on a mission to some how raise the funds to do the online course or attend my first retreat. Your blog above gives a great insight to the Principles of Canine Flow and I am being drawn to want to know and understand more so I can put it all into practice at home. Thank you x Jacqui and Betsy x
Hiya Caroline, I literally cant wait the for the study coming up!!!!
So I recently became the mother of an 8 week old puppy retriever. He is great however there are a few things that need to be ironed out before it gets out of hand. A few of the things you mentioned here, really describes his behaviour.
I would take up a professional for the help but they always seem overpriced and really expensive. I recently read a blog post about an online training course that seemed really genuine. But Im not sure it is and I wanted an experts advice on wether I should explore this avenue first before throwing cash into professional assistance.
Would really appreciate any help you can provide as its now something that I need to take action on. Thank in advance!
Hi Becky, thank you for your question.
I am glad the article resonates. If you send me an email from the contact page i can find somebody to come out to you or you can have a consult with me online to discuss the issues. there is a lot you can do yourself with very simple changes.
The course you sent is ‘brain training’ for dogs – as I teach that dogs are heart-based beings that FEEL there way through life I personally would not buy this, as I don’t believe it would highlight what actually motivates a dogs behaviours.
Also your dog is very little! There is lots of time for changes and growth for the both of you it would be more wonderful for you both to start on a heart to heart connection basis than try to ‘figure out the dogs brain or mind’ and create a separation between you both.
I look forward to hearing back from you.
ow, this was helpful. I have a question. Is it too late to train a 7 year old dog? (He’s almost 8)
Hi Sandy
With Canine Flow it doesn’t matter the age of the dog, if the person has a strong connection we can work with the owner and the dog together. If the bond is not as strong yet we can work with that first too.
I stumbled upon your site and I liked it. Do you also have information on how to deal with aggressive dogs? I am training my dog.
Hi Zoey
Initially an understanding of the real reason for aggression would help you, then you can plan how to support your dog through the behaviour. Here is a blog that will help you lots!
https://canineflow.com/why-your-dog-bites/