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You all know I am dog crazy. All things dogs. Do you know I used to work at Camp Gone to the Dogs?  I was a paw-dee-worker there, doing bodywork for dogs and their people. Going to a camp for dogs and their people was so much fun. I also make fresh food for my dogs. After all, dogs are people, too! (In a future blog, I will share a recipe for dogs with digestive challenges).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If I were going to change careers, it would involve lots of dogs. I have had numerous dog whisperer advisers help me train my dogs, and I have traveled the world over with my dogs. I loved a recent interview with Jane Goodall (My fashion mentor!). The interviewee asked her about her favorite animal, expecting her to say \u00abApes;\u00bb instead, she said, \u201cMy favorite animal is a dog. Dogs have taught me so much. Dogs are so faithful, and dogs give unconditional love, and I don’t like to think of a world without dogs.\u00bb<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I love reading research about our relationships with dogs and their emotional intelligence. It’s often just science confirming our personal experiences. But I enjoyed these articles and know you will also. They will serve you when you give a talk about integrating canines into treatment programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What I like about these research articles is that they look at how dogs help us co-regulate, informing us of the role dogs can play in helping trauma survivors of all ages. I have written extensively about how therapeutic forms of bodywork contribute to somatic empathy\u2014a shared bio-psychoenergetic synchronicity that is healing for trauma clients. In Rhythms of Recovery<\/a>, I write about my golden retriever, Bodhi, and his work helping a suicide survivor begin to thrive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first articles explore dog-human synchrony and heart rate variability (HRV), a measure of autonomic function. The rest of the articles continue with the application of synchrony, exploring how dogs synchronize their movement and behaviors with ours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why not share your personal dog synchrony stories? If I get several,  I’ll collect and share them in an upcoming newsletter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To get you started, here’s one of my stories with Bodhi: I was working with a severely traumatized client who was sobbing during an emotional breakthrough. Bodhi had been sleeping in his bed in the corner of the office. Upon hearing her cry, he got up and went over to the chair where she had placed her coat, dragged it with his teeth, and laid it on her lap as if to say, \u201cBundle up; I feel you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You will enjoy reading this research as much as I did, and as always, I love hearing from you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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