It’s A New Dawn. It’s Time. For Change.
Dog Training Unplugged.
Unconventional. Provocative.
Disruptive to the norm
- but SO MUCH BETTER!!!
Why Dog Training Unplugged?
Because your dog is not a robot, a circus monkey, or a doormat.
And because it’s time to hear and speak the TRUTH, to be a VOICE, not an echo.
It’s time to do away with the ‘perfect pet illusion’. It’s time we humans step up for our dogs.
Dog training is thankfully EVOLVING with many different perspectives and sciences, like ethology and neuroscience, coming onto the dog training scene as paradigm shifts and paramount approaches to helping us understand the WHOLE DOG.
It is becoming increasingly evident that dog TRAINING is NOT the solution or magical ’fix’ to the enormous rise in behavior issues we are seeing in the pet dog population.
The psychological models which have dominated dog training for decades are outdated and mostly concerned with CHANGING the dog’s behavior to FIT into our lifestyles.
These models have completely missed the mark of WHAT is actually going on for so many of our pet dogs living in this modern world.
Dogs are complex, social, sentient beings, just like us, with emotions and welfare problems that have been overlooked, ignored, or disregarded - all in the name of TRAINING.
Dogs’ welfare is entirely dependent on the healthy balance of their 4 L.E.G.S.®: Learning - Environment - Genetics - Self which affect their behavior, good and bad, at all times.
Change takes time, but Vivi believes it is time to take it even further:
FOR our dogs.
It’s time to UNPLUG dog training - in order to be able to SEE the dog in front of you and HEAR your dog’s voice!
To help you navigate life better with your dog and become WHO your dog needs the MOST, Vivi Myslik Jorgensen, LFDM-T, KPA CTP has developed what she calls an Umbrella Framework for how to “live a life unplugged”.
As a Licensed Family Dog Mediator®, Vivi works from the holistic L.E.G.S.® model, (used ONLY in Family Dog Mediation®) which helps us understand a dog’s WHY.
Understanding the dog in front of you and what his needs really are, lays the foundation for a BETTER life for both you & your dog, and understanding is imperative in being able to HELP and to experience change for the long-haul.
As Vivi sees it, understanding a dog’s WHY is crucial for any improvement in behavior- but WE HUMANS also need to understand how OUR behavior is the KEY to resolving so many dog behavior issues.
WE need to take the focus away from the dog and training and start by looking at how we accidentally reinforce behavior, in other words WHAT are doing TO and AROUND our dogs. WE need to work with changing OUR behavior, unplug our EGO, in order to really help our dogs.
This is why Vivi urges us humans to
UNPLUG everything we know or have been told about dog training -
BECAUSE our beliefs about dogs and training - stand in the way/blind many people completely, and prevent us (because our EGO rules our thoughts and actions) from thinking differently and seeing WHAT our dogs need MORE than training.
Vivi is on a quest to wake us all up from our EGO slumber, to CONNECT and HEAR our dog’s voice - perhaps for the first time.
Vivi is the host of The dog Training Unplugged Podcast, the first of its kind, where she speaks the TRUTH and stands up for those who cannot speak for themselves….our best friends, our loyal companions, our dogs.
Read more about LEGS and the Umbrella Framework below
The Umbrella Framework
Understand. Unplug. Unleash. Unfold.
A Life Unplugged -The Key to A Better Life With Your Dog:
The 4 Guiding Principles (Understand. Unplug. Unleash. Unfold.) form the umbrella of ‘Dog Life Navigation’, under which your dog’s C.O.M.P.A.S.S. helps you fulfill ALL his/her needs and balance his 4 L.E.G.S.®(the ONLY way to resolve behavior issues!) - leading to an enriched & nuanced life for you both.
Unconventional. Provocative. Disruptive. - (perhaps)…..but BETTER.
Step 1:
To fully CONNECT with, and HELP, another being (human or animal), you need to first be able to UNDERSTAND their point of view, to listen (without judgment) and SEE them for WHO they are + understand WHY they do what they do. This is what a Licensed or Certified Family Dog Mediator® can help you with.
Step 2:
Once you have understanding, you need to be willing to UNPLUG dog training as the first thought that comes to mind, and UNPLUG your EGO to be able to fully understand your dog’s needs and be able to MEET those needs.
Step 3:
When you unplug, you are ready to get down to the floor and SEE the dog in front of you. You are ready to UNLEASH all your inherent need for control, let go of the rails, and get ready to become WHO your dog needs the MOST. You are ready to begin ‘Dog Life Navigation’.
Step 4:
Now you’re ready to UNFOLD a life unplugged where the C.O.M.P.A.S.S. helps you navigate life on a whole new level with your dog and meet + fulfill the 7 essential needs in the COMPASS - which ultimately help prevent, reduce, and resolve behavior issues - and lead to a happier + BETTER life for you both.
Are you ready for a life unplugged?
Grab your FREE copy of my ebook and the COMPASS to learn more (just click on the pictures) - and be sure to:
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OR- see if you qualify for one of our Monthly Behavior Challenge Packages
