Behaviour problems in dogs are inherently and structurally different from health problems in many ways. They are often linked, of course, and I would encourage you to remember our planes model and to give serious thought to Hard reasons for behaviour disorders – the usual mismanagement, environmental conditions, bad feeding, underlying health or structural or physiological problems in conjunction with genetic pre-dispositions towards expressing behaviours that are often species and breed-line specific.
True behaviour problems always arise as a result from an individual dog having a disturbed map of the world, created by trauma or drop-by-drop chipping away at the dogs original map over time.
Behaviour problems in dogs respond to love energy like a parching man in the desert will respond to the offer of water. Love energy, based on the deepest possible connect and deepest possible regard for the Immortal Beloved as we discussed earlier in the course, is my first choice intervention for any behaviour problem.
Simply, the worse the problem, the more love the dog needs to find a new balance within themselves and to begin to want to really live again. Sometimes, we are the first one in many years, if ever, that could reach into that dogs darkness and loneliness and give it very literally a ray of hope.
