Caroline Spencer and Robin Glover are both experienced dog handlers of many years experience. (Robin more than Caroline purely due to age !!!) They are the founder members of PURE Dog Listeners, which was set up to enable them to focus more on the dogs and their owners.
Carolines’ past experience covers the pet dog training and working dog training. She had been taught traditional methods using the sit,stay and heel, treat training, non treat training, clicker training. This she found very limiting and felt she was teaching dogs to run before they could walk. Caroline felt she was making a dog to do things with out any good reason. Why should it heel? Why should it sit? She was forcing her will on to a living being, when that being had no way of understanding why it was being told to do such things..all of which worked against its natural instincts not with them.
She felt there must be a way to tap into the natural communication of the dog, so it worked with you of its own free will not because it had to. Resulting in a dog that was happy and relaxed at your side because it felt safe and wanted to be there. Not that it had to be there because you made it.
So many limiting beliefs were put her way and she began to question many. An example she questioned was: You can’t train a dog after it is 2yrs old. If that were the case then all humans would have to stop education at 20 yrs as they were past learning, we learn throughout our lives, so why shouldn’t dogs if you put them in the right environment with empathy and regard.
Caroline read books by John Fisher, Desmond Morriss and John Bradshaw and spent many hours observing dogs and wolves. Finding there were many instances where there were similarities but also differences. The wolf is undoubtedly wild and the dog has grow with us to live in harmony, picking up and understanding us to a lesser or greater decgree. Having a wolf in your house would be like having a tiger instead of a cat!
We have learnt to bridge that gap between human and dog, so we get along just fine. Understanding why a dog does what he does is paramount. There is not a naughty dog out there, there are most definitely confused dogs though.
Caroline set up company with Robin where the PURE Dog Listeners are personally known to them for their high standards and understanding of PURE Dog Listening.
Take a look at Carolines’ website www.yourdoglistener.com .
Take time to read her site and view some of her testimonials. If you would like a no obligation chat then do contact Caroline on 07789 777407 or 01722 782635
