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What Is Energy?
By Brett Endes

Although a far fetched concept for most of us as humans to grasp, energy is the universal language that all living things communicate by. Whether you are a dog, human, bird, or plant, everything operates on the concept of energy. To simplify this idea I will first give an overview of what energy is, and then I will continue with an explanation of its relationship and use in how we communicate with our dogs. As stated above, energy is the universal language of all living beings. So how does it work?

At the molecular level everything is made up of free floating energy particles. How this energy comes together is what makes one bundle of energy become a fish, and the other become a human for example. Regardless of its configuration, energy is still the same at its basic level and free floating by nature. What this means is that it can be transferred, shared, and passed on. Of course not on a level we can see with our eyes, but we can definately feel it. For example, have you ever had that feeling that the phone was going to ring or have you ever met a person that gave you a positive/negative vibe? That is energy at work! This isn't some mystical force, it actually is that "free floating" energy passing through the environment on a subatomic level that we, as its natural "receptor", pick up as feelings or "sixth senses". Now we as humans who once operated on these principles, have evolved quite a bit and have developed language as our primary method of communicating. Dogs, who use minimal vocalizations to communicate, utilize their sixth sense abilities first and foremost. This is the means by which our dogs can do amazing things such as telling when their owner is coming home regardless of schedule or time of day (I've seen the special on TV too!) or sensing subtle changes in one's body chemistry to detect disease or seizures before doctors can. Although magical in its concept, it is this "feeling energy" that makes dogs instantly be able to size up another dog without even seeing them. Sure, dogs use body language, scent, and other means to communicate. These things are only secondary and tertiary while energy is number one. All dogs carry an "energy fingerprint" that is constantly being projected into their environment. The body language we see is just the reaction many steps after the actual signal was received by either dog.

What is The Energy of Understanding?

The Energy of Understanding as I call it, is the energy given out by dogs who are the most experienced and best leaders. What this energy says, using literally no words, is "I am soo good at my job as leader, you don't have to worry about anything. I've got everything covered for my pack" This means you are their protector, provider of food & shelter, travel agent, and so on which gives the dog(s) who are under them a strong sense of security by not having to be concerned with all these things. As is the theme of all that I do, this is the energy we are trying to project to our dogs. Especially when dealing with problem behavior or dominant dogs who have all these burdens of life on them which causes an unbalanced energy to occur. This is the root of most problem behaviors we experience with our dogs. The problem behaviors we see are the symptoms of the unbalanced energy associated with too much responsibility for the dogs that try to assume a different role in the pack than they best are suited to. Once we take over that role, we put an Energy of Understanding into our environment we share with our dogs. When I work with my clients I spend a great deal of time doing owner education instead of just dog education. Reason being is that if the owner knows exactly what their dog is thinking and sees their misguided agenda, it is then that they can be one step ahead of their dog, by seeing their every move as having meaning...and actually understanding it! This earns respect rather quickly in the dog world, which is an easy way to create the correct energy in our dog's environment. The energy of understanding. So without the owner knowing how to work a leash and collar or how to give a dog endless treats, they can learn how to get their dog to listen to them just by understanding the concept of energy.