How I Get My Dog to Come Home
It can be SO frustrating – hearing my dog’s distinctive howling coming from a neighbor’s house or, worse yet, up the road. Have you ever been in a situation like this? Where your dog has escaped or wandered off, out of sight, or reach, and you want him/her to come back?
I figured out an “animal communication hack” that works for me – and I’m sharing to see if it will work for you, too.
Most dog owners have a connection with their pet that they recognize but don’t necessarily trust. Often, when I’m asked to do a reading for a dog owner, what I end up doing is confirming what they already sense, or know, but haven’t trusted themselves enough to believe.
If you’re a dog owner and you feel you have a connection to your dog, try this when your dog is away or even in another room.
1.Think about being next to your dog. Very close. So much so that you’re actually inside their body, or head. You know what it’s like, when your head is right next to theirs and you can hear them breathing? You can feel their presence, right? It’s like you’re with them, in spirit, as well as next to them? Imagine that.
2. Then, imagine a way to get their attention, or get them to come to you. I have a beagle/Jack Russell mix and she’s very food motivated, so I think about a treat that she likes and I offer it to her. “Come home” I tell her, and I show her, with my mind’s eye, exactly what the treat is, and where it will be – perhaps it’s in her bowl, or on the floor, or in my hand.
3. To give it even more pull, I’ll go and get a treat and inhale the scent of it – and share that with her, as we’re connected. “It’s right here for you,” I tell her.
That usually does the trick! I give it a few minutes for her to run back home from wherever she’s escaped and wandered off. As I wait, I hold that thought for her, repeating it over and over.
Soon, I hear the clinking of her tags as she’s running up the driveway (or though the woods) to get home to her treat. And I reward her immediately with the treat – just as I’d envisioned it for her. This is to reinforce that if I promise her a reward, she’ll get it. She’ll trust me again in the future.
I’m not suggesting that letting your dog wander anywhere, at any time, is a good idea. But it does sometimes happen – and dogs “get away” from their owners or homes. I’m simply offering a way to get her/him back.
My neighbor has watched this work in the past. He’s told me that she’ll be nosing around in his yard and suddenly look up, toward home, and then start racing back. It’s as if she’s gotten the message and is on the case!
I hope this helps you sometime – please let me know!
