while Preventing or Addressing:
Encouraging the Human-Canine Bond
Fearful Behavior | Anxiety | Human and Dog Aggression| Destuctive Behavior | Jumping | Excessive Barking | Housebreaking | Leash Pulling and more
TRAUMA-INFORMED PRACTICES FOR BEHAVIORAL REHABILITATION
About The Beauty of Dogs
What is The Beauty of Dogs? The Beauty of Dogs is the opportunity to build a unique, mutually beneficial relationship by sharing your life with a dog. This relationship can provide immeasurable value to your quality of life when we discover its benefits.
For many, dogs are our closest companions. They fill the role of our confidants, our comforters, our comic relief, our healers, our mirrors, our guardians, and yes, our family. And like all family members, we want shared love, trust, and respect.
They can teach us empathy, patience, and compassion. The Beauty of Dogs is their ability to be tuned into us and, by reflection, allow us to understand more about ourselves and the world around us.
This is where the opportunity lies for us to access parts that have held us back or cut us off in life, while having support that may have been hard or impossible to find in the past. Your dog can be that support. But a healthy relationship is truly a partnership, a give and take. And unfortunately, at times, the beauty of dogs also becomes hidden.
It may be due to a lack of foundation training and socialization, miscommunication between humans and dogs, health issues, neglect of the relationship, or a myriad of other stressors. When this occurs, unhealthy and unwanted behaviors can crop up.
Ideally, such behaviors can be averted with early intervention.
However, if you find the beauty of your dog has become hidden, there is hope.
Together, we can work to bring that beauty back to the surface and restore what was lost or create what did not previously exist.
Rather than putting a Band-Aid on behaviors, we seek to make long-term changes.
Using a network of professionals, we aim to give you the resources to help the whole dog. A trainer’s interest should always be in providing solutions to their clients’ problems, and we believe in transparency.
This is what relationships and teamwork are all about!
Human and Canine Trauma-Informed Professionals using an integration of
Nervous System Awareness, Somatics, Poly-Vagal Theory,
Neurobiology, IFS, and EMDR principles.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Yes! Get started with a 20-minute phone consultation here.
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We offer online and in-person sessions according to your wants and needs. Rather than proceeding session by session, we offer programs to achieve the results you desire. Programs are plans with clear goals so that you know what to expect.
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While you may have administrative contact with a team member, all teaching and facilitation work is conducted by Rebecca.
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No! There is no licensing authority for dog trainers in Pennsylvania or the USA. While several independent organizations offer certification, Rebecca has found that exposure to and learning across multiple modalities, without being confined to any particular philosophy, allows her to integrate perspectives that benefit both dog and human. This also provides an opportunity to address each dog’s needs individually.
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No! Rebecca is not a therapist, nor can she diagnose or provide any mental health treatment. She is trained in Somatic EDMR and uses tools from her study of IFS, Attachment Theory, Polyvagal Theory, and more to facilitate access to your body’s innate wisdom and ability to make positive change. This is a highly skilled process.
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Absolutely! Rebecca is a continuous learner who enjoys exploring a wide range of subjects related to dog and human wellness, with a focus on trauma-informed education. You can view a catalog of Rebecca’s studies here.