The key to clear communication and real connection
Munich. Nicole Brinkmann has been a passionate dog trainer for 20 years. She is also a dog psychotherapist, horse host, sheep breeder and resilience trainer for people.
Her book “Close Age and distance in dog education” should help dog owners to respond to their own needs and the needs of their dog and to learn to communicate honestly and clearly with their dog. It is also about the mutual respect for limits and the value of closeness. Our four -legged friends are often “showered” with pats, hugs and love and left alone too often. Essential things such as freedom and relation to each other, which significantly increase our understanding and quality of life, are misunderstood. There is a relationship technology displacement. An understanding exchange is so difficult.
“If you want to enjoy closeness, you can't do without a distance,” Nicole Brinkmann.
To the content
Many dog owners love their friends on four paws. The needs of the dogs are often unconsciously disregarded, which leads to mutual lack of understanding in communication. Due to the closeness and distance training of Nicole Brinkmann, readers learn to build a deep social connection to their dog and to express sentences such as “I find it disrespectful” or “I am enthusiastic” in “dogs”. In addition, the book asks the following questions: Who/how am I for my dog? Why do I often use my dog unconsciously for my needs? Do I know the social needs of my social partner dog? Why are they pleasant (good) Feelings so important in the dog and the unpleasant (bad) Feelings are rejected? How can I present myself with my wishes, thoughts and feelings and read my dog better in it? See each other in relation to each other – form the relationship.
Topics
- Who moved? Why distance is essential.
- The balance of closeness and distance.
- Dealing with “good” and “bad” feelings in family interaction and social exchange.
- Exercise: conscious argument – so you really argue with your dog.
The author
Nicole Brinkmann has been a passionate dog trainer for over 18 years. She is also a resilience trainer for people, dog psychotherapists, horse hosts and sheep breeders. She loves and lives the training with her Aussies as a herding dog on sheep, as a riding dog on her horses and as a companion in everyday life. Among other things, she has been taking on international hate competitions in the ASCA® since 2005 (Australian Shepherd Club of America) part. People from all over Europe come to her to strengthen her human-dog communication. People with problem dogs in particular find good help. She lives with her family near Düsseldorf.
Proximity and distance in dog education
Nicole Brinkmann
208 pages
Photos/illustrations
Paperback, flap brochure
Goldmann Verlag
ISBN 978 – 442–22421 –0
Price: 20 euros