Three
friends and I volunteer at Animal House, a no-kill shelter in Fort
Collins, Colorado. We do energy work and The Emotion Code on the dogs
Monday afternoons. Some of the dogs have been abused, are stressed to be
in the shelter and we don't have much history on them. A lot of dogs at
the shelter are what we call, "Shut Down": Disconnected, tails between
their legs, shaking, in fear and in survival mode. This story is about a
dog named Gracie who was "Shut Down."
Gracie is a cattle dog mix. She got out of
her enclosure and was missing for five days. She had been sleeping in
barns and the weather was very cold. When she was found she was in a
very fearful state. She was already fearful due to past abuse and she
was in such a state of shock that you could not approach her without her
having an accident.
The first day we worked on her with a
surrogate dog and did The Emotion Code by proxy. The emotions were fear,
panic and abandonment as well as a Heart-Wall. The next week we worked
on her again. Shock, fear and panic were released and from her body and
her Heart-Wall. She started to come out of her fear stance, stopped
shaking, looked around and started leaning against me.
We continue to work with Gracie, when she is
at the shelter or by proxy if she is at home with a foster. She is
learning to trust, still has some fear of men, but has become more
relaxed and more connected and aware of her surroundings. With time she
will learn to trust and will make a great companion. We are so thankful
for The Emotion Code process. We are finding that the dogs at Animal
House are shifting faster and the dogs we work on are adopted the week
we work on them. Most dogs only need one or two sessions and they are
free to be happy and connected and find their forever homes.
Elizabeth Carroll ~ Fort Collins, CO
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