Last week I had a discovery call with a lady about her dog. One of the topics discussed, was she was sharing with me how they are not close and affectionate with her, but they are with their partner. And she would like them to do that with her.

There was much more this lovely lady told me and even in our discovery call it was easy to see reflections of a pet’s personality and an owner’s. They ARE our mirrors, they reflect people or a person in the household in some aspects. So this lady got some a-ha’s even in the short discovery call.

But just as we were about to end the call, she said:

“I must say something to you. <Dog’s name> has just come and sat so close to me and settled down”

So don’t tell me they can’t hear what we are saying, and quite often their behaviour also shows there has been a shift in the person on our call.

I left the call saying do praise her for doing that and tell her how lovely you feel when she does that, really feel into that. That you’d love her to do that again, and how it helps the relationship between you both.