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| A voice, clapping again? |
“There are no books for getting your dog happy at the end of a pandemic," says Arianne Cohen in a recent Bloomberg article (see link at bottom of page).
I am sharing a little bit about how Ember seemed affected by the changes surrounding the unfolding of the Covid-19 Pandemic here in New York City.
At the very beginning of the lockdown Regal quarantined/isolated for three weeks in PA with Ember. Ember had a ball, she loves the country where she learned to swim and gets to be a bit wilder and spends a lot of time outside.
Ember had never been in the country that long. She then returned to a very quiet city where she as a matter of fact was finally getting used to NYC busyness, noise, traffic, people, dogs - having come from the streets of Bowling Green, Kentucky. Now there was unnatural quiet followed by clapping at 7pm.
I often thought she was looking for the missing city sounds she had known pre Covid-19, then for a while she started barking at random sounds, like a rare voice from outside. She seemed affected by the changes.
She also at times does not want to go for long morning walks to the park, especially on days when Regal delivers meals through Encore Community Center to NYC's most isolated populations. She had not been used to him being out and about during this time of the day before the lockdown.
After a while she started alerting us about the clapping at 7pm. Maybe it was the faint claps we could not hear yet or it had gotten quickly ingrained in her system.
She seemed agitated running to the window and jumping up on the couch. I clapped, too but then started using my Tibetan Singing Bowl since I knew that it soothed her, that took the edge of it. She only barked for a moment.
Towards the very end she did not react any longer, she had gotten used to it. We comforted her telling her throughout that it was festive and no reason for her to worry.
While we all are affected by this global crisis somehow to varying degrees, we all have a unique story which extends to our pets as well, as they are connected to their owners through an unseen umbilical cord.
Perhaps what I share below will suit and support you and your pet. It is one of so many things we can do to empower ourselves during this time of crises.
Please, feel free to avail yourself of the below practice to add to your tool kit to possibly empower yourself, your family, and your pets by adding contact/chill time with reflexology that can be used frequently and check out the Bloomberg article, too that speaks about step by step preparation.
Thank you for reading as usual,
Take care and be well,
Birgit
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