Your pets mental health must always come first when making decisions.
It’s easy to forget that animals can suffer from emotional abuse (often unintentional) not just physical abuse. We can all say “bad people” physically abuse animals, but often animals are emotionally stressed with loving guardians! Just out of a lack of understanding.
It’s easy to forget their our decisions affect their emotional health greatly.
It’s easy to forget how important their mental and emotional health is.
It’s easy to pay attention to physical health. Bring them to the vet when they need it. Feed them nutritious meals. Trim their nails. Bathe them.
But what about their mental and emotional health? Is your pet depressed? Sad? Does your pet feel unloved at times (unintentionally)? Does your pet feel abandoned? Left out? Again, almost always unintentionally but kind, loving guardians. Are they emotionally stressed or fragile because we have unintentionally put them into situations that are too much fo them mentally? This happens often! Again, unintentionally. Either with “training”, where we leave them when we aren’t with them, or not thinking about how our decisions for our lives, affect them.
They are part of our lives so our decisions should always consider them. And we should be willing to make decisions in ways that do not jeopardize their emotional health.
For the most balanced mentally and emotionally healthy animals we do have to teach them enough confidence and independence that they are calm and content when away from us.
Sometimes animals will be in stressful, anxious, or uncomfortable situations. When they are emotionally well and strong, they can adapt. If they face these kind of situations too often, and on their own, without support, or even just one situation that is too overwhelming, they will emotionally suffer.
Their mental health is as fragile and as important as ours, as humans. And like humans, some animals are mentally stronger, mentally less sensitive. Others are overly sensitive, and overly fragile.
All of you on this page are here because you want to be the best guardian for your animals. You want to love them, support them, and most importantly understand them.
If you become aware of their mental health, look into their eyes, watch them when they don’t know you are watching them, you’ll be able to get a glimpse into how theyre doing.
If you do feel your dog is depressed, sad, or otherwise struggling with mental health, I can help. Animal communication is also pet therapy! It is letting them talk, so we can make a plan to help them feel better.
1-207-849-0096 Text or Angie@AngieMorin.com
