Angie Morin:
Our pets follow us blindly. They are the most loyal being you will EVER have in your life. Their love and their loyalty is a GIFT that should be protected, treasured, and honored.
- We put them in cars and trailers to bring them places. They have no idea if these places will be safe or if they will stay with us. They just trust us and go, often willingly.
Unfortunately when animals are rehomed, these “rides” aren’t what they had hoped.
- We bring them to new places all the time which they often enjoy! But they trust us, that the location is safe for them.
- We bring them to the vet, it can hurt. They may be afraid or nervous, but they still go because we asked them to.
- We ask them to meet new people, new animals. They try, and they trust those new faces will be friendly and kind.
- We often ask others to watch them when we cant (travel, work, etc.). Sometimes we even leave them in places other than home. They go. They stay. Sometimes they are scared or nervous. They wait endlessly for our return, no matter how long that may be. They trust that we will come back.
We owe it to them to keep them safe, emotionally, physically, and spiritually.
What does this mean?
- Managing YOUR energy because they will absorb it. If you hold anger, frustration, annoyance, or worse, even if the emotion is NOT directed at your pet, your pet WILL feel it is, and will absorb that energy.
- Never put them in a situation that will be too overwhelming for them. And if you do accidentally, remove them immediately. Your animal doesn’t have to tolerate every human or animal. It’s ok to tell someone to step away from your pet or to get off your horse. You are their voice. They trust YOU.
- If you have someone watching them, always be vigilant. Always check up on them. Always! You would not leave your kid for a week or even days, without checking in and talking to your kid.
- Advocate for your animal. If something isn’t ok with your animal, say so. You are trusted to enforce your animals boundaries. They need you too.
- Give them space. Sometimes animals just need space, like people. They need to be alone.
They will follow you loyally, blindly, every single day of their life. Even when you make a mistake. Even the undeserving humans that neglect or hurt their animals intentionally, even those humans have animals that will follow the blindly and be loyally devoted for their entire life.
They give you their whole heart, they trust you with their life, wrap your head around how deep that loyalty and love is. Wrap your head around how valuable that gift is. When you really think about how valuable and precious that gift is, do you see why you carry such a big responsibility now? The responsibility to protect them, love them and care for them equally as much as they do you, every single day, for the rest of that animals life.
Angie Morin:
Our pets follow us blindly. They are the most loyal being you will EVER have in your life. Their love and their loyalty is a GIFT that should be protected, treasured, and honored.
- We put them in cars and trailers to bring them places. They have no idea if these places will be safe or if they will stay with us. They just trust us and go, often willingly.
Unfortunately when animals are rehomed, these “rides” aren’t what they had hoped.
- We bring them to new places all the time which they often enjoy! But they trust us, that the location is safe for them.
- We bring them to the vet, it can hurt. They may be afraid or nervous, but they still go because we asked them to.
- We ask them to meet new people, new animals. They try, and they trust those new faces will be friendly and kind.
- We often ask others to watch them when we cant (travel, work, etc.). Sometimes we even leave them in places other than home. They go. They stay. Sometimes they are scared or nervous. They wait endlessly for our return, no matter how long that may be. They trust that we will come back.
We owe it to them to keep them safe, emotionally, physically, and spiritually.
What does this mean?
- Managing YOUR energy because they will absorb it. If you hold anger, frustration, annoyance, or worse, even if the emotion is NOT directed at your pet, your pet WILL feel it is, and will absorb that energy.
- Never put them in a situation that will be too overwhelming for them. And if you do accidentally, remove them immediately. Your animal doesn’t have to tolerate every human or animal. It’s ok to tell someone to step away from your pet or to get off your horse. You are their voice. They trust YOU.
- If you have someone watching them, always be vigilant. Always check up on them. Always! You would not leave your kid for a week or even days, without checking in and talking to your kid.
- Advocate for your animal. If something isn’t ok with your animal, say so. You are trusted to enforce your animals boundaries. They need you too.
- Give them space. Sometimes animals just need space, like people. They need to be alone.
They will follow you loyally, blindly, every single day of their life. Even when you make a mistake. Even the undeserving humans that neglect or hurt their animals intentionally, even those humans have animals that will follow the blindly and be loyally devoted for their entire life.
They give you their whole heart, they trust you with their life, wrap your head around how deep that loyalty and love is. Wrap your head around how valuable that gift is. When you really think about how valuable and precious that gift is, do you see why you carry such a big responsibility now? The responsibility to protect them, love them and care for them equally as much as they do you, every single day, for the rest of that animals life.
