Primitive emotions are often at odds with critical thought. While we strive to be logical our emotions dictate much of what we do. Emotions do have their place in decision making. While emotions can be an ally in decision making they are more often the saboteur. We need to learn when it’s best to...
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The Rules of Nature
One of the most important Points of Reference in the RenChenZa® seven step program would have to be the Rules of Nature. In the RenChenZa® model we can think of the Rules of Nature as the ruler of the other Points of Reference. This is because the Rules of Nature actually govern everything that...
Dog Training, Dominance and Leadership
There is an ever intensifying debate in the dog training community over dominance vs leadership. To get a dog trained it really doesn’t matter if you believe in dominance theory or not. However for the purpose of learning about our own behavior and human social structure I feel that leadership and dominance are important
Dog Training, Mindfulness and Awareness
Mindfulness is part of the eight fold path in Buddhism. The eight fold path is often represented as a dharma wheel. The dharma wheel has eight spokes representing the eight elements of the path. The eight spokes of the dharma wheel resembles the eight paths of movement in my dog training system.
Racism and the reactive human
The dogs’ extraordinary adaptation to humans makes them one of our best windows into nature. Why is the United States government still using racist labels in the census and elsewhere? In the United States the labels Black and White have a definite racist overtone. In using these labels on official government correspondence the U.S. government...