WEBVTT NOTE This file was generated by Descript 00:00:00.789 --> 00:00:06.320 Welcome to the Soul Touched by Dogs Podcast, the show for dog lovers who 00:00:06.340 --> 00:00:12.000 see dogs not as toys or tools, but wise souls worth our respect and care. 00:00:12.580 --> 00:00:14.559 I'm an Herrmann, and I'm your host. 00:00:15.320 --> 00:00:20.560 I talk to poor some humans, people who do great work for dogs and their people. 00:00:21.099 --> 00:00:23.360 So come and join us for today's conversation. 00:00:25.592 --> 00:00:27.132 Anke: Hello, and welcome, Jennifer. 00:00:27.512 --> 00:00:30.092 I'm super excited to have you here with me today. 00:00:30.487 --> 00:00:30.807 Jennifer: Thank you. 00:00:30.807 --> 00:00:32.167 I'm so excited to be here. 00:00:32.167 --> 00:00:32.667 Yay. 00:00:34.087 --> 00:00:39.227 Anke: So before we, you know, talk dogs, uh, let's talk Jennifer for a second. 00:00:39.902 --> 00:00:42.542 Um, you know, give people a 2 minute bird's eye overview. 00:00:42.542 --> 00:00:43.502 Where are you based? 00:00:43.502 --> 00:00:44.382 And, you know, what's 00:00:44.382 --> 00:00:45.522 Jennifer: your connection with dogs? 00:00:46.062 --> 00:00:46.382 Sure. 00:00:46.382 --> 00:00:49.567 I am based in Morristown, New Jersey, and you might be able 00:00:49.567 --> 00:00:51.187 to hear my dog at the moment. 00:00:51.887 --> 00:00:59.082 Um, I was a cat person all of my life until about, uh, 4 years ago where my 00:00:59.082 --> 00:01:04.462 boyfriend decided well, he's wanted 1 forever, an Australian blue heeler. 00:01:06.637 --> 00:01:10.477 And, uh, she took 1 look at me, and I took 1 look at her, and we realized we 00:01:10.477 --> 00:01:13.437 were soulmates, and she became my dog. 00:01:13.437 --> 00:01:19.072 So, uh, it's really having this connection with dogs really changed my life. 00:01:19.852 --> 00:01:20.332 Wow. 00:01:20.332 --> 00:01:22.032 How the boys would take that? 00:01:23.187 --> 00:01:26.307 So, you know, he's like honestly, he's like, I always 00:01:26.307 --> 00:01:28.087 pick the dugout for you anyway. 00:01:28.947 --> 00:01:31.287 So, um, he loves it now. 00:01:32.072 --> 00:01:38.472 You know, I mean, he's still the papa, so there's always a lot of wagging 00:01:38.472 --> 00:01:40.312 of the tail and kissing of the face. 00:01:40.312 --> 00:01:47.147 And, uh, uh, you know, he tends to be, you know, the fave when, uh, he's around. 00:01:47.147 --> 00:01:51.472 And then when I if I go to the grocery store while he's home, 00:01:51.472 --> 00:01:55.092 she just sits by the door and waits and doesn't do anything. 00:01:55.552 --> 00:01:58.192 So, uh, it's a good relationship all around. 00:01:58.192 --> 00:01:58.592 You know? 00:01:58.592 --> 00:02:00.677 We consider ourselves a family. 00:02:01.537 --> 00:02:03.137 So, yeah, I'm pretty happy with it. 00:02:03.137 --> 00:02:03.637 Yeah. 00:02:04.017 --> 00:02:04.737 I love it. 00:02:04.737 --> 00:02:05.477 Love it. 00:02:05.617 --> 00:02:09.332 Anke: So so what has she taught you that you 00:02:09.332 --> 00:02:10.312 Jennifer: didn't expect? 00:02:11.412 --> 00:02:13.272 Well, she's our second dog. 00:02:13.732 --> 00:02:17.387 So, uh, each 1 of them has taught us different things. 00:02:17.387 --> 00:02:21.547 So Roxy, our first dog, taught us all about, you know, really 00:02:21.547 --> 00:02:23.167 opening our hearts for love. 00:02:23.802 --> 00:02:28.522 And heart taught taught us, you know, how to not close our hearts 00:02:28.522 --> 00:02:31.022 and open us to being patient. 00:02:31.577 --> 00:02:33.837 This dog takes a lot of patience. 00:02:33.977 --> 00:02:35.117 She's a big barker. 00:02:35.497 --> 00:02:36.957 Uh, she's a big talker. 00:02:37.337 --> 00:02:42.062 And, uh, yet she's really sweet and really loving. 00:02:42.682 --> 00:02:50.487 So she's really taught me how to, like, be patient and be calm and really not 00:02:50.687 --> 00:02:53.107 really let go of control more of things. 00:02:55.327 --> 00:02:55.567 Anke: Yeah. 00:02:55.567 --> 00:02:58.882 I think that that being with what is. 00:02:58.882 --> 00:02:59.122 Right? 00:02:59.122 --> 00:03:02.962 I think those are, like, the most brilliant teacher that that like, 00:03:02.962 --> 00:03:06.867 you see it a lot when you when when a dog has some kind of disability. 00:03:07.007 --> 00:03:07.247 You know? 00:03:07.247 --> 00:03:08.847 Like, there's a lick missing ant. 00:03:08.847 --> 00:03:09.887 Like, you know? 00:03:09.887 --> 00:03:13.647 Like, I can knock on ways of you know, they just don't have all that thinking 00:03:13.647 --> 00:03:16.162 about what that will mean and you know? 00:03:16.222 --> 00:03:18.242 So I think it's really beautiful to see. 00:03:18.702 --> 00:03:19.022 Jennifer: Yeah. 00:03:19.022 --> 00:03:22.382 I mean, there was this there was this dog at the dog park that was 00:03:22.382 --> 00:03:27.407 in a little wheelchair, and he was running with the big dogs. 00:03:27.407 --> 00:03:31.647 I mean, running, and it was just like we're all like, that's amazing. 00:03:31.647 --> 00:03:33.872 Like, none of the dogs paid attention to the difference. 00:03:33.872 --> 00:03:37.586 They would they were just like, come on. 00:03:37.586 --> 00:03:37.998 Yeah. 00:03:37.998 --> 00:03:40.474 It was a really beautiful thing. 00:03:40.474 --> 00:03:40.887 Yeah. 00:03:40.887 --> 00:03:41.299 Yeah. 00:03:41.299 --> 00:03:42.124 That's that's 00:03:42.124 --> 00:03:42.537 Anke: fascinating. 00:03:42.617 --> 00:03:46.937 So how how would like, in what way are your your dogs different? 00:03:46.937 --> 00:03:49.517 And, you know, so what what is the the, 00:03:52.452 --> 00:03:53.892 Jennifer: yeah, tell me about that. 00:03:53.892 --> 00:03:54.132 Yeah. 00:03:54.132 --> 00:03:57.972 Well, Australia, you know, if you look at the Blue Heeler, like, 00:03:57.972 --> 00:04:01.767 Facebook groups, everyone agrees it's like living with a wild dog. 00:04:01.767 --> 00:04:02.247 Right? 00:04:02.247 --> 00:04:03.127 You know? 00:04:03.127 --> 00:04:07.307 So, I mean, they're super freaking smart, super smart. 00:04:07.572 --> 00:04:09.672 She knows how to open the bathroom door. 00:04:09.892 --> 00:04:13.332 She, uh, you know, brings up her leash. 00:04:13.332 --> 00:04:14.632 It's the funniest thing. 00:04:15.057 --> 00:04:17.157 She knows a lot of words. 00:04:17.297 --> 00:04:20.437 The other day, I said, Hart, go get Rebecca. 00:04:21.217 --> 00:04:25.242 We were out in Rebecca's backyard, and she went up to the back door and just stood 00:04:25.242 --> 00:04:27.662 there until Rebecca came, uh, to the door. 00:04:28.122 --> 00:04:29.582 Like, super smart. 00:04:29.882 --> 00:04:36.987 I think what what's really amazing about really being touched by dogs is that I 00:04:36.987 --> 00:04:41.887 think they open you up to a whole side that most people keep really hidden. 00:04:42.042 --> 00:04:42.542 Right? 00:04:43.002 --> 00:04:50.302 Because they it is that unconditional love, right, that people often talk about. 00:04:50.437 --> 00:04:55.737 It is just being with what is and really learning to what you, 00:04:55.877 --> 00:04:59.372 you know, their reflection of how you think about yourself. 00:04:59.752 --> 00:05:01.912 I recently watched the movie Stray Dogs. 00:05:01.912 --> 00:05:03.852 And if you guys haven't seen it, you should. 00:05:04.232 --> 00:05:09.577 Uh, it's really raunchy, but it really made me think about how I 00:05:09.577 --> 00:05:16.397 talk to my dog and what goes on in their head about how I talk to them, 00:05:16.842 --> 00:05:20.442 which also made me think even more about how I talk to human beings. 00:05:20.442 --> 00:05:20.942 Right? 00:05:21.402 --> 00:05:26.327 And really not snapping, really being conscious of my words, really 00:05:26.327 --> 00:05:29.947 understanding what I'm putting out into the universe in every aspects. 00:05:30.487 --> 00:05:33.067 And the dog is a great reflection for that. 00:05:33.982 --> 00:05:36.882 And plus, you know, dogs are really funny. 00:05:37.022 --> 00:05:42.082 I mean, they can really make us laugh and not take life so seriously. 00:05:42.142 --> 00:05:46.247 And I have warrior energy, so I tend to take life really seriously. 00:05:46.947 --> 00:05:50.567 So she kinda forces me not to take life seriously at all. 00:05:52.642 --> 00:05:53.762 I mean, that's like I was just 00:05:53.762 --> 00:05:56.742 Anke: thinking of the funny thing that is that is so true, isn't it? 00:05:56.802 --> 00:05:57.302 Jennifer: Yeah. 00:05:57.362 --> 00:05:57.862 Yeah. 00:05:57.922 --> 00:06:00.242 I mean, she has this little toy. 00:06:00.242 --> 00:06:02.777 It's a mister Bill from Saturday Night Live. 00:06:03.157 --> 00:06:06.437 And last night, I was like, what do you got in your mouth? 00:06:06.437 --> 00:06:08.357 And she's asked mister Bill by the head. 00:06:08.357 --> 00:06:10.377 It's the only toy that she hasn't murdered. 00:06:10.792 --> 00:06:14.792 And she's literally chewing on it and falling asleep, and, like, she 00:06:14.792 --> 00:06:16.492 falls asleep with it on her mouth. 00:06:16.792 --> 00:06:18.732 Like, that cracks me up. 00:06:18.952 --> 00:06:19.452 Right? 00:06:19.577 --> 00:06:22.697 The other day, I walked into the bedroom, and she's asleep 00:06:22.697 --> 00:06:23.817 with her head on a pillow. 00:06:23.817 --> 00:06:24.697 And I'm like, oh my god. 00:06:24.697 --> 00:06:26.297 Maybe I should get you your own pillow. 00:06:26.297 --> 00:06:29.272 Like, you really like lean sleeping on a pillow. 00:06:29.732 --> 00:06:33.092 And I think, you know, especially if you take the dog to the 00:06:33.092 --> 00:06:34.872 dog park, there's so much. 00:06:36.357 --> 00:06:40.117 Uh, the dogs tend not to be, like, on display. 00:06:40.117 --> 00:06:41.257 It's like the humans. 00:06:41.957 --> 00:06:46.122 And, you know, you get to really understand your own personal 00:06:46.422 --> 00:06:50.982 beliefs and limiting beliefs when you deal with dogs and with the 00:06:50.982 --> 00:06:53.242 human pack element at the dog park. 00:06:53.577 --> 00:06:55.837 So the dogs have taught me a lot. 00:06:55.977 --> 00:06:59.657 They've helped me evolve, uh, my consciousness and 00:06:59.657 --> 00:07:01.357 get out of my own way a lot. 00:07:02.902 --> 00:07:06.502 Anke: I mean, you know, I'm really curious how because, like, when 00:07:06.502 --> 00:07:15.947 I think of, like, soul language belong beyond words, I think of you. 00:07:16.792 --> 00:07:17.192 Right? 00:07:17.192 --> 00:07:19.052 So that's how we met initially. 00:07:19.592 --> 00:07:26.247 And and so I would love to, like you know, how how how does that relate to 00:07:26.247 --> 00:07:30.327 dogs for you, or or how did that maybe, like, you know having the dogs, how 00:07:30.327 --> 00:07:32.822 did that help feed the other side of 00:07:32.822 --> 00:07:33.322 Jennifer: it? 00:07:33.622 --> 00:07:36.902 So, you know, I created a paradigm called soul language, which puts 00:07:36.902 --> 00:07:41.197 tangibility to soul so I can identify everyone's 3 core energies of soul. 00:07:41.757 --> 00:07:46.637 And when I first got the first dog, Roxy, I thought, I 00:07:46.637 --> 00:07:48.417 wonder what Roxy's here to do. 00:07:48.682 --> 00:07:50.622 And I identified her soul languages. 00:07:51.242 --> 00:07:55.662 Uh, and her soul languages gave me an understanding of really 00:07:55.802 --> 00:07:58.407 what her role was in my life. 00:07:58.407 --> 00:08:04.007 And as a responsibility, how was I going to evolve from that role, and 00:08:04.007 --> 00:08:06.572 how was how was I going to treat her? 00:08:06.572 --> 00:08:08.252 She was literally my soulmate. 00:08:08.252 --> 00:08:12.252 She ran up the stairs the first time I met her from, uh, Werner 00:08:12.252 --> 00:08:13.292 taking her out of the car. 00:08:13.292 --> 00:08:15.632 She ran right up the stairs, right up to me. 00:08:16.157 --> 00:08:18.397 Didn't see her at all up until that point. 00:08:18.397 --> 00:08:21.117 She ran up to me and cocked her head, and I went, oh my god. 00:08:21.117 --> 00:08:22.177 I totally know you. 00:08:22.477 --> 00:08:25.452 And we were inseparable from that moment on. 00:08:25.692 --> 00:08:31.292 So she really and I'm getting choked up because she got she got hit by a 00:08:31.292 --> 00:08:33.472 car about a year and a half later. 00:08:35.187 --> 00:08:41.427 And in that moment, understanding that she was here through her soul, 00:08:41.427 --> 00:08:44.622 through understanding her languages, that she was here to teach me 00:08:44.622 --> 00:08:51.442 about love helped me through the darkest moments of that experience. 00:08:52.537 --> 00:08:56.937 And even in her death where every neighbor in every neighbor and I didn't even 00:08:56.937 --> 00:08:59.437 know anybody by the when I had the dog. 00:08:59.577 --> 00:09:04.462 Every neighbor came out to help us, to give us flowers, to support us. 00:09:05.162 --> 00:09:06.142 That was huge. 00:09:06.442 --> 00:09:06.942 Right? 00:09:07.162 --> 00:09:11.902 Even in her her releasing her life, she helped us. 00:09:13.277 --> 00:09:17.057 And I think understanding her soul languages helped me understand 00:09:18.237 --> 00:09:21.212 and really not get mad at her. 00:09:21.212 --> 00:09:23.792 Now with heart, that's totally the truth. 00:09:23.932 --> 00:09:25.532 Because I go, oh, okay. 00:09:25.532 --> 00:09:25.932 Wait. 00:09:25.932 --> 00:09:30.217 You're here to, you know, provide patience and help me understand. 00:09:30.217 --> 00:09:30.537 Okay. 00:09:30.537 --> 00:09:31.357 Let me pause. 00:09:32.137 --> 00:09:32.377 Right? 00:09:32.377 --> 00:09:33.417 Let me not get mad. 00:09:33.417 --> 00:09:36.877 And it's kind of dumb to get mad at a dog anyway because they're a dog. 00:09:37.112 --> 00:09:37.352 Right? 00:09:37.352 --> 00:09:41.432 They're not having that it's not like they have free will to stop barking. 00:09:41.432 --> 00:09:43.432 I mean, she technically does, but she doesn't. 00:09:43.432 --> 00:09:43.932 Right? 00:09:45.157 --> 00:09:47.397 You know, it allows me to go, okay. 00:09:47.397 --> 00:09:47.897 Wait. 00:09:48.117 --> 00:09:53.157 We're here to evolve, and you're here to help me evolve. 00:09:53.157 --> 00:09:57.962 So I know what your role here is on the planet and what your soul is here to do. 00:09:58.342 --> 00:10:02.762 And understanding and having that knowledge in any aspect of relationship, 00:10:02.822 --> 00:10:06.927 whether it's for your your business or with another person or a dog, 00:10:07.227 --> 00:10:12.402 really understands how you wanna react, what you wanna put into the 00:10:12.402 --> 00:10:17.302 relationship field between you and that animal person business, whatever. 00:10:18.722 --> 00:10:22.307 It gives you a way to really change your life and really to put to 00:10:22.307 --> 00:10:25.507 be in the consciousness of the solution rather than putting pain 00:10:25.507 --> 00:10:27.447 in programming in everything you do. 00:10:27.747 --> 00:10:28.102 Mhmm. 00:10:28.102 --> 00:10:28.457 Yeah. 00:10:28.457 --> 00:10:29.527 Anke: I love that. 00:10:30.182 --> 00:10:34.922 So how how can somebody, like, find out? 00:10:35.462 --> 00:10:39.517 I mean, do you you know, like, other than other than coming to you, you know, 00:10:39.517 --> 00:10:40.957 or, you know, maybe that is the way. 00:10:40.957 --> 00:10:42.717 Like, I mean, how does somebody okay. 00:10:42.717 --> 00:10:43.697 I've got this though. 00:10:43.917 --> 00:10:46.222 How do I figure out what the soul languages are? 00:10:54.382 --> 00:10:54.882 Jennifer: Tools? 00:10:54.967 --> 00:10:58.247 Technically, we need to go to a a soul language practitioner to have 00:10:58.247 --> 00:10:59.627 any soul languages identified. 00:11:00.487 --> 00:11:03.307 Uh, so that's the the formal way. 00:11:03.692 --> 00:11:07.212 But the informal way is really just to notice a big theme 00:11:07.212 --> 00:11:08.832 of between you and your dog. 00:11:09.052 --> 00:11:09.552 Right? 00:11:10.092 --> 00:11:13.437 You know, what what do you feel around your dog? 00:11:13.737 --> 00:11:16.957 What what, uh, what is the dog triggering? 00:11:17.817 --> 00:11:21.542 What you know, in your quiet time, just you and them. 00:11:21.542 --> 00:11:23.802 You can ask to have a soul to soul conversation. 00:11:24.262 --> 00:11:27.722 And just in meditation, go, what are you here to help me evolve? 00:11:28.757 --> 00:11:33.337 What role are you here to play in my life, and what is my responsibility besides 00:11:33.957 --> 00:11:36.457 taking care of the dog's survival needs? 00:11:36.942 --> 00:11:37.342 Right? 00:11:37.342 --> 00:11:41.042 What is my responsibility to be with this dog? 00:11:41.662 --> 00:11:48.157 You know, a couple months after I got heart, I was I was really angry. 00:11:48.697 --> 00:11:52.297 I was angry because we live on a very busy street, and nobody seems 00:11:52.297 --> 00:11:56.462 to care that it's 25 miles an hour, and they speed down the street. 00:11:57.082 --> 00:12:01.002 And I remember during the summer, this woman we live near a park, and this 00:12:01.002 --> 00:12:05.797 woman would let her dog off the leash and then be on her phone in the dark. 00:12:06.257 --> 00:12:10.497 And the the dog would, of course, come out of the park and stand on 00:12:10.497 --> 00:12:14.112 the curb, and I was getting so mad. 00:12:14.412 --> 00:12:15.552 I was so mad. 00:12:16.172 --> 00:12:18.012 And I was like, you gotta put the dog on the leash. 00:12:18.012 --> 00:12:21.187 And she's like, don't you know, you don't blah blah blah. 00:12:21.187 --> 00:12:23.767 And I was like, the dog is gonna get hit. 00:12:24.707 --> 00:12:27.047 And it made me so angry. 00:12:27.347 --> 00:12:33.892 And I think part of our dogs are here to help us really release that 00:12:33.892 --> 00:12:39.507 anger, really release what bothers us in the world, and really help us 00:12:39.507 --> 00:12:45.287 understand to truly love, not just them compassionately and ourselves, 00:12:45.907 --> 00:12:48.902 but approach the world world that way. 00:12:48.902 --> 00:12:51.642 And that's a really good thing. 00:12:51.702 --> 00:12:56.557 So I would spend some time just being observation and to asking the 00:12:56.557 --> 00:12:58.257 dog, what are you here to teach me? 00:12:58.477 --> 00:12:59.857 The dog will let you know. 00:13:01.842 --> 00:13:05.282 Anke: I I mean, I think there's that part that that there's a 00:13:05.282 --> 00:13:07.202 there's a saying in in Spain. 00:13:07.202 --> 00:13:07.842 You know? 00:13:07.842 --> 00:13:12.957 It's like, oh, if like, all all that's missing like, they they just need to talk. 00:13:12.957 --> 00:13:13.117 Right? 00:13:13.117 --> 00:13:14.877 So it's like dogs are so amazing. 00:13:14.877 --> 00:13:16.657 The only thing that's missing is language. 00:13:16.877 --> 00:13:19.492 And I'm always like, well, that makes no sense to me. 00:13:19.492 --> 00:13:21.432 Like, they don't need language. 00:13:21.492 --> 00:13:27.252 They communicate in a million ways, and I think it's just about getting quiet. 00:13:27.252 --> 00:13:32.917 I think I was always worried, like, when when with my first dog. 00:13:32.917 --> 00:13:33.237 Right? 00:13:33.237 --> 00:13:37.932 So I was told, like, you know, when he dies, like, how am I gonna know? 00:13:37.992 --> 00:13:40.252 That was always, like, that was my biggest fear. 00:13:40.312 --> 00:13:45.212 Because it's like, I don't want to kind of put him to sleep too early, 00:13:45.547 --> 00:13:49.247 you know, just because, you know, I don't know, he's old or whatever. 00:13:49.387 --> 00:13:52.207 So I didn't wanna take life away from him. 00:13:52.507 --> 00:13:56.852 And at the same time, I didn't want him to suffer just because 00:13:56.852 --> 00:13:58.452 I can't let go, you know. 00:13:58.452 --> 00:14:03.737 And I was always worried how I know, and boy did I know. 00:14:03.737 --> 00:14:04.057 Yeah. 00:14:04.057 --> 00:14:04.377 You know? 00:14:04.377 --> 00:14:06.157 It was like, oh, yeah. 00:14:06.217 --> 00:14:09.322 So there doesn't that doesn't need to be yeah. 00:14:09.402 --> 00:14:10.682 Like, words are just not needed. 00:14:10.682 --> 00:14:14.122 And that's what I think that's the part that always pulls me in when you talk 00:14:14.122 --> 00:14:16.522 about soul language because it's not about 00:14:16.522 --> 00:14:17.022 Jennifer: words. 00:14:17.227 --> 00:14:18.187 It's not about words. 00:14:18.187 --> 00:14:20.027 It's about understanding your key energy. 00:14:20.027 --> 00:14:24.027 And most people, when I identify their soul languages, they're like, yeah. 00:14:24.027 --> 00:14:25.692 I totally resonate with that. 00:14:25.692 --> 00:14:30.032 We know we are just humans, and humans love to have words around things. 00:14:30.252 --> 00:14:32.092 And I think that's what's important. 00:14:32.092 --> 00:14:33.952 It helps create a bigger connection. 00:14:34.412 --> 00:14:39.027 You know, I know the different barks of my dog. 00:14:39.027 --> 00:14:39.527 Right? 00:14:39.667 --> 00:14:42.567 Uh, most of the time, I know what she wants. 00:14:42.822 --> 00:14:43.222 Right? 00:14:43.222 --> 00:14:46.922 You know, I know the difference between the inside bark, which is 00:14:47.942 --> 00:14:51.782 and the, oh my god, the postman's outside or the UPS side or whatever. 00:14:51.782 --> 00:14:52.282 Right? 00:14:52.567 --> 00:14:52.887 Right? 00:14:52.887 --> 00:14:57.387 So I think that and I think that's really important. 00:15:00.112 --> 00:15:05.632 It also helps people understand a lot of those silent cues that happen during 00:15:05.632 --> 00:15:09.847 a relationship, and I'm not actually telling people to assume anything. 00:15:10.387 --> 00:15:15.927 But we really know a lot more than we're consciously paying attention to. 00:15:16.262 --> 00:15:21.702 And when we pause and we reflect, we get a lot of information that 00:15:21.702 --> 00:15:25.717 allows us to bubble up that will help us, guide us, and support us. 00:15:27.637 --> 00:15:31.957 I remember with Roxy, a friend of mine said, oh my god. 00:15:31.957 --> 00:15:36.082 This dog has been with you and your soul and your family for centuries. 00:15:37.022 --> 00:15:38.382 And I thought, oh, yeah. 00:15:38.382 --> 00:15:42.142 She's and I always knew deep down inside that Roxy wasn't gonna 00:15:42.142 --> 00:15:44.197 be here for her for a long life. 00:15:44.197 --> 00:15:45.497 I always knew that. 00:15:47.317 --> 00:15:56.022 Um, and I think that giving this opportunity to have a dog, to 00:15:56.722 --> 00:16:04.287 completely allow ourselves to just let go and love create so many wonderful 00:16:04.347 --> 00:16:06.607 things in every aspect of our lives. 00:16:07.282 --> 00:16:11.142 And by understanding your soul languages, it gives you a way to consciously 00:16:11.282 --> 00:16:15.442 connect with yourself, your higher power, and it gives you a little more 00:16:15.442 --> 00:16:17.062 insight about the inner workings of your 00:16:24.547 --> 00:16:29.502 Anke: it's kinda easier to understand somehow with with the dog. 00:16:29.502 --> 00:16:33.102 You know, I think it feels like the dog's a beautiful pathway there into 00:16:33.102 --> 00:16:37.607 this whole world because I think anything you said around the dogs, well, 00:16:37.607 --> 00:16:39.687 yeah, that would apply to people too. 00:16:39.687 --> 00:16:40.007 You know? 00:16:40.007 --> 00:16:41.927 But I think it's sometimes do you think so? 00:16:41.927 --> 00:16:47.112 I mean, it it feels to me as if the dog because they don't they don't have, 00:16:47.112 --> 00:16:48.712 you know, they can't speak English. 00:16:48.712 --> 00:16:51.992 And so you're almost like you're forced to communicate on a different level, and 00:16:51.992 --> 00:16:57.217 it just kind of gives you an entrance an an entry into into this whole world 00:16:57.217 --> 00:16:59.697 that that, you know, other beings kinda 00:16:59.697 --> 00:17:00.417 Jennifer: can't give you. 00:17:00.417 --> 00:17:00.817 Yeah. 00:17:00.817 --> 00:17:01.617 I think it does. 00:17:01.617 --> 00:17:05.442 It also we naturally assume that our dog is gonna love us. 00:17:05.442 --> 00:17:05.942 Right? 00:17:06.082 --> 00:17:08.582 We don't naturally assume that with human beings. 00:17:08.962 --> 00:17:14.137 So we naturally assume the dog loves us and wants to be around us us and and, you 00:17:14.137 --> 00:17:17.357 know, is naturally a part of our family. 00:17:18.137 --> 00:17:25.502 We we're really humans tend to be really scared around what what 00:17:26.922 --> 00:17:28.702 happens with other human beings. 00:17:29.242 --> 00:17:33.777 My dog taught my dogs taught me to love in a whole new way. 00:17:34.237 --> 00:17:34.557 You know? 00:17:34.557 --> 00:17:39.842 And they also told me, you know, that you gotta let things go, that 00:17:39.842 --> 00:17:45.682 everything is in a reflection of your limiting self, that the world is really 00:17:45.682 --> 00:17:47.382 here to shower you with goodness. 00:17:47.897 --> 00:17:51.277 And then when you let go and allow that to happen, it's pretty profound. 00:17:51.737 --> 00:17:53.257 But you also have to make the effort. 00:17:53.257 --> 00:17:57.112 You have to make the effort about putting into that relationship 00:17:57.332 --> 00:18:04.392 field that truth, or it's gonna be reflection of the exact opposite. 00:18:06.607 --> 00:18:06.847 Yeah. 00:18:06.847 --> 00:18:07.647 I love that. 00:18:07.647 --> 00:18:08.047 Yeah. 00:18:08.047 --> 00:18:08.547 So 00:18:11.567 --> 00:18:15.252 Anke: what if you I mean, what's on the horizon for you and dogs? 00:18:15.252 --> 00:18:16.632 Jennifer: Like, you know? 00:18:18.052 --> 00:18:23.247 Well, Warner said this weekend, you know, there's a blue heeler that needs adopting. 00:18:23.247 --> 00:18:27.027 And I was like, Warner, this apartment is small. 00:18:27.247 --> 00:18:30.782 I was like, and I don't know if Hart can be interested, you 00:18:31.082 --> 00:18:32.522 know, to a dog in her space. 00:18:32.522 --> 00:18:34.602 If we get a puppy, she would love that. 00:18:34.602 --> 00:18:35.502 But a dog? 00:18:35.562 --> 00:18:36.782 Well, I'm not so sure. 00:18:37.627 --> 00:18:38.747 We really want. 00:18:38.747 --> 00:18:40.127 We want a bigger space. 00:18:40.427 --> 00:18:41.547 We want more dogs. 00:18:41.547 --> 00:18:42.927 We'd like to breed them. 00:18:44.552 --> 00:18:47.932 I think I will have a dog for the rest of my life in 1 shape or another. 00:18:48.632 --> 00:18:51.817 Um, Heart loves cats, loves them. 00:18:52.217 --> 00:18:55.517 So I would love to get a little kitten maybe at some point. 00:18:57.497 --> 00:19:02.112 Um, you know, sometimes when, you know, your work day is getting to you or you're 00:19:02.112 --> 00:19:06.772 having a bad day, I think about, I'm just gonna give it up and walk dogs. 00:19:07.357 --> 00:19:12.157 Uh, that's really not in my future, but I would like I would like I 00:19:12.157 --> 00:19:13.857 would like to raise another puppy. 00:19:16.242 --> 00:19:21.442 I didn't really get to enjoy Hart's puppyhood because of the 00:19:21.442 --> 00:19:23.462 post traumatic stress from Roxy. 00:19:24.067 --> 00:19:27.207 So I was, like, always making sure she was breathing. 00:19:27.267 --> 00:19:30.567 I was checking on her, like, you know, new mother syndrome. 00:19:32.622 --> 00:19:34.942 So I'd really like to raise another puppy. 00:19:34.942 --> 00:19:36.482 I think that would be fun. 00:19:37.022 --> 00:19:38.882 Uh, so that's, I guess, in the future. 00:19:39.477 --> 00:19:39.877 I love it. 00:19:39.877 --> 00:19:40.597 Love it. 00:19:40.597 --> 00:19:43.577 Anke: Actually, this reminds me of my last puppy. 00:19:44.597 --> 00:19:49.002 It was, like, the easiest puppy to raise ever because the 00:19:49.002 --> 00:19:51.182 middle dog was such a great mom. 00:19:51.242 --> 00:19:54.202 You know, if you have that dog in between like, she took the 00:19:54.202 --> 00:19:55.982 brunt of all the puppy craziness. 00:19:56.247 --> 00:19:59.447 You know, all the playing, all the nipping, all this, like you 00:19:59.447 --> 00:20:01.207 know, the other dog took all that. 00:20:01.207 --> 00:20:01.607 You know? 00:20:01.607 --> 00:20:02.967 So it was, um, yeah. 00:20:02.967 --> 00:20:06.412 It's almost like that puppy kind of raised herself in a sense. 00:20:06.412 --> 00:20:06.972 Love that. 00:20:06.972 --> 00:20:07.292 You know? 00:20:07.292 --> 00:20:09.472 So it's, um, yeah. 00:20:09.612 --> 00:20:11.552 Definitely definitely my comment. 00:20:12.092 --> 00:20:15.817 I can't promise that it always goes like, you know, always goes like that. 00:20:15.817 --> 00:20:18.797 But, uh, at least that that's how it that's how it works. 00:20:19.017 --> 00:20:19.337 So if 00:20:19.337 --> 00:20:21.597 Jennifer: somebody wants to find, you know, 00:20:22.022 --> 00:20:25.302 Anke: find out more about you, is interested, like, heard something 00:20:25.302 --> 00:20:29.142 in this whole idea of, like, you know, the whole soul language in 00:20:29.142 --> 00:20:31.847 relation to dogs or just just people. 00:20:32.147 --> 00:20:33.447 You know, where can people 00:20:33.587 --> 00:20:34.967 Jennifer: go and connect with you? 00:20:35.267 --> 00:20:37.187 So it's soul language dot u s. 00:20:37.187 --> 00:20:40.387 And if you've gone under the soul language section, you can arrange 00:20:40.387 --> 00:20:44.192 for discovery session, and we can chat all about you and your docs. 00:20:44.732 --> 00:20:45.052 I love 00:20:45.052 --> 00:20:45.552 Anke: that. 00:20:45.772 --> 00:20:46.272 Beautiful. 00:20:46.332 --> 00:20:46.972 Well, thank you. 00:20:46.972 --> 00:20:50.657 Thanks so much for for sharing it, you know, and and giving us a, you 00:20:50.657 --> 00:20:54.737 know, a little bit of a glimpse in in into this world and into your 00:20:54.737 --> 00:20:56.737 world with your beautiful pup. 00:20:56.737 --> 00:20:57.487 And, um, 00:20:57.642 --> 00:20:58.462 Jennifer: thanks for coming. 00:20:58.842 --> 00:21:01.262 Thank you so much, and I love what you're doing. 00:21:01.322 --> 00:21:05.482 And, uh, yeah, I think it's so powerful and so important that 00:21:05.482 --> 00:21:09.127 people really understand how their lives are changed by dogs. 00:21:09.747 --> 00:21:10.647 Love it. 00:21:12.304 --> 00:21:13.534 Thanks so much for listening. 00:21:14.054 --> 00:21:18.354 If you enjoyed the episode, don't forget to subscribe, and leave a review so 00:21:18.454 --> 00:21:20.234 other dog lovers can find the show. 00:21:21.024 --> 00:21:24.514 If you haven't already, head over to soul touched by dogs. 00:21:24.944 --> 00:21:30.514 com and sign up for weekly doggy cuteness tips, recommendations, and personal 00:21:30.614 --> 00:21:32.984 stories to warm your dog loving heart. 00:21:32.984 --> 00:21:36.714 And if you know a pawsome human you think I should interview, 00:21:37.134 --> 00:21:38.274 I'd love an introduction. 00:21:38.754 --> 00:21:40.584 Email me at Anke. 00:21:40.854 --> 00:21:45.089 That's A N k E at Soul touched by dogs.com.