I decided to change our home since Lewis isn't a fostered pet, he is our dog. I guess that really doesn't matter much, it's just a title, but this fits us better. So here we go.
In our last post, I talked about energy work. Does it work? Well, we met with Lewis' energy healer, Linda, twice since that post. Lewis has had some pretty chaotic stuff happen to him before we even brought him home. Of course, at this point we don't know what that was, but whatever it was, it has caused some major shifts in his energy. He is not a "balanced" dog by any means. Well, no kidding, we already knew this...hence the energy healer.
But, it was good to hear her say this out loud so I can affirm the fact that he is a crazy man!
According to Linda, Lewis' heart is very open, which means he is ready to accept love, he's VERY good at this. If you know the pit bull breed at all, they like to be touching you at all times! They firmly believe they are lap dogs and will lean into you to get as close as possible to you. They love love. They are total love hogs! I have never met a breed that loves getting love more than a pit bull type dog! (except maybe the Boxer) That said, Lewis is pretty closed off in any of his other 6 Chakras. If you aren't familar with Chakras, they are the 7 points of energy that we all have. You can google it if you want to learn more. Most of his other Chakras are either completely closed or close to it. This is a problem because it means he isn't accepting good energy in. He is holding onto the old bad energy that happened to him in his past and this isn't allowing him to move through his issues, especially when it comes to trust.
So, Linda did her stuff, and I saw improvement the very next time we walked. Lewis and I walked in a different neighborhood where he didn't know what to expect and neither did I. He did great. I told him to trust me, and he did. He didn't scream at other dogs at any point on our walk. Then we did it again the next day, same thing. Next we walked with my husband and our other 2 dogs (the pack). BAD! Right back to where we started. So, we had another session with Linda about 5 days later. This time Lewis began trusting other dogs in his obedience class. This was a first. He went over to the German Shepard in our class and smelled her nicely, even tried to play. Things were going good. The next week in class he tried to play with a little dog that he trusts. He was doing great when it was just him and I.
Then we walked as a pack...HORRIBLE!!! My husband recored the nightmare on his cell phone and I sent it to Linda. We have another session this Thursday. This time we will go out on a pack walk so she can work with him in the real world. I can't wait!!!!!
When it's all said and done, I ask myself if it's all worth it. I mean, really, this dog just can't seem to handle being out in public with his own pack. He truly gets sensory overload and can't handle it. It's very sad for me to watch. I have been told he will never change, I should put him down. But then I look into his very loving face and feel soooooo very bad for him. I don't let that rule my allowance for him, though. By that I mean, it's not an excuse to allow this behavior, he has to own this and move past it. I can't let it control who he is and allow him to behave like this. I feel more that he is trapped in his mind and can't navigate around in it. Almost like he has a learning disability. He can't help it, he just IS this way. I see how silly he is at home and how much he loves to play, and be a normal dog; and I KNOW he's worth it! He is so full of love for his family, and he trusts us with all of his being. I just have to continue to teach him to trust me enough to allow him to succeed in the world.
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