by Sasha Riess | 02.08.26. | Emotions
We often say, “It’s fine, it can stay like this.” We survived without money, and we survived without enlightenment, so why would we change anything now? However, it is precisely that survival instinct that becomes our greatest obstacle to emotional growth. The human brain constantly prefers what remains familiar, even when that exact familiarity hurts us deeply or keeps us severely limited.
Perspective Depends on Where You Stand
Arguing about whose view of the world is correct remains completely meaningless as long as you do not stand where the other person stands. Until you step entirely out of your old “role” and look at life from a different angle, you simply will not see new possibilities.
Therefore, the problem is not that we cannot do more in our lives.
The problem is that we have become completely accustomed to less. That old “movie” we keep replaying in our mind quickly becomes a prison we are afraid to leave, because stepping out of it feels highly uncertain and often uncomfortable.
The Result That Changes Everything
Although stepping out of the old skin feels deeply frightening at first, it inevitably brings results that are almost immediate. Anyone who gathers the courage to step into the unknown quickly begins to see profound change, first in their dogs, and then simultaneously in their entire life.
Dogs act as remarkable detectors of our inner transformation. Consequently, the moment we stop playing the role of the victim or the survivor, they begin to thrive beautifully. Do not allow your own mind to convince you that “less” is enough. Ultimately, step into a new story, because the real results are waiting for you right on the other side of fear.
Step into a new story, because the results are waiting for you on the other side of fear.
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by Sasha Riess | 29.07.26. | Emotions
There is something people constantly try to avoid. Not because they do not know, but because they deeply feel it. And what they feel is often the exact opposite of what they want to believe. That is where the space for lies is created. Not the spoken kind, but the lived kind. Quiet, everyday, wrapped tightly in normality.
Love without a future is exactly that kind of lie. It looks like a relationship. It has form, words, and routine. It has messages, touches, and plans that are never realized. Promises that hang in the air remain strong enough to keep someone there, but never concrete enough to come true. And in that space between what is and what will never be, tension is inevitably created. Consequently, a dog does not live in the story. A dog lives directly in the field.
When that woman came to me, she did not come because of a bad marriage or a lack of love. Instead, she came because of her dog. It is always like that. People rarely come because of the truth. They come because of symptoms. Her dog was mounting her leg. Not occasionally. Not randomly. But persistently, almost obsessively, as if it were trying to release something it could not express otherwise. And that was the focus.
Sterilization did not help, even though most of you reading this probably thought of that first. Two veterinarians and a trainer advised her to sterilize the dog, which she did, because it seemed logical. And perhaps it is logical when we observe symptoms in a linear way.
Symptom or Message: What Is the Dog Really Saying?
In the classical approach, experts would explain this through energy, dominance, or excitement. Therefore, she was also advised to walk the dog more, to tire it out, to correct it, to ignore it. All of that sounds logical. And all of it completely misses the point.
Because the dog was not trying to “behave.” The dog was trying to communicate. In the order of harmony, especially in work with systems where the dog is not separate from the human but deeply connected to their inner state, such behavior carries weight. It does not come from the dog, but through the dog. Mounting is a physical expression of sexual energy that is not in its place, a suppressed, misdirected, destructive sexuality. This is a sentence that sounds uncomfortable to most people. However, discomfort does not mean it is not true.
When sexual energy moves outside of its natural flow, when it does not belong to the relationship in which it should exist, it becomes wrapped in a system of lies and seeks a way to express itself. If people cannot or do not want to face it, something else will do it for them. Very often, that is the dog.
In that specific case, there was love without a future. A relationship that was not acknowledged, not defined, that had no place. Perhaps an affair. Perhaps an emotional connection that remained hidden. Perhaps a relationship that should have ended but did not. Such “love” does not disappear. It remains in the field. And it seeks a way out.
Truth and Love Without a Future Surface Through the Dog
The dog is often that outlet. It did not understand “who is with whom.” It did not know about marriage, fidelity, or social norms. But it felt the tension. It felt energy that had no place. And through its body, it tried to regulate it. That is why it was mounting. Not because it was “badly behaved,” but because it was accurate.
When I told her that either she or her husband had someone else, a lover, I did not say it to provoke her. I said it because the field had already shown it. The dog had already shown it. She reacted like most people do when truth touches them before they are ready. With resistance. With anger. She left, convinced I did not know what I was talking about, insisting that her marriage was perfect and that everything in her life was fine.
The moment we stop seeing the dog as a problem and see it as a signal, everything changes.
But truth has one quality that no lie has. It does not disappear. It can be ignored, suppressed, rationalized. But it remains. And sooner or later, it surfaces. Six months later, it did. Her husband was having an affair. Their marriage had become a relationship without a future. A connection that could not become anything more, yet was strong enough to disrupt everything that existed. They divorced. He left.
And what is most interesting to someone who does not understand how this works, the dog stopped mounting on the very same day her now ex-husband left the apartment. Without a single intervention. Without training. Without “behavioral work.” Why? Because there was no longer a lie to expose.
The Dog as a Mirror of Inner Integrity
When the system integrates, when things are placed where they belong, the dog no longer needs to speak. Its role in that context ends. And this is where we arrive at something most people do not want to accept. The dog as a mirror does not reveal lies because it “knows the truth.” It reveals them because it cannot not feel them.
Unlike a human, who can live between what they feel, what they say, and what they live, a dog is always in unity with what is. That is why it becomes a mirror. Not of what you want to see, but of what you are trying to hide.
Love without a future always carries tension. Because deep inside, we all know when something has no direction. When it has no movement. When it has no place in time. That is when we begin to live in the illusion of maintaining something. But the system does not support that. It seeks order. It seeks clarity. It seeks truth.
If we do not bring it consciously, it will emerge unconsciously. Through conflict. Through illness. Through behavior. Or through a dog that begins to mount its owner’s leg. That is why the question is never what the dog is doing. The question is what the dog is showing.
Because the moment we stop seeing the dog as a problem and begin to see it as a signal, everything changes. Not because we “fixed the dog,” but because we finally saw what was already there. And that is always the beginning of change. And the end of the lie.
And you know what was perhaps the most “interesting” part of this whole story, the woman found her husband with her close friend in their marital bed one morning when she unexpectedly returned home from a trip a day earlier to surprise him for his birthday. And she truly surprised him.
To discover more about how emotional alignment, balanced lifestyle, and authentic energy restore internal balance, read our canine emotions guidelines.
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by Sasha Riess | 26.07.26. | Emotions
We often hear the sentence: “I am free to do what I want.” We believe that freedom lies in doing what we want and in listening to that specific voice within us as a path to fulfillment. But let us pause for a moment and ask ourselves: whose voice is it?
The Voice of the Self or the Echo of What Was Learned?
When we say that we are “listening to ourselves,” are we truly hearing our authentic frequency, or are we listening to the residue of everything we have learned, endured, and carried with us through life?
Very often, what we call “our will” is actually a set of programmed reactions shaped by trauma, upbringing, social norms, and fears that were instilled in us from early childhood.
When two people act based on that inner voice, we often describe it as complete freedom, a space where we can express our thoughts and emotions. But a person must be very careful when presenting that “truth” and those “opinions” as absolute values to others.
The Trap of “My Truth”
The problem arises when we build our entire life on doing what we think we should do, without first questioning where those thoughts come from.
If your thoughts are a product of your fears or imposed patterns, then you are not free. You are simply a reflection of your past.
True freedom begins when we stop blindly following learned thoughts and start questioning their origin.
The real challenge and the beginning of true freedom do not come when we act on what we think, but when we pause and begin to question the source of those thoughts.
Do I want this, or do I want it because I am afraid?
Is this my voice, or the voice of my parents, society, or fear?
Finding true freedom by quieting the echo of what was learned.
Only when we quiet the echo of what was learned can we hear that thin, subtle line of truth that is truly our own. That process is difficult, but it is the only path toward becoming a person who truly governs themselves.
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by Sasha Riess | 21.07.26. | Emotions
Trauma in dogs often has its roots in moments when we, as owners, go through the most difficult periods of our lives. The loss of a loved one leaves a deep mark on our soul, but if we suppress that grief and do not process it properly, it becomes compressed.
That compressed emotion turns into unconscious anger or tension that the dog inevitably feels.
Frozen in Grief: How Trauma in Dogs Develops
When we experience traumatic events without adequate support, we remain “frozen” in that moment. Our physiology stays trapped in the past, and the dog, living within our emotional field, takes on that burden. This trauma in dogs is not a result of their loss, but of their response to your emotional blockage and inability to release the pain.
From Pain to Inspiration: The Path to Healing
The stress we carry does not have to be a wall that limits us. It can become inspiration for a new step, but only if we allow it to flow.
To avoid long-term trauma in dogs, we must allow ourselves to experience loss in a safe environment. Only when we understand that pain is an experience of the past do we free both ourselves and our dog.
Your peace and emotional freedom are the only path for transforming trauma in dogs within your home into harmony once again.
Transforming pain into harmony through unconditional love and safe expression.
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by Sasha Riess | 17.07.26. | Emotions
We are all programmed in one way or another. From the moment we begin learning about agriculture, animal hygiene, or general animal care, specific patterns of thinking subtly impose themselves on us. Often, through the false mask of love and care for animals, the system quietly shifts the entire focus toward humans and their personal interests.
Consequently, that is the exact moment when emotional manipulation occurs. Our purest feelings quickly become tools of a heavy system that shapes us completely without our conscious awareness.
The Power of a Programmed Mind
Our mind must be programmed in order for us to function properly in the world, but the critical question remains: who holds the remote control?
Therefore, if we do not remain aware of these hidden dynamics, someone else will constantly influence how we think and feel. We are often programmed to believe that we are doing the absolute best for our dog, while in reality, we are simply following strict instructions imposed on us for the sake of profit or conformity. This specific subtlety remains the most dangerous, because the illusion feels entirely natural until the moment we finally awaken.
Conscious reprogramming begins the moment you ask yourself where the system ends and your authentic love begins.
Pause and Ask Yourself
Is the way you care for your dog truly yours, or does it represent the result of a collective “program” you have absorbed through education and your environment?
Ultimately, it is highly important to recognize these subtle influences and ask yourself where the system ends and your authentic love begins. Conscious reprogramming of your programmed mind begins the exact moment you recognize that external forces have misused your emotions. Only then can you begin to see the world and your dog as they truly are, completely free from imposed patterns.
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by Sasha Riess | 28.06.26. | Emotions
Calcium is probably the most misunderstood mineral in dog nutrition. We have learned to associate it with physical strength, bone density, and structural stability. When a dog is growing, we add calcium. When a dog weakens, we add calcium. Furthermore, when a problem with teeth or bones appears, our first impulse is almost always the same—the dog needs more minerals.
However, the body does not function according to the principle of quantity. Instead, it functions according to the principle of biological availability. There is a significant difference between calcium that exists statically in tissue and calcium that is alive, mobile, and active. An organism can easily have an excess of calcium and at the same time suffer from its functional deficiency. This exact imbalance triggers a defense mechanism that we call a calcium shell. Therefore, you must understand how a calcium shell affects dog behavior and health before blindly adding supplements.
A Defense Mechanism and an Inner Armor
The calcium shell is not an illness. Rather, it is a defensive survival mechanism of the organism. When a dog faces long-term physical, emotional, or metabolic stress, the body attempts to protect itself from an overload of the nervous system. One way it achieves this is by depositing calcium directly into tissues.
Consequently, calcium stops circulating freely and begins to accumulate. Tissues become more rigid, behavioral reactions slower, and the perception of the world more muted. The dog may not appear calmer. On the contrary, it may become extremely anxious, tense, or hypersensitive because the organism no longer functions in a flowing balance.
This protective mode manifests in two distinct behavioral directions. The dog may become withdrawn and energetically closed, but just as often it may suddenly become irritable, anxious, or even aggressive. The nervous system then no longer reacts proportionally to reality. Instead, it reacts through an internal sense of threat that arises when the body loses its ability for fine regulation. It is as if the body builds a rigid emotional armor.
Tartar Deposits and the Hidden Calcium Shell
One of the first visible signs of this process often appears on the teeth. Tartar deposits are not only a matter of daily hygiene or genetics. Instead, they can be an external trace of internal mineral accumulation. The organism releases excess unused calcium wherever it can because it no longer knows where to distribute it.
The paradox becomes obvious. The dog has visible deposits of calcium, while at the same time the cells cannot use calcium where it is actually needed. At that moment another often forgotten mineral enters the story: magnesium.
Calcium and magnesium never function separately. They are partners of opposites. Calcium tightens, while magnesium relaxes. Calcium activates contraction, whereas magnesium enables relaxation. Calcium stabilizes structure, but magnesium allows the flowing of energy. When their relationship breaks, the body loses its natural rhythm between tension and relaxation.
How Nutritional Imbalance Changes a Dog’s Behavior
In dogs exposed to chronic stress, magnesium is often lost rapidly. The nervous system consumes it faster than the body can replace it. As magnesium drops, calcium is left completely without its natural regulator. It begins to accumulate, fall out of balance, and create systemic rigidity instead of healthy stability.
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When mineral balance is present, the dog experiences true stability without physical rigidity.
The dog may then show seemingly contradictory symptoms. Its reactions become highly unpredictable, sometimes slow and withdrawn, sometimes sudden and excessive. Muscles remain in chronic tension while the organism’s real energy remains very low. The dog may flare up quickly or withdraw just as quickly because tolerance to stress becomes very small. The organism no longer manages energy through balance, but through protection. It tries to survive by limiting flow and adapting to internal pressure instead of regulating it.
In such a state, the biggest mistake we can make is adding more calcium. To explore more about how internal biochemical states impact canine conduct, read our holistic behavior guidelines.
Why Nutritional Behaviorism and the Calcium Shell Require Understanding
Sometimes an owner sees deterioration they cannot explain. The dog becomes more rigid, slower, digestion changes, or hidden inflammation appears. The food seems high quality and the supplements carefully chosen, yet the body reacts opposite to expectations. The reason is not bad intention. The reason is simply the wrong moment.
An organism under stress first seeks energetic balance and only then building material. When we skip that order, even the best intention becomes a heavy burden. In extreme cases, long-term disturbance of mineral balance can lead to serious metabolic disorders that become life-threatening for the dog.
That is why the relationship between calcium and magnesium is not a matter of quantity but of communication within the body. It is the relationship between protection and flexibility, between armor and life. When balance is present, the dog has stability without rigidity. Your task is not to break that shell by force with supplements, but to understand why it formed. The organism of a dog never makes mistakes. It always adapts to what it receives. True nutrition begins only when we learn to listen to that adaptation instead of drowning it out with another supplement.
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