Fun with Dogs!

I have a friend who is very into tarot and various spiritual pursuits and he asked me this morning when we were IMing if he could do a tarot reading on Jellybean.  I copied and pasted most of the conversation into a post with his permission just because, although I do not believe in tarot readings or horoscopes (although I do check mine regularly!) or whatnot, I did find it an interesting way to think about things.

If you are interested in having a reading done on your own pet, you can contact quelsen via twitter or email him with the subject of Animal Tarot.

This is an edited version of the conversation.

quelsen: i am sort of getting that she doesnt want to be trained justs wants to be with you. but i want to ask somemore
quelsen: infact that training is too stressfull for her

barrie: what about the fighting w/ brit?

quelsen: working on that one now

barrie: right now she is wearing a gentle leader and a leash and is under my chair
barrie: i’m sure she would rather not have to wear the gl
barrie: but again, I cannot have her kill brit
barrie: i think she LIKES the clicker training and the frisbee stuff
barrie: i think she views that as a game

quelsen: ok i have asked this several times, how can brit and JB live in peace and harmony
quelsen: and I get that you have to train brit to fawn on jb. and that it will take training on both parts and that you are the magician here.
quelsen: also there needs to be a peace offering

barrie: what???

quelsen: i personally wanted another answer

barrie: brit will NOT fawn over jb
barrie: that just is not going to happen

quelsen: i know that
quelsen: which is why i kept asking
quelsen: how frustrating
quelsen: essentially brit has more range and abilites than JB
quelsen: JB is so hurt by her loss [initially quelson told me that Jellybean was mourning the “loss” of a male littermate and that having him back in her life would completely settle her] that she has a very narrow choice of actions
quelsen: her best action is to just be near you and be loved and minimally trained
quelsen: i visuallized training britt to share her stuff with jb
quelsen: like britt taking her toys and shit

barrie: does she dislike the clicker/treat training as well? or is that just fun time w/ me and she doesn’t see it as training?

quelsen: jb knows it is traingin and still sees it as fun interpersonal time

barrie: ok good
barrie: so it is just the gentle leader she is objecting to
barrie: which i can understand

quelsen: she does not want to kill brit
quelsen: she is aware that can kill britt
quelsen: sometimes she sees brit as a threat to her life and sometime she is playing

barrie: does jb have any feelings about the prozac?

quelsen: are you wanting to know if she wants it or are you asking if it is currently affecting her can you be more clear

barrie: both of those
barrie: like does she like how she feels on it or does she hate it or what?

quelsen: ok i was guided to pull 4 cards let me get the book so i can make a comment
quelsen: wow , ok. King of cups. King of swords, Ace of wands, 10 of wands
quelsen: Prozac makes her (1) more calm and peaceful, (2) raises her cognitive abilites (3) give her a chance to lean and be more creative ( 4) feels like a weight has been lifted from her that she could not bear
quelsen: i woudl try teaching her new tricks

barrie: WOW
barrie: that is GREAT
barrie: i wasn’t noticing much effect lol
barrie: what i see w/ the biting brit is two issues
barrie: 1. sometimes it is resource guarding of me
barrie: 2. when jb gets immensely frustrated/over-aroused she will immediately run to brit to bite her neck

quelsen: cards say it  is not resource guarding

barrie: ok
barrie: then what is it when they are under my feet and quarrelling?

quelsen: mostly just scared
quelsen: and the prozac shoudl help with some of that
barrie: resource guarding can be fear based
quelsen: brit seems ten feet tall to her