The whisperer piece
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I scooped her up, propped her up on my lap, and wrapped myself around her. It hit me that I was on a futile quest: barking at my daughter and expecting her to be calm. Suddenly, like a miracle, Maggie's words resurfaced. "And now you want to make it worse?" I thought. I rattled over with the cart screamed, "What are you doing?" and pulled her up by the elbow. She delighted in the bounty and dove in for a snow angel. The three pouches were crucial to the pyramid's structural integrity, so hundreds of packets showered on my daughter's head. Within seconds, she dashed to the end of the aisle, froze at a pyramid of single-serving rice pouches, then yanked out the three closest to her, at the very bottom. She insisted on walking, and even though I knew better, I took her out of the cart. One day, I found myself losing patience with my precocious 2-year-old at a grocery store. I applied the technique with my toddler, and it worked I implemented Maggie's method with my pup to great success but compartmentalized it as a "dog-rearing" technique for years. When someone came to greet him, he'd get up and indulge in the attention but refrained from jumping on or humping a single person - in stark contrast to my own dog, who was watching mournfully from the kitchen window. On that summer afternoon, Dandelion was quiet and relaxed, simply observing the scene. The shelter staff feared he was unadoptable. The day Dandelion came to Maggie, I saw them on a walk. Maggie fosters shelter dogs and prepares them for their forever families. Years later, I applied her theory with my toddler during a tantrum, and to my surprise, it worked. If you want a dog to be calm, start with yourself." The louder you bark, the louder he'll bark.
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"That's why you can't yell at a barking dog. Maggie kneeled down and whispered gently, "Shhhhh, shhhhh." Dandelion relaxed, wagged his tail, walked two circles, and sat down. I did, too.Ī squirrel ran by, disturbing Dandelion's concentration. If you put out negativity, expect negativity back, and vice versa." She smiled and laughed. "The energy shifts, becomes negative, just like that." She snapped her fingers, then her voice lowered to a whisper. "What happens is the energy in the room changes - all the positivity radiating from the people," she motioned again at my family, friends, and neighbors.