Episode 137 – More Than a Game

Another phenomenon that goes along with the shift to a game view of reality is that it posses the potential to convert once comfortable human-animal relationships into adversarial ones when problems rise. The well-behaved pet is viewed as a team-player who follows the rules of the game. By extension,the animal who develops problems isn’t. That the animal’s behavior might be a legitimate, albeit unacceptable, response for this animal in this particular physical and mental environment gets lost is the shuffle.