{"id":10153,"date":"2025-07-11T19:02:22","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T19:02:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testv81.demowebsitelinks.com\/Giving-Animals-Voice\/?page_id=10153"},"modified":"2025-08-11T22:48:51","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T22:48:51","slug":"impact","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/testv86.demowebsitelinks.com\/Horizon-Pools-Outdoors\/impact\/","title":{"rendered":"Impact"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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\u201cWhat participants said about Pilot 3\u201d<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Pilot 3 arranged for experienced animal communicators and organizations to participate in a recorded virtual communication session with individual dogs. The organizations were then asked to provide \u201cquantitative\u201d and \u201cqualitative\u201d feedback by responding to 2 Surveys.<\/p>

Pilot 3 collected all responses and committed to producing a report that recapped the Pilot 3 procedure and the responses. The full report is available for review. What Participants Said about Pilot 3.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The comments below are some actual quotes from participants\u2019 Survey Responses and follow up emails.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Chance, a blind dog, was asked what they could do to make him less agitated.\n\n<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\u201cI took the key points from the communication with Chance (as far as his requests for interacting with people) and made an information sheet that is hanging on his kennel for volunteers to read before interacting with him. This has prompted a lot more discussion around Chance and his well-being with volunteers and his helping them to be more aware. In the last few weeks Chance seems less disoriented, more settled, and is navigating the spaces he is in with more awareness. He\u2019s also been less restless at night and responding to more of the verbal cues we give him. The communication session with Chance was so helpful to us in being able to better meet his needs and I feel like is a big part of the positive changes we are noticing with him!\u201d<\/p>

\u201cAlso, I wanted to share with you that Chance is now in a foster home!<\/p>

We\u2019ve received many good updates from the foster about how well Chance is doing there and how he\u2019s showing more of his personality. The foster does have another dog also. I know in the communication session it came up about him wanting to be around another dog, so I\u2019m so happy he has that now. We are so thrilled with him getting to be in a home and are keeping our fingers crossed that this will turn into an adoption! \u201c<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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\u201cThe communicator did a great job in giving me a good sense of Blackie\u2019s personality and needs and the session provided great insights that we can use in looking for a potential foster or adoption placement for Blackie.\u201d<\/p>

\u201cApproximately 1 week after the communication session, Blackie went into a foster to adopt situation. This is what was brought up in the communication session with him as an ideal scenario for him. They didn\u2019t intentionally come to our organization that day to meet Blackie. They came to meet another dog. But Blackie won them over and I feel there is a strong correlation from Blackie being heard in the communication session and this foster to adopt situation happening for him. Also in the week that we had him still with us after the communication session, he seemed calmer, happier, and was more willing to go on walks than he previously had been. Those were all very positive changes for him.\u201d<\/p>

When Blackie had to go back to the sanctuary for medical treatment, he was asked how he was feeling physically and whether he would like to go back to the foster. The results of that session were extremely helpful for guiding Blackie\u2019s treatment and also conversations with his foster family because we know that his wish was to return there so we continued to pursue that for him. Also I believe it was very helpful for Blackie to hear about the care we were giving him so that he could return to this foster family and through that supported him in his recovery.\u201d Blackie returned to the foster.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Founder \u2013 Survey Response<\/strong><\/p>

\u201dThis session, too, was reinforcing to us in our \u201cread\u201d of Odin and in the fact that he described feeling \u201cseen\u201d by us and that he was free to be himself with us. It also revealed Odin\u2019s perspective about himself and that the struggles we are having in \u201cstabilizing\u201d him and helping him to respond more predictably is something that is truly his struggle\u2026and that he said he will continue to struggle as such. I so wish we had the time and space to allow every dog everything they need to successfully find their person\u2026.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Board member \u2013 Survey 1<\/strong><\/p>

\u201cIn the beginning of the session she mentioned his ears. This is something I didn\u2019t mention (past injury and ongoing issues) and it\u2019s not published anywhere so I was impressed. I would definitely recommend. Very professional and easy to communicate with.\u201d<\/p>

Board member \u2013 email follow up<\/strong><\/p>

\u201cI did bring him home after the session and so many things were true! He went to the vet about his ears, he wanted to play with my big dogs so bad and he was so easy going here. I shared his recording with our director and few different board members and they loves it, too!\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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