Margot Lasher has been studying the relationship
between dogs and humans for many years. As a psychologist who specializes in
relational theory, she saw that for many people, their connection to their
animals was just as important as their connection to people. She wrote about
this connection in And the Animals Will
Teach You and developed her ideas more fully in her recent book, Dog: Pure Awareness. She describes how
people and dogs are connected through attunement:
they tune into each other’s inner worlds and resonate to each other. This deep,
close connection changes our lives. Margot lives in Vermont with her dog, Shiro,
and is currently writing about dogs and people for the theater. Shiro had an
acting role in her play Other Minds which
was performed in Vermont in 2009. Her 10 minute play, Dog Park, will be performed at TenFest in Vermont in 2010. At Camp Unleashed she will lead a workshop on the attunement between you and your dog.