# @swiftpaws_official on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DLXBpjBoDnS
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/33072653-swiftpaws-official-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/e3b26dca99.jpg
- **Posted:** 2025-06-26T10:05:53.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** SwiftPaws (@swiftpaws_official) — https://gondola.cc/swiftpaws_official

## Caption

Ever wonder what your pet is really trying to tell you? 🤔You probably know us by now — we’re the founders who can’t stop talking about #𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 We come together because we’re all building pet brands with one shared belief: Our pets deserve to live their very best lives. 💗

This month’s deep dive? ✨Agency✨That simple — but kind of mind-blowing 🤯 — idea that our pets have preferences, needs, and their own ways of being happy. And wow… these conversations shifted everything for us.

🎤 Aina from pawzler showed us how even tiny choices — like which toy or puzzle piece a dog prefers — can reveal SO much.

🎤 Alexis from whataboutbunny & fluentpet ? She showed us what happens when we really give pets a voice. Turns out, they’ve had things to say all along — we just weren’t listening the right way.

🎤 Meghan from swiftpaws_official reminded us that the behaviors we often label as “problems” — barking, digging, shredding, chasing — are usually just instincts waiting for an outlet.

🎤 Dianne from neurodogtraining— behavior analyst, trainer, and friend — reframed the whole topic with one powerful question: In any given moment, how many real choices does your pet actually have?🤔She introduced us to the idea of degrees of freedom, and it’s been stuck in our heads ever since.

Here’s the truth: Agency doesn’t mean letting pets do whatever they want. It means acknowledging that they want anything at all — and giving them space to express it💗

Spoiler alert - the video’s a bit longer — 11 minutes —so grab your coffee, press play, and enjoy a conversation that left us all thinking a little deeper about our pets🤭💗

What’s a choice your pet made that totally surprised you? We’d truly love to hear it 👇

#PetEnrichment #DogTraining #PetAgency #AnimalBehavior #EnrichmentMatters #PetWellness #GivePetsChoice

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## Tags

enrichmentmatters, 𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, petwellness, petagency, dogtraining, petenrichment, givepetschoice, animalbehavior

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