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Get started on your road to recovery from anxiety

We want to share our process with you.

Each journey begins with our ‘Readiness Survey’. Click here to go directly.

This survey is designed not only to determine how ready your dog is for the Safe and sound Protocol (SSP), and for us to tailor it so you can deliver for best results, but also to help you consider how ready you are to support your dog, and to consider what else you might need to get the best from it.

SSP is not hands-off approach to anxiety and separation anxiety treatment, like the cure promised by a pharmaceutical drug or herbal remedy; it’s an activity you’ll do together, and in the process you’ll develop a new bond by forming new habits.

You will be provided with the CONNECT program, the CORE program, or both, to use depending on the results of your Readness Survey.

It can take anything an averagely anxious dog from 10 days to 2 months to complete the protocol.

K9ease gives you up to a 3-MONTH subscription with each purchase so that you can take days off as per your scheduling needs.

If you are guardian to a dog with extreme anxiety, expect to be asked to start with CONNECT and expect your journey to be longer. If you follow our instructions we beleive you will see results with your effort over time.

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Anyone can fill the survey in for free. We don’t analyze results and provide feedback unless a purchase is made. Jump ahead to try the survey.

Skip ahead to read more about how to deliver SSP with your dog, or take a peek at our FAQS.

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Top tips for effective SSP delivery

– when you purchase a subscription you’ll get all this information, and more, again.

The first rule of SSP is ‘safety before sound’. It is not a tool to calm a nervous system down in times of stress – it will do this is the long term, but the key is to experience safety first.
Protect yourself with another set of headphones or industrial ear protection. You must not expose yourself to the protocol at the same time as delivering to your dog. We like to use soothing music that supports our own needs to rest and relax. A favourite of Julia’s is the bi-lateral music at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZXrwREU47M
Turn off other devices or equipment that are loud and could interfere with your dog’s listening experience, And choose a time when external noise triggers heard inside are at a minimum.
Connect with your dog in a way that puts you both at ease – watch their breathing, touch their fur, feel for the warmth of their body. Notice yourself relaxing and let your bodies relax together.
Pause if your dog shows signs of distress and help them relax in your usual way.
Pause if your dog falls asleep. This is quite normal and there is no harm in playing when they are asleep, they’ll just miss out on much of the benefits.
Take a day off if you need to suit your schedule, there is no need to deliver the whole protocol on consecutive days without a break.
Never deliver when your dog is frightened, anxious, or otherwise stressed. And try to choose a time when additional stresses are at a minimum (e.g. moving house, introduction of a new animimal).
Your own state of anxiety will affect your dogs, and vice versa – we’re mammals co-regulating. Try to choose a time you are also not undergoing abnormal external stressors.

What’s involved – the basics

Your dog will listen to five hours of computer-modified music, using headphones or speakers situated near them.

Remember you’re doing this together, so It is most important that you and your dog feel settled and calm before a listening session. Co-regulation is the way the nervous system of one individual influences the nervous system of another. you will spend the listening time co-regulating with your dog as they listen.

Choose a time with few, or idelly no, triggers. The best time is when you can focus on connecting, and ‘feeling for’ your dog’s being.

Watch their breathing, notice their fur, feel for the warmth of their body, get a sense of their emotional exprience.

You can engage in a gentle activity, or simply rest and relax with your dog, while they listen.

If you notice your dog showing signs of distress the key is to pause and help them soothe before trying again.

If distress continues stop listening and email us for support with details of the experience.

Many dogs can benefit from listening to 30 minutes for 10 days, others will need to go more slowly – the results of the Readiness survey will tell us how to best deliver in your personal circumstances.

You can also take a days off as per your scheduling needs, so delivery can be very flexible.

When you buy a subscription to SSP you will receive tailored tutorials direct to your email to help you get the best results.

Risk to humans

Humans must wear ear protection when they play the music to their dog. this could be another set of headphones, or some industrial hearing protection.

This is because humans tend to need the protocol delivered much more slowly than dogs do. Humans’ experience of SSP also differs greatly person to person.

Humans require specific supervision from certified SSP providor to titrate the listening experience to the individual needs and overexposure can cause harm.

K9ease is offering is a titrated experience specific to your dog’s needs, not yours. Do not try to use the protocol for your own health while you’re delivering to your dog.

If you are interested in trying SSP for your own benefit, you can search for a practitioner at the websites Unyte-iLS or Unyte-iLS Australia.

Get Started

Get started on your road to recovery from anxiety

We want to share our process with you.

Each journey begins with our ‘Readiness Survey’. Click here to go directly.

SSP is not hands-off approach to anxiety and separation anxiety treatment, like the cure promised by a pharmaceutical drug or herbal remedy; it’s an activity you’ll do together, and in the process you’ll develop a new bond by forming new habits.

You will be provided with the CONNECT program, the CORE program, or both, to use depending on the results of your Readness Survey.

It can take anything an averagely anxious dog from 10 days to 2 months to complete the protocol.

K9ease gives you up to a 3-MONTH subscription with each purchase so that you can take days off as per your scheduling needs.

If you are guardian to a dog with extreme anxiety, expect to be asked to start with CONNECT and expect your journey to be longer. If you follow our instructions we beleive you will see results with your effort over time.

Anyone can fill the survey in for free. We don’t analyze results and provide feedback unless a purchase is made. Jump ahead to try the survey.

Skip ahead to read more about how to deliver SSP with your dog, or take a peek at our FAQS.

Top tips for effective SSP delivery

– when you purchase a subscription you’ll get all this information, and more, again.

The first rule of SSP is ‘safety before sound’. It is not a tool to calm a nervous system down in times of stress – it will do this is the long term, but the key is to experience safety first.

Turn off other devices or equipment that are loud and could interfere with your dog’s listening experience, And choose a time when external noise triggers heard inside are at a minimum.

Connect with your dog in a way that puts you both at ease – watch their breathing, touch their fur, feel for the warmth of their body. Notice yourself relaxing and let your bodies relax together.

Pause if your dog shows signs of distress and help them relax in your usual way.

Pause if your dog falls asleep. This is quite normal and there is no harm in playing when they are asleep, they’ll just miss out on much of the benefits.

Take a day off if you need to suit your schedule, there is no need to deliver the whole protocol on consecutive days without a break.

Never deliver when your dog is frightened, anxious, or otherwise stressed. And try to choose a time when additional stresses are at a minimum (e.g. moving house, introduction of a new animimal).

Your own state of anxiety will affect your dogs, and vice versa – we’re mammals co-regulating. Try to choose a time you are also not undergoing abnormal external stressors.

What’s involved – the basics

Your dog will listen to five hours of computer-modified music, using headphones or speakers situated near them.

Choose a time with few, or idelly no, triggers. The best time is when you can focus on connecting, and ‘feeling for’ your dog’s being.

Watch their breathing, notice their fur, feel for the warmth of their body, get a sense of their emotional exprience.

You can engage in a gentle activity, or simply rest and relax with your dog, while they listen.

If you notice your dog showing signs of distress the key is to pause and help them soothe before trying again.

If distress continues stop listening and email us for support with details of the experience.

Many dogs can benefit from listening to 30 minutes for 10 days, others will need to go more slowly – the results of the Readiness survey will tell us how to best deliver in your personal circumstances.

You can also take a days off as per your scheduling needs, so delivery can be very flexible.

When you buy a subscription to SSP you will receive tailored tutorials direct to your email to help you get the best results.

Risk to humans

Humans must wear ear protection when they play the music to their dog. this could be another set of headphones, or some industrial hearing protection.

This is because humans tend to need the protocol delivered much more slowly than dogs do. Humans’ experience of SSP also differs greatly person to person.

Humans require specific supervision from certified SSP providor to titrate the listening experience to the individual needs and overexposure can cause harm.

K9ease is offering is a titrated experience specific to your dog’s needs, not yours. Do not try to use the protocol for your own health while you’re delivering to your dog.

If you are interested in trying SSP for your own benefit, you can search for a practitioner at the websites Unyte-iLS or Unyte-iLS Australia.