Holistic Dog® Deck - Founding Pre-Order
The founding supporter price of £39 (plus postage) is available for the first two weeks of the pre-order window.
As a founding supporter you’ll receive the first print run of the Holistic Dog® Deck, along with immediate access to the digital version so you can begin exploring the cards straight away.
A Deck For Thoughtful Dog Guardians
This deck was created for thoughtful dog guardians who want to deepen their connection with their dog and themselves.
Each card offers a simple moment of reflection, awareness, or action to help bring more calm, clarity, and connection into everyday life with your dog.
Rather than focusing only on training outcomes, the Holistic Dog® Deck invites you to notice what is happening in the moment, in your dog, in your environment, and in yourself.
Because when awareness shifts, the whole dynamic between dog and guardian can change.
Founding supporter pre-order price: £39 (plus postage)
What's Inside The Deck
Inside the deck you’ll find a blend of different types of cards, each offering a slightly different doorway into awareness and connection with your dog.
Some cards invite reflection, encouraging you to pause and notice what is happening in the moment, in your dog, in your environment, and in yourself.
Some offer affirmations, supporting confidence, patience, and trust as you navigate life with your dog.
Others introduce visualisations and awareness practices, helping you imagine calmer, clearer interactions with your dog.
You’ll also find simple regulation practices, such as breathwork, designed to help bring your own nervous system back to a more settled place.
Together, the cards offer small invitations to pause, reflect, and approach life with your dog with greater awareness and intention.
A Glimpse Inside the Deck
Some cards in the deck offer small practices that help bring your own nervous system back to a settled place.
The physiological sigh is a simple breathing pattern: two gentle in-breaths through the nose followed by one long out-breath.
Practices like this can be helpful before a walk, after a challenging moment with your dog, or whenever you notice tension building in your body.
When the human nervous system begins to settle, dogs often respond to that shift surprisingly quickly.
Be Part of the First Print Run
As a founding supporter, your pre-order includes:
Production & Delivery
The first print run of the Holistic Dog® Deck will begin once the initial pre-order target has been reached.
Physical decks will be shipped as soon as they arrive from the printer.
You’ll receive access to the digital version of the deck immediately after your pre-order so you can begin exploring the cards straight away.
Who Is This Deck For?
The Holistic Dog® Deck is designed for thoughtful dog guardians who want to approach life with their dog with curiosity, awareness, and connection.
It’s for those who recognise that working with dogs isn’t only about techniques or outcomes, but about the relationship we build with them along the way.
Rather than offering a rigid training system, the deck acts as a gentle companion, inviting small moments of reflection, awareness, and calm as you navigate life with your dog.
A Small Companion for Life With Your Dog
Life with a dog is made up of countless small moments.
Moments of curiosity. Moments of learning. Moments of quiet connection.
The Holistic Dog® Deck was created to offer simple invitations into those moments, gentle prompts that encourage awareness, reflection, and calm.
Because sometimes the smallest shifts in awareness can change everything about how we experience life with our dogs.
Created by Nina Fotara KCAI (WG) | Reiki Master Teacher
The Holistic Dog® Deck grew out of many years of working with gundogs and their guardians through Confident Canine®.
Alongside my work as a dog trainer and behaviour specialist, my background also includes holistic practices such as Reiki and other forms of energy and awareness-based work. Over time I began to notice how powerfully a guardian’s own awareness, energy, and nervous system state can influence their dog.
Again and again the biggest shifts came not from complicated techniques, but from small moments of awareness, when a guardian paused, noticed something new, and approached their dog with greater calm and clarity.
This deck brings together many of those reflections, practices, and invitations into a simple companion you can return to again and again as you navigate life with your dog.
Founding supporter pre-order price: £39 (plus postage)
FAQ
Do I need to be experienced with holistic practices to use the deck?
Not at all. The cards are designed to be simple and accessible, offering gentle invitations for reflection, awareness, and connection.
When will the physical deck arrive?
The first print run will begin once the initial pre-order target has been reached. Decks will be shipped as soon as they arrive from the printer.
Is the deck suitable for all dogs?
Yes. While my professional work focuses on gundogs and their guardians, the Holistic Dog® Deck is designed for anyone who wants to approach life with their dog with greater awareness, calm, and connection. The reflections and practices in the deck can be used with any breed or type of dog.
How do I use the deck?
There are many different ways to use the Holistic Dog® Deck. Some people enjoy drawing a card each day as a small moment of inspiration or reflection before heading out with their dog. Others turn to the deck when they’re feeling stuck or unsure how to approach a particular moment with their dog. You might choose a single card to focus on for the day, or explore a couple of cards and practices that resonate with you. There is no single “right” way to use the deck, it’s simply a gentle companion you can return to whenever you feel the need for a moment of awareness, reflection, or calm.
Pre-Order the Holistic Dog® Deck
A reflective card deck designed to support calm, awareness, and deeper connection between you and your dog.
The Holistic Dog® Deck offers simple moments of reflection, gentle practices, and thoughtful prompts designed to support life with your dog, at both ends of the lead.
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