Otto, a seven month old Poodle - Golden Retriever Mix suffered from terrible nausea in the car.
He had vomited several times when his people took him out for a ride and by the time his owner called me for help Otto would not get anywhere near the car.
He even avoided getting into the garage and refused to come near his owner if she wanted to put a collar and lead on him.
Tina, his owner has three young children, the eldest being 7 years, the youngest 3 years old.
When I first met Otto I was of course taken by his charm and puppy love.
As he was all over me licking and showing his affection I noticed the sadness in Tina´s eyes.
Since she he had explained to me that the motion sickness was his only problem I just made a note in my head about her sad eyes for further investigation when the time would be right and we started tapping for Otto´s sickness.
"Even so I am afraid of the car because it makes me ill, I know I am a good dog doing the best I can and I am safe with Tina...
" After a few rounds of tapping on these lines I got the notion that Otto felt very unhappy in himself, as if he was wondering, what might be wrong with him.
I sensed a great loneliness in his heart and got the message that he did not feel at home at all in this family.
I shared my impressions with Tina "He loves everybody but me" she told me in a sad voice Otto would not come to greet her in the morning, would not sit and cuddle with her in the evening but he enjoyed playing with her husband and their children.
Talking about her relationship with Otto Tina confessed to me that she never allowed him to lick her nor the children something which is almost impossible for a puppy not to do.
When he tried licking her she would simply turn away from him, ignoring him - a method of teaching she had learned from her dog trainer.
The moment I explained to Tina that licking is a very important way of expressing adoration and affection she suddenly understood why he had begun to almost compulsively lick himself.
I asked her why she was so strict on this and she told me that her mother had warned her that dogs pass on infections and worms to people when licking them.
So we tapped, this time for Tina:

• "Even so Otto is passing on worms and infections in his saliva I know he is a good puppy doing the best he can...
  "
• "Even so dog worms cause great problems and I hate them...
  "

After a few rounds of tapping on infections and worms and mother´s not allowing dogs to lick, Tina had a massive shift: "I am not really particular about this, I don´t really mind, I am not overly clean or fussy", Tina confessed after some rounds of tapping.
We ended the session on a happy note, knowing that all would be well with Otto.
Tina's efforts to help her puppy as well as herself would bear fruit in the long run.