Decompression
Bringing home a New Fur Baby?
🌟 Let's Talk Decompression!🐶🐱 Decompression is the gradual process of helping a rescued animal transition from survival mode into feeling safe, secure, and at home.
When a pet first leaves a shelter or rescue environment, they carry invisible stress from everything they've endured — unfamiliar sounds, smells, routines, and people. Decompression gives them the space, time, and emotional support they need to move from fear to trust, from uncertainty to confidence.
It's not about training or obedience — it's about healing.?
A slow, patient decompression process creates the foundation for real bonding, calmer behavior, and a truly successful new beginning.
🐾 The First Weeks Home
"Healing doesn’t happen overnight. It happens one heartbeat at a time."
🌱 1. The Silence is Loud
If your pet came from a shelter or rescue, they are adjusting not just to new people — but to a whole new kind of silence.
In the shelter, background noise was constant: barking, cleaning, voices, metal cages.
Now, even your "quiet" home can feel eerie, unfamiliar, and unsettling.
At first, the silence doesn’t feel peaceful.Now, even your "quiet" home can feel eerie, unfamiliar, and unsettling.
It feels strange — and sometimes scary.
🌿 2. Family Life Sounds Different
At the same time, typical household noises — TVs, doors, laughter, footsteps — are all new and unpredictable.
Your pet’s survival brain is still active.
Every sound triggers a question:
"Is that safe? Should I be afraid?"
Every sound triggers a question:
"Is that safe? Should I be afraid?"
This constant sensory scanning exhausts them emotionally and physically.
🌼 3. Appetite, Personality, and Protection Take Time
During these first weeks, it’s normal if:
- They don’t eat much (stress impacts digestion).
- They seem shy, withdrawn, or disinterested (survival first, bonding later).
- They don’t protect their space or seek attention (they don't feel it’s "home" yet).
Their true personality is still sleeping.
Trust needs time — and safety — to wake it up.
Trust needs time — and safety — to wake it up.
🍃 4. They Don’t Know How Good It’s About to Get
You know they are safe now. You know they are loved. You know their life is about to be full of joy.
But they don’t know yet.
They are still living by instincts, not trust.
Your patience, calm, and predictability will show them what words can’t say.
🌻A Gentle Reminder:
🌱 The First Week is Not the Final Picture.
It’s the fragile beginning of a beautiful story.
It’s the fragile beginning of a beautiful story.
🌿 Your calm presence today becomes their lifelong sense of security.
🐾 JPotter Health Decompression Package
Supporting New Beginnings — for Animals, Adopters, and Rescuers Alike
The first days and weeks after adoption are critical for helping rescued animals shift from survival mode to feeling safe, stable, and loved.
The JPotter Health Decompression Package is designed to gently guide both adopters and their new companions through this important transition — with science-backed support, compassion, and simplicity.
🌿 What’s Included:
✅ Personalized Initial Zoom or Phone Consultation with Jackie Potter, to walk you through the decompression plan and answer your specific questions.
✅ Text and Email 24/7 access to me with your questions. I am here to support you and your rescue as you both get to know each other.
✅ Follow-Up Check-In Call for additional support and troubleshooting during your transition period.
✅ Starter Bottle of the Appropriate Pet Friendly Hemp Product to help naturally support emotional balance and reduce transition anxiety.
✅ Lick Mat and Dog or Cat Appropriate Treats to promote soothing behaviors and reduce overstimulation.
✅ Immediate Shipment of Your Decompression Kit after your first call — so you have the tools you need right away.
✅ New! Bonus Tips for Calming Activities and Play
Receive a downloadable PDF packed with simple, science-based activities you can start using immediately — even before your kit arrives — to help your new pet settle, reset their nervous system, and gently build trust.
Receive a downloadable PDF packed with simple, science-based activities you can start using immediately — even before your kit arrives — to help your new pet settle, reset their nervous system, and gently build trust.
✅ 30% Donation Back to the Rescue or Shelter where your animal came from — given in your pet’s name, honoring the journey you’ve begun together.
🌱 Cost:
$155.00 + tax (Price includes two personalized calls, full decompression kit shipped to you, and your rescue donation.)
