Our first litter – So Rhumbs pregnancy and subsequent whelping earlier this year on Valentines is still so fresh in my mind. It was very planned, very wanted, and a tender trap of sorts, five months of maternal bliss with Rhumb. Watching Rhumb go from Maiden to Mother was incredible, eye opening, so deeply instinctual,…
Tag: religion
Sharing this planet for a moment in time
“Dogs are loyal, and faithful, and want to please, and they don’t judge you, they love you for who you are …” When I see this on social media, hear this in conversation, or read it in some article I gag ever so slightly. Okay maybe more than that. It is a massive reductionist view…
training, politics, and religion … oh my!
So a Trainer, a Senator, and Priest all walked into a bar … … and most likely had a great time! I was recently informed over the phone, by someone who called me to find out about my services, that they shouldn’t actually be calling me because they were Republican. I’m sorry did I miss…
compassion – born with it, learn it, do dogs have it?
This past week I have been thinking a great deal about compassion. I should also add that I have been put in a position to really give it some deep thought. I think some people use the word, compassion, as freely as they use a word, like say, happy. It’s become somewhat generic in its…
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