Christmas marks our one year anniversary of Kanga joining our little family, and I am so grateful for her joyful, silly, bouncy presence in our life.
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Does your dog love Halloween?
This is Kanga's first spooky holiday, which makes me wonder whether she'll like it or not.
Kanga definitely loves kids. When we're on the beach, she gets very excited whenever there's a small child nearby. She looks up at us like "can I go over?" And if the kid invites her to play, she always accepts the invitat… Continue
Watch this and feel the emotions....
It reminds me of how wonderful and life-affirming our dogs are:
Post your comments below. I would love to hear your thoughts of this video. Continue
This video shows just how Big and brave even the tiniest dogs can be. I couldn't believe what I was seeing. I feel sorry for the mountain lion, and glad that the dogs and the family are safe.
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When I first built this community website, www.IRememberLove.com, I didn't really know what to expect. So many people are reluctant to "join" a community online because of privacy issues.
Now, though, with almost no direct effort on my part, there are thousands of people using the site. Thou… Continue
I'm sure I'm not alone in feeling the impact from the economy.
I'm probably not the only dog lover who finds consolation in the love of my dog right now. But I just got business inspiration from Kanga, too.
If you own your own business, like I do, you know how frustrating it can be when things just seem to s… Continue
On Saturday we went to a local dog shop and bought two things Kanga needed and one she didn't:
1. A new collar of her very own. When she outgrew her puppy collar, we couldn't find a collar small enough for her that we liked (shopping is limited on Maui). She actually wore an old collar of Maui's for a few months, while Molly looked for a collar that she liked and was lightweight and thin enough for Kanga's little neck.
2. A harness. When Kanga turned into a teenager a few weeks a… Continue
Note: This post contains quite a few references to a natural bodily function. I hope you will forgive me for what my grandmother would call "bathroom talk."
Our walk this morning took us to the beach - Kanga's favorite place.
As we walked, she galloped, then paused, then sniffed, then went back and sniffed again, and then let loose just a ti… Continue
I have to thank K9Krazy and other dog trainers/workers on this site who really helped me make a crucial decision last winter - I would be pulling my hair out this morning without your help.
Kanga turned into a teenager two days ago (on her ten month birthday, August 11).
She's feisty, independent, and testing boundaries. She's lost almost all of her training, which means that she won't do as I ask right away. She acts l… Continue
Kanga is a very sweet dog. Where Maui was the alpha no matter how many other dogs were around, Kanga is decidedly the omega dog ;-)
She used to be afraid of absolutely everything, and for the first month hid under the bed a lot. She is much more outgoing now (lots of treats and praise for being with us cured her of the bed habit) and loves to meet new people and even new dogs.
This small, shy dog can wrap me around her little finger, just like her "sister" Maui once did. But where Maui used to… Continue
A few days ago I mentioned my book How to Meditate with Your Dog is in a troubling situation.
My distributor says they don't want the books in their warehouse any longer. In fact, they want to "dump" them.
(In book publishing, that means send them to a landfill for a deep burial!)
This morning I meditated on how to move thousands of pounds of books to Hawaii, and the fact is, it's just too expen… Continue
I promised to post this video ages ago, and never did. Partly because I couldn't convince Molly to let me show her "without hair, makeup, or adult behavior."
:-) She gets pretty emotional in the video (in a good way) and even cries a little because she loves Kanga so much. It was taken very early in the morning, and we had just rolled out of bed, so we both look a little messy.
It was Kanga's third time walking on the beach, she was three months old, and she was having a ball. She didn't ca… Continue
A year ago on July 25 my "heart dog" Maui passed away. It was a bittersweet anniversary for me.
Bitter because I still miss her everyday, and sweet because the pain has faded and I feel so much better in my life than I did a year ago.
Time really does heal wounds.
To honor Maui's anniversary, I watched the video Do You Remember Love?, and then I meditated with my nine month old puppy, Kanga.
Here's the video again, in case you haven't seen it in a while:
It strikes… Continue
"Do you think it's too soon?"
That's the question Aly sent in the other day. Her story brought tears to my eyes, and I wanted to share it - and my answer - with you.
Here's Aly's email:My name is Aly and i am 16 years old.
My Family recently had a house f… Continue
This morning Molly snapped a couple of pictures while Kanga and I were meditating together. Note her eyes are half open/half closed. That is what I call hound lounge in my book How To Meditate wi… Continue
I just looked at the last message I posted on this blog, and it was a holiday card!
Wow, time flies when you have a puppy.
Many people have written to ask if everything is OK.
The short answer is: Yes.
Kanga is doing extraordinarily well, which is to
say that she is full… Continue
I just wanted to send you a quick note to let you know that I am thinking
of you at this very special time of year.
It has been a challenging year for me with
the loss of Maui on July 25--but now, six
months later, I am feeling much better and
I have you and the entire IRememberLove.c… Continue
I am so proud to introduce you to my new meditation partner, my new puppy--Kanga!
She arrived home this week and quickly plopped herself down under our Christmas tree as the special present she is.
I will be writing more in the coming days about what it is like to bring home such an amazi… Continue
Note: This post contains quite a few references to a natural bodily function. I hope you will forgive me for what my grandmother would call "bathroom talk."
Our walk this morning took us to the beach - Kanga's favorite place.
As we walked, she galloped, then paused, then sniffed, then went back and sniffed again, and then let loose just a ti… Continue
