Connect with Your Pet–Read!

The Humane Society of Missouri has come up with a great idea–reading to dogs!  The Shelter Buddies Reading Program has been under way for over a year, with children making monthly visits to read to the dogs there.  Not only does the reading seem to calm the dogs, but...

Does your dog want a new friend?

There is a new puppy in the neighborhood, and Trystan has been watching him grow from a ball of gold fur his size, to a leggy almost six month old youngster.  Trystan was making the rounds re-marking his neighborhood on our walk yesterday, when we met Gus, and it...

Lessons from Dogs–Love One Another

  While I was in St Lucia, I befriended this pair of island dogs.  They seemed to be brothers, coming up on a year old, one fluffy with down-turned ears, and the other sleek and red like a dingo, with upright ears. I watched as they ate someone’s lunch tossed out...

Eyes that say “I love you”

I first heard about the new studies regarding increased oxytocin release when dogs and their owners gaze at one another from Linda Tellington at a TTouch class.  Oxytocin has been called the cuddle hormone, the hug hormone, the bonding hormone, and the trust hormone,...

Love the one you’re with

Sometimes when I am away from my beloved dog, I find companionship with some of the earth’s other creatures.  Here in St Lucia, we have been getting morning visits from a small bird, who was first arriving to devour big patches out of the tops of the banana bunch on...