Does your dog slide on slick or uneven floors? Has your dog had trouble getting up from a wood, tile, uneven or other slippery surface? Is arthritis, hip dysplasia or back issues preventing your dog from moving around comfortably in the house? Struggling and slipping to … [Read more...]
Living Strong after Pet Loss: Coping with Anniversary Grief
Anniversaries from the loss of a loved one, whether pet or human, can stir up all kinds of memories, both sad and sweet. Pet loss can be as a deep process as it is for loosing a human. Living strong is not what we think of after we loose a friend and family member. So, what … [Read more...]
Pet Loss: 3 Steps to Using Photography and Creativity to Ease Grief
We do not often connect these things together, easing grief with photography and creativity. Engaging our creative side by gathering pictures, placing those photographs and then creating something new and different can have a potent impact to help ease the grief in our heart … [Read more...]
Hospice And Pets; Radio Interview
I first met Ella Bittel at the 30th Anniversary Celebration of Tellington TTouch in 2006. She gave a lecture on Hospice for Animals. When I told her at lunch that my 35 year old horse, Sunny, had recently begun to head downhill and I wasn’t sure how long he had left, she … [Read more...]
Holistic Elder Horse Care
On April 4, 2008 at 5 am, just as the sun was rising, my beloved Appaloosa gelding took his last sweet breaths. Throughout his last 2 years I learned a great deal about the capacity of the life force even in the appearance of impending death. Several times during the fall … [Read more...]
