Articles with the Tag pets
Dog Breeders Go With Gut Before Selling Puppies
I wanted to find a seat near the entrance to the airplane. Strategic it was; it didn’t take much calculating. Row five was closer to the exit door than taking a seat way in the back. A middle seat was open right next to a woman who...
Trimet Rider Has Fans- and Plays Along- Great Ambassador!
One is never sure what one will experience while riding the Portland Trimet train to downtown Portland or to anywhere for that matter. I have seen people peddling chocolate; bus tickets; asking for money donations; people with bicycles and packages of all sizes; folks in wheelchairs or on crutches;...
It Is That TIme of Year Again- Keeping You and Your Pets Safe- Smart Decision-Making
The upcoming Christmas season is considered one of the most stressful holidays of the year. Celebrations, travel, guests, work, neighborhood , friend and family gatherings, shopping, traffic, food concerns, all of which can spell stress. It is considered one of the most stressful holidays of the year. This may...
A Dose of cuteness. Four Legged one lifts spirits. Few can resist smiling! How about you?
We met a few days ago, last Saturday mid morning to be exact. It wasn’t a place that one might expect to meet a four-legged friend. It was on someone’s front lawn . The Labrador German Sheppard mix lying on the grass next to a woman who was...
He Couldn’t Get Too Close So He Called Me
The call came in early one afternoon. It was my neighbor who has become my friend. We are different and not just in years. It is our outlook, politics, experiences, point of view. Yet, not of all this seems to make a difference. We like each other, and never...
Beyond Distance, Beyond Time
Bert knew it in his bones when his best friend Celia, passed away. It was a feeling , a conviction, a knowing that he felt as he was walked barefooted along a beach. He checked the time on his cell phone. It was about 3 p.m. He received a...
Walk A Mile. Walk 1400? Or Did this Cat Hitch A Ride?
During these difficult times, people want to hear feel-good stories that may seem almost magical. The tales permit us to take a vacation from the heaviness around us, and it reminds us that other “forces” exist in the world that can make things happen. This is one story....
Gut Instincts Play A Role In Food Choices
If you are tuned in to your inner world and are accustomed to dialoguing with your inner guidance, food and intuition make sense, logical and practical sense. If you don’t consider your sixth sense a companion whom you can correspond with, this may seem like a bit of a...
Apologize Even When You Don’t Know Why?
There doesn’t seem to be a reason! You don’t know what happened. You haven’t a clue, and that is clue spelled with a capital “C.” Your beloved animal friend, companion and family member is creating a problem and therefore you have an issue that you didn’t have before. You...