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WHAT EXACTLY ARE WE PRESERVING?
Part 5 of The Breeder You Become series An old pedigree lay across my kitchen table one evening, its paper softened by years of handling, while the dogs whose names filled its columns slept in the next room. Some of those names belonged to animals I had known. Others reached back through people I had…
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WHY WOULD ANYONE CHOOSE THIS LIFE?
Part 2 of The Breeder You Become series Watching this great herd of buffalo, with the immense adults moving together and the smaller calves protected among them, I found myself thinking about continuity. Every animal standing there belonged to something larger than itself. The oldest carried experience, the strongest offered protection and the young represented…
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SO YOU WANT TO BREED. BUT WHO WILL YOU HAVE TO BECOME?
A few mornings ago, one of my young Poodles was watching me from across the grooming room with that suspiciously intelligent look Poodles have perfected. She looked as though she understood the entire situation and was simply waiting to see how long it would take the human to catch up. The dryer was running, towels…
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FREEDOM MUST BE PRACTICED
“We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it.” ~ William Faulkner The older I become, the more I understand that freedom is not something we possess simply because we live in a free country, reject a particular system, or describe ourselves as independent thinkers. Freedom must be practiced, and…
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THE DIFFERENCE IS NOT EAST VERSUS WEST. IT IS THE MAP WE USE TO UNDERSTAND THE BODY.
Someone recently posted in a group asking for thoughts on Western versus Eastern holistic medicine. My mind immediately went to conventional Western medicine because that is what most of us understand when we hear the word “Western” used in a healthcare discussion. We think about bloodwork, imaging, pharmaceuticals, surgery, specialists and a diagnosis attached to…
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The Courage to Change What Should Be Changed
They say everything happens for a reason, and throughout my own journey, I have often found that to be true, although there have been seasons when the reason seemed impossible to find. Some experiences eventually revealed their purpose, while others still leave me wondering what I failed to see, which angle I did not consider,…
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WHEN BREEDING BECOMES YOUR LIFE
Saturday morning I woke up before the alarm and my mind immediately began going through the dogs. Who needed to go outside first, which boys could be out together, what food needed to come out of the freezer, which dog needed grooming and whether the older dog I had checked before bed had rested comfortably…
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THE DOG’S BODY KEEPS SCORE TOO
A dog’s body begins keeping score long before a breeder is willing to admit that something is wrong. That is one of the hardest truths in breeding, especially once we live with more than three or four dogs. At that point, we are no longer simply sharing our home with several beloved pets. We are…
