PTSD

Lecture Series Session 2: Bereavement & Pet Loss

April 12, 2010
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BEREAVEMENT & PET LOSS Bringing our hearts into a relationship with another species whose life expectancy is relatively short certainly stacks the odds that you will experience the loss of a companion animal. Whether the relationship was obvious to anyone, each person grieves differently. When the need arises to process those stages of grief that [...]

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On a mission – one client’s psychosis

December 2, 2009
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This morning a client has put into words what I imagine some of my clients think as they adjust to a sometimes significant change in their relating with their dogs. Based on a new and better understanding of identifying and then achieving their goals, people are empowered to become benevolent leaders. Watching clients take on [...]

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PTSD and Dogs or The POW Dog

February 21, 2008

It’s that time of year — crunch time — where I have to get in all my CEU‘s to keep my independent social work license active. My own deadline for licensing renewal is May and I’m only 8 into a 30 hour requirement that I have 2 years to fulfill. So the flood of e-mail [...]

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Friends

February 5, 2007

I have happened on friendships of various depths through my work as a dog trainer/behaviorist. Some of whom move on but don’t lose touch. Here’s one former client, now friend, relocated to the land of Maine, who recently shared this gem with me and I thought it worth sharing. It helps us remember how truly [...]

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Measuring Accomplishments

October 1, 2006

I was talking to a friend the other day who was making the difficult but necessary decision to euthanize a beloved companion dog of very old age and seriously failing health and had some questions about the process. One of her concerns was a surviving also old dog — would she become distraught and should [...]

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A Better Dog Blog is Born

June 2, 2006

Welcome to A Better Dog Blog. A way to explore from my corner of the world to the outer reaches of the world the ways and means to help you help your dog be a better dog — whether your canine is your friend, accomplice, co-worker, guide, source of joy, source of angst — it [...]

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