by Jane Broccolo | Aug 26, 2009 | All Posts, Pet Health
Your dog may not be psychologically addicted to sugar the way some of us are, but that doesn’t mean that dog treats laced with sugar – including honey, molasses, maple syrup, corn syrup – won’t compromise your dog’s health in the short,...
by Jane Broccolo | May 31, 2009 | All Posts, Animal Intelligence
I look out my window. In the distance two birds on a wire. I assume they are mates. One presumably the female is smaller than the other who sits within an inch by her side to her right. Suddenly, a larger bird comes in for an abrupt landing about two feet from where...
by Jane Broccolo | Apr 14, 2009 | All Posts
Barack Obama, there are thousands of pure bred hypoallergenic dogs in shelters across this country that you rule. Thanks to you, thousands of Americans who never even heard of a Portuguese Water Dog will now be inspired to create a huge market for them to be born into...
by Jane Broccolo | Mar 30, 2009 | All Posts
Had to set things straight with my dachshund friend this morning. She finally agreed that from now on when she needs to make a ‘lump sum deposit’ that, instead of hinting with a soft hardly audible growl from the other room for me to hurry and lift her off...
by Jane Broccolo | Mar 25, 2009 | All Posts, Animal Intelligence, The Human-Animal Connection, The Human-Animal Self
Like any animal, humans have an innate capacity for empathy: the ability to feel in our bodies what someone else is feeling in his/her own body, i.e., suppressed emotions. Sometimes, when I cho0se not to funnel my anger through non-violent communication, I dramatize...
