by Jule Kucera | Aug 6, 2023 | Blog
“Intense meditation” is an oxymoron, but I can’t think of a better way to describe what I did. The Trust Technique uses a process of being in the present moment plus having mindful regard for the animal to teach it to be calm. Here’s how it works (or at least my...
by Jule Kucera | Jul 30, 2023 | Blog
I take my lessons where they come and lately, they have been coming from Roxie. Roxie’s write-up on the DuPage County Animal Services website said she wasn’t good with other dogs. She had to be the only dog in the home. On our adoption visit, as we meandered in a...
by Jule Kucera | Jul 23, 2023 | Blog
According to the owner who surrendered her (supposedly because of their daughter developing an allergy), Roxie is a pug/chow mix, eight years old. Chows are substantial, adult females are 45-60 pounds (males are 50-70). Pugs are smallish, adults are 18-20 pounds. Pugs...
by Jule Kucera | Jul 16, 2023 | Blog
As an adult, I’ve been single more than I’ve been partnered. Here’s one thing I’ve learned: it’s difficult to make new friends with a married couple. I can be friends with a couple if I already know one of them well, and then that person introduces me to their spouse....
by Jule Kucera | Jul 9, 2023 | Blog
Leda was a greyhound, white with black spots. They call them cow dogs. I thought she would be my last dog. I had done the math before she died, several years before she died. If Leda lived a normal greyhound lifespan of 10-12 years, and then if I got a smaller dog who...
