by Jule Kucera | Aug 20, 2023 | Blog
Ten years after the leadership debacle with Cindy, I got the opportunity for a do-over. I was no longer working for McDonald’s headquarters outside Chicago. I was a freelance learning consultant living in the woods of Newaygo, Michigan. On a cold January morning,...
by Jule Kucera | Aug 13, 2023 | Blog
Real-life experiments thrill me. One of my most favorite things is to have the opportunity for a do-over of something I messed up the first time. Do-overs are just as much fun in real life as they are in a kid’s game. Biggest example: I was working at McDonald’s...
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....
