Comments on: OK, it’s Hoshi’s turn http://www.stephencrippen.com/blog/grief-love-family-dogs/ Relationships, personal growth, individual and couple psychotherapy Sat, 28 Jan 2012 19:13:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mental health break | Stephen Crippen's Blog http://www.stephencrippen.com/blog/grief-love-family-dogs/comment-page-1/#comment-4120 Mental health break | Stephen Crippen's Blog Fri, 26 Jun 2009 21:44:44 +0000 http://www.stephencrippen.com/blog/grief-love-family-dogs/#comment-4120 [...] surprise anyone who knows me that my mental health break today is a photo of our second (well, third) dog, Hoku’ala. I’m not a skilled photographer, so I was astonished when I saw this. [...] [...] surprise anyone who knows me that my mental health break today is a photo of our second (well, third) dog, Hoku’ala. I’m not a skilled photographer, so I was astonished when I saw this. [...]

]]> By: Bracing for impact | Stephen Crippen's Blog http://www.stephencrippen.com/blog/grief-love-family-dogs/comment-page-1/#comment-4044 Bracing for impact | Stephen Crippen's Blog Sat, 04 Apr 2009 01:34:37 +0000 http://www.stephencrippen.com/blog/grief-love-family-dogs/#comment-4044 [...] a year ago I posted about our younger dog, Hoshi. Though I don’t talk about myself too much on this blog, I make [...] [...] a year ago I posted about our younger dog, Hoshi. Though I don’t talk about myself too much on this blog, I make [...]

]]> By: Stephen Crippen http://www.stephencrippen.com/blog/grief-love-family-dogs/comment-page-1/#comment-660 Stephen Crippen Thu, 24 Apr 2008 05:08:43 +0000 http://www.stephencrippen.com/blog/grief-love-family-dogs/#comment-660 Grisha, I like what you said about "work, work, work." This is what I loved about the books by Jon Katz. He lives and works with border collies on a farm in upstate New York, and his border collie Rose is a fantastic working dog. She loves nothing more than dashing outside and herding sheep. But for Rose, it's not work. Because she's always in the moment, thoroughly enjoying herself, she can work herself like crazy and call it a good day, a delightful day. For dogs, even hard labor is a delightful adventure. Grisha,

I like what you said about “work, work, work.” This is what I loved about the books by Jon Katz. He lives and works with border collies on a farm in upstate New York, and his border collie Rose is a fantastic working dog. She loves nothing more than dashing outside and herding sheep. But for Rose, it’s not work. Because she’s always in the moment, thoroughly enjoying herself, she can work herself like crazy and call it a good day, a delightful day. For dogs, even hard labor is a delightful adventure.

]]> By: Grisha http://www.stephencrippen.com/blog/grief-love-family-dogs/comment-page-1/#comment-622 Grisha Sat, 19 Apr 2008 01:31:44 +0000 http://www.stephencrippen.com/blog/grief-love-family-dogs/#comment-622 I, too, wish I could be more like my dogs, Stephen. I agree 100% that "dogs fully experience the Now." I never feel more present and alive than when I'm with them. They remind me that there's really nothing else -1000 times a day, because I always slip back into the American Human Reality of work, work, work. I, too, wish I could be more like my dogs, Stephen. I agree 100% that “dogs fully experience the Now.” I never feel more present and alive than when I’m with them. They remind me that there’s really nothing else -1000 times a day, because I always slip back into the American Human Reality of work, work, work.

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