Unexpected Gifts
Finding the Fiddle Family’s Feline
Wanted Dead or Alive: Pesky Pilfering Parrot or The Case of Pari’s Party In Perth
Growing Up With Grandma: Moving To The Ranch
Pages
Categories
- adolescent (67)
- Articles (153)
- child (94)
- Connecting (88)
- Glimpses (11)
- Layla (12)
- My Quaker Mail Bag (15)
- parenting (67)
- play (20)
- Quaker (38)
- Workshops (6)
Tag Archives: dog lessons
An Adoption Story
We took our time at breakfast, not wanting to indulge our anxious expectations by arriving too early at the meeting. Like teenagers, we pulled out our cell phone and took pictures of us on the “before” part. We looked the … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Layla, parenting
Tagged adoption, beliefs, communication, dog lessons, parenting, relationship
Leave a comment
Entering School–Overcoming Anxiety
Layla’s lesson on overcoming ANXIETY: Our neighbor’s grandchildren are visiting, their dogs are barking, parents and grandparents are yelling above the din. Some folks decide to set off some illegal fireworks. Layla runs up to the connecting neighbor gate and … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, child, Layla, parenting, play
Tagged anxiety, beliefs, building trust, communication, dog lessons, parenting, play therapy, relationship
Leave a comment
Trudge, Trudge, Trudge, ZING
The deer came through at 1am this morning. We know the exact time, because that’s when Layla barked and we said, “Quiet.” She whimpered once and then curled back up on the bed, sighed and went back to sleep. In … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Connecting, Layla
Tagged Deer, dog lessons, Garden, Relationships
Leave a comment
Parents: Learning from the Dogs?
We have rescued a watch dog. We didn’t know we were getting a watch dog, we thought we were adopting a dog companion to share our home and love with. Who knew she came with her own set of rules … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Layla, parenting
Tagged anxiety, child, dog lessons, parenting, stress reliever
Leave a comment
Celebrating 22 months of Loving Layla
We celebrated a HUGE milestone yesterday! Layla was able to get her toenails clipped–without anesthesia. For the past 22 months we have rubbed her belly and played with her toes. Our collective reward is a dog who tolerated the vet … Continue reading
Posted in Connecting, Layla
Tagged anxiety, beliefs, building trust, dog, dog lessons, Relationships
1 Comment
PLAY Takes the Boring Out of Dreary Days
Now is the time to play with your kids. Whatever their age. Why now? Because it is February and it is dreary outside and school continues, day after day after day. It seems FOREVER until summer. It feels like there … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Layla, play
Tagged Adventure Based Counseling, dog lessons, New Games, parenting, Play, relationship, stress reliever
Leave a comment
If She’s So Smart, Why Can’t She . . .
How is it that Layla, our Corgi/Australian Shepard rescued dog, can be so super canine smart and learn her “rights”and “lefts” and still can’t fathom how to walk in the heel position? After fifteen months of having Layla with us, … Continue reading
Posted in adolescent, Articles, child, Layla
Tagged brain, child, communication, dog, dog lessons, relationship, teenager
Leave a comment