Comments on: Do You Create Your Pet’s Behavior? http://christinekane.com/blog/do-you-create-your-pets-behavior/ Be Creative. Be Conscious. Be Courageous. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:08:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Manifest a quite dog!!! http://christinekane.com/blog/do-you-create-your-pets-behavior/comment-page-1/#comment-200386 Manifest a quite dog!!! Sun, 21 Dec 2008 20:48:49 +0000 http://christinekane.com/blog/do-you-create-your-pets-behavior/#comment-200386 [...] I’m probably overdoing the look-at-Christine-Kane’s-blog bit today, but to be fair, she’s got posts about this (and she is the one through whom I found Pavlina’s blog). Do You Create Your Pet’s Behavior? | Christine Kane [...]

]]> By: ChickiePam http://christinekane.com/blog/do-you-create-your-pets-behavior/comment-page-1/#comment-94906 ChickiePam Sun, 06 Apr 2008 18:22:09 +0000 http://christinekane.com/blog/do-you-create-your-pets-behavior/#comment-94906 Just getting around to reading blogs. I've been busy working and taking a class....and not giving our 1 yr old dog, new to us as of the new year, enough attention. Sooooo, he has started peeing on the floor and actually bit my 13 yr old daughter on the hand yesterday. She found the puddle of pee and took him by the collar to put him outside. He snarled and bit her. She absolutely freaked out since she was home alone at the time. Luckily, I was between clients and called her to check in just after it happened. I have emailed the dog trainer to come back and work with us so that we can quickly rescue this situation. He is a sweet and very smart dog. But biting will not be tolerated! So hopefully, she can train us so that we can work with him and shift his attitude. Yes, Oprah's dog, Sophie, died at the beginning of the Eckhart Tolle classes. It was either the morning of the first class or the second. I just love reading your blogs! Just getting around to reading blogs. I’ve been busy working and taking a class….and not giving our 1 yr old dog, new to us as of the new year, enough attention. Sooooo, he has started peeing on the floor and actually bit my 13 yr old daughter on the hand yesterday. She found the puddle of pee and took him by the collar to put him outside. He snarled and bit her. She absolutely freaked out since she was home alone at the time. Luckily, I was between clients and called her to check in just after it happened.

I have emailed the dog trainer to come back and work with us so that we can quickly rescue this situation. He is a sweet and very smart dog. But biting will not be tolerated! So hopefully, she can train us so that we can work with him and shift his attitude.

Yes, Oprah’s dog, Sophie, died at the beginning of the Eckhart Tolle classes. It was either the morning of the first class or the second.

I just love reading your blogs!

]]> By: Monica http://christinekane.com/blog/do-you-create-your-pets-behavior/comment-page-1/#comment-94895 Monica Sun, 06 Apr 2008 13:59:37 +0000 http://christinekane.com/blog/do-you-create-your-pets-behavior/#comment-94895 This is great! I thought my wusband and I were the only people who made up stories about our cats. It started when we were driving from Michigan to Montreal (a loooong drive!) and we were wondering what our cat Penny was doing. We decided she likes playing bridge with her friends! We named them and created personalities for them. Penny always imagined herself a tiger hunter queen, and so her best friend was Irma, another tiger. When James, a shy barn kitten, was added to the cat family, we imagined that Penny had a kitten training school in the basement. We also decided penny could communicate with us long distance using an old-fashioned radio system, which required big headphones and a lot of setup involving slot A and tab B. James is still alive and living with me. The wusband has gone on to be an executive with a less imaginative wife and child. This is great! I thought my wusband and I were the only people who made up stories about our cats. It started when we were driving from Michigan to Montreal (a loooong drive!) and we were wondering what our cat Penny was doing. We decided she likes playing bridge with her friends! We named them and created personalities for them. Penny always imagined herself a tiger hunter queen, and so her best friend was Irma, another tiger. When James, a shy barn kitten, was added to the cat family, we imagined that Penny had a kitten training school in the basement. We also decided penny could communicate with us long distance using an old-fashioned radio system, which required big headphones and a lot of setup involving slot A and tab B. James is still alive and living with me. The wusband has gone on to be an executive with a less imaginative wife and child.

]]> By: Pat K. http://christinekane.com/blog/do-you-create-your-pets-behavior/comment-page-1/#comment-94037 Pat K. Wed, 02 Apr 2008 18:25:25 +0000 http://christinekane.com/blog/do-you-create-your-pets-behavior/#comment-94037 Unfortunately, yes, I believe it. I very recently lost my duck "Miss Bentley". Her neck was severely twisted from birth so that she always looked left. When she was 3 days old, I saved her from certain death. She had been trampled and was not breathing. I managed to revive her. She was feisty as all getout, even though she could never clean herself with her beak or apply the waterproofing oil that all water fowl have. So, she would periodically come into the house, stay in the bathtub for a "spa day". I totally loved her, but watching her try and even get around and walk was difficult for us. I guess, difficult for us to imagine living a life so constrained, that I wished she'd find some very quick and painless way to exit life so she would no longer suffer. Well, a few weeks after uttering those words to my husband, she did just that. A fellow co-worker had been following the exploits of "Miss Bentley" very closely and we discussed the fact that Miss Bentley must have heard my words, obeyed my wish, and made her exit. I wish I had never spoken those words, but I believe she will have all her deformities fixed in duck heaven. A few short days before her last day on earth, she was lucky enough to lay me one PERFECT egg as a gift. (Ducks with this deformity can die from being egg-bound. That was my major worry.) I thank Miss Bentley for her presence in my life, as short as it was. (Miss Bentley has been featured twice on a nice website called Zooillogix.) I shall invent much safer, more fun lives for all my other numerous pets. Warmly, Pat Unfortunately, yes, I believe it. I very recently lost my duck “Miss Bentley”. Her neck was severely twisted from birth so that she always looked left. When she was 3 days old, I saved her from certain death. She had been trampled and was not breathing. I managed to revive her.

She was feisty as all getout, even though she could never clean herself with her beak or apply the waterproofing oil that all water fowl have. So, she would periodically come into the house, stay in the bathtub for a “spa day”. I totally loved her, but watching her try and even get around and walk was difficult for us. I guess, difficult for us to imagine living a life so constrained, that I wished she’d find some very quick and painless way to exit life so she would no longer suffer. Well, a few weeks after uttering those words to my husband, she did just that.

A fellow co-worker had been following the exploits of “Miss Bentley” very closely and we discussed the fact that Miss Bentley must have heard my words, obeyed my wish, and made her exit. I wish I had never spoken those words, but I believe she will have all her deformities fixed in duck heaven. A few short days before her last day on earth, she was lucky enough to lay me one PERFECT egg as a gift. (Ducks with this deformity can die from being egg-bound. That was my major worry.) I thank Miss Bentley for her presence in my life, as short as it was. (Miss Bentley has been featured twice on a nice website called Zooillogix.)

I shall invent much safer, more fun lives for all my other numerous pets.

Warmly, Pat

]]> By: Irene http://christinekane.com/blog/do-you-create-your-pets-behavior/comment-page-1/#comment-93843 Irene Wed, 02 Apr 2008 01:19:30 +0000 http://christinekane.com/blog/do-you-create-your-pets-behavior/#comment-93843 I laugh a lot, smiled and felt how much I wish I had a cat again. Growing up we had a cat called p'tit pit and a dog name Rex. The two of them were best friend. Rex would lay in the bed with the kittens when she would go for her walks. I think she would visit the father since he was not allowed to visit. Rex would growl at anyone that was not family while in charge of the kittens. Today my allergies does not allow me to have either cat or dog. I love hearing stories about cats and dogs. Thank you Christine for your stories. Thank you everyone for sharing. I laugh a lot, smiled and felt how much I wish I had a cat again. Growing up we had a cat called p’tit pit and a dog name Rex. The two of them were best friend. Rex would lay in the bed with the kittens when she would go for her walks. I think she would visit the father since he was not allowed to visit. Rex would growl at anyone that was not family while in charge of the kittens. Today my allergies does not allow me to have either cat or dog. I love hearing stories about cats and dogs. Thank you Christine for your stories. Thank you everyone for sharing.

]]> By: BarbV http://christinekane.com/blog/do-you-create-your-pets-behavior/comment-page-1/#comment-93756 BarbV Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:16:56 +0000 http://christinekane.com/blog/do-you-create-your-pets-behavior/#comment-93756 Hey Christine! Here's JJ's Blog, Designing Paws: http://jjbigpaws.blogspot.com/ He owns JJBigPaws.com as well as having a "Catbook" page on Facebook and several Squidoo pages. Hey Christine!
Here’s JJ’s Blog, Designing Paws:
http://jjbigpaws.blogspot.com/
He owns JJBigPaws.com as well as having a “Catbook” page on Facebook and several Squidoo pages.

]]> By: Christine Kane http://christinekane.com/blog/do-you-create-your-pets-behavior/comment-page-1/#comment-93735 Christine Kane Tue, 01 Apr 2008 11:47:30 +0000 http://christinekane.com/blog/do-you-create-your-pets-behavior/#comment-93735 tisha - I believe that how we see others ALWAYS changes them. just think of the difference between being around someone who believes in you and encourages you - and someone who thinks you aren't all that bright and might not make it. it uplifts you! so, seeing your kids, your friends, your family as capable, healthy, powerful, bright people can do only good! (and seeing your kid as someone who sleeps through the night with a deep sense of security is worth a try!) caren - that's a great story! emily - i believe there are lots of people like us. and your cat stories are funny! joy - p'nut should wear her flowered dress with the floppy hat for those photos! (that's gracie's favorite outfit of p'nut's.) barbv - leave a link so that everyone can see JJ Big Paws in action and we can all oo and ah at his stature! thanks amylia! maybe figgy is creating an online business up there in the attic! and yes, I heard the oprah broadcast. i thought that sophie died over last summer...? or was that another one? tisha – I believe that how we see others ALWAYS changes them. just think of the difference between being around someone who believes in you and encourages you – and someone who thinks you aren’t all that bright and might not make it. it uplifts you! so, seeing your kids, your friends, your family as capable, healthy, powerful, bright people can do only good! (and seeing your kid as someone who sleeps through the night with a deep sense of security is worth a try!)

caren – that’s a great story!

emily – i believe there are lots of people like us. and your cat stories are funny!

joy – p’nut should wear her flowered dress with the floppy hat for those photos! (that’s gracie’s favorite outfit of p’nut’s.)

barbv – leave a link so that everyone can see JJ Big Paws in action and we can all oo and ah at his stature!

thanks amylia! maybe figgy is creating an online business up there in the attic! and yes, I heard the oprah broadcast. i thought that sophie died over last summer…? or was that another one?

]]> By: amylia http://christinekane.com/blog/do-you-create-your-pets-behavior/comment-page-1/#comment-93690 amylia Tue, 01 Apr 2008 05:01:25 +0000 http://christinekane.com/blog/do-you-create-your-pets-behavior/#comment-93690 this is my favorite blog entry of yours. Love it! Your cat and I shared the same last name, at least initially. I wonder what mine will morph into. My little loverboy, Figgy, is my cat that really did come all the way from Taiwan. We've already had many adventures together, including traveling halfway across the world together. He's started hanging out in the attic a lot and I even moved his litter box in there b/c he loves it so much (the attic is connected to my apt). I'll have to think of a good story for his whereabout in the attic, but with more time spent in the actual apartment! Did you hear on Oprah and Eckhart's talk tonight that her beloved Sophie died the 2nd class? this is my favorite blog entry of yours. Love it! Your cat and I shared the same last name, at least initially. I wonder what mine will morph into.

My little loverboy, Figgy, is my cat that really did come all the way from Taiwan. We’ve already had many adventures together, including traveling halfway across the world together. He’s started hanging out in the attic a lot and I even moved his litter box in there b/c he loves it so much (the attic is connected to my apt). I’ll have to think of a good story for his whereabout in the attic, but with more time spent in the actual apartment!

Did you hear on Oprah and Eckhart’s talk tonight that her beloved Sophie died the 2nd class?

]]> By: BarbV http://christinekane.com/blog/do-you-create-your-pets-behavior/comment-page-1/#comment-93670 BarbV Tue, 01 Apr 2008 01:53:46 +0000 http://christinekane.com/blog/do-you-create-your-pets-behavior/#comment-93670 Our dog Jack decided last week to leap off our slope in our backyard. I have always said that Jack may not be the sharpest crayon in the box but he sure is the prettiest color, he's a beautiful smooth coated collie. Anyways, my husband has now started to call him "Rocket Dog" which I actually think is kinda cool. We'll see how Jack likes it. Our cat Java Joe (JJ) actually does have an online business, which we called JJ Big Paws which describes him perfectly. His picture is on several sites now and I swear he walks around the house with more of an attitude these days. Our dog Jack decided last week to leap off our slope in our backyard. I have always said that Jack may not be the sharpest crayon in the box but he sure is the prettiest color, he’s a beautiful smooth coated collie. Anyways, my husband has now started to call him “Rocket Dog” which I actually think is kinda cool. We’ll see how Jack likes it.
Our cat Java Joe (JJ) actually does have an online business, which we called JJ Big Paws which describes him perfectly. His picture is on several sites now and I swear he walks around the house with more of an attitude these days.

]]> By: Joy http://christinekane.com/blog/do-you-create-your-pets-behavior/comment-page-1/#comment-93664 Joy Tue, 01 Apr 2008 01:24:29 +0000 http://christinekane.com/blog/do-you-create-your-pets-behavior/#comment-93664 p'nut wants everyone to know she's available for autographs now that she's famoous. she's even considering having some glamour shots made. stay tuned. p’nut wants everyone to know she’s available for autographs now that she’s famoous. she’s even considering having some glamour shots made. stay tuned.

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