Humans tend to over-think our communication, especially with animals and other non-humans, who tend to be precise and logical in their telepathy. Sometimes too precise and logical for us to keep up with them! Join me for a few laughs and tips on how to refine your intuitive skills to better connect with our animal […]
Human-Animal Bond
Birthdays and Soul Purpose: A Dog’s Life
Happy birthday, Oliver Alki (July 28, 2017)! This beautiful boy is 2 today. Impeccable breeding, beautiful, healthy, a delight to be around, fun-loving and settling into the work he came to do. Many thanks to his breeder who gave up his top show pick because he believed me when I said this was the soul […]
Ville Magazine: Pets and People Issue, March 2017
I’m the animal communicator in the “Pet Talk” column in this Seattle magazine’s Pets and People issue, March 2017. You can read the entire magazine online or find it at various locations around Seattle. Publisher Charity Mainville devotes her magazine to Seattle events and issues. This month she features Seattle movers and shakers with dogs […]
David Frei on Purebred and Mixed-Breed Dogs
As an animal communicator and writer about the human-animal bond, I frequently meet people who are adamant about the breeding of the dogs they live with, or think about living with. To them all I say go for your heart match. Choose a dog that calls to your soul—after you take a good hard look […]
All Things Dog: 2017 Seattle Kennel Club Dog Show
Images from the 2017 Seattle Kennel Club Dog Show—all about people and dogs and … dog sports! It’s the human-animal bond in action. Some dogs need help getting around: the pet carrier is every bit as useful as it looks! Herding dogs demonstrating how they work with ducks, who are showing how easy it is […]
Celebrating Our Deceased Animals
In Loving Memory Murphy Brown Fritz July 28, 1998 – March 8, 2012 “Dogs don’t make our lives better, they make them bigger.” from a commercial during the Westminster Dog Show. Every member of our animal family makes a difference in our life. They bring us joy and frustration, humility and grace. With luck and […]
It’s in the Breed: Checking out Dogs at the 2017 Seattle Kennel Club Dog Show
Live with a dog or want to? Do yourself, and the dog, a huge favor and find out what’s in it. Purebred or mixed-breed, there’s hundreds of years of genetics involved that can make or break a family. In short, there’s a lot going on in your dog. I know. As someone who lives with […]
Dogs Out and About in Seattle: Hit the Dog Show March 11-12!
What do you do with your dogs? If you’re like me, you’re out and about with them as much as possible, and always looking for something different to do. Well, guess what? Our dogs are thinking that, too—what can we do together besides the same-old yawner of a walk? Sure, I’m an animal communicator so […]
Stunned by Grief – Why Souls Do What They Do
In late May 2003 I was running errands and suddenly detoured to stop at a local pet store and get some dog cookies. They had long fostered cats and kittens from a local cat rescue service, but I was astonished to hear birds chirping, and asked if they were now adopting out birds. “That’s kittens,” […]
Saying Goodbye: When Our Animal Families Die
This week I had one of those “double-edged sword” days in my work. When I ask myself why I do what I do, and know I wouldn’t do anything else. On an almost daily basis I place myself squarely in the face of grief and loss. No, I’m not a minister or health care provider: […]