My Dolphin Healing Story

I wrote this in June and want to share it with you now. My Own Story of Dolphin Healing ~ Jenny Pavlovic, June 9, 2012 ~ I went to Bimini for the amazing opportunity to swim with wild dolphins. Animal communicator Mary Getten was leading the trip and she had been urging me to go […]

Dolphins and Dogs: Protect Your Heart

First, a quick note: A few weeks ago I discovered that Bandit’s tags were missing. I keep them in a tag pocket on his collar to protect them, and the entire pocket with all the tags was gone. I immediately got him a new ID tag. After my experience with hundreds to thousands of lost […]

Emergency Preparedness for Your Pet: 8 Things I Learned from 8 State Hurricane Kate

In April my truck went in to the shop for a few days and I had the use of a brand new, very nice 4-door sedan. I’ve always been a truck person and I soon realized why I was uncomfortable with only having the car at my disposal. I knew that I couldn’t fit my […]

Meaningful Work

We all want to belong and feel useful. Most of us are happiest when we have meaningful work. Our dogs are descended from long lines of herders, retrievers, hunters, guard dogs, and other dogs who became companions to people because they did useful work. Nowadays, sleeping at home all day while the family is at school and work can […]

Enjoying the Winter That Almost Wasn’t

We haven’t had much of a winter here this season, at least by Minnesota standards. Not much snow, not very cold weather. It seems like the temperature has hardly even dropped below freezing. By the time you read this, I might be trying to dig my way out of a snowstorm. But while writing this […]

On Hurrying

On Hurrying Hurrying from one thing to the next used to feel good, Like a person was important and in demand, like things were happening in one’s life. But Hurrying makes one look ahead to the next thing, Multitask, multitask, multitask and forget to be here. Now.

Why I Don’t Shovel All the Snow

Sometimes I still feel her presence, Riding behind me in the back seat of the truck Like she used to. When her back legs got weak and she couldn’t walk very far She rode in the truck behind me And looked out the window, Feeling the breeze, inhaling the smells. She was a Bernese Mountain […]

Chase’s True Calling? Dog is Love

In January, Chase and I started taking a therapy dog class. The point of the class is to familiarize the human-dog team with the exercises they need to pass to become a Delta Society Pet Partners team. Chase has been waiting for me to get my act together for years. He loves to meet new […]

Pondering Poppies: The Seeds That We Sow

June 2, 2006 was my last day with 8 State Hurricane Kate. You may have read her story in the book 8 State Hurricane Kate: The Journey and Legacy of a Katrina Cattle Dog. It was with great sadness that I spent that last beautiful early summer day with her, a perfect day to sit together on […]

Bandit, My Bolt Out of the Blue, My Miracle

by Jenny Pavlovic Excerpted from the book, A Book of Miracles. Copyright © 2011 by Bernie Siegel. Reprinted with permission from New World Library. www.NewWorldLibrary.com. In January, I took my very old dog Rusty to the vet for the last time. Rusty had been a stray, found in a neighboring state. I had adopted him […]