Grooming For Your Pet

Our pets are special to us. They're part of the family! Keeping them well-groomed is an essential part of their care. Having the right tools to work with helps make their care easy for you and your pet. Beginning to groom a pet early in life is ideal, as they will become accustomed to the process and enjoy the special time with their parent.

Selecting a good trimmer is easier than ever if you know what to look for. Select one that fits your pet. Some models come with multiple attachments. You have the option of selecting a battery operated model if you do not have access to an outlet where you trim your pet. With the convenience of cordless operation you are not limited to where you do the trimming. Choose a slim, lightweight model to keep you from getting tired on larger animals.

If you need to trim delicate areas, such as around the eyes or ears, choose a trimmer that is small, compact and made for trimming that area.

A professional trimmer gives you options. Select one that is maintenance free where it will not need oiling or greasing of internal parts. These clippers are quiet to help ease your pet's anxieties. Motors are usually powerful in the professional models and are designed for heavy-duty use and long life. Features can include detachable blades for easy changing and cleaning, cool running motors, break-resistant housing, contoured to fit your hand and reduce fatigue, multiple blade attachments and multiple speeds.

Trimmers are now available with a duel LED light positioned to cast ultra bright white light that allows expert grooming, even in dark, shadowed areas.

Don't forget their nails! All pets get jagged nails from time to time. Keep them well manicured and avoid scratches on floors and furniture. Your pet will look great too! You can choose from a two-speed nail grinder to the more traditional nail clippers.

Brushes and comb are essential to your pets health. Stiff, nylon bristles smooth coat for shiny appearance and helps distribute healthy coat oils. A flea comb removes fleas/eggs and grooms around face and eyes.

When purchasing a shampoo for your pet, consider if your pet has any skin problems. Shampooing your pet regularly promotes a healthy and shiny coat.

Keeping your pets teeth clean has never been easier! Your pet can now have his/her own toothbrush! They are also available in a mini finger toothbrush where you can slide the tip onto your finger and gently brush your pets teeth.

Having a healthy pet is what everyone wants. Give your pet the best care you can and the rewards you receive will be worth it.

Time And Space Continuum

Space...the final frontier..." Not!!!

There is something much larger, much deeper and much darker. Try marriage. Time rifts, black holes, even alien beings...have nothing on being married. You talk about a final frontier...yeah buddy...marriage is definitely a voyage that can turn out to be the ride of your life, with or without a spaceship!

When you're on the launch pad of life and the countdown to your future with your mate is ticking away as you're about to be lifted into the great unknown and you're strapped in for dear life...the imagination has a tendency to run a little rampant. There's nothing spacey about marriage, in fact, it's as vast as space itself. Like the rings placed on the fingers of those to be wed, the symbolism that binds the two is indeed an infinite and wonderful prospect.

Being married for these 30 plus years has led to some very interesting "trips" into the realm of the space of a different kind. No, I have not come across any little green beings in these many years of travels, but I must say that there have been times when I've been awakened to be staring at the face of something very alien looking in various shades of lime green, pastel peach, very berry or passionate purple staring back at me! Cold creams to make that face look more appealing and tempting...errr...ok.

Man...there was this one time I woke up and there was a shade of blue on her face that nearly stopped me cold in my tracks. Marriage is neither alien nor foreign, if fact, it is considered by most to be a great voyage to be taken well into the stars of far off places like love, compassion, peace, harmony, trust and security. Some pretty far flung planets to navigate indeed.

There are many, many bright things to encounter along the way and yes, I know...it's not at all bright and shiny all the time. But that is one of the beauties of being married. Getting to the bright and shiny things in life together. Traveling to and through the many voids of life and space and time to seek out and define a new life together. To go where many men have gone before you. Nothing alien about it. Yours is to be a lasting journey, blazing the trails of those who have gone before you and at the same time, making your own path to Mars (her family) and beyond. Never mind the theory of men, women,mars and venus...you have your own planets to explore, your own galaxies to discover.

Courage and Compassion

It was a dark night in Memphis. I was heading to the hotel. Friendly people on the corner greeted me. As I turned to respond, I missed the curb and BAM! In an instant I was on the ground. My glasses flew off my face and my bag went flying. Yowee. Kazowee!

All is well, just a scrape here and bruise there. No big deal. The big deal came later as I sat down to reflect on what happened. I have fallen in the past, on ski slopes, in the back yard, on stage (during rehearsal, thank goodness) and countless other places. In fact, I remember my father saying that I could trip over a rose in the carpet. It seems I was way over due for a little self reflection about this pattern.

A practice of self reflection can help us unearth old tendencies and release patterns of feeling and being. Moreover, self reflection goes a long way towards cultivating greater self awareness. Engaging in rigorous and honest self reflection demands both courage and compassion. For in order to cultivate a life long discipline of self reflection, you need to know that you are not going to beat yourself up every time you find yourself "less than" some ideal image you hold of who and how you should be...so you need self compassion. And, courage, hooboy do you need courage to be honest with yourself as you reflect!

Can you see how this works? Because if you are going to be rigorously honest with yourself, you need the courage to face what you find. And if you are going to willingly address what you find, you need to be compassionate with yourself so that you can face whatever you've found with a kind heart.

What I found is an old pattern rooted in a fall I took as a child and the guilt I felt about that fall. I also found a feeling of fear about my body. Armed with this knowledge, I was able to dismantle the intrapsychic structures supporting this old tendency using spiritual technology.

Spiritual technology processes are fabulous tools that aid in releasing the tensions that accumulate in life and beyond that, they provide a means of releasing the pain caused by being caught between pairs of opposites. In this case, it was the duality of confidence and fear along with guilt and freedom that were influencing my behavior and my state.

What might change for you if you approached your self reflection with greater courage and compassion? Are there pairs of opposites showing up in your life that are contributing to patterns that don't support your well-being?