(one of my past columns from Hyde Park Living) It was through a parrot behavioral analysis email listserve that I met Jeni Rivett. She is an Arizona-based agility dog trainer, sharing her home with three fully flighted birds and four energetic dogs. I...
A reminder, don’t forget to check out My Sidekick And Me for the story about how Ajax found his forever home and how you can help other animals like him….and other pet related stories.
If you want to truly be inspired…spend an evening surrounded by young people who are making a difference in this world in their own very personal way. This was the 15th year that the YMCA of Greater Cincinnati celebrated teen role models for caring, respect,...
Funny how fate works sometimes. It was a night like so many before it for Barbara Lichtenstein. At least that’s how it started off. She was in her car, having just turned onto the busy intersection at Springfield Pike heading toward choir practice when...
It is so wonderful when you ask someone on the spot to talk about who in their life inspires them and gives their life meaning. Here, one Cincinnati area husband spontaneously shares what he loves about his wife. His response is pretty special. In my...
Congratulations! April 25 Debbie Oberklaus has won four tickets to the Festival! Mother’s Day weekend in Cincinnati just isn’t the same without the region’s most popular spring festival – the Appalachian Festival. And the three day event is back – May...
Steve Martin, president of Orlando-based Natural Encounters, is a phenomenal trainer of animals and teacher of people. I was fortunate to have traveled to Florida several years back for a weekend course taught by him and my mentor, Dr. Susan Friedman....
A really good thing for Greater Cincinnati is its most popular outdoor spring family festival, the Appalachian Festival at Coney Island Mother’s Day weekend. It re-creates authentic mountain life with down-home music, heel-to-toe dancing, storytelling,...
Note: This is a past column from my Hyde Park Living pet behavior column. Every once in awhile you have the opportunity to read about my personal stories as they pertain to modifying pet behaviors in the most positive, least intrusive ways. I’ve been...