Einstein Learns a New Trick – How to Shut a Door!

Sounds simple enough doesn’t?  However, not many dogs ever learn to close the door after themselves.  It’s a new level of taking care of themselves in a human world.  I was absolutely thrilled at how easy it was for him to pick this up.

Being able to speak to him directly and show him in my mind exactly what I wanted him to do of course made this task so much easier to teach.

Check out this very cute video of Einstein shutting the door!

Puppies Behind Bars

Puppies Behind Bars is a non-profit in New York state that has inmates training dogs to become guide dogs and assistant dogs to police units. The inmates have the responsibility of the first  stages of the dog training process.  This organization has been around and has been successful since 1997!  To learn more or to donate please visit  http://www.firstgiving.com/gftunovember2009.

Advantage Flea product Melts Plastic?!

Animal Lovers Beware – I came across this frightening article and wanted to share it with anyone who is using Advantage Flea treatment!

A poodle who had Advantage, a spot-on flea treatment, applied just before he was put in his crate for the night, was found literally glued to the crate in the morning. Veterinarians report similar incidents, including damage to the top of an x-ray table (quickly paid for by Bayer). Story verified on the Veterinary Information Network. Click here to read the poodle’s whole story.

No More Homeless Pet’s National Conference in Las Vegas Oct 23-25

Registration is ending soon for this very worthwhile event!

One conference. Five million reasons to come.

Every year, 5 million animals are killed in America’s shelters. Is achieving a country with No More Homeless Pets possible? You bet it is! Every day, more progress is being made, more lives are being saved. But there is still work to be done, and each of us has a part to play.

Topics and presenters include:

• Nathan Winograd, director of the No Kill Advocacy Center, talks about what you can do when your local community says no-kill is impossible.

• Dr. Mike Dix, Best Friends’ chief veterinarian and star of the National Geographic TV show “DogTown,” presents “Ah-choo! Disease Prevention for Rescues and Fosters.” You’ll learn how to spot the most common illnesses in animals, and how to protect your rescued foster animals.

Best Friends 25th anniversary surprises including questions and answers with some of the founders of Best Friends.

And because this year marks Best Friends’ 25th Anniversary, there will be special presentations by the folks who founded Best Friends—and a few anniversary surprises, too!

Click for more information and to register!

When: Friday, October 23, 8 am to Sunday, October 25, 12:30 pm
Where: Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada
RSVP: Friday, October 16, 2009

Who’s Teaching Who? Critical Socialization Using Animal Communication & Proper Planning

Val Heart's (Animal Communicator) Friend Einstein

Well, I have to say my mom is the genius here!  You definitely want to socialize your own special puppies.  If you don’t teach us what we need to know when we need to know it, we’ll struggle with those challenges for the rest of our lives.  That’s no fun and is why so many of my fellow canines wind up at shelters, on the streets or euthanized… through no fault of their own.  They just didn’t get the proper training and care in their early impressionable months.  That makes me very sad…

Val:  Thanks, Einstein!  I was determined to teach you everything I could think of starting immediately after you came home with me, because I knew that my job was to give you the best possible start in life. And because I realized that what I taught you could some day save your life, I planned your social outings and training program very carefully.

Remember the day at the dog park when you were off leash and you got scared and in your panic ran lickety split for home and safety?  But you were headed across a busy street?  I yelled, Einstein!  Come!!  And I watched to see what would happen with my heart in my throat.  I knew that you might be hit by a car, and I might lose you that day.

I was so proud of you, as with tears in my eyes and a tremendous feeling of gratitude, I watched as you immediately whirled around and raced back to my side, just like I’d taught you when you were only 9 weeks old.

I have been so appreciative of my ability to communicate with you during the entire socialization and training process.  You needed to know what to expect, how to keep yourself safe and how to interact properly with other people of all shapes, ages, color and sizes, with other dogs, with cats, horses…  You need to understand the games we play – and also communicate back with me for feedback and discussion.

That way I would know what was working and what didn’t work for you.  Every one of us learns differently, and some techniques just don’t work for some as well as they do for others.  You certainly sent me back to the training books and into meditation when we hit the occasional challenge together!  But we’ve always figured it out – I’m so glad you can help me resolve these things together.  You’re a wonderful Teacher.

You delighted the neighborhood when we went to the 4^th of July parade and at only 10 weeks old, you were calm, laid back, gentle, loving and attentive to everyone of all ages, from the very old to the very young.  The postman looks forward to seeing you, and our neighbors are happy to see us when we’re out walking.  You enjoy riding in the car and love going to visit – anywhere at any time, is your motto!

Now, everyone who meets you just falls in love with you.  That’s partly because of the remarkably wisdom you possess, but I like to think it’s also because you love people and are here to touch their hearts and lives, and inspire them.

When you came to live with me at 8 weeks old, I started immediately teaching you to Stay, Sit, Wait – with both hand signals and voice commands, from near and from far away.  You also learned to Come!  Shake Hands, High Five (with both paws) and have even learned to distinguish between your right and your left front paws!

By 2 1/2 months old, you knew the Find It game, and by 3 ½ months old, you knew the names of all your many toys and could distinguish between them when I asked you to Find a certain one.

Boy, I could go on and on singing your praises, but we’d better stop here.  We can tell our Readers more in our next newsletter and Blog, ok?  For today, I hope we’ve inspired someone to do more with their animal friends starting today.

Do dogs or other animals think about leaving a legacy?

Val Heart, animal communicator, helps when deciding on euthenasia and death and dying.

I asked Einstein what he thought he wanted his legacy to be…

Einstein:  I want to be remembered as The Dog Who Changed the World.  I want my legacy to be a world full of humans that I have been able to touch, inspire, educate and teach so that they know, beyond a doubt, that dogs (and all animals) are in fact Divine messengers.  That all animals and other beings are sentient, wise, and are fellow travelers here; and I believe this will help humans enjoy a kinder, gentler, more compassionate, more joyful, stable place of being as the world evolves into it’s next State of Being.

Einstein – Dog Genius Gives His Views on Dying…

Val Heart communicates with animals in the death, dying and euthanasia process.

I wondered if my brand new little friend was afraid of dying…

Einstein:  What’s to be afraid of?  Death is a passage back to Spirit and the veil between worlds is so very thin… we just step out of our bodies.  When Death comes it is to be welcomed and embraced.  Death is easy.  Sometimes the dying is hard, though, but the dying is also a part of life.  It is the journey that tempers and illuminates our Spark and sometimes offers the most amazing, life changing lessons… and in that way it becomes like a parting gift to ourselves and our loved ones… until we meet again.

Introducing Einstein – Dog Genius!

Val Heart's (Animal Communicator) Friend Einstein shares his wisdom with us.

I’m Einstein, the new dog genius.  I know that may be a bit lofty sounding, but hey it’s just the simple truth!  I am 10 weeks old now and am learning to live in the human world quickly.  My human Val is teaching me many new tricks, at least I’m letting her think she is teaching me.  I want to make her happy because she is a special person.

Around Christmas time last year I started to let Val know that I was coming into her life through dreams and visions.  I wanted to be with a human that would understand me and be a partner with me in helping people get balanced and happy.  You all have to admit that Val is exactly the right person for that!  Val understood my mission right away because she shares that vision with me.

I’ll be sharing some of my soul wisdom that I brought with me into this life, so stayed tuned to this Dog’s Blog. You won’t want to miss seeing the world from a dog’s point of view now would you?  You might come away with a whole new perspective about life, what animals really think and feel and about how animals are often guides and teachers.

One of the first questions Val asked me was what I thought about being a Divine Being…

Around the end of last year, when I was still in Spirit form, I was asked to help the many lost human souls find their way back to center, to heal, to reconnect with their hearts and the planet’s energies.  .

Now Val and I have a lot more work to do.  I can help Val teach lots more humans and I have very important messages to share with humanity through her gifts. So the Plan was set into motion, and my Mommy and Daddy got together and made me a wonderful new body.  I told Val I was coming to change the world!  I communicated with her for months through dreams and visions and telepathy, and 2 weeks before I was born, I told her to look for me.  Sure enough, she found me right away.

I’m also here to help Val heal. She’s been very lonely and works way too hard, and she needs me.  I’m here to change her life for the better and help her realize her own power, to reconnect with community, to play and embrace the love and flow of life.

So, YES I believe I’m a Divine Being just as I believe YOU are too!

Do you have something you want to ask me?  Just blog it to me, baby!