I just saw someone’s funny but also real IG reel that said “just work out at home!”. And in this video, her golden is zooming and jumping around in a storm of pup-crazy while she is failing miserably at trying to get in a home workout. Her hooman baby in the background is sitting onContinue reading “How to get a workout in, AND be a dog mama at the same time”
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How to make your own doggie treats for the puppy holiday gift exchanges
Aloha everyone! It has been a while because I’ve been working on trying to get a basically failed health coaching practice off the ground. I still enjoy blogging for it, though, even if the hoomans don’t really want health nutrition and lifestyle support. (curious? wellnesswahine.coach on wordpress, and @wellnesswahine.health on IG). Anyhoo, it is thatContinue reading “How to make your own doggie treats for the puppy holiday gift exchanges”
Little griff, huge personality: my adorable Brussels Griffon has a shadow side, and how we are trying to deal with it.
When people see Nalu out and about in public and when he is hamming it up for all the hoomanz, people ooh and aah over how “well-behaved” and how sociable he is. People are not wrong, but they are also not completely accurate because they are not privy to the total picture: my little griffyContinue reading “Little griff, huge personality: my adorable Brussels Griffon has a shadow side, and how we are trying to deal with it.”
Getting an emotional support animal & dating with my dog
“I basically needed to learn how to be in a healthy, long-term, committed love relationship. I needed to learn what it felt like to love and be loved in adulthood, whether that mentorship came from a healthy romantic partner, or from a dog. Because I most certainly didn’t know how to auto-generate self-love.” Roxie Rice,Continue reading “Getting an emotional support animal & dating with my dog”
Leashes round up: our favorite dog leashes for Hawaii/the beach lover’s lifestyle
Everyone who lives in Hawai’i knows that Hawaiian residents are notorious for off-leashing their dogs. There are certain truths every dog owner needs to admit, whether you want to or not. Firstly, not all dogs have the obedience capacity to roam off leash. No matter what people want to believe, animals are animals at theContinue reading “Leashes round up: our favorite dog leashes for Hawaii/the beach lover’s lifestyle”
Kick ass dog parenting: raising a puppy (newborn to 2 years old)
Are you one of those people who brought home a puppy, and plunged head first into dog parenthood without really understanding much about the nature of dogs? Are you noticing yourself trial-and-erroring your way through puppy parenthood? Or worse, the puppy has brought you, a grown ass adult person, to the brink of your ownContinue reading “Kick ass dog parenting: raising a puppy (newborn to 2 years old)”
The best feeder toys for my Brussels Griffon
If you have a griff, then you know that they are #AlwaysHungry. They will wolf down their food as if you starve them continually even if you don’t, and they are a breed with high energy needs and high intellectual capacity. So in order to train Nalu when I first got him, he would notContinue reading “The best feeder toys for my Brussels Griffon”
My first puppy: Things every first-time dog owner should know before they make the commitment into dog parenthood
I grew up in a household where dogs are always part of the family. However, Nalu was my first dog that was mine and mine alone, from the time he was 11 weeks old. My commitment to the decision to become a dog owner when I was 35 was exciting. But becoming a dog parentContinue reading “My first puppy: Things every first-time dog owner should know before they make the commitment into dog parenthood”
We Tried Rover Pet Sitting– and we’re hooked.
Aloha mai kakou! Mahalo for my near total absence from the blog. I started a highly-demanding job last year. I also started an integrative nutrition health coaching certification, and most importantly, I went on my first mainland vacation since I got Nalu in 2020. Which brings us to the topic of today’s post: I separatedContinue reading “We Tried Rover Pet Sitting– and we’re hooked.”
Wait… how does a dog who got his rabies shots from HDOA, and spent 120 days in Hawaii’s quarantine facility fail the FAVN Blood test?! Dog Blood Money Part 2
So of course, I have to blog about it and inform people. I genuinely cannot believe that what just happened to us just happened to us. Is this whole rabies-free Hawaii, quarantine, FAVN test requirement a complete joke??? How is this even legal?! We went through every possible measure the state of Hawaii requires toContinue reading “Wait… how does a dog who got his rabies shots from HDOA, and spent 120 days in Hawaii’s quarantine facility fail the FAVN Blood test?! Dog Blood Money Part 2”
puppy & paradise 