Blog

Ginny Branden Ginny Branden

Is your pet as excited about your vacation as you are?

Summer is upon us and the season of vacations is here! Ahh, fresh beach breezes! Cool mountain air! All the adventures await!

But wait! What about your furbaby? Are they coming, too?

As much as I'd love to travel with my pets, sometimes it's not practical. I don't know about you, but I think my cats would appreciate being stuck in the car for 8 hours even less than I do.

Here's a list of tips and ideas to think about when you know you're going to be traveling the routine is going to change.

Read More
Ginny Branden Ginny Branden

Q&A: Can the Cat go out?

I got this question recently, and thought that it might be helpful to expand upon the topic a little bit for everyone.

Holly M inquired: "Would it be irresponsible to let me cat outside? He cries at the windows and obviously wants to go out, especially when the sun is shining. What would you do?"

Thanks so much for the prompt, Holly! This is a complex question, and there is no single right answer that will fit for everyone. What I can give is the thought process and some questions to ask to find out what the best solution is for your situation!

Read More
Ginny Branden Ginny Branden

Thanks for the struggles

As Thanksgiving fast approaches here in the US, there are equally as many joyful posts as there are begrudging posts passing through my news feed regarding the impending family time. It's no secret that family is often the most challenging group of people to spend concentrated time with. Expectations run high, and "the way it's always been" is an easy cop out for objectively evaluating the situations and people that we endure time with. And so we endure, while seething underneath our skin, but wearing that beautiful smile pasted across our face. Oh gratitude, where art thou?

Read More
Ginny Branden Ginny Branden

Animal Communication: What, how & Why

So what is this Animal Communication mumbo jumbo? Is it talking to animals? Are you an animal psychic? What do you mean 'animal communication'? Is it about reading their behavior? How in the world does it work? What's the point??
I get so many questions about what Animal Communication really is, how it works, and what the reason is behind using Animal Communication, and what it can do for pet relationships.

Read More
Ginny Branden Ginny Branden

Dance with a butterfly

I've been seeing butterflies EVERYWHERE! They keep crossing my path as I'm driving! Flying right in front of my car, zooming right over the hood. I keep apologizing as I blitz by them, hoping that I haven't disturbed their already erratic flight.

Read More
Ginny Branden Ginny Branden

No Such thing as no

I'm finally reading The Law of Attraction by Ester and Jerry Hicks, and I'm loving it. Like so many other things in my life right now, it is pulling together a lot of information that I'm aware of and bringing it all together in a really complete way. One piece struck me last night and I saw an immediate connection to our pet relationships. There is no such thing as no.

Read More