I am so happy to report that Tuesday afternoon my friend
Dr. Dressler got the results for the biopsy he performed
on his dog last week. And it is great news:

It is NOT cancer.

What a relief. I am so touched that hundreds of people
wrote to me and many also left comments on IRememberLove.com
expressing how they were praying for Bjorn and hoping to
hear that the biopsy report would come back as negative.

Those prayers were answered and I must confess to you that
I wasn’t sure what Demian would say when I told him that
so many of you were praying for his dog. (After all, he
is a man of SCIENCE.)

I am delighted he took it the way he did and believes the
prayers may even have helped bring about the positive results.

I videotaped him as soon as he got home and you have got to
see what this veterinarian says about prayer and the whole
process that he went thru with his beloved chow chow.

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I hope your week is going well. Mine is busy so I will keep this short…

I posted an amazing video of a machine that a man built to play fetch with his dachshund. You got to see this ingenuity in action. Watch the video at:
http://tinyurl.com/5tnmst

It is pretty amazing.

Also, I was digging in the crawl space under the steps and I unearthed a video that I made 14 years ago.

Both Maui and I are in it–she is just a puppy and I am quite a few pounds lighter.

It is an instructional video called “You, Too, Can Talk with the Animals” and features Bea Lydecker, the original animal communicator to the stars.

Bea’s star animal clients included Lassie and the thoroughbred race horse Secretariat.

Making the video was a pretty amazing experience 14 years ago and certainly opened up my eyes to the possibility of really connecting and communicating with animals on a non-verbal level.

I am sure that learning animal communication helped me enhance my relationship with Maui, cultivate my dog meditation practice and it also opened me up to do the work I am doing today.

(I also suspect that the animal communication skills I learned back then when I made the video has given me the confidence and opened my heart to the animal kingdom so that I have had the great gift of swimming with wild dolphins over 50 times.)

I am going to see if I can get the video transferred–and if I can maybe even put a clip up on IRememberLove.com for you to see.

Ok, back to work for me…

I hope you take a two-minute break and watch the amazing automatic fetch machine video at:

http://tinyurl.com/5tnmst

Aloha,
James

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You got to watch this video: www.irememberlove.com/video/video/show?id=2013722%3AVideo%3A15144

It was sent to me by a member of our DoYouRememberLove/IRememberLove community.

I don’t want to name him, but this past year he has gone thru a number of health challenges and his positive outlook and love for dogs has always helped him get thru them.

That is why this video is especially heart-warming.

Check it out.

I think you will like it as much as I do.

Here is the direct link:
www.irememberlove.com/video/video/show?id=2013722%3AVideo%3A15144

Have a great week.

Warm Aloha,
James

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How many times a day do you get an email with a dog story that touches your heart … but you don’t know for sure if it’s * really true *?

I get at least twenty (I’m not kidding).

I hate to pass them on because I don’t like to get forwards, myself. But sometimes they’re just too precious not to share.

Well, I just hit a jackpot idea here, and Molly just followed up on it.

She’s made a discussion forum JUST for email stories that you love about dogs … but aren’t sure “really” happened.

Why shouldn’t we share?

So go to the new discussion forum on I Remember Love right now, and post your own sketchy-history emails that you just love to share.

Molly included one that I received from Tom, about a doggy visitor that just cracked me up.

Go read it now:

www.irememberlove.com/forum/topic/show?id=2013722%3ATopic%3A14701

and then click “start a discussion” and post your own. Just copy and paste from your email into the website.

Mahalo for being part of our community!

PS: There are still “Do You Remember Love?” Dvd’s available at www.doyourememberlove.com/packwisdom/watch-do-you-remember-love-on-dvd/

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Some great videos are being posted on IRememberLove.com, but I wanted to call your attention to a very funny one that Dee posted.

It is from the hit TV show Britain’s Got Talent and features the most amazing dog named Gin. You have to check it out.

Here is the direct link to the video:

www.irememberlove.com/video/video/show?id=2013722%3AVideo%3A11122

When you are on IRememberLove.com, watch some of the other videos and I hope you will add a photo or video of your own dog–or one that really moves you and you think the rest of us will enjoy.

It is incredibly easy to post pics and videos on the site. Of course, adding your own stories and joining discussions is also a cinch.

I hope you will take a few minutes today and check out the site. It is a lot of fun.

Ok, on to a totally different subject…

Tomorrow I will be sending you an important email related to dog cancer.

If you have or had or know a dog that has been diagnosed with cancer, I urge you to open up the email. It is really important and I could use your help. Details will come tomorrow (Thursday).

Thanks in advance.

For now, I hope you will go watch the video of Gin at IRememberLove.com.

www.irememberlove.com/video/video/show?id=2013722%3AVideo%3A11122

Talk with you soon.

Aloha,
James

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It’s a gentle day today on Maui (the island) - and Maui (the dog) is sleeping gently at my feet. I’ve just been playing around on IRememberLove.com and making new friends. And Molly started her own blog last week - have you seen it?

She put up a beautiful poem called “I’m Still Here” and wrote about her childhood dog, a spunky cairn terrier named Timmy. You can check it out here:

Molly’s Blog

I hope you go post your own pictures at http://www.IRememberLove.com

We’re all having a blast!

Meanwhile, people who got the first round of the DVD version of Do You Remember Love? have been gossiping!

www.doyourememberlove.com/packwisdom/watch-do-you-remember-love-on-dvd/

Here’s what I’ve “overheard” in my customer satisfaction survey:

“I purchased one for a part of my best of friends birthday gift…She loves it too…”

“Yes. we lost our cairn terrier last June. This DVD just made us remember with all the love that we have how funny and lovely she was. Molly was a trooper … she was the best little girl ever. Thank you.”

This kind of feedback coupled with the gentleness of the day just opens my heart wiiiiiide. I’m going to give Maui an extra cuddle this afternoon as a special thank you for her inspiration.

If you want to see the DVD Maui inspired, check it out here:

www.doyourememberlove.com/packwisdom/watch-do-you-remember-love-on-dvd/

Many warm wishes to you on this lovely Spring day.

Warm Aloha,

James

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Wow!

So many of you sent emails chastising me for letting Maui go so long without a haircut that my assistant Crystal thought I should explain the “why.”

Maui (the island) is paradise … but not for groomers.

There are only three on the entire island - for 100,000 residents!

They are all fully booked, all the time.

Maui’s groomer, Allyson of Pawsitively Purrfect, is one of the sweetest, most doggy-loving people I know. She grew up rescuing injured animals - wild and domestic - and to this day remains totally obsessed with furkids.

She’s totally in love with Maui, and takes excellent care of her like clockwork, every six weeks.

You can see a photo of her here: www.irememberlove.com/photo/photo/show?id=2013722%3APhoto%3A4761

But a few months ago she had to go out of town for several weeks, and because she works ten hours a day, six days a week, many of her clients had to live without her services - there was no way for her to “make up” the appointments that she missed.

Meanwhile, the other two groomers … well, let’s just say that I would never, ever, take Maui to them.

I have had very bad experiences with both, and one cut Maui’s eyes a few years ago and actually caused the cataracts that she carries to this day.

She never even apologized!!!!!

The regular bathing and brushing that Molly and I do just isn’t what Allison can do - but waaaaay better than what either of the other two groomers do.

When Allyson said she was not going to be able to see Maui for three months, Molly and I were quite downcast. We asked if there was ANYONE else on the island that she trusted with Maui (who is her second oldest client), and she said

“I wish there were. I’ve been trying for years to get reliable help.”

If you know any stellar groomers who want a job in paradise, let us know - Allyson’s waiting list alone could be a second practice!

Allyson really is a “pet angel,” and we’re blessed to have her. Check out her photo here:

www.irememberlove.com/photo/photo/show?id=2013722%3APhoto%3A4761

You’ll see immediately why her clients adore her. She oozes dog love.

Meanwhile, Maui thanks you for your concern.

Warm Aloha,

James

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I have been embarassed to post any recent photos of Maui on IRememberLove.com because she hasn’t been groomed since mid-January … which for a Maltese guarantees disaster.

Her hair was matted (even though I bathe her regularly) and Allison, her groomer, was a little worried that Maui would have to be shaved in order to get them out.

But she promised that since it was Easter she would make a special effort to keep the hair … and as always, she worked a miracle!

Some dogs don’t like to be groomed, but Maui does.

She is very content once she gets that it’s going to happen - and just patiently holds out her paws, stands in place, and generally is a very good dog.

She prances for a few days after she gets cleaned up - I can tell she feels better.

She also likes her hair in a “puppy cut” instead of the typical long-hair style for Maltese.

Anyway, I finally took some good photos of my cute doggie, and just to show you the dramatic difference Allison makes in Maui’s life, I put up before and after photos here:

www.irememberlove.com/photo/photo/show?id=2013722%3APhoto%3A3774

I hope you comment on them - and then post a few of your own!

In the meantime, warm Easter wishes to you all, and I hope you are enjoying this early spring day!

Warm Aloha,

James

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My friend Stephanie is a schoolteacher here in Maui and she’s in love.

His name is Petey.

Stephanie and Petey met a few days ago at the Maui Humane Society … and let’s just say they’re sleeping together now.

If you haven’t guessed, Petey is a lucky shelter dog to have attracted the eye of my friend Stephanie.

I’m urging Stephanie to start a blog on IRememberLove.com so she can share with the world the adventures (and mis-adventures) of adopting a dog.

Already several of you have started blogging with your own blogs on IRememberLove.com.

It’s extremely easy to use and if you ever thought about creating an online diary, this is the perfect place … and the price is right

(your own blog for $0!)

Of course you don’t need to start a blog, you can just start by posting a photo of your dog or even commenting on someone else’s photo or video.

Already, a lot of people have posted comments about my video at www.irememberlove.com/video/video/show?id=2013722:Video:15#comments

I hope you will check out IRememberLove.com today and share it with your friends.

The site is totally free and I hope you’ll visit the sponsors who make it possible.

I’d love to hear your comments about my new site. You can post them on my profile page at www.irememberlove.com/profile/JamesJacobson

I’ll keep you posted on Stephanie and Petey and hope to see you in our new online community.

Warm Aloha,

James

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Every day you email me with your incredible stories and your amazing photos, and I can barely keep up.

(OK I can’t, but I try.)

Finally, I have been able to build a place where we can all SHARE our stories, pics, and videos with each other.

It’s called I Remember Love and it’s here:

I Remember Love

You will LOVE IT if you are a dog lover.

You can post your own stories, photos, ask questions, start Groups that have a common interest and discuss discuss, discuss.

If you have heard of facebook or myspace, it’s like that, only just for DOG LOVERS who want to celebrate the way our dogs bring love into our life.

I am really excited about this, because I know how much all of you want to connect with each other directly.

Let me put it this way - if you all could read all the emails I do, you’d feel darn good about yourselves. It’s a lovefest everyday.

So please check it out and start posting - you can put up photos, videos, make prayer requests, tell stories … anything you like.

Please watch the videos I’ve already posted on the front page, and check out our sponsors, who make this free site possible!

I Remember Love

Please check it out now - I can’t wait to build this up. You’ll see me, Molly, Crystal, and Collette are the “first members” - join us!

I Remember Love

Warm Aloha,

James

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