I am feeling a lot better after a one-week bout with some upper respiratory bug that was going around the island.

That is why I didn’t write last week and why you didn’t see me much on IRememberLove.com. I was sick in bed.

…but Maui too good care of me. She rested along side me and kept me company.

While I was recuperating, I went thru some things and I found a GREAT video I wanted to share with you.

It is from a couple years ago when I went on a book tour to promote “How to Meditate with Your Dog.”

A reporter in San Diego asked me to show her how with her dog. He was so hyper when we started, but as the cameras rolled…the most amazing thing happened.

Go check out the video for yourself.

I posted it on IRememberLove.com. Here is the direct link: Reporter Meditates with Dog on the News!

While you are on the site, I hope you will check out some of the other videos there. I also posted a very funny compilation of TALKING DOGS. I bet you can’t watch it without breaking a smile. Check it out here:

Funny Talking Dogs

Enjoy the videos. Post a comment or two. Be sure to add some of your own pictures–and even a video–if you have one. I love seeing how quickly the community is growing at IRememberLove.com.

While you are there, please feel free to leave me a note and of course, check out our sponsors and advertisers who make it all possible.

Enjoy these videos. I am eager to hear what you think after you watch them.

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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In honor of Rusty the therapy dog - spring special

Linda, one of our dog-loving bloggers on our new community site I Remember Love, recently wrote about her dog, Rusty, who just passed his evaluation to become a full-fledged therapy dog.

Besides Linda’s obvious and justifiable pride in Rusty’s accomplishments, I was struck by her description of him.

“…the most placid creature on the face of the earth; letting absolutely nothing bother him.”

They threw things at him, offered him food, and did everything they could think of to distract him. Nothing worked.

I know for a fact that even my darling Maui - the meditating champion - would not resist a treat, no matter what!

In honor of Rusty’s certification, we’ve decided to keep the DVD version of Do You Remember Love? at $9.95 for a few more days, and not put it “out to the world” yet. So this is still a private sale just for dog lovers like you who get my emails on a regular basis.

If you haven’t picked up your copy yet, go here to check it out:

Rusty’s Spring Special: DVD

And Rusty, thanks for being such a good dog. I know your new friends at nursing homes will be infinitely enriched by your loving, peaceful companionship.

I hope I have a “therapy dog” like you if I’m ever in need!

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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Wow - thank you for all of your good thoughts for Maui’s health and well-being in the last few days. Within a few hours after sending that email, she visibly perked up.

And that night she ate her first full meal in a week. The next morning she was hungry and waiting for another full meal … and since has been absolutely “regular” in her habits and back to bouncy.

I’ve been sending all of you my thanks and appreciation, and also to your dogs and cats and other precious creatures.

This morning I got a link from my friend Dr. Andrew Jones with HIS newsletter reader “Appreciation” special - so appreciation seems to be the buzzword of the week.

How appropriate!

Dr. Jones has put all of his products - which are invaluable to me in sifting through health options with my elderly Maui - on sale at 75% off through Monday.

Take a look here now:

www.veterinarysecretsrevealed.com/cmd.php?af=560332&u=special

I appreciate you so much. Much health to you.

Maui sends licks and kisses.

Warm Aloha,

James Jacobson
RememberLoveShop.com

PS: Dr. Andrew Jones has his big “appreciation” sale here:

www.veterinarysecretsrevealed.com/cmd.php?af=560332&u=special

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I tried to think of something inspirational to write about for this morning’s email, but I am having some trouble.

It’s been a distracted week for me, because Maui got some sort of a stomach bug last week and didn’t feel tops for quite a few days.

I find it really hard to focus - not only because she wasn’t feeling well, but also because it was the anniversary of her adoption day … and it felt like a significant time.

Our meditations helped keep us close and both of us calm. She’s feeling MUCH better this morning - finally ate a whole bowl of food like she usually does - and I’m glad.

But a little nagging voice in the back of my head seems to still be speaking up with a “is she really OK?”

So I am going to ask you a favor. Will you please send Maui some “good vibes” or prayers or meditate on her health today?

I know that millions of people thinking of her health will do wonders.

While we’re at it, why don’t we all do a meditation for all of our pets today. We all deserve to know that all of us are caring about each other and our loved ones.

If you want a really cool “meditation” soundtrack, I recently found out about this AMAZING website with actual, live broadcasts of the whales off the coast of Maui!

This very cool group of people have a microphone under the water (right where I live, actually) that broadcasts to the internet, so you can listen to the whales on your computer.

A friend once told me that during whale season (November to April) on Maui all is “Whale” no matter what.

So maybe we should listen to the whales telling us that All Is Whale, while we meditate on our dogs (and cats, and parakeets, and all creatures) wellness or “whaleness”.

Go here to listen: http://whalesong.net

If you have the time to post your thoughts or prayers for Maui and everyone else’s pets on please make a comment!

Warm Aloha from Maui, where Maui is Whale, finally.

James
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It’s the eve of Maui’s adoption day, and my heart is full of love and warm feelings.

In early February, 1993, I was living in Washington, DC, and searching for my soulmate dog - the little white dog I’d wanted since I was three years old.

I went to breeders, shelters, and people advertising in the newspapers … but on Valentine’s Day, I saw this little tiny white doggy who I recognized instantly as *mine.*

(It seems a lot of people “recognize” their dogs, doesn’t it?)

I named her Maui - after the island I commuted to every few weeks and wanted to make my full-time home - and Valentine, after the day.

It’s a name that means love, love, love to me.

Maui Valentine.

She’s been my valentine ever since, and every day reminds me of how precious life is.

How open your heart can get, and how peaceful life can be when we just sit together and breathe.

Meditating with Maui and loving her more each day has brought me gifts I never expected.

So I celebrate her today, and I celebrate all of you, who love your dogs like I love Maui.

Let’s do a little Valentine’s meditation tomorrow.

Sit with your dog for as little as five minutes and know that people all over the world are doing the same - even if we’re not all meditating at the same time.

Sit and breathe and just BE.

Our dogs can make Valentine’s Day delicious for us … let’s make it delicious for them!

Happy (Maui) Valentine’s Day.

Warm Aloha,
James
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PS: If you haven’t sent your Valentines greetings, now is the time!

And if you have - isn’t there one more person who would love to hear from you on Valentine’s Day?

http://www.doyourememberlove.com/ecards/

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Happy Valentine’s Day, lovely dog lovers. (Yes, I know I’m a little early. Valentine’s Day is just such an important day to me - the day I adopted Maui, and the day I put Do You Remember Love? on the web.)

My heart is full up with love because I just finished a little meditation with Maui, who is sitting on my lap and “lapping up” the love.

If you haven’t yet selected your free Valentine ecards for all those you love, do so now! Send your cards from this link:

http://www.doyourememberlove.com/ecards/

Warm Aloha,

James
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Maui was due for a check up this week, so we went in yesterday. The vet checked her over and was happy to report that she seemed to be doing well despite her “senior” moments.

To make sure all was perfect he decided to take some blood.

Picture this: Jason, the tech, holding 8 pound white fluffy Maui from behind, wrapping his big arms around her front and holding her elbows.

Demian, our vet, taking blood from her leg.

Me, standing in front of her and stroking her ears and rubbing her chin to keep her distracted.

(When I am not there, she gets a little … cranky.)

About ten minutes of this … and Demian looks at me and says “I want you to stop meditating with Maui.”

I laughed - “yeah, right,” I said.

“Her blood pressure is so low that it’s going to take another 5 minutes to finish this vial!” he said.

It was pretty funny. Three full grown adult males needed to keep a tiny white dog calm … we thought.

Turns out she’s such a relaxed dog that she can’t pump out a little 5 ml vial of blood without waiting a loooong time.

Demian shook his head once again and said “I have to hand it to you - you’re definitely doing something right, with a senior dog like this.”

He likes my book, and even wrote a positive review on Amazon.com to let others know that as a vet he takes dog meditation seriously.

I know that meditation has been proven to lower blood pressure in humans.

I’ve always suspected that it lowers blood pressure in dogs, too - and it looks like I am right, at least in Maui’s case.

I just heard from Demian this morning that all is well with Maui - her tests all came back perfect.

I’m crediting meditation!

To your dog’s health,

Warm Aloha,

James

PS: To get “Remember Love” or “My Dog Is My Valentine” tees, journals, and book bags in time for Valentine’s Day orders need to be placed by Friday, 2/8, 11:59 p.m. EST.

I hear Maui ordered me something, but she won’t tell me what it is yet.

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