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Sometimes Your Dog Is the Reason You Keep Going

Why More People Are Saying Their Pet Gives Them A Reason to Live

Apr 8 • blissdog

Why Is It Easier to Believe Other People's Pain Than My Own?

Even When I Feel Physically Ill, I Downplay It

9 hrs ago • blissdog

What Summer Sounds Like to My Dogs

Illegal Fireworks in Oxnard Shores is a Months-Long Problem

Jul 3 • blissdog

Sit With Me: The Summer Memory Walk

A Mindful Dog Walk for Healing After Family Estrangement

Jul 1 • blissdog

When Summer Brings Back Memories of the People (and Dogs) We Miss

Families, Estrangement, and the Dogs Who Help Us Heal

Jun 28 • blissdog

Join a community that celebrates the bond between humans and dogs.

Therapy Dog Stories

How I Became a Therapy Dog Handler and Built a Life Working With Dogs

I didn’t expect my life to change the way it did.

Apr 16 • blissdog

What’s Really Happening When Your Dog Stares at You?

Those long, quiet looks may be doing something far more powerful than you realize

Apr 12 • blissdog

Blondie’s Story: From Shelter Dog to Hollywood Hills Birthday Star

A Rescue Dog’s Journey from Fear to Love

Apr 4 • blissdog

BlissDog, Soul Stories About the Human–Animal Bond

BlissDog, Soul Stories About the Human–Animal Bond

BlissDog explores the human–animal bond through therapy dog stories, dog behavior insight, and reflections on how dogs support emotional healing and everyday life.

Emotional Healing

When You Dream About a Dog You Lost and It Isn’t Comforting

Why Some Dreams About Dogs Who’ve Passed Feel Stressful, Not Peaceful

Apr 18 • blissdog

What’s Really Happening When Your Dog Stares at You?

Those long, quiet looks may be doing something far more powerful than you realize

Apr 12 • blissdog

Sometimes Your Dog Is the Reason You Keep Going

Why More People Are Saying Their Pet Gives Them A Reason to Live

Apr 8 • blissdog

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Apr 21 • blissdog

Sometimes Your Dog Is the Reason You Keep Going

Why More People Are Saying Their Pet Gives Them A Reason to Live

Apr 8 • blissdog

Blondie’s Story: From Shelter Dog to Hollywood Hills Birthday Star

A Rescue Dog’s Journey from Fear to Love

Apr 4 • blissdog

National Pet Day: Why Dogs Make Life Better

And How Seven and Paige Turner Plan to Celebrate

Mar 12 • blissdog

Sit With Me Meditation

Rest Beside Someone Safe

A Sit With Me Meditation for Letting Go in the Presence of Your Dog

Jun 2 • blissdog

Sit With Me: Your First Meditation Is Now Available to All Subscribers

Start Here—with Your Dog Beside You

Apr 5 • blissdog

Sit With Me: Meditations to Do With Your Dog

A new way to tap into emotional healing with your dog beside you

Apr 2 • blissdog

Recent posts

"Send Us Your Post!"

What Those Social Media Messages Really Mean

Jun 26 • blissdog

Sit With Me: You Don't Have to Be Perfect to Belong

A gentle meditation on perfection and learning to see yourself through your dog's eyes.

Jun 24 • blissdog

The Night I Burned My Journals

What Happens When a Child Learns It Isn't Safe to Be Perfectly Imperfect

Jun 22 • blissdog

The Danger I'd Never Heard Of Until a Neighbor's Dog Died

A heartbreaking loss, an unfamiliar disease, and a reminder to pay attention to the little things.

Jun 19 • blissdog

Sit With Me: Pennies From Dad

A Gratitude Walk With Your Dog to Honor the People and Animals Who Helped Shape Your Life

Jun 16 • blissdog

A Father's Day Tribute to the Man Who Taught Me to Love Animals

Pranks, Pets, And The Lessons That Are Lasting A Lifetime

Jun 14 • blissdog

New FDA-Approved Drugs May Help Dogs Who Are Terrified of Fireworks and Loud Noise

New prescription medications such as Tessie and Sileo may help dogs struggling with fear of fireworks, noise aversion, and separation anxiety.

Jun 12 • blissdog

A Gentle Guided Reflection to Keep Your Own Candle Lit

A Little Something for Sit With Me Readers

Jun 10 • blissdog

Every dog has a story don't miss a single one.

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