Thank you so much for all the love, warmth and compassion you're flooding us with. The grief is just ours, not Jagger's. Leaving his earthly body was certainly a relief for him.
Earlier this year we didn't think he would make it through another summer, but he must have felt the change coming - us moving to our farm, because he worked up a 3rd, or should I say a 4th wind.
Jagger hated car rides all his life, no matter how much we bribed him:-)
Noah was driving the dogs from the old place to the farm and he said that Jagger was fine the entire ride. Once he lifted him out of the truck, Jagger started walking the entire fenced off part of the property, which is some 5 acres in total. He would do so almost every single day since, including yesterday, when he made one last big round and checked on everything.
Watching him walk was painful for us (and surely painful for him), as his hind legs were very stiff and in recent days his front legs really started giving him problems as well. But he kept walking, checking the land and making sure all was well.
Once he laid down in the house, getting up again was very challenging and he needed help a lot of times.
We decided to help him cross over before he got even worse. It feels like this way he left with joy in his heart.
It's impossible to have known a truer friend - Jagger was honest every single day of his life.
A very experienced dog trainer once gave him a very appropriate nickname: The stubborn mule.
Boy, was he stubborn. We tried to crate train him very early on, and mind you, it was a big crate.
No amount of treats would help, so we started putting his food bowl in there and just kept it open.
He wouldn't eat for a few days, that's how stubborn he was. And he won:-) We ended up giving him his food and he never spent a day in a crate (other than during the transatlantic flight).
Jagger was an extraordinary therapy dog. He would go to work with Kristin every day and sit next to her coaching clients, always there for comfort, quiet confirmation or a loud sigh at the right time that made everyone laugh and the clients realize something about themselves.
With his quiet and calm stoicism, he conquered the hearts of quite a few people who usually have zero connection to animals.
Jagger never met a child he didn't like and he would spend hours just standing there, letting children pet him and feel safe around a being that was bigger and stronger than themselves.
He was a free spirit and took off more times than I can count - not to run away, just to follow his bliss until it was time to come back home.
We don't really hear from dogs after an NDE, so I'm not sure what happens, but Jagger was definitely a human in a dog's body, so yesterday we told him that he could go home, the real home, beyond any tricks, games, reincarnation and earth bound karma.
Ultimately, as always, the choice was his.
Unfortunately the foxes have arrived on Big Bear.
A few months ago a bigger property down the road from us was sold. It was wooded acreage that had been left alone for many years.
The new owners cleared it and leveled the land to build on.
A lot of wildlife got displaced including a bunch of foxes.
Apparently they found a new home here on Big Bear and have been killing a lot of our chickens.
Here you can see Kristin during one of the steps of Operation Defox.
Keeping the grass low will help us see them as they will be more exposed.
We also expanded the chicken wire fencing.
We found 3 foxholes that look active on the lower part of the land.
The foxes did not get any of our previous warnings and don’t seem to be satisfied with the abundance of rabbits and other field rodents.
So Noah and I will be out there tonight, locked and loaded.
Fox stew anyone?
This little clay turtle sits on our front porch and apparently a blue jay momma decided it’s the perfect place for a nest.
We can see her fly in and out every day and she is beautiful. There are 4 eggs in there and we can’t wait for them to hatch.
They will be known as the birds in the turtle to future generations and there will be a lot of speculation about the metaphysical meaning of this phrase.
Scholars will argue, believers will fight but you all know the truth😂😂😂
Doing what I can, where I am with what I have.. a small garden in London..
Food and flowers 🌹..
Now just off to the farmers market to buy an apple..🍎
If you know, you know 😉😂🥰
Andrew J Black Bird, son of a Ottawa Cheif 1887. Gives us a peek at the way things use to be here in Michigan, on this Great Mother Earth. 💚🌿🌀
Hi tribe.
Well, I ended
In ER, sent by ambulance 2
Hrs away for emergency back surgery.
They found I also have A-fib and now have a surgery for that in June.
Using support to walk and not able to much work on our ranch, SUCKS. Can’t lift more than 10 pounds, no bending, twisting …. My wife Janice hid the tractor keys.
It looks like end of July I can get back into doing things. Janice and I started
A nonprofit centered around our Nature Connection ranch in Arkansas.
We have 4 rescue horses… they are
My daily therapists.
Here is a 5
video I made … I hope you’ll watch and connect to the message / miracle.
Friends,
it's always quite interesting to see how one and the same piece of information/video/article can cause an incredibly variety of reactions. From "blessed and inspired" to "this is fear mongering of the worst kind".
They saw the same piece on information delivered/written by the same person. So is it the information itself or is it something else that determines how we react?
Kristin and I talk about it in today's Sunday Sermon right here 👇🏽
Much Love & Many Blessings,
Jean & Kristin
Friends,
in the face of all that we are witnessing in the world today, who hasn't asked themself at times, "What can little old me change"? It's a common question and we've all asked it before.
It's actually a very important one to ask, but most don't realize how powerful the real answer is.
Let us explain in today's Sunday Sermon 👇🏽
