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Tracy's Blog = Nashville Natural Pet Care and Training Examiner
                           
                              Other Great Blogs:
                                           http://zenpaws.blogspot.com 
                                           http://abetterdogblog.blogspot.com
                                           http://www.dailykos.com
Useful Websites:
www.abetterpet.com
www.turidrugaas.com

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"The Politics of Dogs"
Where you don't need to be a genius to train your dog, just a little bit smarter than your dog!"
TM

Tracy B Ann answers questions about dogs and cats, discusses interesting animal topics, speaks with guests, reads poetry, plays music that you won't hear anywhere else, and generally just speaks her mind as she has a habit of doing. It's fun, informative and the hours fly by!

Listen to Tracy Ann's radio show, "The Politics of Dogs," broadcast on Tuesday mornings from 9 am  to 11 am CST. This program is broadcast worldwide via the internet. You can listen online at
www.radiofreenashville.org. You can also find out how to listen via your cell phone when you visit the site. In Bellevue you can hear it at 98.9 fm. All over Nashville you can get the show on Comcast's channel 10. Set your TV on channel 10 and enable SAP. You will see the picture of the TV show but hear WRFN.

Tracy's newspaper column "The Politics of Dogs" can be read at The Nashville Free Press.

Tracy B Ann's pet advice column can be read at The Examiner





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Visit www.dogtrainersearch.com to see customer testimonials and find out more information about Tracy B Ann's training.

"Tracy has a special talent for working with dogs."

"I was impressed with her from the initial visit and highly recommend her to anyone interested in having a well behaved dog."

"What a great dog trainer. I have 4 dogs and they are all well behaved because of the dog classes I have attended with Tracy."


"There is no limit to the amount of time that Tracy will extend to you in order to help you become a better teacher and owner for your dog."

*above testimonials provided from Dog Trainer Search.com

 

Random Tidbits

 

               A Poem That Sums Up My Philosophy
                                                       (oddly enough)

               The Dog Has Run Off Again
               and I should start shouting his name
                  and clapping my hands,
                  but it has been raining all night
               and the narrow creek has risen
                  is a tawny turbulence is rushing along
                  over the mossy stones
                  is surging forward
                  with a sweet loopy music
                  and therefore I don't want to entangle it
                  with my own voice
               calling summoning
                  my little dog to hurry back
                  look the sunlight and shadows are chasing each other
                  listen how the wind swirls & leaps & dives up & down
                  who am I to summon his hard and happy body
                  his four white feet that love to wheel and pedal
                  through the dark leaves
                  to come back to walk by my side, obedient.

                                                                Mary Oliver

              

            A Poem For Greta

                     The True Love
 
There's a faith in loving fiercely the one who is rightfully yours
especially if you have waited years and especially if part of you never
believed you could deserve this loved and beckoning hand held
out to you this way.

I am thinking of faith now and the testaments of loneliness
and what we feel we are worthy of in this world.
Years ago in the Hebrides I remember an old man
who would walk every morning on the gray stones
to the shore of baying seals, who would press his
hat to his chest in the blustering salt wind and say his
prayer to the turbulent Jesus hidden in the waters.

And I think of the story of the storm and the people
waking and seeing the distant, yet familiar figure,
far across the water calling to them.
And how we are all preparing for that abrupt waking
and that calling and that moment when we have to say yes!
Except it will not come so grandly, so biblically,
but more subtly, and intimately in the face
of the one you know you have to love.
So that when we finally step out of the boat
toward them we find, everything holds us,
and everything confirms our courage.

And if you wanted to drown, you could,
But you don't, because finally, after all
this struggle and all these years,
you don't want to anymore.
You've simply had enough of drowning
and you want to live, and you want to love.
And you'll walk across any territory,
and any darkness, however fluid,
and however dangerous to take the one
hand and the one life, you know belongs in yours.

~ David Whyte ~