Tao Of Puppies

..... nourishing life,

shaping things without possessing them,

serving without expectation of reward,

leading without dominating:

These are the profound virtues of nature

and of nature's best beings.

from: The Tao Te Ching of Lao Tzu by Brian Browne Walker

Author Krista Cantrell is a cognitive animal behaviorist and quigong practitioner who uses Chinese medicine with animals. In her book TAO OF PUPPIES, Cantrell goes beyond the traditional training techniques to the source of creative power-tao. She guides the reader with exercises to learn how to follow the rhythms of nature and become an "intuitive" silent trainer.

The book shows the reader how to flow with puppy energy instead of fighting it. One discovers how to subtract rules, not add them. If you have a puppy, you have a furry ambassador of tao residing in your home.

"It doesn't matter how smart you are if you don't have the sense to honor your teachers and cherish your responsibilities." From: The Tao Te Ching of Lao Tzu

Quotes from the book:

"We need puppies to remind us to be mindful during daily life: washing dishes, eating a sandwich, walking to the mailbox, or playing ball. Puppies don't take anything for granted. We must pay full attention or the banana bread that we left cooling on the counter suddenly disappears, never to be seen again."

"Puppies allow us to experience the immediacy of life and not let it pass us by without recognition. Our inner wisdom grows as we look and listen for our tao teachings."

"Words cannot describe tao, but puppies, in their infinite ability to teach us, reveal tao and show us the way to joy."