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One cannot truly love a dog until they understand the mind and heart of a dog in the fullness of their being, freeing them to express the beauty of their Canine Spirit as a species, as a breed and as … Read More

Recent podcast on Kiama Community Page: https://www.kiamacommunityradio.org/listen/episode/780fdd28/barbara-allen-canine-spirit

Are We Willing  In her novel, Gilead, the author, Marilynne Robinson, describes her view of the world.  “It has seemed to me sometimes as though the Lord breathes on this poor grey ember of Creation and it turns to radiance … Read More

When we think of the word ‘climate’ we immediately tend to imagine the weather, the temperature and perhaps even the impact of global warming.  Another meaning of the word, perhaps one that is less considered, is the global climate of … Read More

We gain awareness of who we are, and learn to know ourselves in the context of relationships with others. For many of us, others include animals as well as people. Simply by being themselves, animals can be powerful agents of … Read More

As the scientific study of language progresses, we see that investigations into the relationship between sound, language and social evolution are well underway, shedding new light on the significance of human-animal relationships.  Imagine if people around the world learned to … Read More

   The purpose of this section of our blog is to feature books on animal related topics that we think are particularly special.  We want to make our Animal Kinship Group of friends aware of them too.    One of my … Read More

Our solar system is an energetic field. The sun is the energetic source of light and power for different ‘bodies’ dwelling within this field, including heavenly bodies and those of plants, animals and humans dwelling on the planetary body – … Read More

We’ve said it before. Animal Kinship is more than just a pet supply shop. It is a global movement that encourages good relations not only between humans and animals, but also between humans and the natural world. Both kingdoms of … Read More

Many years ago, long before I knew I would be involved with Animal Kinship, I registered the name Canine Spirit.  At the time, I was living with my teacher, a master of canine spirit, my Australian Shepherd dog – Kirra.  … Read More

Animal Kinship are excited to announce the launch of our newly designed website. We engaged the services of Mystics Website Design to make our new website more modern, faster, mobile responsive, easier to navigate and more user-friendly – as well … Read More