Paws for Compassion

05/09/2025

🐾 Woofstock Is Coming! 🐾
📅 Save the Date: Saturday, May 31, 2025
📍 Prescott Valley Civic Center; 7501 E. Skoog Drive
⏰ 9 AM – 2 PM

We’re bringing the peace, love, and paws to Woofstock 2025!

Join me and so many amazing vendors and rescue groups for a day of fun, fur, and community. I’ll be there with my Paws for Compassion booth offering mini blessings, grief support info, and a peaceful place to honor the animals in your life.

Whether you’ve lost a beloved companion or just want to connect more deeply with the animals you love—this is a beautiful opportunity to come together and celebrate our human-animal bond.

🌀 Stop by for free resources, a gentle ritual, or just a warm chat.
🐶 Let’s celebrate the love we share with our four-legged friends!

05/07/2025

🌿 What Is an Animal Chaplain? 🌼🌷🪻

You may be wondering—what exactly is an animal chaplain?
It’s a role rooted in compassion, presence, and connection—supporting people through all stages of life with their animal companions: from joyful beginnings to difficult goodbyes.

As an animal chaplain, I offer:
✨ Grief and loss support
✨ Personalized blessings and rituals
✨ Guidance during transitions
✨ Interfaith spiritual care
✨ Holistic healing referrals and resources

Whether you’re celebrating a new adoption or mourning the loss of a beloved friend, my work centers on holding sacred space for your journey.

💛 Because our animals matter—and so do our feelings about them.

05/01/2025

Each May, we celebrate Be Kind to Animals Month—a time to honor the animals who enrich our lives and to reflect on how we can show compassion in return.

At Paws for Compassion, this month holds special meaning. It reminds us that kindness isn't just a one-time act—it’s a daily practice of love, respect, and gentle care for the animals who share our homes, our communities, and our hearts.

Whether you’re cuddling a senior dog, tending to a shy cat, volunteering at a shelter, or grieving a beloved companion, your kindness makes a difference. And if you're someone who works in the field—vet staff, shelter worker, or pet loss professional—thank you for the compassion you give every day.

This month, let’s celebrate the animals we love by being present, advocating for their well-being, and nurturing the sacred bond we share with them.

If you or someone you know needs support in honoring a pet, navigating loss, or creating a meaningful ritual, I’m here to help.

04/09/2025

Come join me this summer for a Lifelong learning class at Yavapai College! In this 5 session course, you’ll explore how to connect with and support your animal companions on a deeper emotional and spiritual level. Together, we’ll learn to hold compassionate space through the challenges of animal loss, create rituals for life transitions, and design personalized blessings during times of illness or change. We’ll also focus on self-care for caregivers, practice healing energy techniques, and explore honoring the bond with animals after loss. Through hands-on activities and group discussions, you’ll discover heartfelt ways to nurture the human-animal connection throughout every phase of life.

15 spots available for this class July 15 - July 29
Tuesday/Thursdays 10-noon

Looking forward to helping people in our community work with their animal companions through times of joy, grief, and everything in between.

In this course, you’ll explore how to connect with and support your animal companions on a deeper emotional and spiritual level. Together, we’ll learn to hold compassionate space through the challenges of animal loss, create rituals for life transitions, and design personalized blessings during ...

04/02/2025

Thank you Joan for your kind review; I am so glad I was able to help support you through navigating your losses. ❤️‍🩹

"When I found Jennifer It had been months since I lost Sunny Boy, my beloved, fiery, confident ginger cat. Sunny Boy and I had had to go through so many losses together, to have lost him seemed too much for me to ever accept. Having my memories only made the pain deeper. Jennifer understood as only one can who knows, respects and loves animals and understands and accepts the strong emotions that are involved. I needed someone to talk and to share who could be with me where I was. Jennifer is that person. Thank You Jennifer for helping me and will continue to help me and for sharing my love and honor and wonder and respect for Sunny Boy. I am so grateful." - Joan R

04/01/2025

📢 Exciting News! This July 2025, I’ll be teaching a new class at Yavapai College's Community Education! Nurturing the Human-Animal Bond: Support, Rituals, and Healing. 🐾✨

Together, we’ll explore meaningful ways to support our animal companions—through life transitions, loss, and healing. You’ll learn to create rituals, practice self-care, and honor the deep connection we share with animals.

Watch for the class listing soon! 👉 https://www.yc.edu/v6/lifelong-learning/ce.html

03/29/2025

🐾 Honoring Our Beloved Animal Companions 🐾

The love we share with our animal companions is deep and unconditional, making their loss incredibly profound. Grieving an animal is real, valid, and deserving of space and compassion. 💛

At Paws for Compassion, we honor the journey of love, loss, and remembrance. Whether through personalized rituals, blessings, or simply holding space for your grief, you are not alone. Your bond with your pet doesn’t end—it transforms.

How do you honor the memory of your beloved companion? Share your stories below, and let’s support each other in love and remembrance.

If you need support—whether in times of grief, healing, celebration, or any moment in between—we’re here for you. Visit us at www.paws4compassion.net to learn more.

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01/29/2025

🧧🐍 Happy Lunar New Year from Paws for Compassion! 🐍🧧

As we welcome the Year of the Yin Wood Snake, we embrace a year of wisdom, transformation, and renewal—qualities that resonate deeply with the work we do for animals in need. 🌿✨

The Snake represents patience, resilience, and deep intuition, while the Wood element symbolizes growth and compassion. This is the perfect time to reflect on how we can bring more kindness into the world—especially for the animals who depend on us. 🐶🐱💚

At Paws for Compassion, we believe in creating a future where every animal is safe, loved, and cared for. Whether it’s through adoption, fostering, volunteering, or simply spreading awareness, your actions make a difference!

Wishing you a year filled with peace, prosperity, and plenty of pawsitive moments! 🐾🥰

🐾 How will you bring compassion into this new year? Share your thoughts in the comments!

01/22/2025

********He’s been found safe********

This little guy is missing. He wandered away from his fosters home on the 1400 block of Cathedral Pines Drive in Prescott. He was just relocated here from California displaced from the fires and is now lost in the below freezing temperatures. He’s a 14-year-old male, black and gray Chihuahua mix. If anybody spots him, please call 667–364–87 three three.

11/13/2024

In honor of Adopt a Senior Pet Month, enjoy a small collage of these amazing beings that we are lucky enough to have in our lives, Duncan and Lady. Almost 16 years old and have gone through many things, but still will us (in their minds telepathically) to take them on daily walks, enjoy their spoiled meals and get everything else they deserve. Grateful for these seniors and adopting them from Arizona Beagle Rescue 🥰❤️❤

11/07/2024

The important thing is to care for one another. It really is that simple.
-Steven Charleston, Climbing Stairs of Sunlight

02/26/2024

Caring for your beloved pets during their health challenges can be both daunting and draining. Yet, discovering effective solutions is incredibly empowering!

In our personal journey with Duncan, facing kidney disease and a persistent liver tumor impacting his digestion, we explored various avenues alongside our trusted veterinarian, including palliative care options. We felt it was worth sharing some of the successes that we've had to help encourage you to find the right ones for your beloved animal companions.

When Duncan began struggling to eat in the mornings due to hip dysplasia, investing in the Help Em Up Harness proved transformative. Attaching the walking lead to the harness provided him the necessary support, enabling him to enjoy his meals again with vigor.

Additionally, under our vet's guidance, we incorporated RxFormulas Phos-Bind into his regimen, witnessing a significant drop in his phosphorus levels within five weeks, returning them to a healthy range. Our daily routine includes Standard Process liver for Duncan and thyroid support for Lady Bug, supplemented with Dr. Mercola's GI Support and RXVitamins RxCoriolus Forte for comprehensive gastrointestinal health, yielding remarkable outcomes for both.

We just celebrated Duncan's 15th birthday last week, with Lady Bug's coming in April. Remember, every pet is unique, so keep exploring until you find the right solution for yours - there are so many available to us all now!