Our Story

In 2011, I was living in Hollywood when my neighbor, Tatiana, asked me to pet sit her five-year-old Husky—Kyro. He was afraid of most people, but I was one of the few he liked. What began as ten days of dog sitting soon changed the trajectory of my life. When she returned from holiday, Tatiana needed to address some mental health challenges, so I continued to care for Kyro. After eight months, we both agreed it was best that I adopt him. I hadn’t planned on having a dog, but suddenly, I had a Husky.

Because Kyro was extremely skittish, I protected him and he slowly came out of his shell. As we spent more and more time in public, people remarked, “Your dog is an old soul,” or “I see energy flying out of your dog.” One day at Home Depot on Sunset Boulevard, an animal talent agent approached us. She said Kyro was striking and well-mannered, and she believed Kyro could work in entertainment. I thought it was a scam, but we were called to a soundstage in Burbank for a music video. Kyro did very well, and he continued to work on music videos, modeling shoots, and independent film and TV projects.

After a year or so, Tatiana and I reconnected. She was doing well and was grateful to see Kyro happy and thriving. When I asked why he was so skittish, she told me he’d been severely abused as a puppy by a dog-sitter she was told she could trust. The abuse lasted for three months while she was away, and she didn’t learn about the abuse until years later.

Things were going well with Kyro’s work, and my filmmaker friends and I believed Kyro would do well in a film. We developed a murder mystery with Kyro as a main character. We came close to securing financing a few times, but we were unsuccessful. Out of the blue, I got a call from a woman named Deidre who had just finished a guided, group meditation with an animal communicator. In her vision, she saw a white, wolf-like dog with blue eyes. After class, she described the vision, and someone asked, “Do you know Kyro?” She showed Deidre Kyro’s Instagram page. I didn’t know either woman at the time, but Deidre contacted me. After witnessing our bond, she encouraged me to speak with her animal communicator.

I didn’t schedule a session because I was focused on getting our film made and Kyro was getting older. A couple years later, at 13½, Kyro passed. In my grief, I finally booked a session with the animal communicator. She spoke of the timeless bond that Kyro and I shared and she said that we were still very connected. She expressed that he was grateful for all the time and care I had given him.

At the end of the session, I had one question: “I have a lot of footage of Kyro. Should I tell his story in a documentary, or just let it all go?” The answer came clearly from Kyro, “Yes, tell his story as I came here to teach unconditional love, and this documentary will help do that.” She added that Kyro said that he could help from the other side in ways he couldn’t when he was here as a dog. So, I promised Kyro I would make his documentary, but I’d need time before I could go through the footage. Kyro replied, “No problem, where I am, there is no such thing as time.”

It’s been six years since he passed, and I needed that time to reflect on all that Kyro taught me. Most importantly, Kyro embodied five qualities: he was unconditionally loving, non-judgmental, he lived in the moment, he was happy with the smallest of things, and he handled challenges gracefully. I am successfully—and unsuccessfully—trying to emulate his effortless example of these qualities.

Any help will be appreciated. Please donate or buy a Kyro t-shirt or coffee mug. Also, contact me for partnership or sponsorship possibilities.

Thank you,

Steve & Kyro