Holistic Poodles
We strive to improve the health and well being of poodles through diet, improved genetic breeding, education, and naturally rearing poodle babies. We start with grain free diets and perform Early Neural Stimulation on all of our newborn pups to improve their health, resiliency and intelligence. We leave natural tails and dewclaws. In Europe, it's illegal to crop tails. Below are several articles that go in detail why this is not the best for poodle health or comfort.
TREATMENT FOR” PARVO” - PARVO MAY NOT BE PARVO AND DOG CAN BE SAVED WITH THIS TREATMENT!
From the URKY Yahoo Group with permission to crosspost:
In a message dated 7/28/2010 8:20:09 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, dogcopilot@msn.com (Joan) writes:
I got this off a Facebook discussion among my friends about parvo. Why is this not more widely publicized??!! Wish I had known this last year with the Weimie girl. The really sad thing is that 99% of the time it isn't parvo, it is campylobacter, which is easily cured. 100% of the dogs who were presented to me as having "parvo", some of whom were tested and were postive for "pavo", all had campylobacter and were cured. I have NEVER lost a dog or puppy to a GI bug, even when they have arrived with blood squirting out their hind ends. If you have a dog or puppy with "parvo", then give 25 mg of Cephalexin per lb, twice a day until the diarrhea stops. If the dogs are at the vet's office, then tell the vet they must give the Cephalexin. They have nothing to loose (other than running up a huge bill and not saving the dog or puppy), and everything to gain by trying the Cephalexin. Last year, a friend's employee's 6 month old Lab puppy was dying of "parvo" after 6 days of treatment at her vet's office. After talking with her, she insisted her vet give the Cephalexin, and the puppy was completely cured and went home the next morning.
Dogs and puppies who have been vaccinated for parvo will usually test positive for parvo--the test means nothing. A vet even admitted to me that the normal parvo test is useless, and that the only test that would be accurate takes 2 weeks to get results. It is heartbreaking when this is so easy to cure. The safest thing (and the reason why I have never lost a dog to "parvo" ) is to treat the puppies or dogs at home. All you need is the Cephalexin (available as "Fish-flex antibiotics at www.kvvetsupply.com and lactated ringers. It is best to give sub-q fluids when dogs have campylobacter. I gave 100 ml for every 10 lbs, 3 times a day. Most dogs and puppies didn't need the fluids, and some most were completely cured of "parvo" after 1 dose of the Cephalexin. Show people were losing entire kennels of overvaccinated dogs to "parvo" when they figured out that it wasn't parvo at all. Breeders have lost puppies at the vet because the vet was treating for "parvo", and when the breeder treated the rest of the litter for campy (campylobacter), the puppies lived. It is past time for all these needless deaths to stop. The former manager of the Joplin shelter began treating all her "parvo" puppies for campy and show miraculous cures. The important thing is to give accurate doses. 25 mg of Cephalexin per lb is a high dose (the normal use of Cephalexin is 10 mg/lb. It is available in Capsule form as fish antibiotics. Therefore, sometimes you must use part of a capsule t...o accurately get the correct dose. For instance, a 10 lb dog would get 1 capsule. A 15 lb dog would get 1 1/2 capsules. The cephalexin must be oral, as it has to go through the GI tract. Campy is similar to e-coli. It is a bacteria that proliferates very quickly. It causes the intestines to shed their lining, just like parvo. Can kill overnight, but is just as quickly cured. Alameda East knows to test for it. I know of dogs with "parvo" that were taken to Alameda East, and they were treated for campy and did beautifully. Alameda East usually uses Erythromycin, but there are resistant strains of campy in people. I have always used Cephalexin with 100 % success. Amoxicilian, Tetracycline, and metronidazole are also available as Fish Antibiotics without a prescription at www.kvvetsupply.com Sometimes, it will present as a dog looking lame in the hind or even front end or like the dog has a back injury. That is because it can cause severe cramping and the dog will hunch over. Other times, they will simply stop eating and the gums will turn white quickly. One case of a 5 yr old Beagle who had just arrived from Texas looked like hemolytic anemia (her blood work screamed hemolytic anemia). However, turned out to be campy. An hour after her 2nd dose of Cephalexin, the Beagle literrally jumped out and trotted off. Her "hemolytic anemia" disappeared, and she was still fine 2 yrs later the last time I talked with her adopters. The moral of the story is: assume campy first. If it is ruled out, then start looking at other options. If your vet is skeptical, insist that no harm can be done by trying the Cephalexin. Again, it has to be oral. A rescuer in Indiana tried this on a Shar-Pei mix puppy who tested positive for parvo at the vet. They thought he was a goner. 4 hours after the only dose, he was playing and running. She became a believer.The show people are the ones to thank since they are the ones who figured this out.
Joanhttp://www.onekind.org/uploads/publications/tail-docking-dogs.pdf
Immune Response To Spinal Cord Injury May Worsen Damage: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090921173130.htm
http://www.groups.psychology.org.au/Assets/Files/taildocking_issues.pdf
http://www.biosecurity.govt.nz/files/regs/animal-welfare/req/codes/dogs/dogs-code-of-welfare-report.pdf
http://www.caninesports.com/uploads/1/5/3/1/15319800/dewclawexplanation.pdf
http://www.thewholedog.org/Tails_there_for_reason.pdf
"Holistic Healthcare for Dogs"
by Catherine O’Driscoll
Holistic healthcare practitioners acknowledge that animals and humans have four bodies - physical, emotional, mental and spiritual. Conventional vets, on the other hand, usually treat only the physical body. Yet there is growing evidence to say that emotional stress can make people ill, as can mental anguish and spiritual trauma. While we might attempt to put sticking plaster over the illnesses that result from these stresses, unless we heal the cause, we are only really applying first aid.
Scientists are currently debating whether animals can be conscious. That is, are they merely ‘automatons’ acting on a purely instinctive basis for survival, or do they have thought processes, can they reason, and do they get emotionally upset? I expect most of us who know and love dogs can answer that one! But because science has trouble measuring thoughts and feelings in a laboratory, they tell us that emotional, mental and spiritual processes in animals don’t exist.
But wouldn’t it be interesting to at least be open to the debate?
Because scientists are better able to measure the physical world, we have good evidence that physical stresses can affect health. For example, according to Leonard Mervyn BSc, PhD, CChem, FRSC, stress can increase the body’s requirements of the vitamin B complex, and particularly pantothenic acid (B5) because of its role in producing anti-stress hormones; also vitamin C for the same reason. In one study conducted by a group of scientists headed by Sheffy, puppies were deliberately starved of vitamin B5 and then vaccinated, and they all died. This is because, of course, vaccines are a stress: you are deliberately injecting viruses, plus other known stressors such as aluminium salts, formaldehyde, etc., into a body, in an attempt to stimulate an immune response.
But stress comes in forms other than purely physical. Next time you have a row with someone, take a look at your dog’s gums. They will most probably be very pale, indicating that the body is in a state of alarm - because the dog has been thrown emotionally off-balance, especially if you have. In her excellent book, “The Natural Remedy Book for Dogs and Cats”, Diane Stein writes: “Pet behaviour is a reflection of the mental body. Like people, pets have memories, and what has hapened to them in the past affects their behaviour and wellness in the present. Misunderstanding, miscommunication, and previous abuse or traumatic experiences can manifest in physical dis-ease. Negative behaviour coincident with physical illness is a clue to a mental body dis-ease source.
“Pets also sacrifice themselves for the well-being of the humans they have bonded to. Animals take negative energy or situations into themselves and thereby protect their people. Both cats and dogs act as buffers between their people and the dangers and negativities of the world. Humans are aware of this on a conscious level when a dog runs back into a burning house to save a child or puts herself between her person and an attacker and dies. The same scenario happens on an energy level daily although the humans involved may never be aware of it. The cat in a troubled family may manifest her guardian’s cancer, clearing the human’s aura and taking the dis-ease into her own body.”
Revolutionary, outrageous stuff, eh?! And frightening if we believe this but don’t know what we can do to help alleviate the suffering our friends take on on our behalf.
Daniel, who is a handsome young Golden Retriever, started itching some months ago. My immediate response was to give him homoeopathic Sulphur, which is a classic skin remedy. This didn’t have much effect, so I moved on to Graphites. Still no effect. I looked at his diet, ensuring that he had sufficient protein, as protein deficiencies, especially a lack of some essential fatty acids, which are only found in raw meat sources, can cause skin problems. The diet seemed OK. So I telephoned a friend, an animal communicator, and asked her whether she had any answers.
I was told that Daniel was suffering from feelings of grief and loss, and this was causing inflammation in his skin. Daniel, at two years of age, has never experienced any grief or loss that I am aware of. But I have. Could it be that Daniel has been absorbing my emotions and becoming ill as a result? The animal communicator recommended Nat Mur, a homoeopathic remedy for grief - for Daniel and for me!
Maralyn Steele is a homoeopath and also the owner of several beautiful Cavaliers. She told me that, often, homoeopaths will treat the mother of a household, and all the illnesses manifesting in family members will clear up at the same time. Many dog owners and mothers will acknowledge that they will rush to attend to illnesses and upsets in their loved-ones, but always overlook their own needs. Maybe, in this light, looking after ourselves is part and parcel of looking after others?
Scientists have found that your blood pressure drops when you are in a room with a dog or cat, and you don’t have to be stroking them for this to happen. They have found that heart patients who live with dogs recover faster, and have fewer relapses, than people who don’t have pets. They postulate that this has something to do with companionship - but could it be more than that?
I don’t think that anyone, at this stage, can prove that animals take on our negative emotions, except that common sense will tell us that it’s possible. I know that Sammie, when he was alive, used to sense when I was tired and take my arm in his mouth, march me upstairs to the bedroom, and push me on the bed. I know that Sophie used to wake up at night, when everyone but me was asleep, and bark quietly and wave her paw at me. I thought for a long time that she just wanted a stroke, but then I noticed that she always woke up and ‘told me off’ when I was thinking about unpleasant situations that had happened that day. I know that Chappie once, totally out of character, started snarling and barking at a man who seemed pleasant enough - but we discovered later that he was a drug dealer and a house burglar. I would think that all of us who have close relationships with our dogs have similar stories to tell.
There are many holistic remedies that are designed to deal with emotional and mental, even spiritual, dis-ease. The Bach flower remedies, for example, treat illnesses purely from the viewpoint of the individual’s character - they treat the person, not the disease. For example, a person (or dog) who suffers from arthritis, who frequently feels jealous and critical, would take Bach’s Holly. This would engender feelings of being loved and lovable, and remove the need to feel jealous or critical. Hopefully, it would also alleviate the arthritic symptoms. Whilst scientists in laboratories would say this is rubbish - because they haven’t conducted experiments to prove the flower remedies - many hundreds who have used them, on themselves and their dogs, say they work.
Homoeopthy works on the same principle - homoeopaths treat the person, not the disease. Tellington Ttouch (a form of massage) is very therapeutic where mental and emotional stresses have taken their toll. Sometimes, just talking to your dog, stroking him, and offering love, reassurance and patience works wonders. More mental activity, something to do, is sometimes needed. Maybe you could call upon the services of an animal communicator or radionics practitioner - find out whether something is upsetting your dog, and see if you can do something to solve the problem.
Naturally, if the condition is critical, that is, if the disease is life-threatening or distressing, then qualified veterinary support should always be immediately sought. But by remaining open to alternative therapies at the same time, you could find that drugs and their side-effects can be placed aside, and a longer, more lasting cure can be achieved.
has trouble measuring thoughts and feelings in a laboratory, they tell us that emotional, mental and spiritual processes in animals don’t exist.
But wouldn’t it be interesting to at least be open to the debate?
Because scientists are better able to measure the physical world, we have good evidence that physical stresses can affect health. For example, according to Leonard Mervyn BSc, PhD, CChem, FRSC, stress can increase the body’s requirements of the vitamin B complex, and particularly pantothenic acid (B5) because of its role in producing anti-stress hormones; also vitamin C for the same reason. In one study conducted by a group of scientists headed by Sheffy, puppies were deliberately starved of vitamin B5 and then vaccinated, and they all died. This is because, of course, vaccines are a stress: you are deliberately injecting viruses, plus other known stressors such as aluminium salts, formaldehyde, etc., into a body, in an attempt to stimulate an immune response.
But stress comes in forms other than purely physical. Next time you have a row with someone, take a look at your dog’s gums. They will most probably be very pale, indicating that the body is in a state of alarm - because the dog has been thrown emotionally off-balance, especially if you have. In her excellent book, “The Natural Remedy Book for Dogs and Cats”, Diane Stein writes: “Pet behaviour is a reflection of the mental body. Like people, pets have memories, and what has hapened to them in the past affects their behaviour and wellness in the present. Misunderstanding, miscommunication, and previous abuse or traumatic experiences can manifest in physical dis-ease. Negative behaviour coincident with physical illness is a clue to a mental body dis-ease source.
“Pets also sacrifice themselves for the well-being of the humans they have bonded to. Animals take negative energy or situations into themselves and thereby protect their people. Both cats and dogs act as buffers between their people and the dangers and negativities of the world. Humans are aware of this on a conscious level when a dog runs back into a burning house to save a child or puts herself between her person and an attacker and dies. The same scenario happens on an energy level daily although the humans involved may never be aware of it. The cat in a troubled family may manifest her guardian’s cancer, clearing the human’s aura and taking the dis-ease into her own body.”
Revolutionary, outrageous stuff, eh?! And frightening if we believe this but don’t know what we can do to help alleviate the suffering our friends take on on our behalf.
Daniel, who is a handsome young Golden Retriever, started itching some months ago. My immediate response was to give him homoeopathic Sulphur, which is a classic skin remedy. This didn’t have much effect, so I moved on to Graphites. Still no effect. I looked at his diet, ensuring that he had sufficient protein, as protein deficiencies, especially a lack of some essential fatty acids, which are only found in raw meat sources, can cause skin problems. The diet seemed OK. So I telephoned a friend, an animal communicator, and asked her whether she had any answers.
I was told that Daniel was suffering from feelings of grief and loss, and this was causing inflammation in his skin. Daniel, at two years of age, has never experienced any grief or loss that I am aware of. But I have. Could it be that Daniel has been absorbing my emotions and becoming ill as a result? The animal communicator recommended Nat Mur, a homoeopathic remedy for grief - for Daniel and for me!
Maralyn Steele is a homoeopath and also the owner of several beautiful Cavaliers. She told me that, often, homoeopaths will treat the mother of a household, and all the illnesses manifesting in family members will clear up at the same time. Many dog owners and mothers will acknowledge that they will rush to attend to illnesses and upsets in their loved-ones, but always overlook their own needs. Maybe, in this light, looking after ourselves is part and parcel of looking after others?
Scientists have found that your blood pressure drops when you are in a room with a dog or cat, and you don’t have to be stroking them for this to happen. They have found that heart patients who live with dogs recover faster, and have fewer relapses, than people who don’t have pets. They postulate that this has something to do with companionship - but could it be more than that?
I don’t think that anyone, at this stage, can prove that animals take on our negative emotions, except that common sense will tell us that it’s possible. I know that Sammie, when he was alive, used to sense when I was tired and take my arm in his mouth, march me upstairs to the bedroom, and push me on the bed. I know that Sophie used to wake up at night, when everyone but me was asleep, and bark quietly and wave her paw at me. I thought for a long time that she just wanted a stroke, but then I noticed that she always woke up and ‘told me off’ when I was thinking about unpleasant situations that had happened that day. I know that Chappie once, totally out of character, started snarling and barking at a man who seemed pleasant enough - but we discovered later that he was a drug dealer and a house burglar. I would think that all of us who have close relationships with our dogs have similar stories to tell.
There are many holistic remedies that are designed to deal with emotional and mental, even spiritual, dis-ease. The Bach flower remedies, for example, treat illnesses purely from the viewpoint of the individual’s character - they treat the person, not the disease. For example, a person (or dog) who suffers from arthritis, who frequently feels jealous and critical, would take Bach’s Holly. This would engender feelings of being loved and lovable, and remove the need to feel jealous or critical. Hopefully, it would also alleviate the arthritic symptoms. Whilst scientists in laboratories would say this is rubbish - because they haven’t conducted experiments to prove the flower remedies - many hundreds who have used them, on themselves and their dogs, say they work.
Homoeopthy works on the same principle - homoeopaths treat the person, not the disease. Tellington Ttouch (a form of massage) is very therapeutic where mental and emotional stresses have taken their toll. Sometimes, just talking to your dog, stroking him, and offering love, reassurance and patience works wonders. More mental activity, something to do, is sometimes needed. Maybe you could call upon the services of an animal communicator or radionics practitioner - find out whether something is upsetting your dog, and see if you can do something to solve the problem.
Naturally, if the condition is critical, that is, if the disease is life-threatening or distressing, then qualified veterinary support should always be immediately sought. But by remaining open to alternative therapies at the same time, you could find that drugs and their side-effects can be placed aside, and a longer, more lasting cure can be achieved.
TREATMENT FOR” PARVO” - PARVO MAY NOT BE PARVO AND DOG CAN BE SAVED WITH THIS TREATMENT!
From the URKY Yahoo Group with permission to crosspost:
In a message dated 7/28/2010 8:20:09 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, dogcopilot@msn.com (Joan) writes:
I got this off a Facebook discussion among my friends about parvo. Why is this not more widely publicized??!! Wish I had known this last year with the Weimie girl. The really sad thing is that 99% of the time it isn't parvo, it is campylobacter, which is easily cured. 100% of the dogs who were presented to me as having "parvo", some of whom were tested and were postive for "pavo", all had campylobacter and were cured. I have NEVER lost a dog or puppy to a GI bug, even when they have arrived with blood squirting out their hind ends. If you have a dog or puppy with "parvo", then give 25 mg of Cephalexin per lb, twice a day until the diarrhea stops. If the dogs are at the vet's office, then tell the vet they must give the Cephalexin. They have nothing to loose (other than running up a huge bill and not saving the dog or puppy), and everything to gain by trying the Cephalexin. Last year, a friend's employee's 6 month old Lab puppy was dying of "parvo" after 6 days of treatment at her vet's office. After talking with her, she insisted her vet give the Cephalexin, and the puppy was completely cured and went home the next morning.
Dogs and puppies who have been vaccinated for parvo will usually test positive for parvo--the test means nothing. A vet even admitted to me that the normal parvo test is useless, and that the only test that would be accurate takes 2 weeks to get results. It is heartbreaking when this is so easy to cure. The safest thing (and the reason why I have never lost a dog to "parvo" ) is to treat the puppies or dogs at home. All you need is the Cephalexin (available as "Fish-flex antibiotics at www.kvvetsupply.com and lactated ringers. It is best to give sub-q fluids when dogs have campylobacter. I gave 100 ml for every 10 lbs, 3 times a day. Most dogs and puppies didn't need the fluids, and some most were completely cured of "parvo" after 1 dose of the Cephalexin. Show people were losing entire kennels of overvaccinated dogs to "parvo" when they figured out that it wasn't parvo at all. Breeders have lost puppies at the vet because the vet was treating for "parvo", and when the breeder treated the rest of the litter for campy (campylobacter), the puppies lived. It is past time for all these needless deaths to stop. The former manager of the Joplin shelter began treating all her "parvo" puppies for campy and show miraculous cures. The important thing is to give accurate doses. 25 mg of Cephalexin per lb is a high dose (the normal use of Cephalexin is 10 mg/lb. It is available in Capsule form as fish antibiotics. Therefore, sometimes you must use part of a capsule t...o accurately get the correct dose. For instance, a 10 lb dog would get 1 capsule. A 15 lb dog would get 1 1/2 capsules. The cephalexin must be oral, as it has to go through the GI tract. Campy is similar to e-coli. It is a bacteria that proliferates very quickly. It causes the intestines to shed their lining, just like parvo. Can kill overnight, but is just as quickly cured. Alameda East knows to test for it. I know of dogs with "parvo" that were taken to Alameda East, and they were treated for campy and did beautifully. Alameda East usually uses Erythromycin, but there are resistant strains of campy in people. I have always used Cephalexin with 100 % success. Amoxicilian, Tetracycline, and metronidazole are also available as Fish Antibiotics without a prescription at www.kvvetsupply.com Sometimes, it will present as a dog looking lame in the hind or even front end or like the dog has a back injury. That is because it can cause severe cramping and the dog will hunch over. Other times, they will simply stop eating and the gums will turn white quickly. One case of a 5 yr old Beagle who had just arrived from Texas looked like hemolytic anemia (her blood work screamed hemolytic anemia). However, turned out to be campy. An hour after her 2nd dose of Cephalexin, the Beagle literrally jumped out and trotted off. Her "hemolytic anemia" disappeared, and she was still fine 2 yrs later the last time I talked with her adopters. The moral of the story is: assume campy first. If it is ruled out, then start looking at other options. If your vet is skeptical, insist that no harm can be done by trying the Cephalexin. Again, it has to be oral. A rescuer in Indiana tried this on a Shar-Pei mix puppy who tested positive for parvo at the vet. They thought he was a goner. 4 hours after the only dose, he was playing and running. She became a believer.The show people are the ones to thank since they are the ones who figured this out.
Joanhttp://www.onekind.org/uploads/publications/tail-docking-dogs.pdf
Immune Response To Spinal Cord Injury May Worsen Damage: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090921173130.htm
http://www.groups.psychology.org.au/Assets/Files/taildocking_issues.pdf
http://www.biosecurity.govt.nz/files/regs/animal-welfare/req/codes/dogs/dogs-code-of-welfare-report.pdf
http://www.caninesports.com/uploads/1/5/3/1/15319800/dewclawexplanation.pdf
http://www.thewholedog.org/Tails_there_for_reason.pdf
"Holistic Healthcare for Dogs"
by Catherine O’Driscoll
Holistic healthcare practitioners acknowledge that animals and humans have four bodies - physical, emotional, mental and spiritual. Conventional vets, on the other hand, usually treat only the physical body. Yet there is growing evidence to say that emotional stress can make people ill, as can mental anguish and spiritual trauma. While we might attempt to put sticking plaster over the illnesses that result from these stresses, unless we heal the cause, we are only really applying first aid.
Scientists are currently debating whether animals can be conscious. That is, are they merely ‘automatons’ acting on a purely instinctive basis for survival, or do they have thought processes, can they reason, and do they get emotionally upset? I expect most of us who know and love dogs can answer that one! But because science has trouble measuring thoughts and feelings in a laboratory, they tell us that emotional, mental and spiritual processes in animals don’t exist.
But wouldn’t it be interesting to at least be open to the debate?
Because scientists are better able to measure the physical world, we have good evidence that physical stresses can affect health. For example, according to Leonard Mervyn BSc, PhD, CChem, FRSC, stress can increase the body’s requirements of the vitamin B complex, and particularly pantothenic acid (B5) because of its role in producing anti-stress hormones; also vitamin C for the same reason. In one study conducted by a group of scientists headed by Sheffy, puppies were deliberately starved of vitamin B5 and then vaccinated, and they all died. This is because, of course, vaccines are a stress: you are deliberately injecting viruses, plus other known stressors such as aluminium salts, formaldehyde, etc., into a body, in an attempt to stimulate an immune response.
But stress comes in forms other than purely physical. Next time you have a row with someone, take a look at your dog’s gums. They will most probably be very pale, indicating that the body is in a state of alarm - because the dog has been thrown emotionally off-balance, especially if you have. In her excellent book, “The Natural Remedy Book for Dogs and Cats”, Diane Stein writes: “Pet behaviour is a reflection of the mental body. Like people, pets have memories, and what has hapened to them in the past affects their behaviour and wellness in the present. Misunderstanding, miscommunication, and previous abuse or traumatic experiences can manifest in physical dis-ease. Negative behaviour coincident with physical illness is a clue to a mental body dis-ease source.
“Pets also sacrifice themselves for the well-being of the humans they have bonded to. Animals take negative energy or situations into themselves and thereby protect their people. Both cats and dogs act as buffers between their people and the dangers and negativities of the world. Humans are aware of this on a conscious level when a dog runs back into a burning house to save a child or puts herself between her person and an attacker and dies. The same scenario happens on an energy level daily although the humans involved may never be aware of it. The cat in a troubled family may manifest her guardian’s cancer, clearing the human’s aura and taking the dis-ease into her own body.”
Revolutionary, outrageous stuff, eh?! And frightening if we believe this but don’t know what we can do to help alleviate the suffering our friends take on on our behalf.
Daniel, who is a handsome young Golden Retriever, started itching some months ago. My immediate response was to give him homoeopathic Sulphur, which is a classic skin remedy. This didn’t have much effect, so I moved on to Graphites. Still no effect. I looked at his diet, ensuring that he had sufficient protein, as protein deficiencies, especially a lack of some essential fatty acids, which are only found in raw meat sources, can cause skin problems. The diet seemed OK. So I telephoned a friend, an animal communicator, and asked her whether she had any answers.
I was told that Daniel was suffering from feelings of grief and loss, and this was causing inflammation in his skin. Daniel, at two years of age, has never experienced any grief or loss that I am aware of. But I have. Could it be that Daniel has been absorbing my emotions and becoming ill as a result? The animal communicator recommended Nat Mur, a homoeopathic remedy for grief - for Daniel and for me!
Maralyn Steele is a homoeopath and also the owner of several beautiful Cavaliers. She told me that, often, homoeopaths will treat the mother of a household, and all the illnesses manifesting in family members will clear up at the same time. Many dog owners and mothers will acknowledge that they will rush to attend to illnesses and upsets in their loved-ones, but always overlook their own needs. Maybe, in this light, looking after ourselves is part and parcel of looking after others?
Scientists have found that your blood pressure drops when you are in a room with a dog or cat, and you don’t have to be stroking them for this to happen. They have found that heart patients who live with dogs recover faster, and have fewer relapses, than people who don’t have pets. They postulate that this has something to do with companionship - but could it be more than that?
I don’t think that anyone, at this stage, can prove that animals take on our negative emotions, except that common sense will tell us that it’s possible. I know that Sammie, when he was alive, used to sense when I was tired and take my arm in his mouth, march me upstairs to the bedroom, and push me on the bed. I know that Sophie used to wake up at night, when everyone but me was asleep, and bark quietly and wave her paw at me. I thought for a long time that she just wanted a stroke, but then I noticed that she always woke up and ‘told me off’ when I was thinking about unpleasant situations that had happened that day. I know that Chappie once, totally out of character, started snarling and barking at a man who seemed pleasant enough - but we discovered later that he was a drug dealer and a house burglar. I would think that all of us who have close relationships with our dogs have similar stories to tell.
There are many holistic remedies that are designed to deal with emotional and mental, even spiritual, dis-ease. The Bach flower remedies, for example, treat illnesses purely from the viewpoint of the individual’s character - they treat the person, not the disease. For example, a person (or dog) who suffers from arthritis, who frequently feels jealous and critical, would take Bach’s Holly. This would engender feelings of being loved and lovable, and remove the need to feel jealous or critical. Hopefully, it would also alleviate the arthritic symptoms. Whilst scientists in laboratories would say this is rubbish - because they haven’t conducted experiments to prove the flower remedies - many hundreds who have used them, on themselves and their dogs, say they work.
Homoeopthy works on the same principle - homoeopaths treat the person, not the disease. Tellington Ttouch (a form of massage) is very therapeutic where mental and emotional stresses have taken their toll. Sometimes, just talking to your dog, stroking him, and offering love, reassurance and patience works wonders. More mental activity, something to do, is sometimes needed. Maybe you could call upon the services of an animal communicator or radionics practitioner - find out whether something is upsetting your dog, and see if you can do something to solve the problem.
Naturally, if the condition is critical, that is, if the disease is life-threatening or distressing, then qualified veterinary support should always be immediately sought. But by remaining open to alternative therapies at the same time, you could find that drugs and their side-effects can be placed aside, and a longer, more lasting cure can be achieved.
has trouble measuring thoughts and feelings in a laboratory, they tell us that emotional, mental and spiritual processes in animals don’t exist.
But wouldn’t it be interesting to at least be open to the debate?
Because scientists are better able to measure the physical world, we have good evidence that physical stresses can affect health. For example, according to Leonard Mervyn BSc, PhD, CChem, FRSC, stress can increase the body’s requirements of the vitamin B complex, and particularly pantothenic acid (B5) because of its role in producing anti-stress hormones; also vitamin C for the same reason. In one study conducted by a group of scientists headed by Sheffy, puppies were deliberately starved of vitamin B5 and then vaccinated, and they all died. This is because, of course, vaccines are a stress: you are deliberately injecting viruses, plus other known stressors such as aluminium salts, formaldehyde, etc., into a body, in an attempt to stimulate an immune response.
But stress comes in forms other than purely physical. Next time you have a row with someone, take a look at your dog’s gums. They will most probably be very pale, indicating that the body is in a state of alarm - because the dog has been thrown emotionally off-balance, especially if you have. In her excellent book, “The Natural Remedy Book for Dogs and Cats”, Diane Stein writes: “Pet behaviour is a reflection of the mental body. Like people, pets have memories, and what has hapened to them in the past affects their behaviour and wellness in the present. Misunderstanding, miscommunication, and previous abuse or traumatic experiences can manifest in physical dis-ease. Negative behaviour coincident with physical illness is a clue to a mental body dis-ease source.
“Pets also sacrifice themselves for the well-being of the humans they have bonded to. Animals take negative energy or situations into themselves and thereby protect their people. Both cats and dogs act as buffers between their people and the dangers and negativities of the world. Humans are aware of this on a conscious level when a dog runs back into a burning house to save a child or puts herself between her person and an attacker and dies. The same scenario happens on an energy level daily although the humans involved may never be aware of it. The cat in a troubled family may manifest her guardian’s cancer, clearing the human’s aura and taking the dis-ease into her own body.”
Revolutionary, outrageous stuff, eh?! And frightening if we believe this but don’t know what we can do to help alleviate the suffering our friends take on on our behalf.
Daniel, who is a handsome young Golden Retriever, started itching some months ago. My immediate response was to give him homoeopathic Sulphur, which is a classic skin remedy. This didn’t have much effect, so I moved on to Graphites. Still no effect. I looked at his diet, ensuring that he had sufficient protein, as protein deficiencies, especially a lack of some essential fatty acids, which are only found in raw meat sources, can cause skin problems. The diet seemed OK. So I telephoned a friend, an animal communicator, and asked her whether she had any answers.
I was told that Daniel was suffering from feelings of grief and loss, and this was causing inflammation in his skin. Daniel, at two years of age, has never experienced any grief or loss that I am aware of. But I have. Could it be that Daniel has been absorbing my emotions and becoming ill as a result? The animal communicator recommended Nat Mur, a homoeopathic remedy for grief - for Daniel and for me!
Maralyn Steele is a homoeopath and also the owner of several beautiful Cavaliers. She told me that, often, homoeopaths will treat the mother of a household, and all the illnesses manifesting in family members will clear up at the same time. Many dog owners and mothers will acknowledge that they will rush to attend to illnesses and upsets in their loved-ones, but always overlook their own needs. Maybe, in this light, looking after ourselves is part and parcel of looking after others?
Scientists have found that your blood pressure drops when you are in a room with a dog or cat, and you don’t have to be stroking them for this to happen. They have found that heart patients who live with dogs recover faster, and have fewer relapses, than people who don’t have pets. They postulate that this has something to do with companionship - but could it be more than that?
I don’t think that anyone, at this stage, can prove that animals take on our negative emotions, except that common sense will tell us that it’s possible. I know that Sammie, when he was alive, used to sense when I was tired and take my arm in his mouth, march me upstairs to the bedroom, and push me on the bed. I know that Sophie used to wake up at night, when everyone but me was asleep, and bark quietly and wave her paw at me. I thought for a long time that she just wanted a stroke, but then I noticed that she always woke up and ‘told me off’ when I was thinking about unpleasant situations that had happened that day. I know that Chappie once, totally out of character, started snarling and barking at a man who seemed pleasant enough - but we discovered later that he was a drug dealer and a house burglar. I would think that all of us who have close relationships with our dogs have similar stories to tell.
There are many holistic remedies that are designed to deal with emotional and mental, even spiritual, dis-ease. The Bach flower remedies, for example, treat illnesses purely from the viewpoint of the individual’s character - they treat the person, not the disease. For example, a person (or dog) who suffers from arthritis, who frequently feels jealous and critical, would take Bach’s Holly. This would engender feelings of being loved and lovable, and remove the need to feel jealous or critical. Hopefully, it would also alleviate the arthritic symptoms. Whilst scientists in laboratories would say this is rubbish - because they haven’t conducted experiments to prove the flower remedies - many hundreds who have used them, on themselves and their dogs, say they work.
Homoeopthy works on the same principle - homoeopaths treat the person, not the disease. Tellington Ttouch (a form of massage) is very therapeutic where mental and emotional stresses have taken their toll. Sometimes, just talking to your dog, stroking him, and offering love, reassurance and patience works wonders. More mental activity, something to do, is sometimes needed. Maybe you could call upon the services of an animal communicator or radionics practitioner - find out whether something is upsetting your dog, and see if you can do something to solve the problem.
Naturally, if the condition is critical, that is, if the disease is life-threatening or distressing, then qualified veterinary support should always be immediately sought. But by remaining open to alternative therapies at the same time, you could find that drugs and their side-effects can be placed aside, and a longer, more lasting cure can be achieved.
