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I. Healing Stories - Degenerative Myelopathy – love and holistic
- Mast cell tumors – Love and homeopathy
- Hot spots – Quicker healing with loving patience
II. Health Tips - Summer storms and celebrations – OH NO!
- Healthy treats and
foods
- Ask the Dog about petting
- Communicating with cats and dogs
III. Classes and other Education - Q/A - Last Friday of every month
- Smart Pet Talk
- CIVT
- Animal communication
IV. Organizations for health and sustainability - Help for immigrants & their pets
- The Bond Between
I.
Healing Stories - 🐕 A German Shepherd with Degenerative Myelopathy (rear end paralysis) came to me when the conventional veterinarian was recommending euthanasia. Her guardians were clear that she was not ready, yet they were very sad, frustrated and feeling hopeless. They had tried chiropractic, TCVM (acupuncture and herbs), western herbs and homeopathy. She was progressively worsening, now being at a stage of almost needing a cart. They were so worried
that their love was being blocked and she was picking up on their concerned, yet negative feelings. They shifted to focusing on what was positive (bright eyes, wiggle ears, a chuckle noise, great appetite), and worked to enhance her life in many ways, such as teaching tricks with the front legs, massaging her just for the connection, not to “fix her”, and more. She began again with one of the prior homeopathic medicines and continued chiropractic. She kept walking, even though very unsteady in
the rear, for another 5 years.
- 🐕 A wonderful yellow Labrador, Bonnie, had been struggling with mast cell tumors all over the skin. This was the soul dog of an ophthalmologist, and had been her savior from several prior challenges. The dog had 3 rounds of surgery to remove the tumors as they returned, but now there were over 30, and the veterinarian refused to do more surgery. These tumors tend to bleed often, the house was mostly white carpeting and furniture, so the housekeeper,
husband and son all were pushing for euthanasia. She was not close to saying goodbye to this special being, yet had noticed that as she fought with the family and wrestled with next steps, the dog seemed progressively more sad and had less energy. When she stood up to her family and stopped worrying and just loving, even before starting the homeopathy medicine, Bonnie had a 20% better attitude and energy. With the remedy as well, she returned to a quality of life as good as prior to the
surgeries. Using Yunnan Bayio when they bled helped the family and housekeeper be more positive to the dog. With some ups and downs, and remedy changes, Bonnie lived another 2 years with a good life, and Mom was ready to say goodbye when her companion’s energy declined rather sharply.
- 🐾 When still a conventional veterinarian, I learned a great lesson when taking the history from a new client. She said, “My daughter did not have a lot of time for Ajax, especially when he kept
getting hot spots that needed veterinary treatment, hair shaved, wearing a cone, so she gave her dog to me.” He adjusted to the new home well and it was almost a year before he started digging at his skin right above the tail head. “I was not worried because I had seen dogs over the years get hot spots, so I played more with Ajax, distracted his licking with toys or treats, made sure there were no fleas and just loved him a lot.” Within a week, his skin had gone from raw to scabby,
then was healthy-looking a week after that. No veterinary visit, no drugs, no cones – just TLC. He had one or two more in the next 3 years, and all healed easily.
II. Health Tips - 🐈 Every day is the one to start supporting your dog and cat to be calm with the thunderstorms, fireworks, parties, visitors, and more that often increase during the summer. Sympathetic and parasympathetic
nervous systems are a key part of living our lives. They regulate our body systems and help us run away from the monsters. Have you heard recently that you need more balance in your life? My response is – when I catch up I will finally have balance. Maybe we can do a bit better with our animals, especially if they suffer from being too reactive, too much in the sympathetic, fight or flight mode. Anxiety is such a common problem for pets and people that summits, articles, books, and products
proliferate to resolve reactivity and anxiety. At Holistic Actions, we have many speakers on anxiety, probably over 60 hours of materials for you to read and watch.
- An important key that I learned late in my practice is to begin using a possible approach when no triggers are present. Put the thunder shirt on when the weather is
nice. Use the flower essences at random times, not just on July 4. This way, they associate the “treatment” with treats, fun and love, not with the “horror”.
- True healing comes when you balance the whole body’s energy field, not merely address the anxiety. Just as with physical symptoms, we can soothe them when they occur while at the same time doing the deeper healing. If your dog is totally fine in all situations except when there are fireworks, and then he barks until you
involve him in cuddling or a game or food – no problem. If the response to many noises is to panic in different ways – time to set a goal of more balance.
- A few specific suggestions to try:
- Calming Comfort Pro (To order, set up an account by clicking here: my.standardprocess.com/Patient-Direct/patient-registration Then put 77TBVR in the box “Health Care Professional’s Patient Direct Code”, then fill out the form. In a day or 2 I will be able to approve you and you can order for a year, then I have to re-approve you.) is a lovely combination of amino acids including L-theanine, L-tryptophan, and GABA, which help regulate the nervous system. Magnesium. Liver
for good taste. These are whole food products, so they will never harm. Give a bottle a try after you quantify the anxiety levels. It may help overall anxiety, all the issues, maybe a few, or none at all. If not a clear response, stop it and see what happens. Because the adrenals weaken with anxiety, Canine Adrenal Support from Standard Process may be added in. (These can also be used with cats.)
- The gut affects the whole body, so probiotics, pre- and post- biotics can be useful.
While healthy animals usually do not need them, those with anxiety may benefit. Adored Beast has a variety of different ones and is easy to consult with for how to rotate them. I also like Mitomax (amazon or local stores). Try the one you love.
- One man whose dog was only scared of loud noises kept treats near him. Randomly, he would call his dog
with the same words to get a treat. Then he clapped his hands to startle the dog, who looked up, saw the man, and came for a treat. Then he added noise recordings. When the next storm came, the dog startled, then looked at her dad and came over for a treat, then laid down. Keys: done at quiet times; randomness; maybe the extra attention improved her resilience.
- Reiki, EFT (emotional freedom technique), Tellington TTouch, your calmness, regular meditation with
them.
- Key: never give up, never tolerate the anxiety.
- 🐩 Dog and cat treats are for fun, training, incentives, dental health and much more. Treats are actually part of their daily diet, just as yours are. Your goal would be to have them be of the same high quality as your feed for the main meal. Fresh is always best, and if they like the parts of vegetables you might discard, a money saver. A whole carrot, kale stems, etc. can keep them occupied
and even help clean teeth. If you do need to purchase dental chews (silvervine sticks can be great for cats), research carefully.
- Fresh treats from your fridge avoid supporting the chemical, processing, packaging, chemical farming, and shipping industries. When you can afford and they are available, buy organic (or source from local farms that are using few chemicals, even though not certified organic). The Environmental Working Group has a list of the dirty dozen and good 15 fruits and vegetables, and the Sea Watch at the Monterey Bay Aquarium has a fish list. You can use these lists to help your budget for food and treats. Surprisingly to me,
recently blueberries were #12 on the dirty dozen, so this popular treat needs to be organic or picked by you! Frozen is fine. Variety is good. For nutrition, remember that vegetables need to be finely pureed (breaks down the cell wall like the GI tract of the prey does) for nutrients.
- Guidelines for commercial treats are mostly common sense. Read ingredients carefully and basically ignore the quantity suggested, as the company wants to feed more treats (and food)
than needed. Stick with dehydrated meats, fruits and vegetables (again, note the dirty dozen). Look for the good certification – organic, regenerative, humane. Call them for where they source their ingredients. Support local home businesses making treats.
- 🔗 Ask the Dog may lower the number of dog bites. What a fun hour I had
Sunday morning filming for Smart Pet Talk. We asked Steve Dale questions about his new book, beautifully illustrated for children and with messages for adults as well. We go on a walk through a Chicago park with a mom, daughter, and their dog. The daughter asks a woman if she can pet her dog and is told yes, he loves petting. The mom
says, no we need to move on. Then she ups the level for all of us, saying, first you ask the person, then you observe the dog (or cat). This dog was turned away from you, the mom said, pulling hard on the leash, ears back and tail down. Maybe he just wanted to get home to eat, maybe he was in pain, we do not know. We do know he did not want to be petted.
- Dog bites, with all their personal and societal consequences, have escalated in the last few years to four and a half million –
and 50% of the bites are with children, and many are with the elderly. Ouch! Let’s get this book into the schools, senior centers, rescue groups, adoption agencies and the hands of all pet parents quickly.
- 🐈 Cats need careful observing as well. Smart Pet Talk interviewed Sarah Brown, author
of The Hidden Language of Cats. Did you know that cats in the wild do not meow? She was surprised when working with a colony of feral cats – no meows. Cats are more solitary, so they have made amazing adaptations to live with and communicate with people. Learn the language of the tail!
- Both Dale and Brown point to the need to really learn what our
animals are trying to get us to know. A lovely book, Kinship with All Life by J. Allen Boone emphasizes that our best chance to deeply communicate is to regard each one “as an unconditioned fellow being rather than as a mere dog in the restricted meaning.” Boone expanded his view to other species as well, treating them as intelligent fellow beings, relating to
flies, ants, snakes and more as equals.
- And for fun, check out Andrew Darlow’s Biscuit for Your Thoughts, super dog photos with pithy quotes, like “You don’t need the body of an athlete to run free”.
III. Classes and other Education - 💻 Ask any question of Dr. Feinman and myself on the last Friday of every month - 12:30 – 1:30 ET Also you will learn a lot on a variety of topics as over 40 others ask their questions. Email me for the link.
- June 8, the Holistic Actions webinar will be open to everyone at 11 AM Eastern Time. This month's theme is Heart problems, and Lisa Tully will share the power of heart coherence and much more.
- Smart Pet Talk is posting many of our past interviews. Most recent is Dr. Suter on the
microbiome and all things “poopy”.
- Penelope Smith, the grandmother of animal communication, will have a class on July 18, online, 1.5 hours. I am taking it. Also read about how her students helped save a whale.
IV. Organizations for health and sustainability - 🌍 As hundreds of thousands of immigrants are being evicted, their beloved dogs, cats, bunnies, goats, and chickens are being left behind. No one group is specifically
addressing this, though the Bond Between is doing a lot. Los Angeles animal control is spreading the word to neighbors and local groups to help. The Humane Society is doing some bilingual outreach with suggestions.
- You can check with your local shelters and rescue groups, and social services to help. Maybe next door or other community groups could get more active.
- The Bond Between has rescued 35,000 dogs and cats since 2009. They also support people - pet bonds that already exist with a pet food shelf, respite foster care, and social services.
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