Our most sincere sympathies to

Suzanne R. and Sherrie H.

on the loss of their loving companions.

Our thoughts and prayers are with you and the animals you had the honor of knowing and loving.

Homeopathy

One of my clients, Felice R. of Arlington, TX, is a huge believer in homeopathic health care for her animals. She volunteered to write an article for the newsletter to give our readers an idea of how helpful this type of care was in two of her cats. We hope this will help to educate our subscribers on some health care options for your own animals. Thanks, Felice, for sharing your experiences.

Every year I work with classic homeopathy cures for various illness and diseases. I am more and more convinced that this is the only way to treat our beloved pets.

Homeopathy veterinarians go to the same schools as allopathic vets, which are the vets that most people use. After graduating from vet school, the homeopathy vet accepts more years of schooling to become a skillful homeopath, acupuncturist, chiropractor and animal nutritionist.

Our cats have been treated with this method for personality issues for 12 years now along with eating a balanced raw diet. Recently our boys, King Ramses and Caesar, had health issues that even the regular allopathic vets couldn’t fix without drugs and surgery. So we looked toward homeopathy as an alternative. Here is the story of our success with homeopathy.

In 2006 King Ramses received an eye abrasion from Caesar grooming him on the face. Caesar’s tongue scratched Ramses’ eye. That turned right away into a corneal sequestrum which needed treatment.

For seven months we tried a variety of eye drops three times daily in the hopes of avoiding surgery for Ramses’ eye.  In July of 2007 we opted for surgery, yet when they opened Ramses eye after 2 weeks, the eye was the same! I was beside myself.

We decided that a more aggressive form of surgery would have to be done with the eye specialist. I should have had the eye vet do the surgery to begin with I guess but I wasn’t keen on pre-shots and drugs for a 17 year old cat. At my request, my regular vet would not give pre-shots before surgery…making it easier on the kidneys and wake up time.

I called my homeopathic vet for advice again. She decided to do a regular homeopathic remedy suited for Ramses’ personality and health issue. Inside of 2 weeks, just before surgery was scheduled to be done again, his eye sequestrum totally went away. And on top of that Ramses’ arthritis pain has gone away now too.

Why didn’t we do this to begin with you might ask? Well, we did try a homeopathic vet that wasn’t our regular homeopathic vet. The remedy he prescribed cured Ramses acne and gave him a better coat but it didn’t cure his eye. So now with the right vet and right remedies, Ramses is in much better health.

We have also treated our other cat, Caesar, with a homeopathy for hypoesthesia. This is a neurological disorder that can be created by vaccines and/or those fleas drops you apply to the animal’s neck. Within a few months of homeopathic treatments, Caesar is 98% cured. And our homeopathic vet says that Caesar will soon be totally cured.

While some veterinarians do say they are homeopathic vets, you need to find one that is a classic homeopathic vet, not one that only prescribes to herb, natural diets and natural supplements.

Want to know how homeopathic care started? Samuel Hahnemann in the late eighteenth century gave us formalized homeopathy. The principle of treatment is that medicines which create similar symptoms, which are also produced by the disease, are treated by that medicine. This principle has been recorded since classical Greek times. This principle is called LIKE CURES LIKE. Hahnemann carried on his work and investigations tirelessly, but could not accumulate enough evidence of medical cure using this system. It was in 1812 when he could show the results of homeopathy by treating 180 cases of Typhus. Since then the effectiveness of homeopathy has been proved in a very large number of patients. The same principle has been extended to all kinds of life including animal life.  

If you are interested in finding a holistic veterinarian near you, here are some helpful links. Some will even do phone consultations:

• American Holistic Veterinary Medical Association (AHVMA) The AHVMA supports complementary, alternative and holistic veterinary medicine.

• The Academy of Veterinary Homeopathy The Academy of Veterinary Homeopathy: Wilmington, Delaware

• American Medical College of Homeopathy Human and Veterinary One of the first homeopathic medical schools in the United States since the 1920’s. Located in  Phoenix, Arizona

Thanks, Felice, for sharing your knowledge and experiences with homeopathy. Felice is the owner of Feline Instincts. Check out her web site, www.felineinstincts.com, for more information on raw diets for cats and homeopathy.

Subscriber Comments

From Barbara M.… I just had to write you after reading about Spur in your last newsletter.  God bless his new family!  And a pox on his old one!  It is just inconceivable to me that people could be so heartless and cruel - they didn't even notice he was missing, and he was thin and full of scars, yet he ran to his person with love when they came for him.  I shudder to think how long it would have been before he was starving or missing again if he had been returned to his person...........

As you know, I rescued Baby, my half-pit bull/half-boxer.  She is absolutely thriving, by the way, and I'm coming up on 6 years that it has been my privilege to share my home with her.   When I read a heartbreaking story about an abused or homeless animal, I feel so unworthy about having only rescued one.  And yet, if EVERYBODY would rescue just one, the shelters would be empty, wouldn't they?

From Kate F. of Raleigh, NC…Thank you!!!!!!  I'm so happy he felt chatty again.  We had another lesson with Gayle today and he was excellent, so he's continuing to improve physically and mentally.  And "Pro said that before he had a job but now he has a fulfilling life, which is very different." - so profound!!  

It is always good to hear his words and reminds me that he really does understand some of what I say to him.  Because of your readings, I make sure to say the words "I love you!" to him as often as I can.  He tries to ignore me (can't be embarrassed in front of his pals!) but thanks to you, I know it's getting through. Thanks again for a wonderful reading!

From Joyce P. of Euless, TX…Thank you SO MUCH for your wonderful session with Nellie.  It made me cry with happiness,  Nobody but this family could have known the things she told you.

From Sherrie H. of San Diego, CA … Thanks for al the wonderful work you do with the special creatures living with us on this planet. You are doing a wonderful service for so many!!

And thanks to all of you who allow me to share in the lives of you and your animal companions. It truly is an honor!  Danielle

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Last month our article was about how our animals can communicate through dreams. (Check it out if you haven’t read it.)

We asked our subscribers to share some of their animal communication dreams with us and we received some wonderful stories. Thanks so much to all of you who shared your experiences. Here is a sampling of what we received.

Shelley's Raziel -  Two years ago this July, my Clydesdale mare, Star,   was due to foal. We'd bred her to a gorgeous tri-color Foxtrotter in the hopes of getting another just like the stunning big, spotted, gaited 2 year old we had.... but this time a filly. 

I knew my mare was going to foal that night. After dark I closed the lower part of the Dutch doors so Star had the entire straw bedded barn to herself, and I began going out every 30 minutes to check on her. At midnight she still wasn't ready, so I went back in and reset the alarm for 12:30am. I laid down and dozed off. At 12:18 I sat bolt upright. There was a voice in my head saying "help her."

I raced out, and sure enough, there was a foal on the ground.  Star was already up, licking the foal's rump, but the cowl was over the foal's entire head and neck. I knelt down, tore it off... and this perfectly gorgeous, insanely long legged filly was not breathing, nor could I find a pulse. So I did a couple of light chest compressions (she was laying on her side) and blocking her lower nostril, I puffed some breaths into her upper nostril. A few more compressions, another couple of breaths, and while I knelt there with tears streaming down my face, the filly took a huge gasping breath and struggled a bit. I called the vet, and he was there within 10 minutes, and she'd already rolled up with legs curled under her. When the vet went to listen to her heart and lungs, she leapt to her feet, shocking the vet and I silly. Needless to say, she vetted just fine!

Today, she is coming 2 and in one of those oh so attractive growth spurts. Meet Raziel. My first CPR rescue ever. Shelley S. of Webberville, MI

Raziel

Linda and Bo - When I lost my horse, Bo, that night I cried myself to sleep.  However, Bo appeared while I was asleep and instead of being in pain, he was prancing around, tossing his head, tail flipped over – forever the proud Arabian.  Bo’s grandfather was El Mokhtar, one of the three horses that played the Black Stallion.  When Bo was running free and happy when he was alive that’s exactly what he looked like – and that’s how he was that night in my dream.  It was so good to see.  Linda R. of Belmont, CA

Terri and Sadie - When I took my three labs to the vet to have them spayed, I heard barking in the middle of the night.  I awoke from the dream and no one (of course) was around.  They were still at the vets' office. 

Well, when I woke at 4 in the morning I called the vet's office hoping to get an answer, but didn't.   So when I went to pick them up they told me that our new Sadie had a rough time and lost a lot of blood during her surgery.  She was okay when I got there, but, obviously traumatized.  I don't know exactly what happened but, I know for sure it was her I heard barking in the night.  I even told the vet about my experience.  His remark was phantom barking.  But, we know the truth.  She was calling out to her "mommy"!  Terri P. of Kent, OH

And now a dream from one of our younger subscribers, 14 year old Sam M. of Lakeview, OR - Last Spring I bought a really nice Quarter Horse mare named Knicket. She was really sweet and I almost instantly fell in love.  In my dreams, one night I would see Knicket, her beautiful chestnut self. Then, the next night I would see a bay stallion that I had never seen in my life and then I would see them together.

Well Knicket was out in the field eating the green pasture grass and she was getting really fat. We thought it was just cuz she was eating so much.The next day Knicket was outside laying down under a tree and my little sister said " I think Knicket is having a baby!"  We didn’t even know she was pregnant. About an hour later a little teeny bay colt was shyly standing next to her.  We were completely astonished.  Then I knew that Knicket had been telling me in my dream that she was pregnant with a little bay stallion.  His name is Spanky and he will be 1 year old in June.

Thank you everyone for sharing your dreams and how your animals communicated with you through these dreams. Next month read about two dreams that were acted upon with great success. And in the mean time, ask your animal to contact you in your dreams and work at remembering them.

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A Good Laugh!

Gonna Be a Bear

In this life I’m a woman. In my next life, I’d like to come back as a bear.  When you’re a bear, you get to hibernate. You do nothing but sleep for 6 months. I could deal with that.

Before you hibernate, you’re supposed to eat yourself stupid. I could deal with that too.

When you’re a girl bear, you birth your children (who are the size of walnuts) wile you’re sleeping and wake to partially grown, cute, cuddly cubs.  I could definitely deal with that.

If you’re mama bear, everyone knows you mean business. You swat anyone who bothers your cubs. If your cubs get out of line, you swat them too. I could deal with that.

If you’re a bear, your mate EXPECTS you to wake up growling. He EXPECTS that you will have hairy legs and excess body fat.

Yup, gonna be a bear!

Thanks Jana S. from Simi Valley, CA for sending this in.

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