Signs and symptoms of illness that are common but NOT normal…

1. Fat pockets/cellulite/lipomas
2. Itchy skin, skin issues
3. Poor healing ability – takes long time or not at all
4. Bloated/Gassy
5. Vomiting (even once a month for Continue reading Signs and symptoms of illness →

Here in some parts of Ontario, Canada we have close to – 40 C (- 40F). Extreme cold and pets means we must be extra cautious so they don’t get serious frost bite and or hypothermia. Continue reading Extreme cold and pets →

Read the symptoms the body is showing us.  Disease isn’t what most people think…it isn’t something that happens to your pet. It isn’t mostly genetic even if the genetic predisposition is there. When your pet has symptoms of a fever, skin problems like chronic itching, or kidney failure or arthritic with bony outgrowths for example this is Continue reading Read the symptoms the body is showing us →

I have good hay why should I feed supplements too? Recently, I got a few hay tests back from my own hay supplier and that of some clients and I must say I am very disappointed at the results that keep coming back. MOST of the minerals are low to very low. For horses this means you absolutely MUST Continue reading I have good hay why should I feed supplements too? →

Should you vaccinate a sick animal?  As a Homeopath it is my job to stay focused and keep my emotions out but when a client brought me a limp puppy with a severe vaccine reaction I couldn’t help but get very emotional when I was unable to help the poor guy – he was just too far gone. The young puppy received multiple vaccines even though he was on antibiotics Continue reading Should you vaccinate a sick animal? →

Is naturally caring for pets; important? I often get questions and sometimes a bit of resistance on going fully natural with our animals. The biggest concerns that come up is time investment and cost. I’ll be honest it will take you a bit more time each day to feed/supplement and it will cost a bit more today to cost less tomorrow type of deal. I’ll explain why…

Most of us get a pet and take it to the Vet for the annual shots, heartworm and flea preventives and a few rounds of dewormer…we buy the ‘best’ commercially prepared food (kibble/canned food for cats and dogs and processed pelleted feed for our horses) and we think this is it…I am doing all I can to prevent diseases (feeding the best money can buy and vaccinating against diseases, ridding my animal of pests)…what can go wrong?
Well sadly…going this route I can almost guarantee you with over 90% accuracy your cat, dog or horse will get sick and will live at least 5-10 years less than it should or could. Why? Because we are not following nature – we are actually following people’s fears, we are following greed (marketing) and so on.

In today’s world in order to get your pet healthy and keep them there will take TIME and will take a degree of investment. If that time and money isn’t spent now it will be spent in the thousands for Vet fees later.

I’m talking about $5,000 for doggie knee surgeries, or $10,000 for horse Colic and let’s not forget getting the cats teeth cleaned every few years…and giving steroids daily to keep allergies at bay. There is a price for everything…sadly the way we keep animals now is the most costly way to do it…both in terms of money and more importantly on our emotions when we have to watch a beloved pet suffer and die prematurely.

I may ask my clients to home prepare either cooked food or give raw food and to mix supplements and herbs daily to resolve an issue. I may also in acute medical cases ask for a person to administer Homeopathic medicines very frequently often during the night hours to save their pet. But this is because I know all this hard work pays off when done right. And I also don’t ask my clients to do anything I myself wouldn’t do for my animals.
My daily routine consists of 5 hours minimum of taking care of the farm animals – this includes making their feed and preparing supplements individually as well as administering any Homeopathic medicines they may need (I have a lot of rescues and elderly animals). I also spend a good hour just prepping raw food for my dogs and cats and giving supplements to them as well…So all together I probably spend 6 hours out of my day outside of my work – taking care of my animals. Does this mean I spend less time watching TV you bet it does. But I tell you what I do get out of this…I get a great sense of satisfaction that I control to a large degree the health of my animals. I know what goes into their food, what each supplement is made of…and what it is doing. I get to have lots of exercise 🙂 And I get to spend more time with the animals I may not otherwise.

So yes…it is faster to reach into a bag of dog or horse food and pour it out into their dish…but it comes at a cost. For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction as the saying goes…and for every chemical, additive, artificial food coloring, heavy metal, pesticide etc. that we put into our animals today due to lack of time or convenience or money perhaps…we sadly will end up spending the time we thought we were buying running to the Vet and spending hundreds or thousands for Emergency and Chronic care. Taking care of animals naturally isn’t easy…and yes in the beginning can be a bit time consuming but isn’t it like taking care of children? Raising anything to the best of abilities is important and worth the effort.

I have rescued VERY sick and sometimes old animals with many issues. And by doing things the natural way I have been able to avoid 90% of Veterinary bills over the years. Knowing Homeopathic first aid, learning how to feed your pet and keep them as close to their natural way of being as possible adds years to your pets life and it becomes cheaper in the long run. So I may spend extra to buy my animals organic food, or special whole food supplements or a chiropractic adjustment but I will save money on things like bad vaccine or medication reactions, poor hormone/joint health due choosing to wait or hold off on spaying or neutering…I won’t have pets with bad teeth or kidney failure because they are on raw food…

Not saying these things can’t ever happen because we still live in a very polluted world BUT if I can help prevent the majority of it…isn’t it worth it?

I believe many people want the best for their pets…this I do know…but sometimes we have to realize in order to get a pet healthy and keep them there will take a bit of an investment in time and money. For anyone that knows me they know where my time and money all go…into my babies…because to me they are so worth it!

Pet has bad breath? If your cat, dog or horse has bad teeth this means they are missing nutrients. Even if you are feeding what you think is a fantastic diet (best you can buy or even raw home prepared foods) your pet can still be missing ONE or MORE vitamins or minerals which can cause the problems.

Normally I see Calcium, Magnesium and Phosphorus imbalances when I do hair tests on my client’s animals. Sometimes it is an imbalance issue sometimes it is absorption problems. When an animal is low on Calcium and Magnesium for example it will leach it from the bones and teeth – this is because these are areas of low importance…pumping the heart is more of a priority. Also, pH and mouth bacteria that is not normal this too can cause tooth problems that do not resolve with simple measures.

Feeding a good home prepared whole food diet is critical but so is proper supplementation and fixing digestion. Simply feeding Calcium and Magnesium will NOT fix the problem – it can actually create more if the actual reasons are not addressed.

So if you are finding your pet is constantly losing teeth and I see this even in animals as young as 1-2 years old!!! This is a nutrition issue and can be resolved with proper food and giving supplements that are required in the right amounts.

How long does it take for Homeopathy to work? I get asked this often…and it is a very hard question to answer as every animal is different. The one thing I can tell you is in Acute situations where the problem has come on suddenly – it will also be helped quickly. If a chronic issue has been with your pet for a long time – months or years it can take a few months or longer to get them to fully heal or improve to the best of their capability (damage to an organ for example can be irreparable if bad enough). The beautiful part though is that changes do happen relatively quickly even in chronic cases but may not necessarily resolve completely due to the body needing time to heal at its own pace.

We never want to force the cat, dog or horse to heal faster than their bodies are capable otherwise the ‘healing’ will be short lived and won’t work well. The best way to help an ailing pet is to understand the layers of illness and how disease actually works. Rushing to get rid of annoying symptoms at all cost can have dire consequences. Having a doctor of any background and training whether traditional or otherwise hurry an animal through something is not good. Using drugs and some herbs to take away pain is only suppressing symptoms of illness and the problem just has no way of expressing itself – it isn’t gone.
To truly heal an animal of disease of any kind – one must be prepared for the long haul in some situations…some resolve very quickly but others may need much longer. If the animal is getting better – we need to give them as much time as they need to heal.

Do you have chickens as pets? Want them to live a nice long healthy life? Here’s some tips to keep your chickens happy and feeling well:

1. Feed a well rounded diet not just bagged scratch or pellets. Yes it is ‘balanced’ but it is still not fresh food so it is still missing important nutrients! Feed lots of greens, fruits/veggie scraps etc. and in the summer LOTS of pasture time.
2. Don’t feed junk food…no animal no matter how much of a strong stomach they have should be given processed, GMO laden bad foods. We shouldn’t eat them and either should they.
3. Chickens NEED to scratch and peck…if they don’t have it they get into trouble but picking up bad behaviors and attacking one another or self-mutilating. Even in the winter make sure chickens can go outside (I always shovel and area for them and put down hay or straw for them to scratch and peck through to keep them busy). Busy chickens are happy and get along.
4. Make sure they have lots of space…the termed cooped up refers to chickens and yes they can handle it but they hate it. Like anything else space is very important. More than most websites on chicken keeping will tell you. I have a 1/4 or more of an acre for dozen or so hens so they never run out of grassy areas and room to roam. They have lots of trees, a pond, varied terrain and plants to eat.
5. Let your hens have a break from laying. I know most of us get chickens for eggs but in the winter they are supposed to slow down. Don’t put up lights to stimulate egg laying you will shorten your hens lives.
6. Allow for brooding! Yes if your hen wants to sit on eggs let her (just make sure take care of her at this time broody hens need to be fed and watered separately)…you can take the eggs away daily still but let her sit on the nest. She will stop laying eggs at some point and have a ‘rest’ from being mated (if you have roosters) or from laying. The break from laying eggs is important – this is why in the wild when hens have young they get a break for at least 3-4 months to raise their young! This is natural and a good thing for them so the hens don’t get spent too fast! If you only have chickens for eggs this won’t apply to you but if you care for their welfare and they are pets…encourage egg laying breaks.
7. Chickens are omnivores which means they eat both vegetable matter and animal protein! Healthy chickens need to eat bugs, worms and the odd small animal (mice, snakes, frogs) to stay healthy. If you don’t have any to offer them…you can buy bugs in a reptile store…your chickens will love you for it.
8. Do not vaccinate! Firstly chicken vaccines DO NOT work! Secondly it will shorten your chickens life-span.
9. Use Homeopathy for chicken illnesses as they come up. Homeopathy works extremely well for healing up typical chicken maladies quickly and safely!
10. Love your chickens…they can be quite affectionate animals when raised to be so…they love attention and affection…don’t forget to give them a hug today!

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Only Vaccinate Healthy Animals – Not sure why this is so hard to for some Vets and people to believe…but a SICK ANIMALS CAN’T HANDLE BEING VACCINATED! It is even written on the inserts of the vaccines.

Years ago a prominent holistic Vet came to a barn I was boarding my horse at. The horse was quite ill she was there to treat it. The poor mare had extremely bad projectile diarrhea for a long time…the owner asked if she should also vaccinate as it was time for its annual shots (this holistic Vet is a traditional vet that does some homeopathy and holistic medicine but is mostly traditional). Well the Vet did a ‘muscle test’ and said the horse could handle the vaccines…my jaw just dropped because clearly no the horse could not handle it. So the owner agreed…the horse got vaccinated and the poor animal went further downhill.

Just goes to show that it doesn’t mean a Vet is holistic that they do things naturally first! NO matter who your vet is…if they try to suggest it is safe to vaccinate your cat, dog, horse or ANY animal for that matter…please say a firm NO! Your pet’s life may depend on it!!!!

NEVER VACCINATE A SICK PET!  Most pet owners today don’t know: if they have an unhealthy pet they should never agree to vaccinate their furry companion when visiting their veterinarian.

Why?  Because the instruction pamphlet included in every vaccine box says not to! “Never vaccinate a pet with acute or chronic disease, including allergies, arthritis, heart disease, diabetes, auto-immune disease, cancer, hypo/hyperthyroidism, Cushing’s/Addison’s, kidney disease, canine cognitive disorder, inflammatory bowel disease,  infections of any kind. Also never vaccinate an animal that is pregnant or lactating, malnourished, parasitized, stressed or dying.” – Doctor Karen Becker

“Few to no scientific studies demonstrate a need for dogs or cats to be revaccinated.” –Dr. Ronald Schultz, leading animal vaccine expertRodney Habib – Pet Nutrition Blogger