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Animal-Centred Healthcare
How to find and ask for restorative animal healthcare. I am responsible for the welfare of the animals in my care, and yet I am reliant on others making decisions for me and my animal. Ever feel frustrated that you’re at sea in a mass of information and ‘helpful’...
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Animal-Centred Healthcare
How to find and ask for restorative animal healthcare. I am responsible for the welfare of the animals in my care, and yet I am reliant on others making decisions for me and my animal. Ever feel frustrated that you’re at sea in a mass of information and ‘helpful’...
vis medicatrix naturae western herbal medicine
Bríg and Vis Medicatrix Naturae in Western Herbal Medicine Vis medicatrix naturae in the microcosm of the individual Vis medicatrix naturae, the healing power of nature, is one of the oldest ideas in Western medicine. This essay explains it as Bríg, the individual’s...
What supports an animal to cope with change?
Animal Mental Health, Restraint and Resilience There are times in a partnership when things don’t go according to plan. Sometimes it is a preconceived plan that assumed all the wrong things. Cattle in a paddock, pigs in a pen, wheat sown in soil that my father...
Veterinary Western Herbal Medicine Explained
Welcome to a different approach to supporting your animal companion's health journey. As a dedicated animal companion, you are the most vital member of your animal's healthcare team. Veterinary western herbal medicine, when practised within the framework of...
Assistance Animal Resiliency
"Your instincts tell you it's not safe. You believe it to be true, because it has been in the past. It's not so now." My colleague, friend and horse/ human mentor said this to my brumby mare today. I paused in surprise as he spoke those words to her. What was...
There And Then Is The Here And Now
There and then is the here and now. There is no escaping. Being consumed. To be emotional Is to be irrational To be irrational is To Die Juxta position. So close as if to touch. And yet never to touch. The state of being consumed Like a broken...
The Animal Companion Path to S-Elf
My business had been in a bit of a hiatus since 2019. I had found that my energy couldn’t match my expectations of myself, and those of the animal healthcare industry. I was feeling powerless in providing a traditional veterinary herbal consultation style of...
Animal-Centred Healthcare
How to find and ask for restorative animal healthcare. I am responsible for the welfare of the animals in my care, and yet I am reliant on others making decisions for me and my animal. Ever feel frustrated that you’re at sea in a mass of information and ‘helpful’...
Herb & Supplement Use For Successful Health Care
t Providing the best care you can for your animal is just what you do. Unfortunately, the retail market, the internet and your animal aren’t making it easy to know for you to know what will be the best care. I mean, the availability of information is phenomenal (my...
“Good Vets Are Just Too Busy To Report Adverse Reactions To Hendra Vaccines.”
“Good vets are just too busy to report adverse reactions to Hendra vaccines.” Really? When I read these statements made by well-known people in our Australian equine performance horse industry and heard many a heated discussion on horses having extreme side effects,...
What is a Veterinary Herbalist and How do They Get Their Skills
Have you ever wondered how your herbalist got their skills? Have they actually trained in animal medicine? There are any number of forums out there discussing which herb is good for what and how much to use. But how do you really know you are doing the right...
Dog Treats Made Easy and Healthy With Real Food
Providing real food choices to your dog can be easy If you're anything like me, I used to think that animal food either came from a bag or a can. Making easy and healthy treats with real food wasn't something I thought could be practical or doable from a health care...
Dog Training Behaviour and Food
Behaviour (Trick) + Reward (Treat) and Trust Train the human to have a pup One of the first ‘to do’ things I was told in bringing Isabella into my life as a wee pup, was that I must do puppy school. The adage was that it was about training the human to have a pup. And...
Strategic Worming Program
Veterinary Parasite Treatment In 1966 parasite control had been revolutionised by the introduction of benzimidazole (BZ) drugs resulting in significant improvements in equine health and performance. Horse owners were advised to deworm using these new drugs every 8...
Garlic – Is It Really That Good?
Short Monograph - Allium sativum L., Garlic Garlic (Allium sativum L.) is the quintessential herb that has been applied in the horse industry with purely a human prescribing model. Horse physiology has significant differences that are particularly noteworthy in...
Glucosamine – What’s In A Name?
Short Monograph - Glucosamine Glucosamine products are now a common sight on supermarket shelves and in produce stores, with various claims regarding joint health. For example, Nutriflex: ‘…proven cartilage regenerative ability…’ and Cosequin®: ‘stimulates synthesis...
Tips And Tricks For Dog R&R
Do dogs actually need some rest and relaxation? Don’t they just sleep the day away when the family’s not home? Nope! Normal for a dog is to be very playful, active and often pestering their owner to engage in the fun with them. Most dog people would recognise a...
5 Steps To Better Meet Your Animal’s Health Care Needs
The endless cycle of trying something new… When will it end?! Are you feeling frustrated trying to address the health care needs for your animal(s)? Have you got caught up in trying yet another product or paying yet another animal health practitioner to try and...