My friend Cindy has a lovely dog called Barnie who's a 14 year old Malinois (Belgian Shepherd dog). He'd recently been taken to the vet for a gland problem, and was prescribed a course of anti-biotics. Unfortunately the drugs did nothing to resolve the gland problem, but brought with it other problems, including being entirely off his food and losing a vast amount of weight.
Blood and urine tests were done, and they came back fine, so the vet wanted to take a sample and do some exploratory x-rays. Cindy was extremely reluctant to put him through something so stressful, with no real idea whether any particular cause would be identified. He's an old boy, suffers with osteoarthritis, and also had a severe bloat attack a couple of years ago. He'd also been on antibiotics before, and they'd done nothing to resolve the problem then either.
Intuitively Cindy felt that neither drugs nor surgery were the answer. Thinking about the anti-biotics, she'd been wondering whether as well as killing off the bad bacteria, they'd also been stripping him of all his good bacteria, and was this now at the root of the problem? Would a good pro-biotic be helpful for him?
She contacted me to see whether, in my experience with animals, I could offer any ideas or suggestions. Well, I've had no experience in the use of pro-biotics with animals, so wasn't in a position to offer any ideas. And I didn't know of any vets I could recommend to talk to about this. But I've been going to a naturopath for a number of years, and she's extremely expert on the use of pro-biotics albeit with people and not animals. Gabi has a dog, so I wondered whether she had any experience of using pro-biotics with Ollie.
She provided some very good advice which I passed back to Cindy, who then went off and did lots of internet research. Seems that her intuitive idea was a good track to follow..........
Very quickly she got some pro-biotics for Barnie, and his improvement was almost immediate. A few days later she was in touch again to say that he continued to get better and better. How wonderful!!! She never did get a complete diagnosis for whatever it was that was wrong with him, but it does look like the anti-biotics had a lot to do with causing the problem.
Clearly she'll continue to monitor his condition closely, and of course, will return him to the vet should she need to.
But this story raised some interesting issues for me....... These are very personal issues, but they might resonate with you too, would be interested to hear your views.
The first is that Cindy trusted her intuition as to Barnie's needs. She was tuning into him, and learning what it was that might resolve his problem. As you all know, I communicate intuitively with animals all the time, and I strongly believe that we can all do this. Cindy also did this.
The second is that mainstream medicine - both for people and animals - needs to open its eyes and heart more to other approaches. A client of mine put it very well: "...seems awfully cruel and patronising to insist that no cure has taken place because science struggles to explain it." There are a number of scientists at the cutting edge these days who are understanding the link between what they would call rational science/medicine and other healing modalities. Clearly as a Reiki practitioner, this is a subject very close to my heart.
Many are still subject to their very limited thinking, and possibly ruled by either ego, fear or financial considerations. After all, the drugs and chemical companies are extremely rich and therefore wield a certain amount of power! For many people, it's not comfortable for the status quo to be challenged, and things they've always known or believed in to be changed or shaken up. There are a small number of vets who take a holistic and/or naturopathic approach, but are still rather few and far between.
This doesn't mean I'm advocating turning our backs on mainstream medicine either. That would be daft. There is so much we've learnt about the ways our bodies work, and so many amazing advances towards improving health have been made over the years. There are thousands of wonderful medical and healthcare professionals.
Blood and urine tests were done, and they came back fine, so the vet wanted to take a sample and do some exploratory x-rays. Cindy was extremely reluctant to put him through something so stressful, with no real idea whether any particular cause would be identified. He's an old boy, suffers with osteoarthritis, and also had a severe bloat attack a couple of years ago. He'd also been on antibiotics before, and they'd done nothing to resolve the problem then either.
Intuitively Cindy felt that neither drugs nor surgery were the answer. Thinking about the anti-biotics, she'd been wondering whether as well as killing off the bad bacteria, they'd also been stripping him of all his good bacteria, and was this now at the root of the problem? Would a good pro-biotic be helpful for him?
She contacted me to see whether, in my experience with animals, I could offer any ideas or suggestions. Well, I've had no experience in the use of pro-biotics with animals, so wasn't in a position to offer any ideas. And I didn't know of any vets I could recommend to talk to about this. But I've been going to a naturopath for a number of years, and she's extremely expert on the use of pro-biotics albeit with people and not animals. Gabi has a dog, so I wondered whether she had any experience of using pro-biotics with Ollie.
She provided some very good advice which I passed back to Cindy, who then went off and did lots of internet research. Seems that her intuitive idea was a good track to follow..........
Very quickly she got some pro-biotics for Barnie, and his improvement was almost immediate. A few days later she was in touch again to say that he continued to get better and better. How wonderful!!! She never did get a complete diagnosis for whatever it was that was wrong with him, but it does look like the anti-biotics had a lot to do with causing the problem.
Clearly she'll continue to monitor his condition closely, and of course, will return him to the vet should she need to.
But this story raised some interesting issues for me....... These are very personal issues, but they might resonate with you too, would be interested to hear your views.
The first is that Cindy trusted her intuition as to Barnie's needs. She was tuning into him, and learning what it was that might resolve his problem. As you all know, I communicate intuitively with animals all the time, and I strongly believe that we can all do this. Cindy also did this.
The second is that mainstream medicine - both for people and animals - needs to open its eyes and heart more to other approaches. A client of mine put it very well: "...seems awfully cruel and patronising to insist that no cure has taken place because science struggles to explain it." There are a number of scientists at the cutting edge these days who are understanding the link between what they would call rational science/medicine and other healing modalities. Clearly as a Reiki practitioner, this is a subject very close to my heart.
Many are still subject to their very limited thinking, and possibly ruled by either ego, fear or financial considerations. After all, the drugs and chemical companies are extremely rich and therefore wield a certain amount of power! For many people, it's not comfortable for the status quo to be challenged, and things they've always known or believed in to be changed or shaken up. There are a small number of vets who take a holistic and/or naturopathic approach, but are still rather few and far between.
This doesn't mean I'm advocating turning our backs on mainstream medicine either. That would be daft. There is so much we've learnt about the ways our bodies work, and so many amazing advances towards improving health have been made over the years. There are thousands of wonderful medical and healthcare professionals.
But mainstream medicine doesn't necessarily have all the answers. So, what needs to happen now is for both approaches to appreciate that each have so much to offer, and they are two sides of the same coin. Let's all start to work together now in a spirit of trust, hope and endeavour to continue to understand and improve health for all living beings on this wonderful planet of ours.
I could go on and on and on on this subject, but will leave it there I think....... (although may possibly return to this issue from time to time!!)
Finally, although Barnie is clearly doing so much better now, this isn't necessarily the end of the story. It is possible that he'll suffer a setback, or develop something else. But that can happen anyway, whether with mainstream medical intervention or other approaches. Or perhaps he will just get better and better and live well and comfortably until the end of his natural life........
I'll finish this story by sending love and healing to Barnie and Cindy. xx
I could go on and on and on on this subject, but will leave it there I think....... (although may possibly return to this issue from time to time!!)
Finally, although Barnie is clearly doing so much better now, this isn't necessarily the end of the story. It is possible that he'll suffer a setback, or develop something else. But that can happen anyway, whether with mainstream medical intervention or other approaches. Or perhaps he will just get better and better and live well and comfortably until the end of his natural life........
I'll finish this story by sending love and healing to Barnie and Cindy. xx
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