Animals
Are Messengers of Love, Courage and Wisdom
The scientific community rejects the idea that animals have higher
emotions, those emotions that humans feel. However, the videos in this
page document how wild and domesticated animals experience deep feelings
and emotions, just as humans do. Animals are not only faithful companions
but also spiritual guides. more...
Laura
Stringfellow, 14, plays with her 6-month-old dog, Faith, at her home in
Oklahoma City July 5. Faith was born deformed, but is able to get around
by walking upright. The family adopted Faith when the original owners
were going to put her to sleep. The owners feared the congenital disability
would leave her immobile. "No dog deserves to die," said 17-year-old Reuben
Stringfellow. "She was a very normal little puppy; a real strong and normal
puppy with two legs. She was a cripple as a puppy, but I wanted to hold
it, pet it, feed it and take care of it." Faith can maintain perfect balance
and sits on her haunches. She has a smaller, useless front limb that has
atrophied and is scheduled to be amputated. With
a Little Faith
We all know of dogs that have performed seemingly miraculous acts of
mercy and heroism. Some of the tales in the Andersons' latest tribute to
the animal
world (after Angel Cats and Angel Animals) includes such stories, but the
collection goes even further: into the spiritual. Some of the stories involve
dogs returning after death to communicate with their owners. Fred
Wickert, for example, doesn't seem like the woo-woo type: a Vietnam vet,
he'd had a long career in the air force when he fell asleep one night while
guarding Air Force One and believes his late cocker spaniel, Freckles,
came to him in the hangar and wakened him before he was discovered sleeping
on duty. Most of the stories included here involve dogs in this life rather
than the next, but are based on the belief that dogs are spiritual creatures.
Collie Zeke woke Diana Johnson at 3:30 a.m. to let her know her premature
baby had stopped breathing, saving her life. Bill Mann tells of the deep,
spiritual bond between his father and Aussie, who would break his chain
to follow him on walks after Mann's father showed the dog kindness one
day. New Age dog lovers will be moved by these stories and find their faith
in their pets' heavenly nature affirmed. With a well-earned reputation
as man's — as well as woman's — best friend, dogs have an uncanny ability
to sense exactly what their human friends need.
A safe haven for farm animals in need, as well as a place of peace for
the community to visit, learn and heal from the animals. Sustainable living
is a lifestyle that attempts to reduce an individual's or society's use
of the Earth's natural resource and his or her own resources. Practitioners
of sustainable living often attempt to reduce their carbon footprint by
altering methods of transportation, energy consumption and diet. Proponents
of sustainable living aim to conduct their lives in manners that are consistent
with sustainability, in natural balance and respectful of humanity's symbiotic
relationship with the Earth's natural ecology and cycles.
Tarra the 8,700
pound Asian elephant. And Bella. The dog. Bella is one of more than
a dozen stray dogs that have found a home at the elephant
sanctuary. Tarra and Bella have been close for years -- but no one
really knew how close they were until recently. A few months ago Bella
suffered a spinal cord injury. She couldn't move her legs, couldn't even
wag her tail. For three weeks the dog lay motionless up in the sanctuary
office.And for three weeks the elephant held vigil: 2,700 acres to roam
free, and Tarra just stood in the corner, beside a gate, right outside
that sanctuary office. "She just stood outside the balcony - just stood
there and waited," says Buckley. "She was concerned about her friend."
Watch what happened. - watch the video. The
Elephant Sanctuary needs your support.
Pet Telepathy
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"Many cat owners are convinced that their animals can pick up when they
are planning to take them to the vet. Jean Segal, in London, told me: "I
was always most careful to give my cat no clues when we were due to visit
the vet, but from the moment I got up in the morning she viewed me with
suspicion. She was very wary of me, not her usual loving self, and as the
time to leave home approached she would try to escape." I heard so
many stories like this that I made a survey of all the vets listed in the North
London Yellow Pages. Sixty-four out of 65 said people often cancelled appointments
because they could not find their cat. The remaining clinic had given up
an appointment system for cats because cancellations happened so often.
People just had to turn up with their animal. To avoid giving any clues,
several people have even tried phoning the vet from work, but the cats
still seemed to know. Dogs, too, often sense when their owners intend to
take them for a walk. No one thinks this strange if it happens at a routine
time, or if the dog sees them picking up the lead. But some people have
found that they if they just think about going for a walk, the dog will
bound into the room eagerly, even if it is not at a normal time. In filmed
experiments, we have shown that some dogs can pick up their owner's intentions
to go for walks at randomly-chosen times, even when the dogs are confined
to an outbuilding."Rupert Sheldrak
Irradiated
pet food endangering pets health, killing pets
The Australian government in late May ordered an immediate stop to sterilizing
cat food via irradiation after reviewing scientific studies pointing
to food irradiation as the culprit behind illnesses characterized by ataxia
or paralysis of the limbs, especially the hind limbs. Symptoms in the
Australian cats first appeared three to six months after they were exposed
to the dry food, Child said. Some had eaten the food for as few as three
weeks; others for more than six months. The problem affected 90 cats in
Australia, of which 30 died, mostly by euthanasia after they became paraplegic
or tetraplegic, according to Dr. Georgina Child, a neurologist at the Small
Animal Specialist Hospital and University of Sydney Teaching Hospital.
The
U.S. Food and DrugAdministration (FDA) also allows
animal feed, including pet food and treats, to be irradiated up to 50 kGy.
Make
your voice heard! Click here to send the FDA a message --- US
Food Industry Begins Widespread Food Irradiation --- "Nuked
Food" - The Dangers of Irradiated Food
This is a video from a French documentary about Africa. Unless
you speak French, you won't understand a word, but the video's a hoot.
There are trees that grow in Africa which, once a year, produce very juicy
fruit that ferments and produces a large percentage of alcohol. Because
there is a shortage of water, as soon as the fruits are ripe they fall
to the ground. Animals come there to help protect themselves from the heat
and partake of the savory fruit under the canopy of the trees. What
happens next? You can watch for yourself!
(for best effect, enlarge the video to full screen view by clicking on
the icon next to the volume icon near the right corner)
Animal Rescue is the name of a flower essence designed to rescue animals
from anxiety and fear. The anxiety and fear is especially prevalent
at this time as the animals are aware of the earth changes and the anxiety
felt by their owners, they pick all of this up and have anxiety themselves.
Animals are supersensitive and have abilities that we do not. They
are neither dumb or stupid. Animals are able to know about the earth
changes long before we do. Take for example the elephants in Indonesia
at the time of the Tsunami, they had moved to high ground long before the
storm hit. Animals (as are we) are connected to Nature, are part of Nature
and they are able to pick up the subliminal signals, they just know (we
have lost this ability because we have come to believe that we are separate
from Nature not part of it). The animals know when storms, bad weather,
rain is coming. Just watch your cats; they will be indoors long before
rain comes.
Dogs and cats know what you are going to do long before you do it and
often will be in a room or ready before you are. They pick up the
mental pictures you broadcast (this is how you communicate with animals
by thinking in pictures). The domestic animals that live with us or who
we have close relationships with which includes horses and donkeys know
when their owner are in emotional turmoil and distress. Cats and
dogs will come and sit with you if you are crying or upset. In fact
they work hard to take this emotional energy from us and if they are allowed
outside will discharge this energy to the earth. You may have noticed
them rolling or shaking there legs when outside. If they are unsuccessful
in discharging this human energy then they become ill. Our domestic
animals now display the same illnesses that we humans have alongside their
own. Most human ills are caused by unresolved emotional trauma and
baggage.
It is part of the relationship and bargain that the animal
kingdom has with us, we feed and care for them and they help heal us.
It is a two Way Street except this can become overloaded on the animal's
part. The earth changes are causing anxiety in humans that they are not
even aware of. Many people are in a state of anxiety for which they
do not understand the cause. Mother earth and the nature kingdoms
are in distress and because we are part of nature we are picking this up.
Many people do not realise that the earth quakes are becoming larger and
the volcanoes are quite active, unusual and severe weather is the most
obvious to the majority of people that something is happening on the planet.
Humans are displaying anxiety in the form of road rage, our inability to
slow down and our frenetic life styles. The animals are picking up not
only the earth changes but also their owners reaction to it. Many
of the animals have very angry owners and unfortunately in some cases crueler
than before. The animals have to cope with themselves and their owner's
anxieties. more
The Natal Sardine
Run is a fascinating event with sharks, whales, dolphins, game fish,
sea birds and man coming to the feast. Dolphins (estimated as being up
to 18,000 in number, mostly the common dolphin but also the bottlenose
dolphin) are largely responsible for rounding up the sardines into bait
balls.
Once the sardines are rounded up, sharks (primarily the bronze whaler,
but also dusky shark, blacktip shark, spinner shark and zambezi shark),
game fish (like shad/elf a.k.a. bluefish, king mackerel, various kingfish
species, garrick, geelbek and eastern little tuna) and birds (like the
Cape gannet, cormorants, terns and gulls) take advantage of the opportunity.
Watch the amazing film footage!
The Autobiography of a Dog
By Toby, with the help of Dr. Marge Hartwig, MH, ND
My name is Toby and I'm writing this column dedicated to all those people
who have dogs. I'd write directly to the dogs, but not very many of them
read. For that matter, I'm probably the only dog who writes and that's
only because Marge gives me a lot of help. As people go, Marge would make
a pretty good dog because she's always looking for ways to improve my life.
She learned that healthy dogs don't have
fleas and that vaccines attack our immune system
making it easier for us to get all kinds of terrible diseases, even fleas.
Now, she won't let anyone vaccinate me. I only had fleas once and got them
in Doggie jail. It was before Marge knew about herbs and I had worms and
she put me in jail to get rid of them. She called it an animal hospital,
but let me tell you, it's really a jail.
First, they poisoned me with something that
burned my mouth and made me as sick as a people. Then, they kept me in
a little cage all night long. I was so sick my stomach hurt and I even
had to urinate right there where I was trying to sleep! The air was so
thick with poison sprays that it burned my nose just to breathe. Well,
they got the worms, but they nearly got me too. I've never seen a vet since,
not even when my hips were so stiff and sore that I could hardly move.
Shoot, I couldn't even jump up on the bed. Everything I did hurt, but good
dogs don't cry, so I just lay around the house without moving unless I
had to.
Then, Marge gave me some carrot juice once a day, just like a people
and in 3 weeks I was romping around like I was a puppy again. I get carrot
juice off and on and once in a while she'll put something in it that tingles.
She calls it Echinacea. She's even got some of it growing in the yard and
I nibble on it when I feel the need. Then, when the Santa Anna Winds blow
I get so nervous that I just stand in one place shivering all over. She
soaks a little piece of bread in an herbal formula with Valerian that calms
my nerves. It tastes terrible, but in no time I'm a mellow fellow. Every
morning I get a special herbal formula with walnut
in it that kills my parasites. She also gives me some real hot stuff
called cayenne. She puts all this in my food and that really gets me started.
There's just too much concrete in our lives and we really need some
grass or dirt to romp in. We need more exercise than most of us get and
if you can plant some good herbs for us to nibble on when we want to, we'll
really love you for it. Shucks, I could bark on forever, but Marge is tired
of typing so I better quit. Just remember. Dogs benefit as well as people
from herbal remedies. It gets us back up to sniffin' real fast
Paralyzed
dog recovers the use of his hind legs "I must say before I received the Transfer Factor
Plus I was really anxious and I would afraid that my Ridgeback dog, Linkin,
would give up. As soon as the package arrived from England I started
giving Linkin 2 tablets a day for the first 3 weeks. He has improved
in leaps and bounds and it is hard to believe that some 4 weeks ago he
could not walk by himself and could hardly move around at all. I
had to carry his hind legs with a towel around his waist otherwise he just
could not get around. After two weeks on Transfer
Factor Plus, he started trying to get up onto his hind legs.
It was difficult and heart breaking to see him struggle but he was trying.
After four weeks on TF+, he managed to walk around even though he lost
his balance and he hind legs would give way. He is now walking and
running around, although still a little wobbly, and he also tries to jump
but does not always succeed. It is absolutely fantastic to see the
improvement from week to week." Antoinette
Kean, South Africa.
--- Learn more about the Application
of Transfer Factor in Veterinary Medicine
Hero dog - Dog saves
life of furry friend - This is amazing!
For
some, the process begins with an accident or injury. For others it's just
a slow awareness that stairs are more difficult and leaping into the backseat
of a car is nearly impossible. Sometimes it's a rescue mission and sometimes
it happens with no apparent reason at all. But however your best friend
becomes handicapped, you'll need help.
Veterinarians are always the first place to look, but they are by no
means the last. A vet has access to the resources needed to understand
what has happened and can give you perspective. But only you can gauge
your own personal level of commitment. As the animal's guardian, it is
up to you to look into your heart and their eyes and make choices based
on what you see and feel.
Video:
Caring for a handicapped pet - the holisstic approach
The first thing you need to understand is that
you're
not alone!
You're not alone. Thousands of people are
successfully caring for Handicapped Pets in innovative and highly successful
ways. You'll need products, services, and support from other handicapped
pet caretakers.
Is your dog misbehaving? Have you heard of the veterinary
condition Attention-Deficit-Hyperactivity-Dog-Disorder?
(ADHDD)
Fidolin - the new drug for
ADHDD and ADHD, approved for use on both dogs and children! This parody
ad by the Health Ranger mimics the idiocy of television
ads pushing mind-altering drugs for fictitious
diseases like ADHD. Watch
the video Peter R. Breggin, M.D
- "The drugging of children has gotten so out of hand that America is waking
up to this. This is a national catastrophe." more
Dr. Robert Mendelsohn
MD - "No one has ever been able to demonstrate that drugs such as Cylert
and Ritalin improve the academic performance of the children who take them....
The pupil is drugged to make life easier for his teacher, not to make it
better and more productive for the child."
Class action lawsuits have
been filed in Texas, California and New Jersey charging a pharmaceutical
maker of Ritalin, with conspiracy to create the psychiatric disorder known
as ADHD in order to fuel the market for their product. learn
more
Dr. Guylaine Lanctot, M.D. - "The medical establishment
works closely with the drug multinationals whose main objective is profits,
and whose worst nightmare would be an epidemic of good health. Lots of
drugs MUST be sold. In order to achieve this, anything goes: lies, fraud,
and kickbacks. Doctors are the principal salespeople of the drug companies.
They are rewarded with research grants, gifts, and lavish perks. The principal
buyers are the public - from infants to the elderly - who MUST be thoroughly
medicated and vaccinated...at any cost! Why do the authorities forbid alternative
medicine? Because they are serving the industry, and the industry cannot
make money with herbs, vitamins, and homeopathy. They cannot patent natural
remedies. That is why they push synthetics. They control medicine, and
that is why they are able to tell medical schools what they can and cannot
teach. They have their own sets of laws, and they force people into them.
That is a mafia. This sensational expose' also uncovers the truth behind
vaccines, AIDS, cancer, the World Health Organization, the Rockefeller
Foundation, the World Bank, and more." Dr. Lanctot, M.D is the author
of The Medical Mafia How To Get Out of It Alive and Take Back Our
Health and Wealth Learn
more: The Medical-Pharmaceutical Industrial Complex -
Corruption in Drug Research and in Medicine
Comments by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger (NaturalNews) - Big
Pharma is constantly looking for new ways to develop its markets and generate
more profits. This is the inescapable directive of all corporations: Be
more profitable, regardless of the cost to society. In Big Pharma's case,
the pursuit of this mission inevitably leads to the targeting of an ever-increasing
selection of pharmaceutical consumers who have the potential to become
lifelong customers. With antidepressants, deeply depressed adults were
targeted first. When that market was saturated, drug companies began selling
the idea that antidepressants were "happy pills," suitable for use in not
merely serious depression states, but even as "depression prevention!"
(So-called "early intervention," where you use antidepressant drugs in
perfectly healthy people in order to "prevent" depression from appearing.)
This was a major breakthrough for Big Pharma: Now they could sell drugs
to healthy people and were no longer limited to merely selling drugs to
the sick.
When that market was saturated, they went after
the children. Multi-million dollar marketing and propaganda campaigns
convinced children that virtually any experience of sadness -- say, losing
a pet or having a friend move away -- was a disease that could be treated
with pharmaceuticals. Soon, millions of children were put on drugs like
Prozac, and the great push towards diagnoses of bipolar disorder was underway
by the hopelessly corrupt psychiatry industry, which is wholly owned and
controlled by Big Pharma. When a sufficient number of children were drugged
with antidepressants and amphetamines (like Ritalin),
the drug companies realized there was still one non-drugged entity in a
typical household that could potentially become a new revenue source: The
family dog. So Big Pharma lobbied the FDA for
the approval of antidepressant drugs for dogs, and in February, 2007, the
FDA approved Prozac for dogs. Because, apparently, dogs have "chemical
imbalances in their brain" requiring treatment with patented synthetic
chemicals, just like children and adults, right? (See the book Selling
Sickness: How the World's Biggest Pharmaceutical Companies Are Turning
Us All Into Patients.) Prozac liquid drops for your pet fish are, apparently,
just around the corner. And don't be surprised to see Ritalin for "hyperactive"
dogs, too. There's no emotion, behavior or experience that's safe from
the disease labels of Big Pharma and the FDA.
Freedom and I have been together 10 years this summer. She
came in as a baby in 1998 with two broken wings. Her left wing doesn't
open all the way even after surgery, it was broken in 4 places. She's my
baby. When Freedom came in she could not stand. Both wings were broken,
her left wing in 4 places. She was emaciated and covered in lice. We made
the decision to give her a chance at life, so I took her to the vets office.
From then on, I was always around her. We had her in a huge dog carrier
with the top off, and it was loaded up with shredded newspaper for her
to lay in. I used to sit and talk to her, urging her to live, to fight;
and she would lay there looking at me with those big brown eyes. We also
had to tube feed her for weeks.
This went on for 4-6 weeks, and by then she still couldn't stand. It
got to the point where the decision was made to euthanize her if she couldn't
stand in a week. You know you don't want to cross that line between torture
and rehab, and it looked like death was winning. She was going to be put
down that Friday, and I was supposed to come in on that Thursday afternoon.
I didn't want to go to the center that Thursday, because I couldn't bear
the thought of her being euthanized; but I went anyway, and when I walked
in everyone was grinning from ear to ear. I went immediately back to her
dowl cage; and there she was, standing on her own, a big beautiful eagle.
She was ready to live. I was just about in tears by then. That was a very
good day.
We knew she could never fly, so the director asked me to glove train
her. I got her used to the glove, and then to jesses, and we started doing
education programs for schools in western Washington. We wound up in the
newspapers, radio (believe it or not) and some TV. Miracle Pets even did
a show about us. In the spring of 2000, I was diagnosed with non-hodgkins
lymphoma. I had stage 3, which is not good (one major organ plus everywhere),
so I wound up doing 8 months of chemo. Lost the hair - the whole bit. I
missed a lot of work. When I felt good enough, I would go to Sarvey and
take Freedom out for walks. Freedom would also come to me in my dreams
and help me fight the cancer. This happened time and time again.
Fast
forward to November 2000, the day after Thanksgiving, I went in for my
last checkup. I was told that if the cancer was not all gone after 8 rounds
of chemo, then my last option was a stem cell transplant. Anyway, they
did the tests; and I had to come back Monday for the results. I went in
Monday, and I was told that all the cancer was gone. So the first thing
I did was get up to Sarvey and take the big girl out for a walk. It was
misty and cold. I went to her flight and jessed her up, and we went out
front to the top of the hill. I hadn't said a word to Freedom, but somehow
she knew. She looked at me and wrapped both her wings around me to where
I could feel them pressing in on my back (I was engulfed in eagle wings),
and she touched my nose with her beak and stared into my eyes, and we just
stood there like that for I don't know how long. That was a magic moment.
We have been soul mates ever since she came in. This is a very special
bird.
On a side note: I have had people who were sick come up to us when we
are out, and Freedom has some kind of hold on them. I once had a guy who
was terminal come up to us and I let him hold her. His knees just about
buckled and he swore he could feel her power coarse through his body. I
have so many stories like that. I never forget the honor I have of being
so close to such a magnificent spirit as Freedoms.
Jeff Guidry and Freedom are
at Sarvey Wildlife Center
E-Mail Jeff: jeff @ sarveywildlife.org or eaglewalker @ comcast.net
Mary and her husband Jim had a dog, Lucky. Lucky was a real character.
Whenever Mary and Jim had company come for a weekend visit they would warn
their friends to not leave their luggage open because Lucky would help
himself to whatever struck his fancy. Inevitably someone would forget and
something would come up missing. Mary or Jim would go to Lucky's toy box
in the basement and there the treasure would be, amid all of Lucky's favorite
toys. Lucky always stashed his finds in his toy box and he was very particular
that his toys stay in the box.
It happened that Mary found out she had breast cancer. Something told
her she was going to die of this disease...she was just sure it was fatal.
She scheduled the double mastectomy, fear riding her shoulders. The night
before she was to go to the hospital she cuddled with Lucky. A thought
struck her...what would happen to Lucky? Although the three-year-old dog
liked Jim he was Mary's dog through and through. If I die Lucky will be
abandoned, Mary thought. He won't understand that I didn't want to leave
him. The thought made her sadder than thinking of her own death.
The double mastectomy was harder on Mary than her doctors had anticipated
and Mary was hospitalized for over two weeks. Jim took Lucky for his evening
walk faithfully but the dog just drooped, whining and miserable. Finally
the day came for Mary to leave the hospital. When she arrived home, Mary
was so exhausted she couldn't even make it up the steps to her bedroom
so Jim made his wife comfortable on the couch and left her to nap.
Lucky stood watching Mary but he didn't come to her when she called.
It made Mary sad but sleep soon overcame her and she dozed. When Mary woke,
for a second she couldn't understand what was wrong. She couldn't move
her head and her body felt heavy and hot. Panic soon gave way to laughter
though when Mary realized the problem. She was covered, literally blanketed,
in every treasure Lucky owned!
While she had slept the sorrowing dog had made trip after trip to the
basement and back bringing his beloved mistress his favorite things in
life. He had covered her with his love. Mary forgot about dying. Instead
she and Lucky began living again, walking further and further together
every night. It's been 12 years now and Mary is still cancer-free. Lucky?
He still steals treasures and stashes them in his toy box but Mary remains
his greatest treasure.
Live everyday to the fullest...because every day is a blessing...
Numerous studies have shown that pets - or at least the presence of
animals - can have medical benefits that are beyond dispute. These range
from lowering blood pressure to lessening anxiety and depression and even
to faster healing times after surgery. Fido is no placebo - he can literally
be man's best friend when people are ailing.
"We have known for many years that the company of a pet can be of benefit
in a variety of ways, but exactly why this is, no one seems to have the
answer," says Dr. Bonnie Beaver, who specializes in animal behavior and
human-animal relationships at Texas AandM University's College of Veterinary
Medicine.
"For example, the long-term survival rates of heart attack victims who
had a pet have been shown to be significantly longer than for those who
did not. There is also data showing that widows who have cats are better
off medically during the first year, which is a critical stress time, than
widows who do not." Other studies have shown that:
* Senior adults who own dogs go to the doctor less than those who do
not. In a study of 100 Medicare patients, those who owned dogs made 21
percent fewer visits to a physician than non-dog owners;
* Pet owners have lower blood pressure, and one study showed that just
10 minutes in the company of an animal significantly reduced blood pressure
rates;
* Pet owners have lower triglyceride and cholesterol levels than non-owners;
* Pet owners have overall better physical health due to exercise with
their pets;
* 70 percent of families surveyed reported an increase in family happiness
and fun after acquiring a pet;
* Children exposed to pets during their first year of life have a lower
frequency of some allergies and asthma;
* Children who suffer from autism have more prosocial behaviors if
they own a pet;
* Owning a pet - especially a dog - helps children in families better
adjust to the serious illness or death of a parent;
* Pets decrease feelings of loneliness and isolation in their owners;
* Having a pet may decrease heart attack mortality rates by 3 percent,
which
* Positive self-esteem in children is enhanced if the child owns a
pet;
* Children owning pets are more likely to be involved in sports, hobbies,
clubs or even chores;
* Victims of AIDS who own a pet report less depression and reduced
stress levels.
Many groups take pets to visit residents of nursing homes, and usually
the experience is a very positive one for both the pet and the individual.
"Many people in nursing homes had pets all of their lives, but for several
reasons, are not allowed to in an extended-care facility," says Beaver.
"The tendency is to make those places 'sterile,' with minimal plants
or animals. Those who bring in nature of all kinds generally bring in a
better quality of life to their residents."
The reverse is also true - the life of a pet is usually enhanced if
its owner cares for it properly.
"Geriatric animals in most veterinary settings are those that have had
loving and caring owners who followed good husbandry practices," she adds.
"We don't really understand why pets make us feel better and in some
cases, add years to our own lives," Beaver explains.
"There are many forms of the animal-person relationship. Some are not
good, some are neutral, some are not realistic at all and some are very
nurturing. Different people get different benefits from the animal, and
even different benefits at different stages in the person's life."
Christine is epileptic and has seizures two or three times a week. If
she did not know when they were going to happen, she would not dare to
go out and would be fearful of climbing stairs. But she does know, because
her dog, Annie, warns her. She puts her paws on Christine, and tries to
lick her face. Christine stops what she is doing and lies down, and soon
afterwards she is racked by a fit. "I can't explain it. But Annie can tell
when I'm going to have
a seizure," she says. Jackie, in Mansfield, has several severe fits a week,
and after collapsing on a main road became fearful of going out.
She contacted a charity called Support Dogs, who trained a dog, Sam,
to give her warnings of seizures. Now she says her life has changed. "Sam
lets me know when a seizure is coming 20 minutes before it happens. If
we're in the house, he warns me by barking. If we're in public, he will
sit in front of me and stare, remaining rigid like a stuffed animal. This
allows me to find a safe place to have a seizure".In the 1990s, a vet,
Andrew Edney, made a pioneering survey of dogs that give warnings of fits.
No particular breed stood out. Dogs of all kinds and ages do it, both male
and female.
Usually they "herd" the person to safety and encourage him or her to
lie down. When the seizure is taking place, they either stay by the person
or seek help. And they are remarkably reliable. As Edney commented, "No
dog seemed to get it wrong, one even ignored 'fake' seizure attempts."
How do they do it? No one knows. Perhaps they detect tremors, or subtle
smells. But some dogs can do it from a distance, and run in from another
room to give a warning. There may be more to it than the usual senses.
But whatever the explanation, thousands of people like Jackie and Christine
depend for their freedom and safety on dogs with this unexplained ability.
Animals that know when
their owners are coming home About half of all dogs,
and one in three cats seem to know when a member of the household is coming
home. Most pets respond only to people they love, but some seem to anticipate
when someone they hate is on the way.
Truly amazing gentle
and loving hippos! Watch both videos
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Jessica the Hippo
has made herself a member of this South African family. And they have pretty
much adopted her as their own!
Amazing video of
a hippo who spots a young impala being eaten by a croc., and then proceeds
to scare the croc. away, in attempts to revive the impala.
Watch this elephant,
rescued from abusive treatment in Burma, now paint an amazing self portrait.
You'll be amazed at how his talent unfolds.
So touched by their horrific
backgrounds and loving personalities, ExoticWorldGifts.com
now supports, "Starving Elephant Artisans" by selling their paintings so
they can continue to have a new life in Thailand.
I was struck with a sense
of awe and speechless wonder at the sight presented: a self-aware being
creating a self-portrait with assurance and aplomb. The being is an elephant.
We think we know a great deal about animal psychology and are killing these
majestic creatures with deadly efficiency and ferocity but, as this thrilling
video shows, we know little or nothing about these astounding companions
who share the earth with us. Will we learn who they are before we kill
them all?
Tempest Williams, author of Finding
Beauty In A Broken World writes - "I watched prairie dogs every
day, rise before the sun, stand with their paws pressed together
facing the rising sun in total stillness for up to 30 minutes. And
then I watched them at the end of the day take that same gesture
30 minutes before the sun goes down they would press their palms
together in perfect stillness. I don't mean to anthropomorphize,
but when you look at a creature that has survived over the millennium
begin and end each day in that kind of stance, it causes one to think
about one's own life and speed and rapidity in which we live.”
An
Interview with Dr. Allen Schoen on the Human-Animal Bond
Do
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Love
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Tips on Coping with Pet Loss Anyone who considers a pet a beloved friend, companion,
or family member knows the intense pain that accompanies the loss of that
friend. Following are some tips on coping with that grief, and with the
difficult decisions one faces upon the loss of a pet
Do
you have a question about holistic animal health or need assistance? contact
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Natural Breeders
Don
Scandal Cattery Don Scandal is a small cageless cattery located in an ecologic sanctuary
in Florida ,USA in the beautifull area in the country side, since 1996
CFA registry Cattery, and are members of the Atlantic Himalayan Club. Their
cats are raised as loved and loving pets in their home where they
enjoy spacious, temperature controlled and ventilated living quarters with
emphasis on personal attention, sanitation and holistic natural health
care. Don Scandal`s cats and kittens, are naturally raised which means
they are fed almost 100% with raw diet. "I have got extraordinaries results
from this kind of diet, they never looked healthier!" Their bodies are
muscular and fit,theirs coat are gorgeous – shiny and soft . One of the
contributing factors for how long a cat lives is the nutrition of the food
they eat. (more info about
raw
diet and ready-to-eat feline raw food.)
Wilshy Kennel "At Wilshy Kennel, located in southwestern , New Hampshire our dogs
are the love of our lives and have been for the past 37 years . All of
are pups are whelped in our home and all are bred as our slogan reads above.
We raise our dogs wholistically , homeopathically and feed a diet we prepare
ourselves, or use one of the top raw diets on the market so our puppy owners
know what to feed down the road ." more...
Mintern's
German Shepherds We have been breeding german shepherd dogs for about 15 years and have
had great success in giving Hardly Any Vaccination or NONE to my own dogs
and puppies. (Health
Hazard of Routine Vaccination) I have given
ONE vaccination to my puppies that I sell.....Breeding the Total German
Shepherd Dog (GSD) with honesty and integrity at our NE Ohio kennel for
over twelve years. The puppies are nurtured by both mother and father.
They also have contact with other adults in our kennel, each of whom offer
unique learning experiences. The philosophy of home placement is very important.
We use the Volhard Puppy Aptitude Test to learn about the puppy's personality
and facilitate the process of matching the puppy with his or her forever
home.
Natural
Breeding The first step in finding the breeder that meets your needs begins
with homework! BARF breeders care about the health and happiness of the
lives they've created and are interested in upholding the standard of their
chosen breed. They're also willing to be a consistent source of information
and support for the lifetime of their puppies. BARF breeders work hard
to produce sound examples of their breed and belong to appropriate breed
registries and kennel clubs. They will want to know that their pups will
be going to a good home, so you can expect a lot of questions and in turn,
they will expect the same from you. The bond shared between you and your
dog can be one of life's most enriching experiences. To give the relationship
the best chance of success, your BARF breeder will help you choose your
new puppy carefully, taking into consideration your personal needs, your
lifestyle and your home. BARF
breeder directory
Butter Cup
Puppies They raise hypo-allergenic, quiet, sweet little lap dogs. These
puppies LOVE kids, are smart and easy to train. The puppies are raised
in my home with a loving family! They are raised holistically
and MaryJo offers information to customers to help them keep their puppy
healthy. She is always available to customers to answer any questions.
810-378-8003
Naturally
Reared Lakai German Pinschers 45 years of "rescue," and 10 years of breeding Miniature and German
Pinschers
"In my opinion, all animals on this earth have been affected in some
way by all the pollution and pesticides in it. By feeding a natural diet
to both parents and pups, keeping everyone vaccine free, building their
immune system with supplements, using holistic interventions when called
upon, you will be going a long way to strengthen your lines. It may take
3-4 generations of doing this to obtain truly healthy pups, but many breeders
have done this and are doing it with great success."Joy
and George LaCaille
Animal
Health Directory Golden Retrievr Rescue
and Education Foundation Great links about
canine health and nutrition Happy Tails
Rescue Association - Rottweiler Rescue The Holistic Way This organization participate in the rewarding experience of rescue
and adoption networking with temperament tested, spayed and neutered Rotties
of all ages. This gentle breed is getting an undeserved poor
reputation because of a few careless, misguided owners, who through neglect,
greed, abuse or poor and improper treatment teach these powerful dogs unacceptable
behaviour. With proper care, a strong mind and gentle treatment
the Rottweiler is one of the finest companion animals available; gentle,
playful, protective, intelligent and loyal to the last breath. They
can be wonderful with the entire family and even make tender baby sitters
if your toddler doesn't mind wet ROTTI KISSES! Rotties learn
to enjoy other animal friends both big and small, but everything requires
training and an investment of your time. If you are interested in
100% natural, herbal and botanical pet products, they offer you a rich
array of selected essential oils, botanicals, salves, shampoos, immune
support and herbal extracts all designed to create a healthful balance
without harsh chemicals or other toxins. more
Animal Day Care and Boarding Places
With the natural and holistic approach in
mind
Bed and Biscuit,
Doggie Day Care and Cageless Shelley addresses the natural and holistic approach: she uses only
filtered water, organic treats, organic chicken broth, feed fresh raw veggies,
whole grains, yogurt, chicken, all organic, and fresh marrow bones. Located
in Greenwich Village, NY. and a country retreat
called "Woofstock Acres" located just outside Woodstock, NY. Shelley spends
quality time with the dogs, playing, kissing, hugging, and engaging in
mind stimulating contact, as well as massaging. 845-246-6340
Keep
Pets Safe During Disasters - Ask Red Cross to Adopt National Program During natural disasters like hurricanes, fires, floods, tornadoes,
etc., people are often asked to evacuate from their homes. A few years
ago when parts of Long Island, NY were threatened by a hurricane, many
residents refused to evacuate without their pets because Red Cross disaster
shelters do not accept pets (except service animals) because of health
and safety regulations.
Shortly after, one Red Cross volunteer, Nancy Lynch created an award-winning
pet safety program for the American Red Cross of Nassau County, NY called
Pet Safe, which is perhaps the first of its kind in the nation. The Nassau
County Red Cross explains, "Pet Safe is a cooperative effort of local groups
and government working together to assist people and their pets during
times of disasters. Relief agencies, including the American Red Cross,
move quickly to assist people during a disaster. Now, Pet Safe extends
these services to companion animals. Pet Safe will help keep families and
their companion animals together by assisting with sheltering, feeding
and identifying pets." Click
Here for More Info
The White Wings
Farm A small private companion animal holistic rescue/rehab/adoption farm.....with
23 cats, 47 exotic birds and 5 dogs.
Metta
Cattery in Singapore A group that rescue and foster sick and abused cats in Sigapore..
Some of the cats are fip and fiv positive. From the website, the volunteers
connect with other "cat" people from all over Singapore as well as from
other parts of the world. Dogs too have received help from
the cattery.
The Nikki Hospice
Foundation for Pets The first official, non-profit organization of its kind in the nation,
has been founded in response to a need which is becoming ever more prominent
in our society. Its express purpose is to encourage the provision of hospice
care for dying pets, so that pet owners who do not wish to choose euthanasia
when their animals are about to depart this life or who wish to postpone
it can care for them in the home environment--under veterinary supervision
and with adequate pain management and/or symptom control.
The Sheltie
Classifieds This organization is striving to provide a service to Shetland Sheepdog
enthusiasts and pet owners by providing items for sale or services pertinent
to the breed. They also welcome ads from reputable dog breeders and from
rescue organizations posting dogs for adoption
An Educational web site about holistic
health for pets
Chip and Raubyn have created this non-profit/educational web siteto
help and educate animal lovers about holistic health care for their pets.
Make sure to scroll all the way to the bottom of their large page where
they have one of the best collection of links.
A Web Site Specifically Designed and Dedicated For the Preservation
and Ethical Treatment of Companion Dogs Throughout The World Through Education
Mr. Bernhard's knowledge of animal behavior is an excellent source of education
for young people and adults alike. He Teach "People" How to Train
and Parent their "Companion Dogs" I choose to link to Mr. Bernhard's site
because he is also an advocate of holistic animal healthcare. Also visit
his page on Parenting Issues">Puppy
Parenting Issues From 8 weeks to 4 months.
"Too often we pet owners view our world with blinders on, ignoring the
cruelty that exists in the larger animal world. We easily get consumed
by our pets, breed, specialty etc. while overlooking the plight of the
other animal species. "
"Over six billion animals are slaughtered by agribusiness each year.
The conditions, if known, would tug at the heart of any compassionate individual.
In the early 1950's agribusiness began to take hold of agriculture in this
country to the detriment of the small family farm. The small farmer had
a symbiotic relationship with his animals unlike the agribusinessman who
views animals purely as commodities."
"Most farm animals today live not in idyllic pastoral settings, but
in "intensive confinement" in today's highly mechanized factory farms where
they are treated as mere units of production, rather than complex beings
with behavioral and psychological needs. Farm animals are fed growth-promoting
hormones and appetite stimulants, such as arsenic. These substances are
passed on to consumers, along with pesticides, nitrate fertilizers, herbicides,
and aflatoxins, which accumulate in the animals' tissues, organs, and milk
after they are ingested in feed..."
The fall 1998 ASPCA's Animal Watch devotes much of the magazine to the
subject of factory farming. We should applaud the ASPCA's stand and support
their efforts to disseminate this important information to the public.
You can learn
more about the horrible treatment of farm animals in Factory Farming
in America and how it affects YOU as a consumer
Do
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Deadly,
Contagious Dog Flu Virus - Dr. Cynda Crawford, an immunologist
at the University of Florida's College of Veterinary Medicine who is studying
the virus, said that it spread most easily where dogs were housed together
but that it could also be passed on the street, in dog runs or even by
a human transferring it from one dog to another. Kennel workers have carried
the virus home with them. Read
what Dr. Falconer D.V.M. recommends to protect your pet from
the Canine Flu disease
Pet
deaths prompt recall of pet food The
number of cases of kidney failure among dogs and cats that
ate poisoned pet food could total in the tens
of thousands says Dr. Paul Pion, president
of the Veterinary Information Network. More accounts of stricken pets had
been coming in since the numbers were tallied over the weekend. He said
the final number for pets suffering from kidney failure could be in the
tens of thousands. more on the recall
Dr.
Blanco D.V.M "You take healthy animals and often very quickly
after
you vaccinate, you can see simple things like itching of the skin or
excessive licking of the paws, sometimes even with no eruptions and licking
of the air. We see a lot of epilepsy, often after a rabies vaccination.
Or dogs or cats can become aggressive for several days. Frequently you'll
see urinary tract infections in cats, often within three months after their
[annual] vaccination. If you step back, open your mind and heart, you'll
start to see patterns of illness post-vaccination."
learn more
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you have a question about holistic animal health or need assistance? Kashmyra
is a Pet Wellness Consultant who volunteers her time to help visitors of
Shirley's Wellness Cafe website. She'll be happy to answer your question
and offers guidance at no charge. The best time to reach her is after 3
PM ET 1 828 891 1602 You may also contact
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"Clinical evidence links low glutathione
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diseases. Glutathione levels diminish as we age and many diseases normally
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"To raise glutathione levels
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Cancer
in our pet population, why is it on the rise?
Lyme
disease and Lyme Vaccine Disease.
Vaccinations
and How They Disrupt the Immune System.
Stem
cell nutrition in pets and horse The
first natural plant-based stem cell enhancers have shown
to trigger the release of millions of adult stem cells from the bone marrow
very quickly. These stem cells can then migrate and attach to any cells,
tissue, bone, muscle, cartilage, organ anywhere in the body needing repair.
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more
Warning:
Spot-On Pesticides such as Frontline, Zodiac, Defend, Bio Spot, Adams and
Advantage trigger adverse reactions in dogs
and cats, shorten life spans, cause terminal illness, and
premature death. more...
Dr.
Steven Slagle, DVM - "Transfer
factors have turned out to be the most effective and versatile
products I have ever used in my 32-year veterinary practice. A cat with
leukemia, an oral tumor, and posterior paralysis due to a spinal tumor,
was very ill and emaciated. One month after transfer factors there was
some regression of the oral tumor, restored appetite with some weight gain,
and increased sociability. Five months later, she continues to improve,
regaining normal weight, 80% regression of her oral tumor, and regaining
use of hind legs and tail." more
Dogs
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enjoy drinking Dr. Miller's Detox Tea because it helps improve their digestion,
thus eliminate bad breath and body odors. The tea also helps flush toxins
and assists in cleansing waste and compacted fecal matter from the colon.
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Dr.
Jerry Tennant, M.D.
says that marine phytoplankton contains almost
everything one needs to sustain life and to restore health by providing
the raw materials to make new cells that function normally. Learn
how phytoplankton saved a dog's Life
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just as well to non-toxic anti-stress natural remedies. Animals too, have
an active mental and emotional life. and can manifest behavioral and physical
problems that have their roots in emotional trauma.
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long ? healthy life. Most of us take supplements and eat right to get all
the nutrients necessary to avoid disease and ensure good health. The same
is true for the four-legged member of your family … your precious pup or
kitten.
The photographer was sure that he was going to see
the end of his huskies when the polar bear materialized out of the
blue, as it were:
Obviously it was a well-fed
Bear...
The
Polar Bear returned every night that week to play with the dogs..
ADD/ADHD Helping Children,
Not Drugging Them: In 1996 the World Health Organization warned that
Ritalin over-use has reached dangerous proportions. Learn about
alternatives
to ritalin and other drugs
Peter R. Breggin, M.D
- "The drugging of children has gotten so out of hand that America is waking
up to this. This is a national catastrophe." more
Julian Whitaker M.D -
"Class
action lawsuits have been filed in Texas, California and New Jersey charging
Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis, maker of Ritalin,
with conspiracy to create the psychiatric disorder known as ADHD in order
to fuel the market for their product."
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London Yellow Pages. Sixty-four out of 65 said people often cancelled appointments
because they could not find their cat. The remaining clinic had given up
an appointment system for cats because cancellations happened so often.
People just had to turn up with their animal. To avoid giving any clues,
several people have even tried phoning the vet from work, but the cats
still seemed to know. Dogs, too, often sense when their owners intend to
take them for a walk. No one thinks this strange if it happens at a routine
time, or if the dog sees them picking up the lead. But some people have
found that they if they just think about going for a walk, the dog will
bound into the room eagerly, even if it is not at a normal time. In filmed
experiments, we have shown that some dogs can pick up their owner's intentions
to go for walks at randomly-chosen times, even when the dogs are confined
to an outbuilding."
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a seizure," she says. Jackie, in Mansfield, has several severe fits a week,
and after collapsing on a main road became fearful of going out.
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