Caroline Pope, Animal Communicator, Craniosacral & NES Therapist

16/09/2024

Check out my latest interview at Psychics4U!

https://psychics4u.net/caroline-pope-animal-communicator/

16/09/2024

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13/09/2024

Dr Crystal's Healing Vet Clinic

12/09/2024

Worming your horse the equivalent of force feeding a toddler vegetables!!

12/09/2024

Best Comic horse of The Day! 🐈‍⬛🥰🐾
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12/09/2024

what do we think?
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12/09/2024

Absolutely!

Good idea . . .

09/09/2024

Stunning Artwork from Dvate
Silo Art Trail. Goorambat Australia. Jimmy DVATE's work of Shire horses on the town's grain silo`s is hugely popular with tourists.

09/09/2024

Adolescence occurs between six months and 18 months of age—a time when guardians typically struggle the most with their dogs. Some guardians are so overwhelmed and underprepared for this developmental stage of their dog’s life, they choose to surrender the dog to a local shelter or rescue group. In a recent study published in the Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science found that the majority of the surrendered dogs (47.7 percent) ) were between 5 months and 3 years of age (M.D. Salman,John G. New, Jr.,Janet M. Scarlett,Philip H. Kass,Rebecca Ruch-Gallie &Suzanne Hetts, 2010)

The neurobiology of adolescence is fascinating, with some key events that alter both the structure and function of the brain.

During canine adolescence, changing s*x hormones effect the animals stress responses. Adolescent dogs have a decreased ability to process information they are receiving from the environment including the presence of dogs, vehicles, people, or really anything around them. They behave in ways that might feel frustrating or upsetting for the dog’s person.

The connectivity between the frontal cortex (responsible for decision making) and amygdala (responsible for emotional processing) decreases, resulting in less behavioral control. We see increased risk taking and more sensitivity to fear.

So what does this mean? This could mean that what was once no big deal to the dog now feels scary; what was once easy to do is now stressful; what once made sense is now confusing. At times, the world can feel like ‘too much’ for the adolescent dog.

As your puppy undergoes this transition into adulthood their inner world is intense, even chaotic. Many pet owners experience an increase in undesirable behavior and find themselves becoming increasingly frustrated. In turn, our own frustration and impatience can cause us to act unpredictably. This adds to our puppy’s inner turmoil. When the inside and the outside are both unpredictable it can be difficult for our dogs to adjust.

If you have an adolescent dog, what can you do? You can give your dog the time and space to observe what is going on around them when on leash at a distance away from the activity when possible. You can give your dog long walks to sniff and explore in nature, giving their brain time to decompress. You can offer your dog a quiet space to sleep so that they can consolidate memories effectively. You can continue training various skills, breaking them down into easier steps that can be generously reinforced.

By understanding what our adolescent dog is experiencing we gain greater compassion and understanding. When we approach adolescence with patience we create a world that is predictable and gentle so our puppies grow up to be their best adult selves.

07/09/2024

05/09/2024

Only an equestrian will understand :-)

05/09/2024

Secretariat's great grand sire....A rare black and white photograph of the great stallion Nearco being led out of his specially built underground bomb shelter at the Beech House Stud during the Second World War. Photo was taken by the famous equestrian photographer Anscomb. The image is known as THE ALL CLEAR, 1941.

05/09/2024

Shire Horse Stained Glass Gate

05/09/2024

THE RUB ON EAR CONDITIONS IN DOGS...
As most of us know, an ear infection, be it bacteria or yeast-driven, can be a real nightmare - itchy, irritating and the inflammation in that narrow area is really sore.

Ear issues in dogs comprise around 10% of patients seeing the vet today (O'neill et al. 2014).

It happens that 70% of those cases may be associated with yeast, specifically Malassezia (Forster et al. 2018).

But it’s important to remember that Malassezia, in his normal state, isn’t a bad guy. He’s an essential part of the normal ear flora - keeping bad bacteria down, reducing ear wax by eating spare oil and consuming dead skin cells and it's likely involved with immune system modulation - a process whereby the immune system must learn who is friend and foe in there.

Until its numbers got out of control, he was going about his day, happily working alongside everyone, chatting with the immune system. But then something in the terrain changed.

This is a crucial point so often missed by today's conventional, pharma-or-bust health sector - something changed. Dis-ease occurred in the environment.

Healthy ears have healthy bacterial biomes consisting of a range of bacterial and fungal species all living together, relatively happily and contributing to a nice, clean, ordered, non-inflamed, sweet-smelling lug hole.

However, when that biome is disturbed all hell can break loose.

At all times, the various groups in there are jostling for space. If a gap is created, for whatever reason, one group is going to try fill it, like an empty plot of land suddenly appearing in a busy city.

Who wins? Well, the group that a) finds the new environment most inviting, b) are being fuelled correctly and c) aren't being repressed at the time.

To break these down:

A) The environment has to be right: has the pH change? The acidity? Or is there a new chemical addition in there upsetting things (new food preservative / increased stress metabolites / hormonal change / chemical wormer, on and on).

B) Are they being fuelled correctly? Eg bacteria and fungal group need food. Think about it, if you're standing in an empty field and you leave out carrots, you get bunnies. If you leave out meat, you get foxes. If you leave out cereal, you get mice. Some bacteria like meat. Some veg. Yeast LOVES carbs / sugar. It happens that if you eat high carb diets you have higher glucose coursing through your veins...and body exudates.

C) Aren't being repressed: bacteria keep yeast in check but yeast keep many bacterial groups in check. In this way, antibiotics clear a path for yeast and antifungals clear a way for bacterial groups. What you use in that sore ear WILL have repercussions.

In the case of a ye**ty ear, Malassezia has bloomed and now it moves from being a commensal or "friend" to a baddie. In fact, once in charge, it can even change form as well as the chemicals it produces (this is the subject of my forthcoming talk for Helsinki University!). It’s in "pathogenic" form when your problems start.

I really want people to understand this though - the word "pathogen" instantly shifts the mind to the need to KILL. To use powerful, broadspectrum, napalm-like ANTIbiotics or ANTIfungals.

And yet, we know today, with the rise of antibacterial and antifungal resistance, this approach is not working out for us.

Take E.coli, for an example. The whole world thinks he's a baddie, including your doctor and vet. But it's not, for the most part. The E.coli in your guts for example, consume oxygen. If they didn't, none of the anaerobes in there could exist. The vast majority of E.coli (there are more than 700 servocars detected so far) are either useful or benign to us. Only 6 are bad. And then, where did they come from? Those bad Ecoli largely come from our meat sector. But normally fed animals, it blooms when cows and chicken are fed grain, crap they don't normally eat. Their dysbiosis eventually ends up fuelling our dysbiosis but as ever, that has a cause and simple solution too - stop feeding farm animals crap!

Moreover here, E.coli also keeps yeast numbers down. Take an antibiotic that kills yeast, you get thrush. In the same way, take an antifungal to kill yeast, you get a growth in pathogenic bacterial colonies.

Those guys were always there. They usually help. They have just grown too much, gotten too much power and now are losing the run of themselves. Like politicians, they have forgotten who's in charge.

So the real issue, after you have cleared the current yeast overgrowth naturally with ProPythium, the very best product for the job, in my opinion, is working out the WHY. Why is this happening? You have 3 dogs. They all have hangy-down ear flaps, they all walk in the rain, why is that one fella getting them repeatedly?

That is the core of holistic medicine, the path to healing. Sadly, it seems modern health practitioners are pathologically unaware of this simple practice.

05/09/2024

The first time I saw someone do this I was shocked.
I thought it was a one off, clearly it isn't and social media "influencers" have started to spout this as a "solution".
When I first saw this a few years ago, I could see the skin under the belly twisting and stretching while a lead was tightly pulled up from above.
There was bruising and this dog was certainly in pain.
All because someone wanted a quick way to teach a dog to walk beside them.
Companies even sell carabiners that encourage using this method.
What people may not realise is this can kill a dog.
The belly is not well protected...at all.
The intestines are right there and there are no bones in that area to protect those precious and vital organs.
That constant pressure and squeezing can and DOES cause serious abdominal issues.
PLEASE don't be tempted to follow this trend if you have seen it on social media.

03/09/2024

Looking forward to talking tomorrow at the Inverloch Library. Hope to see you there!