Purple Pup

20/01/2025

19/01/2025

Memorable Birthday 😂😜

15/01/2025

Love this! 🐾💜

14/01/2025

Adorable Every Time

14/01/2025

Another beautiful seal in need of a good rest this morning. This time it's a female who has probably just spent the last few weeks looking after her pups and is now exhausted. She's absolutely fine though. If you do happen upon one of these beautiful animals please keep your distance and keep dogs on leads.

14/01/2025

There are sheep in the field next to the path. Charlie has never chased sheep. Never looked like he might be thinking about chasing sheep. Never given sheep more than a passing glance. But he still goes on his lead when we pass. Just in case. Because there's a first time for everything and, although I think the risk is low, the potential consequences, for him & the sheep, are severe. So we don't risk it.

And that's how you keep sheep safe around dogs and keep dogs safe from being shot for worrying. Use a lead. Allowing a pet dog to be off lead around sheep just because you (think you) can is more about our human ego than safety.

There are times for training and there are times for management and close proximity to unknown livestock should 𝙖𝙡𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨 include management, regardless of how bulletproof you think your training might be.

There is no reason a pet dog needs to be off lead around livestock. Pop them on a lead or a longline and keep everyone safe.

13/01/2025

This 😬👇🏻

Be careful what narrative you put to your dogs' behaviour. Just because you think it makes sense to you, doesn't make it the truth.

Common false narratives include:

🐾 He is protecting me
🐾 He is trying to be the top dog
🐾 He is stubbornly refusing to do it anymore
🐾 He is punishing me for doing X
🐾 He is trying to control the house
🐾 He thinks he is a [insert bigger dog breed here]

Thanks Mostly Dogs for this accurate graphic! 🐾💜

13/01/2025

12/01/2025

This! ❤️

12/01/2025

SPRAY BOTTLES ARE AVERSIVE

Did you know that spraying your dog (or cat) with water is considered to be punishment?

It seems innocent enough and it does not hurt right? The main problem with this argument is that it does not stop any behaviour but only interrupts it in that moment. While your pet may stop what they are doing when you are present, they will resume that behaviour when you leave or when the spray bottle is not present.

It also can create a pessimistic pet over time and a negative association between you and your dog or cat which impacts the relationship - a spray bottle could be used to clean counter tops or windows so everytime your pet sees the bottle, they will assume it's for them and be afraid. In terms of the operant conditioning grid, yes punishment works IF consistently applied. To be effective, you have to literally stalk your pet day and night to ensure that you punish him consistently and timeously to ensure effectiveness - this is definitely not practical and hence ineffective. While we follow the science, we still need to prioritize a sentient being's physical and emotional safety and welfare while they learn, so for this reason ethical force-free professionals do not use punishment.

Rather focus on teaching an alternative, more rewarding behaviour to your pet. If your dog barks, reward him for quiet behaviour. Redirect your dog to a digging pit so he won't dig the flower beds.Teach your cat to use scratching posts instead of furniture. Reward your dog for sitting instead of jumping up. These are just some examples.

With so many easy ways to create alternative behaviours which will have long term postive outcomes, I am always gobsmacked by guardians who insist on sticking to punitive, outdated, non science-based methods to change behaviour. 🤦‍♀️

11/01/2025

C3 vaccines give a LONG LASTING IMMUNITY (with strong antibody levels) of at least 5-7 years! (F3 for cats are the same.)

If your pet has good antibody levels, any so-called 'booster' vaccination never increases antibody levels, or makes your pet's immunity any stronger.

This is because the antibodies grab and neutralise the vaccine before your pet's immune system can respond to it.

However, every single vaccination carries a risk of harm to your pet. This can be mild, but in some cases can trigger life-threatening diseases like immune-mediated haemolytic anaemia.

Sometimes vaccinations can trigger chronic illness, immune system dysregulation, allergies, autoimmune diseases, or other chronic issues.

So why do vets continue to re-vaccinate pets with unnecessary C3 (and F) vaccinations yearly, or three-yearly?

Is it a lack of knowledge?

There are stacks of high-quality evidence that show how long these vaccines give protection for!

Is it financial pressures?

I know my income in my practice dropped by 25% when I stopped re-vaccinating yearly and three-yearly!

What do you need to do to:

a) protect your pets from disease?

and...

b) minimise risk of vaccine injury and harm?

My advice is this.

ALWAYS titer test before any re-vaccination. If there are adequate antibody levels, your pets DON"T need re-vaccination.

Avoid non-core vaccinations unless there is a significant risk/benefit imperative.

And do everything you can to keep your pets vital and well with holistic health care, a high-quality fresh whole foods diet, and LOTS OF LOVE!

Message me if you need a one-on-one Zoom appt to go through the nitty gritty for your pets. (If you have a vaccine-injured pet, there are some things we can do that may help!)

I help animals all over the world heal and be well + happy with holistic veterinary care, kind training, and energy healing. If you want me to help your pets, message me! Zoom and in person appts available.

11/01/2025

11/01/2025

Posted • .carnivore.mermaid “Grain Fed vs Grass Fed”

11/01/2025

Dogs Conspiring 🤔😂

11/01/2025

Big Ears

10/01/2025

Friday Funny!

10/01/2025

This! 👌🐾💜

10/01/2025

This is really important. Allergy symptoms can take a while to clear up completely. Give it time! 🙏🐾💜

REALLY IMPORTANT FINDINGS HERE - FOLK JUMPING TO RAW / SINGLE PROTEIN DIETS TO FIX A FOOD ALLERGY NEED TO SET THEIR EXPECTATIONS TO LONG...

Rosser produced a number of cool studies in the 90's and early 2000's but this one from '93 eluded me.

He set out to test a variety of home-cooked diets (using real food, imagine! Single protein mixes similar to what we advise today) in 51 dogs with known food allergies.

The primary clinical sign of allergy in all dogs was persistent and nonseasonal pruritic (itchy) skin disease.

Specifically, they wanted to know how long it would take for the symptoms of the "allergy" to dissipate following removal of the protein.

The answer was:

1 to 3 weeks in 13
4 to 6 weeks in 25 dogs
7 to 8 weeks in 10 dogs
9 to 10 weeks in 3 dogs.

10 weeks!!!

Who gives it 10 weeks?!

Very few.

This is the problem. Folk want the quick fix. 75% of dogs took longer than 3 weeks to get better. Most would have given up after a week or two, back on to the meds.

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Rosser (1993). Diagnosis of food allergy in dogs. J Am Vet Med Assoc, 15;203(2):259-62.