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08/10/2024

What is BodyTalk? By Dr. Tracey Clark, one of our BodyTalk instructors explains what BodyTalk is and how it works. Fascinating!!!!! Always!!

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02/09/2024

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.

25/08/2024

Meet Hobo. Hobo was eating bugs in a person's lawn, so they decided to call an exterminator. Pesticide was sprayed on the lawn and under the house. Six weeks later he was brought to us emaciated, lacking aggression and covered in ant bites. A few days of a nutritious diet, meds, and hydration has him up on his feet. Sadly it looks as though our smelly friend has some lasting neurological damage from the chemicals sprayed, and cannot walk or run without falling over. He can no longer hunt for food and would die if released. Skunks, birds, armadillo, possum and many others are at the mercy of those who spray toxic chemicals to kill bugs. When contemplating pest control, please think of Hobo and his friends that will die alongside those grubs and grasshoppers.

21/07/2024

19/05/2024

A picture that truly speaks volumes...From our human perspective we can see a beautiful environment with green grass and elegant white fences, but if we just look closer from our horses' point of view instead...Well, then everything changes. Then we see how desperately they try to remain next to each other, no matter their inability to touch either, then we see where the grass just doesn't grow anymore, evidencing so clearly where they always remain to be together as much as they physically can...Please, horses are herd animals, horses are social animals, they are meant to be together, as it's just where their sense of safety and peace comes from. There's absolutely no way to change it, there's no way to pretend not to know it. If we can only keep our horses alone then I'm sorry but we just cannot have them 💚

Picture credit: Tracey J Parker

18/04/2024

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23/03/2024

So true 🐾

27/02/2024

PHOTO CREDIT: KEN DRAKE - BRISBANE

Hi I'm a little bat
I don't suck blood and I certainly don't want to be stuck in your hair.
If I happen to accidentally enter your house please don't hit me with cricket bats and brooms it really hurts and I'm so scared. It was an accident, I didn't mean to be scared. If I have to land on the ground I won't be able to get up I need your help.
Just use a towel and take me outside, I’ll fly off immediately, I promise.
I eat mosquitoes and many other insects.
Our houses are being taken apart for more buildings and we have few places to go. So if I accidentally fly into yours, turn your light off and leave the outside light on with the door open, I’ll be out in a flash.
Sincerely, your harmless little bat.

**post borrowed

25/01/2024

Please stay with your pet and hold them in your arms. 🐾🐾

“Pets, it turns out, also have last wishes before they die, but only known by veterinarians who put old and sick animals to sleep. Twitter user Jesse Dietrich asked a vet what was the most difficult part of his job.
The specialist answered without hesitation that it was the hardest for him to see how old or sick animals look for their owners with the eyes of their owners before going to sleep. The fact is that 90 % of owners don't want to be in a room with a dying animal. People leave so that they don't see their pet leave. But they don't realize that it's in these last moments of life that their pet needs them most.
Veterinarians ask the owners to be close to the animals until the very end. ′′It's inevitable that they die before you. Don't forget that you were the center of their life. Maybe they were just a part of you. But they are also your family. No matter how hard it is, don't leave them.
Dont let them die in a room with a stranger in a place they dont like. It is very painful for veterinarians to see how pets cannot find their owner during the last minutes of their life. They dont understand why the owner left them. After all, they needed their owner’s consolation.
Veterinarians do everything possible to ensure that animals are not so scared, but they are complete strangers to them. Don't be a coward because it's too painful for you. Think about the pet. Endure this pain for the sake of their sake. Be with them until the end.”
- Tricia Mo’orea
Photo credit: Travis Patenaude.
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16/01/2024

True

I was listening to a webinar on understanding emotional experience in dogs given by Andrew Hale recently. He made this point early in his talk, and it immediately stuck a chord with me. Much of what I do involves dogs who are coming from a place of fear and/or anxiety, and this can lead to the dog feeling they need to defend themselves, which often shows as an aggressive display. Sadly we will see some canine professionals recommending aversive measures to work with these dogs because they 'work' and apparently solve the problem quickly.

The problem is that all this is doing is suppressing the behaviours and not dealing with the emotions that are causing them. This gives the serious and dangerous potential for emotional and behavioural fallout as the dog will feel more scared and so may feel they have no choice but to be even more aggressive. They are now even more scared, and so are even less safe to be around than before.

It is not quick, working with these dogs in a way that is ethical, kind, and will actually get to the root of what the dog is struggling with. But concentrating on helping the dog to feel safer, to give them relief from that fear and stress, that WILL be effective, and leads to a much happier dog, who is much less scared and so is much more safe.

You can catch my new on demand webinar on how you can help to support your dog and make them feel safer here: https://www.goodguardianship.com/challenge-page/supporting-a-reactive-dog

13/01/2024

Brilliant!!!

WHY I 'IGNORE' YOUR PET

When I walk into your home, I always 'ignore' your anxious or fearful pet (cat or dog) and wait patiently for them to make the first move.

I don't crowd them or touch them without consent. I don't face them head-on or stare them in the eye. I just observe them without putting them in a worse emotional position. Even when they venture close to me, I refrain from touching them. And no, I don't extend my hand so that they can smell me as they could smell me when I entered the gate already due to their keen sense of smell. Extending my hand just scares them. No sudden movements. No loud voices. Just calmness. I wait patiently for them to initiate contact and communication with me. Even then, I limit contact to 3 second bursts.

Sniffing me is not an invitation for me to touch! The dog is gathering information about me. I wait for him to nose me or paw me or lick me and then may pat them. Even then, I pause for corroboration (wait for another sign) to ensure that it's OK to pat them. Rather err on the side of caution and go slow.

I 'ignore' your pet out of love and respect. I give them choices. Choice based behaviour modification builds self-esteem and confidence.

Now you know why I 'ignore' your pet...

Edit - when I say ignore, I mean respect 🙂

📷 Megan Karnes