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Inspiring Stories

Inspiring Stories

Fender Conquers Distemper Virus

Deep Healing Takes Time

Thanks for all you are doing to advance integrative veterinary medicine!  I wanted to give you a detailed account of my time with my dog Fender and canine distemper virus.

Fender contracted distemper just before he turned 5. 

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Winston with Kidney Failure

My gorgeous 21-year-old Siamese cat's given name is Winston Alexander Churchill Sullivan. I call him Bunny FuFu, which stands for BFF.   He has beautiful blue eyes framed in black markings with a very pink tongue.  In March of 2010, Winston was diagnosed with renal failure and I was heart sick.  Due to a treatment of homeopathic and western meds, he is still thriving and I am overjoyed.  He jumps up on the bed, talks and watches TV.  He is very alert and the vet says he looks and acts more like he's 12 years old.  

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Snickers the Shetland with Insulin Resistance
SnickersSnickers was a sweet Shetland pony who suffered from insulin resistance and laminitis for many years. She came to us as a ten year old with a history of laminitis. The stockyard manager at a livestock sale noticed this cute little pony and, fearing the killers would get her, called a friend of ours.  Our friend picked her up and brought her to us.   
 
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Wilson with snakebite

When Wilson walked into our lives in June of 2010 as an abandoned street dog, we never thought he would bring us so much love and joy as well as challenges.  He had clearly been abused and under-socialized as he displayed anxiety, distrust of strangers and fear driven aggression.  The trainer we hired wouldn't touch or interact with him without using aversive techniques and the initial veterinarians we took him to for the first couple of years wanted to sedate him before giving treatments.  When his started breaking out with a rash all over his muzzle, we set out to look for an integrative veterinarian.   After an examination and tests the integrative doctor diagnosed Wilson with autoimmune disease and recommended a raw diet along with Chinese herbs instead of antibiotics and steroids- after a few weeks his rash was completely gone. We were totally sold on this gentle integrative approach.

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Cappuccino with heart disease
Cappuccino with Dilated Cardiomyopathy and arrhythmias.
 
CappuccinoOur Saint Bernard Cappuccino was diagnosed with Dilated Cardiomyopathy and heart arrhythmias at age 8-1/2. She was my son's retired Westminster Show dog and invited to compete at the prestigious show at Madison Square Garden in New York three times. She has also been inducted into the AKC Saint Bernard of America Hall of Fame for her exceptional scores as a competitive obedience dog and was also a certified therapy dog through Therapy Dogs International.
 
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Ceelo
CeeloI am so thrilled with the clean bill of health my dog received after our most recent visit to our integrative veterinarian that I just wanted to share. This isn’t a miracle story of a dog that was battling cancer or paralysis or anything dramatic.  It’s a simple story about creating vibrant health in a dog that had a less than ideal start.
 
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Recent Posts (Inspiring Stories)
Bailey with Spleen Cancer

 Bailey with Spleen Cancer

“…My beloved Beagle named “Bailey” was diagnosed with spleen cancer in November 2016.  She was losing a lot of weight quickly so I took her to her normal veterinarian and he wanted to operate on her.  At that time Bailey was over 16 years old.  I agreed but after talking to several people, I had second thoughts so I cancelled the operation.  When I called the vet it was mentioned to give her the herb “Yunnan Baiyao” and I could get it in the health food store.  After trying many stores with no luck I reached out to my good friend Amy that makes essential oils and she recommend Dr. Mary Ellen of Sayre Veterinary Acupuncture...  At that time Bailey was only given a few days to a couple of weeks to live.  She was that bad. 

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Diablo - the Comeback Kid

Diablo, cancer
In 1994, my father was diagnosed with cancer. The disease was advanced so alternative treatments, we were told by professionals, weren’t a realistic alternative. The best and brightest minds in oncology decided aggressive radiation would give my dad his best chance.

Two months later he was dead.

My family grieved and while I urged my lonely mom to get a pet, she wasn't ready. Nor was she ready the next year. Or the next.  Five years went by until she decided it was time.

We visited a breeder who had five toy fox terrier puppies, all so bouncy they spent more time in the air the on the ground. Of the five, one loomed large and in charge, at a whopping 1.5 pounds. He was more willful than the rest. He wasn't taking no for an answer. He was coming home with us by his choice; we had no say in the matter. And he would go almost two months in our care before being named because we desperately hoped he would outgrow the only name that felt appropriate. He didn’t. So the name stuck: Diablo.

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