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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

Cappuccino with heart disease
Cappuccino with Dilated Cardiomyopathy and arrhythmias. Our 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
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

Xuxa – a force for healing
Animals are such forces for good and for healing. This story is a special one. There is a homeless woman in Santa Monica who walks down the street talking loudly to herself at 6 AM. At the sight of my