Our trip to our vet, Dr. Jack Biederman, to have Buddy and Bella get treatment on Friday January 25th 2013 went very well!

Yesterday, my son Ed, Bella, Buddy and myself went to see Dr. Jack. As I have mentioned, Bella has the non-contagious form of mange and we've been working to support her recovery using the medication Dr. Jack prescribed and nutrients in food with the home made recipe we've created to boost immunity (see below). If I am not mistaken, compromised immunity is a factor in dogs that get mange. But, please, don’t take my word for it, consult your vet for any and all information and help with your pet’s health conditions. Dr. Jack was pleasantly surprised with just a quick eye balling of Bella...she was better, he said, stating with surprise, "This dog is better." We agree. But, we've been working on this, studying it, strategizing the how tos of it all. Bella's appetite continues to grow and we've gone back to 3 meals a day for her as she's peering over Buddy's dish watching him eat 3-4 meals a day. So, in the last week, we've gone back to giving Bella 3 meals a day since she isn't overweight and her immune system can get a boost with the additional nutrients. Dr. Jack observed: "she's doing very well, most dogs do not respond in 4-5 weeks the way she is. That’s, great!" Couldn't do it without Dr. Jack's patience, support and care. I can't say this enough, the goal is this blog is to share what a pet owner can do to support the professional care of your vet. It is not a replacement for vet care. What we write here is what pet owners can do as adjuncts to quality professional care rendered by a vet, nothing more. Bella was 26 lbs last we took her to the vet. She now weighs almost 33 pounds. Dr. Jack added one more CC of Ivermectin because she's doing so well and we are so grateful to him for his cautious approach. We are working hard to keep up our end of this deal to get Bella into tip top shape doing whatever we can to boost that immune system. Winter has gotten so cold and Bella shivers so much when she's out doors so we've opted not to stress her immunity by having her outside for longer than a few minutes at a time. We're applying common sense, love, patience, some research and we;re getting amazing results. About Buddy? Wow, has he come a long way! Dr. Jack was very encouraging about his progress. Buddy was only two pounds the last time the vet saw him and his life was in jeopardy. He was taken from his mother at only 3 weeks old and used as a bait puppy. He was in bad shape, running a fever, couldn’t eat and the original vet thought he had parvo. Thankfully, he did not. Yesterday, he was nearly 11 lbs having gained that weight in about 4 or 5 weeks. The awful looking wound he had on his back leg was completely healed using Neosporin as Dr. Jack prescribed. I added vitamin E from a punctured vitamin caplet once a day in pace of the Neosporin as I have been Vit. D deficient and I have learned recently the value of vitamins. Also the skin on Buddy's ear had split and Vit. E was used on that along with Neosporin (see above). Buddy got his puppy shots yesterday as Dr. Jack proclaimed him a “healthy puppy.” We would have never imagined that Buddy or Bella would have done as well as they have without excellent vet care provided by Petcare and Dr. Jack and Mitch Biederman. Really, the soup recipe was the brain child of a vet I met at the Animal Medical Center about 35 years ago when I had a very sick cat with a 106 fever. He told me to make a soup of chicken parts particularly of the heart, liver, etc with celery tops and chopped carrot, blend it in the juice and feed the cat it with an eye dropper every couple of hours to keep him just nourished a bit and, more improtantly, hydrated. Of course, the antibiotics were crtical but the vet was concerned about de-hydration from the fever. The cat made it and I never forgot that the soup keep him hydrated and may have well saved his life. It does indeed take a village and a plethora of information to do just about anything. Remember, grandma would say thet chicken soup was Jewish penicillin? While my mother was Jewish, my father was Italian. And, Italian's believe likewise. What't the difference between Italian penicillin and Jewish penicillin? One teaspoon of Parmesan cheese. For the purposes of helping your pet, Jewish Peniciilin is what I use and eat the Parmesan chesse myself. Any caregive could use a little boost in energy! :) One thing I have learned in my life is this: you can’t learn anything when you're doing the talking. God bless the pet professionals who give so much and educate us. See us on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/savingbella Thank you. See photos: Bella after:

Bella before:

Buddy after:

Buddy before:

I will be studying canine nutrition to make sure I can help fur babies recover quickly-the most important factor with a sick animal? YOU

Please, always get professional pet advice from your vet. If money is a problem when you find a bait puppy, please ask your vet to help you save a life with some professional courtesy. You and she or he are in the same business....saving innocent pets. I found, as a holistic counselor, that making a spirit to spirit connection with an injured puppy or any injured animal or person, works the best & the quickest. Follow your vet's advice on all matters. They know that miracles can happen when a special person meets a special animal and there is love. Love remains the most powerful force in the Universe and people who work with animals KNOW IT. Form a deep bound as quickly as you can while allowing the animal all the time it needs to rest. Sleep, food, love, professional care...are the magic that works fast and well. I want to thank the people on Facebook...total strangers to me for unifying in an effort to save Bella. YOU DID IT. I added the love and care and you supplied the finances so Bella belongs to all of us and now we have to give back to all the Bella's out there who are tossed into the streets to die or to be resuced by good people who love animals. Thanks for your help and God bless! with love, Irene meet little Buddy, only 3 weeks old when he was found by kids and handed to my son because the community new about Bella. Buddy was 2 lbs, had a deep wound in his neck, 2 puncture wounds that missed his eyes by less than an inch, he had another deep wound in his back leg, he whined for his mommy for days and nights, he was swapped with vitamin E to try and heal the back leg without surgery. Surgery and anesthia for a 2lb puppy? This puppy had 2 protozoa infects, he was swapped with Neosporin, he was medicated with antibiotic, we feared he had parvo, he couldn't drink from a bottle. Music helped somewhat. Holding him helped a lot, giving him food on a finger tip was difficult. He was very sick for about 2 weeks before he turned the corner and lived. As soon as the vet saw him, he said, "He's a BAIT PUPPY" - Long Island, you are paying $9000 - $15,000 a year or more in taxes and this is happening in your counties! Here's something we all need to know...while rare, rabies can be transmitted through the air. An injured puppy in the woods anywhere is going to come across the tracks of wild animals or perhaps be bitten by one...will your child pick up a 2lb puppy and bring it home? THINK ABOUT IT

meet Bella, only 7-8 weeks old when found, ripped open backside, bite marks on her neck, blind in her right eye, fractured skull. She was found just days before Hurricane Sandy dessimated Long Island. Had she not been picked up, she would have died. Had I not defied the co-op rules where I live, she would have had no place to stay dry, warm and get well. The person who found her flooded and had over a foot of water in his home. Let me hear from anyone who knows what to do about BAIT BUPPIES LEFT TO DIE IN CITY STREETS, if this is going on in the city, can you image what's going on in the woods? I am remembering a tiny pit bull puppy being found on the streets of LA...her name is Coco, fast thinking and good vet care saved her after hydration and a blood transfusion~ Meet Bella...total devotion and inspiration:

DO NOT POST FREE PETS ON CRAIGSLIST.......here's why:

from Facebook today 1/17/13 at 4:12PM. This is specifically about bait animals and I have seen the affects on 3 bait puppies. This must be stopped. Here's the quote from Facebook Maybe someone needs to send this to all Craigslist posts. Subject: ALERT: PEOPLE FEEDING KITTENS/PUPS ETC TO REPTILES, ADOPTION FEES DON'T STOP THEM, SOUND THE ALARM: PEOPLE GETTING KITTENS PUPPIES RABBITS ETC AS FOOD FOR PYTHONS AND LARGE PET MONITOR LIZARDS--EVEN ADOPTION FEES OF 15-20 DOLLARS NOT ENOUGH TO STOP THIS (because they are willing to pay that for rabbits in pet stores.). Obviously Craigslist animals and "free to good home" animals are highly vulnerable. FROM Tracy ____________ This is a shared post from XXXXXXXX Cafe, please read.... Please Be Aware! I work at the local pet store and last week I spoke with a guy who came in to buy a rat. He has a 4-foot ball python, which he pays $10 per live rat to feed his snake every few weeks. He asked me (dead serious) if we'd give him a price break on kittens, or call if we got too many (presumably because kittens are a bit bigger than a rat and more readily available). Of course I told him absolutely not. Then he went on to tell me all about how he'd been cruising Craigslist ads for free to good home kittens, but (by sheer chance alone) the people either never got back to him or no longer had any available. He continues to look for free kittens. There's another customer who has a monitor (large meat eating lizard) that boasts regularly to other customers and employees that their lizard prefers pets over feeders, and laughs, telling people they get free to good home and cheap rehoming fee pets all the time (hamsters, birds, kittens, etc) off of craigslist, out of the paper, and from ads they find on post-boards in grocery stores and what-not. They pose as nice people but your pet becomes food. Adoption fees of $15 do not deter them! Remember, they're paying $10 for a rat, so $15 for something bigger (bunnies, kittens, etc) is nothing to them. And for the monitor family, they get a kick out of it - so they are happy to pay more just to watch their lizard kill your pet. Please be careful when re-homing your pets... that old "they become snake food" saying is true! Picture from blog DOG BEING EATEN BY A SNAKE

a great dog food for puppies that helped Bella immensely in gaining 14 lbs in 5 weeks

Never underestimate the power of a miracle...I was on my way to Petco when I stopped at a great pet store in Mineloa. It's a mom and pop store and I thought maybe I could find some really great info there about a good food for puppies with great nutrition. I wasn't disappointed as a very warm and knowledgeable man, the owner, who loves critters made a recommendation. He was so touched by Bella's plight, he gave me a 5lb bag of high end dog food loaded with poulty which he said was being promoted and he could give me pro bono. He gave me a bunch of samples of the dog food below and told me this is a great dog food with high nutrition. We gradually moved Bella to this food and in a couple of weeks we added very slowly the other poultry with miraculous results and a 14 lb weight gain in 5 poundn gain in merely 5 weeks. Bella's not crazy about dry dog food and slowly we added the recipe included here and her weight gain was remarkable, her energy level increased and she became a more healthier and well puppy. Please make dietary, in fact, all changes slowly and safety first and don't forget to get the suport and advise of a pofessioanl pet care specialist and/or vet. This doog food is made in NY, it's easily accessable and it's highly nutritious and Bella turned the corner on it with the soup we cooked for her as its great food but apparently when you are a bait puppy, lost, on the streets, garbage is what you learn to love....we can do better than that to save a life. A bag of this (10 lbs) goes for about $22 a 10lb bag. Dont chose a cheap dog food when a puppy is injured, growing, ill, etc. Boosting nutrints heals quickly and its easy to do but do slowly so easy do it. Do not buy a product found in the supermrket; get a first rate food. And, I will say it again...never make changes without consent of your vet professional/ He/she is the best source of profesional recommendations. Bella has been on this food since the snow storm after Hurricane Sandy.

This is a puppy food and a great one and because of this, Bella went fron an 8 lb injured puppy to a 14 lb puppy in 5 weeks. As previously stated, Blue Pearl Vet Center said she need to grow ASAP to have the bones in her head mesh togeter. MISION ACCOMPLISHED. The pet store owner felt this puppy and dog food formula was best. It included crannberries, sweet potatis, carrots, pountry and lots more. Nothing succeeds like success. #1 ingredient chicken and a it's a little puppy power house food. Results? absoluteky great; nutrition went up, healing increased. Check with your vet first, though, and follow his and hers advice. Happy healing tails, Irene please note: there are some temporary Blogger issues so bare with us, please? Thanks

We added 2 slabs of wild salmon to the last batch of Bella's Wonder Full Growth recipe in the most recent batch and of course we did it slowly!

Salmon is a wonderul food for dogs but since I am feeding injured and compromised bait puppies I am cooking everything I feed them. Raw foods have some times been related to parasites. I am not risking that for now (maybe never) as both puppies had serious injuries and parasite infections when found. Cook everything to be safe, please? Right now the latest batch of Wonder food is awaiting Bella and Buddy as they still may have a parasite or there's something going on. Bella had vomiting and diarrhea for 24 hours and I think it was a toy she chewed and ate. But, Buddy seemed to be affected to a much, much less extent. We're doing a fecal to be sure before proceding. I checked with our great vet and he said just food-no rice or chicken just dry food. LOL, Bella is going to be mad when we tell her doctor's orders but that's okay Always consult your vet when you make any changes or when even thinking about making changes to your pet's food. Ideas mentioned here are not ever to be construed as a replacement for licenced professional vet care. Thanks!

Dog fighting and bait puppies and kittens....using tiny puppies and kittens to train fighting dogs is a barbaric act and.............

if that's not barbaric enough, the injured animails are then left on public streets to die. See Coco below left on the streets of Los Angeles. A blood transfusion and hydration saved her. Buddy, 3-4 weeks old, ear wounds, left with puncture wounds on his head, deep puncture wounds on his neck and back leg, was on the streets on Long Island. Bella 8 weeks old, fractured skull, backside wound, bite marks on her neck, left to die. Unknown puppy lay dying on the road in Locust Valley, LI, bite marks all over him and having seizures. ...welcome to the world of bait puppies, toss aways, never having been loved or cared for, not protected, stripped from their mother's, traumatized, frightened, left for dead, bitten, starving, injured, etc. TAKE A STAND AGAINST THIS ANIMAL CRUELTY, please, if not you, then who?

Home-made growth food to heal Bella's fractured skull

Bella was a very poor eater despite being underweight, having parasites and being a stray.

She apparently found food in garbage pails and in plastic bags on the street and getting her to eat nourishing food was a challenge. She didn’t like dry dog food but it was critical that we get her to eat it ASAP because it was high nutrition and nutrients were needed to heal Bella's fractured skull. Helping her heal aling was critical to keep spinal fluid from leaking into her skull and enlarging her head. Vets recommended we do whatever would make her grow ASAP by giving her all the food and water she wanted and that meant powerful nourishment was required. A very beautiful mom and pop pet store…the old fashioned kind…came to the rescue with advice, free food, samples, etc. Issue was as mentioned above: Bella did not like dry food, in fact, she really doesn’t like any kind we tried until I replaced the little bit of canned food that really wasn’t much of an incentive with the following:

 

Bella’s Wonder Full Gourmet Growth Food

Ingredients:

7 quarts of water
5lbs of dark meat chicken with livers, hearts etc if left on the thighs and legs
2 very large sweet potatoes diced with the skin on-washed
4 stalks of celery diced (with the leaves on)-washed
One bunch of fresh carrots with 4 tops and leaves on (do not chop the leaves-you will remove after cooking)-washed
6 large gloves of garlic cut in half (remove after this is cooked)
1 bunch of parsley chopped or cilantro-washed

Boil the chicken alone for one hour on medium/high heat-COVERED-less if it is easier because everything will be cooked again together later. This can be boiled frozen but takes longer, of course

Take the chicken out with a slotted spoon and allow to cool.

Add the other ingredients and cook until veggies are medium soft; please leave it covered while it cooks. We want the nutrients in but we want ingredients cooked well; when you are dealing with recovering animals you don’t want to give anything raw as if their immunity if compromised and parasites are present in the food, you will double or triple your issues with a fragile animal. All changes should be cleared by your vet and done slowly, of course.

*Remove the garlic and the carrot leaves when this is done as there is evidence in the literature that says while garlic tastes good, the garlic itself may not be all that great for dogs so please remove it. The carrot leaves are very nutritious but don’t feed the leaves just let the food take the nutrients and toss out the leaves to be certain.

Meanwhile, debone the chicken once it is cooled and dice into very small pieces. Bella, being smarter than the average bear, quickly picked out the chicken if it was too big and left everything else. So we had to shred everything making it impossible for her to pull out what she liked.

Simmer everything together cover until everything is soft. This replaced the incentive canned dog food mixed with her dry dog food and we did it very slowly so not to upset her digestive tract. And, in a pinch, since everything above is human quality, help your self to a bowl of Bella’s Wonder Full food. It’s great.

We also added ½ a hard boiled egg to her food 3 times a week. The result was a startling 14 pounds of weigh gained in about 5 weeks and accelerated bone growth. No more fractured skull.

Remember to add a very small amount for 3 days, then a little more for 3 days then a little more for 3 days until you are equaling about a half of cup of this soup to any great dry dog food…please DO NOT buy your dry dog food in an ordinary supermarket when you are supporting a sick or injured dog nutritionally. Please check with your vet for a professional recommendation. My vet said, “Any good puppy food” but we discovered that they are not all created equally.

(CAUTION: It’s really important to make dietary changes slowly and consult your vet on diet changes or A-N-Y change. We got the vets advice when they said give her as much food as she wants when she wants it…this was the only way we could make her a hungry puppy for what was good for her and not coming out of a garbage bag.)

Great news! Fostering animals is tax deductible!

FOSTERING ANIMALS IS TAX DEDUCTIBLE

see the About.com link above for the continuation of this story:

"Updated February 29, 2012

 

If you foster or rescue animals, your expenses for things like cat food, paper towels and veterinary bills may be tax-deductible, thanks to a June, 2011 ruling by a U.S. Tax Court judge. Whether your animal rescue and foster expenses are tax-deductible will depend on several factors.

Donations to Charities

Donations of money and property to IRS-recognized 501(c)(3) charities are generally deductible, provided that you maintain proper records and itemize your deductions. If your rescue and fostering work furthers the mission of the 501(c)(3) group that you are working with, your unreimbursed expenses are a tax-deductible donation to that charity.

Is it a 501(c)(3) Charity?

A 501(c)(3) charity is one which has been given tax-exempt status by the IRS. These organizations have an ID number assigned by the IRS, and often give that number to their volunteers who buy supplies so that they do not have to pay sales tax on those supplies. If you are working with a 501(c)(3) shelter, rescue or foster group, your unreimbursed expenses for the group are tax-deductible.
If, however, you are rescuing cats and dogs on your own, without an affiliation with a 501(c)(3) organization, your expenses are not tax-deductible. This is a good reason to either start your own group and get tax-exempt status, or join forces with a group that already has it.
Keep in mind that only donations of money and property can be deducted. If you donate your time as a volunteer, you cannot deduct the value of your time from your taxes.

Do you Itemize Your Deductions?

If you itemize your deductions, you can list and deduct charitable contributions, including your expenses from animal rescue and foster work with a 501(c)(3) group. In general, you should itemize your deductions if those deductions exceed your standard deduction, or if you are ineligible for the standard deduction.

Do You Have Records?

You should keep all of your receipts, canceled checks or other records that document your donations and purchses for the charity. If you donate property, like a car or a computer, you can deduct the fair market value of that property, so it is important to have documentation of the value of the property. If any of your donations or purchases are greater than $250, you must get a letter from the charity by the time you file your tax return, stating the amount of your donation and the value of any goods or services you may have received in exchange for that donation."

TAX BREAKS FOR FOSTERING ANIMALS!

Senior citizen and senior pets, the diary of a compulsive animal lover continues

As I mentioned yesterday many seniors lament the loss of their wonderful companion animal and then hestitate to adopt again fearing that a young animal takes more energy to care for than a older one.

There is a wonderful solution that will save millions of lives (both human and canine) in adopting rescued animals from shelters. Every year millions of dogs and cats are put to sleep not because they are sick but because they are older and everyone loves young, cute animals. But, think about this?

What about an older dog or cat sure to be unadoptable and less desirable because they are past that cute and adorable age? Those animals already have been housebroken, they walk on a leash, they sleep a lot (kind of like we boomers!) and they know that you have saved them. My family never bought a dog or a cat we always took a discardable....disabled, not healthy, etc and we turned their limitations into strengths that warmed our lives for years to come.

Please consider this is you find yourself lonely, bored, needing exercize...Bella got me moving and it was fun as she greeted everyone and everything she saw. Bella considers herself to be the good will ambassador of pit bulls to the rest of the world. No one is safe from her waggy tail greeting and lots of licks....she even gives doggie hugs.

Remember, seniors, you will live longer, be healthier, happier, less loney and bored once you have something to love and care for and that something, a less desitrable grown pet like a senior dog or cat, can give you years and years of better wellness, love and affection. It's a fact!

 

please see this wonderful article on the net:

"46 Posts of Tips for Seniors with Pets:

 

Owning a pet is a great choice for older people; offering a range of benefits from companionship and protection, to physical and mental health improvements. But before deciding to purchase a pet, senior citizens and their families should look at the practical implications – thinking carefully about who will feed, exercise and care for the pet, how pet related bills will be paid and what will happen if the owner needs to travel or even move?

Once these questions are answered there are a range of pets available with something to suit the needs of every senior."

[Click the link to continte http://www.seniorcare.net/46-posts-of-tips-for-seniors-with-pets/]

Also see http://www.seniorsforpets.org/

The life you save may be your own!

Thank you

saving rescue dogs and bait puppies...how we saved 2 small bait puppies

First, let me wish everyone happy New Year. Last year had some surprises for us but, you know, God works in mysterious ways. When I was a child I wanted to be a vet; I did then and still do today love all kinds of animals and especially dogs and cats. Late last year, destiny or fate or karma has brought me back to animals because I was entrusted with the care of two critically ill bait puppies.

Until this happened I didn't know what a bait puppy was. Now I do and I am devastated to learn about this horrible phenomena sweeping the country: the training of fighting dogs via the maiming and killing of smaller animals like puppies and kittens. A friend gave me a whole list of what goes on with the above and Craig's List seems to be a focus for desperate people doing desperate things to place animals they can no longer take care of. Can we be surprised with the economy the way it is that families with pets can no longer afford to take care of them and looking for other families who can?

The shelter situation being what it is...namely deporable...people try and place their dogs, cats, kittens and puppies in private homes for FREE. Ever hear that people seldom value what they get for free? Well, it seems like free animals from sources like Craig's List many times become bait animals, snake food, etc ending in a tragic death rather that a hopeful home the previous own hoped for. I will be sharing some information about that from the Humane Society in New Jersey.

For me, a passion for dogs within me was reignited within me when I was tapped to help save 2 very adorable but very badly injured puppies. One puppy was only 4 weeks old. He had 2 puncture wounds in his skull, a horrible wound on the back of his neck the size of a dime and a very deep wound into the muscle of one back leg. His ears were cut and raw, he was only 2 lbs when we took him to the vet. The vet did not know if he would live.

The other puppy for which this blog is named is Bella now 5 months old. Bella had a fractured skull, a monumental wound on her backside, is blind in her right eye, her neck was filled with bite marks and the vet didn't know if she would live either.  Bella prompted me to rethink my life. She is a precious little ball of love who responded, despite her condition, to everything I did for her. 

I took a step back to analyze whether the holistic methods I used for people (I am a certified: adult educator, a holistic/CORE counselor, and a stress management consultant) could be modified for this beautiful little thing that was suffering.

What I found was the techniques I am certified in and utilize for people were even more successful with both puppies than they ever were with people. People make excuses, have issues with change even when their life depends on it, have agendas....animals are so pure, they just need love, care, nutrition, positive energy, good vet care and they make unbelievable progress and very fast. I realized that Bella had brought this message to me... help critters which was always exactly want I wanted to do my entire life.

Bella seemed to be in a fog and dazed from her head injury. I spent a lot of time on the floor with her talking to her, I laid in her bed with her and talked softly to her and then, one day, she wagged her tail for the first time when I added a universal healer to the above....music. I made up a song that included her name and she just loved it and now months later when I sing it to her on the phone she goes wild hearing my voice and remembering the love we share. I tell everyone that Bella and the other puppy (we will tell you more about his soon), "I have grand-doggies." And, trust me, I am an obsessive grandma always thinking about how I can help my grand-doggies live better and healthier.

I have done grief counseling for years for people who lost their pets because of illness and old age however I decided to switch fields totally and become a pet care professional (I guess I started when Bella was found wandering and injured right before Hurricane Sandy in late October 2012; had we not found her no doubt she would be dead) which was what I wanted to be when I was a kid. I am the type of person that has a tremendous ability to attract what I need which I attribute to my holistic and mystical background of 30 years. Once I had Bella, swung into action, I saw that others were immediately attracted to her plight and contributed money, food, vet care, etc. I can certianly recognize a message from the Universe when I see it! The synchronicity was unmistakable.

I will begin studying canine nutrition shortly but I have already been a resource for many on Facebook for the initiation, implementing and utilization of many adjunct modalities in caring for compromised ill, rescued, injured animals. I have used Bella's reovery to inspire others to take a new look at pet care and what is the nursing of animals back to health and increasing their chances for survival.

To senior citizens, I know how painful it is to lose a pet that's been with you for years. However, adoption of a senior pet is a viable, wonderful gift to yourself and to the pet. The mere presence os an animal in your life enhances your life style, it increases your wellness, the pet/owner bond is so healthy for you and the pet. Give yourself and a pet a new lease on life! It's a great way to pay a spiritual tribute to the pet you've lost and you will be healthier and happier for doing it.

I did it myself when my 17 year old cat had to be put down. I know, I know, you're saying "NEVER AGAIN" like I was but, truthfully, my life was empty without Shadow my beautiful gray tabby. I decided to adopt a grown animal that was physically challenged.

Just as we are in awe of people who heal and surpass doctors' prognosis, animals can do likewise. My "disabled" cat, a wobble cat, one exposed to the viralent affects of the distemper virus in utero has been with me for 3 years and she has gone through a complete transformation. She surpassed everything we had hoped for her. She came to me unable to use a litter box, she couldn't climb up
on furniture and she had a hard time ambulating. Now, (see below) she retrieves a ball, has a vocabulary of about 10 words, uses her litter box and she's a cover girl for "disabled" pets.

http://www.facebook.com/admini.stration.9#!/photo.php?fbid=396441990436968&set=pcb.396442150436952&type=1&theater
 

Here's a few pointers on how to handle a compromised or injured animal:

Please note: injured animals found on a road are to be handled by animal professionals with great caution. Please call the ASPCA, the Human Society, etc. These pointers are for people who have adopted an injured or sick animal from rescue groups, etc. There are no shortage of animals being put down in this country because of colds, parasites, slight injuries, mange, etc. In fact, there are millions of them and every shelter that says they are NO-KILL is not neccessarily telling the whole story which is very complex. Many shelters feature special rates for adoption for older animals.
A great source, doing excellent work for all kinds of critters is www.PetFinder.com
stabilize the environment ASAP

• get quality vet care ASAP
• gradually increase nutrition (change = stress and, on sensitive GI tracts, we don't want side nasty side effects that make a bad situation worse)
• give as much clean fresh water as possible (I made the water a vehicle for light nutrition-more about that later)
• pray for the animal (see the work of Larry Dossey, MD) PRAYER WORKS
• use Therapeutic Touch/Reiki (see the work of Dr. Dolares Krieger-see article below)
• more to come

This blog will be an ebook in the months to come and adjunct techniques for healing and wellness for pets will be discussed in great detail.

DISCLAIMER: A word of caution: anything mentioned here is an ADJUNCT modality to sane, safe, sensible licensed vet care and must not to be viewed in anyway as a replacement for your licensed professional vet.

About Dr. Krieger:
http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20081837,00.html

This is not new...its been around for decades and Dr. Krieger is a RN holding a PhD
who managed to get over one million nurses doing Therapeutic Touch for improving
patient wellness over a decade or more ago.

About Dr. Dossey:
Larry is a wonderful guy who has blessed my life in many ways including putting a wonderful
blurb on the cover of my book about elder abuse and how exploitation shortened my Dad's life. Dr. Dossey is a Texas internist who scientifically proved that prayer works. He's the author of many books on the subject. Find Dr. Dossey at http://www.dosseydossey.com/larry/default.html

The puppies we found were being exploited, as well, to train older dogs to kill just like too many seniors in this country including my own father. Dad was an incredible dog lover and it is to him that my efforts and this work is dedicated.

Order Paradise Costs-A Victim's Daughter Fights Back against Elder Abuse at savingbellaboo@yahoo.com. It's a PayPal transaction, the book is autographed at its $24 S & H inc.

Find it at www.ParadiseCosts.com - please do not order it through the site; you will receive it faster
by using the link savingbellaboo@yahoo.com and it will be personally autographed as well. Thank you.

More soon!

Blessings,
Irene

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