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Zoopharmacognosy in Hexham

Last week a wonderful group of people and dogs came together at Fourstones to discover what zoopharmacognosy is and what benefits it might offer to the animals in our care. We had participating dogs and some "onlookers", the lovely borzoi Lara and elkhounds (I think that was the first time that I had either of [...]

By |2017-02-15T15:37:01+01:00February 15th, 2017|Uncategorised|0 Comments

Last Course of the Year

Yesterday we finally managed to catch up on the zoopharmacognosy workshop that had to be postponed due to the flooding. I think we had a good day with plenty of discussion and I was particularly impressed with the case studies which  everyone had prepared so carefully and presented so nicely. Julea even  made a Powerpoint [...]

By |2016-12-29T10:13:36+01:00December 29th, 2016|Uncategorised|0 Comments

Rain Stops Play!

Torrential rain during the night has meant a change of plans. The venue for today's zoopharmacognosy module is completely under water with no electricity. Apparently the water is flowing in one door and out the other side! A mad scramble to catch people before they left home was mostly successsful, and those who had already [...]

By |2016-12-04T09:54:31+01:00December 4th, 2016|Uncategorised|0 Comments

Zoopharmacognosy in Slovenia

We had a wonderful three days of zoopharmacognosy in Slovenia working with new people and dogs such as Zoja with her "person" Urska, as well as "old hands" like Lana, Lucky and Lia. As always, it is a great learning experience to see how each animal is a universe in itself, with its own repertoire [...]

By |2016-11-24T10:38:36+01:00November 23rd, 2016|Uncategorised|0 Comments
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