Please meet my new guests, Severino and Arena. They are asturcon horses (http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/bre…/horses/asturian/index.html/) belonging to a friend. Used to living in the hills they are more used to wolves than people so not very socialised. However, they seem happy in their new place and curious about what is going on around, particularly the three horses [...]
This article by John Stuart Reid from Greenmedinfo is extremely interesting and provides insights on how vocalisation affects the body and mind. This is something we can bear in mind when working with animals and may encourage us to change how we use our voice under certain circumstances. It is also worth noting how the [...]
Does your dog lick his paws incessantly? One major cause of almost obsessional licking is yeast infection. I have just been through an episode of this, and I must admit I was slow to pick up on this cause. However, once I did hone in on it I lost no time and began to explore [...]
A continuación les dejo el testimonio de una estudiante de la Argentina respecto de la gestión de un caso de epilepsia en el perrito de una cliente suya. Agradezco a Noemí que haya tomado el tiempo para compartir sus experiencias y la felicito por su perseverancia, dedicación y, sobre todo, la observación que tan útil [...]
This is a useful link with some information on essential oiols for bruises and instructions on how to make arnica ointment. https://learningherbs.com/remedies-recipes/arnica-ointment/
A few weeks ago I had to make a long, twelve hour journey in the heat with four cats and three dogs. The dogs did not present a problem because they are used to travelling, but the cats were a different matter entirely! All four cats were originally street cats. One had become completely domesticated [...]
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 [...]
A wonderful day spent sharing the beauty of appplied zoopharmacognosy with a lovely group in Madrid. The participants came from far and wide, from Portugal and the furthest reaches of the Canary Islands as well as Madrid locals. As always the dogs helped us understand just how individual we all are in our responses, and [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]