Here are the pictures of Jesse and Pidge while receiving their acupuncture session. Jesse has kidney failure, hypertension, hyperthyroidism and arthritis. Pidge has trouble moving around from a painful back. We are working on a weight loss diet for Pidge. Not moving around made her accumulate some unwanted pounds.
Discussions about holistic care: TCVM (Acupuncture, Tui-na, Chinese Herbals and food therapy), canine rehabilitation, nutrition for pets. News about my patients and the practice.
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
May news (Food therapy, new patients)
The practice is picking up with the addition of Alie, Tootsie and Pidge. Jesse and Charlie are making a comeback. Pidge has to be the calmest bulldog I have ever seen, and you should see the first session we did with her, she loved all the attention.
I just finished the Chi Institute TCM Food Therapy course online, 27 hours of course and cooking. As usual, I got a ton of great information that I can apply readily. I got a lot of home made recipes from the teachers. Be ready to share meals (sometimes :-) ) with your dog and cat. Every bit of information makes you think: season availability of food, temperature, breed difference, stage of life, variety, etc. I remember my dog Mozart, Labrador cross with German Shepherd. When I was living up North of Montreal, Canada, he would go on the lawn (I lived in the country), pick the wild raspberries and eat them during the summer.
A little word on home made diets. They can be the best or the worse. Never attempt to do a home made diet without the help of your veterinarian or a veterinary nutritionist. Balancing a diet is very important.
I just finished the Chi Institute TCM Food Therapy course online, 27 hours of course and cooking. As usual, I got a ton of great information that I can apply readily. I got a lot of home made recipes from the teachers. Be ready to share meals (sometimes :-) ) with your dog and cat. Every bit of information makes you think: season availability of food, temperature, breed difference, stage of life, variety, etc. I remember my dog Mozart, Labrador cross with German Shepherd. When I was living up North of Montreal, Canada, he would go on the lawn (I lived in the country), pick the wild raspberries and eat them during the summer.
A little word on home made diets. They can be the best or the worse. Never attempt to do a home made diet without the help of your veterinarian or a veterinary nutritionist. Balancing a diet is very important.
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