September 27
She’s started limping and favouring her leg. Won’t put her full weight on it, even when standing still. For the first time ever, she didn’t want to go for a walk at night. Maggie and Tara were lying on opposite ends of the couch and I asked ‘want to go for a walk?’ There was absolutely no […]
September 26
Maggie Soo was really relestless all afternoon. We went to visit Soo, Maggie’s Dog God Mother, in the late afternoon. Maggie was so happy to see her! She did settle down after a few minutes and was quiet except when she wanted to go exploring! Maggie was more quiet than usual that evening. She slept with […]
September 22-24
Maggie continued to be more quiet than usual for two days. We met with A. and gave Maggie a homepathic remedy the night of the 23rd. A. also noticed that Maggie’s Lab report noted that Maggie was slightly anaemic so I increased her red meat and liver intake and went on the search for beef hearts. […]
September 3 – 21
There really were few outward signs of anything happening once she had recovered from the bone byopsy. As I mentioned elsewhere, I was supposed to keep her quiet and that only happened for the first five days or so. She was compliant for the first couple of days and then wanted to be free to […]
Denial — A Stage of Grief
One of the stages of grief is Denial. Think I’ve been there a lot lately. Up to Sunday night (Sept 26), Maggie has been displaying no symptoms. In fact she’s been running around like a puppy. Sleeping like a log. Eating well for the most part. Bright, alert, energetic. Just being Maggie. Sunday morning she’d […]
Diet
This blog contains information on what Maggie was eating when diagnosed with Osteosarcoma and shows how her likes and dislikes change as she goes through this process. She went from eating in metal dog dishes to glass pie plates, eating all sorts of vitamins and minerals to not touching food that contained anything but meat […]
Treatment Descriptions
This blog includes a description of many of the remedies, herbs, and supplements I gave to Maggie and Tara and am giving to Tara, during our Loss of a Pet Journey because of bone cancer. In some cases, I’ve included web sites that I found helpful. This page will be updated as we add more remedies, herbs or […]
Treatment Protocol
The Treatment Protocol is a listing of everything we have done for Maggie Soo and Tara since Maggie Soo went in for the x-ray and resulting bone byopsy. This page will be updated as we go through Maggie’s journey and beyond. For changes in their behaviour, go to the Symptoms page. A. spends a significant […]
Bach Flower Remedies
These are the Bach Flower remedies I used for Maggie and Tara and am now using for Tara. In no way am I saying that this is what you should use or the only or best route to go for you or for your animal companion. I’m only providing you a history of our journey and what […]
The Holistic Path
I firmly believe in ‘integrative’ medicine. There is a time and place for ‘holistic’ and for ‘traditional’, ‘conventional’ medicine, whatever terms we decide to use. That is the practice I use in my own life and for my animal companions. I spend far more time with my Naturopath — Dr. Sandra Miranda, my chiropractor — Dr. John Noble, […]