Madrid May 2016

A lovely group of people and dogs incuding a 12 week old puppy and a 13 year old dogwho had just had spinal surgery. So wodergul opportunities to learn from them and listen to what they tell us through their choices of oils and other substances.

http://www.edogtorial.com/cursos-realizados/33-introduccion-a-la-zoofarmacognosis-con-mary-rodriguez-mayo-2016.html

A First! Zoopharmacognosy in Mexico

Zoopharmacognosy for the First Time in León

For the first time courses on zoopharmacognosy and TTouch in León.  The courses are organised by the veterinary clinic Anubis y Bastet.

Second Zoopharmacognosy Module in Madrid

How gratifying it is when so many people opt to continue their journey of exploration.  Last weekend in Madrid we had a fine group of people open to learning in greater depth about the base materials we use in this form of therapy.  We also took a look at the substances animals most commonly choose to deal with common ailments and conditions. Having an 8 week old puppy was a novelty and it was fun seeing him gnaw on a piece of virgin beeswax to relieve symptoms of teething. The cats were fascinating to watch too!

To see some photos of the event, click on the link below.

http://www.edogtorial.com/cursos-realizados/22-modulo-2-zoofarmacognosis-con-mary-rodriguez.html

Zoopharmacognosy in Estepona

Marijke said that the word for 2016 is zoopharmacognosy.  I agree.  It is such a wonderful technique which empowers animals to manage their own health both physical, mental and emotional.  Of course this means that we must surrender control: we do not prescribe or force them to have anything, but merely offer it for them to choose or reject as they see fit.  Scooby, Tango, Junior, Tilly and Kalia all chose different remedies and oils because each one is different and has different issues to deal with.  Each one's  reactions and responses were different too. Tango was enthusiastic and fully into his session communicating his preferences unambiguously. Scooby was absolutely clear in his responses too and made a marvellous first model for the course. Kalia was more wary and Tilly was more dispersed in her puppy-like fashion.  Junior was intersting because his main concern seemed to be with physical discomfort rather than behavioural issues.  A great group

January workshops in Estepona 2016

Workshops in Estepona (Málaga)

El Reencuentro

Ayer Miranda regresó a casa.  Llevé  a su mamá, Ophelia, a la consulta veterinaria para que se encontrasen en terreno neutro. Fue interesante todo el proceso.

Cuando  llegó la veterinaria con Miranda, se olieron las dos perritas, primero investigación inguinal y después anal. Luego Ophelia le colocó la cabeza encima del hombro. Las dejamos sueltas en la consulta para que tuvieran la libertad de alejarse o acercarse.  Miranda estaba más nerviosa y  tímida y se mostraba un poco insegura. Lo que más quería era acercarse a mí.

En el coche viajaron las dos tranquilamente dentro del transportín grande.  Al llegar a la casa, Miranda se lanzó a explorar el jardín y todos los rincones que recordaba perfectamente. Sasha se acordaba de ella y se mostraba interesado por lo que habría que pensar que posiblemente hubiera un olor residual.

Para que se entretuvieran, les dimos un hueso a cada uno, pero cada cual estaba más interesado en el hueso ajeno.  Al principio Sasha estaba más preocupado por Miranda, pero después de unos minutos se llevó su hueso a un cuarto, cosa atípica en él porque siempre prefiere comer sus huesos sobre el cesped, pero ese espacio lo estaban acaparando las dos perritas.

Ophelia y Miranda se observaban mútuamente y fue curioso ver su comportamiento.  Ophelia quiso montar el borde de la cama y Miranda en una ocasión quiso montar a su madre quien, evidentemente, ya no olía como antes despues de la esterilización. Antes siempre dormían juntas en la misma cama, pero ayer se mantuvieron separadas en todo momento.

Para ayudarlas a buscar un nuevo equilibrio les puse un medio vendaje a los tres y a partir de ese momento empezaron a relajarse.

Por la tarde les hice una sesión de zoofarmacognosis a las dos perritas.  Miranda, que se había interesado tanto por los aceites de rosa cuando estaba en celo, no quiso ni verlos ayer. Los aceites que eligió con gran entusiasmo e interés fueron incienso y manzanilla.  Luego se durmió.  Después se mostró un poco interesada en el aceite de mimosa, pero no demasiado, y sobre todo hoja de violeta - lógico en vista de los cambios - que olfateó dando muchas y muy variadas señales de apaciguamiento. El último aceite que eligió fue el de sándalo y luego se levantó y se fue.

Ophelia, por su parte, eligió hoja de violeta, ylang ylang y lúpulo.  También en estos días sigue tomando aceite de salvado de arroz.

Por la tarde se acomodaron cada una en un lugar y durmieron en el mismo cuarto por la noche.

Esta mañana amanecieron tranquilas y los tres parecen haber encontrado su lugar.  El comportamiento con el hueso de hoy fue totalmente distinto: cada uno se llevó el suyo a un lugar y se lo comió tranquilamente sin preocuparse de los demás. Tampoco se han vuelto a ver comportamientos sexuales.

Ophelia y Miranda han vuelto a dormir juntas en la misma cama, y Miranda parece estar aprendiendo de su mamá un comportamiento más respetuoso con las gatas ya que, durante la ausencia de Miranda, Ophelia había establecido una relación de respeto  mutuo con ellas.

Esta experiencia demuestra la importancia de lo que a nosotros nos pueden parecer cosas insignificantes, el cambio de olor (que nosotros ni percibimos), una ausencia corta para nosotros pero que ha supuesto la oportunidad de buscar cierto grado de independencia de la madre. Los reajustes han sido importantes pero han sabido manejarlos para encontrar un nuevo equilibrio.

Market Madness

I cannot believe it!

As we had run out of neem oil and needed to treat the trees in the garden, we began to search on internet to   find a supplier.  We came across an agricultural supplier that looked wodnerful.  So far, so good!

You could have knocked me down with a feather when the company representative informed us that they cold no longer sell this prodyct because a multinational has registered the name for €200,000.

How can a company register the name of an ancient tree?  Capitalism is running rampant and the world has gone mad.

Spirulina and Cushings

A rescue dog suffering was on medication for Cushing's disease.  However, last November the vet decided to discontinue the medication because the dog's cortisol levels were too low.  Last week a new lab test was run and the dog's levels were found to be perfect.  The only difference is that since November she has been self-medicating on spirulina.  The next lab test will be in three months so we will monitor the situation.  In the meantime this is very good news.

Zoopharmacognosy in Madrid

Thanks to Nuria and Ana of cap1clicker, the first zoopharmacognosy course held in MAdrid was an all-round success.  Thanks are also due to Marina who provided logistical support and acted as secretary recording the individual sessions.  

The dogs, as always, provided  the opportunity for us to learn many things and the human attendees took an active part which always makes for a more enriching course experience.

http://www.cursoclicker.es/index.php/galeria-de-fotos/category/83-zoofarmacognosis-madrid-enero-2015-con-mary-rodriguez

Course in Madrid

Here is a link with the information on the next zoopharmacognosy course in Madrid. we look forward to seeing you there!

http://www.cursoclicker.es/index.php/mary-ttouch/188-mary-rodriguez-ttouch-y-zoofarmacognosis-en-madrid

Uruguay Embraces Zoopharmacognosy

It is always difficult to describe the pelasure one feels when watching animals being empowered to choose what they need. I think this is one of the main attractions of applied zoopharmacognosy.  The dosg attending the first workshop in Uruguay did not let us down.  Each one displayed his/her own individual range of signals and chose the substances that each felt were needed at that particular moment in time - some more extroverted and others more reserved.

I hope that participants will soon have their basic ket so that they can continue the work at home!

Dana was an enthusiastic and expressive "client"!

Aromas in Montevideo

Zoopharmacognosy comes to Uruguay next weekend. This will be the first ever zoopharmacognosy seminar to be held there and the dogs who will be our teachers promise to present us with some very interesting situations.  Looking forward to that!

Take a look at the information package prepared by the organisers! It is in Spanish but it is worth seeing.

http://issuu.com/sylcor/docs/informaci__n-seminario-ttouch_y_zoo/1

New Introductory Seminar in Buenos Aires

Another great group of people and dogs attended the Introduction to Zoopharmacognosy seminar in Buenos Aires yesterday. Old dogs, a blind dog, anxious dogs, hyper dogs ... we had a good cross-section of personalities and conditions. This is always fascinating because each one has something different to teach us, helping us to become aware of their needs.

Apicultura Uruguay: 13 BACTERIAS DEL ESTOMAGO DE LAS ABEJAS ACTUAN COMO ANTIBIOTICOS

Interesting work, but in any case Manuka honey has been used for some time particularly in Australia and New Zealand precisely to treat chronic and festering wounds, so do we need added bacteria?

Apicultura Uruguay: 13 BACTERIA IN BEES' STOMACHS THAT ACT LIKE ANTIBIOTICS : antimicrobial substances that can put an end to pathogens which are resistent to antibiotics.

This discovery was made by a group of researchers at the University of Lund in Sweden. Fresh honey has been used for centuries to cure infections, but the 13 bacteria studied, work together to form a mix which is active against microbes. When lactic acid was applied to germs in the laboratory, the germs were counteracted.

“The main ingredient of this fremedy is the live bacteria itself. We can take up the old remedy and convert it into something new by mixing honey with these bacteria.  This means a high degree of concentration”, explains Alejandra Vasquez, one of the researchers. 

This dic¡scovery could help the medical cpmmunity resolve the global resistence to antibiotics. The next stage will be for the researchers to test the remedy in humans. 

“Healing takes place within a period of one to three weeks, but igt does occur, even with chronic wounds. We believe that this discovery could turn out to be an algernative to antibiotics. We were not expecting these results”, stated  Vasquez.

In frecent years resistence to anti iotics has become a threat to global health. Now the scientists at Lund    believe that bees maya provide the solution.
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New Workshops in Slovenia

On Saturday we had a new introductory workshop.  I was a great group and we worked with a couple of lovely dogs, Skippy and Fru. Poor Lana, who had sat patiently all afternoon, was very disappointed when she did not have a session too, but she is at home and will get her "private" session. 

After working with the dogs we made a short trip to the stable where we were going to work with Bono, a Lipizaner stallion. He was very much attracted to German chamomile and yarrow and then he ate a whole bag of rosehips.  As rosehips are ready in nature at the moment I thought that he might like to have some and he certainly did. We offered them from the hand and from his feed bucket but no ... he wanted to have them straight from the paper bag!!! 

It was a little sad to see the little horse in the next stall.  He seemed so lonely and  in need of attention.  He was also very much attracted to the oils and other extracts so it was impossible not to give him some rosehips too.

On Sunday some of the people who attended the first workshop last year came along for the next one which was dedicated to exploring in greater depth the qualities of the base materials: fixed and macerated oils as well as dried materials. The beautiful thing about that workshop was seeing how the dogs had progressed since last year and also seeing that their people had persevered with the work. The responses were quite different this time in every case: one Lia who had been quite passive in her responses last time was much more active and the other Lia who was hyperactive in her responses last year is now much more calm.

Lucky, the other pitbull, was highly discriminating in her choice.  She chose a small number of substances but consumed a large quantity of those that she had selected. 

Our youngest participant was 4.5 months old.  Despite his young age this was in fact his second workshop because Mummy was pregnant last time but did not know it.  He is the calmest baby I have ever seen!

 I don't have the photos of day 2 yet but will post them soon.

Gearing up for Brasil!

Zoopharmacognosy in the Canaries

This was our second zoopharmacognosy course in Las Palmas and the response was encouraging. The participants  were enthusiastic and enjoyed the work.  Above all it was the fascination of seeing how each dog selected the remedies it needed.  We had a variety of scenarios - severe hip dysplasia, arthritis, anxiety, digestive complaints ... It was also interesting to see how the dogs' responses are so individual, some highly expressive and others more subtle.Some did not even wait for the remedies to be offered but came directly and chose what they wanted from the box. 

Zoopharmacognosy in Buenos Aires

This year we held another one day introductory seminar on zoopharmacognosy which was followed by another day and a half dedicated to exploring the main elements of the basic kit that people are working with there: fixed oils, macerated oils, essential oils and dried extracts and minerals. There was a lot of material to cover but now people have a  better idea of the possibilities and properties of their tools. On day two participants had the opportunity to do an individual session themselves so we could discuss various approaches and clarify any doubts.

Aukan will thank Darío for taking this course!

Interested?  I think so!

India's session

Anxious to self-select

Mia lapping up her spirulina

Give me more ...!

Zoopharmacognosy comes to Slovenia

On the weekend of September 28th and 29th  two one day workshops on applied zoopharmacognosy will take place in Ljubljana, Slovenia. On the following day private sessions will be held for people whose dogs are not sufficiently socialised to be able to attend the workshops with other dogs. This is an exciting development and we are very much looking forward to opening up this new frontier for animal self-medication. Check the Events page for details!