Thank you to Mike Rennard Film Producer and . . .

A huge thank you to Mike Rennard, Film Producer and Director, Alysoun Shadowcatfilms Sharpe, Film Producer and Jas Gibson Photographer and Cameraman for spending the majority of the day discussing Lauder Lass and the ethics behind Nature's Physician's Global Health Mission and the importance of giving all animals a voice. A huge thank you also to Denise and Caroline for keeping us all in check!

What a thoroughly enjoyable morning/afternoon and we look forward to discussing things further . .  Will keep an eye out for your Collie Documentary and Good luck at the Premiere Alysoun.

Mike looking forward to talking to the animals at the Zoo with you and to seeing the trailer of your latest film.

Jas - Sorry you had to rush away, good luck with your present project . ..  will try and book the Sunshine for the next time!

  

Alysoun Shadowcatfilms Sharpe

Northumberland and Scottish Borders Border Collie Documentary 

Our animals of tomorrow will continue to be encouraged to have their voice  . . . thank you.

Release us please . . . .what have we . . .

Please go to any of the Elephant sites or facebook pages and do what you can to help these and many other imprisoned animals. We are particularly partial to Elephants but all animals, especially large ones do not deserve this. Save all Elephants is a great place to start . . . thank you so much.

Film Producer . . how exciting . . .

We are all really excited this week because we have been told a film producer would like to come and assess doing a short film on Lauder Lass, but better still he then came up with ' he would like to do two shoots' . . . one on, what has to be one of the most amazing horses in the world, Lauder Lass and the second one on the work we do here at Nature's Physician . . . how exciting is this . . with a bit of luck more animals (elephants included of course) and individuals who are locked in will be able to communicate with their world around them once this is all finished . . . . 50/50 communication will be instilled in everyone's hearts by the time we are finished . . . thank you Mike . . . . . we are extremely sensitive to animals and people's needs and we may have to ask your hedgehogi booms and cameras to be disguised somehow! 

Have you unanswered questions about your Pet/Animal

If you have unanswered questions about your pet/animal or issues you would like resolved please give your animal this chance to communicate with you . . . on behalf of many who have gone unheard . . . thank you.

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Alarming food news . . .

As you are all probably aware by now we are particularly concerned about the reaction foods have on individuals and from the diet sheets and successes our Clients have had by changing their diet to foods that are particularly good for their systems  we were horrified, but not surprised when we came across this link regarding Battle for humanity nearly lost: global food supply deliberately engineered to end life, not nourish it . If you have not either seen this article before or read it we would invite you to take 5 minutes out to read it. Perhaps this one might be of interest as well, if not a wake up call . . . Health Basics - The labels - all natural!!!!

As we stated on our facebook page, which covers just the surface of the different areas that we work on ' Each time we go shopping to the Mall, we totally cringe at the types of food people buy and often say to ourselves ' if only they knew', but for the years that we have been doing what we do, we have learnt to give a little hint to the person who might be hesitating over buying something, or if the person looks like a 'non listener' we think to ourselves . . . just you wait, you or your kids will suffer in years or perhaps even months to come . . .

Now, perhaps after reading the above article it might make you open your eyes and change your mind about what your eyes make you buy for yourself, your family and indeed your animals . . everyone can listen to their inner needs, it just takes a bit of training then you are off . . . we can help . . give the people you love the chance of a healthy diet, but more importantly one that suits their individual chemical balances.

It's your life and your choice whether you wish to lead a healthy life or unhealthy . . . 

One thing to remember, what happens in our lives can also play an important role on our chemical balances. For example, if you have had to have an operation with medication afterwards this can upset your system, just as stress, or a divorce or moving house or being pregnant or exams can change ones chemical balance. Add all this up, as well as the different ingredients in the foods we eat, some of which are negative then we are potentially producing a plateful of negatives all of which or at least some of which will take it's toll on you somehow, somewhere and sometime.

We seriously would ask you to step back and think about this and from the comments and testimonials within this blog and our website add the whole lot of information together and the conclusion would probably be '  you know, I had no idea how much damage I am doing to my system by buying this or that, and the only way we can stop the Producers from putting the negatives on the shelves is to STOP buying it'. At the moment we are right in the centre of the Producers Market, we do not have a say, well, actually our eyes are telling them what to put on the shelves but it is the producers who are creating the packages . . .

and these are just a few of the side effects.

PLEASE FOR THE SAKE OF YOUR HEALTH

THINK TWICE BEFORE YOU BUY

THINK AGAIN BEFORE YOU EAT

 REAP THE REWARDS

GOOD HEALTH

&

MORE ENERGY

WILL BE YOURS

Your health will find a healthy balance

If you wish to find out more or would like your system checked please feel free to contact us

Seems like lazyitis but it could be 'The Procrastination bug'!

HURRY UP . . . 

WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN THERE . . . .

YOU ARE TAKING FOR EVER . . . . 

COME ON  . . . GET UP . . . 

JUST GET ON WITH IT . . . 

COME ON . . . WHAT'S HAPPENED TO YOUR SELF MOTIVATION? . . ..  GET A MOVE ON . . . 

RIGHT . .  . WE ARE FED UP OF THIS  . . . . WE ARE NOT WAITING ANY LONGER . . . 

WHAT ARE YOU STARING IN TO SPACE FOR . . . 

YOU KNOW THAT HAS TO BE DONE NOW, JUST DO IT . 

or

I need time to wake up, I'll be with you in a minute, when in fact it's another 45 minutes before you actually rise out of bed

While everyone is ready to go you say ' I must just go and do such and such - which isn't in fact important at all, or at least it may seem important to you but in the reality of things it is not'

I'm just coming . . .  45 minutes later and you still haven't appeared! 

You are left a list of things to do and even ask it to be repeated before the person leaves, but by the time they get back, not one thing has been done! instead you went on a ' different planet/ tangient'! 

You are asked to do something for yourself and say you will do it, but unless encouraged in the correct way, left to your own devices . . . nothing is done . . 

Suffering from a huge lack of self-motivation

You find yourself staring at a form or an official letter for hours on end but without  filling it in, you stare at it as if it is a sea of grey . . . 

You don't realise how long you spend in the toilet  . . . . and can be in there for an hour or more . . . sometimes 
staring in to space! 

You are asked to do a simple job but it seems to you like a mammoth task! 

If any of these ring a bell you should definitely read on  . . .

or do you ever find yourself having to say some of the above to someone? 

If so, please read on . . . . and take a look at some of the links provided . . . this is not someone just being awkward, this is an issue that with understanding from all involved can be resolved . . . please, give them a chance . . . .  

Whether you are the sufferer, the person at the brunt end of the stick or just a member of the family suffocated by what seems like someone suffering from, what we are going to call, in this instance anyway, lazyitis or perhaps we could use 'different plantetitis' this is a serious issue that only gets worse if the people around the sufferer are unaware of this being a genuine blip or temporary mental block or health issue. Instead it can often seem like the person is just putting things off to be awkward or intentionally deciding to do something at the last minute, which has the roll on effect of everyone being potentially late and others being disappointed by you being late.  Or it may be that there is an important issue or form that should be addressed straight away, but instead the sufferer looks and succeeds in finding something else to do, that they, when in Mr/Miss/Mrs Procrastination mode anyway, succeed in convincing themselves is more important even although the other people know the sufferers choice is not the most important thing to do. Sadly the more you try to tell the sufferer that such and such needs done, the less likely they are to do it and the more likely they will become paranoid that everyone is on their case. The roll on effect from this is that the sufferer will then go in to 'shut off mode' or be seen to be standing still perhaps staring in to space or he/she will have successfully managed to train themselves to use 'their way with words' to get out of doing something -

Please be assured this is not the sufferers fault, it is something that has, for whatever reason manifested in to a genuine issue that needs sensitive handling.

The first thing to do, as with many self damaging issues is to realise that you are doing it, but this is not always easy or straightforward. In fact unless you happen to be with someone who is knowledgeable of this type of an issue and who is able to catch you on a lucid moment to make you aware of it then it will be extremely hard to get to grips with it in the first instance and with your surrounding friends or family not being aware that there is such a known issue and getting frustrated with you purely because they are assuming you are just being lazy or awkward resolving this issue will not be easy. To them it will be just a case of 'get your act together' where as in fact to you it's like trying to climb Mount Everest on one leg.

The important thing to remember is that a- you are not on your own and b- there are ways to get over this.

The way we look at it is that Mr P has managed to control you, where as really what we want to happen is for you to be encouraged to be in control of Mr P - a.k.a. the Green Ogre!

Many individuals who suffer from Mr P manage to persuade themselves and often all around them that they have perfectly sound reasons for delaying the job that needs done. Once in this mode, unless there is someone,  strong minded but sensitive with it, around you then it will be a very hard thing to get to grips with it.

Mr P can cause issues, at home, in school, at college, at work, in relationships,  in the general public and self hygiene leaving you looking untidy.

For those around you, until they are aware of how to handle this type of an issue it causes frustration, confrontations, total misunderstanding of how you are feeling and potentially rejection, which is the last thing a Mr P sufferer needs.

There are numerous Web Sites out there but here are a couple to keep you going.

Procrastination Test

How to overcome Procrastination

or just type in to Chief Inspector Google  PROCRASTINATION and save any of the interesting Sites to file for you to read later on, or for you to pass on to those closest to you, so that they can actually start to understand where you are coming from, or if nothing else just to prove to them that you don't just suffer from lazyitis!

It takes someone with a lot of patience and the ability to cross your threshold at the right time to prove that actually getting that long awaited job done, WITH A BIT OF HELP  to start with, does actually encourage you to become more in control of Mr P rather than Mr P being in control of you.

Starting to set yourself mini daily goals within in a set timescale (using an alarm clock) also helps to get you back on track, perhaps with a little gentle prod, at the right time again, from someone who is prepared to understand where you are at will help as well.

Okay, so now to where does this all stem from . . . 

There are various areas where this kind of an issue could have stemmed from, but very few of them will be the sufferers fault. There is a possibility this could have stemmed from when you were either at the end of Primary or going in to High School, perhaps you were belittled by a Teacher, or bullied by other children/teenagers. Perhaps when you returned home after school there was no one there to guide you, so you were left to your own devices . .  and did things in your time. Resulting in  the seed 'IN MY TIME' taking control.

Perhaps your homework wasn't checked or you weren't given set times to do it in. Perhaps you managed to persuade your family that all your homework had been done, when in fact it hadn't been! Perhaps with both your parents being out at work when you returned from school you would go out and Socialise instead which would result in your system thinking this was an acceptable thing to do, when in fact it wasn't. Perhaps by this time, you had managed to manipulate a school colleague in to helping you with your homework. Perhaps by this time you had already started to charm people with your magical way with words  . . .  so in a way Mr P's seed could have started to grow at this early stage.

Perhaps by the time you got to College or University you managed to find another person to help you with the answers to some of your homework or to fill out those dreaded forms that very few people knew you had a problem with, or perhaps you had, or Mr P had manipulated others in to believing you had done something even if you hadn't! Perhaps you have just been left to your own devices for too long.

Perhaps if you had busy parents, foster parents, etc who were all out of the house before you ..  ..so you would say to yourself . . . I don't need to get up! so got into the habit of not getting up, resulting in just staying in bed in a dwam of your own.

Perhaps whilst on study leave you got your self in to a bit of a rut and found revising difficult then when it came to the exam you became flustered  - albeit temporarily.

Perhaps you had managed to manipulate your world with words but no action,

Perhaps you managed to give excuses for not having done something, which were accepted at an early age and from then on you just managed to get  away with this kind of verbal convincing!

Perhaps with no rush in a morning you would get carried away with the time whilst doing the simplest of jobs that would generally only take 6 minutes or so!

Perhaps you were applying for interviews but found this so daunting you decided to leave it till another time, but that time turned in to months, perhaps even years.

Perhaps an important email came in that, in the real world, would not only have been courteous to reply to immediately but for the initial employability factor should have been essential to show a prompt reply . . . let's face it, if you send an important email off and you don't get a reply straight away how would you feel. Once you have allowed your system to do this once or even twice, it will do it again and again until it becomes a habit and controls the way you reply to anything or anyone.

Which ever way, for you to cope in the future without Mr P rearing his ugly head again or at least at the times of 'pressure' you need to get to grips with this now and with the help of genuinely understanding friends or family you WILL be able to do it, but you have to totally admit that there is an issue in the first place otherwise Mr P will continue to control you. If you go and visit Chief Inspector Google there are masses of suggestion for all, victim and loved ones included.

We will  be adding to this in due course, but in the meantime we will leave you to assess the above, feel free to contact us if you feel we can help or guide you.

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Do we want our children to be kind, caring, responsible and confident?

Over the years we have given various talks to Groups, Schools, Parents, Colleges and Individuals on ways to get the best out of our Children so that they can grow up to be positive, kind, caring, responsible and confident individuals able to cope with the ups and downs of their future life.  Well, the other day, while on a different mission, with the help of Chief Inspector Google, we happened to stumble across this most beautiful and succinctly put article which we would like to share with you all in the hope that it will encourage others to get the best out of all Children/Students/Individuals .  A huge thank you to Muddy Boots for this and for all the other handy snippets of information that are on their site.

Please pass this on and on and on and hopefully by doing this it will give others this chance to encourage the very best out of our children of tomorrow.

Thank you.

Animals reactions to the death of another .. Boxers last moments . . .

From the article before this one on whether animals mourn or not   or the one on horses mourn just like other animals  we thought, to make some people aware that animals do, given the option, choose to be part of the final hour of one of their friends, we would share the happenings of our Boxers burial.

In the previous article we shared the 'pecking order' pattern of events shortly after Boxer was, very peacefully, put to sleep, this included some of our pet sheep coming across to pay their respects and we covered how the closest animals, like at a human funeral, attended the body of him first  and then how the ones on the periphery were only allowed to pay their respects when the others dictated, silently, that it was okay to do so, or once they had changed their posture or angle.

Two hours later the Digger arrived, and all lifted their heads but they weren't particularly bothered by it, however the noise did make them about turn and move a few yards. All the animals were grazing about 15-30 metres away, but with their bodies facing the activity and with the occasional raise of a head.

However, once the burial site had been dug, we had to carry Boxer down from slightly further up the field. Thank fully the driver of the machine knew Judi and knew that she would want to walk alongside her trusty steed with her hand on his neck as a final thank you ' or I'll be with you till the very end', so he kindly slowed down to her pace of walk and then laid him, very gently, on the ground so that he could then be placed considerately and in a lying comfortably position in his final resting place. It always seems to be, from this and previous experiences anyway, at this stage that the other animals, gather closer to be part of the goings on, with the ones who were closest moving closer and the periphery ones in the background.

The final touches complete with hay, rugs, his very own time capsule and of course some selfish tears, a few moments of total silence without any bird song, just the sound of the wind and the breathing horses and the chugging of the digger as it was about to rest the first bucket full of soil over the body, it went with a thud . . . that thud you never forget, like the thud of a stone landing on a massive lidded bucket, only 5 or 6 seconds left and Boxer would never be seen again . .  the two horses came closer and stood quietly, almost as if you could see 'memory captions going past their very eyes' a sad moment, ten years of captions gone in a matter of seconds and Lauder Lass looked on from behind them with a drooped head.

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Happy memories of fun, scratches, care and attention with Didget doo always at the side keeping her watchful eye on all . .. 

. . . . Judi placed her two hands on the two horses who were the closest to Boxer and with  dogs at foot they stood tearful but motionless until the Digger had shown signs of moving back to park. By this time, the other horses and pet sheep were closer but it was the little Shetland, the one who used Boxer as a shield from the others, who wanted to go up and smell and lick the ground where he lay, or perhaps it was just to check that the job had been done correctly, following suit was Charlie Barnie then the one sheep who thinks he is a horse, and after that the rest of the horses took their turn, Lauder Lass incldued. An hour or so later they ventured slightly further away from the burial site but could be seen returning to the place where Boxer first lay every so often.

The next few days were filled with adjustments, insecurities and a clear sense of 'we miss you Boxer' filled Charlie Barnie and Ralphi's eyes and general demeanour. Judi initially was the leader out to the field for the first few days and we all continue to partly fill the roles of Boxer and Didget doo although no one gives as good a scratch as Boxer says Charlie Barnie or indeed as good a toadie face as our Didget doo ever did.

Bless you both.

Ten days in, and the hierarchy as been re-formed and a kind of status quo has been resumed.

There is not a deep enough meaning for the word 'adjust' in any dictionary that we know of.

A moving experience and one we feel privileged to have been part of.

Do animals mourn, do they sense, do they need to grieve.

The answer is absolutely yes.

Sadly one of our Rescue Horses, Boxer,  had to be put to sleep last week . . .- the dark bay in this footage.

Boxer, previously owned by a lady down in the Dells, who suffered from a brain tumour, who then couldn't cope with him, he was re-homed but clearly wan't a happy hoofer. His old owner took him back and thanks to Mossburn Animal Centre she discovered us. We suggested she came up here to see the rest of our menagerie, shortly after Boxer discovered he was on his way to Scotland. . and we were one horse more . . .

Ten years has passed by since Boxer arrived here and we have to admit he was an awesome individual to care for,  one of the most gentle giants we have known apart from an old 18.2 we had a few years ago. Boxer cared for everyone, looked after who ever was on his back and an absolute trusty steed as well as a fantastic solid wall for our little Shetland pony to hide behind when Cheeky C.Barnie attempted to pull toadie faces at him.

Shortly after his arrival he managed to befriend a mare called 'Didget Doo' which was extremely unusual as she rarely accepted a newby! although she surprised us all by allowing our Little Shetland to brush past her on his first day - accepted instantly - perhaps the size of him was not a threat!  However, Sadly Didget Doo passed on about 2 months ago.

On arriving he was a bit unsure of our black Lab Bo, but that was understandable when you saw the black dog his old owner used to have - he barked and jumped all the time - one of those 'canine pests' actually.

Boxer became used to our pet sheep, geese, flapping sheets, lorries and large vehicles and realised, after all that life wasn't so scary after all.

At the age of about 26 Boxer sadly took a turn for the worse one early morning with the odd grunt of unhappiness and roll of discomfort, Judi stayed with him, nursed him, massaged him, and gave him all that he asked for but it was clear that he was wanting to be released. In the morning the dreaded phonecall was made, outwith his ear shot of course. The others were eating their hay and feed as if there was no tomorrow but Boxer was just not interested in anything at all.  - which was totally abnormal for him. A few minutes after he asked to go out to his field - on his own - another unusual request. He started whinnying, and cantering round the field as if he was hunting for someone - could it have been Didget Doo he was looking for, could he sense her presence. Well, no one would have believed this had they not seen it for their own eyes. He sniffed the ground hunting for something, perhaps Didget doo's old hoof prints but as a follow on from this he went straight up to her gravesite and rolled on it . . . and then proceeded to the area where Didget Doo last rolled and rolled himself. By this stage he was not only muddy but also quite exhausted by this time. If we all listen to our animals, they can tell us whether they want to go or not, and sadly this was the day that Boxer wanted to go over to the Beautiful Rainbow bridge.

With the other horses still being in at this stage the Vet arrived with stethoscope and injection in hand. We specifically said no internal, no deep examination, because he didn't want to be inflicted by this. Boxer was a gentleman to the end accepting the injection gracefully and slipped away extremely peacefully with much dignity surrounding him and his mare by his side, although invisible to us,
but finally with his broken heart, from the lack of Didget Doo's presence, repaired. We stayed with him for a while and then let the other horses out. Charlie Barnie and Ralphie knew through the evening that something wasn't right and, abnormally kept, their distance or gave Boxer  his space. Judi walked with them all (halterless) up to the field, at their pace, an abnormally slow pace, but left them to slightly lead the walk, just by a horses neck distance away.

Now some of our sheep, actually one of them in particular thinks he is a horse, so tends to stick with his equine friends rather than the Bovine type . . Since Didget Doo's passing Greedy, this one shorse! (Sheep) would share his day with Boxer or Chessie.

Whilst we were walking up the field two of our sheep joined in - Lambie and Greedy - walking parallel with us as if it was a funeral march they walked all the way up until all of us stopped.
it was an incredible experience.

Judi sat down beside Boxer, and the rest came near. Charlie Barnie first, Ralphi second, Greedy just barged his way in and the other two kept their distance initially.

They all sniffed from a few yards away to start with,  with their heads hung low. Greedy started to paw Boxer, as if to say, hey matey, you're meant to be up, come on get up, However Ralphi took umbrage at this  and chased Greedy away as if to say - eh, you, I have known him for longer, don't paw him, he's at peace, leave him be. Judi stayed with them all for about half an hour, or at least until they were settled with the situation then headed off to organise for a digger from a very accommodating neighbour. She had to drive past the horses a little later on only to find they were all lying down beside Boxer, Charlie Barnie fractionally behind him, which is where he would always stand when Boxer was alive. Boxer had been his mentor for ten years you see. Ralphi was at his side and the others kept their distance in comparison.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
Once the two closest horses had paid their initial respects and started to wander off, the others came in, Chessie started to lick boxer and stayed with him for a good 40 minutes, Lauder lass then paid her respects but lay beside him for a good hour. Greedy returned often during this time and as a last respect lay beside his neck. Ralphi and Charlie Barney watched from a close distance away but did not seem annoyed that the others were now paying their respects.                                                                                                                                                

Often we do not appreciate that animals can  suffer from a broken heart just as elephants and humans can but we do hope that this little true story will give others an appreciation of how animals can and need to mourn and heal in the same way as we do.

Next article -  The Burial . . . .

Loading a horse the natural way . . .by using your horses cues not your own . .

Thanks to a Haulier calling off at the last minute we had the absolute pleasure helping a horse to load on to a trailer the natural way, without force, rope/lead rope, whip or shouting. This was a horse who had not been on a trailer for a good number of years and when he was he was always loaded with his longstanding mare being led in first. Sadly the mare (T) had passed over to Rainbow bridge a couple of weeks before hand therefore (B) the horse had to cope with going on this journey or new chapter in his life on his own. Having been grazing in this field, with his friend T for many years all this was a new entity, an experience he had never had to cope with on his own. We were told of T being ill before she died, although just a matter of days beforehand and after the dreadfully emotional day of her passing B was showing natural signs of the, now, massive void in his life, to the point of some of his 'normal' antics changing, for example he would go in to her stable, which was not normal, his pooing pattern had changed and his sense of mourning  was apparent. His owner contacted us and after sensing her concern for him we offered, on the days we were seeing another Client in his direction, to pop in to see him to see how we felt he was and to give him our kind of tlc.

We soon realised that B was a very intelligent horse and loves to be mentally, one ahead, of any human.  He's not one, at the moment anyway, who enjoys a lot of comforting, stroking or hard 'equine' scratches which can often be the key to encouraging  a horse to take the next few stages naturally without being forced from either behind or from the front. He also seemed to be a horse who has given his all to his owner albeit with the odd panic attack in between and because of this his owner wanted to make this transition period as smooth as possible for him, especially after all the commotion he had to experience or face over the last few weeks of his partner's life.

If you have spent any time at all watching or trying to get a horse loaded on to a trailer or lorry, you will be familiar with the amount of times a horse is perhaps forced on or who continually looks behind to see when the next tickle from a whip or rope is going to be. In fact very few horses or large animal who has had trouble loading in the past does not look behind wondering - what's going to happen next, or where has that human who was shouting at me to move on gone, or what are the two people going to do behind me . . . because darn sure I'll be ready for them -

Often horses think : "I'll just leap to the side, or go up on my hind legs, or I'll put super glue on my hoofs and not take one step further, or I'll, all of a sudden just leap back - that'll make them all shift and lose their confidence! I know, I'll lead them to false pretences and milk them for all the treats I can get - I know that they haven't got the same patience as me and that I'll get hauled to go further forward - but why should I be forced to do something I don't want to, I have never forced them to do something they don't want to do nor have I kicked them from behind or hauled them to an area that I want them to be in. I mean come on, it's got to be 50 50 in everything in life otherwise life becomes a dictatorial one which can make our lives no fun whatsoever, it can also lead to a huge lack of trust. . . . all because the human is always in so much of a rush" with little understanding for those of us who do not speak the human language

The initial plan was to get someone to come along and load him in a lorry  - a lorry having more room than a trailer  -  but sadly the person they asked, at the last minute called off - so one of their friends offered them their trailer.

The owner of this horse had kindly thought about placing the trailer in B's field a few days before he was loaded, they tied haynets round the side so that he could munch and be content around it. They placed the ramp down a number of times drank numerous cups of tea and ate many a sandwich in it with the hope that he might just waltz on himself but as much as this was a good idea, B thought - they must think I was brought down the Swanee yesterday, I don't load without my friend and she's not here!"

On this very cold January morning of B's owners arrived at 9.30'ish and after a period of time succeeded  to encourage one of his legs on to the trailer, but as for the rest 'No thank you Mom'.
We arrived at about 11'ish, caught up with the progress to date and continued with a 'joint plan, but not a 50/50 communication plan but a 33.3/33.3/33.3 plan' or perhaps we should say we need to consider everyone on an equal wavelength but with B at the centre. Ideally we wanted him to load on his own, in a contented fashion, without any force, panic attacks or fearful situations or experiences.

B's owner, knowing that B had only ever loaded with T going on first, had the forethought to rub the trailer down with the smell of  T's rugs and the juice from apples, in the hope that this would make him just walk on, but, sadly, it didn't, however we do feel the smell of her gave him that comforting smell, but he still wondered and was wary as to why he should go in to this trailer and quite rightly so.

Having been told on numerous occasions that B is a horse who works things out to his advantage and to a point where he has the ability to 'play with humans' on a 'one upmanship' basis, our comment was ' two can play at this game' so off to work we went.

As always, our ultimate goal was to encourage him to load with his owner alongside and not just for us. Like us, it was totally clear that, if at all possible, the owner did not want  any form of  trauma being inflicted on B and that everyone present sang from the same tune.

Having spent some time with B over the previous fortnight he naturally recognised us and accepted that we were not a threat to him, at least we hadn't been on previous visits so he had no reason to question our visit. He had also realised that we used his cues, not our own, which for this horse, as with many others (horses/dogs/humans/cows/bulls/sheep) always works at the end of the day.

So with just a halter on, down to work we went working the horses mental state of mind, not his physical being, after all no human, without the use of chains, rope and sheer constraint will win against a 3/4 tonne animal. Using this form of mental communication also gains a mass amount of trust between the initial instigator of all movements and the animal, to the point that the horse, in a relaxed fashion, soon learns that, mind over matter was infact quite a self learning curve but one that also brought 50 50 respect and a completely 100% positive result for not only this task in hand but also instills a 'happy memory' if asked to load again, that is as long as the same method is used.  . . . and there lies the answer to all behavioural or requests asked of any animal (humans are included in this by the way!)

Remembering our goal was to encourage this horse on to the trailer, but not just by us. It was extremely important that the owner was able to do this. A saying she used on the day, every story/film/play needs a producer and an understanding director, once the script is written or set in stone and understood by all, then it is up to all involved to create it  and to make it run as smoothly as possible. In this instance the horse was the Producer, we were the initial directors but once the directions were clear to all, then the Producer worked with anyone . . and this was indeed the case with B. By the time we had succeeded in mentally guiding him which was about 50 minutes later B was happy to stop where ever we stopped, whether on or off the trailer, go on and off the trailer as often as asked without the flinch of an ear or tail. He would stop and stare out of the trailer on his own accord all without any force, roping, lead rope. Another truly humbling result and another example of how using natures own ways gives 100% results and we hope this will encourage others to listen to all animals cues, whether horse, human, dog, elephant or bull.

On behalf of all animals who have been forced in the past, PLEASE give your animals the chance to work naturally for you, but above all, have patience and cut your verbal communication by 99.9%. After all they don't speak your language, they rely on body language, so if you stop they will stop etc.

Remember any any animal will milk your body language for as long as you allow them to do so and here lies their winning key!

Thank you.
www.naturesphysician.com

Much of what we eat is dictated by others . . .

Having come across numerous articles recently about the quality of food available to us these days and comments relating to the short and long term side effect they can have on us, many of which we totally agree with, it truly is time we all take a step back to actually read the ingredients and be more aware of health changes as these foods are either taken off or indeed put on our menu. With out us, as individuals and Groups, standing our ground regarding our beliefs that we do not want to be filled with 'hidden' additives, ingredients or 'toxins' then we will continue to be roller coastered towards a future of continuing ill health. We can all help our future generations long term health by standing our ground now which will change the 'powers that be' from dictating what they want us to eat and drink. As a small example of many topics regarding food you might be interested to go to this link Nearly all gum and candy contain either toxic GMO corn syrup or nerve-disrupting aspartame

Sources for this article include:

http://www.naturalnews.com

If we don’t all start to do this now we will continue to be poisoned by what is on shop, mall and our own shelves. If we all stand our ground now and learn what is good for us (as individuals) but more importantly what is not, our health will improve ten fold with less illnesses and long term negative effects. If we don’t start to show producers that we don't want some or many of the products they are trying to or perhaps we should say are successful in encouraging us to buy with all the beautiful packaging, irrespective of the ingredient then our bodies and our future generations will continue to be poisoned by all the ‘hidden ingredients’ which we are, in no uncertain terms, being roller-coastered in to buying and absorbing.

So, to reduce future generations from issues such as Autism, A.D.H.D., Depression, Alzheimer's, Dementia and many other health issues we need to seriously re-address what we eat and drink and pay more attention to the effects that many foods have on us. Ultimately by doing this we will also reduce the amount of medication that we so often end up being rollercoastered in to taking when in fact we can resolve many of our health issues ourselves by paying closer attention to our bodies cues/warning signs.

Perhaps a suggestion would be to keep a notebook and  note down any reactions you have after eating your food or drinking any liquids albeit specific coffees or teas. Jot down any symptoms, whether it be a few belches, constipation, upset stomachs, or bowel issues. Or alternatively if you are interested in learning more contact us or arrange an appointment to discuss this issue further.

Think of our future generations . . do we want them to suffer the health issues many of us have today?

Congratulations to W. Amos racing yard and his race horses . . .

We were absolutely delighted to hear that W. Amos Racing yard has had three more winner since our visit a few months ago. But what means more to us is the little chestnut, who was really quite despondent, has picked up and is in light work . . . this is brilliant news. Keep up the tlc one and all but but more importantly, thank you Willie for giving this individual a chance.

Philippines -Typhoon Haiyan Disaster - do we really appreciate how lucky we are . . .

Philippines Typhoon Haiyan Disaster.

Everyone, whether from rich or not so rich backgrounds, can go to events welcoming adults and children based on raising money for specific Funds, or troubled areas  and all put in and support what they are able in the hope that enough money can be raised to make a difference to the sufferers.

Thanks to the amount of organisational skills of many individuals these events are usually always worthwhile attending if nothing else but for raising money as well as the number of fun activities, raffles, auctions/silent auctions and fun that is generally had by all with the added bonus of all stomachs usually being well fed and watered. For most attendees they are aware that such events are for a good cause. But our question is do they fully appreciate what it is like to live in such turmoil as the areas that they are supporting on the day? For children who attend, they probably go along because it could be  a family event, or perhaps there is not another option but are the children actually aware of what the evening is for, apart from having fun.

On occasions we are asked to create or paint such things as murals or to create something that is specific to the event, but what we prefer to do is something that is more visually thought provoking for the cause in hand. In this instance we decided to create the back drop of a small mural, where the scene was 'factual, eye opening and heart rendering'. As an addition to this board we had two blank ones asking for 'new homes to be painted and favourite foods and drinks' to be added to the other so that all involved could think what it must be like not to have either or anything apart from being surrounded by a mass of rubble  as well as dreadfully heart wrenching sights of dead bodies who were unlucky enough not to survive the natural disaster and sadly the remaining survivors are without food or safe water to drink. Whilst painting this with the children there was a massive silence amongst them, a thoughtful silence, a sad silence that almost took them in to the middle of the painting. 

How many people genuinely feel or know the pain or what such a disaster can bring for the individuals left behind, who often end up without their relatives and friends at hand. Well, participating in the mural itself was enough to provoke a childs thought pattern but to make the adults think more about the cause being  supported we managed to come across a poem written by Alon Calinao  Dy and a separate quote which we wrote on to the sky of the background of the mural and would now like to share them with you  . . . .

Super Typhoon Haiyan

Why have you swept away our city Taclaban?

Why have you killed thousands of our countrymen?

including innocent children and women?

Look what you have done!

Complete devastation with no food and water

You have taken them one by one.

Why did you need to slaughter them? 

Why do you have to show the world you're the deadliest?

Why do you come and bring us many tears?

Don't you know we're born as warriors without fears.

You have destroyed all our towns and cities

You have exposed our fight against irregularities

and now we have nothing left

But only allies who've helped us their very best

Alon Calinao Dy

Thank you Typhoon Haiyan for allowing survivors,

for the debris which we will use,

for the trees you kindly left standing,

for the animals and birds you kindly left behind

though scared and scarred.

For those of us you left behind we will survive . . . . 

Anonymous 

 As an added bonus regarding the mural, the children read out the poem and quote during the evening . . . . you could almost have heard a pin drop . .  and the goosebumps rising on each arm or back bone.

The total raised for this disaster on the evening was something near £1600 - how tremendous was that. .  so a huge congratulations to those who organised it.

But one of the most heartwarming things was one of the Ministers who attended the event chose to read out part of the poem as well as the full quote at the Sunday service the next day. You could see the heads tilting with thoughts of sadness . . . self realisation of how lucky they are perhaps  . . . . . thank you Margaret and Milton for spreading the word further afield that there are truly millions of people (and animals) worse off than ourselves . . . and how grateful we should feel for all or how ever little we have. 

10,037 Viewers to date - Worldwide - fantastic - ENTER TO WIN NOW

10,037 Page views to date . .  .  wonderful. The Countries involved are,  United States, United Kingdom, Thailand, India, Australia, Latvia, Russia, Germany, Indonesia, France, Ecuador, Canada, Netherlands, Sweden, Serbia, and Brazil - apologies if we have missed any one out.

We are absolutely delighted to announce the Countries who have viewed our Web contents so far - thank you so much. 

In view of this, what we consider,  most amazing result but with not knowing who has looked at our Site within the last two hours, the first person to contact us will be given a totally free Session - either for themselves or their animal/pet - dog to elephant, horse - to pet cat. 

CONTACT US NOW - Good Luck . . . . .

9,984 views to this page to date - fantastic

and we hope you have all taken something from it that will help either yourself, a member of your family, a friend or indeed an animal.  

Because of this mammoth nearly 10,000 views we are offering to the 10,000th person either  a free Skype Session or a human Session or diet sheet to the lucky person. . . Good luck.

We hope that future posts will continue to be of interest to you. Please don't forget if there is something specific you would like covered then feel free to contact us. 

Have a good day one and all. 

Horses mourn just like other animals

Horses do mourn - just like an elephant mourns

It's always a sad time when an animal has to be put down, not only for the humans who have known and cared for them but also for all the animals left behind. 

On a number of occasions we have been asked the question ' will my other horse, horses or animals feel the loss', the answer is absolutely yes, particularly if they have been part of a pack or herd for a number of years. Horses are very similar to elephants, they mourn, need time to smell the ground, need time to adjust, and if it is a mare that has been lost then the boys left behind, within a 24 or 36 hour period, if given the chance, ask another mare to take the lead. 

If this is not possible, then you may need to fill the gap for a while, by leading them (rope free) in to their field or further away in their field to graze. However, they will, often be seen going back to smell the ground or the the area where the horse was put down. They share a similar grieving process to elephants. 

The photo's below are fairly self explanatory but give you an example of the movement in horses left behind after a death. 

The other thing we would like to mention is if a horse or cow or elephant has an internal health issue, you will often find that he/she starts to distance her/himself from the herd, probably over a period of a few months or weeks . . . so if you notice this then keep an eye on everything the animal does i.e.

1. It's eating pattern
2. It's eyes
3. It's coat
4. It's belly size
5. It's muscle mass
6. It's toilet habits
7. It's lying down habits
8. It's general body langauge
9. It's interaction with the other horses/animals
10. How much or little he/she drinks

Below are a few photographs in various stages : 

1 Midge, one of our adorable horses, a few days before she was put down

2 Our little Shetland seen here smelling the ground where she lay down for the last time.

3 One of the other horses around the blanket used to allow our mare to lie down on as she collapsed to the ground.

3 The two of them smelling the rug

4 The next day the boys asking another mare to take Leadership . . 

After this sad day, they still turn round thinking that she's there, perhaps she is in spirit . . .but their calling becomes less frequent. 


The horses have a routine and the same applies to feeding times as well as going in and out of their stable and it is only now that the herd left behind have adjusted to her lack of presence -  and the lack of the toadie faces she used to pull if they ever went any where near HER stable. 

One of the ponies, still thinks he should wait until she is in her stable before he goes in . . . 

So the message in here is really - never underestimate the animals left behind feelings. 

On occasions it has been known, this is if a single horse is left - that something as simple as some of the mane or tail hair and the rugs owned by the horse you have lost, as well as a painting on the wall or one of these long plastic mirrors (where the remaining horse can see himself ) can ease the pain and upset . . . although nothing will ever replace that one horse  . . . . there can be substitutes but never will they find one with the same antics.

Although Cattle are seen more as a money making scheme, they also feel the loss, but because they are in a herd, generally a larger herd than horses are kept in, they soon latch on to another cow to fill that void. 

If you have an animal left behind that is going through a grieving process and doesn't seem to be getting out of it, please, please contact us so that we can communicate with him/her to tell you what THEY would like. . .  on behalf of many who have not been given this chance but wish they had been. . . . thank you.

Chicken alert and . . . . . . .

As most of you will know by now for a number of years we have been working with individuals (for the sake of our Radio Host, Jackie Walker from Natural Health Radio Live - - humans and animals) part of this work relates to individuals specific chemical balances and food stuffs as well as liquids that can have a negative effect on them. Although we have realised for a while that chickens from certain places are negative the kind of information discovered yesterday 'THESE ARE "FREE RANGE" CHICKENS. This is a terrible new invention. This foam suffocates 15,000 chickens in 15 minutes. It's an American invention by Kifco, a manufacturer of irrigation equipment in Illinois" 

above totally confirms that many individuals do not have a clue what these birds are fed on, injected with or indeed culled by . . . all these three products can indeed have a detrimental effect on any thing that consumes it. For the sake of your chemical balance, you may think that all chickens from each store are the same . . . they are not, so be careful or ask for guidance and we will guide you or train you to understand how you can tell what is good for you or what is not . . . if everyone in the world realised this and only bought what was good for them, then it would not be a producers market it would be the people's market. For example, if all of a sudden these particular chickens or the 'negative chickens were not bought then the producers/market buyers would have no option but to take them off the market . . The absolute same goes for your dog food/your horse food/your cattle and sheep feed. One scary think we came across the other day that might be of interest - did you know that 'humans are not fit for consumption' but the question has to be . . why . .. because what we eat is 'supposedly consumable' . .. now then there's a good question.

Here are a few links that you might be interested in . . . 

http://www.naturalcuresnotmedicine.com/2013/08/most-chicken-on-shelves-pumped-with.html 

http://www.naturalcuresnotmedicine.com/2013/09/chicken-to-be-exported-to-china.html

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=650387155018433&set=a.434569209933563.103142.432632306793920&type=1

If this makes you think . . . O, my goodness, I need to know what I am eating and what is good for me . . . now is your chance . . .  Feel free to contact  us  . . 

Here's to healthy humans, and not humans who suffer from  unnecessary  diseases due to what we either eat or drink. 

We need to make our markets -  public friendly and not "dictatorial markets' 

Give yourself a natural M.O.T.- 7th January 2014

Give your self an M.O.T 

7th December 2014

21:00 - 22.45 (U.K time)

In view of the amount of stomach upsets there have been over the Festive period we have decided to dedicate tomorrow to humans. So, if you have been suffering from Acid Reflux, Bowel issues or any of the problems raised in the article below now is your chance to take the healthier route so that by next month never mind next years Festivities you will know what triggers your health problems once and for all. 

In this Session we will be covering things such as skin, emotional, depression, stomach, bowel, dietary and communication issues.

What you will need prior to your appointment:



Pencil/pen and paper
Access to Skype (DOWNLOAD SKYPE FREE)
Your booking number for confirmation of appointment
A photograph of your animal/pet - this can be a tame or wild animal
A list of your most important questions
Please be ready 5 minutes before/ your appointment
You will be advised of the payment for this in our reply email.

Please book in before 18:00 tomorrow evening. For those who can't make any of the 20 minutes appointments please feel free to contact us and another time can be arranged. 

Book your appointment HERE

To find out more about our work listen to Natural Health Radio Bulletin or visit our food and general health page

14th January 2014 - Small Animal Clinic (tbc)

21st January 2014 - Large Animal Clinic (tbc)

28th January 2014 - Human Clinic

And another little Asian Elephant -

We are delighted to announce we have been given another little Asian elephant to look in to . . 

This elephant also used to be in a circus - it's great to see her not tied to dreaded chains and being able to wander 'on grass' and not on concrete 24/7.

We, like most, would just like to see her filled out a bit more.

We will forward you an update in due course. 

May 2014 bring you much happiness and peace . . .