Canine Myofunctional Therapy with young living oils

This is Marlow. My client's dog who has been diagnosed with hip dysplasia. As a therapist I do see a lot of hip dysplasia problem dogs due to inbreeding. In Marlow's case, he was in pain and couldn't even stand up and stopped eating. He was on pain killers and a type of glucosamine prescribed by the vet (i cannot remember the name right now). The first therapy I did, he was uncomfortable, in pain when I touched his hip area.

During his second treatment, I decided to use some essential oils while treating him. I use the Young Living Oils. Now Marlow is a very excitable dog and he will not relax and sit down. The second session with the oils, I applied lavender first to relax him, followed by peace and calm and finally Pan away. Immediately I could see him relaxing, calming down. While I do not apply the oils on his skin directly, (I rubbed on my hands first to release the smells), the aroma from the oils is sufficient to calm this excitable dog. He allowed me to slowly treat his hind hip area and there was no pain when I did the rotations and stretches on him. At the end, he relaxed and slept. 

The third time, again I used the oils on him while treating him. He has his favourite oils and he chose calm and peace and pan away. Now Pan Away oil is an essential oil blend and it helps with aches and pains..that's why he chose it. He relaxed immediately upon smelling the oil and even lied down on the side that has hip dysplasia. 

Why am I writing this? Well, as a therapist I'm constantly looking for ways for dogs to relax and calm down during treatment and the young living oils are great for the treatment. It complements what I do very well. When the dog is relaxed, I can concentrate on what needs to be done. 

Marlow is off his pain killers, his walk is better but hip dysplasia cases, there are no cures unless you take him / her for operation and even that there is no guarantee. The therapy will help to slow down the degeneration process of the muslces, strengthen the muscles that holds the socket and ball of the bone. 

For those interested in the therapy, I can be contacted on irenefrancine@happydogz.com.my

Christmas present

This is brandi, we adopted her 3 years ago. She was a little thing. Mixed breed poodle/beagle. She would pee and miss her tray, she would eat up her poo maybe cos her fosterers scolded her when she messed up. I was wondering why this girl never poo only to discover she was eating it.

So, her retraining began. I first assured her everyday that it's ok to poo and there's nothing wrong with it. I will clean it up. I didn't scold her and this process took almost a month before she was comfortable with the whole poo issue. We were fortunate to already have an older dog. She watched him and learned very quickly to do her business outside when we take both of them out for their walks. 

Today she is a very well behave dog, playful, cheeky, loving, caring and I will never ever replace or be rid of her. She's out little baby. 

All it takes is a little patience and training. 

Dehydration

theI am a true believer for cooking for your pets. After all my pets are my babies and I am their carer so they deserve the best in the food they are eating and that includes treats. They are already eating home cooked food and home bake biscuits. I decided to take a step further, beef jerkies. I've made these before and they gobble it up in 1 second..actually i don't think it made it to 1 second...more like half a second. If anyone want to order home made beef jerky please contact me on 016-3940968 or email me on irenefrancine@happydogz.com.my.

Just placed in the dehydrator

the process has started. 

It takes 2 days for these to be ready. Its a slow process so if you want to order, please be patient and I'll make it fresh for you. 

Have a great day! 

Animal Communication

During my recent trip to hawaii, taking a break from work, i realize where ever there are animals, I naturally gravitate towards them, and 'talk' to them. This shot is of me with the horses in Turtle bay stable taken by my husband. I rarely have my photos taken as I'm always behind the camera. The love of the horse, the gentleness of his entire being was what I was exchanged between us. 

Surf's up

I'm sitting on the balcony at turtle bay resort watching the waves crash into the rocks. I know why surfers love it here. The waves can go up to 30 feet, forms a pipeline and experience surfers can surf in it! It's amazing just watching the waves at the resort and even from this distance looking out towards the sea, I can see the big waves coming in. It may not be 30 feet but it's big enough to scare an inexperience surfer. It's not the waves in Malaysia where it hits the shore. These really come crashing into the shore. I've also discovered that this is the Island that Hawaii Five O is being filmed, Jurassic Park was filmed here, Forgetting Sarah Marshall was filmed on this resort. 

Kaleiwa town in North shore where I went for a lomi lomi massage. I took a bus, $2.50 straight into the town and had my one hour massage from this delightful Hawaiian lady named Christina. It wasn't a fancy spa but a small little make shift but her massages were great and it's by donation so I gave her $40 for an hour of back massage. It was worth the $40. 

So while there is only two days left to my holiday before heading back to Malaysia, I've got a photoshoot for my sister in law with her family. Tomorrow we are heading over to Kualoa Ranch where we can hire ATV, horse back riding, swim, kayak..etc. This is indeed a relaxing break for me. 

Domestic animals with wild animals

There are many misconception that domesticated animals like our dogs do not get along with wild animals but looking at this video it just blow that idea out of the water. Click on the link below and you'll see the cutest video.

http://youtu.be/XRs_oLMjIAA

Turtle Bay Resort, Oahu Hawaii

This is our view from the balcony. Turtle bay Resort in Hawaii. So far I've spotted plenty of brides, I guess this is a popular resort to get married and lots of cats! Dogs, not so many but I have seen one or two. I've been told that Hawaii has got a large community of pet lovers. I am looking forward to coming back to Hawaii and perhaps connect with the pet lovers here. Aloha everyone. I'll be back home and you can set your appointments in January.