Welcome to the website, and the blog for Sun Dog Cat Moon, LLC. I could start this blog many different ways, but perhaps a story about why I started to study & practice Traditional Chinese Veterinray Medicine would be in order. I have been in practice for 19 years, and considered myself to be at the top of my game in Western Medicine. I had developed a pain management protocol for my hospital, and had all the latest equipment, and was a skilled operator of ultrasound, surgical laser, and our video otoscope system. Yet, here was my own dog, Arnold, who was beautiful and loving. Children used to see him and call him Falco from the Never Ending Story. He had reached the advanced age of 17, and had perfect bloodwork, and a healthy heart. I had fed him the best food I knew, and had helped him manage his arthritis with different medicines, jont supplements, and whatever else I could think of, but he had crippling arthritis, and lost his balance often when standing up. He would fall, look around and get up, as if to say, "doesn't bother me!!" In his younger days, he adored being called my handsome man, and a person skilled in animal communication said that he asked why I didn't call him my handsome man any more. It broke my heart that I had let my friend and companion down, and failed to continue to see how handsome he was. I had gotten too busy and too distracted to see all the beauty in front of me. He had gotten to the point where the mind was willing, but the flesh was weak. His muscles had shriveled up, and his gait was odd because it appeared that he was slinging his limbs with rubber bands to propel himself forward. He loved to eat, but only if he had his own buffet laid out. He was disappearing before my eyes. Worst of all, the pain medicine was not working anymore. We took Arnold to the beach, where he spent the first few years of his life with me, presumably for his last hurrah. The plan was to let him do whatever he wanted for the weekend, and then put him to sleep on Sunday night. What happened at the beach was nothing short of amazing.
Looking at the photo above, there is Arnold, whom I had to carry on to the beach, and while he seemed to be enjoying the air, he was not very engaged. He picked up his head to watch a kite boarder go by. He was fascinated, he wanted to get up and go see what that thing was, and so he did. We walked several blocks until the kite boarder was far off in the distance. At the end of our day, Arnold looked like this:
He was happy, bright and alive. While nothing had changed in his body, his being had gotten a kick start from being in a place he loved with the people he loved, getting a huge boost of energy. This was in July of 05. He needed to be outside to get refreshed everyday, and so every morning we took a walk on the dock so he could take in the air, see the sun coming up, the brids flying and the crabs scurying. One of my drug rep friends gave me a sample of a new pain medicine which helped. He did well for 2 more months, and then as if he fell off a cliff, he was ready to go. My animal communicator friend said that he had to make sure I was ready for him to go. So on Labor Day morning, Arnold's long life's work came to an end. He went quietly on our porch overlooking the marsh, happy that he had done what he had been born to do - be the love that he was, and shower it freely on all around him.
Why am I telling you this story? Because this experience had me digging deep to find anything else I could to make his life better. While my practice at the time was so busy, I couldn't look outside the confines of western medicine, it did spur me to start taking acupuncture classes in February of 06. I realized how much it could have helped him, and while I regret i did not have the knowledge then, with out Arnold's need for more help, I wouldn't have gotten that kickstart. The other reason I am telling you this story is that it demonstrates the power of Qing Qi, or Cosmic Qi. That sounds pretty far out or "wu-wu" as the saying goes, but Arnold (and I) got out of the office and the house for some fresh air, and we both felt better. This is why you see photos and videos of the Chinese doing Qi Gong or Tai Chi in the early morning mist. They are gathering Qing Qi to help increase their energy, and exhaling "stale" Qi at the same time. If you get nothing more from this than remebering to get up a few minutes early and take your cofee cup out in the back yard, let your mind go blank, and take some deep breaths, you'll be ahead of the game all day. Arnold will be happy you did.
Looking at the photo above, there is Arnold, whom I had to carry on to the beach, and while he seemed to be enjoying the air, he was not very engaged. He picked up his head to watch a kite boarder go by. He was fascinated, he wanted to get up and go see what that thing was, and so he did. We walked several blocks until the kite boarder was far off in the distance. At the end of our day, Arnold looked like this:
He was happy, bright and alive. While nothing had changed in his body, his being had gotten a kick start from being in a place he loved with the people he loved, getting a huge boost of energy. This was in July of 05. He needed to be outside to get refreshed everyday, and so every morning we took a walk on the dock so he could take in the air, see the sun coming up, the brids flying and the crabs scurying. One of my drug rep friends gave me a sample of a new pain medicine which helped. He did well for 2 more months, and then as if he fell off a cliff, he was ready to go. My animal communicator friend said that he had to make sure I was ready for him to go. So on Labor Day morning, Arnold's long life's work came to an end. He went quietly on our porch overlooking the marsh, happy that he had done what he had been born to do - be the love that he was, and shower it freely on all around him.
Why am I telling you this story? Because this experience had me digging deep to find anything else I could to make his life better. While my practice at the time was so busy, I couldn't look outside the confines of western medicine, it did spur me to start taking acupuncture classes in February of 06. I realized how much it could have helped him, and while I regret i did not have the knowledge then, with out Arnold's need for more help, I wouldn't have gotten that kickstart. The other reason I am telling you this story is that it demonstrates the power of Qing Qi, or Cosmic Qi. That sounds pretty far out or "wu-wu" as the saying goes, but Arnold (and I) got out of the office and the house for some fresh air, and we both felt better. This is why you see photos and videos of the Chinese doing Qi Gong or Tai Chi in the early morning mist. They are gathering Qing Qi to help increase their energy, and exhaling "stale" Qi at the same time. If you get nothing more from this than remebering to get up a few minutes early and take your cofee cup out in the back yard, let your mind go blank, and take some deep breaths, you'll be ahead of the game all day. Arnold will be happy you did.
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