Animal Alternatives

Our Mission is to assist our clients and their animal companions in their quest for optimal health. To promote the health and well-being of our patients through the use of natural healing modalities. To encourage the innate healing ability that is in every individual, to the best of their ability. To use allopathic drugs and surgery when the patient is unable to control or heal its own body. To be grateful for our health and well-being and generously share our good fortune. To respect the patient and client as individuals who are seeking our advice. To realize that health issues and suffering are never convenient and act accordingly when a patient is in crisis. To understand that there is an end to our physical life and to gently help release the spirit to the great beyond when the physical body is failing. To respect and protect our mother earth and connect with our father in heaven for these are the essence of yin and yang. Holistic therapies can include but are not limited to: traditional Chinese medicines, acupuncture and western herbs, chiropractic or structural manipulations, applied kinesiology, massage and touch therapy, Aryuvedic therapy, iridology, crystal therapy, color therapy, aroma therapy, positive thought and prayer, homeopathy, Bach flower therapy, vitamin therapy, mineral therapy and glandular therapy, food or dietary therapy, exercise and the judicious use of pharmaceutical drugs and surgery. The idea which makes each of the therapies 'holistic' is how they are applied to the whole individual. Holistic medicine focuses on understanding the patient as a unique individual whose mental, emotional, spiritual and physical selves are an integrated whole. Homeopathic remedies can be made from plants, animal or insect substances, minerals, viruses or bacteria. They are energy patterns of the original substance. Homeopathic remedies work at the level of the 'vital force' of the individual and stimulate the patient to heal their bod...