All about Animal Essences

by Catherine Wilson

Animal Essences are a great way to settle a range of emotional or behavioural issues in your pets and farm animals. I have had a lot success using essences with a range of animals such as cats, dogs, goats, horses and cows. They can extend to smaller furrier animals or other animals you may live with.

Animal essences are crafted with Flower Essences. Different flower combinations are used in animal essences compared to human essences and usually range from 3-6 flowers. Some essences address: Stress, Territorial, Aggressive, Trauma, Fear, moving house and many more.  Dosage: 4 drops into the top nape of the neck 3-4 times a day.  If you are busy at work you can dose your animal with the essence first thing in the morning.  Then dose before you leave for work, then dose when you return from work.

MISSY THE RED HEALER-KELPIE

Missy was constantly jumping up and biting body or hands. Training was hard work.

My puppy was bred on a farm north of Bendigo. It is pure farm dog and its parents were active farm dogs rounding up sheep. I have had a Kelpie before (active and sociable) but with the red healer mix Missy was extremely active, clever and vocal.

I have found the following behaviours to be challenging when training and caring for my dog:

1. Jumping up on myself and other friends/family members

2. Trying to bite hands and parts of the body

3. Barking when she doesn’t get her way/not liking something

4. Climbing on all the furniture (even though she has her own comfy dog bed)

5. Wandering the house and taking shoes and objects if door is open..

6. Chasing the sheep on the farm and biting them and injuring one.

   I know this sounds a lot like puppy/sheep dog behaviour and most of it is.

   There is a lot of work to raising an active puppy. Fortunately friends and family members help me from time to time to walk her or socialise with her.

   USING A CALMING-NON AGRESSIVE FLOWER ESSENCE

   I have just started dosing Missy 3 times a day with a calming animal flower essence to ease her barking, biting and jumping up behaviours.

   The sheep matter is about boundaries

   ( I’m working on that one!)

   ROUTINE:

   I have a range of behaviour routines in place to regularly reinforce good behaviour. Eg . Lots of treats. and light tap in nose with rolled paper if she bites /jumps. All the family are onboard with the same techniques- so it is a consistent message to Missy.

   The most successful action is the positive encouragement. Kelpies will do anything for a tasty snack. and a friendly pat or rub on the belly:)

   PATIENCE

   I realise she is very young still and I see more results if I am consistent, patient and not upset when she makes a bad choice. The more firm, regular and positive I am with her the better off we both are.

MISHI THE STRAY CAT

Mishi is a 17 year old cat that had been sadly abandoned when she was a small kitten. Mishi was found on the side of the road with no mother to care for her and very tiny. It was likely she wasn’t weaned off the mothers milk. She was adopted and happily lived with a loving family for 16 years.

Recently Mishi moved in with one of the family members after they moved into Melbourne CBD. Despite all the love and attention from family Mishi has always been a nervous, tense cat and has struggled to settle into her new home.

BEHAVIOURS

Mishi was toileting in the corner of the living room and trying to run out the door (she tended to wander around and not return). She was generally quite territorial, nervous and up tight. In September this year Mishi took her first doses of animal essence to remove the tension, trauma (abandonment) and fear trapped in her little body.

Mishi as a small kitten, then when she moved to her new home. Mishi became more open, relaxed and is not accidently toileting any more in the house after 3 weeks of taking the essences.

She has attained a more approachable behaviour and has settled in with the new housemates and her previous family member. Mishi is loved by all.