Kinesi-WHAT?!  Yes, that’s right we are slightly mad … and yet, if you have a four legged member of your family, you’ll want to watch the video below – it’s absolutely wonderful 🙂

Let’s share Flora’s story.

On 23rd September 2017, we picked up Flora from the road and brought her to Fire Dragon Hideaway.  She was in a mess.  She had no fur on her ears or on the underside of her body.  She had a bad case of ticks and fleas: I think we removed about 90 ticks on the first night.  She had a racing heart rate, a high fever, mange and ringworm.  Roughly 8 weeks old and very thin, it was going to be hit and miss as to whether she made it.   The only thing she had going for her was the fact she had already received her rabies vaccination from the local dog charity here.

She was very uncomfortable near men and would wet herself every time either Hassan or Christopher went to give her a cuddle.

We isolated her from the rest of our four-legged family for a few days to tackle some of her skin issues and give her a safe space to support her liver.  After removing so many ticks, it was possible that she may have liver and kidney issues, and we wanted to remove any parasites from her system.  We use Pyrantin for worming, Himalaya Liv 52 liquid for liver support and Himalaya Renulka liquid for kidney support.  Luckily, she was so hungry we could pack her full of food, which was reassuring for her recovery.

Within just a few days she was very lively, playing with Sunshine and Cinnamon with enthusiasm.  One month on, a vast amount of chicken consumed, she was starting to put on weight, her fur was growing back and she had changed from a grey colour to a more health tan colour.  Her confidence was growing.  She was always hungry.  This is not unusual when you take dogs from the street as it takes them time to realise that they will actually be fed every day and they don’t have to eat everything they can when they see food!

We noticed that she still had difficulty maintaining a steady temperature and was frequently a little warm at 103 degrees Farenheit.  What’s more, her heart rate remained quite fast at 185 bpm.  Young puppies have the most rapid heartbeats: 160 to 200 beats per minute at birth and up to 220 bpm when they are 2 weeks old. An adult dog’s heart beats 60 to 140 times per minute.

As we were showering her at the end of October, we noticed that she had developed some black skin spots under her tummy and based on her other behaviour, we had an idea that this might be caused by a hormonal imbalance and could potentially link to her thyroid.

A gift from the universe arrived in the form of Andrea Clarke, a friend and kinesiologist from the UK.

Andrea, gave Flora a treatment to balance her system and helped us to identify which supplements would work well to support her.  This is what happened.

Two weeks on, the dark spots on Flora’s stomach have vanished.  Her temperature sits steadily at 102 degrees Farenheit and her heart rate is about 160bpm.  Happy and confident, she no longer wets herself when Christopher picks her up for a cuddle and she’s playing with the rest of her four-legged family with joyful ease.  She has a massive crush on Mitten the cat (lucky Mitten) and attempts to sit on her at least 5 times per day.  She still has enormous ears and we only hope she grows into them, otherwise we’ll have to change her name to Dumbo 🙂

Thank you Andrea for your care and attention!  If you want to find out more about Kinesiology, we’ll be posting shortly about the training programme that Andrea will be running at Fire Dragon Hideaway in April 2018.