Demodectic mange and pyoderma, before treatment.

Two months later.

Jirrima Bush medicine for people and dogs

Native Sandalwood bush medicine for people and dogs.

Showing the preview of Ngukurr Dog Stories, made in 2007, edited until 2001. We still need all the release forms, since they got lost in the mail!

"The key to meditation is learning to stay."

There are solutions for all of these problems. We just need to figure out what they are.

All of our negative emotions are based on fear, and fear is a liar, like a sensationalist, tabloid newspaper. Always question your negative emotions and try to see things from a more positive and mature angle.

Energy Psychology is based on the knowledge that each emotion has a different vibration, which can be stored in our cellular memories, and affect our moods. When we release them, through various body therapies, we feel a lot better, and so do our pets.

Photodynamic Therapy on a dog with a pituitary tumour. The dog's symptoms abated immediately. This cancer cure has since been refined, in the Phillipines. See www.cytoluminator.com

Trialling PDT on metastatic cancer.

Hemangiosarcomas were less amenable to PDT at the time.

How to safely approach a dog who is tied up. Let them sniff the back of your hand first, below their eye level, and observe their reaction. An open palm, above their head, may be seen as threatening.

If the dog looks away, then you should be able to pat him gently, under the chin.

Dogs tend to enjoy a gentle pat on the front of the chest, too. We tend to avoid direct eye contact, so that they know we are not challenging them in any way.

Many people visiting communities carry big sticks. It is much easier, and more respectful to dogs, to carry snacks: cooked sausage, bacon, or cubed cheese, which you can throw to them at a safe distance. The dogs will remember you, as the kind person who gives them food.

If you ever get attacked by a pack of dogs, do this 'rock' posture. Your fists will protect your fingers and will also protect your ears and neck.

Maternal aggression in mothers is probably the worst, so when approaching puppies, always ask permission and if the answer is no, leave them all alone.

Relaxed posture. This dog is confident and comfortable.

In a sick dog, you can see if it's pale/ anaemic/bleeding internally, or dark red/infected, or sticky/dry/dehydrated, by checking its gums.

How to make a muzzle, to restrain a dog for an exam, if it's in pain.

Tie a knot above..

..then make a knot below, then tie behind the neck: homemade muzzle.