From My Older Newsletters My newsletters were always meant to be informative updates or opinions that I have formed based on my research and years with this breed, and/or discussions with other breeders or veterinarians, or just my own humble research, opinions and suggestions. They were never meant to compete with any other lists or newsletters, but is merely a tool to help keep MY buyers and other pei owners up to date on what is going on with this breed, via opinions or researched data, and to share my knowledge/beliefs according to what I have WITNESSED over the last 28 years, and may relate to both people and pets. The topic of this newsletter is just a tip of the iceberg on some of natures amazing ways! Have you ever watched your dog or cat bask in the sun - do you wonder why? or watch your dog or cat eat grass and again wonder why? Truly nothing does feel better than the sun on ones face and body, whether it be for a short time, or for the sun fans, long periods of time. Mystical mysteries of the all natural, and our every day living. Some of my research has led me to the following great information, much of below may be quotes from information that I have found and could not word it better. I just find it fascinating~funny how pets just *seem to know* some of these things, but then how many of us really ever stop to think about these things. "It's a normal part of their diet," says Holly Frisby, DVM, of Doctors Foster & Smith, Inc. in Wisconsin. Wild canine relatives of dogs--wolves and foxes--eat all of an animal when they catch it. They end up, therefore, eating grasses and plants in the intestines of these animals. Domestic dogs, eating prepared dog food, lack this part of their diet and so they eat grass. "They just like it!" Frisby also says. She mentions a beagle that picks raspberries faster than his owner. Another reason: dogs may eat grass when they have an upset stomach in order to cause vomiting. "The grass will bind with the offending material. Then the grass acts as an irritant and causes the dog to vomit, bringing up the poisonous material at the same time," says Celia Feiler, DVM, of Winston Veterinary Hospital in North Carolina. Finally, dogs may appear to eat grass, says Feiler, when they are just running the blades through their mouth to gather information. Their sense of smell and taste may act together to detect if other animals have walked through their area or urinated on the grass. According to the famous physician of Rome, Dr. Tilani in ancient Rome there was no physician for almost 600 years. The reason was that there was no need of a physician. The ancient people of Rome used sun rays, exercises and fresh air and water to keep themselves hale and hearty. In those days Rome was a very powerful kingdom. According to the natural physician Dr. Remson The nature has gifted us with so many boons to keep the body healthy and for attaining to longevity. But we have forgotten these divine natural boons and we keep consuming poisonous medicines with so many side effects. By using medicines we not only waste money rather also ruin our health further. Don't we need to reflect upon this? In the Roman language Helio means sun and therapy means a system of cure. In ancient Rome Heliotherapy or rays of the sun and their various colours were used to remedy several diseases and ailments. The use of colours for cure is called Chromopathy. Chromo means colour and pathy means system of cure. All things are coloured. The stars and planets too emit certain colours. When the animals and birds in the wild get ill they imbibe sun rays early in the morning in order to cure themselves. Through sun bathing one can effect a cure without having to resort to medicines. But the unfortunate thing is that today humans are failing to benefit from this science. Sun rays have many colours which make the air pure and destroy the microbes present in the atmosphere and the water. This goes on naturally and all by itself. The ancient Rishis used to worship the sun and realised that sun rays could help one regain lost health. Through the sun rays even chronic and old ailments could be cured permanently. It is said that the sun is a witness to all and it is sun that wakes one up from sleep. It is due to the sun that all can work and be active. All living beings of the creation depend on the sun. The sun removes physical, mental and spiritual weaknesses and makes one healthy and long lived. For ailments of the heart, eyes, jaundice, leprosy and weak mind sun could be helpful. It is stated that there are seven names of the sun which represent the seven rays of the sun. The ancient research and beliefs of some revealed that the sun has seven rays. The theory of the wheel of seven colours propounded by Newton and according to modern science if the seven colours namely violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange and red are painted on a wheel and if the wheel is then rotated fast then one gets to see the white colour. This is why we see that the sun is white. The seven colours of the sun are very good and important for the health. If early morning one has a sun bath and allows the sun rays to fall on one's body then one could free the body of all ailments and increase one's intelligence. Following are the gains of sun ray therapy. 1. Where sun rays are allowed to fall there cannot be any ailment. 2. The sun rays are free of side effects. By the use of sun rays in fact the body could be made active and healthy and one could enjoy life to the full. Describing the benefits of sun bathing and the effect of the various colours of the sun rays it is said - i.e. The heat from the sun increases perspiration and removes all ailments. It also enhances body power and enthusiasm. It removes all imbalances of the three humours namely air, bile and cough. It also cures leprosy, fever, pain and weakness. Through sun ray therapy a person could attain victory over all diseases and become long lived. One can increase energy in the body and live to an age of hundred. From the sun rays one gets vital life energy and also heat both of which make the body healthy and long lived. The sun rays are also instrumental in producing the ozone gas which protects the earth from harmful ultraviolet rays. Ozone increases the body power and makes the blood pure. It also makes the heart strong and the bones powerful. In ancient Rome there used to be many solariums where sun ray therapy was done to remove ailments. Following is the method of sun ray therapy. Bring pure water of the rain or of a mountain stream and fill it in bottles of various colours. Close the mouth of the bottle and seal with clay. Then place the bottles in sun. After two or three days the effect is produced in the water and the water becomes miraculous. It has the property of removing ailments. Make the patient drink a bit of the water daily and soon he would be free of all ailments. According to the expert in this field Dr. Levit water from a red bottle energises the body. Such water also removes ailments of the skin. Water from yellow bottle cures constipation and urinary disorders. Water from blue bottle cures chronic skin diseases better than even potassium permagnate. Water from orange bottle increases the appetite. Water from green bottle cures ailments of eyes, influenza and Syphilis. Water from indigo bottle makes blood pure and cures disorders of blood and liver. Water from violet bottle cures ailments of nerves. Following is the experience of some experts regarding this therapy. 1. If a patient suffering from small pox is made to lie in a red room and made to drink water from red bottle he becomes cured in a few days. 2. If one suffers from paralysis then too one should be put in a red room and made to drink red bottle water. 3. For hay-fever and for weak mind never use colour red or the person shall become more ill. 4. For those suffering from cold, liver disorders, constipation, jaundice, kidney trouble, bronchitis, pneumonia and disorders of the digestive tract water from yellow bottles should be used and one should be made to live in a yellow room. 5. For retardedness of brain keep the person in a blue room and make him drink water from a blue bottle. 6. By keeping a person in a green room and by making him drink water from green bottle eye trouble could be cured and the mind made more sharp......... by Dr. Devidutt Aacharya (MD) Again just a few tidbits for thought in such a busy world! So next time you catch your pooch taking in some rays..................smile, dogs know best! True Story My newsletters are meant to be informative updates or opinions that I have formed based on my research and years with this breed, and/or discussions with other breeders or veterinarians. This newsletter is not meant to compete with any other lists or newsletters, but is merely a tool to help keep MY buyers and other pei owners up to date on what is going on with this breed, via opinions or researched data, and to share my knowledge/beliefs according to what I have WITNESSED over the last 20 years. Feel free to invite any one to join. Copies of these newsletters may be forwarded with my permission only. This is a story that I just have to tell, it is just so beautiful and I dedicate this story to Jim and his Kayla! I get a lot of emails on a monthly basis, from shar-pei owners all over the world. Some with questions, some with emergencies and some with such human heartwarming stories, that sometimes it is overwhelming. This is a true story, and has probably moved me more than any story I have told in a very long time. I got an email from a man, distraught, I could feel the heartache in his email, and more I knew his pain, as I was more than familiar with THIS pain. They had just put their 2 year old shar-pei named Kayla down, as there was nothing more that could be done for her, and he was feeling a little like he did not know where to turn and what to do with the guilt he was feeling and exactly how to handle the loss, as is normal for us all after something like this happens. My reply and consolation to him was "that there is nothing worse than what you go through when you have to do something like this, I know I have done it many times, and a piece of my heart went with every shar-pei that I loved, and there have been many in 20 years. After his death, I went to see my psychic, someone similar to John Edwards that does the TV show Crossing Over, as I am a true believer in life after death, and my psychic told me that I had a black dog walking at my side now and always. It was Boo, as this was only a week after I lost him. I now believe that even though they are not with you physically, trust me that they are with you in spirit and around you always.........................and that they want you to replace that love until they meet you again, and that WILL mean bringing a new love into your life.............. yes another one, and not to feel guilty. They have a way, each one, of making life so full and when they pass on they are truly around now and always, as eternal life is for us, so it is for our beloved pets and my best advice, START looking for another one to love, never forget Kayla...............she will guide you to her replacement, when you are ready. After I sent that email, I received a short email back thanking me for my comforting words, but he had also told me something that to this day, brings tears to my eyes, and that I will never forget, he told me on Kayla's last day at home with them, it had just snowed and they let her out to go to the bathroom, and then he had to put her to sleep but that night he looked out his bedroom window like he always did when she was out for her last run and watched her romp at bit, and I guess she new he watched her from there, he saw that she had run around in the back yard on her last run and all he could NOW see in the yard were her footprints, from the night before, she had run around in such a manner that her prints made and left the shape of a huge HEART in the snow, where she had run...............WOW what a heartfelt way to tell them she loved them, and to say goodbye. Not too long after that email, several weeks passed by and I got another email from him, attached were several photos................he said, this is where Kayla has led me, and attached were photos of his new rescue, a beautiful chinese shar-pei, that was to now take on the love, where Kayla left off. WOW! Do you believe! Thank you both for this true heartwarming story, and I dedicate it to Kayla!! Back To Home These pages are copyright 2010 Shar-Pei Canadiana. Original Web Site opened October 25, 1997, and was closed as Geocities shut down. Web page designed by Vicky McBeth. |
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