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We are now one and a half years after the first Cannabis dose and have repeated the 10M dose twice in the last year.
The owners keep telling me how well he is. He is part of the group of dogs, he has a fit every so often: 2-3 times per month. They are mild.
Theo is happy and goes on walks, has good energy and is not bothered about the fact that his eyesight is poor. The urinary incontinence is fully resolved.
He still takes his pexion. They do not want to stop the medication. Whether the medicine is necessary or not... I do not know. For me it is the owner who decides how they want to proceed with the conventional medication. It is our job to work around this.
One of the difficulties in this case was the feed-back by the owner: she was always so positive for anything that improved.
I am not going to write a big piece of comments about this case. The case is as it is. I think this case shows an aspect of real-life homeopathic treatment with all its difficulties.
The explanation why I choose cannabis in the repertorisation is that this dog for much of his life lived as an ‘outcast’. He could even be happy at times living like an outcast in the dog family. Of course, all the confusion stuff is not bizarre for cannabis.
Here are 2 mores cases and a short discussion on cannabis to help you recognise the remedy in the future.
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What happens if you think you have cheated society?
case one
Bryn is a 10 year old border collie when I see him for the first time. He suffers with severe degenerative (hip dysplasia) arthritis of both hips. He had a hip transplant of the left hip 3 years ago which had kept him going well until now. The pain relief was not responding anymore (nsaid’s). The Xray pictures of the hips are appalling; there is so much degeneration and new bone growth. He receives Calc phos 9c daily for 2 weeks to which he responds very well. He further receives the remedy infrequently and does well for 16 months. Then things go downhill a bit.
We sit down for a full consultation.
Jan 2012
One day he vomits and collapses – the owner says he was as if dead. It happened after he ate a small chew, he vomited the chew back up. He has been taking painkillers for a year and they don’t have any effect any more.
‘He has been more grumpy to the other dogs keeping them off him. He is ok on his walks.
He goes and lies on the tiled floor as if he needs to cool down a bit at times. He could not do without the pack, he will keep going.