Your furry friends

Having an animal is a big responsibility. It is not just feeding them the species appropriate diet and walking - they have their own emotional needs and react to ours.

Our dog Pepper is scared of the thunderstorm. She may be sensitive because her kidneys were so damaged by toxins when we adopted her. In fact, I'm not sure what was not sick in her body - the blood tests when she was 2 were so bad. The food she came with was full of toxins! I started giving her real food she was not familiar with. She thought that a carrot was a toy :)

Now she is 13 1/2 , spunky, energetic and happy most of the times. She is loved by our family and friends.

When there is a thunderstorm, I close all the windows, turn the radio or a TV on loud and try comforting her. I may also use a blend of essential oils with valerian in it and other oils.

In the picture is Cheddar - my son's adopted cat.

My son got Cheddar at a shelter when Cheddar was a few months old. Poor kitten had a gash in his head and was isolated from others in a crate, all alone.

Soon after staying with my son Cheddar started having epilepsy. No-one is sure what exactly caused it, but now Cheddar is 2 years old and has no seizers.

He is on organic food. I feed him raw ground chicken and he loves tuna.

When he was younger, he was more adventurous eating raw goat cheese and milk, sweet potato, etc.

He was smart to add fresh grass to his diet for fiber.

Cheddar loves to go outside in the early morning, daytime and evening. Cats, just like almost any mammal, need sunshine.

How often do we realize that what we put into our system either makes us healthy or sick. Besides, when you are not well, think of bills, worrying and time spent getting well...

I wrote a story about Cheddar. In that story Cheddar talks about our dog Pepper.

docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Whbgy5k4YGm9bCGPdB5qfFYuwGb_cqW58Rb3p14a54Y/edit?usp=sharing

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