Hi everyone! Here is a little entertaining video of me walking through the Quinault rain forest with my mom to show her medicinal plants with loads of traditional uses. It’s a goofy video because my mom has a lot of personality (she is from the Bronx) and so do the plants and trees! I hope you enjoy it and enter… Read more →
Vegan taxidermy in Washington Park, NYC. This was a street fair in the park and the performer in back of the pigeons set up the red suitcase. Only 3 of the pigeons are real. The others are fake but they look so real! I think vegan taxidermy might replace the old style and it would be so much better for… Read more →
We left for Delhi in October and came home at Thanksgiving. India was crowded: In 2020 it will surpass China and have the largest population in the world. Self-sufficient in food, it is a rich country in soil and agriculture as well as in heart. Most Indian people you meet connect easily with each other and with outsiders. Everywhere you… Read more →
Minnie is a lovely girl but several times a night, several nights a week, her humans stood outside after she whined to wake them up with recurring diarrhea, cramping and nausea, so much so, her person told me, “I just assumed Minnie would never change.” The conventional veterinarians had tried several long courses of metronidazole (the drug of choice for… Read more →
Did you know yarrow is a powerful medicine for both animals and people? It is great for healing wounds topically and as a powerful diaphoretic (bringing heat from the core to the skin) but did you know it is a good heart medicine too? Probably because it can move blood and adjust circulation. I sat with one this summer and… Read more →
Did you know that recurrent yeast infections of the ear (otitis) have essentially two causes? One is water in the ear. The other is allergies! Max was allergic to all kinds of foods including minerals in the soil. Here he is with acupuncture needles on my table. The points are to strengthen his resiliency towards his allergens. His new diet… Read more →
Dr. Donna Kelleher featured in the August 2015 issue of Northwest Horse Source magazine where she talks about Liberty Horse training as a way to develop confidence and trust with your horse. Read the full article here on page 26. Read more →
It’s a banner year for salmon around the San Juan Islands so its a banner year for seeing Orcas. Here I am with L pod (I think) There were about 20 whales all around us. We did not get good photos. The last photo is a male as he is descending. If his full dorsal fin were exposed it would… Read more →
Western medicine tells us that viral papilloma warts will go away on their own but this dog developed three within 2 months that seemed to be growing, not regressing. He received a set of vaccinations within a week of the first wart showing up which reminds me of how dermatologists use a viral papilloma vaccine to treat it often with… Read more →
Tino has never been to the beach and is afraid of it like most horses. But he feels safe by my side because with liberty horse training the safest place for the horse is next to his person. Thanks to Dee Dee Murry for her photography. Here are some photos 🙂 Read more →
Chloe first came to me ten years ago with her inflammatory bowel disease. Medications and diet changes could not solve her ongoing diarrhea. But luckily, upon diagnosing her with multiple food sensitivities, her person was willing to cook. Look how bright she looks at sixteen years old. She is on herbs to strengthen her thyroid, liver, kidneys and heart which… Read more →
Butterfly is a lizard with a history of trauma to his pelvis and no use of his back legs and tail. Acupuncture is great for these cases where nerves are weak or injured. Laser and aqua puncture with vitamin B12 to help rebuild the nerves and reduce swelling and inflammation was very helpful for this lizard. Using Korean hand needles… Read more →
Lola is a Newfoundland with a five year history of urinary tract infections, sterile cystitis, urinary incontinence and medications. Receiving antibiotics off and on for all that time with only a surgery offered as an option, her new mom took her on and changed the game plan. Lola had knee problems and in Chinese medicine, the knees can be related… Read more →
Dr. Donna Kelleher was interviewed for and article on dog Car Sickness/Anxiety in the June 2015 issue of Whole Dog Journal. Five magic words: “Wanna go for a ride?” These six simple syllables are enough to launch some dogs into a dizzying display of tail-wagging leaps and spins in eager anticipation of the fun to be found in a car… Read more →
Raven is a Schipperke with a fiery personality and history of frequent seizures, itchy skin and urinary tract infections (UTIs). Her person brought her to me because she didn’t want to use pharmaceuticals to control Raven’s seizures. I treated her seizures with acupuncture and a prescribed diet that included herbs. Consistently adhering to the prescribed diet with herbs significantly reduced… Read more →
The wonderful folks at Wild Horse Rescue in Gilbert, Arizona need donations for wormers. If you are kind enough to send them a donation please specify what it is for. Here is their website: http://www.wildhorseranchrescue.com/aboutwhrr.html. I spent an evening a few weeks back with them. Here is a photo. Read more →
HI everyone, I was in the Methow, Washington state’s beautiful Eastern Cascade mountain area last week and walked into Sun Mountain Lodge, which does a lot of promotion on line. Luckily we were staying in a cabin in Mazama and not actually staying at the lodge. There was a big stuffed buffalo by the reception desk and if that was… Read more →
Emma had back surgery five years ago but still had severe spasms after surgery. Rather than stay on perpetual medications, she started getting acupuncture and gentle chiropractic to help the nerves work better. If the nerves are mis-firing onto the neuromuscular junctions, pain and spasms in the muscle result but acupuncture can greatly help restore proper spinal function and movement… Read more →
Parker is a Katrina rescue. The other puppies in his litter died and he suffered kidney problems as a young puppy. But his human has followed a holistic protocol, making him a homemade diet, giving him herbs and avoiding medications that could impact his kidneys. Today, eight years later, his renal levels are normal, better than when he was a… Read more →
Hi guys. I have been doing hatha yoga for fifteen years and it’s a life saver helping almost every medical issue. But last night I tried Bikram or hot yoga where the room is 105 degrees and you are encouraged not to leave. I walked in and everyone was flat out on the floor (presumably resting rather than passed out)… Read more →