I must say that I felt as if  I had awoken  from a deep long sleep. For the last 10 years,  I had not worked in any  other practice other than my  own.  Coming to work to another practice made me realize that this  was  possibly  one of the best  things that  could have happened, to put me  in touch with reality and to feel an even greater sense of  purpose in continuing  my  work.

In fact, my friend is an open minded  practitioner and uses many holistic treatments. The biggest source of shock  was the alarming number of unwell  patients coming  into the practice for the  first  time.  Seeing so many over vaccinated,  poorly  fed, obese, arthritic,  sore and unhealthy  dogs and cats made me feel as if I  had left  my world and appeared in a foreign place.

Now, after finishing my  work  assignment,  I  see   clearly that selling my  clinic and dedicating my  future years to  public work, writing, education and holistic  care  research was the right decision.

I  see now  that  staying  at Healing Place would not have allowed the  time to do the most important  work;   to teach  about prevention and bring new treatments to broader  use  in the  field.

To  get  this  job done,  I need  your  help.  Together, we can   spread  the  word and increase    awareness. I  don’t  thing   there is one animal  lover  who  doesn’t   wish  the best for  his  pets.  The problem is  that this information is not  available and  we, veterinarians,  have been educated in a one sided system with the belief that healing should be the domain  of  conventional care.  I am not exactly sure if this is the result of  conscious brain washing or just  pure ignorance. However, there results are seen clearly.

I hope  that together,   we will be able to  organize  talks,  seminars, webinars,  write articles, books, produce audio, video and whatever it  takes to get the message  across.

Many  of you have already come with great ideas.   Thank you!

I will  be  looking  for  volunteers and hopefully, soon, for paid team members as well; people  with the skills and desire  needed to make  this  happen.

Here is my proposal for work in the 2009 – 2010 years

·       Organize “Food that Heals” – natural and raw diet  seminars.  If you  have a place and time and people  who would like to attend, I will do my best  to be there,  just  let  me know.  For those who  are out of  Vancouver,  we will be organizing webinars  and online  meetings so  no one  is  left  out.

·       Animal Healing Meetings – for those  who would like to  learn more  about  holistic healing for their pets.  We will be offering online group  meetings at a fraction of the cost of veterinary visits,  where we will  discuss  health   problems, their treatment  and prevention.  Stay  tuned  for more  info.

·       I have completed  the second  edit of 20 chapters of  my  natural  and raw diet  book. There are 5- 10 more to come.  The name of the book is   “ If dogs could cook”  ( they wouldn’t…).   My  aim is to  have the first smaller  print  out  by  the end of the year and hope that more and more people  will  realize how good  natural food  is  for their pets.

·       We have launched our 1^st signature product of our  new all natural holistic  pet  care line  “  Dr. Dobias Healing Solutions” and are  in the process of  preparing more  new products in the near future.   Once  again,  thank you for all your  suggestions and  ideas.  Remember,  we  are here for you and your  animal  friends and  need to know  what  you need or  can’t find on the market.·       We are also preparing a  professional  formula  line. We have the name and are waiting for the process of  approval and trademarking. However,  you will be the first people to know.  This  line is going to be distributed only through veterinary clinics and practices, with the goal of introducing natural and holistic treatment in veterinary practices.

• In the past,  I have tried to stay out of the politics of who is  wrong or right,  however, as  fate  would have it  I was  called upon by the BC Veterinary Medical Association, for the  first  time  in 20 years of practice, to defend  my  use of  homeopathy and  natural  treatment. Most of you do not  know  that  I published  a report and presented  my paper at  the World Small Animal Veterinary  Conference in  2006. This  report  confirmed that  hyperthyroidism in cats can be cured by homeopathic  treatments.  This is contrary  to conventional claims that  there  is  no  data  confirming that homeopathy  works.

• I feel that  the  time has come; that  we  need to provide more evidence  that  holistic  and natural treatments  work and  are needed for the well-being and health of our pets.  By blending the best of both worlds, we will be able to   reduce the medical  costs and more importantly, the  pain and suffering  of  many  animals  and people alike.

• I have made a commitment to  find  people, who are willing  to contribute and fund these  studies,  I will get  involved in their organizations and research.  Perhaps you  know someone you want to pass my message on to.

I hope  you will  receive   this  news  with excitement and enthusiasm.  I have great hopes  that  together,  we will be  able to  do  a lot of good work. I  also  trust that  we can  do it  without  focusing on the negative propaganda that attacks holistic health care, natural nutrition and homeopathy.  This negativity is based  on  fear by people who simply do not understand and some groups who have greater interest in destroying any form of natural and holistic healing.

I believe that sooner or  later the same people  may fall  ill and realize that  conventional  medicine  doesn’t always have  the answer.   This may open their eyes and closed minds to see the need for other forms of healing.   There is still a lot to learn and we have barely  scratched the  surface of the vast field of knowledge that  is  waiting  to be  discovered.  I hope that you will join me for this journey and also  pass this message on.

With gratitude for you support

Dr. Peter Dobias

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