Dear Friends,

Since selling my physical veterinary practice, many of you have been wondering if I have left veterinary medicine  and decided to  self indulge in beach runs, yoga and kite-boarding. Every time I hear this version, I want to  shout out “How could I”?! All these activities are just a way of recharging and giving me more energy and inspiration to work with you and your animal friends.

Leaving the clinic and the transition to online and telephone consultations has  given  me an opportunity to connect with people from different parts of the world. This way I am starting to get a better idea of what work is needed  for the animals of this  planet.

Freeing the time from my physical practice and all the duties  that  it involved,  I have  had time and energy to write,  create and be there for you in ways that I could not before.  With much more practice my Czenglish (Czech + English ) is slowly turning into English.. Something I thought was pretty much impossible.

After spending 6 days in the clinic of my friend  in a Vancouver suburb,  I realized that I needed to get  out  there and teach people simple  things from how to feed their pets, how to exercise them,  how to look after their needs, how to save money on veterinary care,  prevent chronic disease  and even  cancer.   Over the years I have learned to recognize which animals are likely to get ill in the future. Therefore one of my goals is  to teach you to recognize when “something is cooking” before it is too late.

Imagine, I even decided to ditch my fear of public speaking  and English writing because I   feel so strongly that I should not keep the gift of knowledge  I have received and have been very grateful for.

So often we hear or read that the society’s goal is to beat this or that  disease.  It seems like the  battle  is nowhere close to ending.  One of the reasons is that when conventional medical knowledge beats the disease, the body gets beaten in the process. The aftermath of this battle  often does not provide a better quality of life but survival with an array of new problems called side effects. The impact of stress and the way we lead our lives  on emotional and physical  level  effects hugely our health. Sadly, medical research and general public has been mainly focused on the external factors and largely ignore the importance of our state of mind.

My personal experience with watching  my brother, who had a  brain tumour, fading away and my father who suffered from prostate cancer makes me feel the urge to pass on the message even more.

At times when the standard of the medical system is measured  by the number of MRI scanners per capita,  I believe that we need to refocus the lens of our medical efforts on disease  prevention and life style  choices.  This applies to people and pets.

It is clear that the ball of change is  rolling,  otherwise you would not be reading these lines.

My goal is to bring you back to  a point,  where you, will become actively involved in your pets’ and your own healing process.  This  doesn’t mean that  you will never need to go and  see a vet or your family doctor. What I mean is that you will become more consciously aware of what deep inside you already know.

Many of  you have come up with ideas, others have referred  your friends and forwarded my newsletters to friends and family.  I would like to thank you for your special contribution. Together  we  can continue to create the much needed  shift on a greater scale.

Lets also remember that while we  are creating this shift,  we pay attention to spending more time with friends,  family, our beloved animal friends and even strangers who are our fellow “travelers” on this Earthly journey.  Lets embrace this process of our evolution with an open heart.

I hope you will enjoy the 6^th edition of Healing News.

With Gratitude

Dr. Peter Dobias