Essential Oils & Animal Behavior
I have always had a special interest in animal behavior and helping animals adapt happily to domestication. Essential oils make my work a whole lot ea…
Category: Natural Animal Care
Shape up for Spring, with essential oils
Spring! Everything’s full of energy and vigour and new life, bounding around enthusiastically like a foal. It’s time to shake off the sluggishness of winter…
How Animals Use Essential Oils Naturally
I live in Portugal, which is an aromatherapist’s delight. In my back yard (30 hectares/75 acres) aromatic plants grow wild. They include two types of…
Aromatic Strategy for Sweet Itch
It’s that time of year, Spring has sprung, the bird is on the wing, and so are all the flying pests! Those of you with…
Essentials oils protect against Fleas, Ticks (and other unwelcome guests!)
Aromatic protection Aromatic essential oils and hydrosols are your best ally in the fight against fleas, ticks and mosquitoes. Not only do they actively repel…
Essential oils for a dog’s hormonal imbalance
It’s spring time. I guess it’s natural that things ‘hormonal’ should become an issue. First of all Dharma Dog’s mammary glands expanded, and she was…
Caring for an older dog
Gipsy is an old dog now. As we walk meditatively around the block it is hard to remember the days when she would chase balls endlessly and run thre…
Horses and dogs self-medicate in the English hedgerows
It's May and I'm in England. The sun is shining brightly, the oak trees are out before…
Learning through animals
And on the Eighth Day!
I often mull over the fact that with our animals we play God, creating them in our own likeness: the nervous rider…