CHOOSING REMEDIES FOR ANIMALS

Assess the characteristics of the animal exactly as for a person The following is a description of the Flower Remedies that make up Rescue Remedy, the most commonly used Bach Flower Remedy. Rescue Remedy is not a Flower Essence in itself but a combination of five of original Remedies. Once these five remedies are combined, the Rescue becomes an essence unto itself. It is different combined, than its individual essences.   Clematis:

• 1. Increases attention span and ability to focus on the training lesson at hand:
  • Guard dogs.
  • Hunting dogs.
  • Seeing eye dogs.
• 2. When the animal is comatose or unconscious for any reason; returning the animal to consciousness.
• 3. After any surgery to reduce the recovery time.
• 4. To return life to plants that are seemingly dead.
• 5. Stimulate growth after being dormant during the cold winter.

Impatiens:

• 1. Increases attention span and ability to focus on the training lesson at hand:
  • Guard dogs.
  • Hunting dogs.
  • Seeing eye dogs.
• 2.For the overly anxious animal:
  • At feeding times.
  • Before a race.
  • For animals that have epileptic-type fits especially when agitated by being overly excited or upset.
  • Impatiens is for any form of pain.

Rock Rose:

• 1. For any form of terror and panic:
  • After an accident, injury, fire or any terrifying event.
  • For the overly fearful animal that possibly was terrified sometime in their life. Fear does not dissolve naturally.
• 2. Rock Rose is for dauntless courage:
  • For animals that are used in service to mankind such as police or aquatic services.
• 3. For the courageous animal to accentuate their already innate abilities.

Cherry Plum:

• 1. For the animal that loses control, becoming crazed and wild:
  • For vicious animals that become dangerous when provoked.
  • For the high strung animal, including horses, that lose control easily.
  • For the animal that is destructive, losing control, tearing up the house or yard.
  • Losing control when seeing another animal enter into their territory.
  • To help retain control during mating season for both sexes.
• 2. To remain in control when:
  • In competition when stressed by strange people, noises, animals.
  • Training animals not to react to gun fire.
• 3. For the animal that becomes frantic when travelling:
  • Cats travelling in the car.
  • Horses that spook when being placed in trailers.
  • Flying in general for all animals.
• 4. For the animal that suffers from:
  • Seizures or anxiety attacks
  • Loss of control of bodily functions such as bladder control, possible dysplastic conditions.
• 5. The animal who chews himself or chases his own tail uncontrollably:
  • With allergies to grasses.
  • Staying away from stiches after surgery.

Star Of Bethlehem:

• 1. Star of Bethlehem is for all forms of trauma:
  • For the emotional trauma from the loss of a loved master or mate, especially those animals that mate for life.
  • Physical trauma after an injury of any kind.
  • Birthing trauma.
  • Traumatized from extreme cold or heat.
• 2. Star of Bethlehem is needed anytime comfort is indicated:
  • To give comfort to animals who were left alone or are in a kennel feeling unloved.
  • For an injured or ill animal who is required to remain at a veterinary clinic, during which time their owners are not there with them.
• 3. For plants that have endured a trauma from the elements or sustaining injury.

Agrimony:

• 1. For the stoic animal who never complains even when in obvious pain.
• 2. Any form of skin irritations that causes the animal to chew itself raw. Irritations from food allergies, pollens or grasses.
• 3. Tormented by irritating sutures causing the animal to constantly lick the wound.
• 4. When being tormented by ticks, fleas, or any parasites.
• 5. For the restless animal searching from place to place. Unable to get comfortable and settle in.
• 6. For the animal that paces back and forth. Wild animals unable to adjust to captivity.

Aspen:

• 1. For animals that "spook" easily including horses and birds.
• 2. When animals sense impending harm:
  • give before and during intense storms; thunder, tornado, flooding etc.
  • Earthquakes.
  • For animals in kennels when sensing that other animals have been euthanised and they are experiencing the apprehension that they are next.
• 3. Plants and trees also feel this apprehension when their surroundings are being destroyed by the machines of mankind.

Beech:

• 1. To cure those picky eaters who usually refuse their food, especially cats.
• 2. For the animal that barks, squawks, whines or complains all the time.
• 3. For intolerance or irritation from grasses.
• 4. For intolerance to the heat, humidity, or cold.
• 5. For intolerance towards children, other animals, especially if an older animal has to tolerate a puppy.
• 6. For animals who do not want to tolerate a new relationship into their house.
  • Cats who will spray on the belongings of their owner's new mate.
  • Dogs who attack or growl at their owner's new mate.
  • Birds who peck a new intruder.
  • Horses who act-up when being mounted by a new person.

Centaury:

• 1. For animals who do not stand up for themselves allowing other animals to push them around.
  • horses in corrals.
  • birds in cages.
  • cats abusing dogs or vise versa.
• 2. For the overly attentive, loyal animal wanting to please their masters at all costs.
• 3. Centaury increases their will to live, especially, when fighting an illness, after an accident or even during a very hard delivery.
• 4. For plants that have very feeble looking limbs and die easily, seemingly lacking the will to live, especially when surrounding plants easily crowd them out of their space and light.

Cerato:

• 1. For the mentally flighty, inattentive animal.
• 2. Use before training an animal especially if the animal is easily distracted.
• 3. During competitive show events to assure the animal's ability to be undistracted and to listen to his master's command.

Chestnut Bud:

• 1. To break bad habits:
  • Chewing shoes, getting in the trash, etc.
  • Dog chasing horses, the fence, cars, etc.
  • Dogs that eat eggs or chickens.
  • Horses that won't leave the corral.
  • Dogs that jump up on everyone.
• 2. For the animal that has a difficult time learning his lesson.
• 3. During any new training session to increase memory retention thereby, learning quickly and remembering the lessons being taught each day.
• 4. Increases a keen sense of awareness:
  • For training police dogs.
  • For hunting dogs.
  • For watch dogs.

Chicory:

• 1. For the animal who thinks they own you and the house:
  • The dog or cat who demands to be fed.
  • The animal who demands all of the attention.
• 2. For the overly possessive animal:
  • Whit her litter, especially when it is time for them to be weaned.
  • Being overly possessive with a family member, especially the children, on guard against anyone harming them.
  • Birds can be very possessive and many times are one-owned animals.
• 3. For the animal that is emotionally unable to let go of an old master or animal mate that they were very attached to.
• 4. The key word for Chicory is congestion:
  • If your animal shows signs of congestion in lungs or nasal passages, evaluated if you have been ignoring the animal. This congestion could be a sign of a need for more attention.

Crab Apple:

• 1. The cleansing remedy.
• 2. Spray mist your animal to rid it of animal odour:
  • Basset Hounds.
  • Ferrets.
  • Caught by a skunk.
  • After rolling in manure or garbage.
• 3. To alleviate the unclean feeling with an infestation of lice, fleas, ticks or any form of parasite including worms.
• 4. If poisoned, cleanses toxins:
  • Insect spray poisoning.
  • Contaminated food or water.
  • Actual poisoning.
• 5. For any infectious or open wounds or rashes of any kind.
• 6. To flush out emotional toxins if the animal is extremely emotionally distraught:
  • The owners abandoning the animal and left to die.
  • Being abused.
• 7. To detoxify after a cold or viral or bacterial infection.
• 8. For the animal who has a poor self image:
  • Not holding their head high during competition.
  • Cowering; hiding themselves.
  • After they have had their coats cut or shaved.
  • If the animal has been subjected to abuse.

Elm
- Anytime an animal is overwhelmed by rigors of travelling, such as horses travelling in trailers or airplanes.
- For being overwhelmed by something. Horses being shod, too many strangers in their space, being placed in unfamiliar territory.
- for easily-overwhelmed, high strung horses.
Genetian
- For set backs of any kind, such as being relocated, sold or given again and again.
- For long illnesses or when there is a relapse.
- Depression resulting from the set back experienced by an animal when, for example, it's baby dies.
- For horses that have had a bad experience due to injury or an abusive trainer and now has little initiative to re-begin a training routine.
  Gorse
- Gorse is indicated when there is a challenging situation where there are signs that the animal has given up or feels that the condition is hopeless. For example: A horse badly abused or abandoned needing to have their hope of living restored; a critical injury or surgery, for a horse that has been severely neglected.
  Heather
- For the horse that has to be the center of attention.
  Holly
- For horses who are known to be mean and dangerous.
- When the horse is performing unacceptably. Being dangerous, or a horse causing other horses to react.
- To be taken when mare rejects her foal.
- For the surrogate mother and adopted baby to accept each other.
- When there is a need for more love such as in abused and neglected horses.
Honeysuckle
- for the sulking horse that is lamenting the loss of their master, mate or baby caused by death or separation.
- For horses that have been over-exerted or exhausted.
- For horses that do not perform well when away from home.
Hornbeam
- For the horse that appears mentally lethargic and tired during riding but when it is freed it jumps about with plenty of energy to spare. Or, for the horse that peps up when near the barn.
- For race horses to face the race and jump out of the shoot first.
Larch
- To increase confidence. For the horse that has had their confidence beaten out of them, or for the horse that performs better in pairs.
  Mimulus
- For known fears such as thunder and lightning, crossing water, of strange noises, of strange objects. - For the shy, timid, fearful, or abused horse.
Mustard
- For the horse that is experiencing very deep depression.
- For the horse that has personality changes when "in season".
Oak
- For the horse that is a hard worker yet seems to be over burdened, needing to struggle with the task at hand.
- to rebuild the strength of horses that have been starved or mal-nutritioned, over bred, over worked, over exposed to weather extremes.
- Take Oak in preparation for strenuous times ahead.
Olive
- For exhaustion from an especially long ordeal, as in the case of long term pain or abuse caused by the elements, an illness, man's cruelty or predators.
- If plagued with allergies that cause the adrenal system to become exhausted.
Pine
- Pine is the suffering remedy. The Pine type will take it upon themselves their master's pain or illness.
  Red Chestnut
- For use when an animal sense impending danger such as: tornadoes, earthquakes, hurricanes, being taken away to the vet or being put to death.
  Rock Water
- Increases flexibility for animals that have stiff joints and muscles. Massage topically into stiff sore joints and muscles. Will achieve a more fluid gait.
- For the stubborn or cantankerous horse who refuses to flow with when forced to adhere to a new set of rules. Is uncompromising and inflexible.
  Scleranthus
- For the horse that has equilibrium difficulties. For horse that are clumsy.
- for neurological confusion - such as might happen with some kinds of seizures.
- For mares with "yo-yo" hormones that often cause "yo-yo" emotions.
- For horses that suddenly buck or bite.
  Sweet Chestnut
- Give Sweet Chestnut during competitive events when the horse shows sign of fatigue that indicate it might not finish the event. Sweet Chestnut strengthens them mentally so that they can perform well physically.
- Sweet Chestnut is for endurance energy and therefore, ideal to tap hidden reservoirs of energy before a physically taxing event.
- To prevent burn out.
  Vervain
- For the very intense, hyperactive, high energy horse. This type of horse appears to have inexhaustible energy. This type is anxious to learn but is often difficult to teach because it has its own way of achieving a lesson's objective.
  Vine
- For the horse that thinks he is the "master" and rules the barn, stall or pasture.
  Walnut
- Walnut protects against outside influences such as insecticides, pollution and sensitivities to pollens and grasses.
- Protects by insulating the horse due to changes in its environment - new owners, new barn or when travelling.
- Walnut eases hormonal cycles.
Water Violet
- Water Violet is indicated for the horse that prefers to be left alone, especially when ill.
- For horses that never receive attention and are forgotten by their owners, rarely being released from their stall.
  White Chestnut
- White Chestnut works to quiet and still an animal's mind during training sessions or competitive events, enabling them to listen only for their master's command.
  Wild Oat
- For the horse that appears depressed, possibly because it is idle and not doing what it was trained to do.
- To create more opportunities to win competitive events.
  Wild Rose
- Wild Rose remedies apathy as its virtuous action evokes the happiness and jubilation for life necessary for: horses confined to stalls and never let out, helping old and grouchy horses to have more fun, for horses that have lost their spirit.
  Willow
- Willow is basically for resentment which is caused by feeling victimized by an abuser.