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ANIMAL
FREINDS THAT HAVE GONE ON, WHO HAVE LEFT LARGE PAW, HOOF, OR
CLAW PRINTS IN OUR HEARTS!!!
THE RIVER OF HORSES I look into the dark pools of the pony's eyes. Her pain has distanced her from me-- as if she is looking up from some deep canyon. I wait for the vet to come, press my forehead to her sweet, suffering face. My human tears, the only comfort I can offer, break loose from clenched eyelids to wet the rough hair of her cheek. From the depths of her pain, I hear a far-away thunder. Like white water rushing wildly through a deeply cut arroyo. What I hear is not water, but resounding hoofbeats-- a stream of countless galloping horses sharing the exaltation of their one fluid soul. It is a river of horses. Calling the pony to join them. Offering her rightful place among them. Washing away her pain with their joy. We pull the pony back. To the vet's needes in an occluded vein to the aching calls of a small girl-child who loves her beyond the measure of all tears. In her eyes I still see the river of horses, yet she forgives us our guilty love, our clumsy attempts to save her life. She stays to teach the child. To trust that what we no longer see still exists. To know a wholeness greater than pain. To understand that sometimes the most loving embrace is an open hand. I stretch my arms to hold a pain beyond my reach. I watch, with an ache in my womb, as child-soul is made tender and open by a pony's terrible need to die. The child, guided only by a communion of deep animal-knowing, learns to first touch that compassionate knife to her own breast, helps her freind to cross unseen waters, alone. The pony looks back at the child, blesses the living with soft eyes and goes to take her place in the river of horses. Set free through a hole in a little girl's heart. -----------Ronni Sweet from Animals as Teachers & Healers by Susan Chernak Mc Elroy |
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"Dear Dr. Snell, Thank you, very much for administering to
Nipper, who at 21 years of age, was begining to fail due to
old age and kidney problems. Nipper required daily
subcutaneous shots of Sodium Chloride Soultion to flush his system,
for six years previously. About mid-October most hope was
begining to "fade". My other Vets had done a very good job
with Nip but we were at the end of options. Upon hearing of
Dr. Snell's Holistic type of aproach with good results I
consulted with her and staff. Dr. Snell felt she could
compfort him, with a herbal aproach, and some manipulation, and
some nerous system stimulation. She was very very kind
and sensitve to Nip and his neeeds. Dr. Snell Rx'd a Bach
Flowers mixture specifically tailored for his particular
problem. This worked very well for eight to
nine months. (More than he was expected to live.) Any time I requested help, Dr. Snell
was available. She would even call to see how he was doing,
serveal times. I was very grateful! Alas, at about 11 - 12 months after
first treatment Nipper's lifeforce was running out, his last month
was hard, simply there was nothing more anyone could have
done for him. Dr. Snell went "all out" for Nip right from the
begining . I had and extra 8 - 9 months of quality
life, for Nip thanks to Dr. Snell's good work!! Thank you, |
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"To all fellow readers, Dr. Sandy Snell is a wonderful person,and a great vet, but most
important in my eyes she was sent from God.
Years ago I bought a brindle boxer, her name was Lady Brandy
Sable (Brandy). I had her 3 days when she suddenly got sick. I took
her to our previous vet who said she had a bad heart and would have
to be put to sleep.
I was not satisfied with this decision since she was just a
puppy and found Dr. Sandy and called to get a 2nd opinion. She said
to bring Brandy in right away and she would run some tests. The
tests showed she had Corona (similar to parvo) and immediatly
started an i.v. It was touch and go but Dr. Sandy stayed up all
night with Brandy. The next day she was doing better but had to be
watched for a couple more days then came out cured, that was our
1st miracle.
The next mishap was when Brandy scratched her cornea and Dr.
Sandy saved her eye.
We had to have Brandy fixed do to the corona which made it
dangerous to have puppies.
Over the years Dr. Sandy performed 1 miracle after another
do to Brandys mishaps which earned her the nickname "Dirt Dog"
given to her by myself and Dr. Sandy.
As time went by Brandy developed hip displasia and thyroid
problems which Dr. Sandy treated with medication and acu-pressure
which made getting around much easier for Brandy.
When Brandy was about 8 yrs. old she developed kidney
infection which would not go away despite Dr. Sandy making a home
visit to try anything she could.
The next day Brandy could barely walk but made it outside
when Dr. Sandy came to look after her. At this time there was
nothing else anyone could do so we had to put her to sleep. Dr.
Sandy sat there with us on the sidewalk and balled her eyes out
along side of us.
Dr. Sandy is an angel in my eyes and I still take
our boxer Chance and our rat terrier Cesar.
Dr. Sandy and I share a bond and gave Brandy and I the best
8 yrs. of our life together.
Dr. Sandy I truly love you and believe you were sent from
God.
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3/2/2005 Dear Dr. Snell,
I just wanted to let you know that we said goodbye to Miss Willow today. It was the hardest thing we ever had to do, but because we loved her we did it. She did not deserve to suffer. I thank you for all of your help; I do believe that your treatments gave us more quality time with her. I've attached a couple of pictures since you never got to see her healthy and happy. Heathly and happy is how I will remember her and I believe that she is somewhere wonderful waiting for me. I will miss her terribly but am so happy to have had her as a friend, even if it was for such a short time.
Sincerely,
Michelle
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KENYA SNELL |
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BONNIE &
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CHICKASAW
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TAFFY SNELL |
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EDWARD
URBANSKI
4/4/07 Hi, Dr.
Snell... I've also included a picture of
Edward and I back when we were still doing our jumping thing about
7 years ago! He let me fly with him over those jumps and I
was never afraid for one moment when I was on his back! Thank
you for letting me know he visits me still...a day hasn't gone by
since I lost him that I haven't thought about
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TORI
26 Aug. 1998
And God saw that the young beast was undisciplined, and did relieve itself carelessly in unsuitable places, and did devastate the shoes and the books and the fingers of men with
its teeth, and did as well whine very sorrowfully and very loudly all the night. And God saw this, and knew that no man nor indeed any woman would desire to raise up such a beast. And so God gave to the beast a thick coat of fur that made the beast soft to the woman's touch, and deep, intelligent eyes, and a tail which did not cease from wagging, and big fuzzy ears which were all very fair in the sight of the woman. And God made the beast to lick the face of the woman, and to love the woman, and did call the beast "puppy". And God saw what He had done, that it was good.
And the woman took the puppy home and they did love each other. But the woman saw that the puppy was indeed undisciplined and did tirelessly seek to destroy her house. Then the woman said to the puppy, "No longer shall you mess in the house, but henceforth you shall do your business outside." And the woman did praise the puppy greatly when it relieved itself in the woods, but was not pleased, no, not even a little bit, when the puppy did relieve itself on the bed.- And the puppy came to understand the woman's meaning when she did utter, "No!"
And the woman showed to the puppy bones of rawhide, and tennis balls, and rags tied in knots, and said to the puppy that it might chew on these toys. "But," said the woman, "No longer shall you chew up my hands or my feet, nor my best shoes, nor Grampa's cane, nor Shakespeare nor any other book, nor chocolate bars, nor underwear stolen from the laundry basket, nor my towel after I bathe, nor any piece of furniture, nor your own excretion, nor anything else that I do not give to you as a toy. Neither shall you remove refuse from the trash baskets and strew it about the house in a decorative manner, nor drink from the toilet. Neither shall you jump on hapless visitors nor on the screen door nor on Grampa as he naps in his recliner. Yea, though you only desire to show your love, you shall not, for now your weight is eighty pounds and you do have frightful claws."
And the puppy sat and listened solemnly to the woman, and considered what she said, and licked her face when she had finished. And the woman, pleased, departed for work and returned. And, lo, the puppy once again threw itself upon her and jumped up and down with great joy upon dictionary pages
B through S which were scattered about and upon the unmentionable items from the bathroom trash strewn upon the furniture and in the pools of water around the toilet. And then the woman did take the puppy to puppy kindergarten, and did set frightful snapping mouse traps upon the bathroom trash and the toilet seat and the book shelf. And once again the puppy remembered the meaning of the woman when she uttered, "No!"
And it came to pass that the puppy did learn to sit and to heel and to stay and to come when the woman uttered these phrases, and the woman was well pleased. And in the puppy's
second year the woman sat the puppy down and said, "Now you are no longer a puppy. You have grown and learned much, and henceforth you shall be called Dog." And the woman and the dog did often walk in the woods and did leap from rock to rock in the pond and did climb over downed trees. And together they did eat of the berries and swim during the summer months, and together they did snap the dead branches off bushes and dig through the heavy snows which pinned the birch tops to the earth during the winter months. And though the dog did always seek to flee from all other dogs in a; manner most cowardly (yea, even small puppies reaching only(to its knees), yet the dog did stand valiantly between the woman and any strangers they did meet. And, indeed, the dog tifid bark to warn the woman when the grandfather carelessly wandered outside, and did lead the way out of strange woods when the woman was unsure. The dog was ever at the feet of the woman. The woman was well pleased with the dog, and did thank God greatly for His creation.
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BRYN Ancient wall of linked Amber Folk Resinous, honey colored light Linking the Sun from the Upper World Otherworldly essence of love so bright.
Patiently awaiting one at the Gate Ready to pass through the Veil Needing help to find her way Aboard the ship ready to sail.
"When you are ready" so she said "We will take good care of her for you" A final act of love we give to help Bryn into the amber Honey Hue.
Rollicking fun and bountiful feasting And so the Sun below does shine Birds to chase and time to sleep To enter listen for the windblown chime.
Life and Death and Death and Life We too will pass into the Amber Hue For one to the other does lead as we Await our time to renew.
Bryn Daniels August 26, 1994~July 25, 2009
I can never thank you enough for all the compassionate care that you gave our quirky little Bryn dog. Her passing was an act of love by all those there and my prayer was answered..that we all would see what was best for HER!
I can only give my love and friendship..please share this with Denise, Betty and Christina. Love and Blessings, Sylvia PS..The attached pictures of Bryn were taken on July 4th of this year at our family cookout...I think her personality is evident in the photo :) Second one is with me and my Mom.
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King was the most special dog and gave unconditional love to me and all those who he knew!
born april 8th 2001 gone to heaven with Dad and Mom september 26 th 2009 |
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