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VIDEO: What Are the Essentials for Healing?

Since 1990, our approach to animal health and wellbeing has progressively shifted from a completely conventional approach to a more holistic one (although we still use conventional approaches for acute situations if needed). We’ve definitely followed the wisdom of the animals as we’ve made this fascinating journey! As a result, BrightHaven has developed into a … Read more

Have You Seen Our New Facebook Feature?

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As part of our 2016 education program expansion plans of sharing with the community what we’ve learned over the years from BrightHaven’s wise and wonderful animal teachers, we’ve started an exciting new weekly feature on our two Facebook pages. You will learn about holistic medicine and animal hospice the BrightHaven way! What Our New Weekly … Read more

Celebrating the Life of a BrightHaven Lion

Gail Pope’s heartfelt farewell (see below) to Tarka clearly shows BrightHaven’s key tenets, which also apply to animal hospice care: Animals are sentient beings, capable of conscious awareness, feeling and suffering. They deserve an environment and conditions that allow them to achieve a state of well being throughout their entire lives. Animals are always true … Read more

What Forms the Foundation of the Best Animal Hospice Care?

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The answer to this riddle: human hospice care! Guidelines for Human Hospice Care The guidelines for hospice care for humans have been very carefully created over many years and form the foundation for animal hospice upon which we must all build: Hospice is a special philosophy of care designed to provide comfort, support and dignity … Read more

Inspiring Life Lessons from 3 Awesome Animals

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Senior, disabled and chronically ill animals are often viewed with pity and sadness. At BrightHaven, these special beings are respected as wise professors, teaching willing humans a lot about the circle of life and how to live each day to the fullest, regardless of one’s circumstances. Here are just a few of their stories. Jackie’s … Read more

What a Beautiful Cat Taught Us About Natural Death

Once again, one of our animals helped to shift our thinking and led us to the natural path of death, which became part of BrightHaven’s Menu for Healing. BrightHaven’s Gail Pope shares Mariah’s story: “In BrightHaven’s early years there was no such thing as natural death for us, as we believed euthanasia was always the … Read more

More Of What Makes BrightHaven So Unique!

In our last few blog posts, we’ve explored various ingredients (linked to the respective post) of BrightHaven’s Menu for Healing, which is the foundation to our approach to living well through the last breath for all of our animals: • Love • Diet – raw meat based, fully supplemented • Diagnostics • Classical veterinary homeopathy … Read more

What Do You Know About Classical Veterinary Homeopathy?

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Classical veterinary homeopathy is a key ingredient of BrightHaven’s Menu for Healing, which is the cornerstone of BrightHaven’s unique approach to living well through the last breath! Meaning of Holistic vs. Homeopathy Before talking more about this fascinating subject, it’s important to understand that homeopathy is a holistic modality. Oftentimes people get confused between the … Read more

The BrightHaven Animals Know All About Love!

This photo of cherished BrightHaven legends Joey (left) and Sammi truly radiates unconditional love. At BrightHaven, we believe that love is such an essential, transformative and powerful healing force, we celebrate it each and every day! The unquestionable understanding of the importance of love to living a full life is but one example of the … Read more

What Makes BrightHaven So Unique?

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The expansion of our education program is a great time to revisit the foundational principles that make BrightHaven so unique—it’s all about the way we work and the results we get! Our Menu for Healing Since 1990, our approach to animal health and well being has gradually shifted from a completely conventional approach to a … Read more