This dog has not rolled over on her back for a tummy rub for years since her back was broken. She just turned herself over tonight and relaxed. She let me stroke her tummy, and then slip my hand under her back for some warmth. The swelling in her back has gone down so much. This is three days after stopping the Rymadil.

she must have let me stroke her tummy for twenty minutes. Normally she won't even allow a scratch behind the ears. It's like she is on chill pills and go juice on her walks. It's like every day we are turning the clock back. Today and yesterday she has been laying on her tummy with her back legs out. She hasn't done that for about five years. She sort of shuffles along with her front paws, and pushes with her back paws as though she is going down a rabbit hole.
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I am going to rave about this a bit, I am so happy the dog's French Vet recommended this product for her.

The product is called Rhumatyl. It's made by a company called Boiron. If your dog is suffering from arthritis and rheumatism check this out with your Vet. The results after five days are astounding.

I phoned the Vet in France to tell the receptionist (in French even)
how amazing the difference in my dog has been in just five days.

She is even running up the stairs, jumping on the chairs like a gazelle, really trotting out like a dog half her age. Her appetite is back, she gets herself up earlier in the mornings and has a jolly good shake and stretch. Her ears are all perked up and well forward, and she has got a loud bark back.

Poor dog, I think she was in so much pain she couldn't even bark. She has been on 20mg of Rymadyl for over 18 months, and I don't think it was working for her any more. Our French Vet said try this homeopathic remedy for three weeks. After about five days try taking her off the Rymadil.

​Tomorrow is the day we trial this product without the Rymadil.

I had a fantastic walk with her on the sand dunes for well over an hour, It made me feel so much better having a good stride, rather than meandering along patiently waiting for her. She even had me running up a slope! I was shocked at how out of condition I have got due to not walking briskly with her.

This product works for cats as well, but I won't mention that to the dog.

I am wondering if I should visit a homeopathic practitioner. Perhaps they would have something to lift my winter blues, my achy knees, and sore back where I fell off the horse a few years ago. 

The thing is with the dog, she doesn't know she is getting the medicine because I put the drops in her buttermilk which she has with water to help her digestion. She had terrible colitis for a long time. Turns out a tablespoon in her water three times a day works a treat. Except she now won't drink water unless she is dying of thirst!

Well I just thought I would share how happy I am. I prayed for her about two weeks ago that we would find some relief for her pains, which were getting very bad. The answer to prayers come in so many unexpected ways. 

I think this company do send products overseas, I checked to see if I could buy it in UK, but only by getting it sent from France.

Please do check with your Vet before giving it to your dog though.

My dog is taking Vetmedin and Prilactone for heart problems, which also didn't seem to bother her today! The French Vet says the homeopathic medicine does not affect any other drugs my dog is taking.

we have had a very foggy damp day today, and normally that would have really slowed her up.

She is now sleeping stretched out and relaxed, which she hasn't done for months. 

Just hope if you have an elderly dog or cat suffering like mine was you can think of trying this product, obviously I do not have anything to do with the company, and would never want to go down the route of product endorsement. 

I will give an update on her progress in another week after stopping the Rymadyl.

Happy me. Happy dog. 

​God bless you, and hope you find healing.

I taste a  sliver of cynicism running through my favourite raspberry ripple ice cream. Rather like putting dark chocolate chips in it. They just shouldn't be there. (Perhaps white chocolate chips could pass as being acceptable on occasion, but dark chocolate chips in a Jersey rasbery ripple just would not work).

Well that's how I feel about Turkey right now. 

They have just ousted all 'internal opposition', and cosied up very snug to Russia. Now they are causing riots in Europe, saying that their diplomats can't hold rallies.

The question I have to ask is, 'Would it be feasible for any other country to hold rallies for an ethnic minority in Turkey?'

Turkey is throwing it's weight about, and will sink Europe if the European diplomats are not very careful. This is exactly the right moment to be antagonistic, right before general elections that will give rise to a popularist backlash vote.

Within months Europe could be in chaos with its own political upheavals. 

Be careful, very careful how you vote in the upcoming elections in Europe. There needs to be a transition in governments that do not lend themselves to over reactive leaders who lead you into war on their Twitter account.

That Arch of the sky that just collapsed in Gozo seems to sum up their upcoming elections. The only serious contender just collapsed for bad personal accounting. Fancy not declaring income when you are going to run for president. Very sloppy. 

Still when it comes down to it none of the hopefuls have a clean fiscal slate. That pretty well levels the playing field. So I suppose the question reverts back to ideology and promises.

These French elections are as important as the recent UK vote on EU membership. I am fed up of calling it BREXIT. The word stinks. The concept stinks. The ideology that drives it stinks. The propaganda that drove it stinks, the losers stink, and actually the winners stink even more.

I didn't get a vote as I live in one of the Crown Dependencies. I was shocked at first, and then have tracked my own sense of mourning and loss over my sense of being European, even if technicality I wasn't. I still feel loss.

There is something we are losing in leaving the EU, and that is our voice. Our ability to shape and change Europe from within. We are a Major player in Europe. No as the UK we can't expect to play solo and still be part of Europe.

My concern about the French Elections is that the electorate will react the same way as the UK, and vote against a broken establishment, in favour of a far right wing ideology that does not have the support of the civil service.

I have a lot of respect for the civil service. It's a bit like the Church, an institution that doesn't like to change! I doubt if Marie Le Pen attains power she will be supported by France's Civil service. If I were a voter I would consider that. 

​I think the UK Civil service is dragging its heels over leaving the EU as well. The Civil Service in the UK are the ones who will really negotiate leaving the EU.

I am sick already of 'popularist' political decisions on the part of the electorate. We have to be very careful we as the working or retired 'poor' don't end up shooting ourselves in the foot with 'Robin of Sherwoods' arrow. Like electing Donald Trump. However, where was the choice? The elections were rigged for the US to put Trump against Clinton, and it backfired. Now the whole world has lost its grip, because America is on the brink of civil war.

I would suggest everyone 'get a grip'. That means sorting out home policy, spending and looking after people in your own country. That means everyone. Easier to give an amnesty to illegal immigrants and genuine people who have a right to stay. We all have so much to gain from each other.

Invest heavily in countries that need rebuilding, water, and infrastructure. Not for gain, but to make it a right, and a duty towards developing countries. Not to lose their identity, but to enable them to sustain their own people.

We do not need war machines. We do not need more casualties. We need a clean internet, not full of scams and pornography and gambling. We also don't want or need to live in a world of threats.

​God can bring down the Sky. If you want a threat, bear that in mind.

I have to say I have never liked the idea of Zero hour contracts. I think it is always better as an employer to make sure someone has a real sense of belonging to your business. There is a place for ZeroHors for the small business who can't make a commitment to a new employee, especially in service industries like mine was. (Hair and Beauty).

Where there is an onus on the employee to build a client base that covers their wages, and the tax, and social security payments a small business must make it can act as an incentive to put the employee on a Zero hour contract for six months during their probation, and motivation to work for an employer. I suppose this would transfer to any business. It is very difficult to see people with a genuine motivation to develop their career, when the attitude of 'you owe me' is inherent in the nature of the workforce.

I got a buzz out of swing my staff develop themselves. Thankfully they did, as I would not be able to retire when I did. My Staff bought me out when I could no longer work. I hurt myself badly in an accident and hurt my back. Now these wonderful people 'have my back', so I try to have theirs!

I think there needs to be an element of generosity in employers. There needs to be a real sense that in looking after the people who work with you for common goals get rewards. Sadly the governments don't see this. They don't seem to realise businesses are made out of individuals. There has become an impersonal, statistical, accountant driven, lack of concern over the people who work, need to live, raise children, and have a good home life balance.

I still think the concept of getting people working through 25 hour week minimum contracts that entitle the employee to a full pension is sound. This way couples who have children can be supported to continue with careers, and even work overtime where their family commitments allow.

This also works well for careers. Some people give up work to look after elderly parents and relatives, but the due to a gap in employment find it difficult to return to work. Why not pay the careers allowance, and allow these people to continue working part time, both for their own moral, and to pay into social security for their own retirement.

Anyway enough. I have spoken about this before.

Well Banksy has opened an Hotel in Bethlehem. Overlooking that wall! He must have designs on it, at least in mind. I wonder if the Israelis plan to wash the art off the walls once it's done! I did think it would be a Banksy dream come true building more wall!

Perhaps If I ever go there, I would see if we could afford to stay there. Art is so powerful. Banksy is a genius, and The odd photos I have seen of his statements are inspiring, questioning our viewpoint, and changing perceptions. A great place, and a great idea.

I hope the Irish elections go well. I am thinking of them. There was an article on RT describing how similar the situation in Ireland was, and comparing it to the Israel-Palestine situation. 

I watched a Ed a documentary on TV last night about the Genocide of the Jews in Europe. So unimaginably sad that ordinary people had such hatred for Jewish people that they shot Jewish people in the thousands for the Germans, and some interviewed still do not show remorse.

I began to understand more how this scarred psyche of the Jewish people drives this hatred of others. It is a founded xenophobia. However they will have to pass through this chasm of destruction, as the psalmist says, 'Lo, you guide me through the valley of death and I shall fear no evil'.

There is a point that one must move through the valley of death. Pass through it and move into new pastures that God spreads before the broken hearted, the dispossessed, the bitter anger of loss. God was there. God was there. Every one of those murdered people belong to Him alone.

God knows each one by name. They are with him in Glory as His Eternal companions. We can never understand why people are lost in this way. 

Genocide and Ethnic cleansing are still with us today. Until this stops God will withhold his Face from us. There will never be a blessing for this broken world while we do not hear God imploring us to protect our children, widows, sick, elderly and poor.

I pray we all have a broken-hearted sense of our wrongdoing. I pray we decide to change, and to make the Words that God gave us in His Holy Bible our own words and actions.

Most of all it is our actions that single us out as people of God. May the words of our mouths, and the inclination of our hearts be turned to You, Lord most High.

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