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Dog Takes the Cleanse
Yes, dogs can experience the
benefits of cleansing.
This one even drank cranberry juice.
 Jackie
sadly opened the car door and slowly reached for Sparky, her faithful
black cocker spaniel. The last time they had visited, Sparky had
leaped out of the car, and excitedly circled round and round, tangling
the leash around her legs. Jackie remembered how irritated she was.
But today Sparky would have to be carried into the veterinarian's
office like a baby. All of Sparky's spunk was gone.
As Jackie feared, the doctor had nothing
but depressing news for her. "Your dog is dying. He has a urinary
tract infection which has progressed too far for an operation. I'm
sorry. There is nothing we can do except put him down."
Jackie cried the whole way back to her
apartment. As she pushed open the back door it felt like the heavy
iron panel of a bank vault. She could barely put one foot in front of
the other as she trudged across her tiny kitchen. Then suddenly she
felt a glimmer of hope as her eyes fell on the Cleansing or Surgery
book she had left on the counter. "People's lives are being saved
every day by doing these cleanses," she mourned. "But what about
natural remedies for dogs? Is there some cleanse to help Sparky?"
Jackie could not bear the thought of losing
her dear friend. Tears filled her eyes as she imagined starting over
with a new pet. She lived alone and Sparky was such a comfort during
the long winter nights. But for the last few days, Sparky's strength
had drained away. He would not eat or drink and would moan when she
tried to touch him.
"Sparky, I have an idea," she mused.
"There's a recipe in this book for urinary tract infections.
That's what the vet said was wrong. Yes, here it is, all you need to
do is drink cranberry juice. Oh, Sparky, I've never known a dog
to like cranberries. But if you'll just give it a try, it might save
your life."
Jackie brought down from the cupboard the
cranberry juice she had purchased from the health store. With the
faith of a mustard seed, she poured a little in the dog's dish and
showed it to Sparky. The dog sniffed it and, miraculously, started
drinking the cranberry juice!
"I would not have believed it, if I hadn't
seen it with my own eyes," Jackie said later. "For the next several
days I set out cranberry juice and water, and Sparky, little by
little, helped himself to the juice, and later the water."
Within two weeks, Sparky was back to
leaping up on the bed to wake her in the morning. A few months later
Sparky accompanied Jackie to one of our retreats - still an old and
faithful dog - but healthy and contented. We noticed Sparky whirling
his leash around Jackie, nearly causing her to stumble. But this time
Jackie looked down at him and merely smiled. |
