Animal Hospital Nyon
“What a wonderful experience we have had here at the clinic, with both my cat and my dog. After three years in Switzerland, we cannot have asked for better care for both of my pets.”
Animal Hospital Nyon
“Mabel loves coming here. She loves her doctor and she gets great care.”
Animal Hospital Nyon
“The clinic is good, easy access and the staff is very helpful and friendly. The (the dogs) don’t mind coming here at all, I don’t have to force them out of the car.”
Animal Hospital Nyon
“This is Foster and he just loves to come here to visit Dr. Omaboe and his wonderful team here at Cabinet Vétérinaire.”
Animal Hospital Nyon
Part One:
“..we (still) have Cordy because of this clinic, because of Dr. Omaboe, and I highly recommend him and I highly recommend if you have the option to do this surgery because Cordy has not been in any pain whatsoever.”
Part Two:
“Cordy received some of the best care that I have ever seen any living being receive. They thought about Cordy unbelievably, they just took everything about him into consideration and just took the best care of him, all of them.”
Animal Hospital Nyon
“Swift is your biggest fan and likes to bring himself from the carpark ahead of me and wait by your front door to be let in and it doesnt matter how many injections or treatments you’ll give him. He loves you all the same.”
Animal Hospital Nyon
“He very much enjoys coming here, so much so that actually when we walk past the building he starts wagging his tail and pulling the lead as he was coming to see you.”
Animal Hospital Nyon
“..we were just unhappy to see her always feeling pain and obviously not so fully functional. She was scheduled for surgery, and just a couple of weeks before it became obvious that she didn’t need it anymore and that’s really wonderful. We’re very happy with this clinic and particularly happy that this treatment works so well.”
WHY IS MY DOG BARKING?
Sometimes we want our dog to bark – when he senses that there is a prowler about the house, for instance. Barking is a natural reaction to canine sensations such as fear or anxiety. If a dog is agitated or uneasy in a particular situation, he is likely to bark. But a dog’s constant barking can cause a lot of irritation for his owner, not to mention the neighbors. If your dog is barking for attention, be sure not to reward him with food or attention while he is barking. This will only reinforce and prolong the problem. If you raise your voice or physically punish a barking dog, it will only heighten his anxiety level and cause him to bark more. To calm a barking dog with long-term results, he must be properly socialized and exposed to new experiences through habituation.
Gradually exposing a dog to the situations which may make him anxious will quiet his fear and demonstrate to him that new stimuli are not necessarily dangerous. An anxious barking dog will react to new sights, smells, and sounds in a negative way, so it makes sense to make these things commonplace for him. Proper communication between a dog and its owner is crucial in the understanding of his behavior. A dog’s perception of the world around him is very different from that of a human’s.
Training your dog to stop barking should begin before the problem seems insurmountable. Creating distance between the dog and his motivation to bark by using a barrier like a crate or fencing is a good start. You may also want to distract the dog with another engaging activity. In the beginning, reward him with food or attention immediately after he stops barking. You may want to employ a common obedience command such as “stop” in conjunction with the reward. Then, as he progresses, increase the amount of time between his stopping barking and his reward. When you’ve noticed significant improvement, or that he’s getting the concept of no bark = reward, gradually move him closer to, and eventually introduce him to, the things that have caused him anxiety. By using socialization and habituation methods, you will show your dog that the stimuli for which he expressed so much anxiety are really nothing to worry about.
You may also choose to utilize a remote leash with a head halter. When the dog barks, a tug on the leash will pull the muzzle closed to stop the barking. The dog can then be rewarded if he remains quiet.
Remember, it may be necessary to consult with a professional obedience trainer or your veterinarian, should your efforts in calming your dog’s barking be unsuccessful.
The myth that debarking surgery is acceptable needs to be debunked. Your dog’s ability and need to bark are a necessary part of his nature. To take it away would be cruel and inhumane.
Geneva Veterinarian Sites NBA Playoffs as Mirrors to Dogs’ Holistic Pay Offs
Whether sinking lay-ups or laid up, NBA pros know the secrets to staying strong and bouncing back from injury…and holistic animal hospitals share their convictions.
Mies, Switzerland – June 8, 2009 – 2009 NBA Playoff season, as always, brings to mind the charisma, strength, and overall physical superiority that it takes to make it to the top. Holistic medicine has been used for the maintenance and recovery of NBA players for decades, but was once kept under wraps because of a taboo reputation. In the 21st century however, it’s kept hushed because players are wise to keep their success secrets for themselves.
NBA players have traditionally footed the bill for their own holistic physicians. Just a few of the players that have disclosed their acupuncture usage are Shaquille O’Neal (center, Phoenix Suns), Jason Kidd (point guard, Dallas Mavericks), Vladimir Radmanovic (forward, Charlotte Bobcats), Allan Houston (retired shooting guard, Knicks), and Dwayne Wade (shooting guard, Miami Heat). This trend is not surprising, considering that the Chinese have used holistic medicine for the maintenance and repair of their own martial arts masters for thousands of years.
Cabinet Vétérinaire International animal hospitals, headed by Dr. Nortey Omaboe, use that same thirst for success when treating canine patients. “Holistic medicine no longer has to be an afterthought, or used only as a complement to conventional medicine. Instead, when administered by a trained veterinarian, it can serve as the first and only method of treatment,” explains Dr. Omaboe, a veterinarian formally trained by an acupuncture professor who served as the Chinese Olympic team’s acupuncturist.
Acupuncturists, including Dr. Omaboe, insert needles below the skin at particular points along meridians. When done properly, this practice channels life energy, or Qi, to improve lung, immune, hormonal, and overall organ functions; and to speed healing. After more than 25 years of practicing holistic medicine, including canine acupuncture, Dr. Omaboe attests that, “muscoskeletal, nervous system, digestive, urological, and a variety of other dog health problems have responded positively to a treatment that comes with no side effects.”
Cabinet Vétérinaire International’s holistic approach doesn’t stop at canine acupuncture. The animal doctor also offers bioresonance therapy, in which dogs’ healthy organ and system energies are reconditioned; and biospectrum frequency therapy, in which the frequencies of various degrees are used to mimic those of a healthy dog’s system. All of these holistic treatments have three major points in common: They are drug-free, treat causes rather than symptoms, and result in no undesirable side effects.
Whether used to condition for a rebound or a fetch, holistic medicine is enjoying a return in both human and animal medicine – so that NBA players and canine patients alike can stay on the ball.
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