The Black and White of It

My dad became a believer one day when driving home with my mom through their neighborhood and an old, feeble dalmation hobbled out into the middle of the street and stood right in front of their car and wouldn't move.

He got out and went and fetched the owners from the house who were astounded because the old dog had never left the yard in all his long days. They got to chatting and told my dad about how the dog had been suffering from kidney failure and they had decided to have him put to sleep soon and were heartbroken about it.

My dad was then astounded because he had a lot of experience in treating kidney failure with diet through diets in Natural Health for Dogs and Cats by Pitcairn. He told them all about how he extended his poodle's life for five years this way.

The owners were open minded about it and excited and ran right out and started treating their dog the same way. He is still alive today. This happened three years ago.

My dad feels that the dalmation came out into the road to request he talk to his owners about the diet so he could live. My mom witnessed the whole thing. I never had to try and convince my dad about animal communication anymore after that day.

(this entry is originally from 2001)