Mr. Knight
I first heard about Canine Angel from a happy and fated meeting with Nikki on other business.
My own amazing canine friend, Mr. Knight was a street dog from Thailand who suffered severe trauma at approx 3 years old. He had run away from a noisy fireworks parade and got caught in a narrow cavity of a derelict building. Worse still, he got himself impaled on a metal post that pierced his abdomen. In trying to escape this dire situation, Mr. Knight ripped his body into shreds on the concrete rubble that he lay on.
It was five long days and nights before the Soi Dog charity was called to rescue him and it took months of critical treatment to get him back on his paws. Whilst his body scars healed, his mental scars remained and the trauma he went through that fateful week left him with an extreme fear of most things, including humans.
Being a volunteer of the Soi Dog charity, I felt a tremendous bond with Mr Knight and wanted to give him a chance at a great life with me in the UK, so I adopted him and bought him over to the UK to live with me. That itself was another traumatic experience for him, so it took many months of gentle and careful rehabilitation and a lot of love from me to get him to trust me, but he remained scared of everyone else.
This problem was impacting my life because I was not being able to take him to my usual places, and I couldn’t leave him alone for too long, so we were limited to where we could go and life started closing in on us both.
When Nikki learned of his story, she said she wanted to help us both, suggesting that her Canine Angel 8-Step programme would be perfect for me and Mr. Knight. I was happy to have her help, so we got to work straight away!
I would rate Canine Angle’s Step 1 – Nikki’s assessment session, very highly and felt my confidence rise as I began to absorb her wealth of expertise and knowledge on Canines throughout this session.
Initially, I signed up for Step 1, 2 and 3 of the programme, as I was very keen to learn more about the correct diet for Mr Knight and how to make the transition from processed pet food to a Raw Meaty Bones diet.
Converting Mr. Knight over to Raw Meaty Bones is the best thing I have done for him. Imagine living on a dry biscuit diet such as kibble all your life … how did we ever all get mugged into believing that this was appropriate?
Mr Knight loved his detox and digestion cleanse with the Natural Pet Vitality fulvic mineral formula which Nikki swears by as her “Magic formula”! She showed us how to mix it up with a raw egg yolk removing the whites and added a small drop of natural spring water, which Mr Knight lapped up with such gusto that I continue to give him this mixture every morning as part of our daily good habits and routines.
Since changing to a Raw Meaty Bone diet, Mr Knight’s coat has improved, his teeth are clean, he doesn’t let off wind (well not often), his poops are smaller and don’t smell and he doesn’t gulp copious quantities of tap or pond water as he used to … often throwing it back up a few minutes later.
I never tire of watching Mr Knight chew on a raw meaty bone, he just looks so happy and content. It’s what a dog was born to do!
Nikki’s support throughout his diet changes was absolutely top-class. The whole concept of dumping processed commercial pet foods such as kibble and canned dog food (which my own independent research has subsequently shown to be so very wrong) is a huge step to make, but very easy once Nikki had explained the workings of a dog’s gut.
After seeing improvements in his overall demeanour and well-being, and by putting Nikki’s sessions into practice, I could sense a shift in Mr Knight’s confidence. There was still a way to go regarding his psychological health, so Nikki suggested it was time for Step 4 of the programme, ie “Bioresonance Therapy”.
Mr Knight undertook three months of bioresonance therapy with the purpose of helping him relax more around humans. Our target was to take him to his first-ever dog show held by Soi Dog, the very charity that saved his life. The aim was to walk him around the parade ground with other rescue dogs, something that I thought was impossible at the time!
Nikki explained how bioresonance therapy helps shift blocked trauma and psychological imbalances such as fears and phobias and how over time it would help him gain more confidence in everyday situations.
So it was that, exactly three months later, Mr Knight led the parade at the dog show. It was such a great day for both of us to be there and to start living life normally again! He is certainly more relaxed with humans, but he is still wary and he probably always will be, due to the fact he started off his early developmental stages of life as a street dog, but this was a huge step for him and he responded magnificently.
It is hard to pinpoint the changes from the bioresonance therapy as it is just one part of the whole Canine Angel programme. However, Mr Knight is unquestionably a happier dog and his bioresonance printouts showed improvements in many areas within his biology. He has always slept well and continued to do so through his therapy; he is more confident in the office and now ventures out from under my desk; and I am sure he barks less at strangers.
I was intrigued by Mr Knight’s bioresonance therapy, enough so to book a programme for myself. Only by doing this myself, will I ever get to “feel” the changes.
Nikki also helped me with Step 5 of the programme and taught me about the correct walking equipment to use for both myself and Mr Knight, to ensure that we both remain safe, secure, and in balance whilst being attached to each other by a lead.
We practiced her training methods with the equipment and it certainly helped Mr Knight to remain calm and in balance as he walked around the show ring at the Soi Dog show! It was a very proud and exhilarating moment for us both.
By far the biggest impact of Nikki’s training with us both has been an urgent need within me to learn more about dog behaviour, communication, and nutrition. So much of what Nikki tells you makes you think, think, think, and I am the type who likes to check things out for myself.
I still cannot believe that I was so taken in by adverting and branding for processed pet foods. They are vile, seriously lacking in nutrition, completely contradictory to a dog’s gut and how it works and, in my serious opinion, should carry a health warning. I have since read books and numerous articles written by highly qualified professionals, and everything that the Canine Angel told me about species-appropriate diet is correct.
Working with Nikki has changed my approach as a dog parent. I am now so much more confident and this rubs off massively on Mr Knight. It has been a hugely rewarding experience.
In summarising our Canine Angel experience to date I would say:
“Nikki Brown inspired me to understand my dog better, and for that, I will be forever grateful. Since meeting Nikki, Mr Knight has become a calmer, more confident dog and I am certainly a far better dog parent than I would otherwise have been. In my mind, this is the perfect result. Thank you, Nikki.”
EACH BOOK INDIVIDUALLY STAMPED WITH MR KNIGHT’S PAWTOGRAPH
An exceptional read from start to finish, you are guaranteed to laugh, cry and ultimately fall in love with this amazing dog, who has touched so many hearts worldwide.
Content Summary:
Mr Knight’s life from birth through to Christmas 2020 in his own words; including his dramatic rescue from Soi Thummasopa in Phuket Old Town, his ten weeks in the Soi Dog hospital (using hospital records and photographs), working with the Soi Dog behaviourists (using Curtis Brown’s notes), being adopted, travelling to his forever home in England and finding his paws in all-new life. This is a dog who had never been in a house, never been in a car etc.
Integrated chapters on the evolution of dogs, Soi Dog Foundation, Soi Dog heroes, the dog meat trade, dog behaviour, designer dogs. Special feature: An audience with Dame Polo De La Soi.
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