About Spirit Essences

Spirit Essence was founded by Dr. Jean Hofve, a respected holistic veterinarian. The remedies are the only veterinarian-formulated essence remedies in the world. Dr. Jean has more than a dozen years' experience working with essences in a wide variety of species and settings.

Jackson Galaxy, Spirit Essences president, is a nationally known radio and television personality and respected cat behavior consultant, who has helped develop and refine these remedies based on his experience and the needs of countless cat interactions and study.

Dosing Guidelines

We recommend starting with 3 or 4 times a day, for 2 weeks. Once improvement is established, usually within 2-4 weeks, you can wean the animal off by gradually decreasing the frequency of administration.

Adding a few drops to the drinking water as well as once-a-day administration will probably be adequate. Some animals may need to remain on essence treatment long term, and some may see resolution very quickly.

We have also found that most animals will also benefit from long-term administration of a maintenance formula.

Additional Tips

If the dropper contacts anything outside the bottle, simply rinse the dropper in hot running water for about 30 seconds before replacing it in the bottle.

Alcohol is used as a preservative in flower essences. If you find that your animal friend is averse to the smell, we usually recommend just opening the bottle and letting it air for about 10 minutes before use. While that helps, there will definitely be residual smell. if your animal friend is very sensitive, here's another tip:

• Take your pets' dishes and run them under hot water for about 45 seconds.
• Empty the water out, leaving a hot bowl.
• Put your normal dosage in the dish (3-5 drops).
• Wait another minute, then add cold water to the water bowl and wet food to the food dish.

This will speed up the evaporation process drastically and also keep everything safe since we're only removing alcohol one serving at a time.

Remember that Spirit Essences are not treating specific behaviors, but rather the emotional or energetic imbalances underlying them. By helping the animal feel happier and more secure, we increase the likelihood that behavioral problems will be correspondingly diminished or eliminated. While no treatment can be guaranteed to work 100% for every single case, it is a very rare animal that does not noticeably respond to Spirit Essences.

If you are treating only one animal in a multi-animal household, it is perfectly all right to put the prescription in the common drinking water. It will not adversely affect the other animals, and may even be beneficial if those particular essences are also appropriate for them. For further information see our handout “Using Multiple Spirit Essences.”

Spirit Essences and other Family Members

Sometimes our animal companions express emotions or behaviors that reflect other influences in the environment. They often mirror stresses occurring in their human companions' lives or relationships, which the humans may not even be aware of.

It is thought that animals may even take on such stresses in order to shield us from them. It may be of benefit, in such cases, to consider essence therapy for the human members of the family. At the least, using Spirit Essences in spray form throughout the house can only benefit the entire family.

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