Ho’oponopono…a dog blessing too.

Cats and kittens have always made up the majority of my fosters.   This tale is about Dusty, a 12 yr old German Shepard whose owner died a year ago.  His owner’s kids (adults) brought Dusty and his sister to the shelter because no one wanted to take them.  His sister who was 6 at the time was adopted within a couple of weeks.  Dusty, however was 11 and after a month was not adopted.  By that time he had begun to lose weight and became even more depressed than he had been  when relinquished.  He was put into a foster home where he did well for several months until the foster home was no longer available, and that’s when he came to me. 

 It pained me to think that he had been loved and was now abandoned.  It was an awful thing to do to his owner who had obviously loved him.  So I brought him home.  

Shortly afterward, he began to put on weight and his fur began to glow.  And three months after he moved in he went outside for his morning constitution and urinated “merlot”.   The diagnosis , after performing several studies,  was an inoperable cancerous tumor at the neck of the bladder.  The treatment was an anti-inflammatory unless or until pain occurred. The prognosis was  not favorable,  giving him months to a year.  The bleeding was accompanied by an increase in frequency of urination.  (This means instead of being able to hold his urine for several hours, he could only hold it for one or two at the most). 

That’s when I learned about Ho’oponopono.  Ho’oponopono is an Hawaiian technique based on four statements(prayers?) that is taught by Dr. Hew Len and now Dr. Joe Vitali.  Dr. Len had used the statements to heal patients at a mental institution in  Hawaii.

The statements are: 

• I am sorry,
• Please forgive me,
• I love you,
• Thank you.

I thought that if it could work on those patients surely it could help another of God’s creatures.  So I began to say it several times a day while thinking of Dusty.

Twenty four hours later the bleeding stopped and the frequency decreased to once per three to four hours.  That was a month ago. I still say the statements daily.  Dusty may have one faintly bloody urination per day or  none at all.  He is still doing very well.  You wouldn’t know by looking at him that anything is  amiss.  Our vet can’t explain it either. 

All I can tell you is that saying this “prayer” or statement is the only thing that changed prior to the change in his condition. 

Coincidence?

Perhaps.  But I can tell you this. I will continue this daily ritual just in case.  And as for Dusty… he is a happy,  fabulous dog.  He is incredibly intelligent. He laughs at the cats and other dogs, has a great appetite and is more lively than any other 12 year old dog I know.

I am sorry.

Please forgive me.

Thank you.

I love you.

Blessings,

charlie