I participated in my first dog rescue today. What I saw horrified me.
I was on my way to St. Augustine when I got a text from Erika asking me to meet her at a vet's office to help with a dog rescue. This was the first time she ever asked me to help at this early stage. (Erika is the person that rescued Friday, whom I'd worked on earlier this year.) So, we cut our time short and headed up to the veterinary hospital where Erika wanted me to do Reiki on this dog before she took him to her place. What I saw shocked me.
There was this pit bull named Rilind who was so emaciated that you could see every bone in his body. Whoever had him had taken him and dumped him over the fence at the animal shelter like a piece of trash. The dog obviously had not eaten in quite some time, and was covered with fleas and sore spots. Now I know that I have adopted two dogs that were in pretty bad shape when I got them, but I've never seen one this bad.
The dog had just been through a transfusion earlier that day, and Erika was hoping that I could do Reiki on him before she took him home. I was very concerned as I know that Reiki will either help heal the body, or help the spirit travel to the other side depending on what the soul wants. Seeing the dog, Erika said that if he wants to live he'll live, and if he wants to leave us, he will. But either way, she wanted me to do whatever I could.
I pulled the dog over to me and talked to him for a minute, and put my hands on him and started doing Reiki. For the most part, he stood there patiently letting me work on him. He would stand there for a while, then move away, and then come back and let me do more work. He was very patient, and I think he liked the energy he was getting. I kept talking to him the whole time telling him what a good boy he was, and at one point got a kiss for my efforts.
It is still too early to know whether Rilind will stay with us or not. Erika thinks he wants to, and is reacting to the love and care that he is currently getting. But a lot needs to be done before he can be adopted. He needs to eat and gain more weight. He needs to be treated for fleas and bites, and given time to see if his coat will grow back in. Right now, we are all positive.
Like I said back in May (see posts on Friday, Post 1, Post 2), it is wonderful when animals receive energy work of any kind as they have no preconceptions to judge it on. They simply accept it and let it do what it needs to do. Right now, I'm just happy I can be a part of the rescue process as needed.
If you want to keep up with Rilind's progress or learn more, he has a Facebook page called Rilind Reborn set up by PitSisters, the pit bull rescue group that is working to bring this baby back to full health. One of the articles on the page mentions Reiki Pet Rescue and links to the PitSisters website. Click on Rilind's Story, and then at the bottom of that article is a link to where this posting is also shown. The group is looking for donations and sponsors to help defray the cost of recovery. You can get details from the site.