Tigrada Holistic Family & Animal Care

04/05/2026

I need to be honest with you.

Core vaccinations for our pets (C3 for dogs, F3 for cats) are very EFFECTIVE disease protection. They stimulate a LONG LASTING, STRONG immunity for at least 5-7 years. Often longer, sometimes lifelong.

Almost all pets who have a core vaccination after 16 weeks of age will mount an immune response, create antibodies, and be protected from disease for at least 5-7 years, and often longer.

There are exceptions - for example, Rottweilers respond poorly to parvo vaccinations and may need to be re-vaccinated yearly for adequate protection.

VACCINATIONS ALSO CARRY VERY REAL RISKS!

Any vaccination can trigger acute or chronic vaccination reactions or injuries. (The veterinary industry in general doesn't believe in chronic vaccination injuries - but I know these happen, and I've treated heaps of pets with them over the years. e.g allergies, IBD, Autoimmune diseases, and chronic illnesses)

Even in the vaccine inserts, and in the Merck Manual, you'll see that documented side effects of vaccination (in rare cases) include death.

That doesn't mean that the risk benfit for vaccinating your pets doesn;t stack up. I believe that in most cases, it does. I've seen too many unvaccinated dogs die a terrible death from parvo to be ant-vax.

At the same time, I'm not blindly pro-vax.

I believe that we should all be thinking about how to maximise protection from deadly diseases like parvo, while at the same time minimizing how many vaccinations our pets receive.

The easiest way to do this is to TITER TEST to check antibody levels before re-vaccinating. Unfortunately, this is often expensive (though you can have your vet draw blood and you send it off in the post for more affordable tests if you live in the USA!).

If you live in other countries, request your vets order in and stock the Vaccicheck in-house kits (they are MUCH more affordable).

Your goal should be NEVER to give your pets any UNNECESSARY vaccination. This way, you'll make sure you protect them while minimising risk of harm from the vaccines.

How do you feel about this tricky topic? Love to hear from you in the comments!

I help animals all over the world heal and be well + happy with holistic veterinary care, kind training, and energy healing. If you want me to help your pets, message me! Zoom and in person appts available.

04/05/2026

On Sunday 17th May we are hosting a double screening event of Moort: Calling Dingo back to Country and film Wooleen: Utilising dingoes as a management tool.

We are so stoked to be bringing the film over to the east coast and sharing it with the Northern Rivers community.

Tickets are selling fast - head to the link in our bio to secure your tickets.

Can’t wait to see you there 🐕❤️

04/05/2026

Why is EMMETT known as the chameleon of bodywork? 🦎

A chameleon doesn't change its environment - it adapts itself to blend in perfectly.

The EMMETT Technique operates on this same principle of intelligent adaptation. Whether used as a standalone treatment or incorporated into another modality, it adapts to the individual needs of the client while complementing the approach being used.

The chameleon advantage in practice:

🟡 Seamless integration - it blends with your existing skillset to enhance results.
🔵 Non-invasive - works with the body’s current state rather than forcing a change.
🟡 Versatile application - effective whether the client is in a clinical setting, on a sporting field, or in an aged care facility.

It is an innovative solution for practitioners who need a tool as flexible as the bodies they treat. By adjusting the pressure and placement to the individual, EMMETT ensures the body never feels the need to fight back against the correction.

04/05/2026

Modern fish farms dump billions of dollars of synthetic feed pellets into the ocean.
This highly concentrated industrial waste creates massive, toxic dead zones that destroy marine biology.
But heritage engineers achieved exponential fish growth without a single handful of artificial feed.
Meet the forgotten art of Hawaiian Ahupua'a estuary aquaculture.
Ancient builders constructed massive, semi-circular stone walls directly across mountain river mouths.
These precise barriers perfectly blended fresh, mineral-rich runoff with the incoming saltwater tide.
This brackish mixing created a hyper-productive, naturally contained algae bloom against the shore.
Herbivorous fish swam inside the porous rock walls to gorge on this botanical superfood.
They fattened up exponentially faster than wild ocean fish in a completely self-sustaining system.
Save this post to share the lost skill of brackish nutrient-trap aquaculture.
Synthetic feed poisons the bay while these ancient stone walls cultivate abundance forever.

03/05/2026

Ditch the Poison, Get a Predator. Learn more here -> https://www.ecosnippets.com/backyard-farming/how-to-train-barn-dogs-for-rat-control/

02/05/2026

02/05/2026

Expressions of interest? I will be in Cranbourne LANGWARRIN and possibly Pakenham area this Friday. If you are seeking a treatment for human or furry f friend please reach out on 0417120250 to secure your appointment

02/05/2026

Exciting work coming out of Croatia - Effectiveness of EMMETT technique on Iliotibial band tightness in football players

“The EMMETT technique leads to significant increases in ITB flexibility in young male football athletes, suggesting its potential as a beneficial intervention for athletes suffering from ITB-related issues. The significant improvement in range of motion (ROM) observed in the experimental group highlights the technique's efficacy in enhancing ITB flexibility.
These findings support the use of the EMMETT technique as a non-invasive and effective manual therapy method.”

You can read the whole article at the link below, with all the methodology and limitations of a small study.

https://eqoljournal.com/article/55/pdf

02/05/2026

Did you know dogs are some of the best responders to the EMMETT Technique? 🐶

Because dogs don’t have the mental "clutter" we do, their nervous systems respond incredibly fast to the gentle EMMETT touch. Whether it's an ageing pet with stiff joints or a high-performance agility dog, the results are visible within seconds.

𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐄𝐌𝐌𝐄𝐓𝐓 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐃𝐨𝐠𝐬?

✅ It’s simple: you don’t need to be a vet or a pro to learn the basics. Our courses teach you how to recognise cues from your dog and where to apply light finger pressure to support them.
✅ It’s fast: most releases take only a few moments. No long, drawn-out sessions required - just a quick reset that helps them move more freely.
✅ It’s gentle: there’s no heavy manipulation. It’s so light that even the most sensitive or nervous dogs usually settle and enjoy the process.

Watching a dog go from stiff and hesitant to wagging and walking easily is one of the most rewarding feelings in the world. ❤️

Want to learn how to support your best friend’s mobility? Check out our upcoming short courses for dog owners and professionals ➡️ https://www.emmett-technique-hq.com/

02/05/2026

Unreal!

If you look at the skeletal structure of a North American bison, you are looking at an animal that is basically "engineered" to absorb massive amounts of physical punishment. A mature bull weighs around two thousand pounds. A massive portion of that weight is anchored in the front shoulder hump, which is supported by elongated vertebrae and packed with heavy muscle tissue. They evolved to survive blizzards, prairie fires, and apex predators by being an immovable object.

Normally, we measure a bison's durability by how well it handles a grizzly bear or a wolf pack. But in the summer of 2013, a bull in Iowa tested that physiology against raw atmospheric energy.

The Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge sits in the Midwestern United States. It is a prime location for violent summer weather. During a severe thunderstorm, a lightning bolt struck the open prairie and made direct contact with a lone, mature bison bull.

The biological math of a lightning strike is absolute. A standard bolt carries roughly three hundred million volts of electricity. When that kind of energy hits a standard piece of livestock like a domestic cow or a horse, the results are catastrophic. The current stops the heart, fries the central nervous system, and boils the internal fluids. The animal drops dead in its tracks.

This specific bison took the full thermal and electrical impact directly across his back. The strike scorched away a massive patch of his thick hide, leaving a burned, raw crater across his hump and ribs.

Refuge biologists discovered him standing alone in the grass a few days later. He was visibly burned, heavily scarred, and severely underweight because the trauma temporarily suppressed his ability to forage. The managers assumed he would succumb to infection or internal organ failure. They left him alone, letting the landscape dictate the outcome.

The bison walked it off. His heavy physiological structure absorbed the shock. The wound scarred over, leaving a massive bald patch on his hump. He regained his weight, reentered the herd hierarchy, and went on to successfully breed. He earned the nickname Sparky from the refuge staff and lived another five years on the American prairie, eventually dying of old age at fourteen.

It is a stark look at what it takes to survive on the Great Plains. The environment is actively trying to kill everything standing on it. The North American bison survived the Pleistocene and the harsh climate of the Midwest because they are biologically built like armored vehicles.

Source: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

30/04/2026

Too funny not to share. However I can’t help but ask myself if an emmett treatment might have solved the issues

Back when I was doing farrier work, a lady called and asked if I could come shoe her dad’s horse.
She said he was getting older, and this was probably gonna be his last elk hunt on horseback. Said he wanted to take his mare out one more time so they could make one final trip together.

Now that hit me right in the American spirit.
So I said I’d be there.

Day comes. My parents and brothers were in the area, so I said, “You all wanna come along? Should only take about 45 minutes if everything goes smooth."
Looking back, that was the dumbest sentence spoken in North America that morning.

We get there. I unload the anvil, strap on the chaps, grab my tools, and the old man has the horse standing there tied to a hitching post.

I thought I was walking into a routine service call. I was actually entering a live-action folk tale.

Now normally, front feet should’ve taken me maybe 20–30 minutes tops. Instead this horse turned it into a hostage negotiation. Leaning. Pulling. Testing me.

Every time I’d get a rhythm going, she’d shift around and remind me I was working for her now. By the time I finally got both front shoes on, forty-five minutes had gone by.

That’s when I knew we were no longer in regular business hours. But thankfully he was the only client I scheduled for that day.

Then I reached for the first hind foot. That horse would not cooperate. Would not lift. Would not negotiate. Wouldn’t let me near those back feet like she had secrets back there.

We tried feed buckets. We tried petting. We tried sweet talking. We tried ropes. We tried standing different. We tried acting like we didn’t care!

Sweat in my eyes. Pride leaving my body. Family standing around watching my downfall like it was live entertainment.

Then the old man walks over calm as a sunrise and says: “You wanna flip her on her back and shoe her that way?”

Now I laughed at first. Because surely this was humor. Surely this was elder sarcasm.

So I humored him and said, “If you can get this horse on her back I’ll finish shoeing her.”

He nods and disappears, comes back carrying ropes older than FM radio.

Leads the horse into an open patch of yard and starts tying knots with the confidence of a man who’d solved problems before manuals existed.

Loop here. Cinch there. Half hitch. Cross-body tension line. Anchor point under the belly. Witchcraft. Ranch rope slinging geometry.

At one point I’m pretty sure he tied one directly to gravity itself. Then he steps back, looks at me dead serious, and says:

“Alright. I’m gonna pull. You push. When she goes down, somebody get on her neck.”

Nobody spoke, even the wind shut up. Then he squints at me and says: “Alright. I’m gonna pull. You push. When she goes down, somebody get on her neck.”

Before I could process that sentence, my dad had already removed his coat.

Old man pulls.

I push.

Horse tips over in slow motion like a falling tree. My dad launches through the dust and got on that neck like he was claiming new territory.

My brothers are trying to help anyway they can. My mom isn't sure what to do. Dust cloud rolling. Horse squirreling. And the old man tightening ropes like he’s tying a Christmas ham.

We essentially hogtied that horse.

And there I am… tools in hand… trimming and eventually nailing hind shoes onto an upside down horse laying sideways…

While my father is on the neck like a determined gargoyle…

And an 80-year-old ranch wizard coordinates the whole scene with the calm of a librarian.

We got both shoes on, the old man loosened the ropes, my dad dismounts, and the horse stands up furious enough to file paperwork.

Looks at every one of us like she was memorizing faces.

Then the old man pats her neck and says:

“There now.”

There now.

Like we’d just brushed her mane.

We packed up and left like nothing unusual had happened. I never heard if he got his elk, but I hope he did.

And I hope somewhere in those mountains, an old cowboy and one suspiciously watchful horse shared one last ride together.