Podcast 131 — Practical Professional: A Homeopathic Veterinarian Empowers Her Clients

IN THIS PODCAST, WE COVER:

01:00   Introduction: A Homeopathic Veterinarian

            The Academy of Practical Homeopathy®

02:23   A Small Animal, Holistic Vet

            On a Roll Housecalls

03:33   Veterinary House Calls (and Homeopathy)

06:50   Organizing Homeopathic Medicines

08:59   Isn’t It Harder to Treat an Animal?

11:49   Success Story: Bee Sting

13:01   It All Starts With the Food

18:48   Success Story: Oral Tumors

20:55   Homeopathy Provides Better Quality of Life

22:03   Freedom of Choice for Clients

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:

Joette’s Learning Center

Gateway to Practical Homeopathy®: A Guided Study Group Curriculum

Joette’s Study Group, Find Your New Study Group Friends

Joette’s Mighty Members

The Academy of Practical Homeopathy®

Joette Calabrese on YouTube

Kate:

This is the Practical Homeopathy® Podcast, episode number 131.

Joette:

Hi, I’m Joette Calabrese, and I welcome you to our health care movement — yours, mine and the countless men and women across the globe who have re-taken control of their families’ health with Practical Homeopathy®.

So, for the next few minutes, let’s link our arms as I demystify homeopathy — what was once considered an esoteric paradigm — into an understandable, reproducible, safe and effective health care solution available to all.

This is the medicine you’ve been searching for — my unique brand of homeopathy, PRACTICALHomeopathy®.

INTRODUCTION: A HOMEOPATHIC VETERINARIAN

Joette: (01:00)

Hi, Janie.

Janie:

Hi Joette.

Joette:

Is that your trailer that you’re in? Is it a trailer or an RV?

Janie:

It’s a truck. It’s a Ford E-450. It’s 26-foot long. I have a DOT number.

If you’d have told me 30 years ago, I was going to be a truck-driving, practice-owning, holistic vet, I’d have told you, you were nuts!

Joette:

Yes.

Janie:

You can see the remedies in the background hanging.

Joette:

I see that. So, you have them hanging.

Oh, so much to talk about here, Janie. I’ve got so much I want you to tell us about. Please pronounce your last name because I don’t want to ruin it.

Janie:

Well, I go by Dr. Janie, and it’s Wilson. But I’m married to a Schreibeis.

Joette:

Schreibeis.

Janie:

But I’m Dr. Wilson.

Joette:

Okay. That makes it super easy

Janie:

Easy to pronounce. Yeah.

Joette:

Yes. Hi, Dr. Wilson. It is such a pleasure to get to know you better. You’ve been in The Academy for one year, right?

Janie:

Well, when it started this summer, yes. We’re on Week 13, something like that.

Joette:

You’re moving along into it now. You haven’t gone a full year. You’ve gone … yes … you’re into Week 13. It’s very exciting to have you.

So, I wish that I could describe to people — and I’m going to try to do that with your help — what I’m looking at here. But tell us what you do.

A SMALL ANIMAL, HOLISTIC VET

Janie: (02:23)

Well, I mean, I do a lot of things. But, so, I’m a small animal, holistic vet. I graduated from Purdue 30 years ago. They just had their 30-year reunion — I couldn’t go. And I, just a few weeks ago, celebrated 10 years of my practice. It’s called On a Roll Housecalls.

Joette:

“On a Roll.” ROLL because you’re on wheels.

Janie:

I am! I thought that was clever. And I’m on a “role” … doing what I’m supposed to be doing.

So, I have a 26-foot truck that is my vet office. I have … in the background, you can see I got digital X-ray. I have an ultrasound — point-of-care ultrasound. I have it back in the back room.

I can do blood work, like a 12-panel in 12 minutes.

I have two different lasers.

I have homeopathy. You can see in the back there. That’s my favorite … favorite modality to use.

But I’ve done some Chinese herbs, western herbs and nutritional food supplementation. Not synthetic …

Joette:

Different than, yes, than synthetic. Big difference.

VETERINARY HOUSE CALLS (AND HOMEOPATHY)

Janie: (03:33)

Yes. And so, I can do house calls — obviously in the truck. But I’ve gotten so busy with my holistic practice that if I’m driving, I’m not seeing patients. So, a lot of times, I stay parked, and they come to me where I am in my office. That way, I can get a lot more patients seen.

I live in southeast Indiana. They’re coming from Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, and I even had one come from Tennessee. So …

Joette:

When they come in, Dr. Wilson, do you have a waiting room?

Janie:

No.

Joette:

So, in other words, you’re seeing one at a time, and they need to maybe stay in their car and wait a while? Or they can sit there, perhaps, and sit off to the side a little bit. Is that how you work it out?

Janie:

Well, outside the truck … the truck is parked inside a storage unit.

Joette:

Okay.

Janie:

So that way it’s protected. And there’s kind of an office. I call it the kitchen. There’s a little table and chairs, and people can wait there. But the way I schedule it, there’s not tons of people coming in.

Joette:

Yes, yes. You know how long it takes to see each patient.

Janie:

Yeah. Which is a lot longer than what I call “fast food medicine.” So, you know, a new patient …

Joette:

By the time you palpate, and you do a couple of tests, and you ask the questions, et cetera, then yes. Then it can be a lot longer. Certainly. Certainly.

Janie:

Yeah. It’s at least an hour visit for a new patient.

Joette:

Yes.

What are your follow-ups like? How often do you follow up and for how long are each of them? Generally.

Janie:

My clients can text me. So, a lot of it’s that way through texting. We’ll check on them; see how they’re doing. We will plan a recheck if needed, if things aren’t going the right direction. It just kind of depends, but …

Joette:

But on an average, that’s about how it works. And how many patients are you seeing in a day?

Janie:

That also will depend on if these are well-checks, puppies or if it’s a chronic. Again, people are finding me because I’m doing my best to get to the root of the problem. And they’re coming to me with seizures or skin problems or thyroid issues or whatever it is. That takes a lot more time.

Joette:

Yes.

Janie:

It could be five or six to 10 in a day.

Joette:

Yes. Yes. And so, when you say small animals, will you take goats?

Janie:

I’m more of a …

Joette:

Cat/dog?

Janie:

Yeah, cat/dog. Cat/dog, yeah.

Joette:

Okay. So how about smaller? How about a bird?

Janie:

I have seen about every kind of species in the past when I worked for other people, and the last bird I saw bit my finger. Right before I had to play. I’m a guitar player, and I had to play at a concert somewhere. And I’m like … I X-rayed my own finger because I was afraid it was broken! So, that was about the last time I saw a bird.

ORGANIZING HOMEOPATHIC MEDICINES

Joette: (6:50)

What a great story.

So, Janie, I have to say, I’m looking at your door that’s open, and you’ve got a hanging … kind of a vinyl, almost like a — not quite shoe holder — but maybe a shoe holder. And you’ve got the remedies in there. So, you must have them in alphabetical order.

Janie:

Want to go see?

Joette:

Let’s go visit. I would love to be able …

Janie:

We’re going to a little, so this is the back room. My technician, Erin, is amazing, and she keeps me organized.

So, they’re in alphabetized. These are like her jewelry or hair ties, things like that.

Joette:

Yes. It’s an excellent method. Yes.

Janie:

So, we’ve got them in order by potency and alphabetical order.

We have one in the bathroom, too. So, that’s more the 30 potencies.

Joette:

Yes. Yes. So, you use a lot of 200s?

Janie:

Yeah, I would say.

Joette:

And you’re using Banerji protocols. And probably before you even came to our Academy, you were using some Banerji Protocols too. Is that right, Janie?

Janie:

I was. I bought the Banerji book because I’ve listened to you for years — probably seven or eight years. I found you on Facebook, and just … I was like, “Oh my gosh! You’re my people!” Your teachings, your philosophies, everything just resonated.

So, I’m building a practice, but I’m trying to soak in everything. All your Lives I could watch. Or I’d look things up on the blog, and then I’d apply it to my practice. And I tried Banerji Protocols before I probably really even knew what I was doing. But it had success.

And so just to be able to be a part of your Academy this year is just a dream come true. And I’ve learned so, so much, just in …

Joette:

I love it. Janie, I love … it’s people like you with great curiosity. And I mean, you don’t go to sleep at night, right?

Janie:

There’s no time for that.

Joette:

No, I know.

ISN’T IT HARDER TO TREAT AN ANIMAL?

Joette: (08:59)

So, people always ask me this question: Isn’t it harder to treat an animal because they don’t tell you how they feel?

I have my answer for that, but I’d like your answer because you are the expert in this on a day-to-day basis. Tell the listeners how they can expect to get the right remedy if they’re not having answers being given to them verbally.

Janie:

Well, it’s the symptoms. And I can ask a good history of the owner. Well, that’s being a vet, period. The dog’s not telling me anything, so I have to go off of history, symptoms, blood tests, things like that. That’s what I have.

Joette:

Observation.

Janie:

Observation.

Joette:

It’s a keen sense of observation.

Yes. And the longer you do it, I’m sure your observational skills become even more keen.

Janie:

Yep.

Joette:

Yeah. Because you may have missed it five years ago, but this time, you’re not going to miss that again.

Janie:

Right!

Joette:

Yeah. It’s fascinating.

Janie:

Well, I’ve learned what to look for.

Joette:

Yes. When you know what to look for as a vet — even as a conventionally trained vet — and you know what to look for as a trained homeopath, when you mesh those two together, that really is a recipe for better success than one would expect without being able to ask a question that’s answered verbally.

Janie:

Yeah. I feel like having this additional knowledge just gives me such a leg up on everything for treating my patients. And I’m just so thankful to have this medicine. I believe it is God’s medicine, and I’ve used it in my family so much, especially here lately.

And as a vet, I want to empower my clients. I don’t want them to need me all the time for this drug or that drug, or an antibiotic, or this or that. I want to teach and empower them.

So, when I get a new young mom with a puppy that comes in, I tell her about you. And I make her write it down in her phone or whatever, because we use homeopathy right away with certain things.

And so, if they haven’t heard of it — which a lot of my people have because again, we’re kind of run in the same circles, so they seek me out because I do these things — but I recommend they get a homeopathic kit to just have on hand.

And some of my new puppies, my clients can just text me. And then it has saved emergency room visits because I’m like, “Get your kit out. This is what you need.”

They’re panicking in the moment. So …

Joette:

Yes.

SUCCESS STORY: BEE STING

Janie: (11:49)

Like a bee sting. I had a little puppy got stung by a bee. She’s panicking. I’m like, “Now you’ve got your kit. Get your kit out.” And we did Apis, and she’s like, “Within five minutes, it was like it never even happened.”

Joette:

Yeah. There’s no other medicine quite like that.

Janie:

Exactly. And knowing that I’m maybe stirring the curiosity of these moms to not just for their dogs, but for their families. That’s what I’m excited about.

Joette:

Yeah, you want them to have the power over their lives that they thought they didn’t have.

Janie:

Yeah.

Joette:

I wish people could see what I see right now in your background. It looks like an ER.

Janie:

Yeah.

Joette:

I mean, it’s perfection. It looks like a medical room. Not only does it look fresh and clean and shiny and organized, but it looks like you’ve got every piece of equipment, any vet or doc would ever want.

Janie:

I do. And more. I do laser therapy, and we can do dental cleanings in here as well.

Joette

Really?

Janie:

Yeah.

IT ALL STARTS WITH THE FOOD!

Joette: (13:01)

So, what are the most common — I’m sure you were figuring I would ask you this question — what are the most common conditions that you treat? I mean, generally speaking, top five or 10. (Maybe let’s go with five.)

Janie:

Skin, gut. Same as people.

Joette:

Yeah, just the same as people.

Janie:

They’re eating the same junk food that we are. So, they’re getting the same diseases, the same gut issues, the same leak — whether it’s leaky gut, whatever …

Joette:

Irritable bowel.

Janie:

All the same stuff. We’re seeing the same cancers. We’re seeing diabetes. They get heart …

Joette:

Anxiety.

Janie:

Oh, anxiety’s huge. Huge!

Joette:

Yes, yes, yes, yes. Well, it’s generational. When you think about the generations of dogs before — especially if they’re bred — how many generations they’ve had before them that have been injected and treated, injected … foods, et cetera, et cetera. Canned food. Yes.

Janie:

Yeah, exactly.

Joette:

So, what do you recommend as a general diet? I’m sure that you adjust it somewhat accordingly, but …

Janie:

Well, I feed raw.

Joette:

You’re talking my language, Janie. Yes.

Janie:

Okay. I have one dog. He’s a little Chiweenie; his name is Rudy. He was our child replacement when our daughter went off to college. We needed, needed a new dog.

So, he’s 10 pounds; so he’s not very big. So, I know, especially these days, affording these kinds of foods are harder because just even our food at the grocery store is difficult. But he gets raw that comes already balanced and everything.

Joette:

So, it’s got some organs in it.

Janie:

Yeah, organ meat.

Joette:

It comes frozen.

Janie:

Yes. Organ meat is huge. It’s so important.

Joette:

For animals … dogs. Yep.

Janie:

Yes. My heart patients: I recommend they feed hearts.

Joette:

So, you must be a Weston A. Pricer.

Janie:

I have become that way. Yes. And my daughter, daughter-in-law, son and new grandbaby are that way as well. And I’ve got them using homeopathy for the baby.

Joette:

Doesn’t it make your life easier that it’s just … everyone gets it?

Janie:

Yeah.

Joette:

Everyone gets it. Yes. Yes.

So, do you have a local pet store that carries this raw meat that’s mixed for animals?

Janie:

No, it’s all online. They ship it on dry ice, that kind of thing.

Joette:

Yep. Yep, it’s an excellent idea. And then you stock up; keep it in the freezer; defrost it the morning of; then, that night they get it probably. Right? Or defrost it the night before, and there it is.