When I started my complementary medicine practice some 20 years ago, homeopathy was the main therapy I used to treat my patients. Despite adding other therapies over the years such as acupuncture and herbal medicine, homeopathy has remained the number one treatment. So I was somewhat surprised, to learn recently, that the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee has now decided that homeopathy is nothing more than a placebo. So for the last twenty years, all the animals that I have treated (and that’s about 20,000 by my reckoning) all know about medicines, and they all know that they are going to get better. That’s really clever!

I don’t think so somehow. It’s because animals respond so well to homeopathic medicines and because I’ve seen so many amazing responses to treatment, there is no doubt in my mind that homeopathy works. This is real life, real facts with real animals and not a scientific trial. Animals simply don’t lie and don’t know anything about placebos.

It’s encouraging to see homeopathic medicines grow in popularity and even better to see a steady stream of testimonials arrive on my desk telling me how well their animals have responded to the remedies. Owners independently telling us that homeopathy works, what more proof do you need? Or perhaps it’s all just the placebo effect….?

For more information about homeopathy for cats and dogs take a look at our fact sheet.