Heilkunst Treatment for Animals

Guide to Developing a Traumatic Timeline for Animals
Please place all shocks in a chronological order (see example below) starting from conception/birth, or from the present and working your way back in time.

The following types of events should be considered as possible shocks or traumas:

Physical

• Pre-birth: any drugs or severe illnesses in mother (particularly of a viral nature); also consider any emotional shocks to mother during pregnancy or in mother/father at time of conception (see section on emotional traumas below); ultrasound or other invasive testing.

• Birth: Mother had difficult labour; forceps used; use of anaesthetics on mother; late breathing or other possible oxygen deprivation

• Vaccinations: Dates, if possible of first vaccination of each kind received (can ignore booster shots)

• Accidents: car accidents, falls, blows to head, concussions, broken bones, animal bites

• Surgical interventions: e.g., neutering or spaying, tail-docking, dental interventions, abdominal (including Caesarean sections), hysterectomy

• Drug Use: antibiotics, steroids (Cortisone/Prednisone), heartworm meds, routine wormings, etc.

• Hormones: hormonal drugs, etc.

• Severe Infections: e.g., Lyme disease, Parvo, feline leukemia, colic, etc.

• Electrical Shocks

Mental/Emotional

• Traumas involving loss, abandonment, grief, betrayal (e.g., death of someone close, loss of trust, loss of independence)

• Traumas involving great fear/anxiety, stress

• Traumas involving anger and indignation/humiliation (particularly where the emotion had to be suppressed/"swallowed"), guilt (mostly that someone tries to put on you)

• Feelings of envy or jealousy, or guilt

• Traumas involving abuse, whether mental, emotional or physical

NB: Some emotional traumas can involve a combination of emotions.

Timeline Example
2002: injury requiring stitches, freezing
2000: emotional - traumatic move to Ottawa - sadness, anxiety, fear
1997: vaccination for rabies etc.

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