COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL October 14, 2015
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Dignifi ed Options for Our Faithful Friends
At Smith Lund Mills we believe that pets
are an important member of any family.
When a pet dies it can be very diffi cult
time for everybody involved. We
understand the feelings of losing a pet and
our professional, caring staff will be ready
to assist you during this time of loss.
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During National Food Bank week, October 11 th through
October 17 th , it’s important to remember our neighbors struggling
to provide their families with enough food to eat. In Cottage
Grove, and the surrounding areas, lower income families can fi nd
help at Community Sharing Program. Community Sharing is a
local non-profi t that provides community members basic needs,
life-skill tools, and resources towards self-suffi ciency. Each
month an average of 750 emergency food boxes are distributed
by Community Sharing’s pantry. Emergency food boxes are
meant to supplement SNAP assistance (previously called food
stamps) with a 3-5 day supply of food. As a partner agency,
Community Sharing gets over half of its food from the county’s
food bank, Food for Lane County. The rest is donated by local
individuals, organizations, and businesses.
Historically the need for emergency food in the fall and
winter is signifi cantly higher than in the spring and summer. This
summer the pantry set a new record of 896 food boxes distributed
in one month. Following this pattern, the fall and winter months
might see even more record-breaking numbers of families in
need. In addition to the increased number of our neighbors facing
food insecurity, the latest forecast from Food for Lane County
for the fi scal year 14-15 shows food distribution to pantries will
be lower for the better part of the fi scal year. That means local
Food ouchies!
“As an only child, Thor, my
Great Dane, was my best friend.
I sang him songs and dreamed
of protecting him so he would
live forever,” said Dr. Cathy
Alinovi. “So, since the age of
nine, my two goals were being
a veterinarian and serving in the
Armed Forces.
After college, my dreams un-
folded after serving eight years
in the United States Air Force
and then graduating from Vet-
erinary College.
I began working with dogs,
cats, horses, cows, llamas,
sheep, goats and the occasion-
al emu. Animals are amazing
— from cows that can lick their
noses, to horses with the ability
to open a gate with their lips, to
dogs’ and cats’ amazing bonds
with us.
My practice took an unex-
pected turn because of the frus-
trations to help animals with the
limited skills I had learned. Two
memorable patients changed my
life and those of future pet pa-
tients: a horse with a lame knee
and a dog with a lame shoulder.
I knew I could fi x/help them if I
had chiropractic skills, so I stud-
ied animal spinal manipulation.
During the training, I met vet-
erinarians who included other
healing tools in their practices
such as acupuncture, energy
medicine, craniosacral therapy,
applied kinesiology, plus they
used the skills of animal com-
municators. I learned that all
these tools are gifts to animal
patients.
Most of what I do is brain-
based: anything that makes the
brain work better makes the
body work and move better.
I soon watched lame dogs
walk, cats leave their diabetes
behind and pain leave animals’
bodies. It was amazing, fasci-
nating, fun and like working in
the land of miracles!
I realized that infl ammation is
the ‘sneaky’ culprit making our
Courtesy Photo
“My eight-year-old Cairn Terrier Max’s ‘pet’ name is Pil-
low Pak,” said Dr. Cathy Alinovi, “because he whispers
sweet nothings in my ear at bedtime. My love for dogs is
why I studied to become a veterinarian.”
pets shed. We’ve been told that
shedding is normal — this is far
from the truth! Dogs and cats
that are not infl amed do not lose
fur, except for normal seasonal
changes. Dogs and cats shed
due to everything that is done
to them — mostly through their
food and exposure to yard and
household chemicals.
Feeding is the biggest culprit,
accounting for 80 percent of the
body’s infl ammation, therefore
80 percent of their illnesses.
The other 20 percent is due to
illness, genetics, vaccines, pol-
lution, etc. If we fi rst fi x what’s
going on with the food, then we
have the biggest problem out of
the way before focusing on the
rest. (This is also worth consid-
ering when focusing on our own
personal health!)
My dog, Lady, is the one
who helped me down this path.
When I adopted her, she arrived
with food allergies. I did what
any veterinarian would do — I
started Lady on a prescription
diet. Her allergies continued
along with repeated ear infec-
tions, a greasy hair coat, shed-
ding all the time, and she was
emotionally aloof.
Frustrated, I attended a course
food donations are critical, now more than ever, to meet the basic
needs of an ever increasing number of eligible families.
In addition to food, Community Sharing accepts
donations of essential non-food items, such as hygiene items,
clothes, and cleaning supplies, to provide to its client families.
These items aren’t covered by SNAP assistance, but clothes,
toilet paper, diapers, and soaps are almost as vital for day-to-day
living as food.
Community Sharing also relies on local volunteers
to operate effectively. Our board of directors is composed
of dedicated community leaders who volunteer many hours
supporting this organization. In the pantry, volunteers help sort
the donations, stock the shelves, and assist clients through the
pantry process. Offi ce volunteers are needed to give out critical
information, help clients fi ll out necessary forms, and provide
a kind ear to clients on the edge of crisis. In addition to our
current support from local volunteers, we are always looking
for volunteers who would be willing to help stop local hunger
by organizing a food drive, or fundraising event in Community
Sharing’s honor.
During the coming holiday season, Community Sharing
will be offering food box clients a special food box for December
holiday celebrations. Clients will begin signing up for the special
about pets’ allergies. The major-
ity of the discussions were food
related, the ingredients in com-
mercial pet food, and the ef-
fects/poisoning on pets’ health.
Learn what is hiding in your
pet’s food: www.TruthAboutPe-
tFood.com
After a guilt trip about what
I had fed and done to my dog, I
placed her on a raw diet. Within
three days she stopped shedding
and was no longer aloof! I soon
realized that she was also aller-
gic to beef and grains, which we
eliminated, along with the rest
of her food allergies. Her ear in-
fections do not return unless she
licks a pan that had beef cooked
in it.
Sadly for Lady, eating a raw
diet did not stop her from going
blind. Her blindness was due
to sudden acquired retinal de-
generation syndrome, SARDS.
While SARDS is not complete-
ly understood, my research,
and Lady’s evidence, indicates
untreated food allergies and
infl ammation led to my girl’s
blindness.
She is a happy Lady, con-
stantly wagging her tail and
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TIPS
Dr. Cathy Alinovi’s advice
for pet health, “Fix the food!
Hands down, feeding our pets
is the biggest thing we do TO
them; their food needs to be the
best quality. Since human-grade
food is the highest quality avail-
able, feed them healthy ‘people’
food. Whether the food be raw
or cooked, home-prepared or
purchased, there are plenty of
sources of high quality pet food
available.”
Dr. Alinovi’s book “Dinner
PAWsible” on Kindle/hard copy
has dozens of recipes for healthy
cat/dog food. Her book teaches
that the best food for your pet is
your food! Chicken, beef, fi sh,
and fresh vegetables.
Adopt Loving Pets
www.PetFinder.com
Humane Society for Neuter/
Spay Assistance Program. (541)
942-2789
food box in November. The box contains seasonal foods and a
frozen turkey for each family. Community sharing will be selling
buttons to support our holiday food boxes over the next two
months to help put on this special event. We will be selling these
buttons for $10 each, please call one of our board members or
come by our offi ce to purchase a turkey button and provide a
holiday meal to one of your neighbors. In December volunteers
from all over the community will help distribute the holiday food
boxes at OLPH Catholic Church. The event is an amazing, non-
denominational display with concerned community members
coming together to give back.
There are also a number of annual donations drives this
time of year, such as the local U.S. Postal Service’s food drive,
Boy Scouts’ door-to-door donation collection and the South Lane
School district’s food drive. Please consider supporting these
organizations in their efforts.
The directors, staff and volunteers at Community
Sharing would like to thank the Cottage Grove community
for their continued support. Together we are able to provide
desperately needed basic needs services to our community as a
result of your generosity.
To fi nd out how you can help, call Community Sharing
at 541-942-2176 Monday through Friday from 11am- 3:30pm.
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venturing outside. Her routine
chiropractic care makes her
body work better, sending great
information to her brain, which
then makes her body work well.
It’s a nice paws-i-tive feedback
system. Lady has not eaten com-
mercial dog food since I learned
of the hazards associated with
such food. She is constantly
petted, stimulated, loved and
involved in the family. Lady is
an inspirational teacher and the
reason I practice holistic veteri-
nary medicine.
There are many pets who
need help improving their qual-
ity of life to live long-pain-free
lives. Leave no stone unturned
when searching for tools to im-
prove your four-legged family
member’s health and life. My
goal of helping pets unfolds dai-
ly with these wonderful healing
modalities and my books.”
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COTTAGE GROVE
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COTTAGE GROVE
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