Annual Meeting

The ANHC Education Programs Annual Meeting in Veterinary Homeopathy, March 8-11, 2012 is now scheduled at Saguaro Lake Ranch outside of Phoenix, AZ. This meeting is for veterinarians that have trained with Dr. Pitcairn, veterinarians that are experienced in homeopathy, or qualified veterinary health professionals.

Our location is a lovely isolated guest ranch in the desert outside of Phoenix. There are small rustic cabins, each with their own bathroom and a large main house for meeting and meals. March should be rather nice weather and they have a swimming pool, grassy lawn for yoga, trails for hiking and optional horse riding at the stable across the road. The view is spectacular.

Meeting Schedule

The meeting is from Thursday, March 8 until Sunday, March 11.

We start on Thursday, our first day, at 8:30 AM after a hardy breakfast at the main house. The morning session each day (except Sunday) is from 8:30 AM to 12 noon. Lunch and break from 12 noon to 2:00 PM. Afternoon meeting from 2:00 to 6:00 PM. Dinner and free time after this. Sunday we go from 9 AM to 1 PM (with breaks), the meeting ending at 1 PM. Lunch is available for those not needing to leave immediately.

You should plan to arrive Wed. afternoon as there will be a dinner that evening about 6 PM or so. The meal plan includes all meals from Wed. evening through Sunday morning breakfast.

Meeting Content

This is a partial listing of what we will cover in our meeting. As we develop the program the changes will be added here.

Topics

• Learning From Our Best Cases! One of the most valuable things we can learn is what we are doing right, and why. As in prior years, we invite each participant to submit a case that is either cured or definitely improved. Send by January 1, 2011. (Send within an email body or attached as a rich text document (rtf), Pages file, Word file or Adobe InDesign document to: richard@drpitcairn.com. This helps us format it into the handouts on time. I will not retype paper submissions.)
• Developing a Homeopathic Practice.The situation for each of us is different. We will hear from several practitioners how they have done this — introducing homeopathy into existing practices, from various locations in the U.S. to England.
• Starting the Chronic Case. So many of the sick animals brought to us have been ill for some time, with developed conditions. Is there a strategy for starting treatment with them? This can range from antidoting the previous treatments to pushing for new symptoms.
• Interviewing the Client. It is essential we have accurate information. How can be obtain that? We will practice, in the meeting, with interview techniques and learn the questions that are most useful.
• Intercurrent Remedies. Many factors can interfere with progress, especially injuries and emotional upset. What remedies are known to be of brief use for such occurrences? We will look at the remedies that have been found most useful.
• Working The Suppressed Case. It’s not at all unusual to be presented with an animal that has been heavily suppressed. How do we work with this? We will look at possible approaches.
• New World Veterinary Repertory. A repertory for veterinary use, many years in the making, will be presented for the first time. We will consider the strategy and use of this unique repertory.

• Case Presentations.
1. Andrea Tasi, VMD – Two interesting cat cases — Echo and Freddy.
2. Sarah Stieg, DVM – “A Cancer Case in Review: Preventing Fear from Guiding our Decisions”, managing fear in this challenging condition.
3. Lisa Melling, DVM, CVH – “A Case of Masticatory Myositis”, resolving a recurrent condition.
4. Lisa Pesch, DVM – “A Cat with Facial Eruptions”; “FeLV Amputee with Lymphadenopathy.”
5. Elise Radebaugh, DVM, CVH – “Eosinophilic Granuloma Complex: Finding the Similimum Through Perseverance.”
6. Kevin Fenton, DVM – “Dorothy, the Case of the Limp-Necked Chicken”, treating an acute injury in a chicken attacked by dogs.
7. Richard Pitcairn, DVM:   “A Simple Case”, using deduction to solve a problem in a young dog without characteristic symptoms.
8. Richard Pitcairn, DVM – “Millie, The Exterminated Cat”, a study of treating a cat poisoned by exposure to exterminator chemicals.
9. Richard Pitcairn, DVM – “Sam, Senile Vaccinosis?” A 16 year old cat could not keep weight on in spite of normal food intake.
10. Richard Pitcairn, DVM – “Annabelle, the Frightened Cat”, managing a cat with excessive fear of others.
11. Richard Pitcairn, DVM – “Gibson and Martin, Troubled Eaters”, two 4-week old Bordeaux puppies could not make the transition to solid food. 
12. Richard Pitcairn, DVM — Lielu, the Cat Needing Anger Management”, attacking people with biting.

Meeting Tuition

Tuition for the 4 days is $695 if by check (made out to ANHC Education Programs and sent to 7149 Lantana Terrace, Carlsbad, CA 92011). If by credit card it is $723 and after you register you will be sent an email invoice with the option of paying through PayPal. (You need not be a member of PayPal to use this service.)

If you register and then cannot make the meeting, you can receive a refund less $50 if you cancel by February 15. Cancellations after that date will be refunded less $100.

Lodging

There is a separate charge for staying at the ranch. The price includes the lodging, all meals, tax and gratuity so you will not have any charges beyond this. The choices for rooms are:

• Triple rooms, price is $138/night lodging, meals & day use) or $549.12 for all 4 days.
• Double rooms, price is $156/night lodging, meals & day use) or $624.00 for all 4 days.
• Single rooms, price is $188/night lodging, meals & day use) or $748.80 for all 4 days.
• Day use only (including lunch), price is $25/day or $99.84 for all 4 days.
• Children, ages between 7 and 17, price is $88/night lodging, meals & day use or $349.44 for all 4 days.
• Children, ages 3 to 6, price is $38/night lodging, meals & day use or $149.76 for all 4 days.
• Children under age 3, no charge.

There are a limited number of single room options so the way we organize this is to get your preference for lodging recorded and then on February 15 we organize all of this and assign you to a room. At that point you will need to make payment for the lodging and for this it is necessary for you to make payment by check or credit card before the meeting. You will be sent notification of this by email invoice.

It is also an option to stay off ranch if you would rather. Closest is Fountain Hills (8-10 miles from the ranch). However, rates in March tend around $129-$159 or higher, so the rates at Saguaro Lake Ranch which include meals may be a better option. I searched in Google for “hotels in fountain hills arizona” and found about 7 hotels listed there. Phoenix is further, about 45 minutes or so, depending on traffic.

Transportation

If flying, come to the Sky Harbor Phoenix airport. The ranch is outside of Phoenix proper, about a 45 minute drive and one option is to rent a car. However, once at the ranch there is really no need for a car so it may be easiest to use the available taxi service. The only service that I know of that will take you to the ranch is George Transportation at (602) 509-6669. He charges by number of people, so check with him on rates (last time it was about 80-100 for a group, one way). A limitation will be the amount of luggage you have so I anticipate 2-3 people sharing that ride is a practical limit.

If you are driving, the address for the ranch is 13020 Bush Highway, Mesa, AZ 85215. You can check their web site for information and a map.

Registration

The easiest way for to register for the meeting is to use this link — Annual Meeting Registration Form. You can indicate all your preferences there and it is automatically emailed to us. We will let you know we have received it.

Questions?

Contact Kathy Combs at (760) 230-4784 or Kathy’s Email.