Brenda’s Blog

Max, before & after

Max and His Pannus Recovery Story. Meet Max.  Max, a now 14.5-year-old Border Collie cross, developed an incurable auto immune eye condition called Pannus in 2007.  The sclera (white part) of the eye becomes red and irritated, and ulcers can also …

Hope finds hope

Help Found for Retriever with Trouble Walking. Golden Retriever Hope ❤️  – A Short Story: This brief story is of a 15 year-old Golden Retriever named Hope – with limited or NO mobility.   Hope had been in very rough shape, and …

Bohdi and his recovery

Bohdi, on Death’s Door, in Need of Caring Help. From The Heart of the Matter, by Brenda L Johnson. ‘Mom you have to Fix him!’ my 3 children said when we learned of a 6 year old Border Collie abandoned and …

Johnson family with race-truck

My Lyme/Yeast Disease Journey: I remember it like it was yesterday.  1977, 4 years old, at my cousins farm in Morden, MB.  After spending all day in tree forts, and the woods playing, it was after supper that I went …

Harley - after pemphigus

Harley’s Story: Pemphigus (rare Autoimmune Disease) and how that Worked Out. NOTE:  This dog, even the VP at NZYMES® told me I wouldn’t be able to save because it was too far gone.  But, with determination and faith, I did it!!  …