Robert's background and experience is well covered here and he is interested in leading government authorities back toward traditional methods of human health management. He also transferred into the animal treatments using classical and historical applications of herbs and common sense. Our business now sells to clients in many countries around the world directly though the internet and leads the way in many aspects of treatment, while maintaining a personal and direct contact with individual clients.Cath has a long held interest in horses, having been brought up on a farm just outside of Bathurst NSW. Her father bred race horses, and she would retrain them for her small riding school. For the last 15 years she has spent her time dedicated to understanding the equine mind, and the physical impacts of the training of the horse.
Cath is a trained Dorothy Hall graduate Classical Herbalist, Counsellor, Certified Adult Educator and is also a Reiki Master. She has completed 2 courses of equine studies- early on a course with The Australian Academy of Equitation, and more recently her EFA NCAS level 1 G. She also did 12 months study at Hawkesbury Agricultural College- Ad. Dip. Horse Management, and part-completed a BA at Charles Sturt University - Cultural Studies.
Nowadays, she spends her time advising horse owners on holistic care and training methods for many of our clients. She is passionate about kind and thereputically orientated training of horses that improve horses well-being, and uses her extensive experience as a horse trainer and holistic practitioner to assist in the rehabilitation of clients horses.
She Lectures at local TAFE 4 times a year to Equine Massage Students on Herbal medicine. Cath also devotes her time to the local pony club, offering assistance to young riders to improve their understanding of the horses that they ride.Cath also has up to 6 horses in work , ranging from a young mare just started under saddle, to more advanced horses. presently her big mare Rosie is just starting flying changes , piaff and passage.
She is a skilled Dressage Rider and trains advanced Dressage students. Our Horse Property, which she manages, is nearly 300 acres and has private 1 or 4 acre paddocks for rental and for our treatment of equine health problems.
Judith is also a Dorothy Hall graduated herbalist. She works to keep our newsletters coming out, performs online consultations and makes small changes to the website on a daily basis. Her current speciality is in alternative childhood education and she runs a private school in conjunction with others. Judith fine her maintenance of herbal expertise restful and relaxing from the demands of school management and she shows special skills in human treatments because of her knowledge in alternate education systems.
Catherine Meeks is a trained Dorothy Hall herbalist, is an expert also in physical health and training and runs classes in conjunction with our local gymnasium. Catherine has much sensible and practical advice for animal treatments, especially dogs and cats, and manages inquiry and emails during the week between human treatment appointments. Catherine operates from a home office as well as from the factory and clinic
Kate and her husband Vet owned and managed a clinic for small animals in Sydney. Kate has been with Herbal Treatments over 10 years and is relied upon for her extensive knowledge of illness and disease in domestic animals. (Particularly Horses). Kate works 4 full time days each week and is in first hand contact with owners during the time they need help and advice as well as herbal treatments.
George Peterson; After 6 years with us , we are happy to say, George has worked his way into the position of Practice Manager. George is now central to the day to day work of the Herbal business. He manages workflows for Clinical staff and oversees the operations of the Herbal dispensary. George has limited mobility (caused by childhood Polio), but, thanks to the technologies of the 21st century we accomodate his needs by enabling work from his home/office, for much of the working week.
We have other staff who work for us either full or part time, in manufacturing herbal extracts land in packaging orders. We are associated with other organisations which manufacture herbal extracts and who make our specific medicines for grazing animals which are often based around herbs extracted in organic apply cider vinegar.
Getting to know the team;
We have a lot of fun at Herbal-Treatments and I have a wonderful and loyal team of helpers. I thought it would be fun to introduce them to you who visit our web site and who correspond with us in regard to your animal's or your own health problems.
Cath:
Cath is my partner. She is also a Reiki practitioner and Healer and she and I have worked on the hair analysis program together since we started, to provide this valuable service for difficult cases.
She has been involved with horses all her life and I rely on her for advice especially on training and handling and the effect of deficiencies in these areas, on the horses health and conformation.
Cath has a day job as a manager and counselor but her passion is dressage. Tarquin is her latest protégé. He is a 5yr old Cleveland Bay cross gelding whom she is working up through the levels at present and who is featured here.
Cath and Tarquin
Cath
George:
Work at Herbal Treatments doing; Customer Care Manager.
Why I live where I live: I live in my house primarily because of its excellent wheelchair access, room for my partner's classical music listening space as well as a yard for a large dog to live and play.
Hobbies and Interests: Politics, Virtual Car Racing and Virtual Golf, Reading and listening to Radio especially online.
Long Term Goals: Live a happy life.
Pets: One bull mastiff/ridgeback X and a Shepheard X.
What age I like people to think I am: I let people think I'm younger than I am.
Judith Burton:
Work at Herbal Treatments doing: Editing herbal websites, writing the newsletter as well as answering people email inquiries.
Why I live where I live: Moved to 20 acres at Wattle Flat 9 months ago., 30 minutes north of Bathurst.. Its old gold mining country, not fertile but covered with regrowth eucalyptus trees.. Plenty of peace and space for me to walk and breathe.
Hobbies and Interests: I completed my herbal studies this year with the same wonderful teacher who taught Robert many years ago.
I study the work of Rudolf Steiner with a like minded group of people.
Painting - I started having lessons last year and hugely enjoy the activity.
Long Term Goals:
Pets/Chn: A beautiful devoted border collie called Missie who keeps me out of trouble.
Two amazing daughters one birth and one adopted from India, Jess is 22 and Lini is 18. They are both petite and beautiful .
Favourite addictions: Reading and chocolate.
What age I like people to think I am: For now I am 44 ..and have been for a few years!
Kate:
Kate is our small animal expert as well as having a very solid equine background, riding and handling horses since a teenager. She has a great deal more detailed knowledge and experience than the rest of us about small animal health problems. She has intimate knowledge of the veterinary medical approach to dealing with problems and she is the person you should ask to talk to regarding existing treatments and medications.
The love of Kate's life is Raz (the short one) who is featured here along with his buddy LeCouteur who lost a battle with cancer earlier this year. Kate's other much loved family members are Monty, a 16.1 hh Brown Thoroughbred, Hector, a Quarrion aged 13yrs and her 5 cows the oldest of which is 18yrs old and of course are all permanent pets.
Kate! Raz and LaCouteur
Robert:
Also known as Sandy, is me.
I am blessed with a loyal and enthusiastic team who in most cases can run the day to day herbal treatments business without me. I find myself spending more and more time writing and conducting online consultations with human patients around the world.
The team leaves me free to deal with my human patients and to manage and develop other projects. Currently these range from engineering and contracting to web based self-assessment counseling.
Robert at his desk. Click for more about Robert.
The Future:
Cath and I have aquired a 272 acre property just 10 minutes from Bathurst which is called Kellosheil Park and where we will establish our Holistic Equine Rehabilitation Center. This will allow our whole team to bring to bear their experience and skills in turning around the health of valuable horses whose health has broken down or have been traumatized or injured. We expect to be able to rehabilitate, retrain and return them fully fit in half the time normally taken with orthodox medical treatment, confining and spelling practices.
Kellosheil Park will also provide various levels of agistment, indoor and outdoor arenas, jumping arena, cross country and trecking trails and will be offered as a venue for all manner of competition and training events.