Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 3, 1995, Winnipeg, Manitoba By Paul Mckie staff reporter the new year brings with it the Promise of a better renewal of the a fresh Start Good what pres sure its the time of year we look ahead and also gulp we use the beginning of a new year to kickstart us into tack Ling those things weve been meaning to do with our then we just kick our selves when we dont do we also make new years so rarely do they get carried says family therapist Richard he believes that this time of the year gets people doing things that maybe there just not ready to and that puts unneeded stress in their you get hyped and you gear up for he says of a but the Moti vation Doest motivation you May really want to do something like quitting smoking or los ing weight in 1995 but youre not quite ready to when you begin because you made a youre going to if its not going to Grunfeld you get a recent radio Survey indicated that most people fail to keep their resolutions each and that 80 per cent of All resolutions Are broken within the first a decided Lack of motivation if we really we might do something about we can blame the ancient babylonians for the Resolution while new years festivities in All Cul Tures celebrate a new it was the babylonians who actually had formal resolutions years rituals Back folks often resolved to pay off All debts and return All borrowed tools and household from those annual rituals have evolved the common 20th Century promises to quit smoking and lose with the latter dominating pos Holiday the most ominous Symbol of the Post Christmas season is the bathroom its Good to have says Grun he believes that people should increase the rituals of the new year in some Grunfeld figures that part of the prob Lem May be that we dont take this time of year seriously if there were a More spiritual feel to the new year fes he perhaps that would give us the motivation we the Celebration of the new year was a solemn often Mark ing the beginning of the new agricultural but the rituals of the past have largely been forgotten new years is now reduced to mad parties where you Swap spit with strangers at Midnight and make a few resolutions the next Winnipeg free press Tempo Section Gail c1 1995 in the absence of the solemnity that Grunfeld wishes resolutions seem doomed to As he if youre not really commit any Resolution you make will fizzle Outin two if youre committed to doing it Doest matter if its 15 or he so Grunfeld offers an alternative to the formal resolutions and the failure that often while Good thing that the year makes us goals dont just happen they happen because we make them Grunfeld suggests writing your feel Ings for the upcoming year in a Stream of consciousness the Best Way to he is by i Fol Low that with what youd like to see in your life in the coming then either put that piece of paper away or throw it Grunfeld says that writing has already helped you tap into your inner desires and sent a Mes Sage to your subconscious about what you want your life to photo illustration by Jeff Debooy Winnipeg free press its reaching out to that he he also offers an approach his wife instead of specific ideas of things youd like to set goals that Are thematic in the goals Are less but you can move Forward without always worrying about so take it enjoy Stop fret Ting about whether youll reach your goals or after if you dont quite make it this 1996 is closer than you these ones Are easy to keep 1995 is three Days but if youre feeling pressured into making feel free to use these guaranteed Tongue in Cheek resolutions for heres to a great guilt free Yearl in resolve to Fri m gain five to ten give up Wear the have a really stressful Day at work and begin smoking forget my wedding think about making positive changes in my life but put off doing anything about it because things just keep cropping talk about exercising buy a piece of exercise use it twice and then let it gather dust in the watch too much rent too Many movies and neglect work that has to be done around the h gossip incessantly about people at get complain about the Tell everyone this is my last year living in this lonely Prairie Burg and move to the West not vote in the cites fall elections but whine incessantly about whoever becomes leave the Christmas lights on the House for another continue to deny that Ive Ever seen Ace Ven pet argue with at least one person about the Start Reading a great novel by someone named Dostoevsky or Proust but switch Over to a paperback by someone named King or spend hundreds of dollars on my car because its Worth swear too much at Home and be unfailingly polite to my Bosses at beef continuously about forget to plug my car in of the coldest night of the forget my car is plugged in on a warmer Day and drive away with whats left of my Extension not take any nigh school file my taxes forget the words to 0 Canada at the begin Ning of a sporting worry about reducing my stress find help Here for those who really feel they can do the Resolution thing this or simply want to try Richard Grunfeld heres a list of some better known motivational books that May help you achieve your All Are available in local i feel the fear and do it by Susan i How to get what you really by Barbara i getting past by Richard i seven habits of highly effective by Stephen i care of the by Thomas i random acts of editors of Canori after new Maggie Mae Spry they knew something was wrong when she had trouble getting up off the floor after a Long it was As if her Hind end had ceased to she was limping and her Back hips were says Carmen when she get up off the she needed a Little help from we also had to help her Down the stairs or when she wanted to go Steele is talking about her Maggie an eight Montgold Airedale Maggie Mae has hip a potentially Crip pling genetic disease in which the Ballan socket joint of a dogs hips dont fit together the which can be complicated further by too much usually shows up when a dog is four to nine months signs of the condition include hip a Limp or swaying hop Ping when and difficulty in rising from a sitting or lying pet perfect Bruce Owen dogs with hip dysplasia often develop arthritis due to the abnormal stress on the most dog especially those who have Large Breeds like the German already know All about this common Dis even my dog a Shepherd Collie has but for the Maggie Maes diagnosis came As a Shock air Dales Arent generally sup posed to have hip Bow Over the last few weeks Maggie Mae has undergone a relatively new treatment which has Given Back her Spry and energetic Puppy Shes doing really Steele just before Christ Mas we were out in the country and she was running around and playing with other the treatment involves regular injections of a drug called Ade says Maggie Maes Steven Strauss of the Corydon animal Strauss says the which has been available for Only about two is a synthetic Compo nent that fortifies the joint fluid in the dogs were not sure yet How it but we know it has artificial properties that appear to help the Strauss dogs like Maggie Mae require regular shots there injected into the dogs hindquarters once or twice a week for three or four depending on the dogs the Cost ranges from to per again depending on the size of the for Large Breed the Cost could be up to Strauss says the injections Usu ally taper off after several weeks or when the dog has finished but May be required again in later years if arthritis if the dog has a serious Case of hip surgery can also be performed to either realign or replace the Ballan socket joint with a false joint or replace the entire each of the proce dures is costly and May require that your dog go to the College of veterinary Medicine in Saska Toon for about four its a huge procedure and you dont want to put an animal through Steele its a last Strauss says if your dog shows signs of hip you can give it Small doses of painkillers such As buffering or for when Hobbes is sore and we give him half an you should also decrease Long periods of extended exercise and opt for Shorter and keep your pets weight remedy another possible according to a study by Veteri nary scientists at Penn Sylvania and North Carolina along with the ral Sto Purina and the swedish Laboratory for comparative May involve research shows that reducing the amounts of sodium and potassium in dog and increasing the amount of can reduce the Chance puppies will develop hip the change in diet will not alter the genetic predisposition of the dog to pass dysplasia to its but could keep some dogs from becoming Rice and Corn gluten meal were found to give a better balance than meat and Bone but dont attempt to create these diets wait until they Are available from recognized com the University of Pennsylva Nias school of veterinary Medicine has also developed the Penn hip a hip dysplasia detection system that takes detailed measurements of hip x rays to gauge joint once in this will help vets and breeders determine which dog has a better fitting hip so that the defect int unknowingly passed on to new if you have a pet related Story or information you want to you can fax a note to pet perfect at 6977412 or drop a note in the Winnipeg free 1355 Mountain ;