Canine Acupuncture

Here's a subject which we haven't talked about yet but you should definitely be aware of. Acupuncture has been around seemingly forever and in the past couple of years the use of acupuncture on our four legged companions has become increasingly popular. Acupuncuture is used for treating a variety of ailements as well as a preventative treatement. 

Noseprints recently paid a visit to Dr. Gary Zinderman of the Animal Health and Healing Center. You can watch video of Tucker the wonder daschund undergoing treatment for his chronic back pain. Some dogs are prone to back issues and one look at a Daschund and you understand why they have back issues. They have no legs and are basically a tube with a head and a tail. Okay, maybe not that bad but the elongated body and hence spine just scream "back problems just around the corner". What is also very interesting is that acupuncture is used on larger mammals (excluding my cousin Vinnie) as well. In fact, check out the video below on the comparison of needles used on a dog and those used on a horse. The equine acupuncture segment will be posted in a few weeks. 

If you have any questions, feel free to contact myself or Dr. Gary Zinderman and we'll get you some answers. 

Keep Wagging everybody!