Paws For Holistic Pet Care

Historically, we know for certain that Acupuncture has been used in China for over 3500 years.
With the recent finding of the perfectly preserved remains of Utzi, the Ice Man, who came to the surface of a melting glacier in Western Europe, we have new evidence that the use of acupuncture for pain and arthritis extends back at least 5000 years and was also used over a far broader range of the world than previously assumed.
Acupuncture was used in animals as well as people.
Modern day uses of acupuncture in the Western world focus primarily on joint pain, osteoarthritis, intervertebral disc disease, and neurologic disease with radiating nerve pain or limb weakness.

The human hand was used to adjust the spine and limbs as long ago as in ancient Greek times.
Dr. B.J. Palmer, an American, is credited with being the formal developer of human chiropractic in the early 1940's.
As with Acupuncture, the techniques of Chiropractic adjustments were applied to animals from the beginning, but not formalized into a trained art until quite recently.
The first formal organization for chiropractic applications in animals was created in the 1980's and called Options for Animals.

Dr. Verna is a strong believer in the profound positive and negative effects of diet on the physical body.
She recognizes that not every pet owner is prepared or able to feed a raw meat diet (nor is every pet able to physically digest such a diet without preparation and very gradual diet change!), and is willing and able to help plan a diet for each pet that will be nutritious and improve health more than most prepared pet foods can offer.
It is truly miraculous what a difference a change in dietary intake can make for most pets (especially the removal of grains and starches entirely from the diet of true carnivores such as cats!).

The word "Reiki" is a Japanese word used to describe many types of healing and spiritual work.
The most common form of Reiki taught in the United States is the Usui style, named after its founder.
Reiki is an Energy form of healing.
Research is underway, and so far shows good support of the fact that Reiki Energy healing can help decrease pain in human and animal patients.
Dr. Verna first learned Reiki by working with animals in the veterinary clinic, and later took a course to try and learn more about what was causing the fascinating improvement in comfort and well-being of her patients.

A relatively recent offering for our animal patients.
Separate from more "mainstream" medicine, the term Holistic Medicine is used to define aspects of medicine that don't involve the use of pharmaceuticals (drugs), surgery, or regular therapies such as vaccination.
Encompassed in this definition are modalities such as Animal Chiropractic, Veterinary Acupuncture, Massage Therapy, many individual herbal therapies (including Western society herbs, Traditional Chinese Medicine Herbology, Ayurvedic herbs, and sometimes native traditional herbs from many countries), Energy Medicine such as Reiki, the use of Magnetic therapies, Oxygen therapies (Ozone, Hyperbaric Oxygen, and others), the use of Flower Essences, Essential Oils such as those made by Young Living Essential Oils, Homeopathy, and much more.