canine chiropractors?

[Cindy]

What's the general opinion on them? I heard there was a good one in my area and wondered if I should let him check out my dog. My dog is blind and he runs into things a lot. Especially when he gets excited. So I wonder how this has affected his neck and spine over time.

[davet]

this is just based on my personal experience and my extreme preudicial attitued...i think they are worthless..my first experience with them was with a patient i Minam...A dox with th4e typical disc progblem...the oowner was a chiro and he adjusted the back the dog eventually had to be euthanized and beside he bite his owner...had a loca vet who did chiro and can not think of one animal that responded...theose that did we predicted would have gotten better if they were just left out in the back yard. I personally think you would do much better by yoiur training the dog as to where things were and not changing the location of things like furniaturee.ii used to house call a blinbd dog and he was so excited to "see" me there he would run down from the third floor, down all the steps and into the kitchen where we examined him on the kitchen table...never hit a thing and never would if nothing was moved.....i think you will be going in for a waste of time...train and don't move objects...if he is not showing any symptons then i would not look for trouble.....just my opinion....

[davet]

Minam...A dox should read Miami....a doxie...

[Traci]

Agree with Davet....plus you may not know this chiropractor's credentials. Where was he trained, was it an accredited veterinary program/source? (and not some fly-by-night-pay-me-300-dollars-you-can-be-certified program)

Alt Med Primer

Veterinary 'Chiropractic'

[davet]

Dr. Ramey is an excellent source in information..he often writes for the JAVMA plus several books...good man

[Cindy]

train and don't move objects

He used to do just fine. But the older he gets, the more he forgets and like I mentioned, it's worse when he gets excited (he's a JRT) and when he first wakes up from a deep sleep he is disoriented and I'm not always there to "steer" him.

Funny, but I would never go to a chiropractor myself yet I would consider bringing my dog to one!

Anyway, no symptoms are shown, I was just wondering. I'll ask my regular vet what she thinks, too. Thanks!

[davet]

would you post the response from your regular Vet..i have had clients go to Chiros and after lots of money the situation they went for cleared up, ie four or five visits...i know i could have releived the dog in one visit wit hmed...in fact had to redo a lot of dogs that went to chirpo--cost the owners big money...

[Patrick]

Chiropractic helped my last dog when she went lame. I came home one day to find her lame in both legs. I took her to a Vet hospital which gave her a chiropractic adjustment. She walked out on her own power. Every 4 weeks or so, i would start to see her losing mobility; I would then take her for another adjustment, and she would walk out normally. I think chiropractic won't help every dog, but it is a modality thats worth trying if the dog has a problem that can't be helped otherwise. ---Patrick

[davet]

i would love to see a "blind study" on this, ie if you were my client, just for kicks i would take and X-ray or you pups spine at no charge and then have you take the pup to the chiro and compare, ie see what he read vrs what i read///because you can take an xray of any animal with a vertebral column and find what would be called a subluxation but these would be normal...ask your vet if she would take an x-ray and then compare it with the chiros interpretaion....i am sure your vet would not agree cause things are a lot more expensive now daysthen when i was in practice but it would be interesting....nother stupid story..an old client brtought in a mummified cat from an egyptian dig and wanted me to x-ray it for a scarab. did so and all it was was just a mummified cat, no scarrab

[Marty]

Patrick, out of curiousity, did you know what the problem was before you went to the chiro? My dog needed surgery for a ruptured disc, and now I have back problems, but I am not even thinking about a chiro, even though they may be able to help for some problems. Wouldn't want to do more harm than good.