A Dog Story

Wow!!! I'm embarrassed when I turn on to blog when I realize that it's been nearly four and a half months since I was on here last. If it wasn't for such a pleasurable evening with our three associates ,"The Associates", I probably wouldn't have jumped on here tonight to write about this story. We were sitting around after a great dinner at Bonefish Grill---man, those bang-bang shrimp!!---and desert, a cake that said "Thanks for all you do". My wife and I had them to our home for a little fellowship. It was a blast and we think they enjoyed it too, So, anyway, we were sitting around sharing stories. I shared one about adjusting a dog one time. This may seem a little bazaar to some but there are many chiropractors throughout the years that have adjusted all kinds of animals. It's strange for me because I don't like dogs, especially big ones. I had a colleague in school that treated more animals than he did people. A little more about him in a minute. So, back in the mid '80s I had a patient that wanted me to check her dog for her. My apologies that I don't remember what breed of dog he was but he was HUGE! On all fours he was a good 2+ feet, on his hind legs he could put his front paws on my shoulders and his head was above my head. That's big!! I'm not a dog fan so I'll admit I was a little scared of this dog. This dog actually had a couple of health issues. One, he had hip displasia. This apparently is a common problem for this breed. Two, which is the reason she wanted me to evaluate him, was that he could not urinate properly. She described that he would have to let his bladder fill up so that he could use his stomach muscles to force the urine out. He would still "dribble" when he ran. She, of course, had taken him to veterinarians with very little help or hope. She actually took him to the UGA veterinarian school. She was told that he had a kidney problem and that he would probably only live about six more months. They had also given indication that there may be a nerve problem in his low back. This is where I come in. She had remembered what I had taught her about spinal misalignment's and nerve pressure and it's effect on the function of the body. I had explained, as I do to everyone of my patients, that the pressure of a leaf put on a nerve root can stop the flow of the nerve supply coming from the brain going to a body part by 60%. She thought, "huh, I wonder if that applies to animals". We had this conversation and she wanted me to evaluate the dog. Remember I'm scared so I called my friend mentioned above in Minnesota. He was going to be in Atlanta that weekend. He asked me to have her meet him at the hotel and she did. After a thorough evaluation he gave the dog his first adjustment. He asked her to tell me to call him. He gave me the advice as to what to do and how to adjust this big ole dog. I started treating the dog immediately. I actually bought an Activator adjusting tool for the owner and showed her what to do. She continued to treat the dog and a year later the dog was still alive. As a matter of fact within just a few weeks the dog was able to urinate normally! That's been over 20 years ago. I trust the dog had a long wonderful life with an owner that truly loved him and went to great lengths to help him be healthy -- even using chiropractic care. Her belief in chiropractic the theory strengthened mine. Thank you to her.
No,I don't treat animals any longer with the exception of one other animal. My cat had seizures. She would foam at the mouth, take off running in circles, run into walls and shake uncontrollably. The vet said she probably would not live very long. So---I got out my trusty Activator and adjusted her. Voila!! No more seizures. She's still alive years later. This chiropractic stuff is really neat. For you those people that are not sure about chiropractic or that believe that it's all in our patients head I think these stories say; "I don't thinks so"
As always, all I ask is give me a chance.