I would have never believed it was a real thing, and almost laugh a little when my wife told me that one of our dogs has been getting this done. Apparently it's a BIG thing in Minnesota!

It all started when our dog, Maddie, suddenly had little to no use of one of her rear legs. We took her to a couple different vets and all they could do was determine she had a pinched nerve or spinal cord injury somehow, and put her on steroids. The drugs made her constantly thirsty and she had to pee a river every hour. This wasn't going to work for us.

We invested in a therapy laser and started home treatments on the area and things started showing improvement, but she was still not near 100%. After some research, my wife said she's taking her to an animal chiropractor, Dr. Rachel at Granite City Pet Hospital, who also does acupuncture, and I laughed a little. Quite a surprise to see how much improvement she's showing after her 2nd treatment!

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Barry's dog gets acupuncture therapy
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That's a lot of acupuncture needles!
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If you're wondering how she acted during the acupuncture therapy? You can see that she was totally chill and wouldn't have hardly known she was getting it done! Dr. Rachel is a natural with dogs and has been very effective with these treatments for a long time. She's got my blessing, which I never thought I'd be "OK" with, and I no longer think this is only for tiny dogs in purses around Hollywood!

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