Pet Acupuncture: Treating Animals With Human Therapies

There is a growing movement to treat animals with the best that human medicine has to offer, including physical therapy, hydro-therapy, and even alternative therapies -- acupuncture, to be precise. When dog owner Joe Bowerman's beloved Shitzu, Snoot, was suffering from chronic back problems, which is common among the breed, and became paralyzed, Bowerman started looking into acupuncture treatments. "He couldn't use his back," said Snoot's vet Leilani Alvarez of Animal Medical Center in New...Full Story