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  1. Narda G. Robinson
    April 24, 2012

    Thank you for your in-depth coverage, Skeptvet.

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    • skeptvet
      April 24, 2012

      Sure! These stories always turn out to be more complex and interesting than they seem at first once you start looking into them.

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  2. Lauren
    April 24, 2012

    Reminds me of the Raw Meaty Bones guy…crazy people.

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  3. Marie
    November 14, 2014

    I think the question we have to ask ourselves is …”Traditional vs. Alternative”? I have 2 wonderful dogs and I am only human. Solution is our goal…it may be just finding a balance. People and pets all are candidates for a solution for what works and still having the opportunity to our quality of life. I chose to become a “hybrid” so I could take of my pets and myself. So many solutions are not expensive. Do not be afraid, love yourself and your pets.
    My animals are a part of my vitality and they need my ability and happy smile to rejuvenate them every day. Win,win situation 🙂 EVERYDAY. We all need each other! Think outside the box and embrace why we have to find a balance! It works.
    ASK questions and EDUCATE about PET and PEOPLE

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    • skeptvet
      November 14, 2014

      Huh? Sorry but it’s not very clear what exactly you are saying here. “What works?” is indeed the question, but the whole point of this blog is to look at how we decide. Good intentions don’t by themselves make a therapy work, nor is “thinking outside the box” automatically a good thing. Most seemingly crazy ideas actually are crazy and don’t work, despite the fact that we like to tell heartwarming stories about the few that do. We actually harm our pets if we don’t make a serious effort to understand how to separate wishful thinking and nonsense from truly effective medicine.

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    • Vasco de Gama
      May 14, 2019

      Just read your comment – I agree with your sensitive reasoning regarding orthopaedic manipulation. My old friend border collie tore her crucia last week – I’ve already spent money on X-ray and scans. My insurers are trying to question that at 12 Milly would possibly have an arthritic pre- condition and therefore invoke their unwillingness to pay for surgery £3000 – so am I looking at alternatives which are positive and realistic that this quadruped dog can recover with care and love. Your comments chime with my approach

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  4. Barb Moermond
    August 31, 2016

    My 2 year old male cat has FHS and I came across a video by him and it claimed FHS was [always] caused by a “lesion” by the spine and FHS is caused by the inflammation and always responds to corticosteroid treatment and HIS treatment can cure FHS completely. o.O uh-huh. I have been researching FHS and talking to neurologist at vet schools etc for months and he’s the only one who 1. knows what causes FHS and 2. can cure it. I was highly skeptical because so many cats with FHS appear to be reacting to hallucinations and many have grand mal seizures after an episode. A spinal lesion is responsible for this? Oh come on. Then I started researching him. Yeah, he didn’t make the cut for a spot on my resource list.

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  5. Suzanne OBrien
    April 13, 2020

    Hello. I read a similar blog writing off acupuncture and acupressure as phooey. As a canine massage therapist I was trained on ANMR. We also employ various light therapies and Assisi loop, laser acupuncture, Craniosacral etc. From yoga we know that stacking the bones properly eases pain, reduces wear from imbalance and provides grace to movement. Communication from our brain runs down the spine in the CNS and fluids. When we have minute blockages in the bladder meridian ( as well as other meridians or chakras in the body) communication struggles. That communication not only affects outward mobility but internal organs. We’ve seen cats present with kidney disease who, after animal chiropractic or ANMR therapy have normal bloodwork; that’s huge! When I watch a 115Lb Doberman go from falling down just trying to walk to full power again by opening up communication along the spine, rather than PTS or MRI and surgery originally suggested and at a fraction of the cost with no invasive treatments I’m sold! I don’t consider VOM new but simply a spin on chiropractic, ANMR, massage and the ancient energy work far older than allopathic medicine that all this ‘new holistic therapy’ originates from time begin with. We are all energy. So we must begin there in healing.

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    • Mary ODonovan
      March 10, 2021

      Absolutely. It helped my dig greatly.

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  6. v.t.
    April 18, 2020

    ^ Sorry, but that is a whole lot of nonsense to absorb!

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  7. Mary ODonovan
    March 9, 2021

    I had this done on my dog and it works. I tried this procedure for hip dysplasia because my niece had it done on her dog with hip dysplasia and it worked. Maybe it sounds unusual but it works. Discovered after spending big bucks in regular vets with incorrect diagnoses and incorrect medication.

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    • skeptvet
      March 9, 2021

      Lots of reasons why anecdotes like this aren’t reliable and don’t actually tell us if therapies work or not:

      Why Anecdotes Can’t be Trusted

      Anmecdote

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    • Caiti Villarino
      January 26, 2023

      Just had my dog treated with VOM with back and neck trouble. Hurting while walking, keeping head down, not able to jump onto couch. Tired, lethargic and clearly not himself. He had been playing with a few big dogs and got thrown and landed right on his back. Three treatments so far and he’s like a puppy again. This works. Give it a try.

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    • Lacy
      March 8, 2023

      My dog seems to be having success as well! Just had his second treatment, and he was able to successfully correct his knuckling on his own. He has severe hip dysplasia, and has been having trouble walking. I’m def going to continue with the treatments.

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  8. art malernee
    March 10, 2021

    timing has a lot to do with the success of a rain dance.

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  9. art william malernee
    January 27, 2023

    i get emails from this vet advertising something about every month. never pay any attention anymore to what he was advertising because it looks like alternative medicine quakery. I suspect the email ads have been sent to the people posting vom testimonials. does anyone know what vet school bill inman graduated from? Want to make sure it was not osu.

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