WANTED: 40 GOOD DOGS and OWNERS!

Customers of The Pet Cabaret know that we are always interested in gentle, effective alternative veterinary treatments for our foot footed pals. Two of our favorite treatment modalities are acupuncture and acupressure. We, through personal experience, and many of our customers as well, have found these treatments to be enormously helpful to their pets.

Naturally then, we were very excited when we heard that one of our favorite animal acupuncturists, Claire McManus, was working with a small local company developing a new acupressure product for dogs with pain or stiffness due to arthritis, injuries, or other joint and mobility problems.

This company is in the final stages of development of the product and they are  looking for dogs to test it 

They need about 40 dogs (and owners), to test this acupressure product. It is totally non-invasive and clips onto their dog's collar for about one week.

Dog owners will be asked to fill out a short survey before and after using the collar. In return for participating in the trials owners will be given a $50 gift card to The Pet Cabaret.

They need dogs who are 25 lbs or larger and who have some challenges to their mobility and energy; for example difficulty getting up stairs or into car or stiffness / arthritis, limping after exercise etc. 

Those interested can contact Claire directly a mcmanusacupuncture@mac.com. Please include your  mailing address and phone number, name and age of dog in your email. Testing will begin in mid-May.

A big thank you

We'd like to extend a very big thank you to Dr. Regina Downey of Holistic Animal Healing Clinic (1-603-772-7387) for doing an excellent lecture for us this past Friday night. She talked to us about different healing modalities including homeopathy, homotoxicology, acupuncture, herbal medicine, NAET (Nambudripad's Allergy Elimination Techniques), and BICOM . She stated, of course, that all health and healing begins with proper feeding and good nutrition and we couldn't agree more.

As we've all seen recently, it's imperative to feed excellent quality, REAL food to our pets to keep them healthy. It's also vitally important to look into different forms of veterinary care for our pets. I think that we owe it to them and to ourselves to look into forms of care that are less dependent on harsh chemicals and medicines...not that medicines are bad, but they are over used.

What harm can it do to take a step back and try a gentler approach?