A Guide to Treating your Pets with Holistic Veterinary Medicine. Donna Kelleher D.V.M. uses acupuncture, gold bead implants, chiropractic, herbs, homeopathy, and diet and nutrition to treat pets in Seattle. Holistic Veterinary Medicine Donna Kelleher, D.V.M., The Last Chance DogChance Dog, Whole Pet Vet, gold bead implant, gold bead implants, gold bead therapy holistic veterinary medicine, natural pets, natural animal care, herbs for pets, acupuncture for pets, chiropractic for pets, natural pet care, animal care, holistic veterinarian, wholepetvet, pet acupuncture, pet chiropractic, Donna Kelleher, D.V.M., The Last Chance Dog Chance Dog, Whole Pet Vet, gold bead therapy holistic veterinary medicine , natural pets, natural animal care, herbs for pets, acupuncture for pets, chiropractic for pets, natural pet care, animal care, holistic veterinarian, wholepetvet, pet acupuncture, pet chiropractic, Donna Kelleher, D.V.M., The Last Chance DogChance Dog, Whole Pet Vet, gold bead therapy holistic veterinary medicine, natural pets, natural animal care, herbs for pets, acupuncture for pets, chiropractic for pets, natural pet care, animal care, holistic veterinarian, wholepetvet, pet acupuncture, pet chiropractic, Whole Pet Vet, gold bead therapy A Guide to Holistically Treating your Pets -- Dr. Donna Kelleher's (D.V.M.) hope is to educate and inform you about the world of holistic veterinary medicine . Whole Pet Vet, gold bead therapy A Guide to Holistically Treating your Pets -- Dr. Donna Kelleher's (D.V.M.) hope is to educate and inform you about the world of holistic veterinary medicine . Whole Pet Vet, gold bead therapy A Guide to Holistically Treating your Pets -- Dr. Donna Kelleher's (D.V.M.) hope is to educate and inform you about the world of holistic veterinary medicine .Donna Kelleher, D.V.M., The Last Chance DogChance Dog, Whole Pet Vet, gold bead therapy holistic veterinary medicine , natural pets, natural animal care, herbs for pets, acupuncture for pets, chiropractic for pets, natural pet care, animal care, holistic veterinarian, wholepetvet, pet acupuncture, pet chiropractic, Donna Kelleher, D.V.M., The Last Chance Dog Chance Dog, Whole Pet Vet, gold bead therapy holistic veterinary medicine , natural pets, natural animal care, herbs for pets, acupuncture for pets, chiropractic for pets, natural pet care, animal care, holistic veterinarian, wholepetvet, pet acupuncture, pet chiropractic, Donna Kelleher, D.V.M., The Last Chance DogChance Dog, Whole Pet Vet, gold bead therapy holistic veterinary medicine, natural pets, natural animal care, herbs for pets, acupuncture for pets, chiropractic for pets, natural pet care, animal care, holistic veterinarian, wholepetvet, pet acupuncture, pet chiropractic, Whole Pet Vet, gold bead therapy A Guide to Holistically Treating your Pets -- Dr. Donna Kelleher's (D.V.M.) hope is to educate and inform you about the world of holistic veterinary medicine . Whole Pet Vet, gold bead therapy A Guide to Holistically Treating your Pets -- Dr. Donna Kelleher's (D.V.M.) hope is to educate and inform you about the world of holistic veterinary medicine . Whole Pet Vet, gold bead therapy A Guide to Holistically Treating your Pets -- Dr. Donna Kelleher's (D.V.M.) hope is to educate and inform you about the world of holistic veterinary medicine . Welcome to Whole Pet Vet - A Guide to Treating your Pets with Holistic Veterinary Medicine. I'm Dr. Donna Kelleher. I use acupuncture, gold bead implants, chiropractic, herbs, homeopathy, and diet and nutrition to treat pets in Seattle, Washington. The world of holistic animal healing is the gentler medical realm I have spent the past eight years exploring. With natural methods, I nudge the animal's own healing capabilities using diet changes, herbs, acupuncture, chiropractic, and other forms of energy moving body work. The common denominator is all these techniques have no harmful side effects. Read more about me on my vet bio page, or visit some of the testimonials and case studies below to learn how Holistic Veterinary Medicine has helped these dear animals have another chance. Pet Services Holistic Veterinary Medicine carefully approaches treating animals by limiting harmful side effects that can be caused by conventional medications. It is used for both diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic conditions. However, where it often offers hope when there are limited conventional options is in the treatment of chronic disease. Instead of attempting to suppress isolated symptoms, holistic veterinarians attempt to heal underlying imbalances and stimulate the animal's own healing systems with safe techniques, such as The symptoms often subside or disappear forever because the cause for symptoms has been treated.
acupuncture is a system of points and connecting energy train tracks called 'meridians' organized by the Chinese. Disease arises from a problem in the flow of energy, known as 'qi' which stops flowing along the track or meridian. Using acupressure, acupuncture needles, moxibustion, acupuncture, gold bead implantation or electro-acupuncture, energy and blood flow are manipulated. In 1996, the AVMA declared that acupuncture "should be an integral part of veterinary medicine." acupuncture is a well-documented method to controlling pain by releasing neurotransmitters and hormones, and affects gastric motility, liver, and kidney function.
gold bead implants permanently stimulate the acupuncture sites for diseases such as, epilepsy, hip dysplasia, and other spinal diseases. gold bead implantation can be effective for many severe, otherwise degenerative conditions, such as wobblers disease, degenerative myelopathy, severe spondylosis or "back arthritis", hip dysplasia, elbow or knee arthritis, and epilepsy. The veterinarian implants the beads into specific acupuncture points, which vary depending on the medical condition and the individual energetics of the animal. They offer a safe, drug-free, and effective way to help patients. chiropractic Musculo-skeletal manipulations have been done for thousands of years in many countries, and the techniques are being continuously refined. According to the principles of chiropractic, disease can be caused from the nervous system working incorrectly. Usually the primary symptoms with chiropractic problems include pain, abnormalities in gait or uneven gait, or a visibly crooked back. Severe neck pain often does not respond to acupuncture but can be eliminated with chiropractic. Spinal nerves exiting the spinal cord form spaces in between each vertebra, and then feed into all organs of the body. When the nerve impulses are disrupted, there can be sometimes organ dysfunction, even digestive disturbances, caused from chiropractic disease. A chiropractor restores normal range of motion and releases pressure from pinched nerves, surrounding ligaments and musculature. These adjustments should not hurt animals, and in fact most animals find great comfort in the relief of pain. There are ways to restore normal vertebra position without using a controlled thrust or typical "adjustment" and some animals benefit by using gentle massage techniques which restore normal spinal health.
Herbal Medicine is a very effective way to treat animals and can often correct underlying imbalances while keeping internal organs healthy. Herbal prescriptions make up fifty percent of the medicine prescribed by German physicians and is widely becoming incorporated into mainstream medical schools. A skilled herbalist knows how to match the energetics of the patient with the energetics of the herb. For example, it is wise to use a cooling herb such as goldenseal root on a heated inflammation or infection such as the viral fever, but it would not be a good choice for chronic cold conditions. Western herbalists are usually trained in medicinal plants native to the Americas, but not Chinese and Ayurvedic herbs native to China and India, respectively.
diet and nutrition A vast array of diseases can be successfully treated with diet changes alone. Constipation, diarrhea, vomiting, inflammatory bowel disease all can be resolved when underlying constitutional imbalances are addressed. Foods, like herbs, have energetic properties that heal. I use a variety of proteins, carbohydrates and vegetables for dogs and cats. Raw foods are emphasized but are sometimes too rich for older animals. Vitamin Supplements are very helpful to prevent disease and provide the body with antioxidants to "clean up " toxic cellular debris.
Developed by Dr. Samuel Hahnemann in Germany in the early 1800's, homeopathy is based on the premise that 'like cures like.' It heals the vital force of the body by nudging the immune system towards homeostasis. Substances that in large amounts may cause a symptom, in dilute, potentized amounts may cure specific energetic imbalances. The more dilute the substance, the stronger it becomes, since at each dilution there are agitations, or sucussions, which transfer energy (by friction) between the vehicle (water, lactose, alcohol) and the original substance. It is a gentle, safe and effective method of removing illness. Homeopathic medicines are called remedies. Examples include arnica 30c, nux vomica 30c. Additionally, I have spent The Last Chance Dogfour years writing true stories of holistic animal healing. My book is due to be published in February 2003 and will be titled The Last Chance DogChance Dog. Thank you for your interest.