Pet Acupuncture at Palmyra Gathering
PALMYRA — Dogs and needles aren’t
usually a good match. But as veterinarian Lisa Aumiller took up a hair-thin
acupuncture needle and leaned over Piggy, a two-year-old Dachshund mix, the dog
scarcely blinked.
“I call this the permission point,”
Aumiller said as a roomful of spectators watched her place a needle into the
skin of Piggy’s head. Other needles appeared at acupressure points on the dog’s
head and ears as Aumiller explained her background. Piggy had suffered a rare
reaction to a distemper vaccine, a reaction so severe that part of her tongue
turned necrotic and fell away.
The acupuncture treatments, along
with other measures, have helped stabilize Piggy’s health, said Aumiller, a
member of HousePaws mobile veterinary service in Mount Laurel.
Aumiller said she has been using
acupuncture techniques for a little over a year on dogs, cats, guinea pigs,
rabbits and, in one case, a turtle.
“I’ve only had one dog react badly
to acupuncture,” she said. “Acupuncture is only one of six approaches,
including diet and lifestyle changes, she uses to treat ailing pets.”
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