Indications for Chiro Care for Small Animals

Whether your pet is fuzzy, furry, feathery, or scaly chiropractic can benefit animals of all ages and sizes. We want to help every pet achieve a life of optimal health and well-being. Many everyday issues can be helped by chiropractic care. The lists below show many indicators that your animal loved ones may be a perfect candidate for chiropractic treatments. Plus - meet some of our animal family!

General Issues:

Dog ain’t doing right (ADR)
Change in attitude
Behavioral changes
Dog does not want to run and play
Performance problems.
Anal gland problems
Urinary or fecal incontinence

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Molly and Murphy

Jaw and Eating Issues:

Refusal to eat hard food or treats
Not playing with toys
Decrease in bite work
Will not open mouth to full extent

Head and Neck Issues:

Neck pain; these dogs sometimes scream in pain
Decreased motion of neck
Animal may appear to have one eye or ear higher than the other
Ear sensitivity, ear infections
Head shaking, flopping ears
Head tilt

Zeke

Molly

Issues with Limbs and Movement:

Forelimb lameness
Decreased fore limb extension.
Pain in affected limb
Decreased range of motion in affected joints
Gait abnormalities.
Lameness

Murphy

Issues with Rear Limbs

Rear leg lameness
Rear limb ataxia.
Puppy sitting - Inability to sit square

Monty

NOTE
Always check the toenails to be sure they are properly trimmed. Toenails that are too long can affect all aspects of the limb, the dog’s gait and its spinal posture.

Issues with Spine and Movement:

Dog will not track correctly
Muscle spasms
Hesitant or inability to jump
Dropped shoulder
Tucked tail head, tail pain, resistance to tail
Difficulty lowering the head to the ground

Indications for Chiro Care for Small Animals

General Issues:

Dog ain’t doing right (ADR)

Change in attitude

Behavioral changes

Dog does not want to run and play

Performance problems.

Anal gland problems

Urinary or fecal incontinence

Molly and Murphy

Jaw and Eating Issues:

Decrease in bite work

Will not open mouth to full extent

Head and Neck Issues:

Neck pain; these dogs sometimes scream in pain

Decreased motion of neck

Animal may appear to have one eye or ear higher than the other

Ear sensitivity, ear infections

Head shaking, flopping ears

Head tilt

Zeke

Molly

Forelimb lameness

Decreased fore limb extension.

Pain in affected limb

Decreased range of motion in affected joints

Gait abnormalities.

Lameness

Murphy

Rear leg lameness

Rear limb ataxia.

Puppy sitting - Inability to sit square

Monty

*NOTE* Always check the toenails to be sure they are properly trimmed. Toenails that are too long can affect all aspects of the limb, the dog’s gait and its spinal posture.

Dog will not track correctly

Muscle spasms

Hesitant or inability to jump

Dropped shoulder

Tucked tail head, tail pain, resistance to tail

Difficulty lowering the head to the ground

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NOTE
Always check the toenails to be sure they are properly trimmed. Toenails that are too long can affect all aspects of the limb, the dog’s gait and its spinal posture.