How will I know if my animal needs treating?

 

Indications in animals vary and most owners will recognise when their animal is in pain, or showing signs of distress.

 

As a guide owners should consider seeking treatment if their animal displays any of the following signs:

Horses:

• Unlevelness, especially behind

• Uneven wear of shoes

• Sore or cold backs, uneven pressure from saddles or the saddle slipping to one side

• Unexplained deterioration in usual performance

• Asymmetry, such as stiffness on one rein, or a disunited canter

• Unexplained resistances, such as napping, rearing, refusing, bucking, etc.

• Uneven muscle development or atrophy

Dogs:

• Crying out when getting up

• Difficulty climbing stairs or getting into cars

• Signs of discomfort when being stroked on their backs

• A reluctance to exercise

• Stiffness or pain after exercise

Other Indications Can Include:

• Lameness after a fall or accident where alternative causes have been ruled out

• Uncharacteristic changes in behaviour, performance or temperament

• Limb-dragging or odd, irregular action

• Recurrence of symptoms previously successfully treated by manipulation

• Absence of any resolution of the problem using conventional methods

• Rehabitition after acute trauma for horses, dogs and cats.