Testimonials

Video Testimonial given by Karlene and her dog, Lazlo

Hi,

     My name is Maisy and I am a cute little West Highland White Terrier.  In May of

2009, I tore the ACL (CCL) in my right rear leg and Mom took me to the vet.  He said

the best thing to do was to have surgery to repair it so we made an appointment for

the first week of June.

     After the surgery, recovery didn't go quite like we had planned.  Even with all my

pain medicines, I was still hurting so much that I couldn't eat at all, and I couldn't stand

to let anyone touch me.

     After several trips back to the vet for help, Mom decided to bring me to Dr. Van. 

And then the miracles started happening!  After losing seven pounds, I got my

appetite back and started to love to eat again.  I began coming out of my crate and

being a part of the family again.  Slowly, I began going up and down stairs, and going

for walks to strengthen  my legs.

     Today you wouldn't recognize me from the poor, miserable pup that Mom was

going to put down.  Dr. Van was my last hope and now I am a happy Westie again, chasing all the birds, squirrels, cats, rabbits, and anything else that doesn't belong in

my backyard!

                                                                                                                Signed,

                                                                                       Maisy (with the help of my Mom!)

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I have a minature dachshund named Duke that one day lost all movement in his back legs.

I took him to the vet & had x-rays done showing that there were problems in his back.

My vet told me that Duke would have to have surgery costing several thousand dollars

& no guarantees. Then I thought about accupuncture.

Dr Van & his staff were & are FANTASTIC. Dr Van mentioned changing dog foods

(Duke was a little over weight). He had some accupuncture treatments, lost some

weight & is now walking, running & being his normal self.

I am so glad I thought about the accupuncture & meeting Dr Van & the girls that work

with him. Anyone I talk to that has a dachshund I tell them about Dr Van & how he

saved my dog The Duke & if they should come across this issue to give him a call.
 
Thank You Dr Van & Girls,
 
Debi & Duke

Our 9 and a half year old Doberman, Gus, was diagnosed with the much too common Wobblers syndrome by ISU vet college. We knew from past experience that surgery wasn’t the best option. As Dr. Van had treated another one of our Dobes with this,

we rushed  Gus  down to IVAC. Dr. Van did one acupuncture session and we loaded

 him up and brought him home.

Gus was totally down, could not walk. He rested that evening and the next day I left

the house for 20 minutes and while I was out, this boy managed to make it from the

dining room floor to the bedroom.  The following week, with some assistance, he was

on his feet.  His next appointment he walked in to IVAC on his own! 

He went back once a week for a month, then twice a month  for two months, then

 once a month for “tune ups”. We were also giving him Meridian Comfort herbal pills.

On one visit I asked Dr to look at our other Doberman, Reba. He said she had a torn ACL. He suggested we give her these pills too. It took a week and she quit limping

when she got up.

I can not say how thankful we are to have known Gary and Vicki personally before all

this happened. I am a  firm believer in acupuncture and  with what all these fine folks

have done for our fur kids.

Sadly, 9 months later, Gus passed away from cancer. Reba is still with us and has spondylosis. Since we had moved from IA, I contacted Dr Van and he said he had

no problem with us finding an  acupuncture vet up here. We found one  and she is 

having acupuncture treatments whith great improvement. 

Respectfully, Sue Strohecker and Rod Abbas  Iron River, WI