Email from Monte’s mom: Here goes the whole truth and nothing but the truth….I have a walker hound mix named Monte who is almost ten years old. He has had problems with his gait for the last two years that I just merely attributed to aging and his overly skinny legs. At the suggestion of my vet, Dr. Nan Jack, I took Monte to Dr. Lord for acupuncture treatments starting in August of this year. It is now four months later and Monte is doing incredibly well. As a former non-believer of holistic veterinary care, acupuncture, etc., I am now a complete convert. Not only is Monte more energetic and walking proud and tall but his entire demeanor is more “puppylike” than he was prior to the treatments. For anyone that is hesitant to begin treatments, please give it a try. I feel confident that the acupuncture is staving off the debilitating effects of the future problems associated with athritis and a torn ACL (in Monte’s case). I want to take this time to thank Dr. Lord for her dogside manner and her magic touch with my baby, Monte.