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Wouldn’t it be great if we could see where our dog’s pain is coming from? If we could see the functioning of the body instead of just the structure like we see in radiographs? With Canine digital thermal imaging, we can see exactly that. The Canine Digital Thermal Imaging system that we have is an infrared camera with state of...

Dogs have a great capacity for assisting their human counterparts in their daily lives and are very excited and willing to perform these tasks. This assistance can be in many forms, which include, but are not limited to, physical assistance dogs, guide dogs, detection dogs, military and police dogs, search and rescue dogs and hunting dogs.  In the human world, there...

Our practice is alternative in many ways.  At Sleepy Dog, we practice alternative medicine for small animals.  We use acupuncture, acupressure, chiropractic, herbal medicine, massage, physical rehabilitation, Reiki, and traditional Chinese veterinary medical nutrition to treat our patients.  The majority of our patients come to us with a chronic challenge, something such as arthritis, cancer, kidney disease, allergies, gastrointestinal complaints...

Figure 1: Lateral thermograph of right hind limb. Digital infrared thermal imaging provides an objective assessment of any integrated treatment plan. Disclaimer: Dr. Ronald Riegel is a co-founder of Digatherm, a company that offers technologically advanced IR systems to the veterinary medical field. The practice of integrated medicine focuses on the healing of the entire patient through multimodal therapeutic approaches. Digital...