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Acupuncture for Your Dog. Yes, Your Dog.

Dr. Smith treats Merlin, a rottweiler, with acupuncture.
Mary Helen Miller
Dr. Smith treats Merlin, a rottweiler, with acupuncture.

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Dr. Colleen Smith practices holistic medicine. That is,  she uses chiropractic adjustments, acupuncture, and other alternative practices along with traditional medicine. And she treats unusual patients: dogs and cats. Sometimes even goats.  But how can you ask an animal if these treatments actually work?

Editor's note: Until recently, Dr. Smith worked at Animal Hospital of Signal Mountain. But since this story was produced, she left to open her own practice on Main Street, Chattanooga Holistic Animal Institute.

 

 

Mary Helen Miller was a producer for Around and About from 2012 to 2013. She now works at the Chattanooga Times-Free Press.