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Article: For pets that need more than a pat: Work and play can take a toll on animals, and a new veterinary rehab clinic in Burnsville uses exercises, massage, ultrasound and electrical stimulation to help dogs and cats work out the kinks. Of course, it's their owners who get the bill.
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- Saint Paul Pioneer Press (St. Paul, MN)
- Article date:
- September 16, 2007
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Byline: Maricella Miranda
Sep. 16--Winn wiggles while his rehabilitation veterinarian dries him with a towel and holds a heat mat on his back to loosen his muscles. The Welsh corgi has just finished a 20-minute walk on an underwater treadmill.
Now it's his "sister" Maggie's turn.
The foot-tall dog waddles on the glass-enclosed treadmill. The door closes and water rises from the floor. Her stubby legs swish back and forth as the treadmill starts.
The corgis underwent their third rehab session Tuesday at the new Twin Cities Animal Rehabilitation Clinic in Burnsville. Julia Tomlinson, a rehab veterinarian, opened the clinic last month to ...