Article: FOR AN AILING, OLDER DOG, ACUPUNCTURE'S NOT SO FAR-FETCHED

As a native Californian, I am used to the sometimes silly stuff that seems to catch on in the Golden State, giving people elsewhere plenty of chances to roll their eyes and snicker.

When I lived in the Deep South, I heard those snickers. This is probably why, when I came back to California four years ago with an old, arthritic dog in tow, I was not quick to act on a friend's recommendation that I take Andy to see a veterinarian who specialized in acupuncture.

Of course, there's nothing new or trendy about acupuncture, but its practice in veterinary medicine is anything but mainstream. It's part of a collection of healing techniques lumped together as "alternative" or "holistic," and ...

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