Chrissy taught me that loving an animal sometimes means fighting for more time—and sometimes it means listening when they tell us they have had enough.

When the Adjustment Isn’t Enough

We were told that he had a broken leg. Because he was so young and potentially injured, the shelter would only allow me to handle him because I am an animal chiropractor. The moment I held him, I knew there was something special about this little kitten. In fact, Jacques received his very first adjustment while we were still sitting in the shelter’s waiting room, completing the paperwork to bring him home. It was the beginning of both his care and his life as part of our fami

This was happening just as I was beginning my animal-chiropractic education. I was learning more about medications, aging animals, and what chiropractic care could offer as part of a more complete approach.