Animal Acupuncture at $50 a pop!

Oh, what people will do for their pets, for $50 a session!
But Bernie can attest to the fact that it works. Bernie is Paul Shanyfelts Saint Bernard. They went to Chicago's family pet Animal Hospital where Bernie went from being carried in to a year later walking out from a neck injury. Many vets are using acupuncture to treat pain, as it parallels in the human worlds of medicine. Barbara Royals, who treated Bernie, claims her patient list has tripled in a decade. Other vets are now to busy to take on new patients, as Chris Cahill, he treats one of the Kentucky Derby winners. He claims that he does not know any major trainer who does not use acupuncture. Many traditionalists still view acupuncture as an art, yet Colorado State University is spearheading a project in acupuncture to create standards and a certification. Royals most famous patient is now running around Brookfield Zoo, Jewel who is an arthritic camel who has not run for years. Originally collated by: Pamela Hamer for Newsweek