Sanchez Animal Chiropractic

09/19/2025

2nd video

09/19/2025

This is Penelope.

She was born in July with likely birth trauma since she couldn't stand and feed for the first 3 days of her life. She had mobility problems from the start. Once she got in the right hands, the local vet put her on anti inflammatorys and recommended that I see her. By then, she did begin to stand and walk. But weak and wobbly, and she would lay down to p*e since she couldn't hold herself to squat. The first video is when I first saw her.

1 adjustment and the lights are on 💡 🧠 💡

I adjusted her sacrum, heard a pop, and she immediately squated to p*e. She was able to squat!

The second video is 1 week after only 1 adjustment.

She is thriving now: developing, growing, eating, playing, and running.

08/07/2025

Many have asked me, and this explains what it takes to become an animal chiropractor. If an individual is not a veterinarian or chiropractor with training and certification by the AVCA/IVCA, do not trust him/her to properly adjust your animal. Manipulating a spine without proper training can be dangerous and harmful to your pet. Please ask the questions!

There are people out there who claim to be “animal chiropractors”…

Some say they manipulate animals.
Some use the term “animal chiropractor” in quotes or parentheses, because they aren’t actually trained or certified.

🚨 This is a serious red flag.

Becoming an animal chiropractor requires years of education, training, and certification. Here’s a look at what’s involved:

✅ A Bachelor’s degree (typically in biology or a related field)
✅ A Doctorate in either Chiropractic (DC) or Veterinary Medicine (DVM)
✅ Passing all required board exams (for chiropractors: Parts I, II, III, IV, and Physiotherapy)
✅ Completion of an accredited 220hr animal chiropractic program
✅ Passing of the AVCA certification exam and/or IVCA certificate exam
✅ A current active DC or DVM license
✅ Ongoing continuing education for professional licensure, whether DC or DVM
✅ Ongoing continuing education to maintain animal chiropractic certification
✅ Malpractice insurance, which those who are unlicensed can not obtain
✅ Compliance with your state’s laws (in Illinois, for example, a veterinarian must sign off on animal chiropractic care)

As you can see, becoming an animal chiropractor takes 𝗬𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗦 of commitment and rigorous training.

👉 Please do not trust anyone who is not properly educated, licensed, and certified to perform chiropractic care on animals. It’s not just unethical, it can be dangerous.

💡 Always ask:
Are they licensed?
Are they certified?
Do they follow state laws?

🐕‍🦺 If you love your pets, protect them by choosing qualified professionals only.

𝑨𝒕 𝑽𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝑨𝒏𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒍 𝑪𝒉𝒊𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒄, 𝒘𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒅𝒍𝒚 𝒎𝒆𝒆𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒙𝒄𝒆𝒆𝒅 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒓𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕. 𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒑𝒆𝒕’𝒔 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒕𝒉 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔.

If you’re not in our area, we still want your pets in good hands. Search for certified professionals near you here:
🔹 animalchiropractic.org (AVCA)
🔹 ivca.de (IVCA)

AVCA is the American Veterinary Chiropractic Association and IVCA is International Veterinary Chiropractic Association. If a doctor completes their education passing their certification exam and maintains their required continuing ed, they will automatically be listed. Question those who are not. If they do have the qualifications, they should welcome you asking, just like Dr. Cat and I would.

06/29/2025

Oh Riley, you left us too soon. But you had a very happy and active life, and I'm grateful to have helped you. 💞🪽

06/27/2025

I use athletic tape in my practice to add an extra boost to my chiropractic work. It helps with muscle recovery, decompresses tissue space, boosts blood and lymphatic flow, and can support unstable biomechanics. Chiropractic is all about helping the body heal itself, and taping takes it an extra mile. If I see horses with inflammation, edema, tense or sore muscles, or tissue damage, I'm pulling the tape out!

02/15/2025

Have a great show to my clients down in Scottsdale! 🐎🤠💝

10/29/2024

"Chiropractic treatment may be successfully used to reduce the probability of early development of spondylosis in young Boxers."

Spondylosis deformans is a spinal disease common to several dog breeds, and several treatments including veterinary chiropractic may be used to treat affected dogs. Little is known, however, about the efficacy of chiropractic treatment as ...

10/22/2024

This is what it's all about: changing lives and giving second chances. 🤲🐐

When I first met Riley, he was about 4 months old and born with congenital scoliosis. He couldn't breath well from the curve impeding on his lungs. Now after consistent chiropractic treatment, his spinal curve has reduced, he can breath, and he doesn't know that he's any different from the other goats.

08/20/2024

When visiting Mongolia 🇲🇳🐎🤲🦌

05/27/2024

What a fun weekend of dock diving! Thank you pet owners for letting me work on your athletes and thank you Kristi of Brown Dog University for the invite!

03/01/2024

My website is up and running! Take a look! 🐕🐎🐈🤲

https://www.sanchezanimalchiro.com/

01/26/2024

Look at the difference for this horse 🐎