Protect Your Rights as an Animal Owner - They are at RISK

Immediate action is required NOW before AB 1980 makes it through the next hurdle to becoming law.

What is AB 1980 and what does it mean to you?

If AB 1980 passes into law, YOU as a pet owner, will not have the right to seek alternative care for your pet.  You no longer will be able to seek out massage, Tellington TTouch, Reiki, aromatherapy, flower essence therapy, laser light therapy, assistance with mobility issues or any other type of health enhancing care that is not specifically administered by a licensed veterinarian.

On the surface you may think that it is a good idea that only a Veterinarian has the right to help pets.  Problem is it takes many different modalities to offer our pets the health benefits they deserve.  The veterinary community cannot do everything on their own any more than the above mentioned modalities can.  It takes a group effort to give our animals the quality of life they deserve.

Take action NOW!

The issue will be voted on this 
Thursday, August 12.  
Time is running out.

1. Contact your Senator and express your opposition to proposed change (c) in Section 10 of AB 1980.
   
   "(c) Administers a drug, medicine, appliance, application, or treatment of whatever nature for the prevention, cure, or relief of a wound, fracture, bodily injury, or disease of animals, except where the medicine, appliance, application, or treatment is administered by a registered veterinary technician or an unregistered assistant at the direction of and under the direct supervision of a licensed veterinarian ...."
   
   Please provide an example how an alternative modality has assisted your pet, that it is an enhancement to and not a replacement for veterinary care.
2. Pass on this Blog Post to all your contacts.

Here is an example of how it takes many different specialties to help an animal:

Marley ruptured a disk in his back in December resulting in intense pain and full back end paralysis.  He had the best Neuro Surgeon for his surgery and he had the best Rehabilitation Veterinarian.  Marley did fantastic and regained mobility and muscle tone.  At the end of his rehab his hind legs were still not set square under his body and his feet badly crossed each other.  Tellington TTouch body wraps, touches and ground work changed that.  It took a Neuro Surgeon, a Rehabilitation Veterinarian and a Tellington TTouch Practitioner to complete Marley's recovery.  No one player on this team could have gotten the same result alone.

Complimentary Veterinary Therapies are just that COMPLIMENTARY and not a replacement for veterinary services.

As a pet owner you should have the ultimate decision regarding your pet's well-being, not the politicians and not the California Veterinary Medical Board, the California Veterinary Medical Association, or the California Registered Veterinary Technician Association.

Veterinarians are not trained and certified in the very modalities that they alone will be able to provide.  If these Veterinarians do not make a commitment to this education and actually offer these modalities to their patients then the animals are the ultimate losers.

Medical Doctors do not force such ridiculous restrictions on humans.  The person that gives you a massage to release tension and pain is not a Medical Doctor.   As humans we have the right to take control of our own bodies and seek out treatments that are right for us.  Why should it be any different for our animals?

If this isn't enough to garner your support think about the high rate of unemployment in California?  This bill would take contributing, self-sustaining business owners and strip them of their business.  Strip them of the right to practice their modality that they have worked so hard to learn and earn certifications and licensing to practice.

What gives the California Veterinary Medical Board, the California Veterinary Medical Association, and the California Registered Veterinary Technician Association the right to do this?  Well if you don't stand up and fight against this insanity then YOU give them the right.

Please don't give them the right to take away the rights of pet owners and licensed Practitioners!