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Keep Animal Physical Rehab Safe in California - know your rights

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Roxanne Meuse
9 years ago

Please act in the best interest of the animals.

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Anonymous
9 years ago

I am an RVT and I want to keep rehab supervised and safe!

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Anonymous
9 years ago Featured

Please keep Animal Physical Rehabilitation safe and affordable for all pets and pet owners. Require a veterinarian to be on site .

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Samantha Hammergren
9 years ago Featured

Only those trained in veterinary medicine and therapy should be allowed to treat animals. Veterinary professionals are not allowed to treat humans. The same respect should be given to the veterinary profession. It is for the safety of the clients and their animals.

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Brenda Faulkner
9 years ago Featured

PT and Rehab is not the same in animals and people. The training is different, the physiology is different.

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Jen Harris
9 years ago

Nebraska needs this kind of protection law too!

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Anonymous
9 years ago

It would allow physical therapists (PT) trained for human care to work on your animals...

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Anonymous
9 years ago Featured

A human would never allow a veterinary doctor to advise therapy, set treatment plans, create splints, etc for themselves - why would it be advisable to allow PTs to treat animals?

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Leah Blackley RVT
9 years ago Featured

Just like anything in veterinary medicine, only DVMs and support staff trained in veterinary medicine, anatomy, physical therapy, and animal behavior and handling should be allowed to do physical therapy on animals.

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Larraine Lage
9 years ago Featured

This bill would undermine all the work the veterinary profession does to keep pets and animals safe, and in doing so, keep the public safe. Other states already have provisions stating if human medical professionals want to treat veterinary patients they must be a part of the veterinary community. That means extra training, education, and certification proving they are capable of working with the multiple species this profession sees. This bill also makes human medicine look bad. If human practitioners are willing to use a one-size-fits-all approach to veterinary patients, what does that say about how they practice human medicine? This is a bad idea all around.

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Ingrid
9 years ago

This is ridiculous. Humans would expect a trained professional to perform any medical treatment, so why would it be ok to allow an untrained person to work on my pets.

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Kerrin Shettle
9 years ago

Well this is beyond ridiculous. Animals need the care of "animal specialists" not human medical folks. Why aren't we asking our dentist to treat our dog. Or better yet, how about asking your vet to diagnose and treat your car when it stops running. This is ALL about a money grab from people who see $$$$ signs and want only to increase their riches at the expense of our beloved pets. WE MUST ask for who is sponsoring and pushing this Bill so we can sue them to kingdom come when mishaps arise, which they will. Egregious and despicable.

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Marsha Dixon-McGill
9 years ago

Through the years, I've had too many dogs with a variety of different medical and in some cases serious issues. I would only trust a trained and licensed vet.

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J Hughes RVT
9 years ago

Zip code 94903

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Peggy Haissig
9 years ago

94903

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Melissa Blanc
9 years ago

95401