Veterinary Acupuncture
Veterinary Acupuncture aids the body’s ability to complete the healing process.
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The insertion of fine needles, or the gentle warmth of a photonic torch, laser or moxibustion onto specific point on your pet will stimulate the neurological system to give relief from pain and help restore many conditions, both acute and chronic.
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Your pet may benefit from acupuncture treatments in addition to conventional veterinary procedures.
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Acupuncture is used to speed up rehabilitation following surgery to treat a ruptured cruciate ligament, or the removal of prolapsed intervertebral disc material (knee or spinal surgery).
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Acupuncture has a place in integrative medicine to improve responses to medical treatment for skin conditions, behaviour problems, eye problems, gastro -intestinal problems, obesity as well as musculoskeletal problems.
What to Expect
​The first session is 50 minutes, in order to take a full veterinary history, perform a veterinary clinical examination in addition to a traditional veterinary Chinese medicine examination.
Then treatment as indicated by the individual diagnosis.
The treatment plan always includes exercise and massage therapy.
The following sessions are 40 minutes and usually two more sessions are scheduled.
Nutritional Balancing
The belief that Food is Medicine was enough to create health using evolutionary based diet principles was true in the past.
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Unfortunately, modern farming techniques reduce the mineral content of foods. Environmental toxins and stressful lifestyles prevent nutrients being absorbed.
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Unless we test and monitor our animal’s nutritional status, they are likely to develop deficiencies or excesses, which reduces health span.
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A Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis is an analytical scientific test that measures the mineral composition of hair and research has shown that hair mineral levels reflect mineral levels in other tissues.
A hair analysis will provide valuable information to augment data gained from blood and urine testing.
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Step 1 : Hair sample collection.
Step 2 : HTMA report analysed and nutritional plan created to individually support your animal to health.
Step 3: Nine to twelve months of herbal and nutritional supplements to balance your diet. A clinical change is usually noted in three to four weeks.
Step 4: Hair sample repeated to monitor excretion.
Behavioural Transformation
The most valuable resource you possess is your animal’s health, physical and emotional.
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Neuroscience research has revealed our animals are mirroring our mental processes and endeavoring to bring us into greater heart coherence to function better in our lives.
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For the past three years I have been integrating neuroscience and veterinary medicine through the subconscious belief change process based on kinesiology (PSYCH-K®).
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Recent research has revealed that at least 95% of human thoughts and behaviour originate in the subconscious level of the mind.
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The subconscious mind controls the autonomic nervous system which regulates the immune response, digestion, circulation, respiration and the endocrine system.
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In an emotional rebalancing session, you identify your goals regarding your animal’s health.
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Through kinesiology we change subconscious beliefs that may be sabotaging these goals.
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In partnership we integrate left and right brain states to balance your relationship with your animal and create peace and healing for emotional scars.
Client Love
I can’t recommend Susan highly enough. She has been treating my dogs for over 20 years with Acupuncture, Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine and more recently Laser.
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In November 2023 she treated my alpaca, Stuart Little, who had a ruptured cruciate ligament. The alpaca’s regular vet gave me the options of surgery at a huge cost; wait and see if it improves; or to have him put to sleep. I asked Susan if she could help and she successfullytreated him with acupuncture and kinesiology tape. We used oxytocin inducing touch on his ears to calm him sufficiently to have the knee shaved and the treatment. A hair test revealed a zinc deficiency so it was necessary to optimise his mineral balance to improve the healing. He still lives happily as an important member of his herd.
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Susan is gentle, calm and confident in her work and the animals obviously feel safe and secure throughout the entire process.
Lea, Stuart Little and Harry
We met Dr Susan Peden 7 years ago when we took our 3 Brittany's along for a consultation. In 2025 we added Yogi.
​Dr Susan treated our girl Faith with acupuncture, nutritional balancing following a hair test and emotional balancing. Faith worked as a Therapy dog, along with the boys and only retired at the age of 15 years before crossing the rainbow bridge at 15.5 years old.
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Teddy, Baloo and Yogi continue to see Dr Susan regularly due to their high stress roles in Emergency Departments, Ambulance Tasmania and Aged Care settings. We make these appointments as a preventative measure to ensure they live long, healthy, happy lives. Dr Susan has diagnosed conditions in their early stages, that we were unaware of and even prevented surgery on Yogi at the age of 10 weeks with acupuncture due to a blocked salivary gland.
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We can't recommend Dr Peden highly enough. Her gentle, caring nature has the dogs always happy to greet her with tail wags and paw shakes.​
Lisa and Anthony Farrall
